TW201922153A - Fruit juicer machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a fruit juicer machine with an automatic fruit (1) feeder (2) and cutting and juicing means that have wells (3) for receiving the fruit (1) and a cutting assembly (6) comprising a blade (12) and means for extracting the peel after juicing, and a pair of juicing balls (7) below the wells (3). The machine also comprises a tray (8) for collecting the juice with a filter (9) and means for collecting the peel. The cutting assembly (6) has vertical grooves (11) for vertically guiding and moving the wells (3) during the operation for cutting the fruit (1) into two parts, and the machine has motor means which synchronise the continuous movement of the feeder (2) with the movement of the cutting and juicing means.

Description

Fruit juicer

The invention belongs to the technical field of the agricultural food industry, and particularly belongs to a fruit juicer, which is mainly used for oranges but also used for other citrus fruits. More specifically, the present invention relates to a fruit juicer having a feeder, means for cutting fruits in half, means for squeezing these half pieces, a tray for collecting juice squeezed from fruits, and collecting Means of squeezing the peel. The present invention particularly refers to a fruit juicer, wherein the cutting means has a pair of rotating wells for receiving fruits, the blade cuts it into two halves, and has a juice ball for these fruit halves. The juicer additionally has a tray for collecting juice under the cutting and juice means, which has a filter for collecting pulp and seeds, and the juicer has a means to extract the skin once it is squeezed.

State of the art It is known that there are different automatic fruit juicers, which are mainly used for oranges but also for other citrus fruits. These machines can be loaded manually or automatically, and can have different attachments and additions, although all machines are mainly based on the movement of the orange, so the orange is cut and the resulting part is then squeezed.

Generally speaking, most high-capacity industrial juice machines or juice machines used in the medical industry and the like extract juice with a corresponding juice reamer or ball by rotating while moving in accordance with a well or a cup. Generally speaking, the method of cutting fruit into two parts is not performed in a regular manner, but to obtain irregular parts of the fruit, which affects the performance of the juicer.

Spanish patent document No. 2091702B1 shows a citrus fruit juicer, which incorporates a high load capacity into a "revolver" system in which oranges and other fruits are placed. This machine has been incorporated into the mechanism for juicing each fruit. Juice extraction is performed by vertical movement, in which each half of the fruit at its corresponding position will be pressed against an individual juicer knife or ball.

However, it has been proven that the disadvantage of known fruit juicers is that the cutting in half on the particular fruit to be juiced is not performed properly because the fruit is not positioned correctly during the process of cutting into two parts and therefore Two halves of the same size were obtained, and as a result, the subsequent juice extraction process did not achieve optimized performance.

Therefore, what is desired is an automatic fruit juicer that provides fruit juices quickly and efficiently, while avoiding the disadvantages found with the current state of the art machines.

The present invention solves the existing problems of the current technology through a fruit juicer. The fruit juicer is formed by: an automatic fruit feeder, a means for cutting and juicing the fruit arranged under the feeder, an arrangement A tray for collecting juice obtained from fruits under a cutting and juicing means, a filter for collecting pulp and seeds, and a means for collecting peels after juicing.

The means for cutting and juicing fruit has: a pair of wells for receiving fruit, which are fixed to the shaft; a pair of first fixed vertical grooves, the shafts of the well are guided along the groove during the juice extraction operation Guide and vertical movement; and cutting assembly, which is arranged below the well. The cutting assembly has: a middle blade centered relative to the second well, which cuts the fruit in half; slide rails on both sides of the blade, which have openings below the well; and means for extracting the peel after juice extraction. Furthermore, the means for cutting and juicing fruit has a pair of juice balls for fruit, each ball being arranged below a certain well and complementary to the well.

The cutting assembly also has a pair of second vertical grooves that vertically guide and move the shaft during the operation of cutting the fruit into two parts.

Furthermore, the fruit juicer has a motor means which has a speed reducer so that the continuous movement of the feeder is synchronized with the movement of the cutting and juice means. In this movement, the elements of the machine have different positions.

First, the position for receiving fruit (where the well points vertically upwards) is towards the feeder. From this position, one well collects fruit from the feeder, and both wells are rotated 90 ° until they face each other with the fruit in between.

