With Axial Actuation Patents (Class 99/502)
  • Patent number: 10820619
    Abstract: Squeezing system that comprises at least one female drum (1) and at least one male drum (2), one close to the other and which rotate in a synchronous manner, one in the opposite direction to the other, the female (1) having on its side at least one cavity (6) apt for lodging the fruit to be squeezed, and the male drum (2) likewise having on the side at least one protuberance (5) apt for engaging in a portion of the rotation path and apt for being tightly lodged in the cavity (6) of the female drum (1) during each rotation, compressing and squeezing the fruit; the rotation axle (3) of the female drum (1) not being parallel to the rotation axle (4) of the male drum (2), both crossing at a point in space, being preferably coplanar and concurrent and being deployed one with respect to the other at an angle other than 0° or 180°, in which the female (1) and male (2) drums have one of their bases larger than the other, preferably adopting a a frustoconical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Zumex Group S.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Flotats Molinas
  • Patent number: 9277764
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pre-triturating device, for solving a problem that the food should be pre-processed in the prior art to make the user inconvenient. According to the problem described above, after the pre-triturating device of the present invention is installed in the food processing machine, by connection between the driving shaft or the shaft hole and the shaft hole or the connecting shaft of the center of the bottom surface of the pre-triturating device, in the pre-triturating procedure, the user can relieve the food pre-processing procedure when processing the food, and the processing food is easier and quicker. Because the food is pre-triturated, the loader of the mixed device is reduced, the life of the machine is prolonged, and the mixing or squeezing juice efficiency is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: T.F. Electrical Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenhung Chou
  • Patent number: 8899147
    Abstract: A compact blender with a drinking water connection tube, supporting conventional tap water connections has a water dosing valve to pressure water distributed to the blending compartment or jug. Water flows from the connection tube, to a splitting device, from where inlet tubes that allow passing of water inside the blending compartment. The lid has external protrusions with inner cavities connected a duct with holes that introduce drinking water inside the blending compartment. When the frozen fruit capsule is introduced through the lid and the operation button is pushed, the exact amount of water is dosed by the water dosing valve. When water enters the blending compartment, the motor starts running turning the axle of the rotor and blades, so that water is mixed with the frozen fruit capsule thus generating the juice to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Inventor: Joost Arthur Dille
  • Patent number: 8826812
    Abstract: A juice extraction module for a juicer is provided, which includes a container formed with a juice discharge port; a sieve positioned inside of the container; a screw positioned inside of the sieve to extract juice from a material; a lid coupled to a top end of the container and formed with an input portion through which the material is input; and a safety cover rotatably installed to a main input opening of a top end of the input portion to be movable between a first position and a second position. The safety cover includes a first cover portion erected to open the main input opening in the first position and closing the main input opening in the second position; and a second cover portion formed integrally with the first cover portion, the second cover portion moving the safety cover to the second position when the second cover portion is pushed by a downward applied force from the first position, whereby the first cover portion blocks the main input opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: NUC Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: 8826811
    Abstract: A juicer module is disclosed herein. The juicer module includes an open top juicer container, a lid which is provided with a material input through a side of the lid and coupled to an upper portion of the juicer container, a net drum fixedly arranged within the juicer container and a screw arranged within the net drum. The screw is provided with a spiral portion formed on a side surface of the screw and a rotary shaft to pass through the shaft hole of the juicer container. The juicer module may further include a guide rotary portion formed on an upper end of the screw, and the lid may be provided with a rotary guide for guiding the rotation of the screw, the rotary guide being in contact with an edge of the guide rotary portion when the juicer module is assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: NUC Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: 8783171
    Abstract: A juice extractor is adapted to squeeze juice from oranges and similar kinds of fruits. The juice extractor includes a juice extractor base and a juice squeezing wheel rotatably disposed on the juice extractor base. An arcuate concave surface is formed on an upper portion of the juice extractor base. The juice squeezing wheel has an involute outer surface. A crushing space is defined between the juice squeezing wheel and the concave surface of the juice extractor base for receiving a half-cut fruit. When the juice squeezing wheel rotates, the half-cut fruit in the crushing space is crushed to produce fruit juice. The juice extractor can squeeze juice electrically, is structurally simple and is convenient to be washed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventor: Yi-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 8640610
