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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166873 | Automated juice extractor An automatic juicer turns and pushes an upward facing juicing cone into a fruit for releasing and collecting juice. The juicer includes a base containing a motor, gear and shaft assembly which rises as a unit with the juicing cone. A fixed guide extends upward from ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7278779 | Mixer with optional faucet A food mixer device and method includes a container configured to receive food. A pair of interchangeable container bases are each separately and removably couplable to the container. At least one mixing assembly is rotatably disposed in the container. A faucet is o... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7228794 | Kitchen appliance A housing in a kitchen device, in particular, a household fruit press, includes an electric motor and a circuit board, both of which can be simply mounted. The motor and board are to be simply assembled in the housing by configuring the mounting as a hollow cylinder... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217028 | Off-axis goblet for food mixer An off-axis goblet or container for a food or beverage mixer has a longitudinal axis centered therein. A mixing assembly is disposed in the goblet or container and has a rotational axis. The longitudinal and rotational axes of the goblet and mixing assembly are diff... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7117784 | Juicer and grater assembly The invention provides a juicer and grater assembly comprising an extractor having a plurality of radially extending tabs integral with a lower portion thereof, a combination grater and strainer having at least a plurality of first apertures and a plurality of secon... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7089851 | Juicer A fruit juicer includes an additional switch that determines the speed at which the fruit juicer, i.e., the element that receives the fruit to be squeezed out, revolves. A button, disposed on the outer wall of the housing, actuates a microcontroller such that more p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7028606 | Citrus fruit juice separator with pouring accessory An electric juicer having a housing, or case, a juice receptacle arranged on the case, a pouring accessory disposed on the receptacle and a juicer cone. The case contains a motor for rotating the cone through the intermediary of a transmission, the pouring accessory... | 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 |
| 6971306 | Juicer A juicer has a tilting collecting dish that permits simple, loss-free pouring out of the fruit juice. It is unnecessary to remove the squeeze element with which the citrus fruit was pressed and/or the collecting container surrounding the squeeze element, from which ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6945162 | Fruit juicer with increased juice yield A fruit juicer has a rotating, upwardly-tapering, centrally-disposed, projecting element, for the pressing of a fruit. The element is surrounded by a collector dish, into which a stationary wall of a fixed annular body extends downwards. A device for compressing the... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6860196 | Juicer A juicer is driven by an electric motor. The juicer is provided with a centrally-arranged, projecting, upwardly-tapering element, for the pressing of a fruit. The pressing element may be driven by a driveshaft, connected to the element. The driveshaft may be displac... | 03/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6536335 | Juicer and shaver A combination juicer and shaver includes a juicer portion removably receivable in juxtaposition to a shaver portion. The juicer portion includes a juicer for extracting juice from a food item. The shaver portion includes a chamber and a shaver in the cham... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6371013 | Fruit squeezer with an additive adding mechanism A fruit squeezer includes a hollow stand, a water container mounted on the stand, a juice collector mounted in the water container, a reamer mounted rotatably in the juice collector, a squeezing member disposed above and movable toward the reamer, and an ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6347580 | Juice maker A juice maker uses a handle to control an upper mold to move upward or downward, which corresponds to a lower mold at underneath, and the lower mold is controlled by the handle to turn, when the upper mold is driven to move upward or downward, the lower m... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6295921 | Juice extractor for citrus fruits A juice extractor for citrus fruits includes a base, a vertical column, a cylindrical element attached to the column, and a cone-shaped juice collecting tray placed on the cylindrical element. A lower fruit holder is located on the juice collecting tray, ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6234071 | Automatic machine for dispensing natural juices The automatic machine intended to dispense natural juices, has a functional assembly with a supply system with unit dosing of the fruit (7) from a supply hopper, and a pressing system which has a chopping-cutting mechanism (19). The presser-squeezer itsel... | 05/22/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6186057 | Automatic citrus juice squeezer The improvements to the automatic citrus juice squeezer consist of: a movement of the pressure cup (3) by means of a drive screw (5) and a guide column (6); the cup being removably-mounted and detachable from its holder (7) by raising a trip fastener (12)... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6138556 | Fruit squeezer A fruit squeezer includes a hollow base having a peripheral side wall with opposite highest and lowest sides, a container having a first spout and turnable relative to the hollow base between a draining position in which the first spout is aligned vertica... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135019 | Filter assembly for a blender A filter assembly for a blender including a hollow cylindrical filter member, a main cap member, and a plunger assembly. The main cap member encloses a top opening of the blender such that the filter member is positioned within the container of the blende... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6135018 | Fruit squeezer A fruit squeezer includes a hollow base, a container mounted on the hollow base and having a top open end, a strainer disposed in the container, a reamer disposed rotatably in the strainer, a driving unit mounted in the base and having a driving shaft pro... