Cane juice extractor
OwnerJ. Edwin Royinventor
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Abstract
The cane juice extractor includes a wagon that may be hitched to or towed alongside a harvesting machine or combine for application in-field. The wagon includes a frame having an upper deck and a lower deck. The upper deck includes an inlet side where harvested cane may be fed for juice extraction and an outlet side for disposing the pulp. Rotating feeders feed the cane to a cutting station on the upper deck. The cutting station comminutes the cane into billets that are carried by an endless belt through a series of compression roller sets. Each set of rollers compress the cut cane down to smaller dimensions to extract the juice. A chute disposed between the upper and lower decks collects the juices and funnels them into a juice storage tank on the lower deck. The pulp is expelled from the outlet side to the field.
Claims11
A cane juice extractor, comprising:
- a wagon adapted to be towed by a vehicle, the wagon having a frame, the frame having an upper deck and a lower deck, the upper deck having:
- an inlet side for receiving harvested cane;
- a feeder for directing the cane;
- a cutting station for cutting the cane into billets;
- a juice extracting station for progressively compressing the billets to extract juice contained in the billets;
- and
- an outlet side for expelling billet pulp;
- a juice collecting chute disposed between the upper and lower decks to collect and direct flow of the juice;
- a storage tank disposed on the lower deck and connected to the juice collecting chute to hold the extracted juice;
- a first positive air flow assembly for cleaning debris on the harvested cane;
- a second positive air flow assembly for directing residual juices down the juice collecting chute;
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- a controller/generator disposed on the lower deck to provide power and control operation of cane juice extractor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.