Patent ID: 8186268
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B26F,B44B

Abstract:
1. A roller press comprising: a pair of spaced apart bearing blocks having grooves; a first roller supported by the bearing blocks for rotation about a first axis, the first roller having an outer press surface; a second roller supported by the bearing blocks below the first roller for rotation about a second axis, the second roller having an outer press surface spaced apart from the first roller press surface for pressing media therebetween; a first gear fixed to the first roller having gear teeth; a second gear fixed to the second roller having gear teeth meshing with first roller gear teeth rotating the second roller in a rotational direction opposite the first roller; a handle connected to the first roller, the handle having a ratchet mechanism turning the first roller in a first rotational direction R a feed bed disposed between the bearing blocks and received in the grooves, the feed bed having a surface for supporting media thereon and a first end disposed adjacent to the second roller and below the second roller press surface; and an exit bed disposed between the bearing blocks and received in the grooves, the exit bed having a surface for supporting media thereon and a first end disposed adjacent to the second roller opposite the feed bed and below the second roller press surface.