US1757609A - Fruit-juice extractor - Google Patents

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May 6, 1930. c, E BEARDSLEY ETYAL 1,757,609

FRUIT JUICE EXTRACTOR Filed March 13, 1928 INVENTORS (/zarZe-s E Beardsley, Edward 1? Wallace. BY

Patented May 6, 1930 UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE CHARLES E. BEARDSLEY AND EDWARD P.

WALLACE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNORS TO THE IBEARDSLEY 8t WOLCOT-T MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 01 WATERIBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF'CONNECTICUT FRUIT-Juror. EXTBACTOR Application filed March 1a, 1928. Serial No. 261,243.

This invention relates to means for extracting juices from fruit or the like and more particularly to fruit-juice extractors of the type in which the juice is extracted by relative rotation between a dome-like head or reamer and half of an article of fruit, such as a lemon, placed thereon.

One object of this invention is to provide a device of the character specified in which the extracting head is oscillated or reciprocated by very simple means.

A further object is to produce a novel and eflective form of extracting head.

A further object is to provide a device of the character specified which includes an extracting head supported above a strainer for angular movement about its own axis and an operating handle connected with the head and projecting from the base thereof beyond the strainer.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of extracting means in which the various parts may be separated, for example, to be cleaned, by merely lifting them ofl in the order of their arrangement from top to bottom.

A further object is to provide a device of this nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install and manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance and very efficient and durable in use.

lVith these and other objects in view there have been illustrated on the accompanying drawings two forms in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice.

Figure 1 is a central sectional view of one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the extractor head and handle, part of the extractor head being broken away;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the strainer; and

Figure 4 is a view, similar to Figure 1, illustrating another embodiment of the invention.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 indicates an extracting head or bit which is of hollow dome-like form and is made preferably of sheet metal. The head 10 has a plurality of fiutings or ribs extending fromits highest point down to the base portion thereof and, as here shown, certain ribs 11 extend farther from the axis of the head than do the intermediate ribs 12. Preferably the head 10 has an annular base portion 13 and is supported by suitable means such as a .disk 14 having a down turned flange 15, the annular base 13 being secured to the disk 14: by an extension of the metal of the base portion 13 down the outside of the flange 15 and up around thelower edge thereof.

As shown on Figure 1 the disk 14 has attached thereto at its center a stub shaft or pin 16 provided with a flange or collar 17 on which the disk rests and having a portion extending through a central portion of the disk and secured therein by upsetting the -metal to form a head 18 of greater diameter than the opening in the disk 14. This stub shaft 16 may be inserted in or removed from a bearing 19 of suitable material such as brass which is secured in an opening in the raised central portion of a strainer 20, the bearing 19 being provided at its top with an annular bearing portion 20 to engage the lower face of the collar 17 near its edge.

The strainer is of general disk shape and is flared outwardly to its outer. edge which is properly reinforced, as by curling the metal under the edge to form a sort of bead 21 which may rest on the upper edge of a suitable dish or bowl 22 to receive the juices passing through the strainer. Preferably the dish or bowl 22 is provided with a strengthening bead 23 at its upper edge. The dish or bowl 22 may beprovided with a handle 24 at one side and a pouring spout or lip 25 at the opposite side. I

Operation of the extractinghead lOimay be effected by means of a suitablehandle 26 p'referably'attached to the head at the base thereof and extending outwardly beyond the edge of the 'strainer20. As here shownthe handle is connected normally positioned belowthe edge of the strainer and the handle is offset upwardly to bring the outer portion of the handle above the edge of the strainer. It will be se'enthat with the head at apoint .efiect obtained by devices in the handle 26 coating or'oscillating been placed on thehead 10, the'extracting action of the head will produce the same general which the head is rotated and with very much simpler means of actuation. The juice and other material including the pulp and seeds: will pass down to the strainer which will retain substantially all of the solid matter, but will permit the juice to pass therethrough into the dish or'bowl 22.

It will be seenthat when it is desired to clean the device after pouring out the col lected juice, the head and handle 26 may be separated from the rest ofthe device merely by withdrawing the stub shaft 16 from the a strainer having a raised central portion with an opening therein, a dish adapted to support the strainer at its outer edge and havmg a central pillar extending upwardly to the raised central portion ofsaid strainer, a vertical bearing in said pillar adjacent to the opening in said strainer, a head having a downwardly projecting stub shaft adapted for insertion in and removal from said hearing, and head-actuating means connected with said head and you'd the edge of the strainer.

vIn testimony whereof, we have aflixed our signatures to this s ecificatlon.

OHARLE E. BEARDSLEY. EDWARD P. WALLACE.

bearing 19, and the strainer 20 may then be I bearing, and a head-actuatin removed from the dish or bowl 22. may then be cleaned and reassembled.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 4, the structure is in many respects the same as that illustrated in Fig-' ure 1, but the bearing 19 instead of being supported in the strainer, which in this figure 1s esignated by 20', is'supported in a central tubular illar 27 in a dish or bowl 22'. The parts 0 this embodiment of theinvention may be separated and assembled in much the vsame way as in the'structure shown in Figure 1 except that the bearing 19 remains with with the strainer.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this formis shown for the purpose of. illustrationonly, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departin from its spirit. In short,

the invention inc udes all the modifications and embodiments coming of the following claims.

'Having thus described our invention, what we desire to secure by United States Letters within the scope Patent is: j

1. A fruit-juice extractor includin a dish to receive the juice, a strainer adapte to rest on the top of said dish and having a raised wlth a bearing to receive a vertical shaft, a

j uice-extracting head having a stub shaft projectlng downwardly from its base andadapted for insertion in and removal from said. lever projectmg outwardly from the base 0 said head over the edge of said strainer.

'3. A. device 0f the class described innlmflnn The parts i the dish or bowl 22' instead of being removed pro ecting laterally be-

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