Pressing stroke: Juice leaves the oranges into the branched Y-section of the collector. The plug remains in the plug cutter / filter area.
Plug ejection: After the pressing stroke, the plug ejection system pushes a plunger through the filter, pushes the plug back out of the plug cutter, and the plug falls into the core chute of the disposal system (see Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 6).
Disposal: Meanwhile, peels fall to the sides of the peelers, avoid the core chutes, two channels; the two augers take peels and plugs/cores away separately (Outflow-disposal).
Components
Plunger — pushes through filter to eject plug (multiple in parallel)
Plunger actuator bar / plate — light purple; carries plungers in unison
Filter — plunger passes through; juice to collector
Plug cutter — (in Collection); plug ejected by this system
Plunger drive bracket
Gallery
CAD views. Refer to figures in the text as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.
Figure 1. Exploded — actuator bar, blue plungers, green housings, rods, spring.Figure 2. Actuator plate, plungers into green housing; core chute side.Figure 3. Front — vertical plungers, base, actuator mechanisms, green supports.Figure 4. Plunger assemblies — purple plate, blue plungers, green blocks, rods.Figure 5. Top — structural bar, four plunger assemblies, green blocks.Figure 6. Single station — plunger rod, yoke-like actuation, housing.Figure 7. Left — plunger rod, green housing, spring, bushings, actuation.
Interfaces
Input: Plug in plug cutter/filter after pressing stroke (from Collection).
Output: Plug ejected → falls into disposal core chute.
