Patent ID: 7918160

Claim:
A cane juice extractor, comprising: a wagon adapted to be towed by a vehicle, the wagon having a frame, the frame having an upper deck and a lower deck, the upper deck having: an inlet side for receiving harvested cane; a feeder for directing the cane; a cutting station for cutting the cane into billets; a juice extracting station for progressively compressing the billets to extract juice contained in the billets; and an outlet side for expelling billet pulp; a juice collecting chute disposed between the upper and lower decks to collect and direct flow of the juice; a storage tank disposed on the lower deck and connected to the juice collecting chute to hold the extracted juice; a first positive air flow assembly for cleaning debris on the harvested cane; a second positive air flow assembly for directing residual juices down the juice collecting chute; and a controller/generator disposed on the lower deck to provide power and control operation of cane juice extractor.