# US 9,038,677 B2 · Combination scoop and funnel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,677 B2 - Document ID: US9038677B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/654,900 - Filed: 2012-10-18 - Published: 2014-04-24 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-18 - Applicants: Tyler Keefe - Inventors: Tyler Keefe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038677B2 ## CPC - A47J 43/28: Other culinary hand implements, e.g. spatulas, pincers, forks or like food holders, ladles, skimming ladles, cooking spoons; Spoon-holders attached to cooking pots - A47J 31/404: {Powder dosing devices} - A47J 2203/00: Devices having filling level indicating means - B65B 39/007: {Guides or funnels for introducing articles into containers or wrappers} - B67C 11/06: with automatic discharge valves - G01F 11/02: with measuring chambers which expand or contract during measurement - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - B67C: CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME ## Abstract A combination scoop and funnel apparatus provides a scoop portion defining a dry material reservoir having an open top and a downwardly tapered conical bottom portion which terminates in a discharge aperture. A handle is joined to the scoop reservoir. A movable frusto-conical funnel member defines a funnel aperture at its lower end and an open top at its upper end. The funnel member supports a valve slide which extends upwardly through the discharge aperture and further supports a valve cap on the upper end thereof. The valve member is movable between a downwardly extending valve closed configuration and an upwardly positioned valve open configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A combination scoop and funnel comprising: a scoop having a material body defining an open top, a handle extending from said material body, an interior material reservoir and a narrowing portion extending downwardly from said material body and defining a discharge aperture; a funnel member having a tapered body, an open top and a funnel aperture; a valve slide having a lower end joined to said funnel member, an upper end extending through said discharge aperture and detent means; and a valve cap, defining a maximum dimension greater than said discharge aperture, supported upon said upper end of said valve slide above said discharge aperture, said valve slide being movable between a raised position in which said valve cap is raised upwardly away from said discharge aperture and said funnel member is proximate to said narrowing portion and a lowered position in which said valve cap blocks and closes said discharge aperture and said funnel member is spaced from said narrowing portion, said valve slide moved to said lowered position, and being releasably secured at said lowered position by said detent means, closing said discharge aperture to retain material scooped into said interior material reservoir and thereafter raised to open said discharge aperture and allow material to fall through said discharge aperture and said funnel aperture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The combination scoop and funnel set forth in claim 1 wherein said slide includes a plurality of elongated vanes each having a lower end joined to said funnel member and an upper end joined to said valve cap, said vanes being spaced-apart to provide material flow spaces therebetween. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The combination scoop and funnel set forth in claim 2 wherein said detent means includes a plurality of detent projections extending outwardly from said vanes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The combination scoop and funnel set forth in claim 3 wherein said valve cap defines an outer surface that tapers inwardly and upwardly. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The combination scoop and funnel set forth in claim 4 wherein said material body is substantially cylindrical and said lower portion is substantially frusto-conical. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The combination scoop and funnel set forth in claim 5 wherein said funnel member is substantially frusto-conical. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The combination scoop and funnel set forth in claim 6 wherein said valve cap is substantially conical. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The combination scoop and funnel set forth in claim 4 wherein said material body and said lower portion are faceted. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The combination scoop and funnel set forth in claim 8 wherein said funnel member is faceted. ### Claim 10 A combination scoop and funnel comprising: a scoop having a material body defining an open top, an interior material reservoir and a narrowing portion extending downwardly from said material body and defining a discharge aperture; a funnel member having a tapered body, an open top, a plurality of outwardly extending grip tabs and a funnel aperture; a valve slide having a lower end joined to said funnel member and an upper end extending through said discharge aperture; and a valve cap, defining a maximum dimension greater than said discharge aperture, supported upon said upper end of said valve slide above said discharge aperture, said valve slide being movable between a raised position in which said valve cap is raised upwardly away from said discharge aperture and said funnel member is proximate to said narrowing portion and a lowered position in which said valve cap blocks and closes said discharge aperture and said funnel member is spaced from said narrowing portion, said slide moved to said lowered position closing said discharge aperture to retain material scooped into said interior material reservoir and thereafter raised to open said discharge aperture and allow material to fall through said discharge aperture and said funnel aperture.