Patents Assigned to A.I.D. Agriculture Industrial Development S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 5628247
    Abstract: The automatic citrus fruit juicer has a fixed frame with an upper platform and a lower platform. A first drum with a vertical axis is rotatably mounted and actuated between the platforms and is crossed by holes for the passage of fruit juice. A second drum with a vertical axis is rotatable eccentrically outside the first drum and is provided with lateral pressing means for pressing its inner surface toward the outer surface of the first drum at a citrus fruit squashing region. A unit for cutting fruits into two halves is mounted above the drums at an opening of the upper platform provided to allow the fruit halves to drop between the drums so that the cut surfaces of the citrus fruits rest against the surface of the first drum. The lower platform is provided with a hole for the exit of the fruit juice and with a chute for removing the peels of the squashed fruit halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: A.I.D. Agriculture Industrial Developments S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cesare Palumbo, Salvatore Torrisi
  • Patent number: 4974505
    Abstract: Fruit juice automatic dispenser, including a refrigerated unit for storing the fruit to be squashed, an assembly for cutting and squashing the individual citrus fruits, a station for removing a dose of squash, means for washing the squashing elements and for collecting the wash water and the peels of the citrus fruits and a control unit which controls the assemblies and is adapted to make them operate in succession when activated by a coin operated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: A.I.D. Agriculture Industrial Development S.p.A.
    Inventor: Salvatore Torrisi