Juicing unit having a support

Abstract

Juicing unit having a support for an automatic juicing machine of the type in which the juicing unit comprises one or more female drums that move synchronously with one or more male drums that allows easy removal of the juicing unit as a whole for cleaning, such that the support comprises two plates with different openings that sandwich between them the main elements of the juicing unit such as the male and female drums, both plates being joined by at least one removable rod that is fastened via an anchor that allows a strong coupling and easy opening, such plates additionally comprising elements for anchoring to other elements of the juicing unit as well as elements for anchoring to the main body of the juicing machine.

Claims

1. A JUICING UNIT comprising: one or more female drums, with a synchronous but reverse movement with one or more male drums, wedges disposed adjacent to the male drums to extract a peel of a fruit, and a cutting blade; where a rotation shaft for each of the male and female drums is disposed in a horizontal orientation and where the female drums carry the fruit to the cutting blade where the fruit is sectioned, then continuing along a path until the fruit contacts a projection in one of the male drums, and is squeezed into a cavity defined in one of the female drums thereby causing the juicing, wherein the peel adhered to the projection of the male drum is extracted by the wedge; a support that comprises a vertical front plate (4) and a vertical rear plate (8) that are removably attached by at least one rod (13), wherein the front plate includes a plurality of housings (5) and an opening (6) for each rod and covers an outer edge of the rotation shafts of the drums, and wherein the rear plate (8) comprises peripheral openings (11), each configured to accommodate a base of one of the drums, such that the male (1) and female (2) drums are cooperatively retained between the front plate (4) and the rear plate (8) to define an assembly that is handled as a unit, wherein said assembly is connected by fastening means to a body of the juicing unit, and wherein such fastening means are removable.

2. The JUICING UNIT according to claim 1 wherein the rear plate further comprises a central opening.

3. The JUICING UNIT according to claim 1 further comprising elongations (12) on which the wedges (3) are anchored.

4. The JUICING UNIT according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of bearings (7) disposed on an end of each of the rotation shafts.

5. The JUICING UNIT according to claim 1 wherein the peripheral openings (11) of the rear plate (8) are disposed about a base of the rotation shafts.

6. The JUICING UNIT according to claim 1 wherein the rear plate has an offset (9) disposed between an upper peripheral opening and a lower peripheral opening such that an upper part of the rear plate is disposed offset and further back than a lower part of the rear plate.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) For better comprehension of the invention, the following figures are shown by way of illustration and in a non-limiting sense.

(2) FIG. 1 shows an exploded view of the different components of the support accompanied the elements of the juicing unit for better comprehension, and thus we can see:

(3) The male drums (1), the female drums (2) and the extracting wedges (3) as elements of the juicing unit.

(4) The U-shaped front vertical plate (4) with a series of openings of which one will be the opening (6) for the rod (13) and the rest of the housings (5) for the bearings (7) that will house the rotation shafts for the drums.

(5) The rear vertical plate (8) has an offset in its waist (9), a central opening (10) and peripheral openings (11), also having elongations (12) in its lower part on which the extracting wedges (3) are anchored.

(6) FIG. 2 shows the assembly when mounted, showing the rod (13) that joins the front plate (4) and the rear plate (8) and the knobs (14) that are part of the anchoring elements.

(7) FIG. 3 shows the support without the elements of the juicing unit.

(8) FIG. 4 shows an exploded view of the juicing machine showing on one side the juicing unit as a unit with the support (15) and on the other side the body of the juicing machine (16) showing the cutting blade (17) attached to the same and the rotation shafts of the drums (18).

DESCRIPTION OF AN EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

(9) A non-limiting embodiment of the invention is described below for illustration purposes only.

(10) The invention relates to a sandwich type support to house the juicing unit of an automatic juicing machine of the type that has male drums and female drums and allow its assembly, disassembly and handling as a unit, thus facilitating maintenance and cleaning tasks.

(11) The support comprises:

(12) A U-shaped front plate (4) such that this plate in its path covers the ends of the rotation shafts of the drums, having a series of housing openings (5) for fastening the bearings (7) as well as an opening (6) for fastening the rod (13) that joins the front plate (4) to the rear plate (8), this rod (13) being welded to the rear plate (8).

(13) The rear plate (8) has a series of openings, of which one is central (10) and others peripheral (11), wherein the central opening, which in this case is larger, allows passage of the cutting blade and the peripheral openings allow passage of the rotation shafts of the drums and are attached to the base.

(14) The rear plate (8) has an offset in its waist thus generating two different planes, the top part of said plate being slightly offset regarding the bottom part thereof correcting for the different width of the male and female drums.

(15) In the lower section of the rear plate is the anchoring area for the extracting wedges (3), in this case two elongations (12) that extend laterally outwards and that are suitable for fixing the extracting wedges (3) thereto.

(16) The support houses between both plates (4) and (8) the elements of the juicing unit such as the male drums (1), the female drums (2) and the extracting wedges (3), thus allowing its assembly and disassembly as a unit for cleaning operations on the machine.

(17) The assembly is attached via the rod (13) that attaches the front plate (4) to the rear plate (8), said rod being fastened via a thread that incorporates a safety knob for easy opening and closing without requiring tools.

(18) The attachment of the juicing unit and the support to the rest of the machine is carried out via anchoring means arranged on the ends of the shafts of two of the drums, showing here, as an example, the anchoring means on the shafts crossed diagonally and on the top left and bottom right shafts, with other configurations being possible.

(19) The support also comprises a series of bearings (7) that coincide with the rotation ends of the drums and are suitable for association to such rotation shafts, thus facilitating the attachment and rotation of them all.

(20) The juicing unit thus assembled on the support can be disassembled from the juicing machine only by loosening and releasing the anchors of the two rotation shafts involved (in this case top left and bottom right).

(21) The assembly can be handled as a unit since the elements of the juicing unit (male drums (1) and female drums (3) and extracting wedges (3)) are sandwiched between the front plate (4) and the rear plate (8) and both plates are joined via a removable rod (13).

(22) Should more in-depth maintenance or cleaning operations be required it shall suffice to release the rod in order to extract each of the juicing elements individually.