WO2007106133A2 - Appareil à beurrer le maïs - Google Patents

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WO2007106133A2
WO2007106133A2 PCT/US2006/035860 US2006035860W WO2007106133A2 WO 2007106133 A2 WO2007106133 A2 WO 2007106133A2 US 2006035860 W US2006035860 W US 2006035860W WO 2007106133 A2 WO2007106133 A2 WO 2007106133A2
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butterer
butter
channel
corn
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Eric J. Wangler
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Wangler, Mary, P., Crowley
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Priority claimed from US29/255,021 external-priority patent/USD530990S1/en
Priority claimed from US11/370,340 external-priority patent/US7658566B2/en
Application filed by Wangler, Mary, P., Crowley filed Critical Wangler, Mary, P., Crowley
Priority to CA002619122A priority Critical patent/CA2619122A1/fr
Publication of WO2007106133A2 publication Critical patent/WO2007106133A2/fr
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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
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/30—Other containers or devices used as table equipment
    • A47G19/303—Corn cob holders; Butter spreading devices therefor

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  • a corn butterer includes a body that is ovate in cross section and designed to conform to the palm of the hand of a user during use, preferably being about three inches in height and being about two and a half by one and a half inches in width.
  • the body includes a central channel that extends between a top and a bottom of the body and is sized and shaped to snugly but slidingly receive a stick or partial stick of butter therein, preferably being about one and three eights inches square .
  • the body is preferably in two parts and has first and second sections that interferingly fit together, but which can be easily disassembled to allow removal of leftover butter and to clean the channel .
  • a bottom cap or keeper includes a side wall that interferingly fits over and surrounds the body sections to help hold the body together. slidingly received in the channel and be used to push the butter through the channel .
  • the pusher includes a field of pegs on a lower end thereof to engage and become implanted in the butter.
  • the pusher also includes a surrounding seal to seal between the pusher and the channel to resist the flow of melted butter toward the top of the channel .
  • the pusher has at least one rib and the channel a series of mating resistance induing structures spaced along the length thereof.
  • the pusher and channel resistance structures interferingly resist movement of the pusher along the channel, but can easily be overcome by a user applying pressure to the top of the pusher.
  • the cooperation of the resistance structures help resist accidental slippage of the pusher and butter from the channel when the butterer is turned over during usage .
  • the body also includes a pair of receivers on opposite sides of the channel that receive removable salt and pepper dispensers.
  • the dispensers include a hinged lid to allow for filling that has a latch for securing and includes dispensing openings. The dispensers can be easily removed to allow cleaning of the remainder of the butterer in water.
  • the bottom cap operably functions in cooperation with a grill to hold the grill over the bottom end of channel.
  • the grill is preferably c preferably stainless steel and is curvate to conform to the shape of an ear of corn.
  • the cap has a lower wall that is also shaped to follow the curvature of an ear of corn and has a central window above which the grill is located.
  • the grill has apertures or openings therein that are sized sufficiently small to resist passage of semisolid butter, but allow flow of liquid butter therethrough.
  • a support and storage device or tray is also provided for the butter.
  • the storage tray has a generally flat bottom and upstanding sides that are sized and shaped to surround and snugly, but slidingly receive a lower end of the body.
  • the storage tray receives the body during non use on the table to prevent dripping of butter onto unwanted areas and can be used to store the butterer with butter therein in the refrigerator.
  • the objects of the present invention are: to provide a butterer that allows a user to easily and conveniently apply melted butter under control to hot corn on the cob while protecting the user from direct contact with the butter; to provide such a butterer having a body that is shaped to conveniently conform to the hand of the user; to provide such a butterer that is easily disassembled for cleaning; to provide such a ⁇ for salt and pepper, so as to allow a user to easily prepare corn for eating using a single device; to provide such a butterer having a pusher for allowing a user to convey the butter along an interior channel of the body without directly contacting the butter; to provide such a butterer having a grill that separates the butter from the corn and resists direct contact of semisolid butter with the corn so that the stick of butter does not become contaminated by the corn, but rather allows melted liquid butter through the grill to the corn; to provide such a butterer with a stand and storage tray that receives a lower end of the butterer during non use to prevent drippings
