With Foraminous Separator Adjacent Comminutor Patents (Class 99/513)
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Patent number: 7958819Abstract: A blender and juicer system involving a blender container, having an open top and an open bottom, and a removable juicer member being open at each end and adapted for insertion into the blender container. The blender container is adapted to prevent the over-insertion of the removable juicer member. The inserted juicer member is adapted to engage operatively the interior of the blender container. The blender and juicer system also involves a plunger adapted for insertion into the juicer member. The inserted plunger is utilized during a juice extraction operation. The plunger includes a top exterior lip that defines the optimal range of plunger insertion into the juicer member.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Homeland Housewares, LLCInventor: Lenny Sands
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Patent number: 7954425Abstract: To improve the efficiency of juice-extracting food processors (1) based on grating fruit or vegetables, wherein the inlet piece (2) forms an interstice (I) with the grating disk (3), interstitial cutting teeth (302) are arranged in the interstice (I). Pieces of fruit or vegetables in the interstice (I) are additionally accelerated in the direction of the sieve 151 due to centrifugal forces by the interstitial cutting teeth (302) acting on these pieces. The juice contained in these pieces is thus more efficiently extracted. For better processing of pieces of fruit or vegetables with a high juice content, the interstitial cutting teeth (302) are preferably higher than the other cutting teeth (301) of the grating disk (3).Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Hans Krall, Thomas Sigot, Leander Bukoschek
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Publication number: 20110083566Abstract: The subject application is directed to a food processing device to extract juice. The device includes an inlet coupled to a disintegrator. The inlet is configured to accept food items and the disintegrator configured to disintegrate food items passed through the inlet. The device further includes a separator that accepts the disintegrated food items and separates out the liquid components from the food item. The device further includes a reservoir that is coupled to the separator for accepting and holding the liquid components. The reservoir includes a translucent member for viewing of liquid levels within the reservoir, and a valved outlet. The valved outlet is configured to allow or prevent the flow of liquid from the reservoir through the valved outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventor: Alan BACKUS
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Publication number: 20110083565Abstract: The subject application is directed to a food processing device to extract juice. The device includes an inlet coupled to a disintegrator. The inlet is configured to accept food items and the disintegrator configured to disintegrate food items passed through the inlet. The device further includes a separator that accepts the disintegrated food items and separates out the liquid components from the food item. The device further includes a reservoir that is coupled to the separator for accepting and holding the liquid components. The reservoir includes a translucent member for viewing of liquid levels within the reservoir, and a valved outlet. The valved outlet is configured to allow or prevent the flow of liquid from the reservoir through the valved outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventor: Alan BACKUS
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Publication number: 20110049279Abstract: A dicing element assembly comprises a dicing element having multiple elements defining multiple openings through which food may pass and a management tool having multiple projections sized to be received by the dicing openings, with at least some of the projections having a coupling element for releasably coupling the dicing elements when the projections are received within the dicing openings. When the projections are received within the dicing openings, the coupling element couples with the dicing element and a user may move the dicing element by moving the management tool without touching the dicing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: KEVIN J. BEBER, JOHN A. COLASANTI, ARREN J. MCCORMICK
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Publication number: 20100258012Abstract: A juice extractor comprises a body, a filtering apparatus, and a shattering apparatus. The body has an inner space. The filtering apparatus is disposed within the body and divides the inner space into a shattering chamber and a collecting chamber. The shattering apparatus is disposed within the shattering chamber and comprises at least a first cutting blade and a second cutting blade configured to shatter a comestible. The comestibles shattered by the first cutting blade can reach the second cutting blade and be shattered by the second cutting blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventor: Weijie PENG
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Publication number: 20100139504Abstract: A safety device for a juice extractor includes a switch unit connected to an outside of the feed channel and electrically connected to a power source of the motor. A collar is movably mounted to the feed channel and includes an insertion which is inserted into an opening in a handle of the juice extractor so as to activate the switch unit to drive the motor and the blade disc. When the collar is moved away from the handle, the insertion is removed from the switch such that the motor and the blade disc are stopped to ensure the safety for the users.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: LYU JAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Li-Chen WU CHANG
