Abstract: An apparatus for separating a liquid from a material in a container includes a plate configured to substantially match an inner contour of the container, the plate having an obverse surface and a reverse surface, a plurality of apertures formed by the plate, and a press element and a pull element on the obverse surface of the plate. A method of separating a liquid from a material in a container includes the steps of removing a lid from the container, inserting the apparatus into an open end of the container, manually compressing the material with the apparatus, and tilting the container to drain the liquid.

Abstract: 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 upper squeeze unit has a manually operable rod member and a squeeze cap that is connected to a lower end of the rod member. The rod member is movable vertically to enable the squeeze cap to abut against the lower squeeze unit. The squeeze cap is made of stainless steel, and has an upper socket portion, a lower skirt portion diverging downwardly from the upper socket portion, and a tubular adaptor that is mounted removably in the upper socket portion and that is connected detachably to the lower end of the rod member.

Abstract: A food can drainer for a can containing a solid foodstuff and packing fluid is a foraminous sheet sized to fit an end of the can when the can is open at that end, with holes in the sheet sized to retain the foodstuff in the can, yet allow flow of the packing fluid when the can is tipped to decant the fluid. For typical cylindrical cans such as tuna or salmon, the drainer is a perforated disc sized to fit snugly in the can so that, when the can is inverted, packing fluid flows out of the holes in the disc and manual pressure can be exerted to squeeze out excess fluid. The holes are positioned so that the packing fluid forms a stream in the approximate center of the drainer. The drainer can be installed in the can during or after canning.

Abstract: An implement for separating the liquid medium from the solid contents of canned foodstuffs, e.g., canned tunafish, having two arms pivotally connected by a hinge, e.g., a pivot pin, one arm ending in a compression plate and the other arm ending in a can receptacle, one or both arms being bent to allow substantial alignment of the compression plate and can receptacle, is described. The opposite ends of both arms are handles; and the compression plate is sized so as to fit into the can containing foodstuffs and allow liquid to escape therefrom when the contents are compressed. The thickness of the compression plate is also sized so that a portion protrudes from the top of the can after the contents thereof have been compressed, so that it can be used to strike a solid surface, generating a further compressive force.

Abstract: 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 configuration and with the spherical surface extending downwardly and inwardly beyond an imaginary diametrical horizontal plane. Thus, a downwardly diminishing horizontal cross section is provided beneath the plane with speed and efficiency of juice extraction greatly enhanced.

Abstract: A garlic press is disclosed with includes an enameled coating of a low friction material, preferably PTFE, on the inside surface and holes of the press chamber in a smooth, even layer, with excellent adhesion to the underlying surface, and with an integrated cleaning tool which is retained with the press at all times while the press is being used, but which can be easily and quickly separated from the press for cleaning crushed garlic clove residue from the press.

Abstract: A lemon slice squeezer comprising a body portion supported upon a pedestal which may be placed on a table or the like. The body portion includes an open upper end which is adapted to receive a semi-circular lemon slice therein. An elongated and arcuate lemon squeezing handle having one end is pivotally secured to the body portion at the forward end and is adapted to be moved downwardly into the body portion to squeeze the lemon slice therein. The body portion may then be tipped to pour the lemon juice therefrom.

Abstract: A body member of a press has a peripheral imperforate side wall and an imperforate end wall, the end opposite from the imperforate wall being open. The press has a lid-engaging portion capable of abutting a severed but remaining lid of a can and utilizing the lid as a pressing plate to press liquid from food in the can upon relative forced telescoping movement of the body member and the can. The lid engaging member supports a magnet capable of magnetically attracting the lid and pulling the lid out of the can upon completion of the pressing operation. The magnet can also serve to attach the press to a metal surface. The can engaging area of the press is shaped to fit the contour of the lid of a can.

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.

Abstract: An easily-cleaned press and grater combination, which can press, extrude and grate material. It also serves to collect and hold material. It opens to release the material and to expose all surfaces for cleaning. It comprises a first cup (12) with a first lever (16) attached to one side. Opposite the lever, the wall of the cup is formed by a first grate (26). This is held on by two hinge pins. The first hinge pin (38) is held at the bottom of the cup. The second hinge pin (20) snaps into the rim of the cup. A second cup (10) nests in the first cup. It is similar to the first, but has a solid wall (18) instead of a grate. The second cup also has a lever (14). A second grate (26) is interchangeable with the first. It shares the second hinge pin with it. The second grate snaps over a cavity (54) on the second cup into a recess (34). Exclusive of the grate and levers, the nesting surfaces of the two cups are concentric about the second hinge.

Abstract: A kitchen article having a body, the body having a bottom sidewalls, a supporting structure formed in the body for supporting a kitchen implement over a top of the body, a bowl formed in an upper portion of the body, a spout formed at one location in an upper portion of a wall of the bowl and extending to a lip in the exterior of the body, and a chamber below a lower surface of the bowl and above the body. The body has provision therein for access to the chamber, the chamber being large enough to accommodate an implement of the proper size to fit on the supporting structure.

Abstract: 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 placed in the path of the downwardly descending squeezer. In a preferred embodiment the juice extraction cycle is carried out automatically by means of limit switches, once the safety switch enables the motor. Embodiments are disclosed wherein the limit switches which govern the extraction cycle operate by determining the amount of pressure placed on an object, the level of pressure being adjustable, thus allowing the complete and efficient squeezing of objects of different sizes and firmness. Also disclosed are embodiments incorporating a feeder tube and actuation device whereby the juice extraction apparatus is automatically fed.

Abstract: A citrus fruit squeezer including a reservoir having a cone-shaped support member on which a fruit to be squeezed is placed. A cover is pivotably supported by a peripheral portion of the reservoir. A pressing member is rotatably supported by the cover and is fitted on and over the fruit on the support member when the covers is pulled over and down against the reservoir. The pressing member is pressed against the fruit and rotated to squeeze juice from the fruit.

Abstract: A citrus fruit squeezer having upstanding squeezer cones above a strainer and receptacle, the cones being symmetrically arranged for simultaneous use by a person with both hands.