EP1003407B1 - Cuillere a soupe - Google Patents

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EP1003407B1
EP1003407B1 EP98945008A EP98945008A EP1003407B1 EP 1003407 B1 EP1003407 B1 EP 1003407B1 EP 98945008 A EP98945008 A EP 98945008A EP 98945008 A EP98945008 A EP 98945008A EP 1003407 B1 EP1003407 B1 EP 1003407B1
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mouthpiece
spoon
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Bernd Böhm-Van Diggelen
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00—Table-ware
    • A47G21/04—Spoons; Pastry servers

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  • the invention relates to a tablespoon for intake mushy or liquid food with one handle and one adjoining trough-shaped, concave trained mouth part made of soft and flexible Material.
  • This known spoon is a deep one Shovel shape, the width of which is approximately twice the depth corresponds, that is, the cross section in the middle of the Mouth part represents a semicircle.
  • Such a deep one Spoon cannot press the tongue into one convex shape can be turned inside out so that the food too not be pressed off the spoon in this way could.
  • the tongue also comes when trying to swallow, as long as the spoon remains in the mouth, not close enough to the Palate to trigger the swallowing reflex.
  • Muscles mainly the Orbicularis oris muscle (ring muscle around the Mouth opening), necessary. So that the mouth part of the Spoon sealed at the transition to the handle. At the same time, the spoon can be pulled out of the oral cavity with the food remaining in the oral cavity. The Swallowing follows.
  • This group of people includes, for example, infants, who have so far only been able to suckle their food Mother's breast or on the bottle, as well People with facial paralysis after an accident or Stroke or with other, for example through Facial paralysis or limitation due to disease the facial function.
  • the invention has for its object a tablespoon of the type mentioned at the outset so that the Food intake for the aforementioned group of people much easier or only designed practically is made by its concave shape due to the pressure of the tongue turned into a convex shape and the mouth part of the Arch form of the hard palate in sagittal and transverse direction is adjusted so that the tongue so that the swallowing reflex comes close to the palate can be triggered while the tablespoon is still in the Mouth.
  • the boundary edge of the mouthpiece and the longitudinal axis of the handle are in the same plane and that the largest, with a width of 24 mm Mouth part equal to four times its maximum height while the material thickness of the mouthpiece is towards to the tip of 2 mm near the Grips to 1.3 mm in the middle and up to 1.2 mm decreases in the front third and that its concave shape when swallowed by the pressure of the Tongue (Z) can be turned into a convex shape and the mouthpiece the arch shape of the hard palate (G) into sagital and transverse direction is adjustable.
  • the Mouth part made of a material, for example elastomer, with a Shore hardness in the range of preferably 60 to 80 consists.
  • Fig. 1 shows an inserted into an oral cavity Tablespoon, the concave mouth part of which carries the food.
  • the palate G and the tongue Z are also shown the mouthpiece just touched at first.
  • Fig. 2 shows the position of the tongue Z during the Swallowing process, the tongue being the mouth part of the in the Spoon located flat on the palate G squeezes, causing the food to move sideways from the spoon is pressed away.
  • the trough-shaped, concave shape The mouth part is turned into a convex by the tongue Z. Form turned inside out.
  • the Swallowing reflex can be triggered.
  • a participation facial expression Muscles especially the orbicularis oris muscle (Sphincter muscle around the mouth opening), to restrain the there is no food on the spoon in the mouth required. Only after the swallowing reflex has occurred and there is no food left on the spoon the spoon removed from the mouth.
  • FIG 3 shows in a cross section how the tongue Z presses the spoon against the palate G and how the mouth part in sagittal and transverse Congruently adjusts the direction of the curvature of the palate G.
  • the tongue T comes up to a distance the material thickness of the spoon on the palate G, so that a swallowing reflex can be triggered.
  • Figures 4 to 8 show the tablespoon according to the invention with exact dimensions, as he is already in large Quantities have been produced and with great success is used.

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Claims (3)

  1. Cuillère à soupe pour l'ingestion de nourriture pâteuse ou liquide, comportant une poignée et une partie de bouche qui s'y raccorde, en forme de cuvette, de réalisation concave, et en matériau souple et flexible, caractérisée en ce que la bordure de délimitation de la partie de bouche et l'axe longitudinal de la poignée se trouvent dans le même plan, et en ce que la plus grande largeur de 24 mm de la partie de bouche est égale à quatre fois sa plus grande hauteur, tandis que l'épaisseur du matériau de la partie de bouche diminue en direction de la pointe pour passer de 2 mm à proximité de la poignée à 1,3 mm au milieu et à 1,2 mm dans le tiers antérieur, et en ce que, lors de l'action de déglutition, sa forme concave peut être inversée par la pression de la langue (2) pour prendre une forme convexe, et la partie de bouche est adaptable à la forme arquée du palais dur (G) en direction sagittale et en direction transversale.
  2. Cuillère à soupe selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la poignée est réalisée d'un seul tenant conjointement avec la partie de bouche.
  3. Cuillère à soupe selon l'une ou l'autre des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée en ce que la partie de bouche est constituée en un matériau, par exemple un élastomère, avec une dureté Shore de préférence dans la plage de 60 à 80.
EP98945008A 1997-07-22 1998-07-17 Cuillere a soupe Expired - Lifetime EP1003407B1 (fr)

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DE19731429A DE19731429C2 (de) 1996-09-07 1997-07-22 Eßlöffel
DE19731429 1997-07-22
PCT/DE1998/002006 WO1999004674A1 (fr) 1997-07-22 1998-07-17 Cuillere a soupe

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EP1003407A1 EP1003407A1 (fr) 2000-05-31
EP1003407B1 true EP1003407B1 (fr) 2003-03-12

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EP (1) EP1003407B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2001510694A (fr)
AT (1) ATE234037T1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2297014A1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2195387T3 (fr)
WO (1) WO1999004674A1 (fr)

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JP2001510694A (ja) 2001-08-07
ATE234037T1 (de) 2003-03-15
US6467175B2 (en) 2002-10-22
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