JUICER WITH JUICER CARTRIDGE ORIENTATION FEATURE

• US 20170252999A1
• 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: Schultz, Neil, Katz, Paul, Kiechel, John
• Application Number:
  US15/447,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20170252999A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 19/02 Citrus fruit squeezers; Other fruit juice extracting devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 19/06 Juice presses for vegetables
• 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 75/5855 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
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 1/00 Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught B67D3/00 takes precedence; apparatus for making beverages A47J31/00
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 1/0001 by squeezing collapsible or flexible storage containers B67D1/0462 takes precedence

Abstract

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

Claims

1. A juicer comprising:

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

at least one cartridge support that supports the corresponding juicer cartridge; and

an orientation feature associated with the pressing chamber that interacts with a corresponding orientation feature of the juicer cartridge to position and orient the juicer cartridge within the pressing chamber.

2. The juicer of claim 1, wherein the at least one cartridge support supports the juicer cartridge in a substantially vertical orientation relative to a base of the juicer.

3. The juicer of claim 2, wherein the at least one cartridge support supports the juicer cartridge at a downward angle between or equal to about 5 degrees and 30 degrees relative to a vertical axis extending upward from a base of the juicer.

4. The juicer of claim 1, wherein the cartridge support includes at least one of a cutout, a pin, a recess, a hook, a clasp, or a magnetic material.

5. The juicer of claim 1, further comprising a reader that reads information from a corresponding information region of the juicer cartridge, wherein the reader is located proximate to the cartridge support.

6. The juicer of claim 5, wherein the cartridge support includes at least two separate cartridge supports, and the reader is located between the at least two cartridge supports.

7. The juicer of claim 5, wherein the reader reads 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.

8. The juicer of claim 1, wherein the at least one cartridge support and the orientation feature are integrated.

9. The juicer of claim 1, wherein an outlet from the pressing chamber is located on an opposite side of the pressing chamber from the cartridge support.