Patent ID: 6668709
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
Appliance for squeezing citrus fruits and centrifuging the product squeezed, of the type comprising a removable, rotating milling cone (1) partly located within a removable, rotating centrifuging bowl (2) having apertures (3) at its bottom and/or peripheral wall (20) to provide filtering by centrifuging the squeezed product, said bowl (2) being placed in a removable collecting container (4a, 4b) seated on a housing (16) containing electromechanical members including at least one motor to independently operate coaxially rotating output shafts (5, 6), said cone (1) and centrifuging bowl (2) being coupled in a working position to said shafts (5, 6), respectively, characterized in that the shafts (5, 6) are coupled to said at least one motor through respective drives (7, 8), a device being comprised for voluntarily stopping the operation of one of said drives (7, 8) of shafts (5, 6) to let the other of said drives (7, 8) of shafts (5, 6) to operate alone.