Patent ID: 7975854

Claim:
A liquid extraction assembly for extracting liquid from a mass comprising: a housing having an inlet and an outlet; the housing further including a path between the inlet and the outlet; the housing being configured to have the mass forced into the inlet to move the mass from the inlet to the outlet; the housing including at least one rotating screen adjacent the path and defining one wall of the path; the at least one rotating screen including a plurality of openings therethrough; and the inlet of the housing tapering outwardly towards a rear of the inlet such that a beginning of the inlet is smaller than an end of the inlet; wherein pressure from the mass forced into the inlet presses the mass against the at least one rotating screen to thereby force at least a portion of liquid in the mass to pass through the openings of the at least one rotating screen; wherein the mass that moves from the inlet to the outlet does not pass through the at least one rotating screen; wherein the at least one rotating screen comprises two rotating screens; and wherein the inlet tapers up to a point that the inlet intersects the rotating screens.