Patent ID: 8770239

Claim:
A funnel for use in juice making processes, said funnel comprising: a bowl portion having an entrance opening, an intermediate resting portion, and a stem portion having an inner surface, a top opening and an exit opening, wherein said entrance opening is bigger than said top opening and than said exit opening, and said top opening is bigger than said exit opening; wherein said stem portion is connected to said bowl portion by said intermediate resting portion; said intermediate resting portion is flared up from said top opening of said stem portion to said bowl portion at an angle ranging from about 5 degrees to about 20 degrees; said stem portion is tapered down from said top opening to said exit opening; said stem portion further comprises at least three unevenly spaced protrusions extending inwardly from the inner surface of said stem portion to prevent food products from sticking to the inner surface of said stem portion; and said entrance opening is in conformance with a shape of said bowl portion.