US429238A

US429238A - Rupert heaton

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Publication number: US429238A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-06-03
Anticipated expiration: 1907-06-03

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(No Model.)

R. HBATON. PRESS FOR FRUIT, PULP, OR OTHER SUBSTANCES.

PatentedJune s, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUPERT HEATON, OF MALAGA, SPAIN.

PRESS FOR FRUIT, PULP, OR OTHER SUBSTANCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,238, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed August 16, 1889- Serial No. 320,962. (No model.) Patented in England May 21, 1889, No. 8,434.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, RUPERT HEATON, a British subject, residing at Malaga, Spain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Presses for Fruit, Pulp, or other Substances, (for which I have applied for Letters Patent of Great Britain, No. 8,43%, dated May 21, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

The present invention refers to an improv ed press for pressing fruit, pulp, and other substances, and which is designed to resist a great pressure.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the press, and Fig. 2 a horizontalsection of the same on theline as y of Fig. 1.

The apparatus consists, essentially, of two principal parts A and B, which are connected together by means of standards or columns C. The upper part A forms a hydraulic cylinder and contains a piston D of large diameter.

On a suitable carriage H rests a basket or receptacle E, of a larger diameter than the above-named piston D, and this receptacle may be of iron or other suitable material, and is preferably constructed in several pieces, braced together by bands or hoops, and arranged in such a manner that the receptacle can be easily opened to empty and clean the interior. The walls are perforated bya great number of holes, and the bottom plate F is also perforated. This receptacle is provided with an inner lining of linen, cotton, or other suitable fabric J, which covers the inn er walls and the bottom of the receptacle, and which must let the juice of the fruit or the liquid of the pulp or the like pass through it.

The operation is as follows: After the receptacle E is filled with the material to be pressed it is placed in the apparatus and covered with a cover G, which may be fastened to it by means of bolts I, and through which passes the piston of the above-named hydraulic cylinder. Tater under pressure is then introduced in the hydraulic cylinder of the piston D, which will be driven into the receptacle E, and thus press the material contained therein, the juice or liquid of which is forced and filtered through the lining J and the holes of the receptacle. WVhen the material is suffieient-ly pressed, the water under pressure is cut off from above the piston D, and after the fastenings l have been loosened water under pressure,by means of the pipe L, is introduced into a second smaller hydraulic cylinder N, arranged above the first, the piston M of which is mounted on the same rod 0 as the piston D, and thus the said piston D is lifted out of the receptacle E, which can now be emptied and refilled for the next operation.

I claim- 1. In a press for fruit, pulp, &c., the combination, with the press-box having the sides perforated from top to bottom and an opening in the top of less diameter than the internal diameter of the box, of a plunger fitting in said opening for expressing the juice, whereby a space will be left all around the plunger for the pulp, substantially as described.

2. In a press for fruit, pulp, &c., the combination, with the press-box having the sides perforated from top to bottom, and a removable top having an opening therein of less diameter than the internal diameter of the box, of a plunger passing through said opening for expressing the juice, whereby a space will be left all around the plunger for the pulp, substantially as described.

I11 testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

RUPERT HEATON.

\Vitnesses:

ROWLAND II. HEATON, JOHN HOMER.