Juice extractor

Claim 1

IN A JUICE EXTRACTOR FOR EXPRESSING THE JUICE OF FRUITS, IN COMBINATION, A TUBULAR PEDESTAL, A SHELF-LIKE BOWL SUPPORT ON THE UPPER END OF THE PEDESTAL, A JUICE-COLLECTING BOWL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BOTTOM WALL REMOVABLY SEATED ON SAID BOWL SUPPORT, A HUB PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL INTO THE BOWL CENTRALLY THEREOF, A SLICING MEMBER IN THE FORM OF A FLAT PLATE REMOVABLY SEATED ON THE HUB WITHIN THE BOWL, A SERIES OF THIN FLAT RADIAL SLICING BLADES PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM SAID PLATE, A VERTICAL PLUNGER TELESCOPICALLY SLIDABLE IN SAID TUBULAR PEDESTAL AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THROUGH THE HUB AND PLATE, A FRUIT-SUPPORTING CRADLE MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF THE PLUNGER AND MOVABLE BODILY THEREWITH BETWEEN A RAISED POSITION WITHIN THE BOWL WHEREIN THE FRUIT SUPPORTED THEREBY IS DISPOSED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID SLICING BLADES AND A LOWERED POSITION WHEREIN THE FRUIT IS PENETRATED BY SAID SLICING BLADES, SPRING MEANS YIELDINGLY URGING SAID PLUNGER AND CRADLE UPWARDLY, FIRST RELEASABLE LATCH MECHANISM EFFECTIVE BETWEEN THE PLUNGER AND PEDESTAL FOR LIMITING THE UPPERMOST POSITION OF THE CRADLE AND PREVENTING REMOVAL OF THE LATTER FROM THE BOWL, SECOND RELEASABLE LATCH MECHANISM EFFECTIVE BETWEEN THE SLICING MEMBER AND BOWL FOR PREVENTING REMOVAL OF THE FORMER FROM THE LATTER, THIRD LATCH MECHANISM EFFECTIVE BETWEEN THE BOWL AND SUPPORT FOR PREVENTING REMOVAL OF THE FORMER FROM THE LATTER, A VERTICALLY MOVABLE PRESSURE MEMBER HAVING CLEARANCE OPENINGS THEREIN FOR RECEPTION OF SAID SLICING BLADES AND POSITIONED ABOVE THE CRADLE AND EFFECTIVE TO FORCE THE FRUIT AND CRADLE DOWNWARDLY WITHIN THE BOWL TO EFFECT PENETRATION OF THE FRUIT BY SAID SLICING BLADES AND COMPRESSION OF THE FRUIT BETWEEN THE PRESSURE MEMBER AND CRADLE, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PRESSURE MEMBER VERTICALLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.