JPH042046B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a juicer for crushing vegetables, fruits, etc. and centrifuging the juice.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY Generally, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, this type of regulator has a drive unit main body 2 having a built-in electric motor 1,
It consists of a container 3 that is removably placed on top of the main body 2, and inside the container 3 is a separation cage 5 that is coupled to and rotated by a rotating shaft 4 of an electric motor 1.
A resin filter 7 having a large number of thin slits 6 formed between ribs having a triangular cross section as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8 is provided inside the separation basket 5, and the inner bottom has a A flat cutter 9 with a blade 8 is fixed to the cutter 9 , material is supplied onto the cutter 9 through an input port 11 provided in a container lid 10 covering the upper opening of the container 3 , and a push rod 12 is used to feed the material into the cutter 9 . It is configured to be pressed against the cutter 9.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional juicer, the crushed material of the material crushed by the cutter 9 scatters to the side of the cutter 9, and as shown in FIG. 6, it adheres to the inside of the filter 7 and forms a layer of crushed material. Form W. Then, the juice passes through the layer W of the pulverized material and the slit 6 of the filter 7, passes between the separation basket 5 and the filter 7, and is discharged to the outside from the upper end of the separation basket 5.

At this time, if the width of the slit 6 of the filter 7 is wide, the crushed material will enter the slit 6 and there will be no place for the juice liquid to flow, and the filter 7 will not function as a filter and the juice liquid will not be separated. Therefore, the width of the slit 6 cannot be made very narrow due to processing reasons, so it is formed to have a width of about 0.5 mm. Therefore, until the layer W of the pulverized material is formed inside the filter 7, the pulverized material of 0.5 mm or less passes through the slit 6 of the filter 7 together with the youth liquid. Therefore, the amount of fibers mixed into the juice liquid increases. In addition, the fibrous material of the pulverized material is caught in the slits 6 of the filter 7, and the layer W of the pulverized material stuck to the inside of the filter 7 is difficult to separate when cleaning up after use. There was also the problem that it became complicated.

The present invention solves these problems,
To provide a juicer which makes it possible to easily obtain juice with less fiber in juice liquid and also makes it possible to easily clean up the crushed product after use.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an inner basket that is removably attached to the inside of a separating basket driven by an electric motor, and a groove in which the youth liquid flows in the longitudinal direction of the outside. A large number of ribs are connected at intervals, and a gap formed between the ribs and the inner wall of the separation basket is used as a filter, and the interval between the ribs is narrower than the length of the inner peripheral wall in the horizontal cross section of the ribs. ,
In addition, the gap is wider than the gap between the rib and the inner wall of the separating basket.

Effect With this configuration, the use liquid flows out through the filter consisting of the gap between the ribs and the inner wall of the separating basket and the groove of the rib. However, since the gap forming the filter can be set freely, the use liquid can contain fibers in the use liquid. It is possible to produce a juice with less quality or with a relatively high fiber content in the juice liquid. Furthermore, the spacing between the ribs can be made larger than in conventional filters, making it easier for crushed materials adhering to the filter to be separated, making it easier to clean.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 5. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 13 denotes an electric motor as a drive unit, 14 a main body housing the electric motor 13, and a removable container 15 mounted on the main body 14.
is provided. The electric motor 1 is contained in the container 15.
It has a cylindrical separation cage 17 with no holes that is connected to and rotated by the rotating shaft 16 of No. 3, and inside the separation cage 17, an inner cage 18 made of resin as shown in FIG. They are fitted freely. This inner basket 18 is constructed by connecting a large number of ribs 20 in a cylindrical shape at regular intervals, each of which has a groove 19 through which the juice liquid flows in the longitudinal direction of the outside, and the inner wall of the separation basket 17 of each rib 20. A filter is formed by a gap 22 formed between each rib 20 and the inner wall of the separation cage 17 by a protrusion 21 provided at a part of the part where the ribs 20 come into contact with each other. It is configured to be narrower than the length of the inner circumferential wall in the horizontal cross section of , and wider than the gap dimension (height of the protrusion) between the rib 20 and the inner wall of the separation basket 17 . The rib 20 has an arcuate cross section,
The groove portion 19 faces the inner wall side of the separation basket 17. 2
Reference numeral 3 denotes a cutter fixed to the inner bottom of the separating basket 17, and a blade 24 is provided on the upper surface of the cutter.
An input port 26 provided in a lid 26 that covers the upper opening of the
The material is supplied onto the cutter 23, and the push rod 2
7, the material is pressed against the cutter 23.

The operation in the above configuration will be explained. First, inner basket 1
8 is fitted inside the separation cage 17,
Since the ribs 20 of the inner basket 18 have an arcuate cross section, the pitch of the ribs 20 is doubled (the number of ribs is half) compared to the conventional filter 7, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. ), the number of gaps 22 (slits 6 in the conventional example) (A to D) can be kept the same, and even though the number of ribs is halved, the juice liquid from the pulverized material remains the same. The aperture efficiency can be made the same as that of conventional pumps.

