Seamless filter bag assembly for juice press

Abstract

A filter bag assembly for a juice press is assembled from a unitary sheet of fabric and at least one coupling member and/or belt. The fabric sheet is foldable along a transverse fold line and then along left and right fold lines to form a seamless bag having left and right side margins each having four sheet layers. A left coupling member may be arranged to gather at least two of the four sheet layers of the left side margin, and a right coupling member may be arranged to gather at least two of the four sheet layers of the right side margin. Each belt connects the left side margin to the right side margin. Preformed holes in the fabric sheet are positioned to allow the coupling members and belt(s) to be installed to retain the folded bag. The assembled bag is inexpensive and the fabric sheet is replaceable.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of assembling a filter bag for use in a juice press, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a sheet of fabric having a plurality of belt holes;   providing at least one belt;   folding the sheet of fabric along a transverse fold line;   folding the sheet of fabric along a left fold line generally perpendicular to the transverse fold line to form a left side margin having aligned belt holes;   folding the sheet of fabric along a right fold line generally perpendicular to the transverse fold line to form a right side margin having aligned belt holes;   inserting a left end of the at least one belt into the aligned belt holes in the left side margin; and   inserting the right end of the at least one belt into the aligned belt holes in the right side margin.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheet of fabric is seamless. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheet of fabric is rectangular. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the fabric sheet further has a plurality of coupling holes such that the left side margin has aligned coupling holes and the right side margin has aligned coupling holes, and the method further comprises the steps of:
 providing a left coupling member and a right coupling member, and inserting the left coupling member into the aligned coupling holes in the left side margin; and   inserting the right coupling member into the aligned coupling holes in the right side margin.