# US 2015/0101495 A1 · Devices and methods to disintegrate foods

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- Number: US 2015/0101495 A1
- Document ID: US20150101495A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/524,395
- Filed: 2014-10-27
- Published: 2015-04-16
- Earliest claimed: 2009-10-12
- Assignees: Alan L. Backus
- Inventors: Alan L. Backus
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150101495A1

## CPC

- A47J 19/027: {Centrifugal extractors}
- A23N 1/003: {especially for citrus fruits}
- A23N 1/02: combined with disintegrating or cutting
- A23N 1/00: Machines or apparatus for extracting juice (preparation of non-alcoholic beverages, e.g. by adding ingredients to fruit or vegetable juices, A23L2/00; apparatus for making beverages A47J31/00 {; centrifuges B04B}; extracting presses B30B)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A23N: MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS (machines for cutting straw or fodder A01F29/00; disintegrating, e.g. shredding, B02C; severing, e.g. cutting, splitting, slicing B26B, B26D)

## Abstract

The subject application is directed to a food processing device to extract juice. The device includes an inlet coupled to a disintegrator. The inlet is configured to accept food items and the disintegrator configured to disintegrate food items passed through the inlet. The device further includes a separator that accepts the disintegrated food items and separates out the liquid components from the food item. The device further includes a reservoir that is coupled to the separator for accepting and holding the liquid components. The reservoir includes a translucent member for viewing of liquid levels within the reservoir, and a valved outlet. The valved outlet is configured to allow or prevent the flow of liquid from the reservoir through the valved outlet.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device comprising:
a housing having a base disposed at a bottom thereof operable to abut an associated, generally horizontally planar resting surface;
an electric motor having a rotatable drive shaft;
the housing operable to secure the electric motor in an interior thereof such that the drive shaft is disposed at a vertical offset angle relative to the base;
the housing further having a top surface operable to receive an associated container such that the drive shaft extends into an interior thereof at an offset angle relative to a sidewall of the container; and
the shaft operable to receive an associated rotary blade generally at an upper portion thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 further comprising:
the housing further operable to secure the electric motor at the offset angle such that the motor is angled such that a center of mass associated with the motor is disposed at a rearward portion of the housing relative to a grip on the container.

### Claim 3

A device to extract juice including:
an inlet able to accept food items;
a disintegrator coupled to the inlet;
the disintegrator operable to disintegrated food items that pass through the inlet;
a first separator, and the first separator operable to accept disintegrated food items from the disintegrator and separate out generally liquid components and food particulates within a first predetermined size range relative to food items disintegrated by the disintegrator;
the first separator configured to be user insert able and removable from an associated housing;
a second separator, configured to be selectively substituted for the first separator, the second separator being configured to be user insert able and removable and accept disintegrated food items from the disintegrator so as to separate out generally liquid components and food particulates within a second predetermined size range of food items disintegrated by the disintegrator, the first predetermined size rang being different from the second predetermined size range.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device of claim 3, wherein both the first and the second separators are operable to use an applied centrifugal force to separate liquid components as well as food particulates.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The device of claim 3, wherein the first separator is operatively associated with a first upward expansive, rotatable frustum conical cone having first perforations of a first predetermined size, the perforations operable to separate liquid components as well as food particulates within a first predetermined size range, and wherein the second separator is operatively associated with an upward expansive, rotatable frustum conical cone having perforations of a second predetermined size operable to separate liquid components and food particulates within a first predetermined size range, and the first perforations are of a different size than the second perforations.