Patent ID: 7314191

Claim:
A sugar cane crushing mill comprising: a pair of crushing rolls having only a single bottom roll, said single bottom roll having a bottom axis, and a single top roll, said single top roll having a top axis; a pair of main frames mounted respectively to opposite ends of said bottom roll, said bottom roll being rotatably mounted to said pair of main frames, said pair of main frames having a support connected thereto, said support being cooperative with said top roll so as to support said top roll at a minimum gap position with respect to said bottom roll; a pair of top beams mounted respectively at opposite ends of said top roll, said top roll being rotatingly mounted to said pair of top beams, one end of each of said pair of top beams being pivotally attached adjacent an upper end of said pair of main frames, said bottom axis and said top axis being substantially vertically aligned and defining a feed side and a discharge side of said pair of crushing rollers, wherein said pair of top beams has a mechanical holding means connected at a base of said pair of main frames and the ends of each of said pair of top beams, said mechanical holding means pivotally mounting said top roll above said bottom roll; a hydraulic loading means pivotally attached between an end of said pair of top beams opposite said feed side and a base of said pair of main frames; a feeder roller having a scraper-cum-deflector positioned adjacent to the top and bottom rolls, said feeder roller having a juice drainage means cooperative therewith for draining juice from the sugar cane passing therealong, said feeder roller being positioned independent of said hydraulic loading means; and an auxiliary frame mounted to the feeder roller, said auxiliary frame being mounted to said pair of main frames, said feeder roller being positioned on said feed side of said pair of crushing rolls and above said bottom axis, said feeder roller being positioned on said auxiliary frame independent from said top roll mounted on said pair of top beams, said bottom roll having a diameter that is substantially larger than a diameter of said top roll, each of said pair of top beams having a free end adjacent to said hydraulic loading means.