Article: U.S., Brazilian Inventors Develop Juice Extractor

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 11 -- Jose Marcelo Carvalho of Araraquara, Brazil, Andre V. R. Lucato of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Gregory W. Schrader of Lakeland, Fla., have developed a juice extractor with bottom loading strainer tube.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A juice extractor includes an extractor frame, at least one pair of extractor cups relatively moveable to each other, a strainer tube that receives juice and pulp and discharges juice therefrom, and a juice manifold positioned to collect the juice discharged from the strainer tube. The strainer tube is bottom loaded on the juice manifold and includes a sealing assembly for sealing the strainer tube relative to the ...