JP2005205178A - Spoon - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spoon with which even the disabled person can eat without dropping food on it and which can also catch solids to bring the solids to the mouth. <P>SOLUTION: The spoon comprises the spoon main body 5 supported by the pivotably supporting part 3 at the root, provided rotatably on the tip of the handle 2 and forced upward by the spring 4, the approximate ring-shaped cover 6 fixed at the edge of the handle 2 so as to cover the rim of the spoon main body 5, the controlling part 7 composed of a press bottom to turn the spoon main body 5 by pressing it with a finger which grips the handle 2, and the projection 8 provided on the front inner side of the cover 6 to catch food. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a spoon suitable for use by persons with disabilities and the like.

  A conventional spoon is composed of a handle and a spoon body fixed to the tip of the handle.

Therefore, when a person who can use only one hand and has difficulty in movement of hands and fingers, use the soup or the rest of the solid on the plate. There was a drawback that things could not be put on the spoon well.
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  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a spoon that allows a handicapped person to spill a loaded object and to take a solid object to the gripper.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become more fully apparent when the following description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
However, the drawings are for explanation only and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a handle, a spoon body provided on the tip side of the handle so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and covering the spoon body with the soup at the edge of the spoon body. A covering body provided so that the soup in the main body does not leak out from the edge, and an operation unit for opening and closing the spoon body by operating with fingers of the hand holding the handle And make up a spoon.

  As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) A handle, a spoon body provided on the front end side of the handle so as to be opened and closed, and a soup that covers the spoon body and is contained in the soup body at the edge of the spoon body. Since it is composed of a covering body provided so as to be in close contact so as not to leak out, and an operation part for operating and opening the spoon body with fingers of the hand holding the handle,
With the covering body, it is possible to obtain the effect that the spoon can be brought into the mouth while preventing the thing in the spoon body from spilling even if there is a vibration.
(2) A handle, a spoon body fixedly provided on the tip side of the handle, and the spoon so as not to leak out from the edge of the spoon body. A covering body provided so as to be in close contact and an operation part for opening and closing the covering body with a finger of a hand holding the handle, and opening the juice by operating the operation part. Put into the main body, close it and put it on the spoon with the cover body and bring it to the mouth, open the spoon to open and put the soup into the mouth,
The covering body can bring the effect of being able to bring the spoon into the mouth while preventing the spilling even if the thing in the spoon body shakes.
(3) The spoon according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that in (1) and (2), the spoon body or covering body is vertically opened and closed by operation of the operation unit. In addition, the thing that the covering body rises greatly such as substantially vertical by operation of the operation part,
You can bring the spoon into the mouth while preventing the spilling of the contents in the spoon body due to the cover body, and take the solid object between the spoon body and the cover body and bring it to the mouth Since it can eat, the effect of being able to eat soup and solid with one spoon can be acquired.
(4) In the above (1) and (2), the spoon in which the spoon main body or the covering body is opened and closed sideways by the operation of the operation unit,
When you put the soup in the mouth, you can put the soup in the mouth after holding the spoon body and covering body in the closed state, so you can eat the soup without fail almost certainly, strong An effect can be obtained in which a sense of security is given to those who eat and no stress is felt.
(5) A handle, a deep-shaped spoon body provided on the tip side of the handle, a solid object sandwiching body provided to rotate on the spoon body, and gripping the handle with the solid object sandwiching body And an operation part for rotating by operating with a finger of a hand. The solid part is sandwiched between the solid object sandwiching body and the soup body by operation of the operation part, and held in the mouth while being sandwiched. The spoon that will allow you to go
Since the spoon itself is deep, it can be taken to the mouth without overflowing with a little shaking, and it can also be held with solids, so you can cover the whole meal with one spoon. The effect that can be obtained.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the best mode for carrying out the invention shown in the drawings.

1 and FIG. 2, in the first preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention, reference numeral 1 denotes a spoon. This spoon 1 has a handle 2 and a shaft support portion at the root side on the tip side of the handle 2. 3, a spoon body 5 that is pivotally supported by 3 and pivoted downward and is biased upward by a spring 4, and an abbreviation that is fixedly provided to cover the edge of the spoon body 5 on the tip side of the handle 2 Ring-shaped cover 6, operation unit 7 including a push button for rotating the spoon body 5 with a finger of the hand holding the handle 2, and food provided on the front inner side of the cover 6 And a protrusion 8 for hooking.
The spoon body 5 lowered by the urging force of the spring 4 is automatically closed.