Therefore, they are arranged in the cutting position, in which the well is moved vertically downwards guided by the second vertical groove; at the same time, the cutting assembly is moved vertically upwards, in which the blade cuts the fruit in half, and each half is maintained in the well . Then, the wells are rotated another 90 ° until they point straight down and face the opening of the slide and the ball. Secondly, the well performs another downward vertical movement guided by the first vertical groove, and in the downward vertical movement, the cutting assembly is dragged for juice extraction.

The halving of the juice is carried out by the pressure of the well against the juice ball. Subsequently, the vertical movement is performed upward and rotated 180 ° in a direction opposite to the previous rotation so as to reach the starting position, and the extraction means simultaneously extracts the peel from the juice ball.

When the machine is operating, the previous movements and positions are continuously repeated.

Preferably, the means for extracting the peel from the cutting assembly is formed by a plurality of radial side ribs, which are arranged in the opening of the slide rail. According to this specific aspect, the juice ball has a plurality of radial grooves, which are complementary to the radial side ribs of the cutting assembly, so that the side ribs are introduced and guided in the juice extraction during the downward vertical movement of the cutting assembly. Radial groove on the ball. This operation of introducing the side ribs is performed before starting the machine, for example after the workday is finished and after all parts have been cleaned. Therefore, the ribs are always guided and they never lose contact with the grooves of the ball. In this way, the side ribs will extract the peel during the upward vertical movement of the cutting assembly.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the juicer has a cleaning filter assembly that automatically cleans the filter of the tray and removes the pulp and seeds collected by the filter for collecting juice. The cleaning filter assembly is composed of a movable scraper, which is mounted on a two-end shaft mounted on the fixed filter, and as the scraper moves along the entire filter, the pulp and seeds are dragged to the collection Drains for juice trays. As an alternative, and depending on the format of the juice outlet, the filter can be arranged on a tray faucet, on a tank with a faucet, or on a tray without a faucet.

The object of the invention is a fruit juicer.

As can be seen from the figure, the fruit juicer is generally formed by the following: automatic fruit 1 feeder 2; fruit 1 cutting and juicing means arranged below the feeder 2; used to collect fruit from the 1 A tray 8 of the obtained juice, which is arranged below the means for cutting and juice extraction, and includes a filter 9 for collecting pulp and seeds; and a means for collecting peel, which is preferably composed of a pair of buckets 19, Each bucket is arranged on one side of a tray 8 for collecting juice, as can be seen in the figure.

Preferably, the automatic fruit 1 feeder 2 has a basket 22 formed by a plurality of stainless steel horizontal rods separated from each other by a distance of less than 2.5 cm. As a result, a denser and more robust basket 22 with high capacity is achieved.

The means for cutting and juicing the fruit 1 includes: a pair of wells 3 for receiving the fruit 1, which are fixed to the shaft 5; and a pair of fixed vertical grooves 10, which are made in the machine, for the juice extraction operation of the fruit 1. During this time, the shaft 5 is guided and moved vertically.

Furthermore, the cutting and juicing means has a cutting assembly 6 arranged below the well 3, which has a middle blade 12 centered relative to the well 3 to cut the fruit 1 into two halves 1 '; on the two sides of the blade 12 The upper slide rail 20 has an opening 21 below the well; and means for extracting the peel after the juice is squeezed. Furthermore, the cutting and juicing means has a pair of juice balls 7 for the fruit 1, each ball being arranged under the opening 21 and complementary to the well 3.

The cutting assembly 6 also has a pair of second vertical grooves 11 constructed to vertically guide and move the shaft 5 during the operation of cutting the fruit 1 into two halves 1 '.

The juicer for the purpose of the present invention has a motor means having a speed reducer 23 to synchronize the continuous movement of the feeder 2 with the movement of the cutting and juice means. In this movement, the elements of the machine have different positions.

First, FIG. 1 shows a position for receiving the fruit 1, in which the well 3 is directed vertically upwards toward the automatic feeder 2. From this position, a certain well 3 collects fruit 1 from the feeder, and the two wells 3 are both rotated by 90 ° until they face each other with the fruit 1 aligned and held in between.

