Improvements in Oil Press Plant.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Oil Press Plant.
We, LUDWIG HERMANN MATHYSEN and JOHANN GOTTFRIED MATHYSEN both of
Villermühle, near Hassum, Rhein provinz, in the Empire of Germany, manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement.
In hitherto used oil press plant the presses lie side by side and the strainer carriage
moves before them on rails this carriage being moved to and fro to the various presses
by means of an endless chain guided over rollers.
The grain flour prepared in the warming vessel which is provided with stirring
devices passes through the opening in the bottom into the form press and the cakes
produced by this preliminary form press pass onto the strainer carriage in order to be
brought to the various presses.
In consequence of this arrangement and construction the process is long and
requires much time.
This invention is intended to avoid these inconveniences. In the annexed drawing
Fig. 1 is a front view Fig. 2 is a side view and Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a plan
view of a modified arrangement.
The warming vessel a provided with stirrers is arranged above and a little laterally
of the presses p so that its outflow opening lies near the form press b. The latter
with 3 presses p are arranged on the four sides of a square on each side of this square
there being either a press p or the form press b. The space between the presses
receives the strainer. In order to bring the latter from the form press to the one or
the other of the 3 presses, the strainer press is provided at its under part with an
eccentrically arranged shaft c which carries a bevelled wheel d, with the latter
engages a second bevelled wheel e on the shaft w which is driven by a gearing or in
any other convenient manner. By starting the shaft in the one or other direction
also the wheel d on the strainer press is turned towards the one or the other
direction and the strainer press thus brought before the one or the other press. The
eccentricity of the shaft under the strainer press must be such that the strainer press
on turning is guided closely before the other presses.
Instead of three presses there may be arranged also 4 or more round a corresponding
polygon which has one side more than there are presses. The movement of the
strainer press can be effected in the same manner as before indicated and the
distance of all the presses must be the same from one common centre. Instead of
the bevelled wheels for the propulsion there may also be used other mechanism,
without departing from the characteristic feature of the invention. The movement
also of the strainer can be effected in other ways corresponding to the respective
arrangement.
In the before described arrangement the admission as well as the further conduct
of the material to be pressed was effected by means of the strainer arranged between
the presses. In order to hold the presses always under pressure and to allow thus an
uninterrupted working, there can also be arranged round the presses p a turning
disk 8, upon which are to stand the strainers c¹ with the finished cakes from the

page_text: presses. By turning the disk & the strainers c¹ can be brought towards the form-
press b, so that, if the admission is effected by the inner strainer, the further conduct
of the material can be effected by the inner or the outer strainers c¹ and in this
manner an uninterrupted working is possible.
Instead of turning the disk 8 the strainer carriages c¹ can be moved forward on a
fixed disk 8.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. An improved oil press plant in which the presses are so arranged round a
polygon, that one side of the same remains free for the form-press, for the purpose of
moving the strainer arranged between the presses before each press.
2. In order to hold the presses always under pressure and to allow an uninterrupted
working, a turning disk arranged round the presses serving for the movement of
strainers arranged outside the series of presses.
Daten von way
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to the Applicant.