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Patent number: 7685936Abstract: A strainer for use with combining beverages and cold food includes a bottom section sized for insertion into a beverage container, and a side section projecting substantially vertically from the bottom section and sized for insertion into a portion of the beverage container. At least one of the bottom and side sections is liquid permeable, and the bottom section and side section are separately or collectively capable of retaining ice pieces when the strainer is in the container. A method for retaining ice in a container capable of holding a liquid includes placing a strainer capable of retaining ice in a container capable of holding a liquid, adding ice to the container such that at least some of the ice is retained by the strainer, placing a liquid in the container, and removing the strainer from the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Inventor: Daniel W. McDonald
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Publication number: 20100058941Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Adrian Rivera
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Publication number: 20100050886Abstract: A juice extractor (100), in particular for fruit and vegetable, comprising a rotatable grating disk (106), a filter sieve (108) surrounding the grating disk (106), a feed tube (114a, 114b) arranged above the grating disk (106), and a food pusher (116) insertable into the feed tube (114a, 114b) to press food, in particular fruit and vegetable, onto the grating disk (106), wherein the food pusher (116) is hollow with an opening on its side and the feed tube (114a, 114b) has an corresponding opening, such that pulp generated during grating food may enter the food pusher (116). Separate containers for collecting pulp become thus obsolete. This allows for a more compact design of juice extractors (100).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2007Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Heimo Obersteiner, Werner Murbacher
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Patent number: 7644656Abstract: Conventional type liquefier appliance that incorporates an anti-drip system consisting of a “T”-shaped spout seal, besides the inclusion of a series of non-slip strips on the connecting gears between the drive unit and the rotary elements, which enable it to come to a sudden stop without the inertia of said elements forcing them in an upward direction, furthermore the grater disc is not fixed to the drive element by a through-screw but rather said screw is welded to its under side, while in addition the push piston terminates in a concavity which engages the piece to be liquefied during use and wherein said piston may be replaced by a feed hole reducer piston.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2005Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Zumex Maquinas Y Elementos, S.A.Inventor: Felipe Maria Moreno Esteve
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Patent number: 7644655Abstract: A commercial tomato strainer attachment includes a hopper having open top and bottom ends and a downwardly converging wall. The bottom end has a cylindrical shape and a smaller diameter than the top end. A bottom support member is coupled to the hopper bottom end and has a cavity vertically aligned therebeneath. A drive shaft extends through the cavity and has a helical blade traveling along a major length thereof that is partially seated within the bottom support member. The blade radius decreases from a proximal to a distal end thereof. A universal coupling is mounted to the support member exterior surface. The proximal drive shaft end and the coupling are attachable to a commercial mixer. The hollow chamber is coupled to the bottom support member, houses a major length of the blade and the drive shaft, and has a distal end for discharging tomatoes therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Inventors: Frank Bova, Tony Colloi
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Patent number: 7628108Abstract: A juicing apparatus is provided in which a single actuating element (2) drives a multiple number, such as three, of movable peeler cups (4), against their respective paired or matched fixed peeler cups (3), in a manner such to simultaneously provide for the extraction of juice from a number of fruit (19), one in each of the matched pairs of fixed and movable peeler cups (3, 4), said matched pairs of peeler cups being subjected to substantially the same force and reciprocating action as the other. Blades (38, 39) of the fixed and movable peeler cups (3, 4) engage the peel of the fruit (19) and provide for its removal. In certain embodiments, within each fixed peeler cup (3) is a filtering device (7) comprising a sharpened end (43) that meets the fruit (19), and a plurality of slits in the wall(s) of the filtering device for passage of juice compressed from the fruit.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Inventor: Carlos Mendes Neto
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Publication number: 20090272280Abstract: There is provided a juicer for extracting juice from fruits and vegetables comprising a lower base, an upper base, a top cover with a hollow cylindrical feeding tube, a grating-disk and mesh filter assembly, a pulp collector, and a pusher. The upper base is mounted on a lower base and receives the grating-disk and mesh filter assembly. The grating disk is a concave shape and tooth-like cutters are arranged into rows on an inclined surface of the grating disk. The top cover is fitted on the upper base and houses a hollow cylindrical feeding tube. Inside the feeding tube is an anti-rotation protrusion, located at the bottom of the feeding tube made an integral part of the feeding tube to prevent the food from spinning inside the tube. The pusher is inserted into the feeding tube and contains a opening that matches the anti-rotation protrusion and into which rests the anti-rotation protrusion. The bottom of the pusher is convex-shaped and matches the concave grating disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: Electrical Investments LimitedInventors: Shu Wan Cheung, William Shu Sang Cheung, To Yin Pang
