APPARATUS FOR MAKING FRESHLY SQUEEZED ORANGE JUICE

• US 20170367375A1
• Filed: 06/15/2017
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jun Deng
• Original Assignee: Jun Deng
• Inventors: DENG, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,638,777 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/06 from citrus fruits
• CPC Class Codes: A23N 1/00 Machines or apparatus for extracting juice preparation of non-alcoholic beverages, e.g. by adding ingredients to fruit or vegetable juices, A23L2/00; apparatus for making beverages A47J31/00 ; centrifuges B04B; extracting presses B30B
• CPC Class Codes: A23N 1/003 especially for citrus fruits
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 9/02 for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material, e.g. juice from fruits, oil from oil-containing material kitchen equipment A47J; filtering, e.g. straining solids from liquids, using presses in combination with filtering elements B01D; expelling water from textile fabrics or laundry D06C, D06F; drying F26 ; clothes presses D06F69/00, D06F71/00
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 7/00 Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 7/0073 Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing B67C3/2642 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/10 with associated dispensing of containers, e.g. cups or other articles

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for making freshly squeezed orange juice, comprising a rotatory basket, a conveying guide device, a juice extractor, a water supply tank, a high pressure water pump, a supercharging device, a spraying and conveying pipeline, a spray pipeline, a spray head, a movable filter mesh, an orange juice collection funnel, a filling control valve, a filling ellipsoid-shaped vessel, a filling and conveying pipeline, a high pressure air pump, an air treatment and purification device, a high pressure gas conveying pipeline, a bottle, a bottling container, a bottle guiding device, a bottle conveying mechanism, a bottle transverse-conveying mechanism, a bottle inlet position detection device, a bottle filling position detection device, a bottle capping position detection device, a filling position and liquid level detection device, a bottle cap locking detection device, an automatic capping mechanism, a liquid recovery guiding device, a liquid recovery bucket, a finished product receiving device, a UV sterilization device, a refrigerating system, a thermal insulation cavity and a control center.

Claims

1. An apparatus for making freshly squeezed orange juice, comprising:

a rotary material basket (1), a transportation guide device (2), a juicer (3), a water supply tank (4), a high pressure water pump (5), a pressure boosting device (6), a spraying transportation pipeline (7), a spraying pipeline (8), a spraying head (9), a movable filter (10), an orange juice collecting funnel (11), a filling control valve (12), a filling oval container (13), a filling transportation pipeline (14), a high pressure air pump (15), an air processing and purifying device (16), a high pressure air transportation pipeline (17), a bottle (18), a bottle container (19), a bottle guide device (20), a bottle transportation mechanism (21), a bottle transverse transportation mechanism (22), a bottle inlet position detecting device (23), a bottle filling position detecting device (24), a bottle capping position detecting device (25), a filling position liquid level detecting device (26), a bottle cap locking detecting device (27), an automatic capping mechanism (28), a liquid recycle guiding device (29), a liquid recycle bucket (30), a finished product receiving device (31), a UV sterilization device (32), a refrigerating system (33), a heat-insulating chamber (34), and a control center (35);

wherein the rotary material basket (1) is arranged at a top of the juicer (3) and is connected with the juicer (3) via the transportation guide device (2);

the water supply tank (4) is arranged at a bottom of the heat-insulating chamber (34) and is connected with the high pressure water pump (5) via a pump inlet connecting pipeline (701);

the high pressure water pump (5) is connected with the pressure boosting device (6) via a pump outlet connecting pipeline (702);

the pressure boosting device (6) is connected with the spraying pipeline (8) via the spraying transportation pipeline (7);

the spraying head (9) is arranged on the spraying pipeline (8);

the filling oval container (13) is connected with and arranged below the filling control valve (12);

the orange juice collecting funnel (11) is connected with and arranged above the filling control valve (12);

the orange juice collecting funnel (11) is connected with a lower portion of an interior of the juicer (3) via a fastener;

the high pressure air pump (15) is arranged at the bottom of the heat-insulating chamber (34) and is connected with the air processing and purifying device (16) via a pump outlet connecting pipeline (1701);

the air processing and purifying device (16) is connected to a junction between the filling oval container (13) and the filling control valve (12) via the high pressure air transportation pipeline (17);

the bottle (18) is arranged in the bottle container (19);

the bottle container (19) is arranged above the bottle transportation mechanism (21);

the liquid recycle guiding device (29) is arranged below a bottle filling position (2401);

the UV sterilization device (32) is arranged at an upper portion of the heat-insulating chamber (34) and is close to the rotary material basket (1).

2. The apparatus for making freshly squeezed orange juice according to claim 1, wherein in the rotary material basket (1), a driving motor (101) drives a rotary table (102) to rotate, which drives an orange (103) to fall from the rotary material basket (1) into the transportation guide device (2), and the orange (103) is further transported into the juicer (3) through the transportation guide device (2).

3. The apparatus for making freshly squeezed orange juice according to claim 1, wherein the bottle (18) is transported to the bottle guide device (20) via the bottle transportation mechanism (21) and then falls into a bottle inlet position (2301);

the bottle (18) is transported from the bottle inlet position (2301) to a bottle filling position (2401) via the bottle transverse transportation mechanism (22) and stays there waiting for being filled;

the bottle (18) is transported from the bottle filling position (2401) to a bottle capping position (2501) via the bottle transverse transportation mechanism (22);

the bottle (18) is capped with a bottle cap (1801) via the automatic capping mechanism (28), the automatic capping mechanism (28) is arranged above the bottle capping position (2501);

the bottle (18) is transported into the finished product receiving device (31) via the bottle transverse transportation mechanism (22) after being capped with the bottle cap (1801).

4. The apparatus for making freshly squeezed orange juice according to claim 1, wherein the heat-insulating chamber (34) comprises a thin inner wall (3401) and a thin outer wall (3402) and a middle cavity (3403) defined therein;

the middle cavity (3403) of the heat-insulating chamber (34) is filled with a foaming heat-insulating material (3404).

5. The apparatus for making freshly squeezed orange juice according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerating system (33) comprises a compressor (3301), an evaporator (3302), a condenser (3303) and a temperature control device (3304);

the condenser (3303) of the refrigerating system (33) is arranged at a middle cavity (3403) of the heat-insulating chamber (34) and is spirally arranged at a thin inner wall (3401).