FR2649358A1 - Drainer, (wine) press with multiple plates and trays, with alternate thrust directions, particularly for grapes - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for extracting the juices from juice-containing substances. The invention relates to a modulable device which makes it possible to drain and press substances such as grapes or other fruits in order to extract the juice therefrom. It consists of hoppers 17, trays 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 20, 23 in which plates and presser pistons 12, 6, 9, 18, with alternate thrust directions, circulate. According to the modular assembly and the chosen pressures. The piston 12 and the trays 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 20, 23 have a square cross section and are inclined by approximately forty-five degrees on the side

Description

 The present invention relates to a modular device.

Drip rack, juicer intended to extract juices contained in any material whatsoever and in particular in grapes or other fruits. It can also be used to compact materials such as compost for mushroom cultivation.

 Existing drip and pressing equipment, such as horizontal presses, pneumatic presses, Archimedean screw presses, do not fully meet the requirements Justified by users. In the opinion of many technicians, the ideal press does not exist. Nevertheless, it seems that a new pneumatic continuous press comes closest to the desires of the users.

 The invention relates to keywords, presses in general classification I.N.p.L - B30B.

 The device according to the invention makes it possible to solve most of the problems by eliminating the use of circles and chains for crumbling marcs, archimedes screws, rotary cages, bladders or inflatable membranes, and any mechanism or jack inside the vintage.

The device according to the invention makes it possible to obtain a better quality of the juices, to be able to process all kinds of grapes, namely whole manual harvest, vintage destemmed, stride, mechanical vintage, vintage prepared for cryoextraction and. cetera. Also to be able to work by cuvées of 2000, 4000, 8000 Kgs, with or without hopper, or feeding by pump with vintage, pump with marcs cuvées and practically in continuous feeding to follow the rate of work of the machines to harvest, to be able to drain and squeeze without waiting for the machine to be filled with grapes or empty of the grapes that are being harvested
The device according to the invention makes it possible to empty the press easily for cleaning, and to form a new plug of marks, the device is cleaned from the inside and the outside automatically.

 The device according to the invention, to achieve these objectives consists of various modular standardized elements which are assembled according to the work program chosen by the user, this assembly can be modified thereafter to operate differently. The apparail works with low pressure on the harvest, pressures that are adjustable by the user, which are successive, with different orientations, progressive and automatically maintained at the chosen level, the flow of the device will depend on the size of the trays and the pace chosen. The thickness of the marc cake pressed at the outlet of the apparatus will depend on the selected settings. The pressed grounds may be cut off after the release of the press, for palletized title and possibly packaged. The dead or juice can be collected separately, at various stages of dewatering and pressing.

 The device according to the invention, in order to achieve the objectives mentioned, is composed according to the diagrams of principle appearing on the plates 1/3 - 2/3 - 3/3 whose designation below refers to the reference numbers appearing on these boards .

 (1) Static and dynamic drip slates, volume according to demand, which can contain 2000 - 4000 to 8000 Kgs of whole grapes.

 (2.3.4.5.) Pressing claws, identical, juxtaposed alternately or not, their number is not fixed. They constitute a horizontal, modular, fixed cage of parallelepidic shape of square section, inclined on the side of about forty five degrees according to plates 1/3 - 2/3 - 3/3 - Fig: 1.2.3.4.5.4.1S .

 (6) Pressing plates of racks (2) - (3) ~ (4) (5) or more.

(7) Screws for pressing plates (2) (3) (4) - (5) or more, there may be three or four screws for each plate (6)
(8) Retention screw for the pressure plate (9) of the drip tray (1). There may be three or four screws (8) Two screws with right and two left-handed steps.

 (9) Presser plate of the drip tray (1) in the high position, the lower face of the pressure plate (9) is provided with racks with slopes to the outside.

(10) Presser plate (9) of the drip tray (1) in the down position
(11) Harvest inlet ports for harvest pump feed, batch pump, or buffer tank.

 (12) Horizontal piston, parallelepiped of square section, inclined by about forty five degrees, driven by mechanical, pneumatic or other hydraulic cylinder.

(13) Horizontal piston control screw (12). This screw can be full or hollow, made of tube and threads reported
(14) Large ring and screw control nut (13) entrained by either tangential chain or worm or other suitable means.

 (15) Hot-rducer with multiple speeds or speed variator driving the big crown (14) by chain, worm or other suitable means.

 (16) Hatches opening, for example by flipping or any other system sliding upwards, downwards, or laterally by any appropriate means, provided with hoppers, for gravity filling, introduction of straw bales for emptying Daily of the press.

(17) Hoppers for top filling, whole grapes, cryextraction and all harvesting, by pump, gravity conveyor, crates, and -cetera
(18) Upper drip trays (1) raised with filling interval between trays (18) and trays (1)
(19) Vertical columns and transverse beams
(20) Cage elements with inspection hatches (16) for filling, emptying, with filling tubes (11). These trays (20) forming the horizontal cage of square section inclined about forty five degrees on the side of mounting the cage, the trays (20) can be oriented with the hatch to the right or left.

