# US 9,750,278 B2 · Upper driving type juice extractor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,750,278 B2 - Document ID: US9750278B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/554,406 - Filed: 2014-11-26 - Published: 2015-11-12 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-12 - Assignees: HappyCall Co., Ltd. - Applicants: HappyCall Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyun sam Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750278B2 ## CPC - A23N 1/02: combined with disintegrating or cutting - A47J 19/02: Citrus fruit squeezers; Other fruit juice extracting devices - A23N: MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS (machines for cutting straw or fodder A01F29/00; disintegrating, e.g. shredding, B02C; severing, e.g. cutting, splitting, slicing B26B, B26D) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES ## Abstract Provided is an upper driving type juice extractor in which a driving part is mounted at an upper side of an I-shaped main body having a front groove through which an extracting part is inserted and removed and a rear groove through which a residue container is inserted and removed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An upper driving type juice extractor, comprising: a main body having a driving part including a motor, a driving shaft, and a reduction gear part configured to receive power of the motor; an extracting part having a housing which is a container with a juice discharging port and a residue discharging port, and having a screw vertically mounted on the housing configured to receive power from the reduction gear part; and a lifting part comprising a lifting motor configured to move the extracting part up and down with respect to the driving part, a seating part on which the extracting part is seated, a cam part which moves the seating part up and down, and a power transmitting part which transmits power of the lifting motor to the cam part, wherein the main body comprises an upper body having a material introducing port through which a material is introduced into the extracting part, a lower body, and a center body configured to connect the upper body with the lower body, the driving part configured to transmit power to the extracting part is mounted on the upper body, the lifting part is installed at the lower body, the center body has an insertion hole through which the residue discharging port is inserted and passes, a front groove through which the extracting part is inserted and removed is formed at front sides of the upper body, the center body and the lower body, and a rear groove through which the residue container is inserted and removed is formed at rear sides of the upper body, the center body and the lower body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The juice extractor according to claim 1, wherein the main body comprises a frame assembly having a frame, the driving part mounted on the frame, and the lifting part; and a body case configured to surround the frame assembly, and the frame comprises an upper frame having a first through-hole in which a driving shaft of the driving part is inserted and a second through-hole in which the material introducing port is inserted; a lower frame on which the lifting part is mounted; and a connection frame configured to connect the upper frame with the lower frame and having a third through-hole in which the residue discharging port is inserted, and the body case comprises left and right body cases configured to cover left and right sides of the frame; a front body case configured to cover a front side of the frame and having the front groove and a front insertion hole in which the residue discharging port is inserted; a rear body case configured to cover a rear side of the frame and having the rear groove and a rear insertion hole in which the residue discharging port is inserted; an upper body case configured to cover an upper side of the frame and having the material introducing port; and a lower body case configured to cover a lower side of the frame. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The juice extractor according to claim 2, wherein the motor is a BL motor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The juice extractor according to claim 1, further comprising a speed selecting switch configured to select the rotating speed of the motor, or a control part configured to measure an extracting force while the material is extracted and to automatically select the rotating speed of the motor according to the material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The juice extractor according to claim 3, further comprising a speed selecting switch configured to select the rotating speed of the motor, or a control part configured to measure an extracting force while the material is extracted and to automatically select the rotating speed of the motor according to the material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The juice extractor according to claim 1, wherein the extracting part comprises a housing having a juice discharging port and the residue discharging port, a screw vertically installed at the housing to receive power of the driving part, a net drum disposed between the screw and the housing, and a cover coupled to an upper surface of the housing, and a sill portion which protrudes upward is formed around an upper surface of a front side of the cover. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The juice extractor according to claim 6, wherein an edge of the cover is formed to have an inclined surface which is gradually inclined outward from top to bottom. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The juice extractor according to claim 6, wherein a sill insertion groove corresponding to the sill portion is formed at an upper side of the front groove. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The juice extractor according to claim 7, wherein a sill insertion groove corresponding to the sill portion is formed at an upper side of the front groove. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The juice extractor according to claim 8, wherein a through-hole through which an upper end of a rotating shaft of the screw is exposed is formed at a center of the cover, a partition plate configured to partition the upper surface of the cover into front and rear sides is formed on the upper surface of the cover to protrude upward, the through-hole is disposed between the partition plate and the sill portion, and a drain way is formed between both ends of the partition plate and both ends of the sill portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The juice extractor according to claim 9, wherein a through-hole through which an upper end of a rotating shaft of the screw is exposed is formed at a center of the cover, a partition plate configured to partition the upper surface of the cover into front and rear sides is formed on the upper surface of the cover to protrude upward, the through-hole is disposed between the partition plate and the sill portion, and a drain way is formed between both ends of the partition plate and both ends of the sill portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The juice extractor according to claim 10, wherein a plate insertion groove corresponding to the partition plate is formed at the upper side of the front groove. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The juice extractor according to claim 11, wherein a plate insertion groove corresponding to the partition plate is formed at the upper side of the front groove.