DEVICE FOR CITRUS FRUIT SQUEEZING AND METHOD OF CITRUS FRUIT PIECE JUICING Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A47J19/02 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: device for citrus fruit squeezing comprises two pressure elements (30, 40) for the performing the pressing on the citrus fruit piece action, moreover, these pressure elements (30, 40) have the surfaces for contacting with the different sides of the pieces of the citrus fruit, which must be squeezed, and, along with this, the pressure elements (30, 40) are made moveable relative to each other in two contrary directions, in other words, to each other and from one another. Furthermore, the device for squeezing comprises the cutting tool for performing the citrus fruit piece cutting action through the fruit rind, wherein the cutting tool is placed for the penetration into the piece from its side, which is not in contact with the pressure elements (30, 40) surfaces. The cutting tool can comprise at a minimum one knife, which is placed in the lateral position towards the pressure elements (30, 40) surfaces.

EFFECT: device improvement.

12 cl, 9 dwg