DE20114348U1 - Handling device for food bodies - Google Patents

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT

LAW FIRM

Boehraert & Boehmert · P.O.B. 18 OI 62 ■ D-4Ü568 Düsseldorf

German Patent and Trademark Office
Zweibrückenstr. 12
80297 Munich

DR-INO. KARL BOEHMERT, PA (1899-1973)

DIPL-ING. ALBERT BOEHMERT, PA (1902-1993)

WILHELM J. H. STAHLBERG, SA. Bremen

DR-ING. WALTER HOORMANN, PA·, Bremen

DIPL.-PHYS. DR. HEINZ GODDAR, PA·, Munich

DR.-ING. ROLAND LIESEGANG, PA·, Mönchen

WOLF-DIETER KUNTZE, lawyer, Bremen, Alicante

DIPL.-PHYS. ROBERT MÜNZHUBER, PA (1933-1992)

DR. LUDWIG KOUKER, LAWYER, Bremen

DR. (CHEM.) ANDREAS WINKLER, PA·. Bremen

MICHAELA HUTH-DIERIG, RA, Munich DIPL.-PHYS. DR. MARION TONHARDT, PA·, DiBseldorf

DR. ANDREAS EBERT-WEIDENTELIER, BA. Bremen

DIPL.-ING. EVA LIESEGANG, PA·, Munich

DR. AXEL NORDEMANN, Attorney, Messenger

DIPL.-PHYS. DR. DOROTHEE WEBER-BRULS. PA·, Fronkfi»

DIPL.-PHYS. DR. STEFAN SCHOHE, PA·, Mönchen

DR-ING. MATTHIAS PHILIPP,PA·,Bielefeld

DR. MARTIN WIRTZ, RA, Düsseldorf

DR. DETMAR SCHÄFER, LAWYER, Bremen

DR. JAN BERND NORDEMANN, LLM.,RA, Berlin

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Profession»] Representation in its Community Practice Office, Austria PROF. DR. WILHELM NORDEMANN, RA, BRB' DIPL.-PHYS. EDUARD BAUMANN, PA·, Hallenkirchen DR-ING. GERALD KLÖPSCH, PA·,Düsseldorf DIPL.-ING. HANS W. GROENING, PA·, Munich DIPL.-ING. SIEGFRIED SCHlRMER, PA-. Bielefeld DIPL.-PHYS. LORENZ HANEWINKEL, PA·, Paderborn DlPL-ING. DR. JAN TÖNNIES, PA, RA, Kiel DIPL.-PHYS. CHRISTIAN BlEHL, PA·, Kiel DIPL.-PHYS. DR.-ING. UWE MANASSE, PA·, Bremen DR. CHRISTIAN CZYCHOWSKI, RA, Berlin DR. CARL-RICHARD HAARMANN, RA, Munich DIPL.-PHYS. DR. THOMAS L. BITTNER, PA·, Berlin DR. VOLKER SCHMITZ, RA, Manchen DIPL.-PHYS. CHRISTIAN W. APPELT, PA·. Munich DR. ANKE NORDEMANN-SCHIFFEL, Ra=, Potsdam KERSTIN MAUCH, LL.M, RA, Potsdam DIPL-BIOL. DR. JAN B. KRAUSS,PA.Mtt.dien JÜRGEN ALBRECHT, RA, Munich ANKE SIEBOLD, RA. Bremen
DR. KLAUS TIM BROCKER, RA, Berlin DR. ANDREAS DUSTMANN, LL.M., RA, Potsdam DIPL.-ING. NILS TF SCHMID, PA, Munich

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DIPL-CHEM. DR. HANS ULRICH MAY. PA-. Munich

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Dusseldorf,

29 August 2001

Silit-Werke GmbH & Co. KG

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88499 Riedlingen

Food body handling device

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The invention relates to a handling device for food bodies, with an elongated extension along which a shaft part with a holding part attached thereto extends.

When cooking or otherwise preparing food, there is often a need to inspect or taste the food before serving,

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or there is simply a desire to try food. In particular, the food often has to be taken out of a pot from above, and the food is often in a heated or hot liquid. In such cases, handling the food by hand is, if not impossible, then at least disadvantageous. Handling with a spoon is often disadvantageous, as the food would have to be taken out of the pot at such a steep angle that it would slide off the spoon.

