| 摘要 |
An upper citrus rind cutter used for squeezing a fruit to extract juice is provided. The fruit has pulp, a rind, and essential oils. The upper citrus rind cutter is configured to reduce the amount of pulp, rind, and essential oils in the extracted juice. The cutter includes a top, a bottom and a length defined therebetween and a cutting zone proximate the bottom. The cutter further includes an axial opening along the length of the cutter. The axial opening has an outlet proximate the bottom. The cutter also includes a plurality of radial openings proximate the bottom of the cutter, coinciding with the cutting zone and coupled in fluid communication with the outlet of the axial opening, wherein pressurized water is channeled through the axial opening into the plurality of radial openings to clean the cutting zone. The cutter further includes a plurality of lateral outlet tubes within the cutter such that when the pressurized water is channeled through the axial opening, pulp, rind, and essential oils from the fruit are expelled through the plurality of lateral outlet tubes to facilitate cleaning the cutter.
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