Masticating juicer with improved adjustable cap
AssigneeGreenfield World Trade, Inc.
InventorTimothy Fields
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Abstract
A masticating juicer includes an auger configured to rotate within a drum to perform a masticating process with respect to at least one food item introduced into the masticating juicer with the masticating process producing a juice and a pulp. An end cap is coupled to an end of the drum and is adjustable relative to the drum with respect to an axial direction of the auger. The end cap includes a flexible ring disposed adjacent an end of the auger formed from a resiliently flexible material configured to flex in reaction to the pulp applying pressure to the flexible ring. The flexing of the flexible ring increases a cross-sectional flow area between the auger and the flexible ring to accommodate a back pressure generated by the pulp.
Claims16
A masticating juicer comprising:
- an auger configured to rotate within a drum to perform a masticating process with respect to at least one food item introduced into the masticating juicer, the masticating process producing a juice and a pulp;
- an end cap coupled to an end of the drum, the end cap including a flexible ring disposed adjacent an end of the auger and formed from a resiliently flexible material configured to flex in reaction to the pulp applying pressure to the flexible ring, wherein the end cap is configured to be adjustable with respect to an axial direction of the auger to translate an entirety of the flexible ring towards or away from the end of the auger to vary an axial distance present between the flexible ring and the end of the auger.
A masticating juicer comprising:
- an auger configured to rotate within a drum to perform a masticating process with respect to at least one food item introduced into the masticating juicer, the masticating process producing a juice and a pulp;
- an end cap coupled to an end of the drum, the end cap including a rigid portion and a flexible ring coupled to the rigid portion, the flexible ring disposed adjacent an end of the auger and formed from a resiliently flexible material configured to flex away from the end of the auger to increase a flow area between the end of the auger and the flexible ring in reaction to the pulp applying pressure to the flexible ring when exiting the masticating juicer through the end cap, the end cap configured to be adjustable with respect to an axial direction of the auger to translate an entirety of the flexible ring towards or away from the end of the auger to vary an axial distance present between the flexible ring and the end of the auger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.