TW201936066A - Fruit juicer machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a fruit juicer machine with a fruit (1) feeder (2) formed in turn by a basket (14) and a feed chute (15) and cutting and juicing means below the feeder (2), that have cups (3) for receiving the fruit (1) that can be moved vertically during the juicing operation, and a cutting assembly (7) comprising a blade (8) and means for extracting the peel after juicing, and a pair of juicing balls (11) below the cups (3). The machine also comprises a tray (12) for collecting the juice with a filter (13) and means for collecting the peel. The machine comprises a position detecting sensor (18) connected to a magnet (19) in the basket (14) containing the fruit and a control system connected to the sensor (18) to prevent the machine from operating when the sensor (18) does not detect the magnet (19).

Description

Fruit juicer

The invention belongs to the technical field of the agricultural food industry, and specifically belongs to a fruit juice extractor, which is mainly used for oranges, but also for other citrus fruits. More specifically, the present invention relates to a fruit juicer, which has a feeder, a means for cutting fruit in half, a means for squeezing these half pieces, a tray for collecting juice squeezed from fruit, a collection Means to squeeze the peel. The invention particularly refers to a fruit juicer, in which the cutting means has a pair of rotating wells for receiving fruit, the blade cuts it in half, and has juice balls for these fruit halves. The juicer further includes a control system that avoids machine operation when the feeder's basket is poorly positioned in the machine.

The current state of the art is known for 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 oranges, so the oranges are cut, and the resulting parts are subsequently juiced.

Generally speaking, most high-capacity industrial juice machines or juice machines used in the healthcare industry and the like extract juice by a corresponding juice squeegee or ball by rotating while moving in accordance with a well or a cup. Generally speaking, the method of cutting the fruit into two parts is not carried out in a regular manner, but the irregular parts of the fruit are obtained, which affects the effectiveness of the juicer.

Spanish Patent Document No. 2091702B1 shows a citrus fruit juicer which incorporates a high loading capacity into a "revolver" system in which oranges and other fruits are placed. This machine has incorporated a mechanism for juicing each fruit, and the juice extraction is carried out by vertical movement, where each half of the fruit in its corresponding position will be pressed against the individual juice reamer or ball.

The juice extractor of Spanish Patent Document No. 2091702B1 has certain disadvantages, such as for example jams caused by incorrect positioning of the fruit feeder on the machine, excessive wear of the system used to extract the peel from the juiced fruit, Problems with clogging and cleaning of pulp filters.

Therefore, what is desired is an automatic fruit juicer that provides juice quickly and efficiently, while avoiding the shortcomings found by machines in the state of the art.

The present invention solves the existing problems of the current state of technology with a fruit juicer.

The present invention solves the existing problems of the current technical situation with a fruit juicer. The fruit juicer is formed by the following: a fruit feeder, a method of cutting and squeezing fruit arranged under the feeder, arranged in Below the cutting and juicing means is a tray for collecting juice obtained from the fruit, a filter for collecting pulp and seeds, and a means for collecting peel after juicing.

The feeder is formed by a basket containing fruit and a feed chute, and the fruit is introduced into the machine, where the fruit is cut and juiced.

The fruit juicer also has: a position detection sensor, which is connected to the magnet arranged in the basket of the fruit feeder; and a control system, which is connected to the sensor and is constructed when the sensor does not detect feed The magnet of the basket of the device to avoid the operation of the machine. Therefore, make sure that the machine is operating correctly, and when the basket is incorrectly placed on the upper part of the machine, avoid falling and blocking of fruit.

The fruit cutting and juice extraction means has a pair of cups for receiving fruit, which rotates together with the shaft, and can move vertically along a pair of fixed vertical grooves during the juice extraction operation.

The cutting and juice extraction means also has a cutting assembly arranged under the cup, which can also be moved vertically along the additional central vertical groove dragged by the cup during the juice extraction operation. The cutting assembly has: an intermediate blade centered with respect to the two cups, which cuts the fruit in half; a slide rail on both sides of the blade, which has an opening under the cup; and a means to extract the peel after juice extraction.

Furthermore, the fruit cutting and juicing means has a pair of juicing balls for the fruit, each ball is arranged below a certain well and is complementary to the cup.

Depending on the operation of the machine, the front elements have different positions.

