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US 6,668,709 B1Granted
Citrus fruit squeezer with centrifugation of the squeezed product
AssigneeElectrodomesticos Taurus, Sl
InventorsAntonio Codina Vilana, Luis Trench Roca
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AssigneeElectrodomesticos Taurus, Sl
InventorsAntonio Codina Vilana, Luis Trench Roca
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Appliance for squeezing citrus fruits with centrifugation of the product squeezed, composed of a milling cone (1) and a centrifuging bowl (2) provided with holes and/or slots (3) for filtering the juice or squeezed product which goes to a collecting container (4a, 4b), those cone (1) and bowl (2) are independent to each other, detachable and having independent rotation, being associated to different shafts (5 and 6) associated by respective drives (7 and 8) coupled to a single electric motor (9) or to several electric motors (10, 11) independent, cone (1) and centrifuging bowl (2) being driven at different speeds in same or opposite direction, and there exists a device for willingly annulling cone (1) or bowl (2) operation. The collecting bowl (4a, 4b) includes an external annular tank (17a, 17b) for collecting an excess of pulp thrown from bowl (2).
Appliance for squeezing citrus fruits and centrifuging the product squeezed, of the type comprising a removable, rotating milling cone (1) partly located within a removable, rotating centrifuging bowl (2) having apertures (3) at its bottom and/or peripheral wall (20) to provide filtering by centrifuging the squeezed product, said bowl (2) being placed in a removable collecting container (4a, 4b) seated on a housing (16) containing electromechanical members including at least one motor to independently operate coaxially rotating output shafts (5, 6), said cone (1) and centrifuging bowl (2) being coupled in a working position to said shafts (5, 6), respectively, characterized in that the shafts (5, 6) are coupled to said at least one motor through respective drives (7, 8), a device being comprised for voluntarily stopping the operation of one of said drives (7, 8) of shafts (5, 6) to let the other of said drives (7, 8) of shafts (5, 6) to operate alone.
Squeezing appliance according to claim 2 when it depends on claim 17, characterized in that said annular tank (17a) comprises a bottleneck area to let a pouring spout pass and includes an annular cover (18) to prevent that said excess of pulp collected in said tank (17a) overflows when the juice contained in the collecting container (4a) is poured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.