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US 5,688,045 AGranted
Whisk handle with molded plastic coating
AssigneeSociete des Etablissements Combrichon
InventorPatrick Butte
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Abstract
A whisk with a plurality of loops (3) at one end thereof having a hollow handle body (1) flaring toward the loops (3), and receiving in the flared region a correspondingly shaped insert (2) which can be rigidly joined to said body, said insert cooperating with the body (1) to ensure tight affixation of loops (3). The body (1)-insert (2) assembly including affixed loops (3) is covered by a peripheral plastic layer (6).
Claims25
A whisk, comprising:
- a hollow handle having a flared portion at one end thereof, a bottom of the flared portion having stepped blades projecting from inner walls of the flared portion;
- a frustoconical insert having a shape corresponding to the flared portion, cooperating therewith, and being rigidly affixable thereto, said insert further having a plurality of grooves regularly distributed on an outer surface and parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof, said grooves having stepped lengths symmetric to a longitudinal axis of said handle and cooperating with the stepped blades;
- metal loops extending from the flared portion and disposed in the grooves of the insert and along the inner walls of the flared portion, said loops being affixed by bent portions at ends thereof disposed between the cooperating projecting blades and stepped lengths of the grooves;
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- a peripheral layer of plastic coated on said handle and insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.