Patent ID: 8863656

Claim:
A power juicer, comprising: a housing; a motor disposed within said housing and having an output shaft projecting away from said housing; an auger detachably connectable to said output shaft; said auger having a body including a first helical rib and a second helical rib monolithically formed therewith and arranged around said body with phases of said first and second helical ribs equidistantly shifted from each other about said body of said auger; an insert circumscribing said auger wherein said auger fits within a passageway of said insert bounded by a rear circumscribing sidewall having a sidewall feed opening extending therethrough and by a perforated front circumscribing sidewall terminating to a front circumscribing flange defining a front discharge opening of said insert; a body circumscribing said insert and detachably connectable to said housing, said body having a feeding throat in open communication with said sidewall feed opening, a front opening circumscribing said front discharge opening of said insert, and a juice outlet in open communication with said perforated front circumscribing sidewall of said insert; and a plurality of spaced apart dimples defined by a plurality of spaced apart concave surfaces disposed on a front side of said first helical rib at a location in registry with said sidewall feed opening of said insert and said feeding throat of said body for promoting a grabbing action by said auger of food feed through said feeding throat of said body and said sidewall feed opening of said insert.