ES1063170U - Squeezer (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Squeezer, of the type that is preferably intended for citrus fruits and comprising various pieces among which is a lever with which one acts manually on the corresponding fruit to obtain the juice, characterized in that it is constituted by three unique pieces consisting of in a support (1), a filter (2) and a lever (3) and which, said parts obtained by injection molding a suitable material such as plastic or aluminum, are removably coupled to each other. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Squeezer.

Object of the invention

The present invention is referred to as its title indicates, to a juicer.

Field of the Invention

This juicer is the type that is used preferably to obtain the juice of citrus fruits, and has been conceived and carried out in order to obtain numerous and notable advantages over other existing juicers.

Background of the invention

There are currently different types of juicers, being powered by electric power and others manually like the one that is the object of this model.

In the latter, it is almost always acted upon half fruit through a paraboloid-shaped surface of revolution with which a pressure is exerted on the flat face of the cut where the pulp is in the air, the juice coming out due to this pressure and falling by gravity from an opening to be collected in a timely container.

These manual juicers are usually gadgets quite bulky, usually metallic and constituted by enough pieces, being expensive and impractical for use everyday household since they are difficult to disassemble and clean, something that has to be done regularly.

There are also manual juicers more simple shaped as a pincer and without any support with the that, lacking this element, it is difficult to squeeze the fruits and it is not easy or convenient to pour the juice into the corresponding  container.

Summary of the invention

These inconveniences and / or problems, and others that can be derived from them, they are solved with the juicer object of the invention, which is constituted solely by three pieces removably coupled to each other and obtained by injection molding of a suitable material such as the plastic or aluminum, one of them consisting of a support that structure, another in a filter that facilitates the exit of the juice and the third in a lever with which the user squeezes the fruit, and being the easily removable juicer and very Simple and convenient to use when having an ergonomic design.

The support has lateral configuration U-shaped inverter that ensures total stability of the juicer, and its horizontal upper part, on which the lever is coupled, conforms a cavity where the fruit is squeezed and that presents a bottom outlet so that the juice falls by gravity to the outside. In the indicated cavity the filter is coupled and, on it, arrange the fruit, also presenting the cavity at its edges upper sides two rear ears facing each other in the that engages and rotates the lever.

The vertical parts of the support constitute legs on which it is held and that conform, with the horizontal top, a bridge-like structure that leaves sufficient space under the exit of the juice for the placement of a  container that collects said juice.

The lever has an L configuration that by the intersection of its two sections it engages and rotates in the support ears, forming one of these sections the body of said lever where the user exerts the force, and entering the other in the cavity of said support to act on half of the corresponding fruit previously arranged, with the pulp facing above, on the filter, which, which has also been arranged previously in said cavity, prevents it from falling, by the exit of this cavity, part of the pulp with the juice and that the same.

The section of the lever that acts on the fruit it does so against a side part of it, compressing it on the opposite side that is applied against the back wall of the support cavity, forming the lever, on the intersection of its two sections, a thick transverse nerve outside whose ends protrude two pivots with which said lever is linked and rotates in the support when the same in the narrow mouth starters that present the ears of said support.

In the closed position or maximum compression of the fruit, and because the pivots of the lever with which it rotates in the support are offset with respect to the section of said lever that acts on the fruit, there is a gap between said section and the back wall of the cavity against which said fruit, staying the remains of it in it without preventing the closing of the lever.

These and other features will come off best of the detailed description that follows, which, for facilitate your understanding, it is accompanied by a sheet of drawings in which has been represented a practical case of realization that cite only by way of example not limiting the scope of the present invention

Description of the drawings

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view and exploded from the juicer in question.

Figure 2 shows another perspective view of the juicer already assembled and about to receive a fruit to be squeezed.

Figures 3 and 4 illustrate paths partial juicer in side elevation sectioned in respective intermediate and final compression processes of the fruit.

Figure 5 shows a perspective view of the juicer in closed position or maximum squeezed fruit.

Detailed description

In accordance with the drawings, the juicer illustrated consists of a support (1), a filter (2) and a lever (3) that make up two pieces obtained by injection of material plastic or aluminum and have a thickness more or less constant and rounded edges, which facilitates its manufacture in series and its cleanliness.

The support (1) has lateral configuration in U inverted with the two vertical parts presenting section transverse in U and constituting the legs (5) of said support, in so much so that the horizontal upper part (4) forms a cavity (6) in which the fruit is squeezed and whose shape is approximately the of a quarter cylinder with flat faces constituting its side and back walls, and the curved part forming a concave surface covering the bottom and the front wall of said cavity, which has a lower outlet (7) so that the juice falls by gravity out of the juicer.

