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A fruit and vegetable juice press assembly. The assembly includes a frame (12) which supports a press drive (166, 172, 174) and a food processor drive (120). A removable housing (14) is mounted over the drives, the removable housing including two spaced apart housing portions (76, 78). A platen (170

A fruit and vegetable juice press assembly. The assembly includes a frame (12) which supports a press drive (166, 172, 174) and a food processor drive (120). A removable housing (14) is mounted over the drives, the removable housing including two spaced apart housing portions (76, 78). A platen (170), a press bag (18), and a press bag support (218-248) are located in the pressing chamber between the housing portions. A portion (168) of the press drive extends through an aperture in the sidewall (78.41) of one of the two housing portions, the platen being removably secured to the portion (168). A process (16) is removably secured to the top of the other housing portion (76). The processor includes a grater, an impeller, and a two part or clam-shell discharge chute (100, 106) which, during operation of the grater (84) and impeller (86-90), causes grated pulp material to be discharged into the press bag. A hopper cover (158) and guards (276, 286) to either side of the pressing chamber are provided, which cover and guards must be in place before commencement of the operation of the apparatus. A juice collector (22) is disposed beneath a trough (80) at the bottom of the pressing chamber. Manually engagable start, stop and grind time varying controls (294, 296, 304) are provided, which controls initiate the operation of a controller supported by the frame.

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A fruit and vegetable juice press assembly comprising: a frame; a first housing removably supported on the frame; a fruit and vegetable processor removably mounted on the first housing, the processor including a grater rotatable about a generally vertically extending axis, an impeller disposed below

A fruit and vegetable juice press assembly comprising: a frame; a first housing removably supported on the frame; a fruit and vegetable processor removably mounted on the first housing, the processor including a grater rotatable about a generally vertically extending axis, an impeller disposed below the grater and also rotatable about said axis, the impeller including a circular disk having a plurality of radially extending vanes on its upper surface, and a discharge chute associated with the impeller and through which grated fruit and vegetables may be discharged, the grater being secured to the radially extending vanes, and wherein the impeller includes an upwardly extending hub which supports a central apertured portion of the grater, the hub being provided with a drive aperture; a hopper mounted above the processor and in communication with the grater; a press bag having open and closed ends; press bag support means removably supporting the press bag with its open end in communication with the discharge chute; a juice collector supported by the frame below the press bag; drive means for driving the processor to cause fruit and vegetables within the hopper to be grated and impelled through the discharge chute into the press bag, the drive means including a motor mounted within the first housing, a drive shaft extending from the motor upwardly through the housing and into and through the hub of the impeller and the central portion of the grater, the drive shaft including a first cylindrical portion, an upper threaded portion and an intermediate drive portion received in driving connection within the drive aperture in the hub of the impeller, and the drive means further including a threaded element which engages the threaded portion of the shaft to hold the grater and impeller on the drive shaft; press means supported by the frame for pressing the press bag to squeeze juice from the grated fruit and vegetables which have been impelled into the press bag by the processor, the squeezed juice flowing by gravity from the press bag to the collector; and control means mounted on the frame for controlling the functions of the drive means and the press means.