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Patent number: 7587974Abstract: A food processor appliance includes various types of adaptors for permitting both liquid and solid food ingredients to be separately or concurrently fed into the appliance for processing therein, or for adapting the appliance particularly for processing long, slim food articles, such as carrots, cucumbers, etc. Another described feature is particularly useful for juicer-type appliances, and includes a base for supporting a juice-receiver receptacle, which base includes a retractable tray for catching drippings when the receptacle is not in place.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: AAC Trade Ltd.Inventors: Eli Cohen, Ann Grant
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Publication number: 20090084275Abstract: A length of a duct (42) can be altered added to a filter mask (4) mounted inside a container (2). Further the filter mask joins to the container by clasping and joining together ribs, which are easy to maintain for cleaning purpose. In detail, a duct (42) is mainly composed of a wheel spacer (42a) as a low profile “mount base”; and an extension tube (42b) can be assembled to or detached from said wheel spacer (42a) as demanded. A bottom rim of the filter mask (4) has a plurality of L-shaped ribs (44) disposed therearound. Ribs (44) corresponding to a plurality of transverse ribs (21) projected inward inside a bottom of said container (2) can clasp and join together with the ribs (21) respectively. Thus, the filter mask (4) mounted inside the container (2) can be avoided from relaxing hold on each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventor: Kai-Fu Liang
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Patent number: 7481155Abstract: A fruit and vegetable juice extractor for extracting juice includes a grating disc rotatable about a substantially vertical axis. A frustoconically shaped filter is attached to the outer periphery of the grating disc and projects upwardly and outwardly thereof. A food chute is arranged above the grating disc and the filter. The food chute includes a rib extending at least partially in the axial direction and projecting radially inwardly. A food pusher is insertable into the food chute.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.Inventor: Atle Larsen
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Publication number: 20090000494Abstract: Household soybean milk and tofu maker couples a housing and a main body, locks both, blocks a power supply when both are uncoupled, thereby preventing an accident, prevents impurities from getting into main body through an air vent, externally exhausts steam generated from main body through steam exhaust pipe while manufacturing soybean milk or tofu. Soybean milk and tofu maker includes filter net containing food materials including grain such as soybeans; container section including grinding blade for grinding food materials in filter net, and heater heating food materials ground by blade; cover connected to upper surface of container section and sealing container section; a main body including an insertion section receiving container section on upper portion thereof, drive motor contacting exterior surface of container section and applying rotational force to grinding blade, a controller controlling heater and drive motor, and a control panel controlling controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventor: Hong-bae Kim
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Patent number: 7430957Abstract: A blender and juicer system comprises a blender container having an open top and an open bottom, and a removable juicer member being open at each end and adapted for insertion into the blender container. The blender container is adapted to prevent the over-insertion of the removable juicer member. The inserted juicer member is adapted to engage operatively the interior of the blender container. The blender and juicer system also comprises a plunger adapted for insertion into the juicer member. The inserted plunger is utilized during a juice extraction operation. The plunger includes a top exterior lip which defines the optimal range of plunger insertion into the juicer member.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2004Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Homeland Housewares, LLCInventor: Lenny Sands
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Publication number: 20080202355Abstract: To improve the efficiency of juice-extracting food processors (1) based on grating fruit or vegetables, wherein the inlet piece (2) forms an interstice (I) with the grating disk (3), interstitial cutting teeth (302) are arranged in the interstice (I). Pieces of fruit or vegetables in the interstice (I) are additionally accelerated in the direction of the sieve 151 due to centrifugal forces by the interstitial cutting teeth (302) acting on these pieces. The juice contained in these pieces is thus more efficiently extracted. For better processing of pieces of fruit or vegetables with a high juice content, the interstitial cutting teeth (302) are preferably higher than the other cutting teeth (301) of the grating disk (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Hans Peter Krall, Thomas Sigot, Leander Bukoschek
