Patent ID: 7959736
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: C13B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for extracting juice from a fibrous material containing juice containing cells, the apparatus comprising: a receptacle configured to contain a fluid therein and receive fibrous material fed into said receptacle; a processor for combining, in said receptacle, said fibrous material and said fluid into a first fluid mixture, the processor comprising cutting devices having rotary blade cutters in said receptacle configured to cut and shear the fibrous material suspended in said fluid in order to combine said fibrous material and said fluid into said first fluid mixture; an outlet, comprised in the receptacle, via which at least some of the first fluid mixture can be removed from the receptacle; at least one cell disruptor device for receiving removed first fluid mixture and facilitating at least partial release of juice from the juice containing cells to form a second fluid mixture; and a storage chamber for receiving and storing at least a portion of the second fluid mixture.