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20080196601 | OIL EXPELLER - The present patent refers to the invention and further development of the oil expeller machine, especially edible and personal use oils, such as those extracted from fruits, grains, flowers and others, seeking to obtain the separation of the solids and the oils that efficiently make it. | 08-21-2008 |
20080210103 | FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE - A food processing device, e.g. a salad spinner, has a housing with a lid, a basket supported in the housing for rotation, and a drive mechanism supported by the lid for rotating the basket to spin water from salad in the housing. The drive mechanism has a crank handle and a drive transmission system coupling the handle to the basket to transmit a rotational driving force from the handle to rotate the basket. The drive transmission system has a first rotary gear arranged to receive the rotational driving force from the handle and a second rotary gear in driving engagement with the first gear for receiving the rotational driving force from the first gear to rotate the basket. The first and second gears have corresponding serial formations, e.g., recesses and protrusions, of respective circular cross-sections that are inter-engageable, one in the other, for transmission of the driving force. | 09-04-2008 |
20080223226 | Food processing system - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for processing system foodstuff are shown and described. Food processing systems can hold and prepare food for consumption. The disclosed embodiments provide a drive mechanism that utilizes a contoured surface between a ratchet wheel and a drive mechanism that rotates the ratchet wheel to move the ratchet wheel toward and in engagement with a drive wheel for initiating rotation of the drive wheel and to disengage the ratchet wheel from the drive wheel to allow the drive wheel to rotate freely. The drive wheel is configured to couple to a processing component of the processing system. | 09-18-2008 |
20080236408 | Churn for processing food products - A churn for processing food products, comprising a rotating drum with an opening for loading and unloading the products, further comprising a hatch provided with elements for detachable coupling to the opening of the drum and comprising ports adapted to allow the outflow of water deposited on the bottom of the drum, elements being provided which are adapted to arrange themselves selectively in a position for opening and closing the ports. | 10-02-2008 |
20080282908 | Method and apparatus for altering the composition of a beverage - A method and device are configured to remove or reduce the quantity of one or more contaminants from a beverage, such as an alcoholic beverage. A contaminant removing material may be formed into an object or be associated with an object for contact with a beverage. The invention has particular applicability to removing or reducing the sulfite content of an alcoholic beverage and may change other properties of the beverage, such as its color. The contaminant removing material may be associated with a pour spout. The spout may also include one or more air inlets, an aeration mesh or both to aerate a beverage as it is poured. In addition, the pour spout may include one or more magnets to remove contaminants and change other properties of the beverage, such as its taste. | 11-20-2008 |
20090107347 | Egg breaker - A tool for breaking and opening comprises first and second complementary concave egg-receiving container members pivoted to one another at a first axis, and first and second concave egg-confining members each pivoted to one of the complementary concave egg-receiving container members at a respective axis parallel to the first axis. Egg-piercing points are formed on mating edges of the egg-receiving container members. In order to break and open an egg, the egg-receiving container members are first operated such that their mating edges are juxtaposed to one another, such that an egg-receiving cavity is formed therebetween. An egg is then placed in this cavity, and the egg-confining members are pivoted so as to confine the egg in the cavity. The tool and egg therein are then rapped sharply against a hard surface, such that the shell of the egg is pierced by the egg-piercing points, defining a separation line extending substantially circumferentially around the shell of the egg. The egg-receiving container members are then pivoted away from one another, by finger pressure applied to the egg-confining members, whereupon the eggshell parts along the separation line, allowing the contents to be poured out. Because the eggshell parts neatly along the separation line, shell fragments do not tend to become mixed with the contents of the shell. | 04-30-2009 |
20090114104 | Drying Device With Improved Drive Mechanism - A drying device having a bowl, a basket with a plurality of perforations, a cover assembly, and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes: a driving mechanism mechanically coupled to a rotatable lid that is configured to mate with a rotatable basket, and a handle pivotally attached to the cover assembly. The handle is configured to actuate the driving mechanism upon rotation of the handle about an axis from a first position to a second position. The drying device may also include a locking mechanism and/or a braking mechanism. | 05-07-2009 |
