EP1009268B1 - Essgabel mit beweglichem kopf - Google Patents

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EP1009268B1
EP1009268B1 EP98937380A EP98937380A EP1009268B1 EP 1009268 B1 EP1009268 B1 EP 1009268B1 EP 98937380 A EP98937380 A EP 98937380A EP 98937380 A EP98937380 A EP 98937380A EP 1009268 B1 EP1009268 B1 EP 1009268B1
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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
    • A47G21/02—Forks; Forks with ejectors; Combined forks and spoons; Salad servers
    • A47G21/023—Forks; Forks with ejectors
    • A47G21/026—Forks; Forks with ejectors comprising means for rotating the fork, e.g. rotating spaghetti forks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G2400/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A47G19/00-A47G23/16
    • A47G2400/06—Articles adapted for a particular kind of foodstuff
    • A47G2400/067—Articles adapted for a particular kind of foodstuff for pasta or noodles

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  • the invention relates to a fork to facilitate the consumption of spaghetti.
  • Spaghetti forks described in particular in US Patents 2,841,869 A, US 2,748,479 A and FR 1 078 380 A require the manufacture and assembly of several elements arranged so allow rotation of each fork by holding most of the handle in the palm with one hand and rotating the handle with the fingers placed near the fork.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a spaghetti fork which makes it possible to obviate the disadvantages of the known fork, is simple to manufacture and easy to handle correctly for simplify the consumption of different kinds of spaghetti.
  • the fork according to the invention is composed of two parts connected by snap-fitting or interlocking, a part consisting of a profiled handle having a fork, lateral faces flat and a profiled section end forming a first fixing element, the other part of the fork being constituted by a movable head with profiled section forming a corresponding fixing element.
  • Said fastening elements are respectively formed in one piece with the handle and with the movable head, so that said movable head is mounted freely on the end of the handle by snap-fastening or nesting and to allow an angular relative movement between said movable head and said handle, all so that you can fix said head in the palm of one hand, submit the handle of the fork in a rotational movement with respect to the head by means of the fingers of this hand and thus facilitating the winding of the spaghetti on the fork.
  • the movable head advantageously consists of a cap surrounding the end of the handle of the fork, this cap possibly being in particular spherical in shape.
  • the two parts constituting the fork according to the invention can be connected in a simple way and effective by snap-fastening by forming on the one hand said movable head so that it has a cavity cylindrical interior communicating through an intermediate axial passage with an exterior cavity cylindrical, and on the other hand forming the handle of the fork so that it has a ratchet two elastic tabs arranged on the end of the handle and enclosed in said interior cavity.
  • the fork according to the invention is advantageously used by fixing said head in the palm of a hand and turning the handle by means of said fingers of that hand, so as to be able to facilitate wrapping the spaghetti around the fork.
  • FIG. 1 Various embodiments of a fork provided with a movable head according to the invention are described below by way of example using the attached drawing.
  • the figures in the drawing show respectively a schematic partial section of a fork comprising various shapes execution of a movable head mounted freely at the end of a handle with a pentagonal section of a fork according to the invention.
  • Fig.1 shows a fork with a movable head in the form of a cap in a shape of the invention.
  • Fig. 1A shows an enlarged view of the end of the handle of a fork provided with a cap according to Fg. 1.
  • Fig. 2 shows an enlarged view of the end of the handle of a fork provided with a spherical movable head according to a second embodiment.
  • Fig. 3 shows an enlarged view of the end of the handle of a fork provided with a hemispherical movable head according to a third embodiment.
  • Fig. 1 shows a fork composed of a handle 1 and a movable cap 2 mounted freely at the end of the handle 1 so as to be able to rotate easily around a longitudinal axis of rotation X R. of the fork.
  • the handle 1 of the fork is integral with a fork leg 1A and a projection at the upper end of the handle forming a pawl with two elastic oblique legs 1B.
  • Fig. 1A shows an enlarged view of the end of the handle 1 surrounded by the cap 2 which is arranged so that it delimits a cylindrical interior cavity 2A enclosing said pawl with two oblique legs elastic 1B at the end of the handle, an axial passage 2D and an external cylindrical cavity 2E which is open downwards and contains the end of the handle 1.
  • the two elastic tabs 1B which are integral and protrude from the end of the handle each have an oblique side guide surface and a lower stop surface ID. These elastic tabs 1B are arranged symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of rotation X R. so that they are normally spaced from each other in their rest position.
  • the mounting of the cap 2 on the end of the handle 1 in the position according to FIG. 1 and 1A is performed by inserting the end of the handle 1 into the cap so that the oblique guide surfaces 1B tabs are pushed inward, allowing these tabs to pass through the axial passage 2D to pass into the upper cavity 2A where they return to their separated position by spring effect and are thus kept trapped in the interior cavity 2A
  • the cap 2 is snap-fitted at the end of the handle 1 by means of the elastic legs 1b the feet of which constitute a pivot making it possible to fix the relative position of the cap 2 relative to the handle 1, while allowing free relative rotation between the cap 2 and the handle 1
  • Fig. 2 shows a movable spherical cap 32 which comprises a cylindrical blind hole 32E and an internal annular rib 32F.
  • This hole 32E contains the end of the handle 31 which comprises a corresponding annular groove 31A.
  • This cap 32 is thus freely mounted around the longitudinal axis X R of the handle 31 by engagement of said internal annular rib 32F of the cap 2 in said corresponding groove 31A at the end of the handle 31.
  • Fig. 3 shows a hemispherical movable head 42 secured to a pivot with a spherical end 42A housed in a blind hole with a spherical bottom 42B formed in the end of the handle 41.
  • the movable head 42 is thus mounted simply by fitting the pivot 42A with spherical end in the blind hole with a spherical bottom 42B so as to allow the free rotation of this head 42 around the longitudinal axis of rotation X R situated on a median line of the fork.

