Juice extracting device

Claim 2

A juice extracting and beverage dispensing device comprising: a. means for selectively dispensing a beverage; b. means mounted on said beverage dispensing means for cutting and squeezing citrus fruit upon activation of said beverage dispensing means, said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means having fruit engaging means movable between a cutting and squeezing position and a release position; c. means mounted on and communicating with said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means for depositing citrus fruit therein upon activation of said beverage dispensing means; and d. drive means operatively connected to said beverage dispensing means and to said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means for moving said fruit engaging means from the release position to the cutting and squeezing position and return to the release position upon activation of said beverage dispensing means.

Claim 3

A juice extracting device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means comprises: a. a housing having opposed closed ends and a fruit entrance and a fruit exit positioned therebetween; b. fixed blade means adjacent one of the closed ends of said housing and extending therefrom; c. a piston reciprocable within said housing and having a blade receiving recess in one face thereof; and d. resiliently mounted abutment means positioned between said one closed end of said housing and said piston whereby reciprocation of said piston effects cutting and squeezing of citrus fruit positioned between said abutment means and said piston.

Claim 4

A juice extracting device as set forth in claim 2 wherein: a. said abutment means comprises a pair of spaced side-by-side reciprocable slides positioned on opposite sides of said fixed blade means; b. each of said slides has an end wall positioned in facing relation with an end wall at one face of said piston; and c. the resilient mounting of said slides comprises an elongated resilient member for each slide, each resilient member having respective opposite ends thereof secured to said one closed end of said housing and to the end wall of the respective slide.

Claim 5

A juice extracting device as set forth in claim 2 wherein: a. said abutment means is movable between a retracted position and an extended position; b. said abutment means has portions positioned to clear the fruit entrance of said housing when in the extended position; c. said piston is movable between the cutting and squeezing position and the release position; d. said piston has an end wall at the one face thereof and a side wall extending therefrom; and e. said piston side wall extends across the fruit entrance of said housing when in the cutting and squeezing position to prevent fruit from entering said housing and said piston end wall is positioned to clear the fruit entrance when in the release position to permit fruit to enter said housing.

Claim 6

A juice extracting device as set forth in claim 2 wherein: a. said one end of said housing comprises a removably mounted end closure member having said blade means fixedly mounted thereon and extending therefrom and into said housing; b. said abutment means comprises a pair of spaced side-by-side reciprocable slides positioned on opposite sides of said fixed blade means and each having an enD wall positioned in facing relation with an end wall at the one face of said piston and c. the resilient mounting of said slides comprises an elongated resilient member for each slide and each having respective opposite ends thereof secured to said end closure member and to the end wall of the respective slide whereby said slides and said blade means are removable from said housing.

Claim 7

A juice extracting device for use with a beverage dispensing device and comprising: a. means mounted on a beverage dispensing device for cutting and squeezing citrus fruit upon activation of the beverage dispensing device, said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means having fruit engaging means therein and movable between a cutting and squeezing position and a release position; b. means mounted on and communicating with said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means for storing and depositing citrus fruit in said cutting and squeezing means upon activation of the beverage dispensing device; c. drive means operatively connected to said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means and to the beverage dispensing device for moving said fruit engaging means from the release position to the cutting and squeezing position and return to the release position for each activation of the beverage dispensing device; and d. means associated with and extending from said cutting and squeezing means for directing cut and squeezed fruit therefrom and into a container adjacent the beverage dispensing device.

Claim 8

A juice extracting device for use with a beverage dispensing device and comprising: a. means mounted on a beverage dispensing device for cutting and squeezing citrus fruit upon activation of the beverage dispensing device, said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means having fruit engaging means therein and movable between a cutting and squeezing position and a release position; b. means mounted on and communicating with said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means for storing and depositing citrus fruit in said cutting and squeezing means upon activation of the beverage dispensing device; c. drive means operatively connected to said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means and to the beverage dispensing device for moving said fruit engaging means from the release position to the cutting and squeezing position and return to the release position for each activation of the beverage dispensing device; and d. means associated with and extending from said cutting and squeezing means for directing cut and squeezed fruit therefrom and into a container adjacent the beverage dispensing device.

Claim 9

A juice extracting device as set forth in claim 6 wherein: a. said citrus fruit depositing means comprises a hopper-shaped member having a fruit entrance and a fruit exit; b. said citrus fruit cutting and squeezing means and said movable fruit engaging means therein comprises a housing having opposed closed ends and a fruit entrance and a fruit exit positioned therebetween and a blade member fixedly mounted adjacent one of the closed ends and extending therefrom and a piston reciprocable within said housing and having a blade receiving recess in one face thereof; and c. said fruit exit of said hopper-shaped member and said fruit entrance of said housing are aligned and said piston has a side wall movable to close said fruit entrance of said housing when in said cutting and squeezing position.

Claim 10

A juice extracting device as set forth in claim 7 including resiliently mounted abutment means positioned between one of said closed ends of said housing and said piston whereby reciprocation of said piston effects cutting and squeezing of citrus fruit positioned between said abutment means and said piston upon movement of said piston toward the cutting and squeezing position and ejection of cut and squeezed fruit upon movement of said piston away from the cutting and squeezing position to the release position.

Claim 11

A juice extracting device as set forth in claim 8 wherein said resiliently mounted abutment means comprises: a. a pair of spaced side-by-side reciprocable slides positioned on opposite sides of said blade member, said slides each having an end wall positioned in facing relation with the one face of said piston; and b. an elongated resilient member for each slide and each having respective opposite ends thereof secured to the end wall of the respective slide and to the one closed end of said housing.

Claim 12

A juice extracting device as set forth in claim 9 wherein: a. the one closed end of said housing comprises a removably mounted end closure member having said blade member fixedly mounted thereon and extending therefrom and into said housing; and b. said piston is operatively connected to said drive means by a connecting rod having respective opposite ends pivotally connected to said piston and said drive means, the end of the connecting rod connected to said drive means is selectively removable therefrom whereby said blade member and slides and piston are removable from said housing.