Therefore, they are arranged at the cutting position, as shown in FIG. 2, in which the well 3 is vertically moved downward guided by the second vertical groove 11; at the same time, the cutting assembly 6 is vertically moved upward, and the blade 12 moves the fruit 1 is cut into two halves 1 ', each half being maintained in well 3. Then, the well 3 is rotated another 90 ° until they point vertically downwards and face the opening 21 of the slide rail 20 and the juice ball 7. Secondly, the well 3 performs another downward vertical movement guided by the first vertical groove 10, and in the downward vertical movement, the cutting assembly is dragged to the position shown in FIG. 3 for juice extraction.

Fig. 4 shows the juice extraction position, which is performed by pressing the well 3 against the juice ball 7 and pressing it on the half 1 '. Subsequently, the vertical movement is performed upward and rotated 180 ° in a direction opposite to the previous rotation to reach the starting position, and the extraction means simultaneously extracts the peel from the juice ball 7.

FIG. 5 shows a preferred embodiment of the means for extracting the peel from the cutting assembly 6, which is formed by radial side ribs 13 arranged in the opening 21 of the slide rail 20. Furthermore, as can be seen in FIG. 6, the juice ball 7 has a radial groove 27 complementary to the radial side ribs 13 of the cutting assembly, so that the side ribs 13 are moved vertically downward by the cutting assembly 6. It is introduced and guided on the radial groove 27 of the juice ball 7. This operation of introducing the side ribs 13 is performed before starting the machine, for example after the working day is ended and after all parts have been cleaned. Therefore, the ribs 13 are always guided, and they never lose contact with the radial grooves 27 of the ball 7. In this way, the side ribs 13 will extract the peel while the cutting assembly 6 is moving vertically upward.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the juice extractor has a cleaning filter assembly 14 which automatically cleans the filter 9 of the tray 8 and removes the pulp and seeds collected by the filter 9 for collecting juice. The cleaning filter assembly 14 is composed of an actuating means and a movable scraper 15 which is mounted on two end shafts 16 and 17 and is mounted on the filter 9, and as the scraper moves along the entire filter 9 When moving, the pulp and seeds are dragged to the drainage channel 18 of the tray 8 for collecting juice. Figures 9, 10, and 11 show this particular embodiment of the filter and cleaning filter assembly 14.

According to this point, according to a preferred embodiment, the means for collecting the peel (which may be a bucket 19 in particular) has a pulp inlet 28 which is arranged below the drainage groove 18 of the tray 8 for collecting juice to collect the drops The flesh is visible as shown in Figures 1 to 4 and can be seen in detail in Figure 13. The other bucket 19 has no pulp inlet 28, as can be seen in Figs.

Regarding the actuation means, FIG. 7 shows a specific embodiment of the cleaning filter assembly 14 connected to the machine by the actuation means. As can be observed in this FIG. 7, the actuation means has a belt and pulley assembly 24 which is coupled to the drive shaft 25, which is connected to the drive shaft 16 through a gear system 26.

As an alternative, and depending on the format of the juice outlet, the filter can be arranged on a tray faucet, a tank with a faucet, or a tray without a faucet.

Once the present invention has been clearly described, it should be noted that the specific embodiments described above are easily modified in detail, provided that they do not alter the basic principles and nature of the present invention.

1‧‧‧ fruit

1’‧‧‧ (fruit) half

2‧‧‧ fruit feeder

3‧‧‧well

5‧‧‧ shaft

6‧‧‧ cutting assembly

7‧‧‧ Fruit Juice Ball

8‧‧‧ tray

9‧‧‧ filter

10‧‧‧ the first vertical groove

11‧‧‧ Second vertical groove

12‧‧‧ Blade

13‧‧‧ Radial side ribs

14‧‧‧Clean filter assembly

15‧‧‧Scraper

16‧‧‧Drive shaft

17‧‧‧Horizontal shaft

18‧‧‧ Drainage Ditch

19‧‧‧ bucket

20‧‧‧ rail

21‧‧‧ opening

22‧‧‧ Basket

23‧‧‧ Reducer

24‧‧‧Belt and pulley assembly

25‧‧‧Drive shaft

26‧‧‧Gear

27‧‧‧Radial groove

28‧‧‧ Entrance

In order to make the present invention easier to understand, by way of example and not limitation, the following describes the present invention with reference to a series of figures.