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Publication number: 20080196602Abstract: A blender and juicer system involving a blender container, having an open top and an open bottom, and a removable juicer member being open at each end and adapted for insertion into the blender container. The blender container is adapted to prevent the over-insertion of the removable juicer member. The inserted juicer member is adapted to engage operatively the interior of the blender container. The blender and juicer system also involves a plunger adapted for insertion into the juicer member. The inserted plunger is utilized during a juice extraction operation. The plunger includes a top exterior lip that defines the optimal range of plunger insertion into the juicer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventor: Lenny Sands
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Patent number: 7325329Abstract: A salad spin-drier with a bowl of glass or ceramic so that part of the water collection bowl, which until now has been purely functional, may be simultaneously used as a serving bowl for the salad. The salad bowl as is standard apart from the bowl has a lid in which a drive mechanism having a rotary drive plate with a cord drum and a pull cord may be set into rotational movement by a pull grip. The rotary drive plate with tabs engages into suitable ribs on the spin-drier basket. The spin-drier basket has a bearing recess which rests on a bearing cam. The bearing cam is separated from the bowl centrally on a plate. The bowl has a planar inner base on which the plate rests, and by way of an abutment edge limiting the plane base one achieves a central mounting of the plate. For the simplified removal of the plate these may have suitable openings easier gripping. A rubber-elastic rest is on the underside of the plate and serves as scratch-protection and slip-protection.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2005Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: MOHA Moderne Haushaltwaren AGInventor: Bruno Herren
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Patent number: 7093534Abstract: The invention comprises the steps of storing immersed or smothered raw material of soy beans including hulls in a storage chamber provided at the front part of a cylinder barrel, subsequently passing the stored raw material of soybeans through screens furnished at the front end of the cylinder barrel by driving a piston, and urging to press it out, thereby to manufacture a milk of the soy beans of the raw material being extremely refined. At this time, the screens are 60 to 500 meshes, and the pressure is 8.0 to 55.0 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Nagai, Osamu Moriyama
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Patent number: 7080594Abstract: A food and vegetable processing device includes a body with a motor so as to drive a processing unit which is attached by a lower cap with an outlet. A top cap is mounted to the lower cap and includes a feeding passage for feeding food and vegetable to the processing unit. The processing unit includes a blade disk, which has a convex top surface thereon cutting teeth are located. The convex top surface drives the food and vegetable to be processed move outward so as to obtain a satisfied result.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Inventor: Wei-Chih Lin
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Patent number: 7077056Abstract: 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 associated with respective pairs of opposing cups, and an orifice tube beam having opposing ends slidable along medial portions of respective drive members. A plurality of orifice tubes may extend from the orifice tube beam for reciprocal movement within respective strainer tubes. The juice extractor may also include a pair of orifice tube beam locks for selectively locking the orifice tube beam to the medial portions of the respective drive members, and a lift assist for moving the orifice tube beam between a lower maintenance position and an upper operating position.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Mark Jackson
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Patent number: 7066082Abstract: A juice extractor (10) having a base (11) upon which there is mounted an electric motor (13). The electric motor (13) drives a grating disc (32). Extending upwardly from the disc (32) is a delivery chute (24) via which food is delivered to the disc (32). A food engaging member is pivotally mounted in a lower portion of the chute (24) and is movable between an extended position projecting into the passage (25) of the chute (24) and a retracted position clearing the passage (25). The member (34) inhibits at least larger pieces of food, such as fruit and vegetables, from engaging the disc (23) until the plunger (33) engages the food to move the food towards the disc (32).Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Sunbeam Corporation LimitedInventor: Nicholas M. O'Loughlin
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Patent number: 7059241Abstract: A cutter blade of a fruit and vegetable juice extractor is disclosed. The cutter blade has a blade center region being provided with a plurality of center teeth blades, and the center teeth blades are formed from a blade and the body of the blade and the height of the blades are greater than a separate teeth blade, thereby the crushing of the center region of the food stuff by the blade cutter is improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2004Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Inventor: Kuan-Chih Lin
