Dispensing – Inspection devices – Graduated transparent container or trap
Patent
1996-03-27
1997-04-22
Huson, Gregory L.
Dispensing
Inspection devices
Graduated transparent container or trap
222474, B67D 538
Patent
active
056222858
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a dispensing device for dispensing toppings onto cakes or other products.
Toppings such as icing sugar and nuts are usually sprinkled onto cakes or other products using a sieve. However, a disadvantage of this arrangement is that it is difficult to accurately control the amount of material dispensed, since some of the material is inevitably dispensed from the sieve before it reaches the cake or other product.
I have now devised a dispensing device which is able to dispense accurate quantities of topping materials onto cakes or other products.
In accordance with this invention, there is provided a dispensing device for dispensing topping material onto cakes or other products, the device comprising a container having a sidewall which tapers inwardly towards an opening in the base thereof, the base being provided with valve means which can be operated to dispense material from the container.
In use, the container is filled with the topping material, then the container is held over the area onto which the topping material is to be dispensed and the valve means actuated. This arrangement ensures that all of the topping material in the container is dispensed onto the desired area of the cake or other product.
Preferably the container is graduated to indicate the volume of the material in the container. The vertical spacing between successive graduations representing the same volume of material, gets progressively closer towards the top of the container, owing to the tapering sidewall. This allows small quantities of material to be measured out relatively accurately, since the spaced-apart graduations towards the base of the container can be sub-divided to indicate smaller volumes. Preferably the container is frusto-conical.
Preferably the valve means is arranged between the container and a dispensing outlet, the outlet comprising a perforated member such as a sieve.
Preferably the perforated member is removable, so that it can be interchanged with other perforated members having different sized perforations and/or a different number of perforations.
Preferably the area of the perforated member is greater than the area of the opening in the base of the container, so that a broad stream of material is dispensed from the device.
Preferably the valve means comprises a flap which is biased to normally close the opening in the base of the container.
Preferably the valve means comprises a pair of downwardly inclined flaps hinged to opposite sides of the opening in the base of the container.
Preferably the dispensing device comprises a lever for actuating the valve means, in order to open the valve means and allow material to flow from the container.
Preferably the dispensing device is arranged for hand use, so that the user can hold the device over a cake or other product and carefully dispense toppings onto it.
Preferably the device comprises a handle. Preferably the actuating lever is mounted to the handle, so that the user can conveniently actuate the valve means whilst supporting the container over the cake or other product.
An embodiment of this invention will now be described by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dispensing device for cake toppings in accordance with this invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view along the line II--II of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is a sectional view along the line III--III of FIG. 1.
Referring to the drawings, there is shown a moulded plastics device for dispensing cake toppings or the like, the device comprising a frusto-conical container 10 for holding the topping to be dispensed. The base of the container 10 is formed with an outlet 13 which is provided with a valve assembly for closing this outlet. Graduations 11 are printed or moulded onto the container 10, in order to indicate the volume of the topping material in the container. The graduations are marked in fluid ounces and/or millilitres, and the container is arranged to hold approximately 50 ml of material. Owing to the frusto-co
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