Automatic citrus fruit juicer

Automatic citrus juicer for preparing fruit juice by squashing fruits, the juicer comprising:

• a fixed frame including an upper platform and a lower platform, said upper platform including a through opening, and said lower platform including a through hole and an opening;
• a first drum being mounted for rotation about a vertical axis thereof between said upper and lower platforms, said drum having a perforated outer surface for allowing through passage of said juice;
• a second drum extending along a vertical axis thereof, said second drum being supported for eccentric rotation outside said first drum and including an inner surface thereof, said inner surface of said second drum facing said outer surface of said first drum for defining a squashing region therebetween;
• lateral pressing means for pressing said inner surface of said second drum toward said outer surface of said first drum at a said squashing region;
• a cutting unit for cutting the fruits into fruit halves, said cutting unit being mounted above said first and second drums at said opening of the upper platform, the fruit halves being allowed to drop through said opening in said squashing region for resting with cut surfaces thereof against said outer surface of the first drum, wherein squashing occurs between said inner and respectively outer surfaces of said drums, with the juice prepared passing through said hole and remaining fruit peels being removed thorough said opening of said lower platform.