Juice module for juicer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12564282-B2
Application number	US-202217919516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2022
Priority date	Oct 27, 2021
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

A juice module includes a juice drum accommodating a mesh body therein and coupled to an upper end of a main body, wherein a lid into which a juice object is input is coupled to an upper portion of the juice drum; and a screw mounted inside the mesh body to rotate with respect to a screw rotation shaft, having a spiral rib formed on an outer circumferential surface, and receiving and crushing the juice object from the lid, wherein the screw includes a support surface formed in a direction intersecting the screw rotation shaft to support the juice object input into the lid and a crushing portion formed on an upper end to intersect the support surface and cutting the juice object, and wherein the lid includes an inlet into which the juice object is input, the inlet guiding the juice object to reach the spiral rib or the support surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A juice module comprising:
a juice drum accommodating a mesh body therein and coupled to an upper end of a main body; a lid including an inlet through which a juice object is input and coupled to an upper end of the juice drum; and a screw mounted inside the mesh body, having a spiral rib formed on an outer circumferential surface, for receiving and grinding the juice object from the inlet, wherein the screw includes a crushing portion for bluntly cutting or crushing the juice object and a support surface configured to support a part of the juice object input into the inlet, wherein the support surface is formed so that one side extends continuously from a rear surface of the crushing portion and the other side of the support surface extends continuously from a front end of the crushing portion, and wherein the crushing portion projects from the support surface in a vertical direction, and is formed at a predetermined height to bluntly cut or crush the juice object during operation of the juice module.

2 . The juice module according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet includes a small diameter inlet and a large diameter inlet formed in a path different from that of the small diameter inlet.

3 . The juice module according to claim 2 , wherein the large diameter inlet includes an input guide portion to guide the juice object to be transferred to the screw.

4 . The juice module according to claim 3 , wherein the input guide portion is continuously connected from the large diameter inlet, is formed inclined toward a central shaft of the screw to assist a side of the juice object to start to be crushed by the screw.

5 . The juice module according to claim 3 , wherein a part of the input guide portion is formed in a structure extending beyond an outside from an upper area of the mesh body.

6 . The juice module according to claim 1 , wherein the crushing portion is formed in a vertical direction with respect to the support surface, and a crushing blade for bluntly cutting or crushing the juice object is formed on an upper end of the crushing portion.

7 . The juice module according to claim 1 , wherein a locking step projection is formed on the support surface in a partially protruding shape from an edge.

8 . The juice module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the screw further includes a transfer surface to transfer the juice object in a rotational direction of the screw, and wherein the transfer surface is a cross-section formed at a lower end of the crushing portion.

9 . The juice module according to claim 1 , wherein the screw includes a transfer surface positioned in a radial direction with respect to the screw rotation shaft, and
wherein the transfer surface is formed to a certain height and area.

10 . The juice module according to claim 1 , wherein the support surface is formed so that one side is formed at a position relatively higher than that of the other side.

11 . The juice module according to claim 1 , wherein the crushing portion includes an extension member formed to extend in an outer direction of the support surface.

12 . The juice module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the lid further includes a crushing rib formed on an inner surface in a vertical direction, and wherein the crushing rib cuts or crushes the juice object by interaction with the crushing portion.

13 . The juice module according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet is formed as two or more paths.

Assignees

• Nuc Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jong Boo

Classifications

• A47J19/02

  Citrus fruit squeezers; Other fruit juice extracting devices · CPC title

• A23N1/02 Primary

  combined with disintegrating or cutting · CPC title

• A47J19/025 Primary

  including a pressing screw · CPC title

• A47J19/06

  Juice presses for vegetables · CPC title