DE605986C - Lemon carving press for table use - Google Patents

Description

Lemon carving press for table use With tong-like devices It has already been proposed to squeeze lemons on one of the two press levers to arrange a juice collection container provided with a pouring spout. To squeeze out When lemons are cut in half, the lower pressure surface is the same as one from the juice collection container upwardly protruding press cone formed, which when pressed from below penetrates the halved lemon. Since the middle part of the container is the squeezed Can not hold juice, the container must be made comparatively large. The device is therefore less suitable for table use.

The invention relates to a lemon carving press, whose with a Pouring spout provided juice collecting container despite relatively small dimensions has a large interior space. According to the invention is the lower pressure surface Serving bottom surface of the container lever in adaptation to the curve of the fruit, trough-shaped deepened and the other lever along its pressure surface in adaptation to this trough shape bent downwards so that in the compressed position it is only with the The end protrudes from the trough. This version is due to the large interior of the container, the juice splashes out to the sides when you squeeze the levers and certainly avoided staining the tablecloth, the shape and size its contents make the container also as a juice, sauce pourer o. The like. Usable.

In order to avoid squeezing out the shell with certainty, it is expedient the upper lever on the two long side edges about the same thickness as the lemon peel U-shaped bent downwards. The lever can also be provided with a longitudinal groove with which the lemon wedge is centered when squeezing it out.

To achieve a pretty, pleasing appearance, the press is seen from the side, expediently designed in the form of a bird's body, wherein the pouring spout, the beak, the point of passage of the joint axis, the eye, the Contain the body and ends of both levers in the compressed position forming the bird's tail. By painting, embossing, chasing or the like Side walls, this impression can be increased.

The drawing shows such an exemplary embodiment of the invention Lemon carving press in the shape of a bird's body, namely Fig. I shows a side view of the press before pressing the levers together, Fig. 2 a section along line 11-II Fig. i and Fig. 3 a side view with the levers pressed together.

The press consists of two levers i and 2, which are articulated with each other at 3 are connected. Both levers are curved approximately in a semicircle. Of the Lever 2 forms with its raised bottom parts 4 and 5 and its two comparatively. high side walls 6 and i an elongated container. To achieve good stability the bottom is flattened at the support point at 8. The beak g of the container 2 forms a pouring spout.

The lever i is U-shaped on its long side edges at io and ii bent downwards to squeeze out the shell when the levers are pressed together to avoid. It is also in the middle with an outwardly pushed up groove 12 provided, in which the lemon wedge is guided when squeezing. In the When using the press, the two levers i and 2 are pressed against each other with their ends 13 and 14. The juice collects in the container 2 and can now be pressed without further pressure be poured out in small portions.

The two side walls 6 and; of the container 2 are shown in elevation cut out of a bird's body and embossed on the outside, so that the device gives the impression a swimming gull. In a manner known per se, the parts made of acid-proof metal or provided with acid-proof coatings.

The lemon carving press according to the invention can be used both for Drizzling on food and also used as a handy fruit juice maker at the table will. Accordingly, not only lemons but also oranges can be used as an insert and the like can be used.

Claims (3)

PATENT CLAIMS: i. Lemon carving press for table use, consisting of two articulated levers, one of which is designed as a juice collecting container provided with a pouring spout, characterized in that the bottom surface of the container lever (2) serving as the lower pressure surface is trough-shaped to match the roundness of the fruit and the other lever (i) is bent along its pressure surface .in adaptation to this trough shape in such a way that, in the compressed position, only one end protrudes from the trough. 2. Lemon wedge press according to claim i, characterized in that the upper lever (i) on the two longitudinal side edges (io, ii) about the thickness of the lemon peel bent downwards in a U-shape and in between Provided with a longitudinal groove (i2) to center the lemon wedge when squeezing it out is. 3. lemon carving press according to claim i or 2, characterized in that the press, seen from the side, in the form of an animal carcass, preferably one Bird's body, is formed, with the pouring spout the beak, the passage points the hinge axis is the eye, the container the trunk and the ends of both levers in the in a squeezed position to form the bird's tail.