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US 4,367,138 AGranted
Flatware recovery food scraper
OwnerJohn Kustasinventor
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Abstract
A substantially cylindrically shaped rubber food scraper is mounted on a steel dish cleaning table over a refuse container located below the table. The interior of the scraper is substantially hourglass shaped and includes a plurality of magnets embedded in the interior wall thereof adjacent the reduced diameter portion. Food and waste paper scraped from dishes pass through the scraper to the container below but stainless steel flatware is attracted to and held by the magnets.
Claims5
A food scraper for preventing the loss of flatware in a restaurant comprising:
- a tubular member of circular cross section having concentric openings at each end thereof and being constructed essentially of a polymeric material;
- the interior wall of said member being substantially smooth and continuous;
- the exterior wall of said member being substantially cylindrical;
- a reduced diameter portion within the interior of said tubular member and intermediate the ends thereof, and
- magnet means embedded within the interior wall of said tubular member adjacent said reduced diameter portion.
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