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a corn butterer in accordance with the present invention, also including a stick of butter shown in phantom and a fragmentary ear of corn.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the butterer nested in a storage tray.
  • Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the butterer illustrated in the hand of a user and showing butter in phantom and an ear of corn to which butter is being applied.
  • Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the butterer.
  • Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the butterer with the tray removed.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective exploded view of the butterer and tray.
  • the reference numeral 1 generally represents a corn on the cob butterer and a mating support and storage tray 2.
  • the butterer 1 is used in conjunction with a conventional stick of butter 5 by a user 6 to butter an ear of corn 7.
  • the corn butterer 1 has a body 11, a tamper or pusher 12, a salt shaker 13, a pepper shaker 14 and a lower grill structure 15.
  • the body 12 is constructed in two mateable sections 20 and 21, as can be seen in Fig. 6.
  • the two sections 20 and 21 when disassembled allow the cleaning of the interior of the body 11.
  • the body sections 20 and 21 assembly to an operable carrier for the butter 5 that has an outer grippable wall 25.
  • the wall 25 is sized and shaped to be easily received in the hand 30 of a user 6, as is seen in Fig. 3.
  • a series of finger receiving grips 35 are found on opposite ends of the body 11, as seen in Fig. 3.
  • the wall 25 has an ovate horizontal exterior cross section.
  • the terms horizontal, upper, top, lower, bottom and the like apply to the butterer 1 as shown in Fig. 3; however, it is seen that the butterer 1 can be held in other orientations, especially when using the salt shaker 13 and pepper shaker 14.
  • the body 11 also includes a central vertical channel 37 formed by an interior wall 38 that is , . , and shaped to slidably receive the stick of butter 5 which is of standard size as sold in the United States.
  • a series of support struts or elements 39 extends between the exterior wall 25 and the interior wall 38.
  • first resistance structures having pawl or tongue receiving notches 40.
  • pawl or tongue receiving notches 40 Located at the upper ends and on opposite sides of the channel 37 are a pair of substantially semi circular shaped receivers 42 and 43.
  • the first body section 20 includes an upper portion 44 that extends over the second section 21 when joined.
  • the section 20 has a receiver 45 and the lower section 21 has a tang or tongue 47 that is snugly received in the receiver 45 when the sections 20 and 21 are joined, so as to frictionally and mechanically help hold the sections 20 and 21 together.
  • the sections 20 and 21 are easily separated by a user by pulling the sections 20 and 21 apart for removing excess butter 5 and cleaning .
  • the pusher 12 is a generally square shaped structure with a finger receiving dome 46 on the top thereof.
  • the pusher 12 is sized and shaped to snugly but slidingly be received in the channel 37.
  • the pusher 12 includes four faces 48 that face the interior wall 37 when located therein.
  • a pair of opposed faces 48 has n like tongue 50 that is sized and shaped to be interferingly received in the notches 40 and pointed such that the tongues flexibly ratchet or swing inward to move the next lower notch 40 when downward pressure is applied to the pusher 12 by a user 6, but strongly resist upward movement .
  • the notches 40 are sized, shaped and positioned to frictionally receive the tongues 50, as the pusher 12 is slid or pushed down the channel 37 by the user 6.
  • the engagement of the tongues 50 and notches 40 operably function to interfere with the undesired falling of the pusher 12 from the channel 37. It is foreseen that a series of vertically spaced ribs in the channel 37 and mating ribs on the pusher 12 could be utilized to interferingly engage and thereby provide resistance against accidental discharge of the pusher 12 from the channel 37.
  • the tamper 12 also includes a seal 60 that passes around the faces 48 to seal with the channel 37 and help prevent melted butter from flowing up the channel 37 past the pusher 12.
  • Located on the bottom of the pusher 12 are a series of butter engaging spikes or pegs 67.
  • the salt shaker 13 and pepper shaker 14 each have a substantially semi circular body 65 that forms a container 66 for the salt and pepper.
