A fruit squeezer for squeezing juice picks up, squeezes and discards the squeezed fruit with use of a single hand. The squeezer has a first handle and a second handle that are rotatably connected to each other. Each handle has a top portion and a bottom portion. A biasing spring biases the top and b
A fruit squeezer for squeezing juice picks up, squeezes and discards the squeezed fruit with use of a single hand. The squeezer has a first handle and a second handle that are rotatably connected to each other. Each handle has a top portion and a bottom portion. A biasing spring biases the top and bottom portions apart. A U-shaped jaw is fixed to the bottom end of the second handle. A pressing plate jaw is pivotally mounted to the bottom end of the first handle. Squeezing the top ends of the handles toward each other against the force of a spring moves the jaws for squeezing the fruit. A screen operatively connected to the handles simultaneously rotates at a second pivot axis from a rest position to a screening position below the fruit for screening solids from the squeezed juice.
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1. A squeezer for squeezable liquid-containing items from which solids may also be squeezed, the squeezer comprising: a first handle having a top portion with a top end and a bottom portion with a bottom end;a second handle having a top portion with a top end and a bottom portion with a bottom end,
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A squeezer for squeezable liquid-containing items from which solids may also be squeezed, the squeezer comprising: a first handle having a top portion with a top end and a bottom portion with a bottom end;a second handle having a top portion with a top end and a bottom portion with a bottom end, and being rotatably connected to the first handle at a first pivot axis;a biasing spring connected between the first and second handles for biasing the top and bottom portions apart and against a squeezing force that is applied to move the top portions of the handles together and the bottom portions of the handles together;a U-shaped jaw connected to the bottom end of the second handle for receiving and confining an item to be squeezed, the U-shaped jaw having a pair of arms and a base connected between the pair of arms;a pressing plate jaw pivotally mounted to the bottom end of the first handle for pivoting between a pressing plate jaw rest position facing downwardly and spaced from the U-shaped jaw, and a squeezing position between the pair of arms of the U-shaped jaw for holding the item to be squeezed between the pressing plate jaw and the base of the U-shaped jaw;a screen pivotally mounted at a second pivot axis to the U-shaped jaw, the screen configured to pivot externally to the U-shaped jaw;a crank connected to the screen and configured to rotate the screen in response to the top portions of the handles moving toward each other, wherein the screen is configured to rotate about the second pivot axis from a screen rest position external to a side of the U-shaped jaw to a screening position below and outside of a space between the jaws for screening solids from liquids squeezed from an item between the jaws; andat least one link arm connected between the first handle and the crank for rotating the crank about the second pivot axis when the top portions of the handles are squeezed together by the squeezing force, to move the screen from the screen rest position to the screening position, the biasing spring biasing the top portions of the handles apart and, through the at least one link arm, rotating the crank in an opposite direction to move the screen from the screening position to the screen rest position when the top portions of the handles are released;the pressing plate jaw being positioned at the bottom end of the first handle and with respect to the U-shaped jaw so that when the jaws are lowered toward an item to be squeezed that is positioned below the space between the jaws, and the pressing plate jaw is in the pressing plate jaw rest position, the pressing plate jaw is caused to rotate into the squeezing position with the item to be squeezed captured between the arms of the U-shaped jaw and the pressing plate jaw. 2. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one link arm comprises a first link arm fixed to the first handle and extending from the first pivot axis toward the crank, and a second link arm pivotally connected between the first link arm and the crank for rotating the crank about the second pivot axis when the top portions of the first and second handles are moved toward each other. 3. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the crank comprises a crank disc, the second link arm being pivotally connected to the crank disc at a radius that is spaced from the second pivot axis. 4. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a wiper blade at the bottom end of the base of the U-shaped jaw, shaped and positioned with respect to the screen for wiping the screen as the screen moves from the screening position below the space between the jaws, to the screen rest position at the side of the U-shaped jaw. 5. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pressing plate jaw includes a base plate pivotally mounted to the bottom end of the first handle for pivoting between the pressing plate jaw rest position and the squeezing position, and an expansion plate mounted to the base plate for being set at a plurality of relative positions on the base plate for adjusting the foot-print of the pressing plate jaw for various sizes of items to be squeezed. 6. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the screen comprises a screen frame and a sieve mounted across the screen frame in a position and of a shape to be wiped by the wiper blade, a pair of screen arms connected to the screen frame and extending toward the second pivot axis, the crank comprising a crank disc rotatably mounted at the second pivot axis on one side of the U-shaped jaw, the apparatus including a second disc rotatably mounted at the second pivot axis on an opposite side of the U-shaped jaw, the screen arms being respectively connected to the crank disc and second disc. 7. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the screen comprises a screen frame and a sieve mounted on the screen frame in a position to be wiped by the wiper blade, the sieve being curved at a radius of curvature from the second pivot axis and the wiper blade being at said radius of curvature so as to wipe the sieve when the screen is moved, the screen frame having a pair of screen arms connected to the screen frame and extending toward and being connected to the second pivot axis. 8. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a link having a top end and a bottom end, the top end being connected to the top portion of the first handle and the bottom end being operatively connected to the at least one link arm, whereby moving the top portions of the first handle and second handle toward each other causes the link to move the at least one link arm. 9. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a spool mounted on a pin along the first pivot axis, the spool having an inner end and an outer end, the bottom end of the link connected to the inner end of the spool, and the top end of the at least one link arm being connected to the outer end of the spool. 10. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first pivot axis is intermediate between the top and bottom portions of the handles. 11. The squeezer apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis are aligned. 12. A squeezer for squeezable liquid-containing items from which solids may also be squeezed, the squeezer comprising: a first handle having a top portion with a top end and a bottom portion with a bottom end;a second handle having a top portion with a top end and a bottom portion with a bottom end, and being rotatably connected to the first handle at a first pivot axis;a biasing spring connected between the first and second handles for biasing the top and bottom portions apart and against a squeezing force that is applied to move the top portions of the handles together and the bottom portions of the handles together;a jaw connected to the bottom end of the second handle for receiving and confining an item to be squeezed;a pressing plate pivotally mounted to the bottom end of the first handle for pivoting between a rest position facing downwardly and spaced from the jaw, and a squeezing position proximate the jaw for holding the item to be squeezed between the pressing plate and the jaw when the pressing plate and the jaw are lowered toward the item to be squeezed that is positioned below a space between the pressing plate and the jaw;a screen pivotally mounted at a second pivot axis to the jaw for movement from a screen rest position external to a side of the jaw, and pivoting externally to the jaw, to a screening position below and outside of a space between the jaw and the pressing plate for screening solids from liquids squeezed from the item confined by the jaw;a crank connected to the screen and rotatable with the screen about the second pivot axis;at least one link arm connected between the first handle and the crank for rotating the crank about the second pivot axis when the top portions of the handles are squeezed together by the squeezing force, to move the screen from the screen rest position to the screening position, the biasing spring biasing the top portions of the handles apart and, through the at least one link arm, rotating the crank in an opposite direction to move the screen from the screening position to the screen rest position when the top portions of the handles are released;a link having a top end and a bottom end, the top end being connected to the top portion of the first handle and the bottom end being operatively connected to the at least one link arm, whereby moving the top portions of the first handle and second handle toward each other causes the link to move the at least one link arm; anda spool mounted on a pin along the first pivot axis, the spool having an inner end and an outer end, the bottom end of the link connected to the inner end of the spool, and the top end of the at least one link arm being connected to the outer end of the spool,wherein the at least one link arm comprises a first link arm and a second link arm, the first link arm is fixed to the first handle and extending from the first pivot axis toward the crank, the second link arm is pivotally connected between the first link arm and the crank for rotating the crank about the second pivot axis when the top portions of the first and second handles are moved toward each other,wherein the crank comprises a crank disc, the second link arm being pivotally connected to the crank disc at a radius that is spaced from the second pivot axis.
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