(Different modes for carrying out the invention)
Next, different modes for carrying out the present invention shown in FIGS. 3 to 4 will be described. In the description of the different modes for carrying out the present invention, the same components as those in the best first embodiment for carrying out the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  In the second preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIG. 3, 10 is a spoon, and this spoon 10 has a handle 2 and a spoon body 11 fixedly provided on the tip side of the handle 2. The handle 2 is pivotally supported by the pivotal support 13 so as to cover the edge of the spoon body 11 on the tip side of the handle 2 and is pivoted upward, and the rear base side of the pivotal support 13 is closed and biased by a spring 14. The ring-shaped covering body 15 and an operation portion 16 including a push button for rotating the covering body 15 by pushing and operating the covering body 15 with a finger of the hand holding the handle 2.

  4 differs from the second preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly in the third preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention, except that the configuration of the operating portion is the root side of the cover 15. The spoon 19 is formed as the operation unit 18 in the form of standing up and pulling down with a finger.

In the fourth embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIG. 5, the main difference from the first embodiment of the present invention is that the configuration of the operation portion is the root side of the spoon body 5. The point is that the spoon 22 is formed as the operation unit 21 in the form of falling down (pistol trigger form) and pulling the index finger.
23 is a spring.

  6 differs from the best second embodiment of the present invention in the fifth preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIG. 6 in that the base shaft support side of the spoon body 5 has a simple structure. And a spoon 25 formed by supporting upward biasing by a leaf spring 24 is formed.

7 differs from the second preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly in the sixth preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention in that the base side of the cover 15 is moved forward by a leaf spring 27. The spoon 28 is formed so that the covering body 15 can be raised substantially vertically by the operation of the operation unit 16.
Thus, by allowing the covering body to be raised to a vertical level, it is easy to put things on the spoon into the mouth and to eat easily.

In the seventh preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIG. 8, 30 is a spoon, and this spoon 30 has a spoon 11 having a neck 31 and the neck 31 is exposed to an appropriate length. The handle 2 in which the 31 is inserted and fixed, the step portion 36 formed at the base of the neck portion 31 and the handle 2, the support portion 32 erected on the neck portion 31, and the support portion 32 are rotatably supported. The operating unit 33, the covering body 34 that covers the spoon body 11 that is rotated by the operation of the finger fixed to the operating section 33 and grips the handle 11 of the 33, and the covering body 34 is always covered on the spoon body 11. It comprises an urging means 35 for urging the edge of the eleven so that the soup in the eleven does not leak out. When the operation portion 33 is lowered, the base side of the 33 does not hit the handle 2 from the step portion 36. Push it behind the handle 2 Mukoto can have a overlies body 34 substantially perpendicular Thus so that it can cause more than the vertical.
A finger hook portion 37 is provided on the front end surface of the operation portion 33 so that the finger can be reliably put on and easily operated, and the operation portion 33 can be pushed deeper.
In this way, by making it possible to raise the covering body from substantially vertical to more than vertical, it is possible to drink the soup that has been picked up without hitting the covering body against the nose.
The covering body may be in a ring form or a complete covering form, and in the complete covering form, a transparent member is preferable so that the soup can be seen.

In the eighth preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIG. 9, reference numeral 40 denotes a spoon. The spoon 40 includes a handle 2, a spoon body 11 fixed to the handle 2, and the spoon body 11. A ring-shaped covering body 41 for preventing the juice soaked in the upper part 11 from being shaken while being carried to the mouth, and the covering body 41 with the fingers of the hand holding the handle 2 An operation unit 42 for rotating operation, a support unit 43 that supports the operation unit 42 so that the operation unit 42 can be rotated horizontally, and a stopper 44 that stops the covering body 41 at a predetermined covering state position.
All opening and closing operations are performed with fingers.
Since the spoon body and the covering body are contained in the mouth, the covering body can be removed and the soup can be drunk so that it is very easy to use and there is no failure.

  In the ninth preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIG. 10, 47 is a spoon, and this spoon 47 is mainly different from the configuration of the spoon 40 of the eighth embodiment in that the support portion Is a support portion 48 provided with a spring (not shown) inside, and when the operation portion 42 is rotated to the left by a finger, the covering body 41 is rotated to the right and the operation portion 42 is pushed. When the cover is stopped, the covering body 41 automatically returns onto the spoon body 11 by the urging force of the spring.

In the best tenth embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIG. 11, 50 is a spoon, and this spoon 50 is mainly different from the configuration of the ninth embodiment in that the covering body 51 is The spoon body 11 is made of a flat transparent member and fixed so as not to move to the handle 2, and the spoon body 11 is fixed to the support portion 48 and rotated laterally by the operation portion 42.
When the operation part 42 is turned to the right, the spoon body 11 is turned to the left and comes out of the covering body 51.
The operation unit is not limited to the form as shown in the figure, and it is preferable that the operation unit can be formed into an arbitrary shape by bending according to the obstacle state of the user's finger.

