Juice press apparatus and methods
AssigneeGoodnature Products, Inc.
InventorsDale Wettlaufer, Eric Wettlaufer
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Abstract
A juice pressing machine and methods for pressing juice from a foodstuff includes embodiments having a removable pressing chamber and one or more filters which may be assembled and loaded with macerated foodstuff to form thin layers separated by a pressing plate. Once a juicing operation has been completed, the pressing chamber can be removed from the machine for emptying the pressed filters and solids contents therein. The empty pressing chamber may then be rinsed if needed and reattached to the machine for a subsequent pressing operation with newly filled filter(s). The platen may also be easily removed from the machine for cleaning as desired.
Claims21
A juicing machine configured to express juice from a foodstuff, the juicing machine comprising:
- a frame comprising a press chamber well, the press chamber well having a top opening;
- a press chamber received in the press chamber well, the press chamber comprising:
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall opposite the first side wall;
- a back wall;
- an open front opposite the back wall;
- a bottom wall;
- an open top opposite the bottom wall;
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- an interior space that is configured to receive the foodstuff through the open top;
- wherein the press chamber is removable from the press chamber well by being passed through the top opening;
- a platen configured to be received through the open front of the press chamber;
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- an actuator configured to drive the platen toward the back wall of the press chamber;
- the juicing machine configured such that, during driving of the platen toward the back wall pressing chamber, the foodstuff received in the interior space of the press chamber is compressed between the back wall of the press chamber and the platen, thereby expressing juice from the foodstuff.
A juicing machine comprising:
- a frame comprising a press chamber well, the press chamber well having a top opening;
- a press chamber received in the press chamber well, the press chamber comprising:
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall opposite the first side wall;
- a back wall;
- an open front opposite the back wall;
- a bottom wall;
- an open top opposite the bottom wall;
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- an interior space that is configured to receive a foodstuff through the open top;
- a platen positioned in the press chamber, the platen configured to move relative to the press chamber;
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- an actuator removably connected to the platen, the actuator configured to drive the platen toward the back wall of the press chamber;
- wherein the press chamber and the platen together form an assembly that is configured to be removed from the press chamber well.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.