JUICER CARTRIDGE WITH COUPLING

• US 20170252993A1
• Filed: 03/02/2017
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fresh Press, LLC
• Original Assignee: Juicero, Inc.
• Inventors: KATZ, PAUL, Schultz, Neil
• Application Number:
  US15/447,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20170252993A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 9/047 Control arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 9/06 co-operating with permeable casings or strainers
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 9/262 means disposed in the casing facilitating the squeezing-out of liquid
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/566 Hand holes or suspension apertures
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/5855 Peelable seals
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/5866 Integral spouts
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/72 for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials

Abstract

Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Claims

1. A juicer cartridge comprising:

a liquid impermeable compartment at least partially surrounding liquid containing food matter;

an outlet associated with the liquid impermeable compartment, wherein liquid extracted from the food matter flows through the outlet; and

a coupling associated with the liquid impermeable compartment that selectively couples the juicer cartridge to a cartridge support in an associated juicer in a substantially vertical orientation relative to a base of the juicer.

2. The juicer cartridge of claim 1, further comprising a cartridge orienting feature that interfaces with a corresponding orienting feature of the juicer to correctly orient the juicer cartridge in the juicer.

3. The juicer cartridge of claim 2, wherein the cartridge orienting feature is integrated with the coupling.

4. The juicer cartridge of claim 1, further comprising an information region associated with the liquid impermeable compartment.

5. The juicer cartridge of claim 4, wherein the information region is positioned proximate to the coupling.

6. The juicer cartridge of claim 4, wherein the information region includes at least one of a bar code, a quick response (QR) code, a label, a time temperature indicator (TTI), a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a printed graphic, an embossed graphic, and an etched graphic.

7. The juicer cartridge of claim 1, wherein the coupling comprises at least one of a cutout in the juicer cartridge, a pin, a recess, a hook, a clasp, a magnetic material, a frictional engagement region, and a hook and loop material.

8. The juicer cartridge of claim 1, wherein the outlet is disposed on a side of the liquid impermeable compartment opposite the coupling.

9. The juicer cartridge of claim 1, further comprising one or more liquid permeable compartments at least partially surrounding the food matter and at least partially contained within the liquid impermeable compartment.

10. The juicer cartridge of claim 1, further comprising one or more seals associated with the outlet, wherein the one or more seals burst open above a threshold pressure.

11. A juicing system comprising:

a juicer comprising;

a pressing chamber shaped and sized to accept a corresponding juicer cartridge;

a cartridge support associated with the pressing chamber; and

a juicer cartridge comprising a coupling, wherein the coupling is selectively couplable to the cartridge support to support the juicer cartridge in a substantially vertical orientation relative to a base of the juicer.

12. The juicing system of claim 11, wherein when the juicer cartridge is coupled to the cartridge support, an outlet of the juicer cartridge is oriented downward at an angle between or equal to about 5 degrees and 30 degrees relative to an axis extending vertically upward from a base of the juicer.

14. The juicer system of claim 11, wherein the juicer cartridge includes a cartridge orienting feature that interfaces with a corresponding orienting feature of the juicer to correctly orient the juicer cartridge in the pressing chamber.

15. The juicer system of claim 14, wherein the cartridge orienting feature is integrated with the coupling and the orienting feature of the juicer is integrated with the cartridge support.

16. The juicer system of claim 11, wherein the juicer cartridge further comprises an information region associated with the liquid impermeable compartment and the juicer further comprises a reader, and wherein the information region is positioned adjacent to the reader when the juicer cartridge is positioned and oriented correctly in the pressing chamber of the juicer.

17. The juicer system of claim 16, wherein the information region is positioned proximate to the coupling.

18. The juicer system of claim 16, wherein the information region includes at least one of a bar code, a quick response (QR) code, a label, a time temperature indicator (TTI), a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a printed graphic, an embossed graphic, and an etched graphic.

19. The juicer system of claim 16, wherein the information region includes information used to control at least one of a desired pressing speed, force profile, pressing temperature, and total pressing stroke of the juicer.

20. The juicer system of claim 11, wherein the coupling and/or support comprise one or more of a cutout, a pin, a recess, a hook, a clasp, a magnetic material, a frictional engagement region, and a hook and loop material.

21. The juicer system of claim 11, wherein an outlet of the juicer cartridge is disposed on a side of the liquid impermeable compartments opposite the coupling.