Combination can crusher, juicer and slicer
OwnerJack Healyinventor
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Abstract
A combination can crusher, juicer and slicer having a main housing with a vertically adjustable cutting blade holder or can holder and a ratcheted lever adapted to raise and lower a pressure plate into contact with either a can disposed in the holder or a cutting blade retained in the holder. Moving the pressure plate, which will vary depending on the operation desired, downwardly against a can disposed in the holder crushes the same. Moving the pressure plate downwardly against a mating cutting blade cuts a fruit or vegetable therebetween. Moving the pressure plate downwardly against a mating juicer assembly juices a vegetable or fruit disposed therebetween and juices the same.
Claims12
A combination can crusher, juicer and slicer comprising:
- a base;
- an elongated post vertically mounted on said base, said post having a toothed rack extending vertically along one side thereof;
- a holder mounted on said post, said holder having a toothed extension position with teeth thereon engaging said rack with said post extending therethrough and an integral holding portion having a central opening therethrough, said opening having a shoulder about the inner wall thereof and said rack extending toward said opening;
- releasable locking means associated with said extension portion and said post for releasably locking said holder at spaced locations along said post;
- an upper pressure plate assembly mounted on said post above said holder, said pressure plate assembly having an extension portion with said post extending therethrough;
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- a compression handle pivotally mounted to said pressure plate assembly having gearing means engaging said rack whereby downward movement of said handle moves said plate assembly downwardly on said post, said plate assembly including a pressure plate holder thereon for receiving a pressure plate therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.