In the cavity (6) the filter (2) will be placed, the which is constituted by a concave plate (8) that, finished off later with a vertical extension (9) for your support against the back wall of said cavity, it has slits (8 ') for the juice outlet and lower projections (10) that fit in corresponding entrances (not visible in the drawings) of the cavity (6) and prevent the movement of said filter, on which the corresponding fruit (F) with the pulp up (in strokes in figures 3 and 4).

The support (1) forms, with its upper part (4) and its legs (5), a bridge-like structure that leaves enough space for the placement, under the outlet (7), of a container (R) that will normally be a glass (see figure 3), said support presenting on the back of the same, on the upper end of the corresponding leg (5), a curved surface (11) where the user can support one of his hands and conveniently hold the juicer to operate
with the.

The lever (3) has an L configuration with the two flat and internally reinforced sections with a arrangement of partitions (12), constituting the major section the lever body (13) proper on which the user will exert the force and that is provided externally with nerves longitudinal (14) that prevent the sliding of the hand that it will hold, and constituting the minor section a blade-like (15) with which will be pressed on the appropriate fruit (F).

On the outside of the intersection between its two sections, the lever (3) has a thick transverse nerve (16) whose ends protrude two pivots (17) with which said lever is linked to the support (1) by coupling the same in corresponding circular entrances (18) of mouth narrow provided in two facing ears (19) protruding from the upper lateral edges of the support (1) on the part posterior of the cavity (6).

The front part of the upper part (4) It has the same U-section as the leg (5) that precedes and thereby allows, in the closed position of the lever (3), a part of the section (13) is housed in the hollow that conforms said section (figures 4 and 5), presenting the intermediate of the partitions (12) of said lever a notch (20) so that it does not stop with it a front handle (21) of the filter (2) protruding from the cavity (6) and which facilitates the holding of said filter for take it out of it, expel the remains of the fruit (F) and clean it up.

In figures 2, 3 and 4 the sequence is observed of operation of the juicer, first lifting the lever (3) to access the cavity (6) and arrange on the filter (2) the corresponding half fruit (F) with the pulp facing up, and then lowering said lever to squeeze it, whose fruit, when be the pivots (17) of rotation thereof displaced backwards with respect to the blade (15), it is arranged, once squeezed and with the lever (3) fully lowered, in the hollow that forms between said blade and the rear wall of the cavity (6).

The invention, within its essentiality, can be put into practice in other embodiments that differ only in detail from that indicated solely by way of example and which will also achieve the protection that collect. This juicer can be manufactured in any way and size, with the most appropriate media and materials and with the more convenient accessories, the component elements being able to be replaced by other technically equivalent ones, because everything remains this included in the claims.

Claims (5)

1. Juicer, of the type that is preferably intended for citrus fruits and that includes various pieces among which is a lever with which you manually act on the corresponding fruit to obtain the juice, characterized in that it consists of three unique pieces that consist in a support (1), a filter (2) and a lever (3) and that, obtained said parts by injection molding of a suitable material such as plastic or aluminum, are removably coupled
each. 2. Juicer according to claim 1, characterized in that the support (1) has an inverted U configuration laterally and its horizontal upper part (4), on which the lever (3) is coupled, forms a cavity (6) in which The filter (2) is fitted inside and it has a lower outlet (7) for the juice to fall into a suitable container (R) arranged between the vertical parts (5) of the
bearing (1). 3. Juicer according to claim 2, characterized in that the cavity (6) has the flat side and rear walls, the front and the bottom together forming a concave surface, and the upper side edges with opposite rear ears (19) facing each other and with respective circular openings (18) of narrow mouth in which the lever (3) is coupled through corresponding lateral pivots (17) thereof. 4. Juicer according to claims 1 and 3, characterized in that the lever (3) has an L-shaped configuration and is arranged, in the closed position, with one (15) of its sections inside the cavity (6) and the other (13) on it extending forward, said lever forming, on the intersection of its two sections (13, 15), a thick outer transverse nerve (16) whose ends protrude the pivots (17). 5. Juicer according to claims 1 and 3, characterized in that the filter (2) is constituted by a concave plate (8) inclined upwardly by its front part and which, provided with slits (8 ') and lower projections ( 10) attachable in corresponding recesses of the cavity (6), it has a front handle (21) and a rear vertical extension (9).