Ejecting ice-cream scoop
OwnerLaurent Houleinventor
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There is disclosed an ice-cream scoop including a semispherical bowl, a handle extending from and rigid with the bowl and an ejector pivotally mounted on the handle adjacent the bowl to separate the ball of ice-cream from the bowl. The bowl has a bottom opening and a slot communicating with the bottom opening and extending to the rim of the bowl. The handle is formed with a cavity adjacent the bowl, said cavity opening at the top and bottom of the handle and communicating with the slot. The ejector comprises an arcuate tongue conforming to the interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl and to the shape of the bottom opening and of the slot, so that when the tongue is bottomed in the bowl, it fills the bottom opening and the slot, and is substantially flush with both interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl. The ejector further includes a lever arm rigid with the tongue extending in the cavity of the handle and accessible from both the top and bottom of the handle. Upon upward manual pressure exerted on the lever arm, the ejector will be pivoted to a position in which the tongue is bottomed in the bowl, and upon downward manual pressure exerted on the ejector, the tongue will be lifted away from the bowl bottom.
An ice-cream scoop comprising a generally semi-spherical bowl, a handle having one end portion fastened to said bowl, said bowl having a top rim, a bottom opening and a slot communicating with said bottom opening and extending to said rim, said handle having a portion adjacent said bowl formed with a cavity opening at the top and at the bottom of said handle and communicating with said slot, said slot being in alignment with said handle, an ejector pivotally mounted on the handle about a pivotal axis transverse to said handle and adjacent the bowl and comprising an arcuate tongue conforming to the interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl and to the shape of said bottom opening and of said slot, so that, when said tongue is bottomed in the bowl, it fills said bottom opening and said slot and is substantially flush with both the interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl, said ejector further including a lever arm rigid with said tongue and extending into said cavity, said lever arm having a portion extending on the opposite side of said tongue relative to the pivotal axis of said ejector, said portion exposed and accessible through the top and through the bottom of said handle, whereby downward manual pressure exerted on said portion from the top of said handle, will cause lifting of said tongue away from the bowl bottom, and upward manual pressure exerted on said portion from the bottom of said handle, will pivot said tongue to bottomed position in said bowl.
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