Automatic juicer machine, comprising a fruit squeezing unit with two male drums and two female drums with synchronised rotary movement, the squeezing unit being fixed to a rear frame, wherein the frame comprises a photoelectric sensor located between the upper edge of the female drum that is fed with fruit and the upper edge of the frame, closer to the upper edge of the female drum that is fed with fruit than the upper edge of the frame.

Automatic juicer machine, comprising a fruit squeezing unit with two male drums and two female drums with synchronised rotary movement, the squeezing unit being fixed to a rear frame, wherein the frame comprises a photoelectric sensor located between the upper edge of the female drum that is fed with fruit and the upper edge of the frame, closer to the upper edge of the female drum that is fed with fruit than the upper edge of the frame.

A food processing device or food storage device (70), having: a chamber (72) for housing a foodstuff (42) to be processed or stored; and a nutrition/ingredient analysis system (30), having: an electromagnetic radiation source (32); a radiation guide (34) for guiding the electromagnetic radiation based on total internal reflection (attenuated total reflection, ATR), wherein the radiation guide comprises an input (36) coupled to the electromagnetic radiation source (32), an output (38), and a sensing surface (40) between the input and output for placing against a foodstuff to be analyzed, wherein the sensing surface (40) is for contact with the foodstuff (42); a detector (44) for detecting guided electromagnetic radiation at the output of the radiation guide; and a filter arrangement (46) for wavelength filtering the guided electromagnetic radiation reaching the detector, wherein the filter arrangement includes a plurality of optical bandpass filters (46a, 46b), and the plurality of filters are selectively movable into the path of the detector (44) or there is a respective detector (44a, 44b) for each optical bandpass filter.

A food processing device or food storage device (70), having: a chamber (72) for housing a foodstuff (42) to be processed or stored; and a nutrition/ingredient analysis system (30), having: an electromagnetic radiation source (32); a radiation guide (34) for guiding the electromagnetic radiation based on total internal reflection (attenuated total reflection, ATR), wherein the radiation guide comprises an input (36) coupled to the electromagnetic radiation source (32), an output (38), and a sensing surface (40) between the input and output for placing against a foodstuff to be analyzed, wherein the sensing surface (40) is for contact with the foodstuff (42); a detector (44) for detecting guided electromagnetic radiation at the output of the radiation guide; and a filter arrangement (46) for wavelength filtering the guided electromagnetic radiation reaching the detector, wherein the filter arrangement includes a plurality of optical bandpass filters (46a, 46b), and the plurality of filters are selectively movable into the path of the detector (44) or there is a respective detector (44a, 44b) for each optical bandpass filter.

A juice extraction machine, particularly a commercial-scale fruit juice extraction machine that is extremely light and compact for very easy handling and transportation, which includes a swing lidded waste-bin along positioned close to peeler cups when closed, and allowing easy removal of wastes such as pith, pulp and peel when open. The machine comprises a fruit-rack with a curved concave cross-section whose movement is synchronized with an axle that powers a mobile peeler, such fruit-rack being attached to the mobile peeler through slots, the machine including a cross-spring attached at the bottom of a /dispenser pipe, with such cross-spring having a means of activation located on the fruit-rack sub-set. The swing-lidded waste-bin has substantially semi-circular sides close to mobile and fixed peelers with the mobile peeler connected to a gear-motor and the fixed peeler concatenate with a filter and piston sub-set assembled in the fixed peeler.

A juice extraction machine, particularly a commercial-scale fruit juice extraction machine that is extremely light and compact for very easy handling and transportation, which includes a swing lidded waste-bin along positioned close to peeler cups when closed, and allowing easy removal of wastes such as pith, pulp and peel when open. The machine comprises a fruit-rack with a curved concave cross-section whose movement is synchronized with an axle that powers a mobile peeler, such fruit-rack being attached to the mobile peeler through slots, the machine including a cross-spring attached at the bottom of a /dispenser pipe, with such cross-spring having a means of activation located on the fruit-rack sub-set. The swing-lidded waste-bin has substantially semi-circular sides close to mobile and fixed peelers with the mobile peeler connected to a gear-motor and the fixed peeler concatenate with a filter and piston sub-set assembled in the fixed peeler.

Apparatus, system and method for cold pressing juice from a food including a food delivery chute, a food grinder, and a pressing chamber which may removably fit together as a single, stand-alone unit.

Apparatus, system and method for cold pressing juice from a food including a food delivery chute, a food grinder, and a pressing chamber which may removably fit together as a single, stand-alone unit.

A commercial-scale oil-bearing material expeller press having an oil-bearing material inlet, an oil-bearing material press cake outlet and an oil outlet in a temperature-controlled barrel; said barrel housing a compression screw; said compression screw having a central shaft and a plurality of continuous or discontinuous screw flights wherein there are one or more compression zones along the direction of travel of said oil-bearing materials from said oil-bearing material inlet to said oil-bearing material outlet, wherein said central shaft increases in diameter in said direction of travel; and wherein at least said barrel is adapted to be cooled in a plurality of cooling zones.

A modular sieve (100) for a juicing apparatus is disclosed that comprises a first module (110) comprising a pattern of first protrusions (112) having first edge regions (113); and a second module (120) comprising a pattern of second protrusions (122) having second edge regions (123) for adjoining neighbouring first edge regions when the first module is engaged with the second module, wherein each first edge region and an adjoining second edge region delimit a plurality of apertures (150) for passing juice. A juicing apparatus including such a modular sieve is also disclosed.