Citrus press with an inflatable membrane including a movable cannula

An installation including a citrus press comprising:

• a frame;
• an enclosure disposed in the frame and having a wall delimiting a cavity for receiving a fruit to be squeezed containing a fluid, the enclosure having an axis, a upper opening for the introduction of the fruit to be squeezed into the cavity, and a lower opening;
• an extensible membrane disposed in the cavity and extending over all or part of the wall so as to surround the fruit to be squeezed when it is in the enclosure,
• a cannula provided with at least one perforation, the cannula extending parallel to the axis of the enclosure and being configured to be engaged in the fruit to be squeezed, the cannula including an inner duct connecting the perforation to an outlet orifice disposed below the cavity for the removal of the fluid from the cannula;
• an inflation device configured to inflate the extensible membrane, so as to compress the fruit to be squeezed fitted onto the cannula in order to extract the fluid therefrom;
• wherein said citrus press further includes:
• a displacement device for moving the cannula in translation relative to the enclosure along a first direction of displacement parallel to the axis, between an active position in which the cannula extends at least partly into the enclosure to fit the fruit to be squeezed and a release position in which the cannula is disposed below the enclosure to allow the release of the squeezed fruit out of the enclosure through a lower opening of the enclosure;
• said installation further comprising a waste receptacle disposed under the citrus press, the waste receptacle communicating with the lower opening of the enclosure,
• and a slide which is movable between a removal position, in which it extends under the lower opening, so as to guide the removal of the squeezed fruit towards an outlet opening arranged in the lower part of the frame, and a retracted position, wherein the outlet opening communicates with the waste receptacle.

A citrus press comprising:

• a frame;
• an enclosure disposed in the frame and having a wall delimiting a cavity for receiving a fruit to be squeezed containing a fluid, the enclosure having an axis, an upper opening for the introduction of the fruit to be squeezed into the cavity, and a lower opening;
• and
• a slide which is movable between a removal position, in which it extends under the lower opening of the enclosure, so as to guide the removal of the squeezed fruit towards an outlet opening arranged in a lower part of the frame, and a retracted position.