Fruit juice apparatus with undesired material release detector and related methods

摘要

A fruit (e.g. citrus) juice apparatus may include at least one juice processing device (15a 15n, 22). The at least one juice processing device may include at least one juice output (16a - 16n, 19a - 19n) having a flow of juice therethrough. The at least one juice processing device upon a malfunction may cause an undesired material release along with the flow of juice into the at least one juice output. An undesired material release detector (21a - 21n, 25, 27) may be coupled to the at least one juice output for detecting the undesired material release. The detector may operate based upon magnetic proximity sensing of a moving filter plate within a housing of the detector. Alternatively, the detector may operate using a filter plate, and based upon pressure.