  • the shaker bodies 65 are removable but snugly frictionally received in the include a lid 67 connected by a hinge 68 to the body 65.
  • Each of the lids 67 include a series of small apertures or openings 70 configured in the shape of an S and P respectively through which the salt and pepper can be discharged.
  • the lids 67 also include a frictional latch 72 for securing the lid 67 to a respective body 65. It is foreseen that a further or second solid lid could be hinged to the body 65 also used over each of the lids 67 to prevent discharge of the salt and pepper at an undesired time.
  • the grill structure 15 includes a lower end keeper or cap 76, a grill 77 and a grill retainer 78.
  • the cap 76 has a lower or bottom wall 80 that is concave and curved to fit the contour of the ear of corn 7, as is shown in Fig. 3.
  • the cap 76 also has an upstanding side wall 82 that surrounds the bottom wall 80 and sticks upwardly from a periphery thereof.
  • the upstanding side wall 82 is sized and shaped to be snugly received in a recess 83 in a bottom end 84 of the body 12.
  • the cap bottom wall 80 has a centrally located pass through window 88.
  • the grill 77 Received over the window 88 and extending over a portion of the cap bottom wall 80 on all sides of the window 88 is the grill 77.
  • the grill 77 is constructed preferably of a high heat transfer metal such as stainless steel and is generally thin and curved so as to conform to the shape of the bottom wall 80 and the ear of corn 7.
  • the grill 77 is a solid sheet with a _ ⁇ - field sized and shaped to allow passage of liquid butter therethrough, but to resist flow of semisolid butter.
  • the retainer 78 is positioned over the grill 77 and shaped to conform to the cap bottom wall 80 with a pass through window 91.
  • a receiver 93 Located in the cap side wall 82 is a receiver 93 sized and shaped to receive a resistance flexible tongue 94 located along the body recess 83 that, when the butterer 1 is assembled, interferingly resists disassembly of the cap 76 from the body section 20 and 21 as well as separation of the body section 20 and 21, but which can be easily overcome and removed by application of pressure by a user.
  • the tray 2 functions as a receiver for supporting the butterer 1 when not in use at the table and further for storing the butterer 1 with butter 5 therein in a refrigerator between corn eating meals.
  • the tray 2 includes a flat lower or bottom wall 96 and an upstanding side wall 97 around the periphery of the bottom wall 96.
  • the side wall is sized to slidingly but snugly receive the lower portion of the butterer external wall 25 therein.
  • the butterer 1 is used by placing a stick or partial stick of butter 5 in the channel 37 and covering same by the pusher 12.
  • the grill 77 is placed over the corn 7 and heated thereby, such that the butter 5 partly melts and flows through the grill 77 onto the corn 7.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil permettant de mettre du beurre sur des épis de maïs chauds. L'appareil comprend un corps en deux parties qui peut être démonté pour le nettoyage et un conduit central destiné à recevoir du beurre. Le corps reçoit également de manière amovible des distributeurs de sel et de poivre. Le corps a une section de forme ovoïde qui s'adapte bien à la main d'un utilisateur. Un poussoir est positionné au-dessus du beurre dans le conduit et permet à l'utilisateur de faire avancer le beurre dans le conduit. Une grille inférieure empêche le beurre semi-solide d'entrer en contact direct avec le maïs mais transfère la chaleur du maïs et permet au beurre fondu de se déposer sur le maïs. Un pied et un plateau de rangement supportent l'appareil à beurrer lorsqu'il n'est pas utilisé et permettent de le stocker au réfrigérateur avec le beurre qu'il contient.
PCT/US2006/035860 2006-03-02 2006-09-14 Appareil à beurrer le maïs WO2007106133A2 (fr)

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US29/255,021 2006-03-02
US29/255,021 USD530990S1 (en) 2006-03-02 2006-03-02 Corn butterer
US11/370,340 US7658566B2 (en) 2006-03-08 2006-03-08 Corn butterer
US11/370,340 2006-03-08

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US3735487A (en) * 1972-05-15 1973-05-29 J Wojcik Corn-on-the-cob butterer
US4408919A (en) * 1981-10-09 1983-10-11 Dart Industries Inc. Corn buttering and salting apparatus
US4964745A (en) * 1989-08-03 1990-10-23 Rosemary Deitz Container for storing and dispensing semi-soft sticklike food products
US5421663A (en) * 1993-08-11 1995-06-06 Bravo; Sergio M. Butter dispenser

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US3735487A (en) * 1972-05-15 1973-05-29 J Wojcik Corn-on-the-cob butterer
US4408919A (en) * 1981-10-09 1983-10-11 Dart Industries Inc. Corn buttering and salting apparatus
US4964745A (en) * 1989-08-03 1990-10-23 Rosemary Deitz Container for storing and dispensing semi-soft sticklike food products
US5421663A (en) * 1993-08-11 1995-06-06 Bravo; Sergio M. Butter dispenser

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