# US 2012/0074252 A1 · Dough blender > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2012/0074252 A1 - Document ID: US20120074252A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/242,959 - Filed: 2011-09-23 - Published: 2012-03-29 - Earliest claimed: 2010-09-23 - Assignees: Progressive International Corporation - Inventors: Joseph Kent - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120074252A1 ## CPC - A47J 43/28: Other culinary hand implements, e.g. spatulas, pincers, forks or like food holders, ladles, skimming ladles, cooking spoons; Spoon-holders attached to cooking pots - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES ## Abstract A dough blender includes a handle and a plurality of tines. The tines may be in the form of thin plates having channels between them. A scraper is provided on the tines, attached to the blender to be moved across the tines to scrape food particles from the channels between the tines. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A dough blender, comprising: a handle; a plurality of tines attached to the handle, the plurality of tines forming a plurality of channels between the tines; and a scraper attached to the blender, the scraper having a plurality of fingers extending between at least some of the plurality of channels formed between the tines. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The dough blender of claim 1, wherein the handle forms a first end and the second end, the tines form a first end and a second end, the first end of the tines being secured to the first end of the handle and the second end of the tines being secured to the second end of the handle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The dough blender of claim 2, wherein the scraper is permanently attached to the blender. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The dough blender of claim 3, wherein the tines are each formed as blades having a height and a width, the height being greater than the width. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The dough blender of claim 4, wherein the tines each comprise an upper surface and the scraper comprises a bar, the bar being in contact with the upper surfaces of the tines. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The dough blender of claim 5, wherein the scraper further comprises a stem extending perpendicular to the bar, the stem being positioned between at least one of the plurality of channels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The dough blender of claim 6, wherein the plurality of channels comprises a central channel positioned in the middle of the plurality of channels, and further wherein the stem is positioned in the central channel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The dough blender of claim 6, wherein the scraper further comprises a plurality of projections extending from the cap into a corresponding plurality of channels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The dough blender of claim 6, wherein the channels adjacent the first end of the tines terminate at a first height and the channels adjacent the second end of the tines terminate at a second height, the first height being relatively closer to the handle than the second height. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The dough blender of claim 6, wherein a width between a pair of the plurality of tines adjacent either the first end or the second end of the tines is relatively closer together than a width between the pair of the plurality of tines at a central location, whereby the scraper is more snugly received between the pair of tines adjacent either the first end or the second end. ### Claim 11 A dough blender, comprising: a handle having a first end and a second end; a plurality of tines having a first end and a second end, the first end of the plurality of tines being attached to the first end of the handle, the second end of the plurality of tines being attached to the second end of the handle, the plurality of tines forming a plurality of channels between the tines; and a scraper permanently attached to the dough blender, the scraper having a plurality of fingers extending between at least some of the plurality of channels formed between the tines. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The dough blender of claim 11, further comprising at least one central channel and at least a first and a second peripheral channel, the first and second peripheral channels being on opposite sides of the central channel, and further wherein the central channel is longer than each of the peripheral channels. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The dough blender of claim 12, wherein the tines are each formed as blades having a height and a width, the height being greater than the width. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The dough blender of claim 12, wherein the tines each comprise an upper surface and the scraper comprises a bar, the bar being positioned adjacent the upper surfaces of the tines. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The dough blender of claim 14, wherein the scraper further comprises a stem extending perpendicular to the bar, the stem being positioned within one of the plurality of channels, the dough blender further comprising a cap positioned on the stem opposite the bar to permanently affix the scraper to the tines. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The dough blender of claim 15, wherein the plurality of channels comprises a central channel positioned in the middle of the plurality of channels, and further wherein the stem is positioned in the central channel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The dough blender of claim 16, wherein the scraper further comprises a plurality of projections extending from the cap into a corresponding plurality of channels. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The dough blender of claim 17, wherein a width between a pair of the plurality of tines adjacent either the first end or the second end of the tines is relatively closer together than a width between the pair of the plurality of tines at a central location, whereby the scraper is more snugly received between the pair of tines adjacent either the first end or the second end.