Roller for sugar cane squeezing mills

An improved roller for a sugar cane squeezing mill, comprising:

• a roller shaft;
• a cylindrical mounting sleeve fixedly mounted over said roller shaft, said sleeve having a plurality of longitudinal slots equally spaced radially around a peripheral outer surface thereof;
• and
• a plurality of roller shell segments each having a cross section of generally sector shape, an outer side provided with arcuate grooves and ridges and an inner side provided with a longitudinal key to fit one of said longitudinal slots of said mounting sleeve, said roller shell segments being radially detachably mounted onto said peripheral outer surface of said mounting sleeve;
• a space being provided between each said longitudinal slot of said mounting sleeve and each said longitudinal key of said mounted roller shell segments to form a passage therebetween extending along the length of said mounting sleeve, each said groove of each said roller shell segment being provided with two juice collecting ports communicating with said passage.