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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181567 | High-throughput centrifuge The invention relates to an apparatus for preparing foods, aimed at creating fruit and/or vegetable juice from whole or chopped fruits and/or vegetables, by grating and centrifugation, including in particular: a grating disc; a basket connected to the grating disc, ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8122821 | Food-processing device A food-processing device for chopping, mixing, or liquefying foods. The device comprises a container, a removable base, and a blender base. The container comprises a locking member located at the periphery of the container. The container has an opening. The removabl... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7958819 | Blender and juicer system A blender and juicer system involving a blender container, having an open top and an open bottom, and a removable juicer member being open at each end and adapted for insertion into the blender container. The blender container is adapted to prevent the over-insertio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954425 | Grating disk for food processor To improve the efficiency of juice-extracting food processors (1) based on grating fruit or vegetables, wherein the inlet piece (2) forms an interstice (I) with the grating disk (3), interstitial cutting teeth (302) are arranged in the in... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7685936 | Root beer float strainer and method of reducing foam A strainer for use with combining beverages and cold food includes a bottom section sized for insertion into a beverage container, and a side section projecting substantially vertically from the bottom section and sized for insertion into a portion of the beverage c... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7430957 | Blender and juicer system A blender and juicer system comprises a blender container having an open top and an open bottom, and a removable juicer member being open at each end and adapted for insertion into the blender container. The blender container is adapted to prevent the over-insertion... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7318375 | Food stirrer A food stirrer includes a seat and a container. A driving axle extends through the seat. A bushing is provided outside the driving axle. The driving axle has a brake device for quickly stopping the rotation of the driving axle when a motor is powered off. A spring i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305920 | Juice extractor with orifice tube beam drive extending into side panels A juice extractor includes an extractor frame, at least one inner side panel that divides the interior into a product material area and a drive mechanism cavity. An orifice beam includes an end extending through a beam opening in the inner side panel. An orifice tub... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275666 | Adapter for blender pitcher A container adapter (10) includes lower sidewalls (42, 43, 44, 45) and upper sidewalls (56, 57, 58, 59) separated by a rim (40). The lower side walls (42, 43, 44, 45) may be received within a pitcher (12), and the rim (40... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273075 | Brush-sieve powder-fluidizing apparatus for feeding nano-size and ultra-fine powders A powder-fluidizing apparatus is presented which is applicable to feeding ultra-fine and nano-size powders, and powders with a broad particle size distribution, in a uniform manner over a long period of time. Generally, this is accomplished by using a rotating brush... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263926 | Structure of a fruit and vegetable processor An improved structure of a fruit and vegetable processor is disclosed. The processor comprises a base seat, a power unit located within the base seat, a cup body, a blade mounted within the cup body and rotated by the power unit, a cap, at least a passage which pass... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252036 | Rotor blades for food processing machines A rotor for food pulping or straining machines is equipped with a plurality of blades (2) designed to act on the food product to force at least part of it out through a sieve (3) that surrounds the rotor (1) and is characterised in that the blad... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7093534 | Method of manufacturing products of soymilk and apparatus of manufacturing the same The invention comprises the steps of storing immersed or smothered raw material of soy beans including hulls in a storage chamber provided at the front part of a cylinder barrel, subsequently passing the stored raw material of soybeans through screens furnished at t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077056 | Juice extractor with orifice tube beam movable between operating and maintenance positions and associated methods A juice extractor includes pairs of opposing cups being relatively movable for squeezing fruit therebetween. The juice extractor may also include a pair of drive members extending along opposite sides of the pairs of opposing cups, a plurality of strainer tubes asso... | 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 |
| 7063009 | Safety device of a juice extractor A safety device of a juice extractor is disclosed. The juice extractor comprises an extractor body, a motor, a cup seat having a holding rib at one side of the cup seat and the holding rib containing a triggering member, and the bottom end of the cup seat being scre... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7028607 | Frozen food masticating machine A device for masticating frozen foodstuffs such device having a housing; a motor installed inside the housing; and an inlet portion for introducing foodstuffs therein connected to a masticating chamber. A plunging device is attached such that a piston is inserted in... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6994018 | Roller drive system for a fruit oil extractor Apparatus for extracting oil from the peel of whole citrus fruit includes a frame and a plurality of parallel horizontal rolls including toothed projections for piercing the outer surface of the whole fruit. Each of the plurality of rolls is rotatably supported via ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6817750 | Individualized blender A blender system composed of a mixing base that is capable of agitating the contents of a plurality of containers. The mixing base includes a member for rotating a shaft, a recessed well positioned at a top of the mixing base, a pressure-actuated switch positioned a... | 11/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6796220 | Automatic bean curd manufacturing apparatus An automatic bean curd manufacturing apparatus includes a main body provided with a bean grinding chamber and a bean juice heating chamber, a driving motor installed in the main body, a rotational container removably and rotatably installed in the grinding chamber o... | 09/28/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6668710 | Variable-trim food refiner The food refiner comprises a sieve, provided with an inlet for a produce to be processed and an outlet for a waste product, at a center of which a rotor extends from the inlet to the outlet and bears a plurality of spatulas which interact with an internal... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6637323 | Juice extractor A juice extractor including a helical spindle connected to a power driven source, and a housing having an inlet in the upper part and an outlet in the lower part. The helical spindle includes a fine grinding portion and a refine grinding portion. At the e... | 10/28/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6604455 | Food processor A strainer press for a food processor, which has a pot-shaped straining part that can be placed in a manner proof against rotation in the mixing bowl of the food processor and is provided with through-apertures, and an assigned pressing tool that has, on ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6247393 | Means for making soybean milk The present invention proposes an apparatus for making soybean milk, wherein a cover body is connected to the opening of a container, and a fixing tank is extended form the cover body toward the inside of the container. A motor is installed in the fixing ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6223652 | Kitchen appliance comprising a container with a filter The invention relates to a kitchen appliance comprising a container and a housing accommodating an electric motor. The container comprises a bottom, a removable lid, and a bearing for supporting a tool which is drivable in the container by the motor. A fi... | 05/01/2001 |