First, the position for receiving fruit (where the cup is directed vertically upwards) faces the fruit feeder. From this position, a cup collects fruit from the feeder, and both cups rotate 180˚, which follows a semicircular path until they point vertically downward. During this movement, when the cups face each other, the fruit is cut in half by the blade of the cutting assembly, and each half is maintained in the cup, while they will subsequently move the last 90˚ of their circular path on the slide Until they point vertically upwards and face the opening of the slide rail and the juice ball.

Secondly, the cup and the shaft are vertically moved downwards guided by the vertical groove, and the cutting assembly is dragged in the downward vertical movement for juice extraction. Juicing the halves is carried out by the pressure of the cup against the juice balls.

Subsequently, the cup moves vertically upward and rotates 180˚ in the direction opposite to the previous rotation to reach the starting position, and the extraction means simultaneously extracts the peel from the juice balls.

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 extraction 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 vertical downward movement of the cutting assembly On the radial groove of the ball. The operation of introducing the side ribs is performed before starting the machine, for example, after finishing the working day and after cleaning all the parts. Therefore, the ribs are always guided and they never lose contact with the groove of the ball. In this way, the side ribs will extract the peel during the vertical upward movement of the cutting assembly.

According to a preferred embodiment 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 clean filter assembly is composed of a movable scraper, which is mounted on the two-end shaft installed on the fixed filter, and as the scraper moves along the entire filter, the pulp and seeds are dragged to collect juice Drainage ditch of the tray.

The object of the present invention is a fruit juicer.

As can be seen from the figure, the fruit juicer is generally formed by the following: the fruit 1 feeder 2; the fruit 1 cutting and juice extraction means, which are arranged below the feeder 2; for collecting from the fruit 1 Juice tray 12, which is arranged below the cutting and juice extraction means, and includes a filter 13 for collecting pulp and seeds; and a means for collecting peel, which is preferably composed of a pair of barrels 30, each The barrels are arranged on the side of the tray 12 for collecting juice, as can be seen in the figure.

The fruit 1 feeder 2 is formed by a basket 14 containing fruits and a feed chute 15. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the basket 14 has stainless steel horizontal rods, which are separated from each other by less than 2.5 cm. Furthermore, the fruit feed chute 15 preferably also has a stainless steel rod, which is separated from each other by less than 2.5 cm. This provides high capacity to the denser and stronger chute 15 and basket 14. The chute 15 guides the fruit to the drop window 17 to the cup 3 that receives the fruit, and the chute has a closed terminal 16 behind the window 17 which prevents the fruit that has not correctly passed through the window 17 from leaving and falling. This preferred embodiment of the feeder can be observed in FIGS. 1 and 2 and can be seen in FIGS. 8 and 9 in detail.

Furthermore, the fruit juicer has: a position detection sensor 18 connected to the magnet 19 arranged in the basket 14 of the feeder 2 of the fruit 1; and a control system connected to the sensor 18 and constructed as a local The sensor 18 avoids the machine operation when it does not detect the magnet 19 of the basket of the feeder 2. Therefore, it is ensured that the machine is properly operated, which prevents the fruit 1 from falling and blocking when the basket 14 is not correctly positioned on the upper part of the machine. 8 and 9 show the magnet 19, and FIG. 10 shows the inductor 18.

The cutting and juicing means of the fruit 1 include: a pair of cups 3 for receiving the fruit 1, which is fixed to the shaft 5; During the vertical guidance and movement of the shaft 5.

Furthermore, the cutting and juicing means have: a cutting assembly 7 arranged below the cup 3, which has an intermediate blade 8 centered with respect to the cup 3 to cut the fruit 1 in half; on the side of the blade 8 bis The slide rail 9 has an opening 10 below the cup 3; and means for extracting the peel after juice extraction. Furthermore, the cutting and juice extraction means has a pair of juice balls 11 for the fruit 1, each ball being arranged under the opening 10 and complementary to the cup 3.

The cutting and juice extraction means also have an additional vertical groove 6 ' which is constructed to form the cutting assembly 7 which is dragged vertically by the cup 3 during the juice extraction operation.

Depending on the operation of the machine, its components have different positions.

First, the position for receiving the fruit 1 (where the cup 3 points vertically upward) toward the fruit 1 feeder 2. From this position, a cup 3 collects fruit 1 from the feeder 2, as shown in Figure 1, and both cups 3 rotate 180˚, which follows a semicircular path until they point vertically downward. During this movement, when the cups 3 face each other, the fruit 1 is cut into two halves by the blade 8 of the cutting assembly 7, and each half is maintained in the cup 3, while they will subsequently move their circle on the slide rail 9 The last 90˚ of the shaped path until they point vertically upwards and face the opening of the slide rail 9 and the juice ball 11.