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  1. Gabel für Spaghetti, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie aus zwei Teilen besteht, die miteinander mittels einer Schnapp- oder Einsteck-Verbindung gekoppelt sind, dass ein Teil der Gabel aus einem profilierten Schaft (1; 31; 41) besteht, der an seinem Fuss angeordnete Zinken (1A), flache Seitenflächen und einen profilierten Kopfteil aufweist, welcher ein erstes Element (1B; 31A; 42B) der genannten Verbindung bildet, dass der zweite Teil der Gabel aus einem beweglichen Knauf (2; 32; 42) mit einem profilierten Querschnitt besteht, der ein entsprechendes Element (2A, 2D, 2E; 32E, 32F; 42A) der genannten Verbindung bildet, dass die genannten Verbindungselemente jeweils aus einem Stück mit dem Schaft bzw. mit dem beweglichen Knauf gefertigt sind, so dass sie die genannte Verbindung bilden und dass dieser bewegliche Knauf mittels dieser Verbindung durch Einrasten oder Einstecken auf dem Kopfteil des Schafts (1) frei montiert ist, so dass eine relative Winkelbewegung zwischen diesem beweglichen Knauf und dem Schaft möglich ist, so dass der genannte Knauf (2, 32, 42) mit der Handfläche gehalten und der Schaft der Gabel mittels der Finger derselben Hand gegen den beweglichen Knauf verdreht werden kann und damit das Aufrollen von Spaghetti auf die Zinken der Gable vereinfacht wird.
  2. Gabel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der genannte Schaft (1) ein fünfseitiges Profil aufweist.
  3. Gabel nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der genannte bewegliche Knauf aus einer Kappe (2; 32) besteht, die den Kopfteil des Schafts (1; 31) umschliesst.
  4. Gabel nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der genannte bewegliche Knauf aus einer kugelförmige Kappe (32) besteht.
  5. Gabel nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der genannte bewegliche Knauf (2) einen oberen zylindrischen Hohlraum (2A) aufweist, der über einen mittleren Durchgang (2D) mit einem unteren zylindrischen Hohlraum (2E) in Verbindung steht und dass eine Sperrklinke aus zwei federnden Haken (1B) auf dem Kopfteil des Schafts ausgebildet und vom genannten oberen Hohlraum (2A) umschlossen wird.
  6. Gabel nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der genannte bewegliche Knauf (32) ein Sackloch (32E) aufweist, das eine profilierte zylindrische Wand mit einem inneren kreisförmigen Wulst (32F) aufweist und dass eine entsprechende Ringnut (31A) am Kopfteil des Schafts (31) angeordnet ist, so dass der genannte kreisförmige Wulst im beweglichen Knauf in diese Ringnut (31A) am Kopfteil des Schafts eingreift
  7. Verwendung der Gabel nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass man den genannten Knauf (2; 32; 42) mit einer Handfläche festhält und den genannten Schaft (1; 31; 41) mit den Fingern derselben Hand verdreht, so dass das Aufrollen von Spaghetti um den Zinken vereinfacht wird.
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PCT/CH1998/000344 WO1999011166A1 (fr) 1997-09-04 1998-08-18 Fourchette a tete mobile

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US2476617A (en) * 1943-09-09 1949-07-19 Walter W Mueller Swivel joint
FR967464A (fr) * 1948-06-09 1950-11-03 Perfectionnement aux tournevis
FR1078380A (fr) * 1952-11-18 1954-11-17 Fourchette tournante pour enrouler les spaghettis
US2748479A (en) * 1953-07-13 1956-06-05 Levine Herman Spaghetti fork
US2853779A (en) * 1955-07-25 1958-09-30 Lordo Products Inc Tools for eating spaghetti
US2841869A (en) * 1956-11-20 1958-07-08 Levine Herman Spaghetti fork with improved handle
US5052253A (en) * 1990-08-01 1991-10-01 Lin Ching Jou Screwdriver
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