Automatic Juicing Cone Feed for Gentle Fruit Extraction

Instead of rotating the fruit rapidly against a stationary cone (centrifugal) or grinding it (masticating), this invention inverts the approach by having the juicing cone rotate upward into the stationary fruit. The cone rotates slowly and pushes into the fruit from below, extracting juice through gentle compression rather than high-speed impact or grinding, thus maintaining extraction efficiency while avoiding excessive force on the fruit.

The juicing cone is equipped with an automatic feed mechanism that uses a spring-loaded arm to detect when fruit is present and automatically pushes the fruit onto the rotating cone. Once the fruit is positioned, the rotating cone self-advances vertically into the fruit through threaded engagement with a nut, eliminating the need for users to manually push or rotate the fruit. The system performs these actions autonomously while maintaining gentle treatment of the fruit.

The juicing cone transitions from a stationary component to a dynamically active one that performs multiple functions: it rotates horizontally to process the fruit, simultaneously advances vertically into the fruit through threaded engagement, and is automatically fed by a spring-loaded arm. This dynamic design enables full automation while maintaining relatively simple construction by combining multiple movements into a single integrated component rather than requiring separate mechanisms for each function.