Secondly, the cup 3 and the shaft 5 are vertically moved downwards guided by the vertical groove 6, and the cutting assembly 7 is dragged in the downward vertical movement for juice extraction. Juicing of these half halves is performed by the pressure of the cup 3 against the juice ball 11.

Subsequently, the cup 3 moves vertically upward and rotates 180˚ in the direction opposite to the previous rotation to reach the starting position, and the extraction means simultaneously extracts the peel from the juice balls.

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

FIG. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of the method of extracting the peel from the cutting assembly 7, which is formed by radial side ribs 20 arranged in the opening 10 of the slide rail 9. Furthermore, the juice ball 11 has radial grooves 21 that are complementary to the radial side ribs 20 of the cutting assembly 7 so that the side ribs 20 are introduced and guided in the downward vertical movement of the cutting assembly 7 On the radial groove 21 of the juice ball 11. This operation of introducing the side ribs 20 is performed before starting the machine, for example, after finishing the working day and after cleaning all parts. Therefore, the ribs 20 are always guided, and they never lose contact with the radial groove 21 of the ball 11. In this way, during the upward vertical movement of the cutting assembly 7, the side ribs 20 will extract the peel.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the juicer has a cleaning filter assembly 22 that automatically cleans the filter 13 of the tray 12 and removes the pulp and seeds collected by the filter 13 for collecting juice. The cleaning filter assembly 22 is composed of an actuating means and a movable scraper 23, which is mounted on the two end shafts 24, 25, which is mounted on the filter 13, and moves along the entire filter 13 with the scraper , The fruit pulp and seeds are dragged to the drainage channel 26 of the tray 12 for collecting juice. Figures 5, 6, and 7 show this particular embodiment of the filter 13 and the clean filter assembly 22.

According to this, according to a preferred embodiment, the means for collecting peels (which may be a bucket 30 in particular) has a pulp inlet 31 arranged under the drainage groove 26 of the tray 12 for collecting juice to collect The fallen pulp is visible as shown in Figures 1 and 2 and can be seen in Figure 11 in detail. The other barrel 30 has no pulp entrance, as can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 2.

Regarding the actuation means, FIG. 4 shows a specific embodiment in which the cleaning filter assembly 22 is connected to the machine by the actuation means. As can be observed in this FIG. 4, the actuating means has a belt and pulley assembly 27 which is coupled to the coupling shaft 28.

Once the present invention has been clearly described, it should be noted that the specific specific aspects described above are susceptible to detailed modifications, provided that they do not alter the basic principles and essence of the present invention.

1‧‧‧fruit

2‧‧‧Fruit feeder

3‧‧‧Cup for receiving fruits

5‧‧‧Shaft of the cup

6‧‧‧Vertical groove for vertically guiding and moving the shaft of the cup

6’‧‧‧ Extra central vertical groove for vertical guidance and mobile cutting assembly

7‧‧‧Cutting assembly

8‧‧‧Cutting assembly blade

9‧‧‧slide

10‧‧‧Opening in the slide rail

11‧‧‧ Fruit juice balls by means of cutting and juice extraction

12‧‧‧Tray for collecting fruit juice

13‧‧‧ Filter for collecting pulp and seeds

14‧‧‧ Basket containing fruits

15‧‧‧Fruit feed chute

16‧‧‧The closed end of the fruit feed chute

17‧‧‧ Drop window leading to the feed chute for receiving fruit

18‧‧‧Position detection sensor

19‧‧‧Magnet for fruit feeder basket

20‧‧‧Radial side ribs of the means for extracting peel from the cutting assembly

21‧‧‧Radial groove of juice reamer

22‧‧‧Clean filter assembly

23‧‧‧Scraper for cleaning the filter assembly

24‧‧‧ Clean drive shaft of filter assembly

25‧‧‧Clean the flat shaft of the filter assembly

26‧‧‧Drainage ditch for collecting juice

27‧‧‧ Clean the belt and pulley assembly of the actuating means of the filter assembly

28‧‧‧Clean the coupling shaft of the actuating means of the filter assembly

30‧‧‧Bucket for collecting the peels of juiced fruits

31‧‧‧Entrance for pulp in the barrel

In order to make the present invention easier to understand, by way of example rather than limitation, the following description of the present invention refers to specific aspects of a series of figures.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a specific aspect of a fruit juicer for the purpose of the present invention, showing the main components.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the machine of Fig. 1, which schematically shows a juice reamer and a filter in cross section.

