Mechanism for releasably securing a drainage element to a press

In a mechanism for releasably and sealably securing a plurality of longitudinal and flexible drainage elements in a fluid-tight manner to a press-plate of a press-space for squeezing juice from fruits or the like, wherein the press-plate defines a passage, and comprising securing means associated with each drainage element, said securing means including a collar received in said passage and at least partially surrounding a corresponding drainage element near an end thereof, and a securing sleeve connected to said collar and formed with a shoulder abutting the press-plate on a side thereof facing said press-space, said corresponding drainage element being releasably secured by means of said securing means to said press-plate

• in combination
• said securing means comprising
• at least two flanges formed on said collar so as to be spaced from one another and extending radially outwardly only along a portion of the circumference of said collar beyond an annular border of said passage, and wherein said securing means is normally rotatable within said passage, and said press-plate defines at least two recesses communicating with said passage and matching said flanges, respectively,
• whereby said securing means may be passed in a first angular position thereof through said passage and said recesses when said flanges are aligned with said recesses, respectively, but said securing means, upon being rotated thereafter by a predetermined angle to a second angular position is restrained from slipping out from said passage in one direction by said flanges abutting said press-plate.