    Abstract: A squeeze juicer for extracting juice includes a base (2), a motor (1), a juice collecting cavity (4), a squeezing and crushing part, and a filtering part (50). The squeezing and crushing part includes a propelling screw (3) and a squeezing cylinder (5) cooperating with the propelling screw (3). The squeezing cylinder (5) is provided in the juice collecting cavity (4). The filtering part (50) is provided on the downstream of the squeezing cylinder (5). The filtering part (50) includes a plurality of grids (51). A filtering slot (7) for pomace and juice is arranged between two adjacent grids (51). The size of the filtering slot (7) for pomace and juice can be accordingly changed corresponding to the size of the materials under the action of the propelling screw (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Joyoung Company Limited
    Inventors: Xuning Wang, Yanhua Wu, Long Chen
  • Patent number: 8511225
    Abstract: 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 the base and inner and outer shafts reside inside the fixed guide and are driven by the motor and gear assembly to rotate and advance the juicing cone into the fruit. The juicing cone, strainer and a bowl release and catch the juice. The outer shaft includes threads to vertically advance and retreat the outer and inner shafts when the outer shaft turns. The inner shaft rises with the outer shaft and lifts and rotates the juicing cone, thereby releasing juice from the fruit. The bowl is fixed to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Patent number: 8245726
    Abstract: A citrus juice apparatus may include at least one citrus juice processing device. The at least one juice processing device may include at least one juice output having a flow of juice therethrough. The at least one juice processing device upon a malfunction may cause an undesired material release along with the flow of juice into the at least one juice output. An undesired material release detector may be coupled to the at least one juice output for detecting the undesired material release. The detector may operate based upon magnetic proximity sensing of a moving filter plate within a housing of the detector. Alternatively, the detector may operate using a filter plate, and based upon pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Garland Mathews, Michael L. Suter, Mark R. Jackson, Kevin G. Socha, Jose D. Milla, Gregory W. Schrader
  • Patent number: 8205544
    Abstract: An automatic juicer turns and pushes an upward facing juicing cone into a fruit for releasing juice. The juicer includes a base containing a motor, gear and shaft assembly. A fixed guide extends upward from the base and inner and outer shafts reside inside the fixed guide and are driven by the motor and gear assembly to rotate and advance the juicing cone into the fruit. The inner shaft includes threads to vertically advance and retreat a shaft nut and the outer shaft rotates with the inner shaft, but is lifted by the shaft nut when the inner shaft turns. The juicing cone releases the juice and a stationary bowl catches the juice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Patent number: 8166873
    Abstract: 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 the base and inner and outer shafts reside inside the fixed guide and are driven by the motor and gear assembly to rotate and advance the juicing cone into the fruit. The juicing cone, strainer and a bowl release and catch the juice. The outer shaft includes threads to vertically advance and retreat the outer and inner shafts when the outer shaft turns. The inner shaft rises with the outer shaft and lifts and rotates the juicing cone, thereby releasing juice from the fruit. The bowl is fixed to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Patent number: 8161872
    Abstract: 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 clutch and gearing assembly connected to a motor. A center column assembly rotates and advances the juicing cone. The juicing cone, strainer, and a bowl release and catch the juice. The center column includes an outer column fixed to the base, a rotating drive shaft driven by the motor but not advancing vertically, and a driven shaft which rotates with the drive shaft and advances and retreats vertically. The bowl is fixed to the base. The strainer advances vertically with juicing cone but does not rotate. The juicing cone is attached to the driven shaft and rotates and advances vertically, thereby releasing juice from the fruit. Knife edges on the bottom of the juicing cone scrape pulp from the strainer to prevent clogging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Patent number: 8091473
    Abstract: A juice extractor capable of extracting juice from vegetables, fruits or soymilk from beans is disclosed. The extractor includes a housing having a draff outlet port and a juice outlet port, a screw having an upper rotary shaft inserted in a rotary shaft hole of the housing and a lower rotary shaft with a plurality of screw spirals formed on an outer periphery thereof, and a mesh drum for extracting the juice toward the juice outlet port, and a rotary brush mounted between the housing and the mesh drum and having a brush holder. Various nutrients and intrinsic flavor contained in the vegetables or fruits are maintained to the fullest extent by employing a very low speed screw of a squeezing mode. Also, since the housing accommodating the screw is vertically fixed to an upper portion of a drive unit, the material is automatically moved downward without pressing the material down, and the draff is discharged while squeezing and grinding the materials put in an inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventor: Young-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 8082841
    Abstract: A squeezing machine whose actual squeezing element is formed mainly of a cone or rotating head which, apart from the rotating movement, has upward or downward movement depending on the point in the squeezing operation, on which there is a set of blades in the form of fins in such a way that the fruit is deposited on said blades and when these are pushed by the rotating cone in its upward path exert pressure on the fruit, slicing this vertically and guiding it towards the cone for crushing the pulp, as the fruit cannot escape through being trapped in the recess inside a dome that may consist of two parts, one of them moving, in such a way that as it moves it leaves open a hole communicating the squeezing element with a bin containing the fruit to be squeezed, allowing in a fruit previously aligned with said hollow by means of a pulling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Orange Juice Home, S.L.
