Vertical counter-current extracting tower

Claim 1

IN AN EXTRACTION TOWER FOR EXTRACTING JUICES FROM FRUITS OR VEGETABLES, IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW BODY HAVING A TOP END PORTION TOWARD WHICH A PULP MASH OF THE MATERIAL FROM WHICH JUICES ARE TO BE EXTRACTED IS ADAPTED TO MOVE; A SIEVE LOCATED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE AXIS THEREOF; AN ELONGATED HOLLOW SHAFT MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS OWN AXIS IS SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY, SAID SHAFT AXIS COINCIDING WITH THE AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY; DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATING THE SAME ABOUT ITS AXIS; MASH DISTRUBUTING MEANS HAVING A REAR MASH OUTLET AND BEING FIXED TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, BEING LOCATED DIRECTLY OVER SAID SIEVE, AND HAVING A FRONT EDGE PORTION OF SUBSTANTIALLY WEDGE-SHAPED CROSS SECTION ENGAGING SAID SIEVE TO CLEAN THE SAME; A PLURALITY OF BLADE MEANS FOR LOOSENING THE MASH WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY RAISING THE SAME, SAID BLADE MEANS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY FROM SAID SHAFT, BEING FIXED THERETO, AND BEING LOCATED AT A PREDETERMINED ELEVATION IN SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY OVER SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS TO MOVE THROUGH A MASH AT SAID ELEVATION DURING ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT; AND A PLURALITY OF ARMS LOCATED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY AT A PREDETERMINED ELEVATION OVER SAID BLADE MEANS, EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY TOWARD SAID SHAFT AXIS, AND BEING FIXED TO AND STATIONARY WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY TO PREVENT ROTATION OF THE MASH COLUMN IN SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY.