Device for pressing garlic and the like

Device for extruding garlic cloves and the like, comprising:

• (a) an integrally formed elongated cylindrically tubular transparent plastic body having a cylinder wall and also having a closed end and an open end, said closed end having an inwardly extending central stem support portion of predetermined greater thickness than said cylinder wall and including generally axially disposed internal threads for receiving a threaded stem member, the open end of said body having external threads for receiving a threaded end piece, said body defining therein a storage cavity,
• (b) a shallow, cylindrical, cup-shaped plastic end piece having an integral side wall and bottom wall and also having internal threads on said side wall for threadably engaging the external threads on the open end of said body, and further including a plurality of openings in said bottom wall, said end piece having an annular, radially inwardly offset closure cap engaging surface around the outside of said bottom wall,
• (c) a cylindrically shaped plastic piston member slidable within said body and shaped to present a generally flat round surface facing toward the open end of said body and designed to be engaged by a piston stem,
• (d) an elongated plastic threaded stem member for being receiving at said closed end of said body through said internal threads and having an inner end which coactingly engages said piston member within said body and which extends out of said closed end and has an outer end to which is attached a handle means for threading said stem member in and out as required, and
• (e) a plastic closure cap means for engaging said closure cap engaging surface on said end piece for enclosing the interior of said device and preventing the escape of odors from food contained within said storage cavity.