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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267050 | Juicer having an articulated arm carrying a pressing element A juicer composed of: a housing provided to receive a rotatable element for extraction of juice; an arm that is mounted to the housing to pivot about an axis with respect to the housing; a pressing element for pressing a fruit half against the rotatable element; and... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6988447 | Fruit squeezer A fruit squeezer is disclosed. This fruit squeezer forms two transmission movements synchronously in two directions by means of a transmission member to drive the passive pressing cover and the passive rotating member of the fruit squeezer thereby squeezing the frui... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6923104 | Tensive cutting assembly A tensive cutting assembly includes a tensionable cutting member formed of a strip of material, typically metal, which is formed having a serpentine configuration. The tensionable cutting member is removably mounted on a tensive cutting head. The tensive cutting hea... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6813996 | Juicer with operational convenience A juicer includes a base, a column extending upright from the base, a head securely attached to an upper end of the column, a vertical rod extending vertically through the head, a Y-shaped handle having a main section and two arms branching from an end of the main s... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6553899 | Juicer with an easy-to-assemble pivotal connection for the handle A juicer comprises a base, a column extending upright from the base, a head securely attached to an upper end of the column, a vertical rod extending vertically through the head, a Y-shaped handle including a main section and two arms branching from an en... | 04/29/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5970859 | Hand-operated juicer A hand-operated juicer includes a base, an upright support mounted on the base, an upper squeeze unit that is connected to an upper end of the upright support, and a lower squeeze unit that is disposed below the upper squeeze unit above the base. The uppe... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5957043 | Fruit feeder for squeezer machines A fruit feeder for vending machines includes a container for fruit storage, a fruit elevator and a horizontal fruit conveyor. The elevator is composed of two vertical endless chains between which are mounted horizontal vanes and which elevate and eject th... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5906153 | Citrus fruit press A citrus fruit press with at least one pressing unit with a feed device having two hollow receptacle carriers, which can be moved symmetrically with respect to one another from a mutually facing receiving position, via a cutting position, into a pressing ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5615962 | Lotion applicator A device for applying lotions, creams and similar substances to any part of the body, particularly to the back and other difficult-to-reach areas is provided. The applicating device comprises three basic components: a one-piece frame having an elongated h... | 04/01/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5445067 | Improved apparatus for squeezing citrus fruits The present invention relates to improvements in machines for squeezing citrus fruits. These improved machines incorporate a novel, high capacity "revolver" system in which oranges or other pieces of fruit are placed. They also include an innovative mecha... | 08/29/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5331887 | Apparatus for extracting juice from fruits having a rind An apparatus for extracting the juice from whole fruit having a rind comprising axially aligned, spaced-apart piston and pressing head arranged to move reciprocally toward and away from each other, for loading a fruit therebetween, at least one perforated... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5313879 | Juice extracting machine An improved juice extracting machine having an upper structure inside of which is housed a gear box connected to a motor reducer assembly, a feeding cone positioned within a fruit receptacle located over the upper structure, a protector covering a front f... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5269218 | Fruit juice and pulp extractor A rotary fruit and juice extractor has pairs of holding cups pivotally mounted to a rotating frame. A rotatable reamer is associated with each cup. Cams pivot the cups from a fruit loading position, to a fruit slicing position and then to a reaming positi... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5249516 | Machine for the preparation of fruit juices A machine for preparing fruit juice has a storage compartment in which the fruit is rack mounted, the machine having a transfer mechanism for removing groups of whole fruit from the storage racks, and then feeding the fruits sequentially to a cutting and ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5188021 | Fruit juice and pulp extractor A rotary fruit and juice extractor has pairs of holding cups pivotally mounted to a rotating frame. A rotatable reamer is associated with each cup. Cams pivot the cups from a fruit loading position, to a fruit slicing position and then to a reaming positi... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5170699 | Juice making machine A machine for extracting juice from citrus fruits, has at least two first cylinders each having a plurality of substantially semi-spherical cavities for accommodating fruits rotatable in opposite directions to transport the fruits, a cutter located downst... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5035174 | Juice extractor Improved apparatus for extracting juice is disclosed. The apparatus disclosed provide a novel safety switch arranged such that the apparatus may be operated only when fully closed, thereby precluding injury to the operator or damage due to objects being p... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4961374 | Juicer In a juicer, a level has a shaft member inserted into a horizontal cylindrical mounting member formed on the top of a support body and a prolonged radial lever arm whose terminating end can be turned to below the bottom end of the support body. An annular... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4951563 | Fully automatic citrus fruit juice extractor An automatic juice extraction machine for squeezing juice from one or more pieces of fruit in accordance with this invention comprises at least one pair of cups disposed in a vertically aligned relationship, with the lower of each related pair of cups uti... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4896591 | Citrus fruit squeezer This invention relates to a device for squeezing citrus fruits, which comprises an ejector formed by a circular grille whose radial arms are slidably engaged in slots made in an ogive-shaped body to allow lowering of the grille, whose return is effected b... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4774880 | Collector tray and cut fruit support for juicing machine A collector tray and a cut fruit support for an automatic juicing apparatus are provided. The collector tray comprises a bottom wall, a pair of opposed upstanding end walls and opposed upstanding front and rear walls to define an open top tray for collect... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4531457 | Two piece juicer The invention relates to a two piece juicer which can be assembled by hand. This comprises one section which holds a horizontal pin which, when properly aligned with the other section which carries an extension to accept the pin, results in a pivot enabli... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4509418 | Surface for supporting cut fruit in fruit juicer An elastic sheet support means (3) is held over the open portion of a juice collector means (1) of an automatic fruit juice extractor. The elastic support means (3) is held to the front wall (21) and rear wall (20) of the juice collector means by reinforc... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4479425 | Fruit cutter and juicer A cutter to halve citrus fruit in an automatic citrus fruit juicing machine is described. The advance is the sloping of cutting knife (2) and its supporting cam pedestal (3) at an angle of 45° to 80° to the horizontal. Fruit is fed to the knife (2) via ... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4337865 | Feeder mechanism for controlling delivery of fruit to a juice extractor A feeder mechanism for controlling delivery of fruits to a processing apparatus such as a juice extractor and wherein the delivered fruits must be of a size equal to or less than a predetermined size, and in particular where the fruits from the feeder are... | 07/06/1982 |
| 3988976 | Equipment for the improvement of the efficiency of drying shelled maize Kernel corn is dried by piercing the pericarp prior to drying. Apparatus for doing this comprises means to feed the kernels in uniformly oriented relation to a needle cylinder with a stripping comb. The kernels are resiliently pressed against the needle c... | 11/02/1976 |