Patent ID: 8613251

Claim:
A centrifugal juicer having a macerating device located in a working zone of the juicer capped by a lid and circumferentially bounded by a substantially upright wall; the lid having a circumferentially extending, dependent skirt which surrounds, is surrounded by, or abuts the substantially upright wall; the juicer further comprising means for rotating the macerating device about an axis of rotation, thereby to produce juice and pulp from produce urged against the macerating device, filter means for separating the juice from the pulp, means for collecting the juice and for storing collected juice in communication with a juice outlet duct, and means for collecting the pulp; the means for collecting the pulp communicating with the working zone through a exit aperture in the dependent skirt of the lid and/or the substantially upright wall, and including a removal container formed with a filler aperture alignable with the exit aperture; the exit aperture and the filler aperture being so located, in relation to the working zone ( 20 ), as to be capable of receiving pulp from the working zone to be passed into the removable container; wherein the removable container is mounted for sliding movement, towards and away from the juicer, for installation and removal; wherein a roof extending from the lid of the juicer and forming a cap for the removable container when the removable container is installed in the juicer; and wherein the filler aperture in the removable container is bounded in part by an upper bridging member having a surface adapted to slide in contact with, or closely adjacent, an underside of the roof, thereby to wipe pulp deposits from the roof when the removable container is slid away from the juicer for removal.