FR3070849B1 - SCREEN CLEANING SYSTEM AND FILTER - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of cleaning sieves and filters of a juicer or centrifuge characterized in that it consists in obtaining a granular plant material from pomegranate (1), and to introduce said plant material with water into the Juice extractor or centrifuge, as if one wanted to make a juice of vegetable or classic fruit, until the granular matter out of the evacuation intended for vegetable waste.

Description

DESCRIPTION

The present invention relates to a product the use of which allows the cleaning of sieves and filters of juice extractors of fruits and vegetables or any equipment operating by a similar process of filtering by fine sieve and whose object is to extract the juice fruits and vegetables. For the sake of clarity, these devices will be referred to hereafter under the common name "extractor of fruit and vegetable juice".

Indeed, the recovery of the juice of fruits and vegetables obtained by pressure necessarily leads to the formation of a deposit of a fibrous plant material which surrounds and obstruct the holes of the screens and filters juice extractors.

The juice extractors of fruits and vegetables all contain a system allowing the separation of the juice with the rest of the fruit or the vegetable which then becomes a vegetable waste. However, a residue of fibrous plant material is never discharged at the same time as the waste and then accumulates on filters and sieves that it obstructs each time the juice of a fruit or a vegetable is extract.

Traditionally, sieves and filters of fruit and vegetable juice extractors are cleaned with a brush or spatula designed for this purpose and usually provided in the machine kit, or possibly with the help of a simple sponge.

However, these tools do not allow to extract efficiently all the fibers of the fruits and vegetables whose juice has been extracted. The disadvantages of this traditional cleaning are of several kinds: the total removal of the sieves and filters of the juice extractors of fruits and vegetables requires a lot of time and effort, and a considerable amount of water, but especially the tools traditionally used do not allow an efficient and complete cleaning of sieves and filters. In addition this intense cleaning accelerates the degradation of the tools used during the cleaning of filters and sieves. The invention overcomes these disadvantages by significantly reducing the cleaning time, the effort, and the amount of water. The result is still very satisfactory. The invention consists in the use of a granular vegetable material obtained from pomegranate, the fruit of pomegranate, which will allow to completely unclog the sieves and filters of the juice extractors of fruits and vegetables by proceeding exactly as if it were It was to extract the juice of this pomegranate plant material.

The photograph produced in Appendix A, which gives the names of the different parts of the pomegranate, illustrates how to proceed to create the cleaning material which is as follows: 1. Cut the pomegranate, remove the bark and the white membrane, and do not keep the seeds consisting of aril (membrane) and seed; 2. Extract the juice contained between the aril and the seed, by manual or mechanical pressure, in order to keep only the remaining fiber of the arils and seeds. 3. Amalgamate the material formed from arils and seeds that have been naturally crushed under the effect of pressure. The resulting material is relatively compact and granular (see Appendix A).

This material can be used instantaneously but can also be preserved in several forms: dehydrated, frozen or in any way, so as to be able to dispose of it when desired.

Once the granular plant material obtained from the pomegranate, the method to clean the juice extractor of fruits and vegetables is to insert it into the juice extractor of fruits and vegetables as if one wanted to make a juice of vegetable or classic fruit.

For example, a handful of the granular vegetable material obtained from the pomegranate should be introduced into the empty fruit and vegetable juice extractor, adding water to cover the sieve. In the case of a horizontal fruit and vegetable juice extractor, it will be necessary to add water as the pomegranate fiber is advanced in the fruit and vegetable juice extractor. For a handful (about 25g) of granular plant material obtained from pomegranate will require about 50cl of water. The fruit and vegetable juice extractor must then be operated as for the normal production of a juice until the granular material obtained from the pomegranate produces evacuation for the vegetable waste.

Once arrived at sieves or filters in which the fibrous material is generally separated from the juice, the granular plant material obtained from the pomegranate will operate as a kind of natural abrasive and unclog the holes of sieves and filters of any fibrous material which they were crowded.

Part of the fibrous material is expelled through the holes of the sieves or filters without encumbering them, and another part will be directed with the granular plant material obtained from the pomegranate, towards the exit intended for the vegetable waste. The water introduced into the fruit and vegetable juice extractor can then be emptied. If there is still fiber, the user of the juice extractor of fruits and vegetables can repeat the operation by reusing the granular material obtained from the grenade already used and out of the machine. The user of the fruit and vegetable juice extractor can then proceed with the conventional disassembly of the fruit and vegetable juice extractor in order to rinse the different parts with soapy water and a sponge as he did before. The cleaning of screens or filters is facilitated since it is no longer necessary to scrub with a brush or spatula designed for this purpose. A simple sponge and a rinse are enough.

According to the different modes of packaging, and more particularly if the granular material obtained from the pomegranate is dehydrated, it will be necessary to rehydrate it to avoid breaking sieve too fragile and form a paste to the appropriate consistency.

The granular material obtained from pomegranate can be packaged as natural or dehydrated pulp, frozen, in bulk or in tablet form, and could also be associated with cleaning agents. The invention is particularly intended for the cleaning of juice extractors used by individuals who consume vegetable and fruit juices or professional traders who use juice extractors to offer them for sale.

The properties of the pomegranate seeds which constitute the granular plant material used for the invention - once their juice is extracted - are pomegranate seeds that are both rigid enough to allow efficient cleaning and sufficiently fine to avoid damaging the pomegranate seeds. sieves and filters of the machines.

Claims (2)

1. A method of cleaning sieves and filters of a juicer or centrifuge characterized in that it consists in obtaining a granular plant material from pomegranate (1), and to introduce said plant material with water in the juice extractor or centrifuge, as if one wanted to make a juice of vegetable or classic fruit, until the granular matter out of the evacuation intended for vegetable waste. 2. A method of cleaning the screens and filters of a juice extractor or centrifuge according to claim 1 characterized in that said plant material is obtained by cutting a pomegranate, removing its bark and its white membrane so that all that remains is the seeds consisting of aril and seed, extracting the juice of said seeds by manual or mechanical pressure, and then amalgamating the material formed by the arils and seeds.