Continuous extracting process and apparatus

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR EXTRACTING JUICES FROM FRUITS OR VEGETABLES, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF MOVING PULP OF THE MATERIAL FROM WHICH JUICE TO BE EXTRACTED THROUGH A CLOSED HEATING VAT BY MEANS OF A ROTATING WORM LOCATED IN THE VAT; MAINTAINING THE SPACES BETWEEN THNE THREAD TURNS OF THE WORM SUBSTANTIALLY FILLED WITH SAID PUL; SIMULTANWOUSLY INTRODUCING A LIQUID HAVING SOME EXTRACTED JUICE DISSOLVED THEREIN INTO A FIRST PART OF THE VAT; MOVING THE THUS INTRODUCED LIQUID THROUGH THE PULP TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT THEREOF AND THROUGH A SIEVE INTO A CHAMBER FORMED BY THE SIEVE, EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE VAT, AND BEING SEPARATED THEREFROM BY THE SIEVE SO THAT THE LIQUID CARRIES AWAY AND IS ENRICHED BY JUICES FROM THE PULP; DRAWING THE THUS ENRICHED LIQUID FROM THE CHAMBER FORMED BY THE SIEVE HEATING THE THUS DRAWN LIQUID; CONTINUOUSLY RETURNING A PORTION OF THE THUS HEATED LIQUID TO A SECOND PART OF THE VAT SPACED FROM THE FIRST PART THEREOF; AGAIN HEATING THE REMAINDER OF THE THUS DRAWN LIQUID; CONVEYING THE THUS HEATED REMAINDER OF THE LIQUID INTO THE VAT TOGETHER WITH A QUANTITY OF FRESH PULP; MOVING THE THUS CONVEYED LIQUID TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE PULP AND SIEVE INTO A PORTION OF THE CHAMBER SEPARATED FROM THE REAMAINDER THEREOF TO FURTHER ENRICH THE LIQUID WITH ADDITIONAL JUICES FROM THE FRESH PULP; AND REMOVING THE LIQUID FROM THE SEPARATED CHAMBER PORTION.