Fig. 3 shows in detail the specific aspect of the cutting assembly arranged on the juice ball, which shows the specific aspect of the means for extracting the peel.

Figure 4 shows a specific embodiment of the actuation means, which connects the cleaning filter assembly to the machine.

Fig. 5 shows a specific aspect of the tray, which includes a filter and a clean filter assembly.

Figure 6 shows a detailed view of the filter of Figure 5.

Figure 7 shows the cleaning filter assembly in detail.

Fig. 8 shows in detail the preferred specific aspects of the basket and feed chute of the fruit feeder.

Figure 9 shows the basket and feed chute of Figure 8 arranged on the upper part of the machine.

Figure 10 shows the upper part of the machine turned on to show the position detection sensor of the basket.

Fig. 11 shows a specific specific aspect of a bucket with an entrance for pulp.

Claims (9)

A fruit juicer, comprising: fruit (1) feeder (2), which includes: basket (14), which contains the fruit, and feed chute (15); fruit (1) cutting and squeezing Juice means, arranged under the feeder (2), the means includes: a pair of cups (3), which receives the fruit (1) and is fixed to the shaft (5), and can be vertical during the juice extraction operation Moving, a pair of fixed vertical grooves (6), which are constructed to vertically guide and move the shaft (5) during the juice extraction operation, cutting assembly (7), which is arranged under the cup (3) , And can be moved vertically along the additional central vertical groove (6 ') dragged by the cup (4) during the juice extraction operation, the assembly includes: an intermediate blade (8), which is constructed such that the fruit ( 1) Cut in half; slide rail (9) on both sides of the blade (8), with an opening (10) under the rotating arm (4) of the cup (3); and during juice extraction A method of extracting the peel afterwards; and a pair of juice balls (11) for the fruit (1), each ball being arranged in the opening ( 10) Below and complementary to the cup (3); tray (12), which collects the juice obtained from the fruit (1), and arranged under the cutting and juice extraction means, the tray includes for collecting pulp and seeds Filter (13); and means for collecting the peel of the fruit (1), the fruit juicer is characterized in that it includes: a position detection sensor (18) connected to the basket containing the fruit ( The magnets (19) arranged in 14); and the control system of the machine, which is connected to the sensor (18), and is constructed when the sensor (18) does not detect the basket (14) containing the fruit ) Of the magnet (19) to avoid operation of the machine. The fruit juice extractor according to item 1 of the patent application, wherein the means for extracting the peel from the cutting assembly (7) includes a plurality of radial side ribs (20) arranged in the opening of the slide rail (9) ( 10) In; where the juice ball (11) includes a plurality of radial grooves (21), which are complementary to the radial side ribs (20); and wherein the side ribs (20) are constructed in the cutting assembly (7) In the vertical movement downward, it is introduced and guided in the radial groove (21) of the juice ball (11), while the side ribs (20) are vertically upward in the cutting assembly (7) Extract the peel while moving. The fruit juice extractor according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein it includes a cleaning filter assembly (22) that cleans the filter (13) of the tray (12) used to collect the juice, the assembly includes Moving means, a movable scraper (23) installed between the drive shaft (24) and the flat shaft (25), the flat shaft (25) is installed on the filter (13), the scraper (23) ) As it moves along the entire filter (13), drag the pulp and seeds to the drainage channel (26) of the tray (12) for collecting the juice. The fruit juice extractor according to item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the actuating means of the cleaning filter assembly includes a belt and pulley assembly (27), which is coupled to the coupling shaft (28). According to the fruit juice extractor of claim 1, the means for collecting the peel includes a pair of barrels (30), each barrel being arranged on the side of the tray (12) for collecting the juice. A fruit juicer according to item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein one of the barrels (30) includes an inlet (31) for the pulp, which is arranged on the tray (12) for collecting juice Below the drainage channel (26). The fruit juice extractor according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the basket (14) includes a plurality of stainless steel horizontal rods, which are separated from each other by a distance of less than 2.5 cm. The fruit juice extractor according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the feed chute (15) for the fruit includes a plurality of stainless steel rods, which are separated from each other by a distance of less than 2.5 cm. Fruit juice extractor according to any one of the patent application items 1 to 8, wherein the feed chute (15) has a closed terminal (16) which guides the fruit (1) to A drop window (17) for receiving the well (3) of the fruit (1), the drop window (17) being arranged before the closed terminal (1).