The connection of the different trays (2) (3) (4) (5) and (20) is ensured by bolting and longitudinal tie rods o
(21) Variation of upper tray plate (1) for descent To the bottom of the rack (1) the piston (12) being stopped in the rear position for this maneuver.

(22) Large driving crowns of the upper tray (9) of the drip tray. Number of crowns three or four. As well as large crowns of trays (6)
(23) Intermediate double piston ply (12). Length following desired piston stroke (12)
(24) Pusher piston cylinder (12), double-acting cylinder, or double annular effect for feeding by telescopic tube (11)
(25) Piston head valve (12) at the outlet of the feed pipe (11)
(26) Geared motor with or without speed variator
(27) Transversal shaft with worm drive leading three or four large crowns (22) trays (6) (9) similar trees of appropriate size
(28) Lateral cylinders external to the apparatus for controlling the piston (12), alternatively.

 (29) Adjustable slides with rollers for supporting and guiding the piston (12).

 (30) Gates for manual or mechanized discharge of entire harvest, or prepared for cryoextraction by gravity or any other means.

 (31) Articulated system and liftable by stainless steel cable, to rebecher the marcs and break the velvet possibly resistant to the descent of the plate (9) in the rack (1).

 (32) Position of the piston head (12) during static drainage and during dynamic dewatering.

 (33) Construction detail of the removable racks, consisting of profiled stainless steel blades (39) mainly used for the racks of the two lower faces of the horizontal cage (20) (23) (2) (3) (4) ( 5).

 (34) Detail of a pressure plate (6) with sliding doors (36) secured to the trays (6t to obstruct the racks (2) (3) (4) (5) in the direction of the length when the trays (6) are in low position.

(35) Example of filling a press without a hopper, the harvest passing in the middle of the hollow screw (13) by means of harvest pumps or cuvées (35) integral with the screw (13) which it supports in end. In the case where the piston (12) is by annular hydraulic cylinder (24), the filling can be performed by a central telescopic tube. In the case of a double-acting cylinder, the telescopic filling tube (11) can be mounted in parallel with the cylinders
(36) Sliding doors integral with the trays (6) for guiding and supporting the trays (6), obstruction above the trays (6) and between the trays (20) (23) (2) (3) (4) (5) ) and the rack (1).

 (37) Support trolley for the harvest pump (35) and the.

 screw (13).

 (38) Trolley runway (37).

 (39) Stainless steel profile, slid into dovetail (40).

 (40) Rail sleepers, with notches for receiving the profiles (39).

 Example of how the modular device described with the whole harvest is harvested by hand. Plate / 3 figure 1.2.3.

The rack (1) that can contain the models 2000, 4000 or 8000 kgs, is filled by the hopper (17). During filling, the pusher piston (12) is in positron (32), that is to say obstructing the bottom of the rack (1), thus obtaining a large drip surface, ie, surface of the plate (9), plus surfaces of the trays. side, plus surface of the inclined bottom of the rack (1) and surface of the two upper faces of the piston (12) juices flowing through the piston (12) for further collected in a stainless steel maie located below (Not shown in the diagram .The withdrawal of the piston (12) after light pressing of the plate (9) allows the harvest to descend into the space released by the piston (12) The trays (6) of the racks (2) (3) (4) (5) being in the lower position, the upper plate (9) raised at the upper edge of the rack (1), the setting in motion of the piston (12) causes a rollback of the harvest that goes back in the rack (1> o
This movement can be reproduced several times and after each pressure exerted by the plate (9). When the amount of juice extracted will be judged sufficient, the first pressing rack (2) will come into operation by raising the tray (6) of the rack (2) the push piston (12) will bring the vintage into the rack (2). ) and then maintain its pressure for a programmed period of time.This last operation repeated until the rack (2) is sufficiently filled, then the piston (12) will be placed at the position (32) the plate (6) the rack (2) will begin pressing the harvest contained in the rack (2) to the programmed pressure and maintained at this level, while the plate (9) continues to maintain a slight pressure in the rack (1). Then the rack (3) can enter into action the tray (6) of the rack (3) raised tray (6) of the rack (2) raised, the piston (12) pushes the harvest in the rack (2) transferring the harvest already pressed in (2) in the rack (3) after refilling the rack (2) the piston (12) is placed in position (32) and the trays (6) recommence their pressure .The plate (6) the rack (3) crumbles the cake of marcs that it has just received from the rack (2) since its thrust direction is reversed compared to the previous one, repeated operations until the total filling of the trays (2) (3) (4) (5) and total emptying of the rack (1). The pressed grounds are evacuated after the last rack that can be provided with a check valve. The pressed marcs can be cut, palletised and marl packaged for easy handling and transport. The juices are collected separately at each stage of drip and pressing. apparatus for refilling the rack (1)
In the other regions that Champagne can be replenished the rack (1) during the stop of the piston (12> in position (32) .It can therefore receive inputs almost continuously.

