Patent ID: 8205544

Claim:
An automatic juicer comprising: a lid openable to allow fruit to be placed in the juicer; a base containing a motor; an inner shaft connected to the motor for rotating the inner shaft, the inner shaft having a fixed vertical position; an outer shaft rotatably coupled to the inner shaft to rotate with the inner shaft; a non-round guide fixed to the inner shaft and cooperating with a non-round interior of the outer shaft to cause the outer shaft to rotate with the inner shaft; an outer column fixed to the base; a lifting nut threadably engaging the inner shaft and restrained from rotating by the outer column and supporting the outer shaft to advance the outer shaft vertically when the inner shaft rotates; a bowl attached to the base; and a juicing cone above the bowl and attached to the outer shaft and rotating and advancing vertically with the outer shaft, the juicing cone rotating and pushing into a fruit for releasing juice from the fruit to be caught in the bowl.