JP6717724B2 - spoon - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a spoon for scooping viscous substances such as jam and honey.

In the past, when jam was applied to bread and eaten, there was a problem that the jam slipped down when scooping the jam with a flat scooping part like a butter knife. On the other hand, when scooping with the plate part of a normal spoon, the jam remained in the recess part of the plate part, and there was a problem that it could not be applied to bread well.

Utility model application publication No. 4-58180

The technique of Patent Document 1 is a tool for handling jam and butter, and since it has a recess, it is easy to scoop the jam, but the problem that the jam remains in the recess has not been solved.

A spoon comprising a plate part and a handle part extending from the plate part, wherein the plate part has a recess on the upper surface, and the plate part cavity is built along the recess, and the plate part cavity is provided. The handle cavity extends from the handle to the handle, and the dish cavity and the handle cavity are communicated and hermetically sealed. A drive unit is provided on the upper surface of the dish cavity, and an operation unit is provided in the handle cavity. A spoon characterized in that when the operating portion is provided, the driving portion expands when pressed, and operates so as to eliminate the concave portion.

By solving the above problems, it is possible to provide a spoon in which a viscous substance such as jam or honey is easily scooped and the viscous substance is unlikely to remain in the dish portion.

It is a front view which shows the spoon of 1st Example. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the spoon of the first embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view near the plate portion of the spoon of the first embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a usage state of the spoon of the first embodiment. It is a left side view, a right side view, a front view, and a plan view showing a spoon of the first example. The back view appears symmetrical to the front view. The bottom view appears the same as the top view. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a spoon of the second embodiment. It is an expanded longitudinal cross-sectional view of the plate part vicinity of the spoon of 2nd Example. FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of a D part of FIG. 8. It is a top view of the spoon of a 3rd example. It is CC sectional drawing of FIG. It is a left side view, a right side view, a front view, and a plan view showing a spoon of a third example. The back view appears symmetrical to the front view. The bottom view appears the same as the top view.

A spoon comprising a plate part and a handle part extending from the plate part, wherein the plate part has a recess on the upper surface, and the plate part cavity is built along the recess, and the plate part cavity is provided. The handle cavity extends from the handle to the handle, and the dish cavity and the handle cavity are communicated and hermetically sealed. A drive unit is provided on the upper surface of the dish cavity, and an operation unit is provided in the handle cavity. A spoon characterized in that when the operating portion is provided, the driving portion expands when pressed, and operates so as to eliminate the concave portion.

A spoon characterized in that a core material having higher rigidity than the material of the spoon body is inserted from the dish portion of the spoon to the handle portion.
A spoon characterized in that the above-mentioned spoon is divided into an upper mold and a lower mold, and a connecting portion is provided over the entire circumference of the upper mold and the lower mold so as to be bonded and sealed.
A spoon characterized in that the drive portion of any one of the above spoons is thinner than the other portions.

The spoon of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. The spoon 10 includes a plate portion 20 and a handle portion 30 extending from the plate portion 20. The dish portion 20 and the handle portion 30 are integrally formed of elastomer or soft plastic. The dish 20 has a recess 22 on the upper surface, a dish cavity 41 is built in along the recess 22, and a handle cavity 42 extends from the dish cavity 41 to the handle 30.

The dish cavity 41 and the shank cavity 42 communicate with each other, and the dish cavity 41 is covered with the drive section 21 on the upper surface, the shank cavity 42 is covered with the operation section 32, and the entire cavity 40 is sealed from the external space. Since the drive unit 21 and the operation unit 32 are made of a soft material, when the operation unit 32 is pressed as shown in FIG. 4, the internal pressure of the cavity 40 rises and the drive unit 21 expands. It is easier for the drive unit 21 to operate when the drive unit 21 is made thinner than the other parts to reduce the rigidity.

