Modular fruit juice extraction system and configuration for a self-cleaning filter for the extraction of fruit juice

A fruit juice extraction apparatus comprising:

• a chassis having mounted thereon juice extraction means;
• said juice extraction means having means for storing articles of fruit, said storing means having a plurality of apertures therein for allowing said articles of fruit to be deposited between at least two pairs of mating concave hemispheres, each of said pairs having one movable and one fixed hemisphere;
• drive means for actuating means for forcing each of the movable of said concave hemispheres against its mating fixed concave hemisphere, thereby pressing one of said articles of fruit deposited between said hemispheres;
• each of said movable concave hemispheres having a central pin and each of said fixed concave hemispheres having a perforating tube filter for the extraction of juice from said articles of fruit, whereby a core of said one of said articles of fruit is deposited in a receptacle and the juice is passed through the filter and then falls into a reservoir which has outlet ports therein.

A fruit juice extraction apparatus comprising:

• a chassis having mounted thereon juice extraction means;
• said juice extraction means having means for storing articles of fruit, said storing means having a plurality of apertures therein for allowing said articles of fruit to be deposited between at least two pairs of mating radially cut and concave hemispheres, each of said pairs having one movable and one fixed hemisphere;
• drive means for actuating means for forcing each of the movable of said concave hemispheres against its mating fixed concave hemisphere, thereby pressing one of said articles of fruit deposited between said hemispheres;
• each of said movable concave hemispheres having a central pin and each of said fixed concave hemispheres having a perforating tube filter for the extraction of juice from said articles of fruit, whereby a core of said one of said articles of fruit is deposited in a receptacle and the juice is passed through the filter and then falls into a reservoir which has outlet ports therein;
• said filter comprising a cylindrical filter body of nontoxic materials, having connected at one end thereof a removable cylindrical perforating cutting edge terminating in a circular point, for perforating the peel of said article of fruit, whereby said moveable concave and radially cut hemisphere forces a core section of said fruit to enter said filter body, said filter body having a plurality of spaced-apart parallel transverse radial slits.

A fruit juice extraction apparatus comprising:

• two fixed peeler cups and two moveable peeler cups attached to a chassis in mating pairs of fixed and moveable peeler cups, said cups being concave hemispheres, each pair being located at opposing ends of said chassis, where said moveable peeler cups are each attached to opposing ends of a single linear drive actuator for driving both movable peeler cups in a back and forth cycle, said moveable peeler cup at each of the ends of said linear actuator being driven in a manner such that when one of said peeler cups is opening to allow a first article of fruit to fall within a respective concave chamber formed in conjunction with its mating fixed peeler cup, said moveable peeler cup at the opposing end of said linear actuator is closing upon a second article of fruit inside a second respective concave chamber formed by the intermeshing of said moveable and fixed peeler cups, and shearing a skin of said second article of fruit as it initiates a peeling process and continues to complete a juicing cycle by pumping a core of said second article of fruit through a respective filtering means mounted in said mating fixed peeler cup, said respective filtering means having a cutting point at its forward opening and radially cut slits to permit said second article of fruit's core to enter said respective filtering means which allows for the extracted juice to flow through and be collected in a juice collection means connected to said fixed peeler cup, followed by the motion of one of two plungers associated respectively with each of the two fixed peeler cups, which travels through said filtering means and pushes directly on said second article of fruit's core until said second article of fruit's core is expelled completely from the forward end of said filtering means and, whereby, the dried fruit core of said second article of fruit is forced through said moveable peeler cups, and is directed to further fall through a fruit core receiving means, whereby when said moveable peeler cup is in the full open position, said apparatus is positioned to commence another fruit juice extraction cycle.

A fruit juice extraction apparatus comprising:

• a chassis having mounted thereon juice extraction means;
• said juice extraction means having means for storing articles of fruit, said storing means having a plurality of apertures therein for allowing said articles of fruit to be deposited between at least two pairs of mating concave hemispheres, each of said pairs having one movable and one fixed hemisphere;
• drive means for actuating means for forcing each of the movable of said concave hemispheres against its mating fixed concave hemisphere, thereby pressing one of said articles of fruit deposited between said hemispheres;
• each of said movable concave hemispheres having a respective central pin and each of said fixed concave hemispheres having a perforating tube filter for the extraction of juice from said articles of fruit, whereby the juice is passed through the filter and then falls into a reservoir which has outlet ports therein and dried fruit cores of said articles of fruit are forced through said moveable peeler cups, and are deposited in a receptacle.

A fruit juice extraction apparatus comprising:

• two sets of moveable peeler cups attached to a chassis in mating pairs of internal and external moveable peeler cups, said cups being concave hemispheres, each pair being located at opposing ends of said chassis, where said internal moveable peeler cups are each attached to opposing ends of a linear drive actuator for driving both sets of movable peeler cups in a back and forth cycle, said internal moveable peeler cups at each of the ends of said linear actuator being driven in a manner such that when one or the other of said internal peeler cups is opening to allow an article of fruit to fall within a concave chamber formed in conjunction with its mating external peeler cup, said internal moveable peeler cup at the opposing end of said linear actuator is closing upon an other article of fruit inside a respective concave chamber formed by the intermeshing of said internal and external moveable peeler cups, and shearing a skin of said other article of fruit as it initiates a peeling process and continues to complete a juicing cycle by pumping a core of said other article of fruit through one of two filtering means mounted respectively in each of said mating fixed peeler cups, each said filtering means having a cutting point at its forward opening and radially cut slits to permit said core to enter completely into said filtering means which allows for the extracted juice to flow through and be collected in juice collection means connected to said fixed peeler cup, followed by an outward motion of the respective external moveable peeler cup so that one of two plungers associated respectively with each of the two external moveable peeler cups travels through said respective filtering means and pushes directly on said other article of fruit's core until said core is expelled completely from the forward end of said respective filtering means and, whereby, the each dried core is forced through said respective internal moveable peeler cup, and is directed to further fall through a respective fruit core receiving means, whereby when said moveable peeler cup is in the full open position, said apparatus is positioned to commence another fruit juice extraction cycle.

A fruit juice extraction apparatus comprising:

• a chassis having mounted thereon juice extraction means;
• said juice extraction means having means for storing articles of fruit, said storing means having a plurality of apertures therein for allowing said articles of fruit to be deposited between at least two pairs of mating concave hemispheres, each of said pairs having one internal movable and one external moveable hemisphere;
• drive means for actuating means for forcing each of the internal movable of said concave hemispheres against its mating external moveable concave hemisphere, thereby pressing one of said articles of fruit deposited between said hemispheres;
• each of said external movable concave hemispheres having a central pin and each of said internal moveable concave hemispheres having a perforating tube filter for the extraction of juice from said articles of fruit, whereby the juice is passed through the filter and then falls into a reservoir which has outlet ports therein and the dried fruit cores of said articles of fruit are forced through said respective internal moveable peeler cups, and are deposited in a receptacle.