Patent ID: 9681769
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A motorised citrus press having two switches for safety purposes comprising: a housing containing a motor for driving a rotating reamer; the housing having attached to it an actuating arm; the arm being hinged to the housing at one end and having a handle at a free end; the arm supporting for movement toward the reamer, a fruit dome, having a path toward the reamer; the movement of the arm causing an activation of a first switch that is associated with the motor; the reamer being mechanically associated with a second switch such that pressure on the reamer activates the second switch; the first switch is only activated when the fruit dome has travelled at least to an intermediate waypoint along the path toward the reamer; the motor receiving electrical power for the reamer only when both the first and second switches cooperate.