Patent ID: 7267048

Claim:
A wine press for shaping and compressing a marc cake comprising: a chamber having an openable bottom and an interior; and a pressing means cooperative with said interior of said chamber, said pressing means having at least one horizontally movable tray movable within the interior of the chamber, said pressing means for shaping the marc cake into a block such that an upper portion of the block is cantilevered with respect to a lower portion of the block when said pressing means is moved away from the block, the upper portion of the block collapses toward said bottom of said chamber when said pressing means is moved away from the block, said tray comprises a perforated wall having a lower portion and an inclined upper portion for allowing a must of the marc cake to flow into said tray, said chamber having a wall facing said perforated wall, said wall of said chamber having an inclined upper portion complementary to said inclined upper portion of said prforated wall.