Improvements in Devices for Wringing or Pressing Out Liquids.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Wringing or Pressing Out Liquids.
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I, GUSTAV MÖNNIG, of 8, Ringbahnstrasse, Wilmersdorf, bei Berlin, in the
Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, 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:--
This invention consists in a device for wringing or pressing out by simple means
the liquid contained in the matter pressed. It can be used to remove useless liquid
from compact substances for instance as a clothes wringer or to press fruits for
extracting the juice and for similar purposes.
The annexed drawing shows in perspective view one form of this invention, it
consists principally of a sleeve surrounding the matters to be squeezed, manufactured
of strong but porous stuff. The sleeve in the drawing is a net 1, shaped as shown.
This net 1 receives the matters to be pressed and can be used to squeeze linen, fruits
or the like. To squeeze fruit it is better to put fhem first in a thin porous sleeve of
gauze or the like and then to put this sleeve into the net.
The
The net 1 is fastened at its ends to disk 2 provided respectively with a gudgeon 3
and with an eye 4.
The gudgeon 3 is best passed through a standard 5 as shown
in the drawing. To the eye 4 is connected the hooked end of a screw 6 passing
through a female screw 7 in standard 12 and having a crank handle 8.
standards 5 and 12 are formed at their lower ends as screw clamps to be fastened
on a tub 9. In order to prevent destruction of the tub 9 by the pressure of the
screw 6 telescopically adjustable struts 10 and 11 connect the standards 5 and 12
so that the device may be fitted to tubs of different diameters.
The material to be pressed is in the net 1 the handle 8 is turned and thus the
net 1 is twisted and stretched at the same time thus giving pressure on the
materials contained in it. The liquid pressed out falls into the tub whilst the
pressed material can be taken out of the net after revolving the crank handle 8 in
the reversed direction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A device for squeezing out liquids comprising in combination a frame, a
horizontal sleeve 1 of porous material for receiving the matters to be pressed
attached at one end to said frame and a screw spindle having bearing in a female
screw in said frame for twisting and stretching the sleeve and pressing out the liquid
contained in the matters in the sleeve.
2. The combination with a tub, of a frame comprising two standards connected
by struts said standards having cramps for attaching them respectively one on
each side of the tub, a flexible porous sleeve attached at one end to one of the
standards, a screw having bearing in a female screw in the other standard and
attached to the other end of said sleeve and a handle for revolving the screw for
the purpose set forth.

page_text: 3. The combination with a tub of a frame comprising two standards connected by
telescopically adjustable strutts said standards having cramps for attaching them
respectively one on each side of the tub, a flexible porous sleeve attached at one
end to one of the standards, a screw having bearing in a female screw in the other
standard and attached to the other end of said sleeve and a handle for revolving
the screw for the purpose set forth.
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