A blender/juicer appliance includes: a base including a rotary drive unit; a blender assembly including a blender jar and a blending tool unit, the blending tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit; a juicer assembly including a juicing bowl and a juicing tool unit, the juicing tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit; and a latch assembly attached to the base and movable between blending and juicing positions. In the blending position, the latch assembly engages the blender assembly to secure the blender assembly to the base, and in the juicing position, the latch assembly engages the juicer assembly to secure the juicer assembly to the base.

A blender/juicer appliance includes: a base including a rotary drive unit; a blender assembly including a blender jar and a blending tool unit, the blending tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit; a juicer assembly including a juicing bowl and a juicing tool unit, the juicing tool unit configured for coupling with the rotary drive unit; and a latch assembly attached to the base and movable between blending and juicing positions. In the blending position, the latch assembly engages the blender assembly to secure the blender assembly to the base, and in the juicing position, the latch assembly engages the juicer assembly to secure the juicer assembly to the base.

The present disclosure discloses an appliance, suitable for home use, for grinding oil-containing hard produce, in particular oil-containing seeds, to therefore extract an oily substance product. For example, the appliance may grind sesame to obtain Tahini, or peanuts/almonds to obtain butter therefrom. The present disclosure further discloses a capsule to be received in a grinding appliance such as disclosed herein. The appliance incudes two grinding members, configured to grind the hard produce. Each grinding member has a grooved face that is patterned to be configured for grinding. The hard produce is grinded in the interface defined between the two grooved faces, defining a grinding zone. The grinding members typically have a shape of a circle and are aligned one with the other along a common axis. At least one of the grinding members is configured to rotate about the axis to perform the motion carrying out the grinding in the interface between the members. The hard produce is introduced into the grinding zone via one or more openings in at least one of the grinding members. The openings lead directly into the grinding zone, namely the hard produce that is fed through the openings reaches to a part of one of the grooved faces to initiate the grinding process. The grinding zone is constituted by two grinding portions, an inner grinding portion and a peripheral grinding portion, defining inner grinding zone and peripheral grinding zone, respectively. A peripheral collection zone is disposed peripheral to the peripheral grinding zone and is configured to collect the grinded oily substance product that radially flows from the peripheral grinding portions. The oily substance in the collection zone flows towards a substance collector, through which the oily substance flows for being collected.

A citrus juicer is set forth including a deformable container forming an extracting chamber to receive at least one portion of citrus fruit, and having an opening for introducing the citrus fruit; a frame forming a socket to receive the deformable container; a dividing ridge having a cross-section with a tip oriented towards the extracting chamber, and the dividing ridge being arranged to divide the citrus fruit when the citrus fruit is pressed against the tip thereof; a pressing system to exert pressure on the extracting chamber and against the socket. A method for extracting juice from citrus fruit is also disclosed.

A citrus juicer is set forth including a deformable container forming an extracting chamber to receive at least one portion of citrus fruit, and having an opening for introducing the citrus fruit; a frame forming a socket to receive the deformable container; a dividing ridge having a cross-section with a tip oriented towards the extracting chamber, and the dividing ridge being arranged to divide the citrus fruit when the citrus fruit is pressed against the tip thereof; a pressing system to exert pressure on the extracting chamber and against the socket. A method for extracting juice from citrus fruit is also disclosed.

The inventors have discovered that coffee berry juice, produced from whole coffee berries, can produce a distinct taste and chemical profile when compared to coffee and coffee berry extract products. The disclosed invention is directed to coffee berry juice products and methods of producing a coffee berry juice product. Especially preferred methods include use of whole coffee berries with increased concentrations of caffeine, chlorogenic acid and terpenes.

The inventors have discovered that coffee berry juice, produced from whole coffee berries, can produce a distinct taste and chemical profile when compared to coffee and coffee berry extract products. The disclosed invention is directed to coffee berry juice products and methods of producing a coffee berry juice product. Especially preferred methods include use of whole coffee berries with increased concentrations of caffeine, chlorogenic acid and terpenes.

Plant (1) for producing juice and/or puree from a food product comprising a first extraction section (10) per subject the food product to a first extraction operation in such a way to obtain a first extracted food product comprising puree, or juice, and a first waste product (102). The plant (1), furthermore, provides a second extraction section (20) positioned downstream of the first extraction section (10), and configured to subject an entering product ad a second extraction operation in such a way to obtain a second extracted food product comprising the puree, or juice, and a second waste product (105). between the first and the second extraction section (10,20) a treatment section (30) is provided into which the quantity of extracted food product entering is equal to the quantity of treated product exiting the same. Furthermore, the first extraction section (10), the second extraction section (20) and the treatment section (30) are provided with respective rotors (15,25,35) configured to rotate about a respective axis, respectively at a first, a second and a third angular velocity (ω1,ω2,ω3) wherein the third angular velocity (ω3) is greater than both the first and the second angular velocity (ω1,ω2), but less than 8000 rpm.

Plant (1) for producing juice and/or puree from a food product comprising a first extraction section (10) per subject the food product to a first extraction operation in such a way to obtain a first extracted food product comprising puree, or juice, and a first waste product (102). The plant (1), furthermore, provides a second extraction section (20) positioned downstream of the first extraction section (10), and configured to subject an entering product ad a second extraction operation in such a way to obtain a second extracted food product comprising the puree, or juice, and a second waste product (105). between the first and the second extraction section (10,20) a treatment section (30) is provided into which the quantity of extracted food product entering is equal to the quantity of treated product exiting the same. Furthermore, the first extraction section (10), the second extraction section (20) and the treatment section (30) are provided with respective rotors (15,25,35) configured to rotate about a respective axis, respectively at a first, a second and a third angular velocity (ω1,ω2,ω3) wherein the third angular velocity (ω3) is greater than both the first and the second angular velocity (ω1,ω2), but less than 8000 rpm.

Systems and methods are provided for an apparatus for moving objects along a predetermined path. A system includes plurality of conveying units, each conveying unit being connected to two other conveying units. A particular conveying unit includes a first link unit configured for connection to a first neighbor conveying unit. A second link unit is configured for connection to the first link unit, the second link unit further being configured for connection to a first link unit of a second neighbor conveying unit. A cup is detachably connected to the second link unit.