    Inventors: Ignacio Horche Trueba, Javier Aparicio Adaro
  • Publication number: 20100173059
    Abstract: A high speed method and apparatus for citrus juice extraction is provided. The juice extraction system includes a reamer having a plurality of diagonal grooves formed in the surface of the primary rib or ribs of the reamer. The grooves allow juice to escape easily, which in turn allows the reamer to extract over 99% of the citrus juice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: John A. Lambert
  • Publication number: 20100058939
    Abstract: 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 the base and inner and outer shafts reside inside the fixed guide and are driven by the motor and gear assembly to rotate and advance the juicing cone into the fruit. The juicing cone, strainer and a bowl release and catch the juice. The outer shaft includes threads to vertically advance and retreat the outer and inner shafts when the outer shaft turns. The inner shaft rises with the outer shaft and lifts and rotates the juicing cone, thereby releasing juice from the fruit. The bowl is fixed to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Publication number: 20090162508
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for pulping/liquidising the edible flesh within a fruit, especially a citrus fruit. The apparatus includes a blade that is attached at its middle to a shaft that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. The blade is pivotable to the shaft and is inserted tip first into the fruit while it lies parallel to the shaft so that the size of the opening into the fruit can be minimised. The shaft is rotated about its longitudinal axis and, while the shaft is rotating, the blade is pivoted outwardly from the shaft. The rotary movement of the shaft and the pivoting of the blade means that the blade traces a three dimensional shape within the fruit and thereby pulps it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Royal College of Art
    Inventor: Graeme Howard Davies
  • Publication number: 20090038484
    Abstract: A squeezing machine whose actual squeezing element is formed mainly of a cone or rotating head which, apart from the rotating movement, has upward or downward movement depending on the point in the squeezing operation, on which there is a set of blades in the form of fins in such a way that the fruit is deposited on said blades and when these are pushed by the rotating cone in its upward path exert pressure on the fruit, slicing this vertically and guiding it towards the cone for crushing the pulp, as the fruit cannot escape through being trapped in the recess inside a dome that may consist of two parts, one of them moving, in such a way that as it moves it leaves open a hole communicating the squeezing element with a bin containing the fruit to be squeezed, allowing in a fruit previously aligned with said hollow by means of a pulling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Ignacio Horche Trueba, Javier Aparicio Adaro
  • Patent number: 6899022
    Abstract: A juicer for extracting juice from a fruit comprising a juicing element having an axis and a pivot operatively associated with and radially spaced from the juicing element axis, such that the juicing element axis is rotatable about the pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Inventors: Ilan Greenberg, Zion Azar, Pinchas Shalev
  • Patent number: 6860196
    Abstract: 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 displaced in the axial direction. By pressing downwards on the element, the driveshaft is pressed against a switching means and the electric motor switched on thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Marko Areh, Peter Brezovnik, Siegmund Kramer, Stanislav Mazej, Henrik Pavlovic, Michael Steffl, Igor Zibret
  • Patent number: 6070519
    Abstract: 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 compartment. A motor, drive gears and switch are in the intermediate compartment for rotationally driving the extractor. A pitcher forms a lower module on which the intermediate module fits. The juice flows into the pitcher through the intermediate module via the extension. A paddle depends from the intermediate module and is driven by the motor and gears simultaneously with the extractor, but at a higher speed for mixing beverages in the pitcher formed from the extracted juice and other ingredients such as water, sweeteners and so on. Different extractors may be attached for different size fruits. A lid may be attached over the pitcher for juice/beverage storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventors: John C. K. Sham, Kumkit Kunavong Vorakul
  • Patent number: 5957043
    Abstract: 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 the fruit. The horizontal transporter is composed of two rollers turning in different directions and which have helical ribbings of opposite inclinations, receiving the fruit from the elevator to transport them to a collecting trough of the squeezer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Innovaciones Mecanicas, S.A.
