Method of and apparatus for extracting juice from whole citrus fruit and excluding atmosphere from contact therewith

Claim 1

A METHOD OF EXPRESSING JUICE FROM WHOLE CITRUS FRUIT WHICH CONSISTS IN: ENCLOSING A JUICERECEIVING CHAMBER, HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, FORMING A HOLE IN THE RIND OF SAID FRUIT, ACCOMPLISHING A SEALED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID HOLE AND SAID OPENING WHILE SAID FRUIT IS EXPOSED TO THE ATMOSPHERE, FILLING SAID CHAMBER WITH AN INERT GAS, AND CONSTRICTING SAID FRUIT TO REDUCE THE VOLUME THEREOF AND EXPRESS A RELATIVELY LARGE PORTION OF THE JUICE THEREIN OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID HOLE AND SAID OPENING INTO SAID CHAMBER BY CONTINUOUSLY APPLYING COMPRESSIVE FORCES TO ALL PORTIONS OF THE RIND OF SAID FRUIT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF SAID HOLE AT POINTS SUFFICIENTLY CLOSE TO PREVENT THE JUICE-BEARING STRUCTURE WITHIN SAID FRUIT BURSTING OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID RIND ELSEWHERE THAN THROUGH SAID HOLE.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF EXPRESSING JUICE FROM WHOLE CITRUS FRUIT WHICH CONSISTS IN: ENCLOSING A JUICERECEIVING CHAMBER, HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, FORMING A HOLE IN THE RIND OF SAID FRUIT, ACCOMPLISHING A SEALED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID HOLE AND SAID OPENING WHILE SAID FRUIT IS EXPOSED TO THE ATMOSPHERE, FILLING SAID CHAMBER WITH AN INERT GAS, AND CONSTRICTING SAID FRUIT TO REDUCE THE VOLUME THEREOF AND EXPRESS A RELATIVELY LARGE PORTION OF THE JUICE THEREIN OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID HOLE AND SAID OPENING INTO SAID CHAMBER BY CONTINUOUSLY APPLYING COMPRESSIVE FORCES TO ALL PORTIONS OF THE RIND OF SAID FRUIT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF SAID HOLE AT POINTS SUFFICIENTLY CLOSE TO PREVENT THE JUICE-BEARING STRUCTURE WITHIN SAID FRUIT BURSTING OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID RIND ELSEWHERE THAN THROUGH SAID HOLE.