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US 4,071,308 AGranted
Dispenser for ice cream or the like
OwnerJohn T. LaFredainventor
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Abstract
A measuring dispenser for ice cream embodying a handle carrying an open ended cylinder to be pressed into a mass of ice cream to fill the cylinder. To eject the accumulated scoop of ice cream, the handle and an adjacent lever are squeezed, causing a piston in the cylinder to both rotate and to move axially against the scoop of ice cream. Rotation of the piston, along with a scraper element movable therewith, facilitates breaking of the body of frozen ice cream from the wall of the cylinder and the scraper element scrapes off any ice cream adhering to the wall.
Claims1
A dispenser for ice cream or similar frozen material comprising:
- a cylinder open at one end;
- means forming a handle for supporting said cylinder at the opposite end thereof;
- a piston movable along the axis of said cylinder;
- a lever pivotally supported by the handle forming means, said lever extending adjacent said handle;
- means connecting said lever to said piston whereby the squeezing of said handle and of said lever together causes said piston to move along said cylinder to eject a scoop of ice cream or similar frozen material therefrom;
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- means responsive to the movement of said piston to rotate said piston about said axis;
- said dispenser including a scraper connected to said piston so as to be rotatably movable therewith, said scraper being engageable with the inner surface of said cylinder whereby to scrape ice cream adhering to said inner surface therefrom;
- said scraper comprising diametrically oppositely disposed scraper blades that extend lengthwise of said cylinder and on the side of said piston adjacent the open end of the cylinder;
- said dispenser including means permitting free radial movement of said scraper relative to said piston.
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