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US 2019/0159507 A1Published application
Partial or Whole Food Hopper, Grinder and Cold Press Counter-Top Juicing Machine, System and Method
AssigneeGoodnature Products, Inc.
InventorsDale Wettlaufer, Eric Wettlaufer
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Abstract
Apparatus, system and method for cold pressing juice from a food including a food delivery chute, a food grinder, and a pressing chamber which may removably fit together as a single, stand-alone unit.
Claims68
Apparatus for grinding food, comprising:
- a grinder comprising:
- i) a plate having a top segment including a perimeter, said plate top segment having a width W2 and a diameter D1 and a bottom segment having a bottom segment diameter D2 which is greater than D1;
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- ii) a cutting ring having a width W1 and a central opening including an inner circumference with a plurality of teeth extending in spaced relation about said inner circumference, the free ends of a diametrically opposed pair of said teeth spaced from each other a distance defining a diameter D3 where D3 is greater than D1 whereby said plate top segment may locate within said cutting ring central opening, wherein said plate bottom segment is spaced from said ring a distance defining a gap “G” therebetween.
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Apparatus for grinding food, comprising:
- a) a grinder housing having a bottom wall with a central opening and side walls having an opening defining a food exit ramp;
- b) a grinder removably attachable in rotationally fixed relation to said grinder housing and spaced above said grinder housing bottom wall whereby food passing through said grinder falls toward said housing bottom wall;
- c) a pressing chamber having first and second pressing walls, at least one of said pressing walls selectively movable toward and away from the other said pressing wall, wherein said pressing chamber further includes a pressing plate mounted adjacent said second pressing wall and said first pressing wall is removably attachable to a platen and a chamber bottom wall and opposite first and second chamber side walls extending between said first and second pressing walls, all defining an open top leading to a chamber interior.
Apparatus for pressing food, comprising:
- a) a pressing chamber having first and second pressing walls, at least one of said pressing walls selectively movable toward and away from the other said pressing wall,
- wherein said second pressing wall includes a first wall surface and opposite second wall surface with a plurality of juice directing elements formed therein, said juice directing elements comprising vertically extending, spaced openings extending through said first and second wall surfaces,
- wherein said first pressing wall includes a plurality of juice directing elements formed therein;
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- b) a pressing plate mounted adjacent said second pressing wall.
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Apparatus for grinding food, comprising:
- a) a grinder housing;
- b) a grinder including a cutting ring and plate, said cutting ring removably attachable in rotationally fixed relation to said grinder housing;
- c) a chute having an interior extending between open and opposite first and second ends, said second end located adjacent said grinder;
- d) a lid selectively movable between open and closed positions with respect to said chute first end, whereby when said lid is in said open position, said chute interior is accessible;
- e) an arm having a first end attached to said lid and a second end pivotally connected to said grinder, said arm selectively movable together with said lid between said open and closed positions;
- f) a motor connected and operable to rotate said plate;
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- g) a sensor device operable to stop said motor in response to moving said lid to the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.