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.
Claims9
A press chamber for a juicing machine, the press chamber comprising:
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall disposed opposite and parallel to the first side wall;
- a back wall attached to and spanning between the first side wall and the second side wall, the back wall oriented perpendicularly relative to the first side wall and the second side wall;
- a bottom wall attached to and spanning between the first side wall, the second side wall, and the back wall, wherein the first side wall, the second side wall, and the back wall extend vertically relative to the bottom wall;
- an open top opposite the bottom wall;
- an open front opposite the back wall;
- an interior space configured to receive foodstuff through the open top, wherein the interior space is bounded by the first side wall, the second side wall, the back wall, and the bottom wall;
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- a moveable platen configured to be moved into the interior space and toward the back wall to compress the foodstuff received in the interior space to express juice from the foodstuff;
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- wherein the press chamber, in an assembled configuration, is configured to be inserted into and removed from a well of the juicing machine;
- wherein the first side wall and the second side wall comprise shoulders configured to rest on edges of the well of the juicing machine to support the press chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.