Automated citrus fruit juice press
US5182984A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 16, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23N1/003
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pressing apparatus for citrus fruit including upright blades extending radially outwardly from a vertical axis to define V-shaped segments therebetween, the upper edges of the blades being sloped downwardly toward the axis to centrally support a piece of fruit. A press is vertically reciprocated between an upper feed position allowing fruit to be located on the blades and a lower pressing position a selected spacing above the peel ejectors. Peel ejectors within each of the V-shaped segments are pivotally supported for movement between (1) a horizontal ready position when the press is moved to the pressing position and (2) an ejecting position sloped downwardly away from the axis when the press is moved toward the feed position. A feed assembly cyclically feeds fruit to the blades through a chute, and includes a cylindrical enclosure open on one side to the chute and a feed drum supported for rotation about a horizontal axis within the enclosure. The drum includes a side opening, a feed chamber adjacent the side opening and substantially closed on both axial ends, and a staging chamber radially inward from the feed chamber and open thereto through a restricted opening, the staging…
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