Method for extracting juice and Pulp of citrus fruits and a device for manipulating whole citrus fruits to extract juice and Pulp by Said method

摘要

The citrus fruit to be processed is placed inside the cavity of a lower cup provided with circumferentially spaced inwardly directed radial fingers. The lower cup is moved upwardly towards a stationary opposite upper cup provided with complementary fingers. The fruit is compressed between the cups, an opening is cut in its summit and suction is exerted through said opening, while a blade ruptures the pulp inside of the fruit. As interdigitation of the fingers of the cups proceeds, the fruit is compressed and the juice is extracted.