EP1009268B1 - Fourchette a tete mobile - 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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- handle
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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
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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
- 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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Claims (7)
- Fourchette pour spaghetti, caractérisée par le fait qu'elle est composée de deux parties reliées par un dispositif de fixation à encliquetage ou à emboítement, qu'une partie de la fourchette est constituée par un manche profilé (1; 31; 41) présentant une fourche (1A) disposée au pied du manche, des faces latérales planes et un bout à section profilée formant un premier élément (1B; 31A; 42B) dudit dispositif de fixation, que l'autre partie de la fourchette est constitue par une tête mobile à section profilée (2; 32; 42) formant un élément correspondant (2A, 2D, 2E; 32E, 32F; 42A) dudit dispositif de fixation, que lesdits éléments de fixation sont formés respectivement d'une seule pièce avec le manche et avec la tête mobile, de manière qu'ils constituent ledit dispositif de fixation et que cette tête mobile soit montée librement sur le bout du manche (1) par encliquetage ou emboítement au moyen de ce dispositif de fixation, de manière à permettre un mouvement relatif angulaire entre ladite tête mobile et ledit manche, le tout de manière à pouvoir fixer ladite tête (2, 32, 42) 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.
- Fourchette selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit manche (1) présente un profil pentagonal.
- Fourchette selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que ladite tête mobile est constituée par un capuchon (2; 32) entourant le bout du manche (1; 31).
- Fourchette selon la revendications 3, caractérisée en ce que ladite tête mobile est constituée par un capuchon de forme sphérique (32).
- Fourchette selon la revendications 3, caractérisée en ce que ladite tête mobile (2) comprend une cavité intérieure cylindrique (2A) communiquant par un passage axial intermédiaire (2D) avec une cavité extérieure cylindrique (2E) et qu'un cliquet à deux pattes élastiques (1B) est formé sur le bout du manche et renfermé dans ladite cavité intérieure (2A).
- Fourchette selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisée en ce que ladite tête mobile (32) comprend un trou borgne (32E) délimité par une paroi cylindrique profilée présentant une nervure annulaire interne (32F) et qu'une gorge annulaire correspondante (31A) est agencée sur le bout du manche (31), de manière que ladite nervure annulaire dans la tête mobile soit emboítée dans cette gorge annulaire (31A) sur le bout du manche.
- Utilisation de la fourchette selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce que l'on fixe ladite tête (2; 32; 42) dans la paume d'une main et l'on soumet ledit manche (1; 31; 41) à un mouvement de rotation au moyen des doigts de cette main, de manière à pouvoir faciliter l'enroulement du spaghetti autour de la fourche.
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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CH206597 | 1997-09-04 | ||
CH206597 | 1997-09-04 | ||
PCT/CH1998/000344 WO1999011166A1 (fr) | 1997-09-04 | 1998-08-18 | Fourchette a tete mobile |
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EP1009268A1 EP1009268A1 (fr) | 2000-06-21 |
EP1009268B1 true EP1009268B1 (fr) | 2002-10-30 |
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EP98937380A Expired - Lifetime EP1009268B1 (fr) | 1997-09-04 | 1998-08-18 | Fourchette a tete mobile |
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EP (1) | EP1009268B1 (fr) |
AU (1) | AU8620998A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE69809067T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2186192T3 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO1999011166A1 (fr) |
Family Cites Families (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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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 |
US5526724A (en) * | 1993-08-10 | 1996-06-18 | Bruggeman; Homer F. | Screw driver with palm knob |
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- 1998-08-18 EP EP98937380A patent/EP1009268B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-08-18 DE DE69809067T patent/DE69809067T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-08-18 WO PCT/CH1998/000344 patent/WO1999011166A1/fr active IP Right Grant
- 1998-08-18 AU AU86209/98A patent/AU8620998A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1998-08-18 ES ES98937380T patent/ES2186192T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
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DE69809067D1 (de) | 2002-12-05 |
EP1009268A1 (fr) | 2000-06-21 |
DE69809067T2 (de) | 2003-07-31 |
ES2186192T3 (es) | 2003-05-01 |
AU8620998A (en) | 1999-03-22 |
WO1999011166A1 (fr) | 1999-03-11 |
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