Dewatering press cone adjusting device

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED PRESS APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING LIQUID FROM A COMPRESSIBLE MASS CONTAINING A LIQUID, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A HOLLOW FORAMINOUS CYLINDRICAL CASING HAVING A CENTRAL AXIS, A ROTATING ASSEMBLY MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID CASING AND POSITIONED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID CASING, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FIRST ROTATING ELEMENT POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CASING AND HAVING A MATERIAL FORWARDING SURFACE, SAID ELEMENT AND SAID MATERIAL FORWARDING SURFACE CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO POSITIVELY DISPLACE A MASS OF MATERIAL POSITIONED WITHIN THE CASING IN A GIVEN AXIAL DIRECTION TOWARD SAID ONE END OF THE CASING, SAID ASSEMBLY, FURTHER COMPRISING A SECOND ELEMENT MOUNTED FOR ROTATION WITH SAID ASSEMBLY POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID ONE END OF SAID CASING, SAID SECOND ELEMENT CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO OPPOSE MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL DISPLACED TOWARD SAID END OF SAID CASING TO COMPRESS THE SAME DURING ROTATION OF SAID ASSEMBLY, SAID SECOND ELEMENT COOPERATING WITH SAID ONE END OF THE CASING TO FORM A RESTRICTED DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY FOR EXIT OF THE COMPRESSED MATERIAL DURING ROTATION OF SAID ASSEMBLY, SAID SECOND ELEMENT MOUNTED FOR LIMITED AXIAL MOVEMENT ALONG THE CASING AXIS WITH RESPECT TO THE CASING DURING ROTATION OF SAID ASSEMBLY, SAID ASSEMBLY FURTHER COMPRISING A PLANETARY GEAR MEANS DIRECTLY PHYSICALLY ENGAGED WITH SAID SECOND ELEMENT, AND BRAKING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID PLANETARY GEAR MEANS, SAID BRAKING MEANS ACTUATABLE FOR POSITIVELY RAPIDLY SMOOTHLY SELECTIVELY ADJUSTING THE AXIAL POSITION OF SAID SECOND ELEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID ONE END OF SAID CASING IN AN INFINITELY VARIABLE AND REVERSIBLE MANNER DURING ROTATION OF SAID ASSEMBLY TO THUS VARY THE SIZE OF THE RESTRICTED DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY.