Patent Application
20060225584
The present invention relates to a fruit squeezer, and more particularly to a tool for squeezing fruit juice out of the fruit.
Because of having nutrition and deliciousness, fruit has been become a kind of popular daily food for most people. Moreover, the fruit juice is obtained by several processing methods, for example, squeezing method, rapid cutting method, or water/additives mixing method, wherein the squeezing method is most commonly applied to orange and tangerine. The present invention also sets forth a fruit squeezer.
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However, most fruits such as orange, tangerine, and lemon contain the fruit stems, which only provide a few fruit juice or fruit pulp, and which also interfere with the process of squeezing the other soft and dense fruit pulp. Accordingly, the fruit juice cannot be fully squeezed out of the fruit pulp.
Moreover, the bottom of the conventional fruit squeezer cannot couple with a bottle so the fruit juice, which is squeezed from the fruit, is generally first stored in a vessel. When there is a need to pour the fruit juice into the bottle, a funnel and the bottle must be prepared for the bottling process. Alternatively, another kind of fruit squeezer 1, as shown in
In view of the aforementioned problems of the conventional structures, the present inventor contemplates providing an improved structure of a fruit squeezer. The fruit squeezer comprises a shallow container having a bottom on which a plurality of apertures and a protrudent device are mounted. More particularly, the present invention discloses a tunnel having an upward-facing opening. The tunnel is formed on the inside of the protrudent device for holding the stem of the fruit and preventing the stem from interfering with the squeezing process.
A threaded connecting base having a downward-facing opening is mounted under the shallow container. The threaded connecting base is designed for coupling the fruit squeezer to the threads of a bottle so that the fruit juice can be directly and easily stored in the bottle.
The description taken with the drawings make the structures, features, and embodiments of the present invention apparent to those skilled in the art how the present invention may be embodied in practice.
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The protrudent device 22 is mounted on the surface of the shallow container. A plurality of gradually downward broadened ribs 223 are distributed over the periphery of the protrudent device 22 so the protrudent device 22 has a gradually downward broadened outline to match the partially cut fruit 3, thereby providing the downward increased pressing force for the fruit 3 and improving the squeezing result.
A tunnel 220 having an upward-facing opening is formed on the inside of the protrudent device 22 for holding the stem 31 of the fruit 3. It is worthy to note that the fruit stem 31 only provides a few fruit juice or fruit pulp, and the fruit stem 31 also interferes with the process of squeezing the fruit juice from the soft and dense pulp tissues of the fruit 3. Accordingly, the tunnel 220 of the protrudent device 22 that holds the stem 31 of the fruit 3 during the squeezing process can prevent it from interfering with the squeezing process.
A plurality of protrudent teeth 221 are mounted at intervals on the outside of the protrudent device 22, and a notch 222 is defined by every two adjacent teeth 221. These notches 222 are designed for providing the shearing force for destroying the pulp tissues during the squeezing and rotating process. Accordingly, the fruit juice can be fully squeezed out of the fruit pulp.
A threaded connecting base 23 having a downward-facing opening is mounted under the shallow container 21. The threaded connecting base 23 is designed to be a tube having a cross-section corresponding to the bottom of the protrudent device 22 for being coupled with threads 41 of a bottle 4 (shown in
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The present invention provides the following efficacy and advantage, in which:
1. The tunnel having the upward-facing opening is formed on the inside of the protrudent device for holding the fruit stem and preventing the fruit stem from interfering with the squeezing process.
2. The gradually downward broadened ribs are distributed over the periphery of the protrudent device so the protrudent device has a gradually downward broadened outline to match the partially cut fruit, thereby providing the downward increased pressing force for the fruit and improving the squeezing result.
3. The protrudent teeth are mounted at intervals on the outside of the protrudent device, and a notch is defined by every two adjacent teeth. The notch is designed for providing the shearing force for destroying the pulp tissues during the squeezing and rotating process. Accordingly, the fruit juice can be fully squeezed out of the fruit pulp.
4. The threaded connecting base having a downward-facing opening is mounted under the shallow container. The threaded connecting base is designed to be a tube having a cross-section corresponding to the bottom of the protrudent device for being coupled with the threads of the bottle such that the fruit juice can be directly and easily stored in the bottle.
5. The gasket may be mounted on the inside of the threaded connecting base and screwed thereon by use of its outer edge. The gasket is designed to have an inner edge corresponding to the bottle having a smaller outer diameter size. Accordingly, the fruit squeezer of the present invention is adjustable and can be widely applied to various bottles having various outer diameter sizes.
On the basis of the description mentioned above, the present invention indeed satisfies requirements for patentability, and is therefore submitted for a patent.
With the invention thus explained, it is apparent that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. It is therefore intended that the invention be limited only as indicated in the appended claims.