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6070519 | Juice extractor and beverage mixer apparatus An upper extractor module includes a cover and a juice extractor fluted dome and trough. A pulp filter filters the juice which flows into a lower extension conduit. An intermediate module has a compartment in fluid isolation from the juice extraction comp... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5690021 | Strainer insert for blender The strainer insert is a cylindrical chamber having strainer openings about a portion of its circumference. The strainer chamber is open at both ends. The bottom end is attached to a mounting base which is attached to a blender base. When the strainer cha... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5657927 | Fruit processing machine A washer for a fruit processing machine includes a rotary nozzle paddlewheel gear mounted in a nozzle housing. The rotary nozzle paddlewheel gear meshes with combination gears which in turn mesh with a wash nozzle. Fluid pumped into the housing drives the... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5570629 | Juice extraction device A juice extracting device for rupturing the exposed cellular structure of a section of fruit such as oranges, grapefruit, lemons, et al. comprising an upstanding reamer with a bulbous head. The bulbous head portion takes a generally spherical configuratio... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5551335 | Citrus juicer A citrus juicer having a base enclosing a driving electric motor arranged to drive a pair of upstanding spindles on top of each of which is a juicing cone, the juicing cones being arranged above a container for the collection of juice, characterised in th... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5544572 | Machine for automatically preparing and dispensing fruit juice The machine provides fresh fruit juice by storing and squeezing pieces of fresh fruit. The machine is built with a compartmented cabinet frame that allows for a module construction, each module being removable to allow for easy maintenance and assembly. T... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5511468 | Fruit juice extracting machine A fruit juice extracting machine has a pair of opposing endless cup chains extending around a rotatable reamer wheel. The peel guide or retainer holds reamed peel halves in cup until ejector directs peel half into peel chute. A filler plate panel substant... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5487331 | Fruit juice extracting machine A fruit juice extracting machine has a pair of opposing endless cup chains extending around a rotatable reamer wheel. The peel guide or retainer holds reamed peel halves in cup until ejector directs peel half into peel chute. A filler plate panel substant... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5408923 | Fruit juice extracting machine A fruit juice extracting machine has a pair of opposing endless cup chains extending around a rotatable reamer wheel. The peel guide or retainer holds reamed peel halves in cup until ejector directs peel half into peel chute. A filler plate panel substant... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5289763 | Device for the extraction of juice and pulp from fruit and vegetables An apparatus for extracting juice and pulp from vegetables and fruits is provided having a base containing an electric motor, and a bowl removably attached to the base. The motor has a drive shaft which projects into the interior of the bowl for receiving... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5249515 | Apparatus for extracting fruit juice from citrus fruits A processing station is encased by a wall of a housing and lever pivot axes project from opposite sides thereof into the processing station which carry at their respective ends an arm with a clamping jaw for holding a citrus fruit. The clamping jaws guide... | 10/05/1993 |
| 4759938 | Method and apparatus for enhanced citrus juice extraction A method and apparatus is disclosed for enhanced juice extraction from citrus fruit, the apparatus being of a type including an annular carousel with circumferentially arranged cups, a rotary reamer assembly smaller than the carousel having circumferentia... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4750779 | Vehicle with a cabin encasement with internal reinforcing elements An improved door for a motor vehicle is disclosed which features a transverse stiffening element. The element comprises a pretensioned panel spaced between bearer members such that upon impact its resistant to buckling increases, rather than the reverse, ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4706559 | Highly reliable juice extractor A motorized juice extractor has a cylindrical extruded main body with a base stand providing a reel for winding up and concealing part or all of the electric supply cable. The rotatable extracting cone has a surrounding body attachment substantially in th... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4486697 | Reversing device for a two-pole single-phase synchronous motor A reversing device for a two-pole single-phase synchronous motor (3) without a starting coil. The motor comprises a diametrically magnetized permanent-magnet rotor having a shaft that runs against elastic stops for reversing the direction of rotation, and... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4421021 | Citrus juice extractor having means for separating juice pulp and rag from peel Improvements in a fruit processing juice extractor in which fruit is fed by a feed wheel to conveyors having elastomer cups for holding the fruits and moving them against a stationary cutting knife to provide severed sections which are transported to rota... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4378730 | Citrus press device A citrus fruit juicing attachment for an electrically-driven kitchen robot is described. The attachment of the invention comprises an extension piece for fitting on the motor drive shaft, a basket for mounting on the upper bowl of the kitchen robot which ... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4309942 | Citrus press There is provided a citrus press having a juice receptacle constituted by two substantially concentric cylinders forming an annulus. An annular partition interconnects the two cylinders and divides the annulus into a larger section and a smaller section, ... | 01/12/1982 |
