DIE ADJUSTER FOR MANUAL OIL EXPELLING

( A Technical Paper)

ABSTRACT
Francisco C. Dime
6/27/2012

The present utility model generally relates to the manual method and process of extracting oil from vegetables and seeds specifically to the mechanism employed to improve oil extraction by screw pressing.

DIE ADJUSTER FOR MANUAL OIL EXPELLING

Makers: Francisco C. Dime and Remartin S. Maglantay The difficulty of controlling the cake which is a byproduct in expelling oil from fed is a major concern among oil expeller machines. Such control manifested in the cake thickness dictates the amount of oil recovery. This paper outlines the description, operation and claims on the Collar Assisted Choke Mechanism for Manual Oil Expelling. INTRODUCTION

The existing method and machine to manually extract oil from vegetable and seed are done primarily by screw pressing. A process by which the source of oil is fed and conveyed into a screw shaft while it is being turned manually by a lever acting as a fulcrum for multiplying power input. The choke is simply a cylinder with hole in the center where the pressed cake exits. For oil expeller with prime mover, engine or motor, the choke is provided with adjuster using a spanner. This pushes the choke to the required distance. OBJECTIVES The primary intent of the collar assisted choke mechanism for manual oil expelling is to ease the control of choke for optimum oil recovery while at the same time eliminates the necessity of using a hand tool to do it. The improvement of productivity is also a particular concern of this utility model.

Finally, the proposed utility model will improve the cost effectiveness of the manual oil expelling machine to which it forms a part.

DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION Figure 1, marked as 10, shows the assembly drawing of the utility model which is numbered from 1 to 4. Item 1, labeled as choke (1) is a cylinder is held by the shaft (4) and connected to collar (3) which is threaded, by the U-joint (2). These three items (1, 2 and 3) comprises the choke mechanism which is under consideration of this patent application while item 4 is common for all manual oil expeller.

Figure 1. The Collar Assisted Choke Mechanism for Manual Oil Expelling

The operation is better understood with the entire manual oil expeller to which the proposed utility model forms part. Figure 2. shows the manual oil expeller in its entirety. The process starts with the fed (9) which passed the hopper (1) and moved forward by the screw (2) towards the end of the cylinder (3).

Figure 2. The manual screw oil expeller with the collar assisted choke mechanism components marked as 5,6 and 7. Once the cylinder (3) is filled up, the fed (9) will build up and the density will increase by further turning of the screw (2) through the handle (4) whose length multiply the power input by the lever principle until the oil (10) starts to trickle through the holes near the end of the cylinder (3) while at the same time thin layer of cake(8) or the solid part comes out at the choke (5) which is adjusted if the cake is loose by the collar (6) and effected by the u-joint (7) since the last three items are connected. As the cake (8) gets thinner by the continuous adjustment of the collar (7), more oil (10) is extracted and

the trickle turns into flow. The process above is repeated into cycle until all the fed is processed. CONCLUSION The Collar Assisted Choke Mechanism for Manual Oil Expelling is a very simple and practical addition for the oil expeller machine not only in the manually operated but also the mechanical or motorized model. It allows finer adjustment even if the machine is operating by merely turning the collar which is light and easy to grip. The collar assisted choke mechanism for manual oil expelling comprises of choke (1), u-joint (2) and collar (3) for optimum oil recovery from fed. The mechanism controls the distance and thickness of cake coming out of the manual oil expeller that increases oil extracted from vegetables and seeds like peanut.