JP2008104564A - Juicer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a juicer which can easily change concentration and texture of juice. <P>SOLUTION: The juicer is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown) and has a separation basket (not shown) equipped with a filter 30 which accumulates lees and makes the juice separated and a cutter (not shown), the filter 30 includes an inner peripheral filter 7 and an outer peripheral filter 3 consisting of a large number of inner/outer-peripheral comb teeth 5, 1 which are connected each other at the upper part and are vertically arranged, the inner peripheral filter 7 can be set in arbitrary positions in the circumference inside the outer peripheral filter 3, when the inner peripheral filter 7 is set in the outer peripheral filter 3, interspace between the blades of the whole filter comprising the inner-peripheral comb teeth 5 of the inner peripheral filter 7 and the outer-peripheral comb teeth 5 of the outer peripheral filter 3 is changed by changing the position of the inner peripheral filter 7 in the circumference, then, area the lees pass through is changed and concentration and texture of the acquired juice can be changed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a juicer, and more particularly to a household stagnation type juicer.

  This type of conventional juicer will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a conventional juicer, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a filter of the juicer.

5 and 6, a conventional juicer main body 21 includes an electric motor 17 and a separation rod 19 that is rotationally driven by the electric motor 17. The separation basket 19 includes a cutter 18 that cuts food, and a filter 20 that separates the cut food basket and juice, and the cutter 18 that is rotationally driven by the electric motor 17 cuts the food, and the separation basket 19 The food was scattered and retained on the filter 20 provided inside, and the juice was centrifuged and taken out (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-333824 A

  However, in the conventional juicer configuration, when the same food is centrifuged with the filter 20, only the juice having the same concentration and the same texture can always be obtained, and there is a problem that it is difficult to provide the juice that suits individual taste. It was.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a juicer that can change the concentration and the touch of the juice extracted by centrifugation according to personal taste.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, a juicer of the present invention includes a main body having a built-in electric motor, a separation jar provided with a filter and a cutter that are driven to rotate by the electric motor and retain the jar inside to separate juice. The filter is composed of an inner peripheral filter made up of a plurality of comb teeth that are connected at the top and arranged in the vertical direction, and an outer peripheral filter, and the inner peripheral filter is circularly enclosed in the outer peripheral filter. It can be installed at any position in the circumferential direction. When the inner filter is installed in the outer filter, the inner filter comb and the outer filter comb are changed by changing the position in the circumferential direction. To widen the gap of the comb teeth as a whole filter, or the comb teeth of the inner filter are positioned between the comb teeth of the outer filter. To, it is possible to narrow the gap of the comb as a whole a filter, thereby varying the area of passage of the meal, it is possible to change the density or texture of the resulting juice.

  The juicer of the present invention can widen or narrow the gap between the comb teeth of the filter. Therefore, when centrifuging juice with a high concentration and a strong texture, the gap is large and the concentration is low. When centrifuging a juice with little touch, it is possible to obtain a juice that meets the user's preference by narrowing the gap.

  1st invention has a main body which incorporates an electric motor, and a separation basket provided with a filter and a cutter which are driven to rotate by the electric motor and separate the juice by retaining the grape inside, and the filters are respectively It consists of an inner peripheral filter consisting of a number of comb teeth connected to the upper part and arranged in the vertical direction, and an outer peripheral filter. The inner peripheral filter can be mounted in the outer peripheral filter at an arbitrary position in the circumferential direction. When the inner filter is installed in the outer filter, the position of the inner filter is changed in the circumferential direction, so that the inner filter comb and the outer filter comb overlap each other to form the comb as a whole. If the gap is wide, or the comb teeth of the inner filter are located between the comb teeth of the outer filter, the entire filter has a comb gap. It is possible to narrow the, thereby varying the area of passage of the meal, it is possible to change the density or texture of the resulting juice.

  In the second invention, the combs of the inner filter or the outer filter of the first invention are formed in a mesh shape, and the touch can be further increased compared to the case where the mesh is not passed.

  In the third invention, in particular, the inner filter or the outer filter of the first invention is formed between the comb teeth in a mesh shape, and juice having a smooth feeling can be centrifuged.

  In the fourth invention, in particular, a protrusion is provided on the inner peripheral filter of any one of the first to third inventions, and a plurality of grooves into which the protrusion is fitted are provided along the upper circumferential direction of the outer filter. Since the comb teeth can be set at an arbitrary gap, the concentration of the juice and the touch of the tongue can be freely changed.

  In the fifth aspect of the invention, in particular, the groove depth of the fourth aspect of the invention is made different, and the gap between the inner peripheral filter and the bottom surface of the separation basket can be changed. be able to.

  In the sixth invention, in particular, an operating handle is rotatably provided on the upper part of the inner peripheral filter of any one of the first to fifth inventions. Since the position in the direction can be easily changed, the operation of changing the concentration of juice can be easily performed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a filter of a juicer according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Since the basic configuration of the juicer in the present embodiment is substantially the same as that of the conventional juicer shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. In particular, the filter portion that is the feature of will be described.

  In FIG. 1, a juicer filter 30 according to the present embodiment includes an outer peripheral filter 3 formed by connecting and fixing a number of outer peripheral comb teeth 1 provided at equal intervals and in a vertical direction to an upper outer peripheral frame body 2. The outer peripheral comb 3 has a clearance smaller than the filter clearance 4 of the outer peripheral comb teeth 1, and a number of inner peripheral comb teeth 5 provided at equal intervals and in the vertical direction are connected and fixed to the upper inner peripheral frame body 6. The inner peripheral filter 7 is formed.

