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Article: Brazilian Inventors Develop Juice Extractors with Moveable Extractor Cups
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 17, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Luiz Fernando da Cruz Baptista and Francisco Celso Brocchetto, both of Araraquara, Brazil, have developed juice extractors with moveable extractor cups.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A juice extractor includes an extractor frame and extractor cups relatively moveable for compressing fruit therebetween. A camshaft is mounted for rotation within the extractor frame. A drive cam is mounted on the camshaft and operatively engages an extractor cup for driving the extractor cups into engagement with the respective other extractor cup during extractor operation. A counterweight is operatively engaged with the camshaft and provides balance to the ...