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Patent number: 7044051Abstract: A press for extracting juice and pulp from plant products, which has a motor component, a tank, and a cylindrical strainer, symmetrical about an axis, arranged in the tank and having a perforated radial wall, an opening for introduction of the plant products into strainer, and dilaceration teeth, the strainer being rotated around the axis by the motor component. The press has a blade extending inside the strainer near the perforated radial wall of the strainer, and the strainer being is rotated relative to the blade.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2004Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Hameur S.A.Inventor: Claude Le Rouzic
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Patent number: 7040220Abstract: A juice extractor appliance for extracting juice from food articles, includes: a housing having an inlet feed tube for feeding food articles into the appliance, and an outlet for outletting juice extract from the food articles; a pusher rod for manually pushing the food articles through the inlet feed tube; and a cutter disc rotatable about a central disc axis and including a plurality of cutting edges projecting from one side of the disc facing the inlet feed tube for cutting the food articles into a pulp saturated with juice when the food article is pushed against the cutter disc by the pusher rod.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: AAC Trade Ltd.Inventors: Eli Cohen, Ann Grant
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Patent number: 6994018Abstract: 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 a rotatable shaft that is mounted to the frame. A plurality of motors are secured to the frame, each of the plurality of motors are mechanically coupled to a corresponding shaft of the rolls, wherein each motor independently rotates the shaft and roll. The apparatus also includes a controller for individually controlling the rotational speed of each of the rolls.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Brown International CorporationInventors: Ronald C. Bushman, Scott R. Alexander, David J. Hancock
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Patent number: 6981442Abstract: A food processor includes a base, a lower cap, a blade unit and a top cap. The top cap has a fixed tube extending from an underside thereof and a sleeve is movably mounted to the fixed tube. A board is sandwiched between the sleeve and the blade disk of the blade unit so as to move the sleeve upward which then fixed to the fixed tube by an adhesive layer such that a gap with a fixed width is defined after the board is pulled away. The food can be cut into tiny particles and juice can be squeezed via the gap.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Inventor: Wei-Chih Lin
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Patent number: 6968777Abstract: A food, vegetables and fruit processor comprises a base having therein an operating motor, a lower cover, a cutting seat and an upper cover. Wherein the upper cover is provided with an inclined feed-in pipe extending downwardly therefrom, one end of the feed-in pipe forms on the surface of the upper cover a material inlet, the other end of the feed-in pipe forms a material outlet. Food, vegetables and fruit can be cast into the feed-in pipe, and are pressed tight with a material pushing plunger to render the food, vegetables and fruit to be perfectly and smoothly cut or ground in an energy saving mode. The present invention is applicable to using as a food, vegetables and fruit processor having the functions of squeezing juice and grinding food.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Inventor: Wei-Chih Lin
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Patent number: 6962107Abstract: The rotary shaft of a juicer motor is braked by engaging an arch-shaped braking piece against the peripheral sidewall of a circular block that is mounted on the rotary shaft exteriorly of the motor shell for simultaneous rotation with the rotary shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Lidashi Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chih-Chang Yang
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Patent number: 6901849Abstract: A juice extractor appliance, and a cutter disc therefor, the cutter disc being eccentrically mountable with respect to a feed tube for feeding food articles and being formed, on its surface facing feed tube, with a first group of blades in a circular region centrally of the cutter disc, and with a second group of blades in an outer peripheral region of the cutter disc around the central region. The first group of blades consist of two blades located on opposite sides of the central circular region and diametrically aligned with each other and with the center of the central circular region. The second group of blades consist of a plurality of lines of blades in the outer peripheral region extending tangentially to the center circular region.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: AAC Trade Ltd.Inventors: Eli Cohen, Ann Grant
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Patent number: 6862981Abstract: A food processor is disclosed to have a rotary switch control member that the turnable about the pusher between a first position where two spring-supported actuating rods are held in touch with a respective touch-control switch to switch on the motor of the food processor, and a second position where the spring-supported actuating rods are released from the respective touch-control switches to switch off the motor of the food processor.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Inventor: Jen-Yen Yen