  A protrusion 8 is provided on the upper outer periphery of the upper inner frame 6 of the inner filter 7, and the protrusion 8 extends along the upper circumferential direction of the upper outer frame 2 of the outer filter 3. A plurality of grooves 9 are fitted in the vertical direction. The grooves 9 are arranged at the positions of the grooves 9 so that the distance between the filter gaps 4 closed by the inner peripheral comb teeth 5 can be adjusted.

  In a juicer that rubs a food to be cooked (not shown) such as fruit with a cutter 18 and extracts juice by centrifugation, the fiber amount of the juice to be centrifuged is determined by the interval of the filter itself. In this embodiment, the position of the groove 9 to be used is changed when the protrusion 8 provided on the inner peripheral filter 7 is attached to the groove 9 provided along the circumferential direction of the upper outer peripheral frame 3 of the outer peripheral filter 3. Thus, since the distance between the filter itself formed by the filter gap 4 and the inner peripheral comb teeth 5 can be adjusted in multiple stages, juices having different concentrations and touches can be obtained according to the user's preference.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a filter of a juicer according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In addition, about the same component as the juicer in the said 1st Embodiment, the description is abbreviate | omitted using the same code | symbol.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the juicer filter 35 in the present embodiment is provided with a mesh 10 between adjacent inner comb teeth 5 of the inner filter 7, and the other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment. It is the same as the filter 30 of the juicer in the form.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, by setting the protrusion 8 of the inner peripheral filter 7 in the groove 9 of the outer peripheral filter 3, the gap 4 of the outer peripheral filter 3 is covered with the mesh 10. Therefore, it is possible to arbitrarily adjust the concentration and the touch with a smooth feeling.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a juicer filter according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, description thereof will be omitted, and only differences will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the juicer filter 40 in the present embodiment is formed by forming the inner peripheral comb teeth 11 of the inner peripheral filter 7 in a mesh shape.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the gap 4 of the outer peripheral filter 3 and the gap 12 of the inner peripheral filter 7 overlap with each other depending on the position of the groove 9 of the outer peripheral filter on which the protrusion 8 of the inner peripheral filter 7 is mounted. The filter itself may be fully opened, and the gap 4 of the outer filter 3 and the mesh-like inner comb teeth 11 of the inner filter 7 may overlap, and the filter itself may have a mesh configuration. The difference can be made bigger.

(Embodiment 4)
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a juicer filter according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Note that the same parts as those of the above-described embodiment and the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals, description thereof will be omitted, and only differences will be described.

  In the juicer filter 45 according to the present embodiment, the protrusion 8 of the inner peripheral filter 7 is fitted along the circumferential direction of the upper outer peripheral frame 13 to which the outer peripheral comb teeth 1 are connected and fixed. Grooves 14 and 15 are provided, and the depth of the groove 14 is different from the depth of the groove 15.

  For example, when the protrusion 8 of the inner peripheral filter 7 is set in the shallow groove 14, the inner peripheral comb tooth 5 of the inner peripheral filter 7 is located above the outer peripheral comb tooth 1 of the outer peripheral filter 3, and the outer peripheral filter 7 3 is formed so that a gap is formed between the gap 4 and the separation rod 19. When the protrusion 8 of the inner peripheral filter 7 is set in the deep groove 15, the inner peripheral comb teeth 5 of the inner peripheral filter 7 and the outer peripheral comb teeth 1 of the outer peripheral filter 3 are flush with each other and separated. It is comprised so that the bottom face of the collar 19 may be contacted.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, both ends of the handle 16 are pivotally supported on the upper portion of the inner filter 7 so as to be rotatable.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the gap of the filter itself can be adjusted by changing the height of the inner peripheral comb teeth 5 of the inner peripheral filter 7, so that the density and the touch can be changed. In addition, since the handle 16 provided on the upper part of the inner peripheral filter 7 is freely rotatable, it does not get in the way while using the juicer, and when changing the juice concentration or the touch of the juice, the handle 16 is raised so that the inner filter If 7 is lifted, the position of the protrusion 8 and the groove can be easily changed.

  As described above, since the juicer according to the present invention can adjust the concentration and the touch by adjusting the gap of the filter, it can be applied to applications such as a sputum retention type juicer and a centrifuge.

The perspective view of the filter of the juicer in Embodiment 1 of this invention The perspective view of the filter of the juicer in Embodiment 2 of this invention The perspective view of the filter of the juicer in Embodiment 3 of this invention The perspective view of the filter of the juicer in Embodiment 4 of this invention Cross-sectional view of a conventional juicer Cross-sectional view of the juicer filter

Explanation of symbols

1 Peripheral comb teeth (comb teeth)
3 Outer filter 5, 11 Inner comb teeth (comb teeth)
7 Inner perimeter filter 8 Protrusion 9, 14, 15 Groove 10 Mesh 16 Handle 17 Electric motor 18 Cutter 19 Separation rod 30, 35, 40, 45 Filter

Claims (6)

A main body having a built-in electric motor, a filter that is driven to rotate by the electric motor, and has a filter and a cutter that separates the juice by retaining the koji inside, and each of the filters is connected at its upper part A juicer comprising an inner peripheral filter made up of a number of comb teeth arranged in the vertical direction and an outer peripheral filter, wherein the inner peripheral filter can be mounted at an arbitrary position in the circumferential direction in the outer peripheral filter. The juicer according to claim 1, wherein combs of the inner filter or outer filter are formed in a mesh shape. The juicer according to claim 1, wherein a space between combs of the inner filter or the outer filter is formed in a mesh shape. The juicer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a protrusion is provided on the inner peripheral filter, and a plurality of grooves into which the protrusion is fitted are provided along an upper circumferential direction of the outer peripheral filter. The juicer according to claim 4, wherein the depths of the grooves are different. The juicer according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a handle for operation is rotatably provided on an upper portion of the inner peripheral filter.

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