US 2016/0242587 A1Published application

Hand Operated Fruit Squeezer

AssigneesTheresa Peronti, Maryann Peronti

InventorsTheresa Peronti, Maryann Peronti, Harvey Levine, Lawrence T. Levine

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Abstract

A fruit squeezer for squeezing juice picks up, squeezes and discards the squeezed fruit with use of a single hand. The squeezer has a first handle and a second handle that are rotatably connected to each other. Each handle has a top portion and a bottom portion. A biasing spring biases the top and bottom portions apart. A U-shaped jaw is fixed to the bottom end of the second handle. A pressing plate jaw is pivotally mounted to the bottom end of the first handle. Squeezing the top ends of the handles toward each other against the force of a spring moves the jaws for squeezing the fruit. A screen operatively connected to the handles simultaneously rotates at a second pivot axis from a rest position to a screening position below the fruit for screening solids from the squeezed juice.

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Dependent claims

1) A fruit squeezing apparatus comprising:

a first handle having a top portion and a bottom portion;
a second handle having a top portion and a bottom portion, said second handle rotatably connected to the first handle at a first pivot axis;
a spring connected between the first and second handles, said spring biasing said first handle in a first direction, said spring biasing said second handle in a first direction;
said first handle movable in a second direction, wherein said second direction is opposite of said first direction;
said second handle movable in a second direction, wherein said second direction is opposite of said first direction;
a jaw connected to said bottom portion of said first handle, said jaw having walls that are sized and shaped partially surround an outer aspect of a fruit;
a pressing plate mounted to the bottom portion of said second handle;
a screen pivotally mounted in a first position externally to said jaw, said screen movable from said first position to a second position, whereby said first position comprises a resting position substantially parallel to said walls of said jaw and said second position comprises a deployed position below said jaw.

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