Patent Application
20070023446
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates generally to a structure of a device drawing in cutlery and storing them. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that keeps hygienic cutlery by opening automatically its cover body to allow the user to take out the clear cutlery before closing automatically the cover body of the device so that the cutlery can be kept clear.
2. Description of the Related Art
Present-day society increasingly relies on disposable cutlery, with the increasing demands of disposable cutlery in the daily life, the utility and the storage of the disposable cutlery become very important, more particularly, the hygiene of cutlery. In the current situation, most of the disposable cutlery that are utilized in the small restaurants, night markets, traditional markets and hawkers are kept in an open area for easily retrieved and utilization. But it also means that those cutlery are exposed to the unseen bacteria and flies, dust and pollutants. Most customers will not wash those disposable cutlery before utilizing in the restaurants, therefore, most the bacteria will be eaten into the bodies of the customers causing the infections or diseases on the consumers. Moreover, contagious diseases such flu, can transmit through the human direct contact with or proximity to an infected individual with the cutlery to spread the disease from one person to the others. Thus, it is dangerous to keep those cutlery in the open area without any protection before utilizing by the consumers. It is one of the object of the present invention to provide a device that can store and keep those disposable cutlery in a hygienic storage.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a device that can comprise a plurality of cutlery, and when a pressing shaft is pushed down, a first sucking plate of the device will be triggered to push open a cover body of the device automatically and draws in the cutlery so that the user can retrieve the cutlery easily. Once the cutlery are taken out, the cover body will close automatically so that the cutlery located side the device can be hygienic kept.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention provides a device of drawing in cutlery, wherein the device comprises a holder located inside the device for resorting various cutlery and a connecting stand located on a top part of the device. A pressing shaft is located on a central part of the device, and a cover body is positioned on one side of the connecting stand and the top part of the device. A stand unit is located at a bottom portion of the device, and a movable device is designed between the holder and the connecting stand. A flexible device is formed between the pressing shaft and the connecting stand, and a first sucking plate is located at one end of the device.
Both the forgoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings
The present invention provides a device of drawing cutlery, such as teaspoons, small plates or bowls, forks or disposable spoons. Refer to
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Refer to FIGS. 5, 6,7 and 8 showing, a diagram of showing how the device of drawing cutlery is utilized by opening a cover body automatically in accordance with a preferred example, a diagram of showing how the device of drawing cutlery is utilized by removing the top portion of the device in accordance with another preferred embodiment, a cross-sectional view of one of designs of a device of drawing cutlery of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and another cross-sectional view of another designs of a device of drawing cutlery of another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
When the device of drawing cutlery is in use, the device is placed on a level surface, such as on a desk's surface. Hen the device of the drawing cutlery of the present invention is pressed slightly, a second sucking plate 31 located inside the rotating unit 3 is adhered onto the surface of the desk, the cover body 5 and the connecting stand 4 can be opened. A plurality of disposable spoons are inserted into a space 11 of the holder 1 with their backsides facing the on the top. A front end of the scoop 71 of the last disposable spoon 7 is located firmly on the protruding body 22 at a central part of the stand unit 2. The connecting stand 4 and the cover body 5 are then put onto the holder 1, wherein the magnets 121 locating at both sides of the top portion of the holder are magnetically connected to the magnet plates 421 positioning at both sides of the bottom portion of the connecting stand 4. To remove the disposable spoon 7, the elastic cap 65 of the pressing shaft 6 is pressed down slightly, the first sucking plate 61 locating at the bottom portion of the pressing shaft 6 will suck on the backside of the scoop 72 of the very first disposable spoon 7. When the pressing shaft is pressed down, the elastic unit 62 is compressed, once the pressing force on the pressing shaft is released, the elastic unit 62 locating in the pressing shaft 6 will release its elastic force. This elastic force from the elastic unit 62 will move the first disposable spoon 7 upwards, when the disposable spoon 7 is moving upwards, end of the backside 73 of the disposable spoon 7 will push the cover protruding point 52 of the cover body 5 as a result, the cover body 5 is automatically opened. When the cover body 5 is opened, the cover body 5 and the weight block will utilize the cover protruding point 52 to press down the backside 73 of the disposable spoon 7. The front side 74 of the disposable spoon 7 is already located firmly by the pressing protruding point 64, the pressing force causes the shape of the disposable spoon 7 to bent and induce falling off effect. Thus, the disposable spoon 7 can be retrieved every signal time from the device. The device of the present invention provides a structure that can keep the cutlery hygienic clear and the disposable cutlery can be retrieved easily by the user. The weight block located at the front end of the cover body 5 and its won weight of the cover body 5 induce the cover body 5 to shut down automatically. Therefore, the disposable cutlery located inside the holder 1 can be kept clear. Further, the design of the rotating unit 3 located at the bottom portion of the device 1, can provide the device to rotate 360 degree along the horizontal axis, so that the user can convenient retrieve the disposable cutlery or spoon from any direction or location.
Other embodiments of the invention will appears to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples to be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims
