Patent ID: 8387520

Claim:
A device comprising: a housing including an inlet configured to accept foodstuffs for juice extraction therefrom; the housing enclosing a powered means for extracting juice from the foodstuffs accepted into the inlet; the inlet including a first tube extending from a first orifice external of the housing located at one end of the first tube to the juice extracting means located at an opposite end of the first tube; a first plunger configured to fit within the tube and operative to push the foodstuffs through the first tube; a safety interlock switch operative to energize and to cease energization of the powered juice extracting means, wherein the safety interlock switch is disposed closer to the first orifice end of the first tube than to the opposite end of the first tube; the first plunger including coupling means for coupling the first plunger to the safety interlock switch so as to cause the safety interlock switch to cease energization of the powered juice extracting means when the first plunger is not fitted into the first tube; a handle on one end and a pusher face on an opposite end thereto with an elongated surface therebetween; and a track configured to activate the safety interlock switch, wherein the track is running parallel with the elongated surface and terminating on one end proximate to the pusher face.