20090211460 | BOWL AND BASKET ASSEMBLY AND SALAD SPINNER INCORPORATING SUCH AN ASSEMBLY - A bowl and basket assembly kit is disclosed as including an upper basket part ( | 08-27-2009 |
20100031829 | Food container liquid isolation - Apparatus ( | 02-11-2010 |
20100058938 | AUTOMATED JUICE EXTRACTOR - An automatic juicer turns and pushes an upward facing juicing cone into a fruit for releasing and collecting juice. The juicer includes a base containing a clutch and gearing assembly connected to a motor. A center column assembly rotates and advances the juicing cone. The juicing cone, strainer, and a bowl release and catch the juice. The center column includes an outer column fixed to the base, a rotating drive shaft driven by the motor but not advancing vertically, and a driven shaft which rotates with the drive shaft and advances and retreats vertically. The bowl is fixed to the base. The strainer advances vertically with juicing cone but does not rotate. The juicing cone is attached to the driven shaft and rotates and advances vertically, thereby releasing juice from the fruit. Knife edges on the bottom of the juicing cone scrape pulp from the strainer to prevent clogging. | 03-11-2010 |
20100089252 | Food Container with presser support disk fitted with retractable pressing pins - A food press and drainer for preparing fermented or pickled foodstuffs, where the apparatus is a cylindrical vessel and a closed bottom for containing food preparations, is presented in the present application. Solid foodstuffs which may or may not require the fluid to be extracted or separated during the preparation process; whereby, the extraction and separation is performed by a round support member hereinafter pressing disk, with pluralities of drain holes formed therein; where, the pressing disk has the shape of a circular disc with a head portion fitted to engage and retract pressing pins used to create sufficient friction between the pressing disk to the interior wall of the cylindrical vessel; wherein four mechanically retractable pressing pins exert pressure against the interior wall of the cylindrical vessel, thereby, securing the pressing disk within the cylindrical container, which, when said pins are in the engaged position the disk is thereby fixed in place at any chosen position; whereby, the pressing disk pressing pins are engaged within the cylindrical vessel; thereby, retaining solid foodstuff within the cylindrical vessel for the purpose of extracting and separating fluids from the solid foodstuffs in order to reuse the fluids for creating similar food preparations in multiple layers; or, so the container may be inverted, thereby permitting the fluid to drain from the container vessel while keeping the solids contained inside the cylindrical vessel after the vessel is inverted. | 04-15-2010 |
20100139502 | Root Beer Float Strainer and Method of Reducing Foam - A strainer for use with combining beverages and cold food includes a bottom section sized for insertion into a beverage container, and a side section projecting substantially vertically from the bottom section and sized for insertion into a portion of the beverage container. At least one of the bottom and side sections is liquid permeable, and the bottom section and side section are separately or collectively capable of retaining ice pieces when the strainer is in the container. A method for retaining ice in a container capable of holding a liquid includes placing a strainer capable of retaining ice in a container capable of holding a liquid, adding ice to the container such that at least some of the ice is retained by the strainer, placing a liquid in the container, and removing the strainer from the container. | 06-10-2010 |
20100162905 | Fat eraser - A “fat eraser” system provides a housing for supporting and possibly enclosing a low temperature heat absorbing material and having a thermally conductive area of material in a shallow conic shape which can be brought into contact with a volume of food to enable a low temperature solidification of fat onto the thermally conductive area of material. A combination storage stand and fat scraping body includes scraping blades having an upper contour which is complementary to the shallow conic shape of the thermally conductive area of material to provide a self-centering ability to cleanly scrape and remove and collect any solidified fat from the thermally conductive area of material by rotating the thermally conductive area of material about its conical center and against the combination storage stand and fat scraping body. | 07-01-2010 |
20100251906 | SALAD SPINNER - A rotatable greens drying device that includes a lid, a rotatable colander, a drive mechanism for rotating the colander, and a receiving ring fan which transfers rotational force from the drive mechanism to the rotatable colander. The fast moving, drier air circulated by the receiving ring fan naturally helps evaporate moisture from the surface of the greens and it helps expel water through container holes. This embodiment also allows air exposure of the leafy contents via the perforations within the spinning colander which further reduces surface moisture. | 10-07-2010 |