Such a situation regularly arises, for example, when preparing spaghetti, tagliatelle, tortellini, ravioli, macaroni, gnocchi, fetucchini, cannelloni, fusilli, penne or other types of pasta, which are referred to here as food bodies, in particular shaped food parts. Shaped food parts also include all food bodies that are given a predetermined shape. For example, dumplings, cucumber slices, strips of meat or other pieces of food.

A spaghetti tester is known from the model registration DE 40002760 M, with which a spaghetti can be taken out of a pot. However, it is not possible to take out other food bodies that do not contain a strand-like substance similar to that of spaghetti using such a spaghetti tester.

Furthermore, from model registration DE 9204036 M a spaghetti spoon is known which has a serration on the edge and is suitable for serving spaghetti portions, but not for tasting spaghetti in bite-sized quantities.

The known state of the art poses the problem of suitable handling of pasta of any shape and in sufficient quantity, i.e. picking up and dispensing pasta of any shape and in a suitable quantity for sampling, in particular for tasting during preparation. The known devices are not suitable for use on food bodies other than in the form of strands, in particular not for use on pasta types other than in the form of strands.

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The invention is based on the object of specifying a handling device for food bodies which is improved with regard to the handling of food bodies during preparation and tasting. In particular, such a handling device should advantageously improve the handling, i.e. intake and dispensing, of food bodies in a wide variety of forms and in quantities suitable for tasting or sampling.

To achieve the object, the invention is based on a handling device for food bodies, with an elongated extension along which a shaft part with a holding part attached to it extends. According to the invention, the holding part is designed like a ladle and has a hook-like profile. In particular, the object is achieved by a handling device for food moldings, preferably by a handling device for pasta.

The handling device therefore has an elongated extension, so that it can advantageously be inserted without problems into a pot with a greater depth, for example 20 cm, in order to remove food bodies from there. It also has a shaft part that can be grasped by hand. The food bodies can be picked up by the holding part and, by bringing the handling device to the mouth, can be easily released again. The invention is based on the knowledge that such a handling device should have a holding part that is designed like a ladle and at the same time has a hook-like profile. This has the significant advantage that, due to the hook-like profile of the holding part, mainly strand-shaped food bodies can be picked up, but due to the ladle-like design of the holding part, other food bodies in a wide variety of shapes can of course also be picked up without problems. In addition to the pasta and food bodies mentioned above, this could also be asparagus, for example. In particular, the design of a ladle allows food bodies to be handled in bite-sized quantities. For this purpose, the shape and size of the ladle and/or hook shape of the holding part could be adapted to the preferred food body to be handled. In the vast majority of cases,

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In particular for handling pasta, a dimension of the holding part in the range of 1 to 5 cm proves to be particularly advantageous. According to a particularly preferred variant of the invention, the handling device is designed as a pasta tester.

Advantageous developments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.

Thus, the holding part is preferably designed in the form of a ladle by means of a hollow form with an upper opening, the plane of the opening cross-section of the upper opening forming an angle to the shaft that is less than 150°. The angle is preferably in the range of 90°. In contrast, a spoon is generally designed to be much flatter. The steeper ladle-like arrangement of the shaft and ladle, i.e. the opening cross-section of the hollow form, according to the development in particular prevents food items from slipping off the ladle.

Preferably, the inner edge of the hook-like profile of the holding part is oriented along a first leg and a second leg, the first leg being oriented essentially along the shaft and the second leg pointing away from the shaft. In particular, the second leg forms an angle to the first leg that is less than 90°, preferably 45° and in particular an acute angle.

According to a particularly preferred development of the invention, the ladle-like holding part has a lower opening which takes up at least part of the bottom of the ladle. The lower opening particularly preferably forms a lower edge of the ladle. This has the advantage that liquids which have been taken up into the holding part with the food body can drain off.

Furthermore, it is advantageous that an upper edge of the trowel is tooth-shaped. Preferably, a number of teeth are attached along the edge. According to a particularly preferred development, the edge is designed in the form of two teeth.

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This results in a design of the holding part that is both attractive and particularly useful for solving the task.

