Citrus juicer

US5551335A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Breville R & D Pty Limited · AU

Inventor

• Stephen John McClean · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 3, 1996
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J19/023
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A citrus juicer having a base enclosing a driving electric motor arranged to drive a pair of upstanding spindles on top of each of which is a juicing cone, the juicing cones being arranged above a container for the collection of juice, characterised in that the container is attached to the base so as to be readily removable therefrom for cleaning, a lid arranged to extend over the juicing cones and the container hingedly removably attached to the container, the lid being shaped internally to apply pressure to a half-citrus fruit placed on top of each said juicing cone on closure of the lid, the lid being moulded from plastic in a single piece, the arrangement being such that half of a citrus fruit can be placed on top of each juicing cone and the lid hinged downwardly to press simultaneously the halve of the citrus fruit onto the juicing cones in order to cause juice to be extracted from them.