In the eleventh preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, 55 is a spoon, and this spoon 55 has a handle 2 and a circular deep form provided on the tip side of the handle. A support portion in which a spoon body 56, a connecting portion 57 for connecting the spoon main body 56 and the handle 2, and a spring (not shown) connected to a rotating shaft provided in the connecting portion 57 are provided in the container body. 58, an operation unit 60 having a finger-hanging unit 59 rotatably supported by the support unit 58, a slide tooth unit 61 provided in the operation unit 60, and a gear unit 62 that meshes with the slide tooth 61. A rotation shaft 64 that is fixed to the gear portion 62 and is rotatably provided between the collar portion 63 provided on the handle 2 and the spoon body 56, and a portion of the rotation shaft 64 that protrudes into the spoon body 56. Fixed to the half of the 56 edges And a solid object sandwiching body 65 made of a linear member that rotates integrally with the rotation of the rotation shaft 64 formed so as to be placed on the part. Is turned up (FIG. 13), and the solid material 66 is sandwiched by the return biasing force of the springs at the edge of the solid material sandwiching body 65 and the soup body 56 by loosening and releasing the operation portion 60 (FIG. 14). It can be taken to the mouth as it is.
Since the solid material sandwiching body 65 of the linear member is placed on the edge of the soup body 56, when the soup is eaten, the soup body is scooped as it is without operating the solid body sandwiching body 65. It can be put in the mouth in the mouth without any operation while being placed on the edge of 56.

  In the twelfth preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, 68 is a spoon, and this spoon 68 is mainly different from the constitution of the spoon 55 of the eleventh embodiment. Is that the solid material sandwiching body is a solid material sandwiching body 69 having a flat plate shape.

  The present invention is utilized in the industry of manufacturing spoons.

The operation | movement side view of the best 1st Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view of FIG. The operation | movement side view of the best 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The operation | movement side view of the best 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The operation | movement side view of the best 4th Embodiment of this invention. The operation | movement side view of the 5th Embodiment of the best of this invention. The operation | movement side view of the 6th Embodiment of this invention best. The operation | movement side view of the best 7th Embodiment of this invention. The operation top view of the best 8th embodiment of this invention. The operation | movement top view of the 9th best embodiment of this invention. The operation | movement top view of the 10th best embodiment of this invention. The closed state perspective view of the eleventh embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view which shows opening operation of the 11th best embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows the solid substance clamping state of the eleventh embodiment of the present invention. The closed state perspective view of the best twelfth embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view which shows opening operation of the best 12th Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: Spoon, 2: Handle,
3: shaft support, 4: spring,
5: Spoon body, 6: Cover body,
7: operation part, 8: protrusion,
10: spoon, 11: spoon body,
13: Shaft support, 14: Spring,
15: Cover body, 16: Operation part,
18: Operation part, 19: Spoon,
21: Operation unit, 22: Spoon,
23: Spring, 24: Leaf spring,
25: spoon, 27: leaf spring,
31: neck part, 32: support part,
33: Operation unit, 34: Cover body,
35: biasing means, 36: stepped portion,
37: Finger hook part, 40: Spoon,
41: Cover body, 42: Operation part,
43: support part, 44: stopper,
47: spoon, 48: support part,
50: Spoon, 51: Cover body,
55: Spoon 56: Spoon body
57: connection part, 58: support part,
59: Finger rest part, 60: Operation part,
61: slide teeth, 62: gear part,
63: collar part, 64: rotation axis,
65: Solid material sandwiching body, 66: Solid material,
68: Spoon, 69: Solid material pinching body.

Claims (5)

  A handle, a spoon body provided on the tip side of the handle so as to be capable of opening and closing, and a soup that covers the spoon body and is contained in the soup body at the edge of the spoon body does not leak from the edge A covering body provided so as to be in close contact with each other, and an operation part for opening and closing the spoon body by operating a finger of a hand holding the handle, and opening it by operating the operation part A spoon characterized in that a soup is put into a spoon body, closed, covered with the spoon body, taken to the mouth, and opened so as to put the soup into the mouth.   A handle, a spoon body fixed on the tip side of the handle, and the spoon body so as to cover the spoon body so that the juice contained in the soup body does not leak from the edge. And an operating part for opening and closing the covering body by operating the finger of the hand holding the handle, and opening the juice by operating the operating part to put the soup into the spoon body. A spoon characterized in that it is closed, covered with the spoon body and taken to the mouth, and opened to put the soup into the mouth.   The spoon according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the spoon main body or the covering body is opened and closed by an operation of the operation unit.   The spoon according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the spoon main body or the covering body is laterally opened and closed by operation of the operation unit.   A handle, a deep-shaped spoon body provided on the tip side of the handle, a solid object sandwiching body provided to rotate on the spoon body, and a hand holding the handle with the solid object sandwiching body It consists of an operating part for rotating by operating with a finger, and the solid part is sandwiched by the edge of the solid material sandwiching body and the soup body by the operation of the operating part, and taken to the mouth while being sandwiched. Spoon characterized by being able to do.

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