Advantageously, the holding part also has a notch which, in the profile of the holding part, includes at least one intersection point of an extrapolation of the first leg and the second leg. This advantageously improves the handling of spaghetti in particular, since it can be held particularly well in the notch.

According to a further development of the invention, the shaft is designed such that the handling device has a handle part at its proximal end and the holding part at its distal end, with the handle part and the holding part being connected via a transition part. It is particularly advantageous if the parts merge into one another in a continuous transition. The handling device is preferably designed in one piece. Such a handling device is particularly elegant and can be easily manufactured, for example as a molded part.

The invention is further advantageously developed in that the transition part is designed in a groove-like manner, but preferably curved. In particular, the groove or curvature merges into the ladle-like depression of the holding part in a continuous transition. This allows liquids taken from a pot to flow into the food body. Sauces in particular can be tasted together with the food body in this way.

It is particularly advantageous if the handle part is designed to be flat. Here too, the handle part surface preferably merges into the groove or curvature of the transition part in a continuous transition.

The handling device advantageously follows a curved line along the axis of the shaft in its profile.

A particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to the drawing. This is intended to describe the embodiment in terms of size, as

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However, the drawing is not necessarily to scale. Rather, the drawing is designed in a schematic and/or slightly distorted form for the purpose of explanation. With regard to additions to the teachings immediately apparent from the drawing, reference is made to the relevant state of the art. In detail:

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a pasta tester in perspective view,

the pasta tester of Fig. 1 in profile,

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again the pasta tester of Fig. 1 in profile,

Fig. 3 a

the holding part of the pasta tester of Fig. 1 for handling spaghetti,

Fig. 3 b and 3 c

the holding part of the pasta tester of Fig. 1 for handling penne.

The pasta tester 1 of Fig. 1 has a handle part 2, a transition part 3 and a holding part 4. The handle part 2 and the transition part 3 form a shaft part 2a. The handle part 2, transition part 3 and holding part 4 merge seamlessly into one another and the pasta tester 1 is manufactured as a whole as a one-piece molded part. The handle part 2 is flat in a shape that is advantageous for gripping. It also has an eyelet 5 that can be used to attach the pasta tester 1, for example to a hook. It is also suitable for displaying the manufacturer's name 6. As a result of the seamless transition to the transition part 3, the flat surface of the handle part 2 is deformed into a curvature 7 of the transition part 3, which in turn finally flows into the recess 8 of the holding part 4 in a seamless transition. In a situation that frequently occurs when preparing pasta, this embodiment of the invention, the pasta tester 1, is particularly well suited to picking up water or sauce when picking up the pasta, i.e. spaghetti and other types of pasta, and to supply this to the food body, i.e. the pasta to be tasted, via the curvature 7, so that, for example, a sauce can be tasted together with the pasta. Excess water or sauce, on the other hand, continues to be supplied to the recess 8 of the holding part 4 and can

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through an opening 9 in the base of the holding part 4. In order to make the intake and dispensing of pasta 10 in the pasta tester 1 particularly convenient and simple, the holding part 4 has the shape of a tulip-like cup which encloses the recess 8. For this purpose, the holding part 4 is designed as a hollow body which is open at the top and the upper edge 11 of the holding part 4 is designed in the form of two relatively large teeth 12a, 12b. Furthermore, the holding part 4 has a hook-like profile, with a notch 14 being provided in the tip 23 of the hook angle β.

The profile of the pasta tester 1 is shown in detail in Fig. 2a. In particular, the notch 14 in the tip of the hook angle 13 is clearly shown. Furthermore, it is made clear that the holding part 4 is designed like a ladle, in particular in that an angle α between the plane 15 of an upper opening of the holding part 4 designed as a hollow body and an axis 16, which essentially represents an axis of the elongated extension of the pasta tester 1, is in the region of 90. This angle could also be larger, but should not exceed 150°, so that when a pasta is taken out of a pot at a steep angle, it does not slip off the holding part 4.

The shaft part 2a of the pasta tester 1 extends over a shaft area 17 and the receiving part over a receiving area 18. The size ratio of the receiving area 18 to the shaft area 17 is approximately 1:3. The transition part 3 extends over a transition area 19 and the handle part 2 over a handle area 20. The transition area is designed to be slightly larger than the handle area 20. The sizes of the extension areas mentioned have proven to be advantageous, but could also be modified.

