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US 2025/0351989 A1Published application
Household citrus juicer
AssigneeI-Tech USA, Inc.
InventorJi Young Yoo
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a household citrus juicer for juicing fruit. The household citrus juicer can include a housing, a lid, a juicing assembly, a motor, a juice port, and a waste receptacle. The juicing assembly can include an outer auger, an inner auger, a slide, and a guide vane. The outer auger can include inner gear teeth, and the inner auger can include outer gear teeth. The outer gear teeth of the inner auger can be intermeshed with the inner gear teeth of the outer auger. The inner auger and the outer auger can be configured to selectively move to squeeze the fruit at the juicing point to produce juice and waste.
Claims20
A household citrus juicer for juicing fruit, comprising:
- a housing;
- a juicing assembly having:
- an outer auger having inner gear teeth,
- an inner auger having a sleeve having outer gear teeth, the outer gear teeth of the inner auger intermeshed with the inner gear teeth of the outer auger,
- a slide configured to guide the fruit to a juicing point defined by a gap between the inner gear teeth of the outer auger and the outer gear teeth of the inner auger, the slide including a rib for moving the fruit within the juicing assembly, and
- a cover disposed adjacent the inner auger and configured to align the inner auger within the juicing assembly,
- wherein the inner auger and the outer auger are configured to selectively move to squeeze the fruit at the juicing point to produce juice and waste;
- a lid removably coupled to the housing;
- a motor to rotate the inner auger, and the inner auger is configured to rotate the outer auger via the intermeshed inner gear teeth and outer gear teeth;
- a juice port in fluid communication with the juicing assembly and configured to receive the juice from the fruit squeezed at the juicing point of the juicing assembly;
- and
- a waste receptacle configured to receive the waste from the juicing assembly.
9 more elements
A household citrus juicer kit, comprising:
- a household citrus juicer for juicing fruit, having
- a housing,
- a juicing assembly having:
- an outer auger having inner gear teeth,
- an inner auger having a sleeve having outer gear teeth, the outer gear teeth of the inner auger intermeshed with the inner gear teeth of the outer auger,
- a slide configured to guide the fruit to a juicing point defined by a gap between the inner gear teeth of the outer auger and the outer gear teeth of the inner auger, the slide including a rib for moving the fruit within the juicing assembly, and
- a cover disposed adjacent the inner auger and configured to align the inner auger within the juicing assembly,
- wherein the inner auger and the outer auger are configured to selectively move to squeeze the fruit at the juicing point to produce juice and waste;
- a lid removably coupled to the housing,
- a motor to rotate the inner auger, and the inner auger is configured to rotate the outer auger via the intermeshed inner gear teeth and outer gear teeth,
- a juice port in fluid communication with the juicing assembly and configured to receive the juice from the fruit squeezed at the juicing point of the juicing assembly, and
- a waste receptacle configured to receive the waste from the juicing assembly;
- and
- a plurality of sleeves, each sleeve of the plurality of sleeves configured to be disposed on the inner auger, each sleeve of the plurality of sleeves having outer gear teeth configured to intermesh with the inner gear teeth of the outer auger, and each sleeve of the plurality of sleeves having a different diameter.
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A method of using a household citrus juicer kit, comprising:
- providing a household citrus juicer for juicing fruit kit, having
- a housing
- a juicing assembly having:
- an outer auger having inner gear teeth,
- an inner auger having a sleeve having outer gear teeth, the outer gear teeth of the inner auger intermeshed with the inner gear teeth of the outer auger,
- a slide configured to guide the fruit to a juicing point defined by a gap between the inner gear teeth of the outer auger and the outer gear teeth of the inner auger, the slide including a rib for moving the fruit within the juicing assembly, and
- a cover disposed adjacent the inner auger and configured to align the inner auger within the juicing assembly,
- wherein the inner auger and the outer auger are configured to selectively move to squeeze the fruit at the juicing point to produce juice and waste;
- a lid removably coupled to the housing,
- a motor to rotate the inner auger, and the inner auger is configured to rotate the outer auger via the intermeshed inner gear teeth and outer gear teeth,
- a juice port in fluid communication with the juicing assembly and configured to receive the juice from the fruit squeezed at the juicing point of the juicing assembly, and
- a waste receptacle configured to receive the waste from the juicing assembly;
- and
- installing the sleeve onto the inner auger, wherein the sleeve changes the gap between the inner gear teeth of the outer auger and the outer gear teeth of the inner auger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.