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 Title: |
US4231496:
Food dispensing utensil
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Gilson, Channing W.; Los Angeles, CA 90027
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1980-11-04
/ 1979-04-02
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| Application Number: |
US1979000026339
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A23G 9/28;
A47G 19/22;
A47G 23/04;
A47J 43/28;
IPC-7:
B44D 3/40;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47J43/28C; A47G19/22B; A47G23/04;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
222/414;
294/001.1;
Original:
222/414;
294/001.R;
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| Field of Search: |
294/055,1
222/167,414
D01/022
426/134
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| Priority Number: |
| 1979-04-02 |
US1979000026339 |
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| Abstract: |
A hand-held food dispensing utensil comprised of a cup with a handle having a hollow cylindrical ring rotatably supported in the cup. A container or containers fit in the hollow portion of the ring. The containers have a liquid or dry mix food product stored therein which can be released to flow into a trough in the bottom of the cup. The food product is transferred to the ring by rotating it so its outer surface moves through the product. This is accomplished by manipulation by the tongue, by the hand, or by a linkage system. Rotation of the ring transfers the food product to the ring and can be removed from the ring by the tongue. A handle may be integral or provided by a replaceable pressurized container attached to the cup and containing a food product such as whipped cream which is released into the bottom of the cup by a trigger mechanism. The ring can be chilled so as to freeze or congeal previously-liquid material, such as ice-milk or ice cream mix, or can be heated to heat foods such as soups and hot chocolate. Its heat capacity tends to maintain foods at some agreeable or suitable temperature, and some at agreeable or suitable viscosities and textures. Some or all of the utensil parts can be made disposable for convenience.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Mon, Donald D. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Marbert, James B.;
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None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A food dispensing utensil comprising: a cup forming a trough; a handle on said cup; a ring rotably supported in said cup, said ring having a cavity to receive a container means containing material to be dispensed, said ring then encircling said container means, said material entering said trough when exiting from said container means, said ring having a peripheral surface at least part of which is from time to time in the trough, thereby to make contact with said material in said trough.
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| Forward References: |
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