As a result, the drive portion 21 having the concave portion 22 is deformed upward and has a nearly flat shape or a convex shape that closes the concave portion 22. The viscous substance such as jam or honey contained in the concave portion 22 is pushed out of the concave portion 22 and can be finely applied to bread or the like, so that the problem that the viscous substance remains in the concave portion 22 can be solved. That is, since the viscous substance is firmly held in the concave portion 22, it is possible to obtain an effect that the viscous substance can be applied to a bread or the like without being accidentally dropped and the viscous substance in the concave portion 22 does not remain.

Since the spoon 10 is made of a soft material, there is a concern that the rigidity may be insufficient, but the core material 60 having higher rigidity is inserted inside the spoon 10 from the plate portion 20 to the handle portion 30. The rigidity is secured. As the core material 60, a hard material such as metal or hard plastic is desirable.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the handle 30, and a bent portion 33 is provided to facilitate the operation. PP is a parting line, and when the manufacturing mold is divided into two parts and molded, if the mold is divided into upper and lower parts with this line, molding becomes easy.

The spoon of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7, 8 and 9. In this embodiment, the spoon is divided into an upper die 81 and a lower die 82, and the upper die 81 is made of a soft material or has a thin plate to reduce the rigidity, so that the operating portion 32 and the driving portion 21 are provided. The lower die 82 uses a harder material or has a thicker plate to increase the rigidity, thereby ensuring the rigidity of the spoon 10 as a whole.

The upper die 81 and the lower die 82 are airtightly joined by the joining portion 70 over the entire outer peripheral portion. The joining portion 70 is joined in a comb-like manner with airtightness so that the first joining portion 71 and the second joining portion 72 are not easily separated. The bond 70 preferably has an undercut to ensure bond and an adhesive to further bond and seal.

The spoon of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10, 11 and 12. In this embodiment, when the spoon 10 is molded, the difference between the width of the plate portion 20 and the width of the handle portion 30 is reduced so that the core forming the cavity 40 can be easily inserted and removed, and the handle portion 30 is slidable. It has a uniform cross-sectional shape in the longitudinal direction. Further, a core insertion hole 90 is provided at the outermost end of the handle portion 30, and a core having the shape of the cavity 40 is inserted/extracted from the core insertion hole 90.

Since the material of the spoon 10 uses a flexible and elastic elastomer or soft plastic, it can be pulled out even if there is a proper undercut. After molding, the core material 60 is inserted into the cavity 40 as needed, and the core insertion hole 90 is sealed by fusion or adhesion.

The spoon of the present invention can also be used for nursing care and for infants.

10 is a viscous spoon 20 is a dish 21 is a drive unit 22 is a recess 30 is a handle 32 is an operating unit 33 is a bent portion 40 is a cavity 41 is a dish cavity 42 is a handle cavity 50 is a hand 60 is a core material 70 is a connecting portion 71 is an upper die connecting portion 72 is a lower die connecting portion 81 is an upper die 82 is a lower die 90 is a core insertion hole

Claims (5)

A spoon comprising a dish portion and a handle portion extending from the dish portion, wherein the dish portion and the handle portion are integrally molded of a single soft material, and the dish portion has a recessed portion on the upper surface. Then, the dish cavity is built in along this recess, the handle cavity extends from the dish cavity to the handle, and the dish cavity and the handle cavity are communicated and hermetically sealed. A spoon characterized in that a drive unit is provided on the upper surface of the cavity, and an operation unit is provided on the handle cavity, and when the operation unit is pressed, the drive unit expands and the drive unit operates so as to deform upward. Over from the inside of the pan spoon according to the interior of the shank to claim 1, spoon, characterized in that it has a high rigidity core than pan and the handle portion. A spoon according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the driving portion of the spoon is thinner than other portions. Claims 1 to spoon, characterized in that it has a substantially elliptical cross section of the operating portion of the spoon according to claim 3. Claims 1 to spoon, characterized in that a core insertion hole in the handle portion of the spoon according to claim 4.

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