Juice extractor

摘要

An extractor (not shown) is disclosed for separating the juice and juice sacs from a citrus fruit that includes a lower cup for supporting a single piece of citrus fruit and an upper cup disposed vertically above the lower cup with the upper and lower cups moveable relative to each other in a vertical direction so as to cooperate to squeeze the piece of citrus fruit placed therebetween. An upper cutter is provided for cutting a plug in the citrus to permit the separation of the peel from the juice and the juice sacs, while a lower cutter is provided for cutting the plug to allow the juice and juice sacs to exit therethrough when the fruit is squeezed between the upper and lower cups. A strainer tube (26) is vertically oriented beneath the lower cup and lower cutter, with the strainer tube having a plurality of circumferential slots (38) along its working length (36). A plunger tube is slidingly received within the strainer tube for forcing the juice and juice sacs outwardly through the slots and the strainer tube into a separate reservoir. The slots in the strainer tube may be of equal width and evenly spaced apart or of varying widths. In any event, the slots are preferably between about 0.5 and about 3 millimeters in width.