Patent ID: 7305920

Claim:
A juice extractor comprising: an extractor frame having an interior; two opposing inner side panels mounted within the extractor frame and dividing the interior into a product material area and opposing drive mechanism cavities, each of the drive mechanism cavities extending between one of the inner side panels and an outer covering of the frame, each of the inner side panels having a beam opening; at least one pair of extractor cups relatively movable within the product material area; a strainer tube mounted to receive juice and pulp; an orifice beam mounted for movement within said product material area and the orifice beam including ends, each of said ends extending through said respective beam opening in each of said inner side panels; an orifice tube carried by said orifice beam and received within said strainer tube; a drive mechanism positioned within one of said drive mechanism cavities and connected to said end of said orifice beam received therein for reciprocating the orifice beam and reciprocating the orifice tube within the strainer tube; and a seal at each of said end of the orifice beam and at each of he beam openings to prevent juice and peel from entering the drive mechanism cavity during extractor operation.