Wine press with horizontally oriented rotatable platen

An extractor for a substance containing a liquid, comprising:

• a horizontally oriented cage delimited in a bottom part thereof by a rotatable perforated circular platen provided at its center with at least one first perforated trap hinged to be movable in the downward direction, said rotatable perforated circular platen being surmounted by two perforated vertical fixed panels having upper edges, the upper edges of said two perforated panels bearing a cover;
• two thrust platens, being displaced by jacks, sliding in said cage to vary the volume of the cage, each thrust platen having a working face;
• a removal device for discharging residue from said cage;
• a recovery tank placed under said rotatable perforated circular platen and provided with at least a second trap arranged in vertical alignment with the center of the rotatable perforated circular platen, said second trap providing access to said removal device for discharging residue;
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• a collector arranged for collecting and distributing liquid extracted from the substance by the extractor.