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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
Adam Wade, Hampshire, GB;
Adam Wade, Hampshire, GB;
KENWOOD LIMITED, Havant, Hampshire, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to citrus juicers of the kind in which a reamer is supported upright on a shaft driven by an electric motor so that half of a citrus fruit may be pressed down onto the reamer for juice extraction. Typically such juicers are fitted with an arm () that carries a hollow pressing member which is intended to be lowered, by pivoting the arm, so as to press a half-fruit onto the reamer, and it is usual for the arm () to return to its fully raised position after use. Accordingly, the arm () is spring-urged towards its raised position and tends to adopt the raised position during storage and transit. The invention provides a latching means () to latch the arm () in a lowered position, thus allowing the juicer to be stored and moved around with the arm latched down, thereby making the juicer more compact and easier to handle. It is particularly preferred that the arm () is further provided with a damping device, such as a rotary viscous damper (), to control upward movement of the arm () when it is released from the latching means ().