Egg shell breaker
OwnerJames Constantine Gevasinventor
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Abstract
A cylindrical tool with a breaking edge at one end, when disposed over and about an end of an egg, upon being struck, penetrates the shell to sever an end segment therefrom. The breaking edge is at the end of a thin member having a wall thickness of the same order of magnitude as the thickness of the egg shell, a double beveled end, and a reinforced body. The tool may be separately contained with its own handle or may be integrated in a separable base of an egg cup. The egg cup bowl may be elastic or otherwise provided with means for cushioning the egg. The breaking edge may be continuous, serrated, crenellated or otherwise configured.
Claims12
A tool for breaking the shell of an egg and severing an end segment therefrom comprising a hollow cylindrical body with a shell engaging edge at one end for disposition over and about an end of said shell with said edge engaging said shell along a circular line of contact lying intermediate the equator and a pole, said body having a circumferential section immediately adjacent said edge which section has a wall with substantially right circular cylindrical radially inner and outer surfaces and a thickness throughout its length of the same order of magnitude as the thickness of said shell, means strengthening said section to resist departure from circularity when advanced through said shell, and means for permitting the transfer of kinetic energy to said body generally in a direction parallel to the axis of said body for advancing said body axially through said shell severing said segment from the remainder of the shell for easy removal from said shell remainder.
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