20100251907 | FAT COLLECTOR - The invention discloses a hand held fat skimmer, which includes an apparatus, consisting of a fat collecting section, a cooling section in thermal communication with the fat collecting section and a handle or gripping area. The apparatus may also include one or more triggers or scraper actuation mechanisms. The preferred embodiment of this invention is one in which the cooling section has a scraper mechanism. The scraper is disposed on the fat collection section. In an optional embodiment scraper is motorized. The scraper may be in mechanical communication with the handle and fat collecting section when then trigger is engaged or when the scraper actuation mechanism is moved. The fat collecting section may also consist of a cooling section in thermal communication with the fat collecting section and a handle or a gripping area. The apparatus can be expanded or collapsed. The cooling section can be expanded and collapsed. The apparatus may skim the surface of liquids or be pressed against solid foods, such as meat, thereby skimming off fat or grease. | 10-07-2010 |
20100263555 | Salad, rice and other foods washer and spinner - A salad, rice and other foods washer and spinner includes an angled bowl and cover with a cranking handle that turns a basket and basket lid inside the bowl via a gear set. A twin speed gear set is disclosed which allows a different velocity of spin when the cranking handle is turned in one direction than when it is turned in the other direction. A bowl is angled with respect to a base member and a covering lid includes water inlet on a higher side of the lid that allows water from a faucet or jug to be directed through the cover and onto the basket lid where it is dispersed into the basket volume via holes in the basket lid, with water escaping, if desired through an outlet grille. | 10-21-2010 |
20110283897 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A household appliance has a container for receiving working material and a housing that is isolated from the container by a wall. A rotatable working tool disposed inside the container. A motor for driving the working tool has a stator and a rotor. The stator is disposed within the housing so as to be isolated from the working material of the container. The rotor is disposed within the container and the working tool is preferably fixed to a shaft of the rotor. | 11-24-2011 |
20110297013 | PORTABLE VACUUM JUICER - The present invention relates to a portable vacuumable juicer that comprises of juice-extracting members ( | 12-08-2011 |
20130074707 | HORIZONTAL JUICER WITH COMPRESSION STRAINER DEVICE - A horizontal juicer for extracting juice from a food includes a base housing a motor and an extracting unit. The extracting unit is disposed adjacent the base. The horizontal juice includes a compression chamber having at least one first strainer disposed at a first end of the compression chamber, at least one second strainer disposed at a second end of the compression chamber. An intermediate portion is disposed between the at least one first strainer and the at least one second strainer. An auger is disposed in the compression chamber. The auger has a blade disposed spirally around a first end of the auger and a plurality of ribs disposed at a second end of the auger. | 03-28-2013 |
20130081547 | SQUEEZE-TYPE JUICE EXTRACTOR - A squeeze-type juice extractor includes a base, a squeeze assembly installed on the base, and a feed assembly locked on the squeeze assembly. A drive member is disposed inside the base, a drive shaft is disposed at a top of the base. The drive member drives the drive shaft to rotate. The squeeze assembly includes a glass body, a mesh barrel fixedly installed in the glass body, and a screw rod located in the mesh barrel and connected to the drive shaft. A squeeze space is formed between the mesh barrel and the screw rod. An annular juice collection groove is formed at a bottom of the glass body and in communication with a juice outlet disposed on the glass body. An annular residue collection groove is formed at a bottom of the mesh barrel and in communication with a residue discharge passage disposed on the glass body. | 04-04-2013 |
20140060344 | Apparatus for Removing Liquid from a Can - An apparatus for squeezing liquid from an opened can of tuna is provided. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical base container for receiving an opened can, a top plate for placing over the opened can, and a compression element for squeezing the top plate into the opened can. As the top plate is squeezed into the opened can, the packing liquid is squeezed out through a gap between an edge of the top plate and an inside circumference of the opened can. | 03-06-2014 |
20140261018 | FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE - A food processing device that manually operates for rotating a drive mechanism where a spring is used to create potential energy when the spring is pulled by a handle and to impart rotation to the drive mechanism when the handle is released. | 09-18-2014 |
