Patent ID: 7398886

Claim:
A press for the dehumidification of a humid substance, in particular of residual refuse, which includes a worm gear whereby said humid matter is transported from a material drawing-in device to a material discharge and is concurrently compressed for the dehumidification, the press comprising: a means whereby said humid matter compressed with the aid of said worm gear is subjected to a drying medium, wherein said drying medium is one of a group including pressurized air and vacuum, so that said drying medium either flows through said humid matter or the humidity is transported off, respectively; and wherein said means includes a central tube encompassed by said worm gear and designed to include outlet nozzles for said drying medium, and wherein said nozzles are formed substantially only along one end portion of the central tube, and wherein a worm gear housing is designed to include a strainer basket through which said freighted drying medium may be transported off only in the range of said outlet nozzles.