Patents Assigned to Zyliss Zysset AG
  • Kitchen appliance for storing perishable goods
    Patent number: 4278114
    Abstract: A container with an air tight lip incorporating a check valve for only evacuating air from the container by a piston suction pump sealed against the lip and around the check valve; the pump being arranged to receive manual pressure to produce the suction stroke and to simultaneously enhance the seal between the lip and the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Richardt E. Ruberg
  • Cutting device for the shredding of foodstuffs such as onions, vegetables and fruits
    Patent number: 4192470
    Abstract: A cutting device for foodstuffs in which a container is provided with a cutter carried at the end of a spring biased plunger. The plunger is carried in a guide, formed separately of the container, as a member of a bell-shaped two part foldable housing, which is adapted to seat on the container. The plane of division of the two part housing being in the direction of movement of the cutter members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Horst Hartmann
  • Motor-driven citrus fruit press
    Patent number: 4157062
    Abstract: A citrus fruit press, a rotary squeezing cone on an axially displaceable driving shaft, a switch and operator therefor aligned with the displaceable shaft, a motor operated by the switch and driving the shaft, a strainer beneath the cone, a delay means acting on the switch to assure one complete revolution of the cone, a spiral wiper on the cone and strainer alternately rotated thereby when the cone is depressed and held stationary by a stop when the cone assumes its upper position, and alternately a second cone, wiper and switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1979
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Devices for opening screw caps on containers
    Patent number: 4150591
    Abstract: A tool for turning the screw cap on a container and having a handle and a band to loop around the screw cap, a screw-threaded tensioning device to tighten the band onto the screw cap, and a quick release nut or other similar quickly releasing device to quickly release the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Hand utensil for holding a citrus fruit
    Patent number: 4141541
    Abstract: A hand utensil for holding a citrus fruit including a bowl-shaped cover, a plurality of gripping arms within the cover and movably inwardly and outwardly to grip and release the piece of fruit; the arms being displaceable endwise outwardly to release the fruit; there being means to spread the arms apart as they are longitudinally displaced; and a push button movable relative to the cover to displace the arms endwise outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Juice squeezer for citrus fruits
    Patent number: 4125064
    Abstract: A juice squeezer for citrus fruits including a base housing or receptacle, a fruit flesh strainer over the receptacle, a squeezer cone above the strainer, and a cleaning element overlying the strainer, the strainer and cleaning element having relative movement with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Hand-operated squeezer for extracting the juice from citrus fruits
    Patent number: 4106401
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Fruit juice extractor
    Patent number: D251404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Fruit juice extractor
    Patent number: D251405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Fruit holder
    Patent number: D252312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1979
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret
  • Slicer for halving fruit
    Patent number: D255205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Zyliss Zysset AG
    Inventor: Peter Ackeret