Device for pressing gruyere cheeses

Claim 1

IN A PRESS DAPTED TO PRESS A GRUYERE CHEESE WHICH BECOMES PROGRESSIVELY MORE RIGID AS THE PRESSING OPERATION CONTINUES, IN COMBINATION: AN UPPER TRANSVERSE MOVABLE CIRCULAT PLATE MEMBER ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH AN UPPER SURFACE OF THECHEESE, A LOWER TRANSVERSE MOVABLE CIRCULAR PLATE MEMBER ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A LOWER SURFACE OF THE CHEESE DIRECLY BELOW SAID UPPER SURFACE, A COMMON CYLINDRICAL WALL MEANS SURROUNDING SAID CHEESE AND SAID MOVABLE PLATE MEMBERS, END CLOSURE MEANS CLOSING OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID WALL MEANS, SAID END CLOSURE MEANS HAVING EDGE PORTIONS WHICH EXTEND PAST SAID WALL MEANS, REMOVABLE TIE RODS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CLOSURE MEANS AND PASSING THROUGH OPENING IN SAID EDGE PORTIONS TO CLAMP THE WALL MEANS BETWEEN SAID END CLOSURE MEANS, SAID END CLOSURE MEANS BEING REMOVABLE AT WILL TO OPEN AT LEAST ONE END OF SAID WALL MEANS, SAID END CLOSURE MEANS DEFINING A SEPARATE SPACE BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE MANS AND EACH OF SAID MOVABLE PLATE MEMBERS, A DEFORMABLE HOLLOW AIR-TIGHT MEMBER IN EACH SPACE, AND MEANS FOR INFLATING SAID AIR-TIGHT MEMBERS.