20140283692 | FOOD SPINNER - A food spinner has a housing including a cover, a basket supported in the housing for rotation, a drive mechanism supported by the cover for rotating the basket, and a brake mechanism supported by the housing for braking the basket and stopping rotation of the basket. The brake mechanism has an operator for manual operation of the brake mechanism, and a braking member movable by the operator from an inoperative position to an operative position directly engaging the basket for braking the basket by friction. | 09-25-2014 |
20140338546 | SALAD SPINNER WITH ANGLED BLADE FAN - A salad spinner has a support frame with a receiving aperture. A colander is supported by the support frame in the receiving aperture for rotation about an axis of rotation. A removable drive assembly is removably coupled to the support frame and colander, and the removable drive assembly includes an actuator to transmit a driving input applied to the actuator to rotate the colander. A fan having a plurality of angled blades is mechanically coupled to the actuator to force air into the colander. | 11-20-2014 |
20150075392 | FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS - A food processing apparatus has a housing, an internal basket and a drive mechanism on the housing for rotating the basket to process food (e.g., spinning water from food) in the housing. The drive mechanism has an operating lever, a gearwheel arranged to be rotated by the lever and the basket for rotating the basket, and a centrifugal clutch located between the lever and the gearwheel for transmitting a rotational drive force from the lever to the gearwheel. A brake mechanism on the housing has a braking member for frictional engagement with the gearwheel to stop rotation of the basket. The drive mechanism may rotate the basket selectively in opposite directions. | 03-19-2015 |
20150320104 | Frame for Main Body of Upper Driving Type Juice Extractor, and Frame Assembly Using the Same - A frame for a main body of an upper driving type juice extractor includes an upper frame; a lower frame; a connection frame configured to connect the upper frame with the lower frame, wherein the upper frame has a first through-hole and a second through-hole. Further, a frame assembly for a main body of an upper driving type juice extractor includes a frame including an upper frame having a first through-hole and a second through-hole, a lower frame, and a connection frame configured to connect the upper frame with the lower frame; a driving part mounted at an upper portion of the upper frame; and a lifting part installed at the lower frame, wherein a driving shaft of the driving part is inserted in the first through-hole. | 11-12-2015 |
20150320105 | Upper Driving Type Juice Extractor - Provided is an upper driving type juice extractor including a main body having a material introduction port and a driving part disposed at an upper side thereof; an extracting part configured to be taken into and out of the main body; and a lift part configured to move the extracting part up and down, wherein a removable introduction port is further inserted in the material introduction port. | 11-12-2015 |
20150374025 | JUICER SYSTEM AND CARTRIDGES - Embodiments related to juicing methods and apparatuses for extracting juice from food matter using juicer cartridges are described. In one embodiment, a juicer cartridge may include one or more separate internal compartments. Food matter loaded into the juicer cartridge may be compressed by a corresponding juicer and expelled through an outlet that may be sealed until activation. Food matter may be pre-sized according to various physical characteristics, and the juicer cartridge may be injected with a gas to enhance shelf life and reduce nutrient loss. The juicer may also be provided with “smart” functionality to provide safety features, track usage, and enhance the operator experience. Several embodiments of packing systems for preparing juicer cartridges are also described. | 12-31-2015 |
20150374174 | SALAD SPINNER BRAKE MECHANISM - A salad spinner has a hub connected in a rotary driving relationship to a colander mounted within the salad spinner for rotation about an axis of rotation. A brake provides braking force to the hub coaxially with the colander axis of rotation. | 12-31-2015 |
20160022083 | EASY CLEAN GREASE EXTRACTING SIEVE WITH DISPOSABLE CONTAINER - A kitchen accessory for separating and draining grease from cooked ground meat, comprising a sieve bottomed container for receiving the cooked meat, a hinged lid and draining the grease into a disposable and lidded paper container. | 01-28-2016 |
20160045072 | SALAD SPINNER - A salad spinner includes a lid with openings to allow water to pass through the lid and into the bowl, or from the bowl out through the lid. The bowl includes openings on a bottom portion of the bowl to allow water to pass through the bottom of the bowl. A removable cover allows the bottom portion of the bowl to be selectively sealed. | 02-18-2016 |
20160095474 | SALAD SPINNER - A salad spinner includes an outer bowl configured to hold an inner basket. The bowl and basket are each configured with a central post supported by a base structure having a pillar and a piston. A helical screw positioned within the pillar engages a drive shaft within the piston in order to rotate the drive shaft as the piston moves upward and downward with respect to the pillar. A spring biases the piston in the upward position to enable reciprocal telescoping movement. | 04-07-2016 |
20160198881 | JUICER WITH USB CONNECTOR | 07-14-2016 |