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Patent number: 6862982Abstract: A peeling, grinding, breaking and blending device for food, vegetables and fruits, it comprise a lower cover having a receiving room, a base provided under the lower cover, a cutting and grinding portion and an upper cover used to cover the lower cover. The cutting and grinding portion is received in the receiving room of the lower cover, a cutting, peeling and grinding plate is provided on the upper end of the cutting and grinding portion, a plurality of toothed knives are provided with the surface of the cutting, peeling and grinding plate, a grinding layer is provided at the surrounding portion thereof, a through hole is provided on the upper cover, the bottom of the through hole is provided with a grinding layer, a stopper layer is provided with the grinding layer, thus, when the vegetables and fruits are placed in through the through hole, the functions of juice squeezing and grinding can be proceeded at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2004Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Inventor: An-Ting Wang
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Patent number: 6817750Abstract: A blender system composed of a mixing base that is capable of agitating the contents of a plurality of containers. The mixing base includes a member for rotating a shaft, a recessed well positioned at a top of the mixing base, a pressure-actuated switch positioned about the periphery of the recessed well, and a locking groove. One container that may be used with the mixing base is a bullet-shaped container. The bullet-shaped container includes a body, a selectively removable container base, the container base sized to fit into the recessed well of the mixing base, the container base comprising a member for agitating contents of the bullet-shaped container and a member for locking the bullet-shaped container within the recessed well of the base. Alternatively, a blender container may be utilized with the mixing base.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Homeland Housewares, LLCInventor: Lenny Sands
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Patent number: 6813997Abstract: A fruit and vegetable processor is disclosed. The processor comprises a machine body, a top cover, a hollow feeding cylinder and a pushing component, characterized in that the feeding cylinder of the top cover is mounted with a feeding tube, and the feeding tube has a feeding hole, and the circumferential edge of the feeding hole is protruded with an engaging end so that the feeding hole has irregular shape of smaller internal diameter and the rod body of the pressing component and the feeding hole are of same shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Inventor: Kuan-Chih Lin
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Patent number: 6796220Abstract: An automatic bean curd manufacturing apparatus includes a main body provided with a bean grinding chamber and a bean juice heating chamber, a driving motor installed in the main body, a rotational container removably and rotatably installed in the grinding chamber of the main body and provided at an inner bottom with a grinding blade, a rotation suppressing member for selectively suppressing a rotation of the rotational container, a clutch installed on a bottom of the rotational container to rotatably support the grinding blade, a rotational container cover for closing an opened top of the rotational container, a grinding container removably installed in the rotational container to grind the beans, a rotational container fixing member for preventing the rotational container from moving, a heating container removably installed in the heating chamber to heat the bean juice dispensed from the rotational container through a bean juice guide, and a heating container cover for closing an opened top of the heating cType: GrantFiled: January 22, 2004Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Inventor: Jane Lee
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Patent number: 6718867Abstract: A combined centrifugal force (X+Y) is produced in a container (8) when the container on a distal end of an arm (3) circles around a main rotary shaft (2) of the arm and simultaneously rotates on its own rotary shaft (6) in harmony with the circling motion thereof. The starting ingredients for a food/beverage product are received in the container and subjected to the combined centrifugal force, so that the ingredients are processed into the food/beverage product. Various types of elements such as a sieve-like capsule member (10) detachably mounted in the container (8), a small concave-convex portion provided in an appropriate inner surface of the container (8), and/or a raised floor member (15) provided with a pair of a radial blade (12) and its corresponding radial slot (14) detachably mounted in the container are used to enhance the processing operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignees: Japan Home Supply Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagata Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kouichi Hatakeyama
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Patent number: 6681687Abstract: A centrifugal juice extractor includes a rotary drum, a friction disk rotating along with the drum, a perforated basket that can be inserted into the drum, and a collecting space for collecting the squeezed juice. The squeezed juice can be directed specifically to the collecting space in that a channelling device that engages over the drum at its top drum border is provided on the perforated basket.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbHInventors: Marko Areh, Stanislav Mazej, Jurij Pesec
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Patent number: 6668710Abstract: The food refiner comprises a sieve, provided with an inlet for a produce to be processed and an outlet for a waste product, at a center of which a rotor extends from the inlet to the outlet and bears a plurality of spatulas which interact with an internal surface of the sieve, and a casing which surrounds the sieve and which is provided with an outlet mouth for extracted product. The spatulas can be oriented contemporaneously and with different orientations with respect to an axial direction of the rotor which, for this purpose, comprises an external jacket and an internal jacket which can, on command, translate relatively to each other so as to cause a positioning of the spatulas, made possible by a guided rotatable coupling of the spatulas in relation to the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Rossi & Catelli S.p.A.Inventors: Roberto Catelli, Mario Gozzi
