# US 10,244,897 B2 · Spatula for culinary use > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,244,897 B2 - Document ID: US10244897B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/297,893 - Filed: 2016-10-19 - Published: 2017-04-20 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-20 - Assignees: Techfood Snc Di Iori Angelo E Castagnetti Paola - Applicants: Techfood Snc Di Iori Angelo E Castagnetti Paola - Inventors: Angelo Iori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10244897B2 ## CPC - A47J 43/288: {Spatulas; Scrapers; Multi-purpose hand implements} - A23G 9/08: Batch production {(A23G9/06 takes precedence)} - A23G 9/22: Details, component parts or accessories of apparatus insofar as not peculiar to a single one of the preceding groups - A23G 9/224: {Agitators or scrapers} - A23G 9/44: characterised by shape, structure or physical form (liquid products, solid products in the form of powders, flakes or granules for making liquid products A23G9/52) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF ## Abstract A spatula is disclosed that is used to implement a food preparation method having the object of forming a roll of ice-cream, in which a quantity of food product in liquid or creamy state, consisting of a basic preparation for ice-cream, is spread on a controlled cooling plane at a temperature of about −18° C., to form in a few seconds a layer of ice-cream, changed into solid or pasty state, which is subsequently scraped away by the spatula, the latter having an upper side from which a protrusion emerges that, during scraping, meets the scraped-away ice-cream and deflects the ice-cream, promoting the rolling up thereof. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A food preparation method comprising the steps of: spreading a food product in liquid or creamy state on a cooling plane to form a layer of food product that changes to solid or pasty state through the effect of cooling; and subsequently scraping said cooling plane using a spatula to detach at least one portion of said layer, wherein said spatula includes at least three parts that can be separated from each other and that are a spatula body made of plastics for foodstuffs, an insert made of metal removably fixed to a lower side of said spatula body, and an element made of metal removably fixed to an upper side of said spatula body, a scraping edge of said spatula being arranged on said insert, said insert including an upper surface that is bounded at the front by said scraping edge and behind by a rear edge, said rear edge being contiguous to an upper surface of said upper side of said spatula body, said element including a protrusion that emerges from said upper surface of said upper side of said spatula body at a distance from said rear edge, a portion of said spatula body being interposed between said element and said insert, said element being connected to said insert by means of at least one stem inserted into a hole obtained in said portion of said spatula body; wherein, during said scraping step, said protrusion meets said detached layer portion and deflects the portion to promote rolling up thereof. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said food product comprises a basic preparation for ice-cream. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said scraping edge comprising a sharp cutting edge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said spatula body comprises a further edge used to scrape when said insert is removed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said spatula body has a concave curved lower side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, said protrusion emerging obliquely from said upper surface of said upper side of said spatula body made of plastics for foodstuffs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said cooling plane has a temperature controlled by an adjusting arrangement comprising at least a sensor arrangement for measuring a temperature and a display for showing a measured temperature value. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said element forms an acute angle with respect to said upper surface of said upper side of said spatula body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said element forms an acute angle with said upper surface of said insert. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said element extends beyond spatula body. ### Claim 11 A food preparation method comprising the steps of: spreading a food product in liquid or creamy state on a plane to form a layer of food product that changes to solid or pasty state through cooling; scraping said cooling plane using a spatula to detach a portion of said layer, wherein said spatula includes: a spatula body made of plastics for foodstuffs, an insert removably affixed to a lower side of said spatula body by a fastener, and an element removably affixed to an upper side of said spatula body by said fastener; said insert having a scraping edge, said insert further including an upper surface bounded by said scraping edge and by a rear edge, said rear edge being contiguous to an upper surface of said upper side of said spatula body; said element including a linear protrusion forming an acute angle with said upper surface of said upper side of said spatula body, a portion of said spatula body being interposed between said element and said insert; wherein, during said scraping step, said protrusion meets said detached layer portion and deflects the portion to promote rolling up thereof. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said protrusion extends beyond said rear edge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said scraping edge is metallic. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said spatula body includes a further edge contiguous to the scraping edge. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said protrusion is directed towards said detached layer portion.