Patent Application
20250194843
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The disclosure relates to fruit juicer devices and more particularly pertains to a new fruit juicer device for directing juice squeezed from fruit into a container. The device includes a funnel and a juicer that is integrated into the funnel to facilitate juice from a piece of fruit to be routed directly into a container. The device includes a sleeve that is positioned around the funnel to enhance gripping the funnel.
The prior art relates to fruit juicer devices including a variety of fruit juicer devices that each includes a press that is manipulated to squeeze juice from a piece of fruit. In no instance does the prior art disclose a fruit juicer device that includes a conical juicer integrated into a funnel to direct juice from a piece of fruit into a container.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a funnel that has a bowl section and a stem section extending downwardly from the bowl section. The stem section is tapered for directing into a container and the bowl section is in fluid communication with the stem section. A juicer is insertable into the bowl section of the funnel to release juice from a piece of fruit being driven into the juicer. The juicer is in fluid communication with the funnel to direct the juice into the container and the juicer includes a strainer to strain seeds and pulp from the juice. A sleeve is positioned around the funnel for gripping and the sleeve is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance gripping the funnel.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A juicer 28 is insertable into the bowl section 14 of the funnel 12 to the juicer 28 to release juice 30 from a piece of fruit 32 that is driven into the juicer 28. The piece of fruit 32 may be a slice of orange, a slice of grapefruit, a slice of lemon or any other type of fruit that is commonly pressed to produce juice 30. The juicer 28 is in fluid communication with the funnel 12 to facilitate the funnel 12 to direct the juice 30 into the container 18. In this way the juice 30 from the piece of fruit 32 can be employed for mixing a cocktail, for example, or to enjoy the juice 30 as a standalone beverage. The juicer 28 includes a strainer 34 to strain seeds 36 and pulp 38 from the juice 30.
The strainer 34 comprises a disk 40 that has a plurality of slots 42 each extending through a top surface 44 and a bottom surface 46 of the disk 40 and the plurality of slots 42 are evenly spaced apart from each other and are arranged to form a ring. Each of the plurality of slots 42 is elongated to extend from a point that is spaced from a perimeter edge 48 of the disk 40 toward a center of the disk 40. The juicer 28 comprises a cone 50 which extends upwardly from the top surface 44 of the disk 40 and the cone 50 is centrally located on the top surface 44 such that the cone 50 is surrounded by the plurality of slots 42.
The cone 50 has an outer surface 52 which tapers to a point between the top surface 44 and a distal end 54 of the cone 50. The outer surface 52 has a plurality of valleys 56 each extending between the distal end 54 and the top surface 44 of the disk 40 and the valleys 56 are evenly spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the cone 50. Each of the valleys 56 is concavely arcuate to define a plurality of ridges 58 extending between the distal end 54 and the top surface 44 of the disk 40. In this way the plurality of ridges 58 can compress the fruit 32 and the valleys 56 facilitates juice 30 from the juice 30 to run downwardly along the juicer 28 and through the slots 42 in the disk 40. The perimeter edge 48 of the disk 40 abuts an inside surface 60 of the outer wall 24 of the bowl section 14 of the funnel 12 having the juicer 28 being vertically oriented in the bowl section 14 of the funnel 12.
A sleeve 62 is provided which is positioned around the funnel 12 thereby facilitating the sleeve 62 to be gripped. The sleeve 62 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material, including but not being limited to rubber or silicone, such that the sleeve 62 enhances gripping the funnel 12. The sleeve 62 has an upper end 64, a lower end 66 and an outside wall 68 extending between the upper end 64 and the lower end 66. The outside wall 68 is continuously arcuate about an axis extending between the upper end 64 and the lower end 66 such that the funnel 12 has a cylindrical shape. The outside wall 68 curves outwardly and upwardly between the upper end 64 and an intersection point 70 which is located closer to the upper end 64 than the lower end 66 to define a bowl section 72 of the sleeve 62. Furthermore, the outside wall 68 tapers inwardly between the intersection point 70 of the outside wall 68 and the lower end 66 to define a stem section 74 of the sleeve 62. The sleeve 62 insertably receives the funnel 12 having the bowl section 14 of the funnel 12 resting in the bowl section 72 of the sleeve 62. Additionally, the stem section 16 of the funnel 12 extends downwardly in the stem section 74 of the sleeve 62 such that the bottom end 22 of the funnel 12 is exposed.
In use, the sleeve 62 is gripped and the bottom end 22 of the funnel 12 is inserted into the container 18. The piece of fruit 32 is pressed into the juicer 28 in order to squeeze the juice 30 from the piece of fruit 32. Furthermore, the strainer 34 strains the seeds 36 and pulp 38 from the juice 30 and the funnel 12 directs the juice 30 into the container 18. In this way the freshly squeezed juice 30 can be routed directly into the container 18 while mixing a cocktail, for example, for cooking a recipe which requires juice 30, to enjoy the juice 30 as a standalone beverage, or for any other purpose that involves the employment of the freshly squeezed juice 30. Additionally, the funnel 12 and juicer 28 can be easily rinsed off after use for storage.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
