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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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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00Table-ware
    • A47G21/02Forks; Forks with ejectors; Combined forks and spoons; Salad servers
    • A47G21/023Forks; Forks with ejectors
    • A47G21/026Forks; Forks with ejectors comprising means for rotating the fork, e.g. rotating spaghetti forks
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G2400/00Details not otherwise provided for in A47G19/00-A47G23/16
    • A47G2400/06Articles adapted for a particular kind of foodstuff
    • A47G2400/067Articles 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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Domaine de l'inventionField of the invention

L'invention a pour objet une fourchette pour faciliter la consommation de spaghettis.The invention relates to a fork to facilitate the consumption of spaghetti.

Etat de la techniqueState of the art

Les fourchettes de table couramment utilisées diffèrent généralement dans leur formes et matériaux pouvant présenter divers avantages ou inconvénients.The commonly used table forks generally differ in their shapes and materials which may have various advantages or disadvantages.

Beaucoup de personnes, notamment des enfants ne parviennent pas à tenir une fourchette correctement pour manger des spaghettis par enroulement autour de la fourchette. Par conséquent, on est fréquemment amené à s'aider d'une cuillère afin de pouvoir manipuler la fourchette correctement pour pallier ainsi à ce manque de dextérité.Many people, including children, cannot hold a fork properly to eat spaghetti by wrapping around the fork. Therefore, we are frequently having to use a spoon to be able to handle the fork correctly to thus make up for this lack of dexterity.

Des fourchettes à spaghetti décrites notamment dans les brevets US 2 841 869 A, US 2 748 479 A et FR 1 078 380 A nécessitent la fabrication et l'assemblage de plusieurs éléments agencés de manière à permettre la rotation de chaque fourchette en tenant une majeure partie du manche dans la paume d'une main et en faisant tourner le manche au moyen des doigts placés au voisinage de la fourche.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.

Résumé de l'inventionSummary of the invention

La présente invention a pour but de fournir une fourchette à spaghetti qui permet d'obvier aux inconvénients des fourchette connues, est simple à fabriquer et facile à manier correctement pour simplifier la consommation de différentes sortes de spaghetti.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.

A cette fin, la fourchette selon l'invention présente les caractéristiques définies dans les revendications.To this end, the fork according to the invention has the characteristics defined in the claims.

La fourchette selon l'invention est composée de deux parties reliées par encliquetage ou emboítement, une partie étant constituée par un manche profilé présentant une fourche, des faces latérales planes et un bout à section profilée formant un premier élément de fixation, l'autre partie de la fourchette étant constitué par une tête mobile à section profilée formant un élément de fixation correspondant. Lesdits éléments de fixation sont formés respectivement d'une seule pièce avec le manche et avec la tête mobile, de manière que ladite tête mobile soit montée librement sur le bout du manche par encliquetage ou emboítement et à permettre un mouvement relatif angulaire entre ladite tête mobile et ledit manche, le tout de manière à pouvoir fixer ladite tête dans la paume d'une main, soumettre le manche de la fourchette à un mouvement de rotation par rapport à la tête au moyen des doigts de cette main et faciliter ainsi l'enroulement du spaghetti sur la fourche. 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.

La tête mobile est constituée avantageusement par un capuchon entourant le bout du manche de la fourchette, ce capuchon pouvant être notamment de forme sphérique.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.

Les deux parties constituant la fourchette selon invention peuvent être reliées d'une façon simple et efficace par encliquetage en formant d'une part ladite tête mobile de manière qu'elle présente une cavité intérieure cylindrique communiquant par un passage axial intermédiaire avec une cavité extérieure cylindrique, et en formant d'autre part le manche de la fourchette de manière qu'il présente un cliquet à deux pattes élastiques agencé sur le bout du manche et renfermé dans ladite cavité intérieure.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.

Ces deux parties constituant la fourchette selon invention peuvent également être reliées d'une façon simple et efficace par emboítage, en formant d'une part ladite tête mobile de manière qu'elle comprend un trou borgne délimité par une paroi cylindrique profilée présentant une nervure annulaire interne, et en formant le manche de la fourchette de manière qu'il présente une gorge annulaire correspondante agencée sur le bout du manche, de manière que la nervure interne de la tête mobile soit emboítée dans la gorge annulaire sur le bout du manche.These two parts constituting the fork according to the invention can also be connected in a way simple and effective by fitting, on the one hand forming said movable head so that it comprises a blind hole delimited by a profiled cylindrical wall having an internal annular rib, and by forming the handle of the fork so that it has a corresponding annular groove arranged on the end of the handle, so that the internal rib of the movable head is fitted into the annular groove on the end of the handle.

La fourchette selon l'invention est utilisée avantageusement en fixant ladite tête dans la paume d'une main et en tournant le manche au moyen desdits doigts de cette main, de manière à pouvoir faciliter l'enroulement des spaghettis autour de la fourche.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.

Description détailléedetailed description

Diverses formes d'exécution d'une fourchette munie d'une tête mobile conformément à l'invention sont décrites ci-aprés à titre d'exemple à l'aide du dessin annexé. Les figures du dessin montrent respectivement une coupe partielle schématique d'une fourchette comprenant diverses formes d'exécution d'une tête mobile montée librement au bout d'un manche à section pentagonale d'une fourchette selon l'invention.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 montre une fourchette munie d'une tête mobile sous forme d'un capuchon selon une forme d'exécution de l'invention.Fig.1 shows a fork with a movable head in the form of a cap in a shape of the invention.

