US1329172A - Spoon - Google Patents

Description

M. GLUCK.

SPOON.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8. 1919.

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A TTORNEYS Patented Jan: 27, 1920.

moscwcx, or new Yomr, N. Y.

SPOON.

I To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS. GLUck, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Spoon, of which the following is a full,

.clear, and exact description.

It is a well-known fact that it is very unsatisfactory, in view of sanitary conditions, 3

to use spoons in public eating places, and more particularly at soda-water fountams, and, hence, it has been "proposed to make spoons for this particular use of paper, and

which can be thrown away after they have been used once. This procedure has proven rather expensive, particularly in view of the fact that straws for drawing liquid from a glass into the mouth were thrown awa also, making the combined cost of both 0 these articles rather prohibitive.

It has further been proposed to construct spoons with hollow handles, or tube attachments, whichwould be particularly adaptable foruse in connection with soda-water fountains, so that the fluid might be drawn u into the mouth through the hollow hand e or attachment to the spoon. These spoons have been impractical, however, in view of the difliculty of thoroughly cleaning spoons of this nature. p

I now propose to construct a spoon of suitable material, which shall be capable of being produced on a sufiiciently economical basis so that the cost ma not be prohibitive in use, which spoon shal be' provided with a hollow handle, and shall be made of material, such as paper so that the spoon may be thrown away after having been once used. It will be seen that this procedure will also save the proprietor of a fountain considerable money, in view of the fact that no expense is invo ved with regard to cleaning spoons.

A further object of my invention is to provide a spoonof this nature which shal be sufficiently strong that its edge may be utilized for cutting a semi-solid substance, such as frozen cream.

A further object is the provision of a spoon of this nature which shall be of such simple construction that the cost of'manufacture shall be almost negligible.

Reference is to, be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings which illustrate a specification of Letter: I'atent.

'Application filed April 8, 1919. Serial 110.288323.

' Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

practical embodiment of this invention, and in wh1ch Figure l is a front elevational view of a blank of paper from which the finished spoon is manufactured;

Flg. 2 is a rear elevational view of the finished article;

3 is a front view of the same F g. 4 is a side elevation of the spoon; F1g. 5 is a sectional view taken along the lines A A of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken along the lines BB of Fig. 3. In these drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates the blank shank of a spoon,,which includes two straight sides and one straight end. The other end of the shank turns inwardly at right angles to the side, similarly to its opposite end, and terminates, as indicated at 2, in a portion of the blank which subsequently becomes the bowl of the spoon.. In the blank this spoon portion includes merely an inverted pear-shaped part, indicated at 3.

In manufacturing, the shank 1 is rolled so that its opposite edges overlap, as indicated in Fig. 6, 1t being appreciated that the entire blank is primarily softened by treatment with steam or any other suitable method. The overlapping edges may now be pasted, if desired, or otherwise suitably secured. The rolling up of the shank draws the ed es of the spoon bowl upwardly and results in the cup-shaped formation of the latter.

It willbe appreciated that in the construction as far as described, the connection between the shank of the spoon and bowl'thereof would not be sufiiciently rigid to properly withstand stress such as would be exercised by the edge of the bowl cutting through a semi-solid substance, such as frozen cream. To overcome this defect and strengthen the whole body of the spoon, as well as the connection between the bowl and shank, I pinch, while the blankis still soft, the lower face of the bowl and portion of the hollow shank, adjacent its inner end, into the form of a rib, as indicated at 4. By this construction great rigidity of the spoon is secured.

It will be appreciated that the spoon may be used in the conventional manner for serving the contents of a receptacle. Should now the user desire to draw liquid from the receptacle'into his mouth, a slight sucking upon the end of the shank 1 will draw the liquid through said shank and up into the mouth of the user.

It will further be appreciated that such modifications as I may desire to make in this construction may be readily made without de arting from the scope of this invention.

aving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A spoon, including a tubular handle comprising a single sheet of material having its longitudinal edge's overlapping and secured one to the other, and a bowl having 15 terial shaped so as to provide a tubular 20 handle, a bowl extending from one of the ends of such tubular member, and a rib provided at the point of connection of the handle with the bowl. 7

MARCUS GLUCK.

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