Another example of the functioning of the modular press-drier, simplified version without loading hopper
Plate 2/3 figure 9 plate 3/3 figure42 and14. The pressure plates (6) in the alternating direction of the racks (2) (3) (4) (5) being in the low position, obstruct the horizontal cage that it composes. The piston (12) moved by external screw (13) is in the rear position. It is possible to fill the cage (20), either by means of tubes (11) connected to a harvest pump, to a buffer tank or to a batch pump. This cage (20) can also be filled by the hatches ( 16). Another solution is to fill through the center of the tubular screw (13) board 3/3 Figure 42. The cycle can then begin, draining by pushing the piston (12) against the plate (36) of the rack (2). ) then introducing into the rack (2) the plate (6) being raised, pressing the plate (6) screen (2) with holding the piston (12) against the plate (36) down, and then removing the piston (12) to a new filling, same maneuver as previously the tray (6) of the rack (3) being raised, the marc pressed in (2) is transferred in (3) during the refilling of the (2) and so on Until to fill the racks (2) (3) (4) (5). The pressure exerted by the trays (6) is adjustable, progressive, and kept constant automatically.

 The apparatus can work cage at ithorizontal or the exit (5) raised to facilitate the exit of the pressed marks and their palletization. The drip drier almost continuously absorbs the inputs of the harvesting machines in relation to its size.

 The total emptying of the apparatus is carried out using straw bales pressed introduced by the hatches (16). All pressure plates are equipped with automatic retracta sprinklers blue, their operation empty cages provides cleaning from the inside. Juices are collected separately at each stage of dewatering and pressing by stainless steel maize. The slope of the sides of the cage which is about forty-five degrees ensures a faster flow of juices than the cylindrical cages. This device which after experimentation will probably be modulated with fewer elements, will be shorter, lighter and movable.

Device according to any one of the preceding descr7ptions characterized in that the mechanical cylinders shown schematically in the drawings Plate 1/3 figure: 1 - 2 - 3. Board 2/3 figure; - - 5 - 4. Plate 3/3 figure: 16 consist of three or four screws (8) (7) of three or four large crowns (22) with central thread screwed onto the screws (8) (7) and a single shaft (27) provided with worm driving the crowns (22) at exactly the same speed. The shaft (27) is driven by geared motor; speed controller, electric
enslaved to selected and timed pressures.

 Device according to any one of the preceding descrinticnU characterized in that the apparatus can further adapted with two parallel cages, or double effect according to plate 2/3 figure: 9 or both at a time to increase the flow.

Device according to deserivtion characterized in that the plate (9) drip tray is equipped with systems (31) hinged and liftable by stainless steel cables to fish the marc and break the harvest volte that can form in the rack (1)
Device according to any one of the pre-description
cedentes characterized in that it allows the palletization of
marcs at their exit from the apparatus, the cut marks being
parallelepipedic shape, and standard pallet standards.

Device according to the descr3ption characterized in that
the piston (12) in the case of boards 1/3 figure 1 - 2 - 3
2/3 figure 7 - 8 - 3/3 figure 12 is driven by a. hollow screw; made by threaded threads and welded on a strong steel tube
stainless, allowing the passage of the vintage in this tube
characterized in that it is provided with a valve after the crossing
pusher plate (12).

Claims (9)

 1) Modular device for extracting juices of any material containing them. Characterized in that the apparatus consists of elements that allow to adapt the device as needed. Main elements hopper (17) piston (12) multiple pressing plates (6) (9) (18) successive pressing alternately pushing direction in the racks (2) (3) (4) (5) (1) (to ) (2S  2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the piston (12) the cages in which it moves (20) (23) (2) (3) (4) (5) and the following if necessary are square section , inclined on the side by about forty five degrees according to the drawing of the boards 1/3 figure 3 board 2/3 figure t 4 - 5 - 6 marks (2) (3) (4) (5) board 3/3 figure: 14 <5.  3) Device according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the drive of the various trays, drips and pressers (9) (12) (18) (6) can mound realized by mechanical cylinders.  4) Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the mechanical jacks schematically in the drawings Plate 1/3 figure: 1 - 2 - 3. Board 2/3 figure: 7 - 5 - - 4. Board 3 / 3 figure: 16 consist of four screws (8) (7) of four large rings (22) with central thread screwed onto the screws (8) (7) and a single shaft (27) with worm driving the crowns (22) at exactly the same speed The shaft (27) is driven by gear motor, speed variator, - electric  enslaved to selected and timed pressures.  5) Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the apparatus can be adapted with two parallel cages, or double effect- according to plate 2/3 figure: 9 or both at a time to increase the flow.  6) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the tray (9) drip tray is equipped with systems (31) hinged and liftable by stainless steel cables to reboot the marcs and break the harvest volte that can form in the rack (1). )  7) Device according to claim (1) characterized in that all mobile trays12 (6) (9) (18) are equipped with retractable automatic sprinklers.  8) Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that it allows the palletization of the marc at their output from the device, the cut-off marcs being of parallelepipedic shape, and standards of standard pallets.  9) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the piston (12) in the case of the boards 1/3 Figure 1 - 2 - 3 2/3 Figure 7 - 8 - 3/3 Figure 12 is entraSné by a hollow screw made threaded and welded on a strong stainless steel tube, allowing the passage of the harvest in this tube characterized in that it is provided with a valve after crossing the pusher plate (12).