Patent ID: 8181567
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: A23N,A47J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for extracting juice from foods comprising whole or chopped fruits and/or vegetables by grating and centrifugation, the apparatus comprising: a grating disc; a basket connected to the grating disc, linked to a drive shaft, said basket comprising a filter ring and a hub; and a cover fitted with a food introduction conduit; and wherein the food introduction conduit having a cylindrical tubular shape with a circular, oval or oblong base, the food introduction conduit comprising at least one means for preventing the rotation of the foods and at least one means for pushing the foods against the grating disc, and the food introduction conduit constituted from an internal cylindrical tube and an external cylindrical tube, the two cylindrical tubes having parallel axes and being tangent to each other; wherein said internal cylindrical tube is partially cut according to an edge serving as a support to a sequence of surfaces; and wherein said surfaces attached to an internal wall of said external cylindrical tube and said surfaces constituting a means for preventing the rotation of the foods or a means for pushing the foods against the grating disc.