Fig. 2b shows the profile of the pasta tester 1 again, in particular to explain the hook-shaped profile of the holding part 4. The hook profile is oriented essentially along a first leg 21, which roughly follows the direction of the axis 16. The upper opening edge of the receiving part 4, formed by a tooth, essentially follows a second leg 22. The extrapolation 21a of the first leg has an intersection point 23 with the extrapolation 22a of the second leg. This intersection point 23, i.e. the tip of the hook

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kenwinkel β, is excluded from the notch 14. This measure has proven to be particularly advantageous for improving the holding properties for spaghetti 10.

Furthermore, the bottom area of the trowel-like holding part 4 is recessed by a further lower opening 9. This forms a circular lower edge 24 of the holding part 4.

Fig. 3 a shows that the holding part 4 of the pasta tester 1 can hold a large number of spaghetti 10 in a bite-sized quantity and can be advantageously delivered to the mouth for tasting. In this case, for example, a sauce flowing along the flow direction 25 can also be added to the spaghetti and tasted. Excess sauce or water can flow out through the opening 9 along the flow direction 26.

Fig. 3b shows that pasta of a shape other than a strand-like spaghetti-like shape can also advantageously be held, in this example preferably penne 28. Here too, sauce flowing along the flow direction 5 and 27 can be tasted and excess water or sauce can flow off along the flow direction 26.

Another holding option for pasta of various shapes is shown in Fig. 3c using an example of penne 28. Sauce to be tasted can be fed in along the flow direction 25 and discharged along the flow direction 26.

The features of the invention disclosed in the above description, in the drawings and in the claims can be essential for the realization of the invention both individually and in any combination.

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1. Handling device ( 1 ) for food bodies, preferably shaped food parts, in particular noodles ( 10 , 28 ), with an elongated extension along which a shaft part ( 2a ) with a holding part ( 4 ) attached thereto extends, characterized in that the holding part ( 4 ) is designed like a trowel and has a hook-like profile. 2. Handling device ( 1 ) according to claim 1, characterized in that the holding part ( 4 ) is designed in a trowel-like manner by means of a hollow mold having an upper opening, the plane ( 15 ) of the opening cross section of the upper opening forming an angle (α) to the shaft part ( 2a ) which is smaller than 150°, preferably in a range around 90°. 3. Handling device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the inner edge of the hook-like profile of the holding part ( 4 ) is oriented along a first leg ( 21 ) and a second leg ( 22 ), the first leg ( 21 ) being oriented substantially along the shaft part and the second leg ( 22 ) pointing away from the shaft part, in particular forming an angle (β) to the first leg ( 21 ) which is smaller than 90°. 4. Handling device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the trowel-like holding part ( 4 ) has a lower opening ( 9 ) which takes up at least part of the bottom of the trowel, preferably forming a lower edge ( 24 ) of the holding part ( 4 ). 5. Handling device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that an upper edge ( 11 ) of the holding part ( 4 ) is tooth-shaped, preferably has a number of teeth, in particular two ( 12a , 12b ). 6. Handling device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the holding part ( 4 ) has a notch ( 14 ) which, in the profile of the holding part ( 4 ), comprises at least one intersection point ( 23 ) of an extrapolation ( 21a , 22a ) of the first leg ( 21 ) and the second leg ( 22 ). 7. Handling device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized by a handle part ( 2 ) at its proximal end and the holding part ( 4 ) at its distal end, wherein the handle part ( 2 ) and the holding part ( 4 ) are connected via a transition part ( 3 ), preferably in a continuous transition. 8. Handling device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized by a one-piece design. 9. Handling device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the transition part ( 3 ) is designed in the form of a groove, preferably curved, wherein the groove or curvature ( 7 ) preferably merges in a continuous transition into the trowel-like recess ( 8 ) of the holding part ( 4 ). 10. Handling device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the handle part ( 2 ) is flat, wherein the handle part surface preferably merges in a continuous transition into the groove or curvature ( 7 ) of the transition part ( 3 ). 11. Handling device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the extension in the profile follows a curved line along the axis ( 16 ) of the shaft part ( 2a ).