Fig. 1 is a front view of a juicer for the purpose of the present invention, showing its main components in a position for receiving fruit.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the machine of FIG. 1 in a position for cutting fruit, and a cross-sectional view schematically shows a juice ball and a filter.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the machine of Figs. 1 and 2 with the wells arranged vertically downward and moving towards a position where the fruit is squeezed.

Fig. 4 is a sectional front view of the machine of Figs. 1 to 3 in a position where the fruit is squeezed, and the sectional view schematically shows a juice ball and a filter.

FIG. 5 shows the specific aspect of the cutting assembly in detail, which shows the specific aspect of the means for extracting the peel.

FIG. 6 shows a specific embodiment of the juice ball, which includes radial grooves complementary to the side ribs of the extraction means of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 shows a special embodiment of connecting the cleaning filter assembly to the machine by actuation means.

FIG. 8 shows a specific aspect of a tray for collecting juice, which has a drainage channel for the pulp to go out.

FIG. 9 shows a specific aspect of the tray of FIG. 8, which includes a filter and a cleaning filter assembly.

FIG. 10 shows the filter of FIG. 9 in detail.

FIG. 11 shows the cleaning filter assembly arranged on the filter in detail.

Fig. 12 shows a specific aspect of the basket of the fruit feeder.

Figure 13 shows a particular embodiment of a bucket with an inlet for the pulp.

Claims (7)

A fruit juicer comprising: Fruit (1) feeder (2); Cutting and juicing means, comprising: a pair of wells (3), which receive the fruit (1) and fixed to the shaft (5); a pair of first fixed vertical grooves (10), which guide and move the vertical Shaft (5); cutting assembly (6) with means for extracting the peel; and a pair of juice balls (7); A tray (8) having a filter (9) for collecting juice obtained from the fruit (1); and Means for collecting the peel of the fruit (1), The fruit juicer is characterized by: The cutting assembly (6) includes a pair of second vertical grooves (11) configured to vertically guide and move the shaft (5) during the operation of cutting the fruit (1) into two parts; and It is characterized in that the machine comprises a motor means which synchronizes the continuous movement of the feeder (2) with the movement of the cutting and juice extraction means, while having the following positions in the movement: Receiving position, with the well (3) pointing vertically towards the feeder (2), one of the wells collecting fruit (1) and both rotating 90 ° until they face each other and the fruit (1) Between the two; move to The cutting position, in which the well (3) moves downward guided by the second vertical groove (11), and the cutting assembly (6) moves vertically upward to cut the fruit (1) into Two halves (1 '), each half is held in a well (3), and the well (3) is rotated 90 ° until they face the juice ball (7); by dragging the The first vertical groove (10) guided by the cutting assembly (6) moves vertically downward to move to the juice extracting position, and further to the initial receiving position. The fruit juice extractor according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the means for extracting the peel includes a plurality of radial side ribs (13) arranged in the opening (21) of the cutting assembly (6); Wherein the juice ball (7) includes a plurality of radial grooves (27), which are complementary to the radial side ribs (13); and The side rib (13) is constructed to be introduced and guided in the radial groove (27) of the juice ball (7) during the vertical movement of the cutting assembly (6) downward, and the side rib (13) Extract the peel while the cutting assembly (6) moves vertically upward. A fruit juicer according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein it comprises a cleaning filter assembly (14) which cleans the filter (9) of the tray (8) for collecting the juice, the assembly comprising Actuating means, a movable scraper (15) installed between a drive shaft (16) and a flat shaft (17), the flat shaft is mounted on the filter (9), and the scraper follows it along As the entire filter (9) moves, the pulp and seeds are dragged to the drainage channel (18) of the tray (8) for collecting the juice. The fruit juicer according to item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the actuating means of the cleaning filter assembly includes a belt and a pulley assembly (24) which is engaged with a transmission shaft (25), which is driven by Connected to the drive shaft (16) by a gear system (26). The fruit juicer according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the means for collecting the peel includes a pair of buckets (19), each bucket being arranged on one side of the tray (8) for collecting the juice. A fruit juicer according to item 5 of the patent application, wherein one of the buckets (19) includes an inlet (28) for the pulp, which is arranged in the tray (8) for collecting juice Below the drainage ditch. The fruit juicer according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the fruit (1) feeder (2) includes a basket (22) including a plurality of stainless steels separated from each other by a distance of less than 2.5 cm Horizontal bar.