Patent ID: 7305918

Claim:
A juice extractor comprising: an extractor frame; at least one pair of extractor cups, wherein one of the extractor cups is movable into the other extractor cup within said extractor frame for compressing fruit therebetween; a single camshaft mounted for rotation within said extractor frame; a drive mechanism connected to said camshaft for rotating said camshaft; at least one drive cam mounted on said camshaft and operatively engaging the movable extractor cup for driving the movable extractor cup into engagement with the respective other extractor cup during extractor operation; two return cams mounted on said camshaft and separated from said drive cam, the two return cams operatively engaging the movable extractor cup for returning the movable extractor cup from engagement with the other extractor cup; and a counterweight is positioned between the two return cams, the counterweight is operatively engaged with the camshaft and providing balance to the juice extractor during extractor operation.