The separation basket 17 with the inner basket 18 fitted thereto is connected to the rotating shaft 16 of the electric motor 13 inside the container 15, the lid 25 is closed, the electric motor 13 is driven, and the input port 26 is driven.
When more material is thrown in and pushed in with the push rod 27, the material is crushed by the blade 24 of the cutter 23 provided at the inner bottom of the separating basket 17, and the crushed material flies to the side of the cutter 23 as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. As shown, it adheres to the inner walls of the inner basket 18 and the separation basket 17, forming a layer W' of the pulverized material. Then, the juice liquid is transferred to the gap 2 between the layer W' of the pulverized material, the rib 20 of the inner basket 18, and the separation basket 17.
2, passes through the groove 19 provided on the outside of the rib 20 of the inner basket 18, and is discharged from the upper part of the separation basket 17 to the outside. At this time, the smaller the gap 22 between the inner basket 18 and the separating basket 17, the less the amount of fibers contained in the juice liquid. Protrusions 21 of arbitrary size are provided on the separation basket 17.
By providing similar protrusions on the inner wall of the liquid, an arbitrary gap 22 can be formed and the amount of fibrous material in the juice liquid can be set arbitrarily. In this case, if the distance between the ribs 20 is made narrower than the height of the protrusion 21, that is, the dimension of the gap 22, as shown in FIG. It is determined by the spacing (limited to 0.5 mm due to processing) and, like conventional juicers, can only produce juices with a large amount of fiber mixed in the juice liquid. In addition, the centrifugal force applied to the layer W' of the crushed material creates resistance when the juice liquid and fibers pass between the ribs 20, which causes the gap 22 between the ribs 20 and the separation basket 17 to This eliminates the centrifugal force acting as a force for the passage of liquid and fibers, and the squeezing efficiency becomes worse than when the distance a between the ribs 20 is wider than the gap b.

After use, the lid 24 is opened and the inner basket 18 is removed from the separation basket 17. In this case, the crushed material W′ is placed in the inner basket 1.
However, since the distance a between the ribs 20 is smaller than the length c of the inner circumferential wall of the horizontal cross section of the ribs 20, the adhesion force of the crushed material is on the ribs. 20 is stronger than the inner wall of the separating basket 17, and when the inner basket 18 is removed, the crushed material W' is
It comes off while remaining mostly attached to the rib 20 of the inner basket 18. The next step is to dispose of the crushed material that has adhered to the inner basket 18. In particular, materials such as tangerines, pineapple, and tomatoes have strong adhesion and are difficult to remove. If the pitch is twice that, that is, the number of ribs is halved (Figure 4),
The adhesion force of the layer W′ of the crushed material is halved. Therefore, when the inner basket 18 is strongly shaken, the layer of crushed material adhering to the ribs 20 of the inner basket 18 is peeled off and removed as it is pulled as the layer of crushed material not attached to the ribs 20 of the inner basket 18 moves. . After that, even if it is fitted into the separation cage 17 again and operated, no vibration will occur because there is almost no layer of pulverized material adhering to it. Inner basket 18
Even when washing with water, it can be easily done. In particular, since the gap between the ribs 20 is large, it can be easily cleaned with fingers. Also, even if the pitch of conventional ribs is the same, the gap 22
is formed between the separation basket 17 and the distance a between the ribs 20 satisfies b<a<c. can be easily removed.

In the above embodiment, the protrusions 21 are provided to form the gap 22, but the number, shape, size, etc. of the protrusions 21 can be freely set.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the juicer of the present invention has the following features.

(1) There is a gap between the inner basket and the separation basket that acts as a filter.
Even if it is 0.5 mm or less, there will be no processing problems and it can be easily set. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain clear juice with less fibrous material mixed into the juice liquid. In addition, the gap between the inner basket and the separation basket can be easily set to 0.5mm, the same as with conventional juusa.

(2) Even when the number of ribs is reduced to half that of conventional regulators, there are gaps (slits) that perform filtering action.
The number of pulverized materials remains the same, and almost the same de-use rate as the conventional de-jusser is obtained.Moreover, the spacing between the ribs is narrower than the length of the inner circumferential wall of the horizontal section of the ribs, so when taking out the crushed material after use, most of the The crushed material can be taken out while still attached to the ribs of the inner basket. Furthermore, in this case, since the number of ribs is halved, the adhesion force of the pulverized material is halved and the separation of the pulverized material is improved. Furthermore, if the number of ribs is halved, the intervals between the ribs are wide, making it extremely easy to clean the inner basket.

(3) It is possible to increase the number of gaps (slits) that perform the filtering action compared to conventional juicers, so that the juice use rate can be improved and clearer juice can be obtained. Even in this case, since a gap is formed between the separation basket and the rib-to-rib spacing is wider than in the conventional slit, removal of the crushed material is easier than in the conventional case.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of the pumper of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the inner basket of the pumper, and FIG.
The figure is a cross-sectional plan view of the same conditioner when the inner basket is fitted into the separation basket, FIG. 4 is a plan cross-sectional view of the same conditioner with half the number of ribs of a conventional filter, and FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view showing a state in which the distance between the ribs of the inner basket of the Jusa of the present invention is narrower than the gap size between the ribs and the inner wall of the separation cage; FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view showing the filter of the conventional Jusa; FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a conventional pumper, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a filter of the conventional pumper. 13...Electric motor, 17...Separation basket, 18...Inner basket, 19...Groove, 20...Rib, 21...Protrusion, 22...Gap.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A main body containing a built-in electric motor, a container placed on the main body, a separation basket driven by the electric motor and having a cutter at the inner bottom, and an input port for guiding the material, and a container placed on the main body. The container includes a container lid that covers an upper opening, and an inner basket that is detachably attached to the inside of the separating basket, and the inner basket has a number of ribs formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the outside and forming grooves through which the juice liquid flows. At the same time, the gap formed between the rib and the inner wall of the separation cage is formed as a filter, and the distance between the ribs is narrower than the length of the inner circumferential wall in the horizontal section of the rib, and the gap between the rib and the inner wall of the separation cage is A jusa characterized by being configured to be wider than the distance between the two.