Apparatus for extracting juice and pulp from fruit or vegetables
AssigneeNovis AG
InventorWolfgang Steiner
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for processing fruit or vegetables in order to obtain a flowable mass, such as juice or puree and includes a receptacle, an extraction unit for mechanically extracting juice and pulp from the fruit or vegetables, the unit being located within the receptacle for discharging the juice and pulp into the receptacle, a motor unit, drivingly connected to the extraction unit, an outlet unit for collecting flowable mass from the receptacle.
Claims22
An apparatus for extracting juice and pulp from fruit or vegetables in order to obtain a flowable mass, comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a cylindrical strainer located within the receptacle and rotatable about an axis of symmetry of the strainer, the strainer having a bottom and a perforated side wall;
- a motor unit configured to rotate the strainer about its axis of symmetry;
- an inlet unit configured to permit introduction of fruit or vegetables into the strainer;
- an outlet unit configured to permit collection of flowable mass from the receptacle, and
- a flexible element having an elongated surface that extends in a direction of the axis of symmetry, the flexible element being located within the strainer and being urged against an inside surface of the perforated side wall to contact the inside surface of the perforated side wall along a line of contact when the strainer is rotated about the axis of symmetry of the strainer, the flexible element forming a wedge-shaped space with the inside surface which narrows towards the line of contact when the strainer is rotated about the axis of symmetry of the strainer.
An apparatus for extracting juice and pulp from citrus fruit, comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a strainer located within the receptacle and rotatable about a strainer axis, the strainer having a bottom and a perforated side wall;
- a citrus mill rotatable about a citrus mill axis, the citrus mill having a citrus mill dome provided with protrusions at its outer surface;
- a motor unit for rotating the strainer about the strainer axis and for rotating the citrus mill about the citrus mill axis;
- an outlet unit for collecting juice and pulp from the receptacle,
- wherein
- the citrus mill is located within the strainer;
- the strainer is rotatably driven via a strainer power train operatively connected between the motor unit and the strainer;
- the citrus mill is rotatably driven via a citrus mill power train operatively connected between the motor unit and the citrus mill.
An apparatus for processing fruit or vegetables in order to obtain a flowable mass, such as juice or puree, comprising:
- a receptacle;
- an extraction unit for mechanically extracting juice and pulp from the fruit or vegetables, the unit being located within the receptacle for discharging the juice and pulp into the receptacle;
- a motor unit drivingly connected to the extraction unit;
- an outlet unit for collecting flowable mass from the receptacle, the outlet unit comprising
- a spout duct associated to an opening at the bottom of the receptacle;
- and
- a valve element for opening and closing the opening;
- the spout duct and the valve element being coupled to each other,
- the spout duct being pivotably supported about a horizontal axis and having an inner duct portion extending underneath the opening and an outer duct portion protruding from the apparatus;
- the pivotable spout duct being pivotable between a first position where the spout duct forms a downward slope from its inner duct portion to its outer duct portion and where the valve element is in its opened position, and a second position where the spout duct forms an upward slope from its inner duct portion to its outer duct portion and where the valve element is in its closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.