Fig. 1A montre une vue élargie du bout du manche d'une fourchette munie d'un capuchon selon Fg. 1.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 montre une vue élargie du bout du manche d'une fourchette munie d'un tête mobile sphérique selon une deuxième forme d'exécution.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 montre une vue élargie du bout du manche d'une fourchette munie d'une tête mobile hémisphérique selon une troisième forme d'exécution. 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 montre une fourchette composée d'un manche 1 et d'un capuchon mobile 2 monté librement au bout du manche 1 de manière à pouvoir tourner facilement autour d'un axe de rotation longitudinal XR. de la fourchette. Le manche 1 de la fourchette est solidaire d'un pied à fourchons 1A et d'une projection au bout supérieur du manche formant un cliquet à deux pattes obliques élastiques 1B.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 montre une vue élargie du bout du manche 1 entouré par le capuchon 2 qui est agencé de manière qu'il délimite une cavité intérieure cylindrique 2A renfermant ledit cliquet à deux pattes obliques élastiques 1B au bout du manche, un passage axial 2D et une cavité cylindrique extérieure 2E qui est ouverte vers le bas et renferme le bout du manche 1.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.

Les deux pattes élastiques 1B qui sont solidaires et font saillie du bout du manche présentent chacune une surface oblique de guidage latéral et une surface d'arrêt inférieure ID. Ces pattes élastiques 1B sont disposées symétriquement par rapport à l'axe de rotation longitudinal XR. de manière qu'elles soient normalement écartées l'une de l'autre dans leur position de repos.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.

Le montage du capuchon 2 sur le bout du manche 1 dans la position selon Fig. 1 et 1A est réalisé par insertion du bout du manche 1 dans le capuchon de manière que les surfaces de guidage obliques des pattes 1B soient repoussées vers l'intérieur, ce qui permet à ces pattes de traverser le passage axial 2D de passer dans la cavité supérieure 2A où elles reviennent à leur position écartée par effet de ressort et sont ainsi maintenues d'emprisonnées dans la cavité intérieure 2AThe 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

Le capuchon 2 est monté par encliquetage au bout du manche 1 au moyen des pattes élasciques 1b dont les pieds constituent un pivot permettant de fixer la position relative du capuchon 2 par rapport au manche 1, tout en permettant une rotation relative libre entre le capuchon 2 et le manche 1The 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 montre un capuchon mobile sphérique 32 qui comprend un trou borgne cylindrique 32E et une nervure annulaire interne 32F. Ce trou 32E renferme le bout du manche 31 qui comprend une rainure annulaire correspondante 31A. Ce capuchon 32 est ainsi monté librement autour de l'axe longitudinal XR du manche 31 par engagement de ladite nervure annulaire interne 32F du capuchon 2 dans ladite rainure correspondante 31A au bout du manche 31.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 montre un tête mobile hémisphérique 42 solidaire d'un pivot à bout sphérique 42A logé dans un trou borgne à fond sphérique 42B ménagé dans le bout du manche 41. La tête mobile 42 est ainsi montée simplement par emboítement du pivot 42A à bout sphérique dans le trou borgne à fond sphérique 42B de manière à permettre la rotation libre de cette tête 42 autour de l'axe de rotation longitudinal XR situé sur une ligne médiane de la fourchette.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. A fork for spaghetti, characterized in that it consists of two parts coupled by a snap or socket connection, that one part of the fork consists of a profiled handle (1; 31; 41) comprising prongs (1A) arranged at the foot of the handle, plane lateral faces and a top with a profiled section forming a first element (1B; 31A; 42B) of said connection, that the other part of the fork consists of a movable head with a profiled section (2; 32; 42) forming a corresponding element (2A, 2D, 2E; 32E, 32F; 42A) of said connection, that these elements of said connection respectively form a part of the handle and of said movable head, so that they constitute said connection and that said movable head is freely mounted on the top of the handle (1) by snap or socket action by means of this connection, so as to enable relative angular movement between said movable head and said handle, the whole arrangement being such as to enable said head (2, 22, 42) to be fixed in the palm of one hand and said handle to be rotated with respect to said head by means of the fingers of this hand and to thus facilitate rolling up spaghetti on the prongs of the fork
  2. A fork according to claim 1, characterized in that said handle has a pentagonal section.
  3. A fork according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said movable head consists of a cap (2; 32) surrounding the top of the handle (1; 31).
  4. A fork according to claim 1, characterized in that said movable head consists of a spherical cap (32).
  5. A fork according to claim 3, characterized in that said movable head (2) comprises a cylindrical inner cavity (2A) communicating via an intermediate passage (2D with a cylindrical outer cavity (2E) and that a catch with two elastic hooks (1B) is formed on the top of the handle and enclosed in said inner cavity (2A).
  6. A fork according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that said movable head (32) comprises a blind hole (32E) defined by a profiled cylindrical wall having an inner annular bulge (32F) and that a corresponding annular groove (31A) is arranged on the top of the handle (31) so that said annular bulge (32F) in the mobile head is engaged in this annular groove (31A) on the top of the handle.
  7. The use of the fork according to one of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that said head (2; 32; 42) is fixed in the palm of a hand and said handle (1; 31; 41) is rotated by the fingers of this hand so as to facilitate rolling up spaghetti around the prongs of the fork.
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