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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7698997 | System and method for producing concentrated food products with fractionation concentration An improved processing method and system for producing tomato paste and other food products affected by viscosity. Tomatoes are processed into tomato juice. The juice is provided to a decanter that separates or fractionates the juice into two portions—a thicker, m... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7644656 | Liquefier Conventional type liquefier appliance that incorporates an anti-drip system consisting of a “T”-shaped spout seal, besides the inclusion of a series of non-slip strips on the connecting gears between the drive unit and the rotary elements, which enable it to com... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7481155 | Juice extractor A fruit and vegetable juice extractor for extracting juice includes a grating disc rotatable about a substantially vertical axis. A frustoconically shaped filter is attached to the outer periphery of the grating disc and projects upwardly and outwardly thereof. A fo... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7337712 | Vessel for separating and collecting excess oil from deep fried foods disposed therein before the sauteing thereof A vessel for separating and collecting excess oil from deep fried foods disposed therein before the deep fried foods are sauted. A colander is rotatably mounted in a pot and holds the fried foods. A gear train operatively connects a motor to the colander. The motor ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325329 | Salad spin-drier A salad spin-drier with a bowl of glass or ceramic so that part of the water collection bowl, which until now has been purely functional, may be simultaneously used as a serving bowl for the salad. The salad bowl as is standard apart from the bowl has a lid in which... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7131370 | Centrifugal separating device and method of clarifying must during the production of wine The invention relates to a centrifugal separating device and method for clarifying must during wine production, especially with a separator (7). Gas and/or gelatine and/or other additives are added to the must that is clarified in the separating device after ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111546 | Salad spinner with improved drive assembly A salad spinner for drying food articles and household items includes a transparent bowl and a perforated basket disposed in the bowl. The basket further includes a cylindrical wall connected to a bottom wall of the basket and disposed at its center. The salad spinn... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7080594 | Food and vegetable processing device A food and vegetable processing device includes a body with a motor so as to drive a processing unit which is attached by a lower cap with an outlet. A top cap is mounted to the lower cap and includes a feeding passage for feeding food and vegetable to the processin... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078003 | Device for the transfer of energy and/or matter between a soluble solid and a liquid The invention relates to a device for the transfer between a solid matter and a liquid, comprising an outer drum and a perforated inner drum, means for commonly rotating the drums, and means situated inside the inner drum for moving the solid matter. In between the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066082 | Juice extractor A juice extractor (10) having a base (11) upon which there is mounted an electric motor (13). The electric motor (13) drives a grating disc (32). Extending upwardly from the disc (32) is a delivery chute (24) via whic... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059241 | Cutter blade of a fruit and vegetable juice extractor A cutter blade of a fruit and vegetable juice extractor is disclosed. The cutter blade has a blade center region being provided with a plurality of center teeth blades, and the center teeth blades are formed from a blade and the body of the blade and the height of t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044051 | Apparatus for extraction of juice and pulp from plant products A press for extracting juice and pulp from plant products, which has a motor component, a tank, and a cylindrical strainer, symmetrical about an axis, arranged in the tank and having a perforated radial wall, an opening for introduction of the plant products into st... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040220 | Juice extractor appliance having improved cutter disc A juice extractor appliance for extracting juice from food articles, includes: a housing having an inlet feed tube for feeding food articles into the appliance, and an outlet for outletting juice extract from the food articles; a pusher rod for manually pushing the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6981442 | Device for adjusting gap between feeding tube and blade disk of food processors A food processor includes a base, a lower cap, a blade unit and a top cap. The top cap has a fixed tube extending from an underside thereof and a sleeve is movably mounted to the fixed tube. A board is sandwiched between the sleeve and the blade disk of the blade un... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6968777 | Food, vegetables and fruit processor A food, vegetables and fruit processor comprises a base having therein an operating motor, a lower cover, a cutting seat and an upper cover. Wherein the upper cover is provided with an inclined feed-in pipe extending downwardly therefrom, one end of the feed-in pipe... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962107 | Juicer The rotary shaft of a juicer motor is braked by engaging an arch-shaped braking piece against the peripheral sidewall of a circular block that is mounted on the rotary shaft exteriorly of the motor shell for simultaneous rotation with the rotary shaft. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6907819 | Flip ramp mechanical interlock for appliance A locking system for an appliance has lid and feed chute locking components that include a spring-biased, ramp surfaced pivoting arm that is adapted to be activated to extend or retract a rod that activates or de-activates a motor drive of a food processor. The arm ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901849 | Juice extractor appliance and cutter disc therefor A juice extractor appliance, and a cutter disc therefor, the cutter disc being eccentrically mountable with respect to a feed tube for feeding food articles and being formed, on its surface facing feed tube, with a first group of blades in a circular region centrall... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899021 | Salad spin dryer A salad shaker having a lower part of a container and a cover which is placed on the cover and has a cable pull drive by which the salad sieve can be rotated. The drive is connected to a rotating plate by a free-running device which acts on both sides, and enables t... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6862982 | Food, vegetables and fruits processor A peeling, grinding, breaking and blending device for food, vegetables and fruits, it comprise a lower cover having a receiving room, a base provided under the lower cover, a cutting and grinding portion and an upper cover used to cover the lower cover. The cutting ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6862981 | Food processor A food processor is disclosed to have a rotary switch control member that the turnable about the pusher between a first position where two spring-supported actuating rods are held in touch with a respective touch-control switch to switch on the motor of the food pro... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6813997 | Fruit and vegetable processor A fruit and vegetable processor is disclosed. The processor comprises a machine body, a top cover, a hollow feeding cylinder and a pushing component, characterized in that the feeding cylinder of the top cover is mounted with a feeding tube, and the feeding tube has... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6718867 | Apparatus for processing the ingredients of foods/beverages A combined centrifugal force (X+Y) is produced in a container (8) when the container on a distal end of an arm (3) circles around a main rotary shaft (2) of the arm and simultaneously rotates on its own rotary shaft (6) in harmony with th... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6681687 | Centrifugal juice extractor A centrifugal juice extractor includes a rotary drum, a friction disk rotating along with the drum, a perforated basket that can be inserted into the drum, and a collecting space for collecting the squeezed juice. The squeezed juice can be directed specif... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6668709 | Citrus fruit squeezer with centrifugation of the squeezed product Appliance for squeezing citrus fruits with centrifugation of the product squeezed, composed of a milling cone (1) and a centrifuging bowl (2) provided with holes and/or slots (3) for filtering the juice or squeezed product which goes to a collecting conta... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6640697 | Food processor A food processor includes a housing, an electric motor drive, various tools placed on the housing and coupled to the drive, at least one of the tools having a switching block, and a switching element actuated in two directions. A tool coupled to the motor... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640694 | Electrical household appliance An electrical household appliance, in particular, a food processor, includes a drive motor installed in a housing having at least one bottom and one top housing part. The housing parts are held together by a screw connection. A largely vibration-isolated ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640693 | Food processor A food processor includes a drive subassembly disposed in a housing and coupled, in drive terms, to a gearwheel connected, in its axis center, to a first driveshaft, which driveshaft is further provided with a drive pinion for a planet gear associated wit... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640698 | Food processor A food processor includes two coupling points for processing appliances, the points disposed in a three-dimensionally spaced manner on a housing, output shafts respectively driven by a drive motor provided at each coupling point, an actuating element coup... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6622618 | Salad spinner A battery-operated two-speed salad spinner. The bowl receives one of two differently sized baskets. A cover includes a driving mechanism that rotates a selected bowl through a driving wheel.... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6609455 | Device for driving a rotary tool for a food-processing apparatus, and food-processing apparatus provided with such a device This drive device comprises a rotary shaft (50), integral with a drive head (56), capable of being fitted closely into a base part (30) of the rotary tool (24). This drive head (56) is provided with at least two studs (66), which can move between a radial... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6543340 | Food processing appliance This appliance, which is for example a juicer, comprises a base, a rotating shredding tool (26), a chute (16) for introducing food items towards the tool (26), and a pusher (18), which can be received in the internal volume of the chute (16). The chute (1... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6510785 | Hand operated centrifugal dryer A centrifugal dryer for leafy comestibles includes a basket within a cylindrical cabinet. Overlying the cabinet is a cover assembly having a lid, an external crank arm and a gear train sealed within a gearbox mounted to the underside of the lid. An output... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6412404 | Juice maker A juice maker comprises a jar and a tray at a bottom portion of the jar, the tray comprising an opening at one end, and is characterized in that: the jar comprising a recess at one side, a hole at a bottom portion close to the recess, an axle adjacent to the h... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6397736 | Fruit and vegetable juice extractor A fruit and vegetable juice extractor includes a lower and an upper base, a strainer basket and a disc cutter received in the upper base, and a top cover having a centered feed tube via which a whole piece of fruit or vegetable may be fed toward and groun... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6343546 | Electric salad spinner An electric salad spinner device which is designed for ease of use and allows for efficient drying of salad greens, leafy vegetables and the like. The device comprises a base component, a generally cylindrical basket component, a generally cylindrical bas... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6202547 | Juicer having two cutters A juicer having a stationary cutter and a rotary cutter is provided to fully grind fruit or vegetable fed into the juicer so that as much juice as possible is produced from the ground fruit or vegetable. The rotary cutter is mounted in a strainer basket a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6112649 | Safety switch structure of a mixer adjustable for a juice extractor This invention relates to a safety switch structure of a mixer adjustable for a juice extractor in which one safety switch is bound to a main body to which a mixer adjustable for a juice extractor is connected in turns; the bound switch is operated by eac... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6050180 | Fruit and vegetable juicer A fruit and vegetable juicer having a cover, a filter sieve, a collection bowl, a collection bowl top orifice, and a feeding tube located within the cover, wherein the cover has a helical recess extending upward from and in pulp-extraction communication w... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6029568 | Juicer with servo control induction motor A juice extractor is provided that includes an induction motor supported by a housing and having a rotatable shaft that is operably interconnected with comminuting basket adapted to pulverize food products, e.g., fruit and/or vegetables, into juice bearin... | 02/29/2000 |