    Inventor: Rafael Olmos Font
  • Patent number: 5906153
    Abstract: 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 position and each has at least one fruit-half-receiving hollow receptacle, and with two pressing tools, which rotate about in each case one of two parallel spindles and are mounted on a carriage which can advance and return the pressing tools, in the pressing position, into and from the hollow receptacles by a thrusting device, wherein the thrusting device acts on the carriage via a compressive device on the advancement side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Inventor: Georg Brinkmann
  • Patent number: 5445069
    Abstract: This invention relates to a citrus juicer for producing fruit juices. The motor-driven cone (11) is surrounded on all sides by a strainer (20) having passageways (27) under which a bowl for collecting the fruit juice is disposed. As a citrus fruit is squeezed, the resulting juice passes through the passageways of the strainer. The boundary area between the cone (11) and the area of the strainer (20) surrounding it is configured as an annular gap (25) whose cross section of passage is adapted to be increased or decreased by means of an adjusting device. The pulp content in the fruit juice is thereby predetermined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rafael P. Lucas, Jose C. Blasco, Antonio R. Rius
  • Patent number: 5445067
    Abstract: 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 mechanism for squeezing each piece of fruit, whereby extraction of the juice is carried out by means of a small vertical displacement whereby each half of the piece of fruit, located in an individual alveolus, presses against a corresponding squeezing cone. Conventionally, the extraction of the juice is carried out by means of a simultaneous and coincident rotating motion of the cones and the corresponding alveoli.By means of the improvements introduced by the present invention, it is possible to achieve very clear fruit juices, taking full advantage of the fruit. Furthermore, the fruit juices can be obtained at room temperature or at colder temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Inventor: Rafael O. Font
  • Patent number: 5269218
    Abstract: 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 position as the frame rotates. Reamer cams drive the reamers into and out of the fruit halves held within the cups as the frame rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Brown International Corp.
    Inventors: L. Bruce Alexander, Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5188021
    Abstract: 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 position as the frame rotates. Reamer cams drive the reamers into and out of the fruit halves held within the cups as the frame rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Brown International Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, L. Bruce Alexander, William E. Harris, Jr.
  • 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
  • Patent number: 4885182
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for extracting the fruit meat section of a fruit, and subsequently separating and removing the sectional membranes and seeds from the fruit meat section to produce free juice and an abundance of unruptured juice sacs. In one embodiment of the present invention, whole fruits are fed into a dual turret extraction apparatus that includes a plurality of matched resilient cups for holding the fruit. After the fruit is cut in half, the halves are indexed through successive coring and reaming stations. The coring station includes a coring element that cleanly extracts a hemisperical section of fruit meat from the peel. The reaming station includes a reaming element that gently removes any fruit meat remaining within the peel. The fruit meat sections are then fed into rag separator apparatus that uses a rotating screen drum and a counterrotating shaft having striker bars projecting radially therefrom to strip the juice sacs from the sectional membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Kolodesh, Walter Cash, Jr., Jerry E. Davis, Peter G. Gosselin, Ronald W. Kock, Bruce A. Pierson, H. Norman Reiboldt, David A. Sabatelli, Douglas Toms
  • Patent number: 4534108
    Abstract: An electric can opener comprises a can opener body, a can opening attachment and a juice squeezing attachment. The can opener body is provided with a drive shaft, a motor for rotating said drive shaft, a vertically holding portion and a horizontally holding portion. When the vertically holding portion is utilized to set the can opener body, the drive shaft assumes a horizontal condition. A horizontal rotating shaft provided on the can opening attachment can be brought into engagement with the drive shaft in the horizontal condition. Accordingly, the can opening attachment is utilized to cut out a lid of a can. On the other hand, when the horizontal holding portion is utilized to set the can opener body, the drive shaft assumes a vertical condition. A vertical rotating shaft provided on the juice squeezing attachment can be brought into engagement with the drive shaft in the vertical condition. Accordingly, the juice squeezing attachment can be utilized to squeeze fruit juice of citrus fruits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Kabushikikaisha Aichidenkikosakusho
    Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Senichiro Norizuki
  • Patent number: 4479424
    Abstract: A juicer for separating pulp and juice from fruit. The juicer comprises an indexing assembly for accepting fruit from a conveyor system and urging the fruit past a cutter to halve the fruit. The cut halves are arranged in opposition to a pair of reamers which remove juice and juice saturated pulp for passage to a pulper assembly. A piston system in the pulper assembly is adapted to compress the juice saturated pulp and contemporaneously discharge compressed pulp. Features include agitators in the conveyor system to facilitate movement of the fruit to the indexing assembly, flexible cups for receiving various sizes of fruit, and operation of the indexing assembly in timed relation to movement of the reamers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1984
    Assignee: NCC Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: William L. Carroll