US Patent Issued to JBT Marel on Sept. 22 for "Method to increase extraction capacity, power, and efficiency in a juice extraction machine" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,438, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to JBT Marel Corp. (Chicago).

"Method to increase extraction capacity, power, and efficiency in a juice extraction machine" was invented by David Danner (Tampa, Fla.), Brandon Coles (Temple Terrace, Fla.), Michael Mas (Lakeland, Fla.) and Philip G. Hebbler (Winter Haven, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A juicing machine comprises: an electric motor; a variable frequency drive configured to control the speed of the electric motor; a juicing mechanism that has at least one extraction assembly that operates cyclically to extract juice; and at least one sensor that determines the position or pos...