JUICE EXTRACTOR FOR CITRUS FRUIT Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A47J19/02 

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to juice extractors for citrus fruit. The juice extractor for citrus fruit comprises a vertical nozzle mounted on a shaft driven by the electric motor, so that for juice extraction half of the citrus fruit can be pressed to the nozzle. Usually, such juice extractors are equipped with a lever bearing a hollow pressure element which is intended to lower by turning the lever for pressing the half of the fruit to the nozzle, and after application, usually the lever returns to its fully raised position. Accordingly, the lever takes its raised position and tends to take the raised position during storage and transportation. The invention provides a locking means for locking the lever in the lowered position, which provides the storage and transportation of the juice extractor with the lever fixed in the lowered position, which makes the juice extractor more compact and convenient to use. Particularly preferably, the lever is additionally equipped with a damping device, such as a rotating frictional damper for controlling the upward movement of the lever when it is disengaged from the locking device.

EFFECT: creation of compact and easy to use juice extractor.

12 cl, 4 dwg