Patent ID: 6295921
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
Juice extractor for citrus fruits including a base, a vertical column, a cylindrical element attached to the column, a cone-shaped juice collecting tray placed on the cylindrical element, a lower fruit holder placed on the juice collecting tray, a perforated cone-shaped vessel placed over the lower fruit holder, an upper fruit holder, a pressing device and a handles characterized by the fact that the pressing device (80) consists of a hollow body (802), a fixation sleeve member (803) and a connecting rib (804), through the axis of the mentioned hollow body passes the pressing pipe (801); which has a flange at its lower end, and a gasket at its upper end; inside the hollow body there is a spring (805), over the mentioned spring is placed a frictional washer (806) with asymmetrically positioned opening with a diameter equal to that of the pressing pipe, and a horizontal cylindrical axis at its opposite end over the frictional washer, on the wall of the hollow body there is a step, a springing element (807), a stop washer (808), a semi-cylindrical, a stop mechanism radially passing through the wall of the hollow body with a handle on its inner side, over the upper flange of the hollow body there is a lid (810) with radially positioned semi-cylindrical canal on its lower flange, on this lid is placed the cylinder of the air cushioned mechanism, and on this cylinder there is a lid (814), through the inner opening of the pressing pipe passes a spring (811), the upper end of this spring is attached to the lid of the air-cushioned mechanism and the lower end is attached to a peg (816), placed inside the pressing pipe, perpendicularly to the rib, there is a cylindrical hinge (817) with a horizontal axis, to this hinge socket-joint is attached a handle (18) on the back, on the handle there is an axis (819), parallel to the hinge, this axis is connected socket-joint with one of the openings of the intermediary element (820), the other opening of this chain is socket-joint connected with the horizontal axis of the friction washer (806).