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Patent number: 6637323Abstract: A juice extractor including a helical spindle connected to a power driven source, and a housing having an inlet in the upper part and an outlet in the lower part. The helical spindle includes a fine grinding portion and a refine grinding portion. At the end part of the helical spindle is a drum cap which includes a durable bushing element. The drum cap has a threaded tube portion formed in the lateral direction to join with a pressure control cap which has a squeezing flange formed on the inner part of the circumference thereof so as to press a circular protrusion of the bushing element in order to control the optimum squeezing pressure and maximize the effectiveness of the compression of foodstuff such as fruit or vegetables.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Inventor: Young-Ki Kim
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Patent number: 6609455Abstract: This drive device comprises a rotary shaft (50), integral with a drive head (56), capable of being fitted closely into a base part (30) of the rotary tool (24). This drive head (56) is provided with at least two studs (66), which can move between a radially set-back rest position and a radially separate use position, in which each stud is engaged in the base part (30), and an elastic membrane (76) is provided for protecting these studs (66), elastically returning these studs towards their rest position.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Santos SAInventor: Jacques Fouquet
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Patent number: 6604455Abstract: A strainer press for a food processor, which has a pot-shaped straining part that can be placed in a manner proof against rotation in the mixing bowl of the food processor and is provided with through-apertures, and an assigned pressing tool that has, on a hub part that can be coupled to a driveshaft of the food processor, a plurality of pressing blades, which rotate at a short axial distance above the straining part. In the pressing tool, each of the pressing blades is provided, on its side facing the straining part, with a plurality of rib-like protuberances extending substantially over the entire length of the pressing blades and additionally includes, at its trailing end edge in the direction of rotation, a cutting edge projecting toward the straining part. Such a strainer press is notable for a simple structural configuration and efficient operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Marko Areh, Stanislav Mazej, Jurij Pesec
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Publication number: 20030116033Abstract: A centrifugal juice extractor includes a rotary drum, a friction disk rotating along with the drum, a perforated basket that can be inserted into the drum, and a collecting space for collecting the squeezed juice. The squeezed juice can be directed specifically to the collecting space in that a channelling device that engages over the drum at its top drum border is provided on the perforated basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventors: Marko Areh, Stanislav Mazej, Jurij Pesec
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Patent number: 6543340Abstract: This appliance, which is for example a juicer, comprises a base, a rotating shredding tool (26), a chute (16) for introducing food items towards the tool (26), and a pusher (18), which can be received in the internal volume of the chute (16). The chute (16) emerges substantially at the center of the tool (26), and it is provided with means (34) making it possible to prevent the rotation of the food items, when they are contact with the tool, these means (34) being placed at some distance from the travel of the pusher (18).Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Santos SAInventor: Jacques Fouquet
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Publication number: 20030061944Abstract: This appliance, which is for example a juicer, comprises a base, a rotating shredding tool (26), a chute (16) for introducing food items towards the tool (26), and a pusher (18), which can be received in the internal volume of the chute (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventor: Jacques Fouquet
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Publication number: 20030052206Abstract: This drive device comprises a rotary shaft (50), integral with a drive head (56), capable of being fitted closely into a base part (30) of the rotary tool (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventor: Jacques Fouquet
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Patent number: 6412404Abstract: A juice maker comprises a jar and a tray at a bottom portion of the jar, the tray comprising an opening at one end, and is characterized in that: the jar comprising a recess at one side, a hole at a bottom portion close to the recess, an axle adjacent to the hole; the tray comprising an opening at one end and a sleeve at the other end opposing to the opening, the opposing end with respect to the opening of said tray is attached closely to the hole, thus, the tray may be pivoted into the recess of the jar when not in use, and the tray may be pivoted outwardly from the recess to drain the juice in the jar.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Lundar Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tony Hsu