US2716251A - Grease applicator - Google Patents

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1955 A. PEARCE 2,716,251

GREASE APPLICATOR Filed May 16, 1949 INVENTOR United States Patent Ofifice 2,71 6,25 l Patented Aug. 30, l 955 GREASE APPLICATOR Amy Pearce, Vancouver, British Columbia, (Ianada Application May 16, 1949, Serial No. 93,444- 1 Claim. (Cl. -436) This invention relates to an applicator for grease or for plastic material.

An object of the present invention is the pIOVlSlOH of a device by means of which grease may be quickly and conveniently applied to kitchen utensils, such as cake and bread pans and the like.

Another object is the provision of a grease applicator which may be used for other purposes, such as for applying icing to cakes.

Another object is the provision of a grease applicator which does away with the present messy method of greasing kitchen utensils, and which greatly reduces the waste.

Another object is the provision of an applicator in which the grease may be left when it is not required and is always ready for use.

Another object is the provision of a useful kitchen utensil which is easily operated and easily kept clean.

The objects of this invention are attained by a resilient, bulbous container adapted to be filled with grease or with plastic material and having an outlet which is large relative to the bulbous container and adapted by means shown later to hold securely a stiff, removable neck, said neck projecting outwardly from the outlet in the container, a rectangular opening or slot across the top end of said neck and a semi-rigid flap to the one side of the opening or slot, said semi-rigid flap having points extending out wardly from each of the two outward corners of said flap.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the preferred form of the grease applicator ready for use.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the applicator.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the grease applicator taken on line 3-3, of Fig. 1.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings, 10 is a resilient container which may be formed of any suitable material, in this example the container is preferably formed of rubber. The container is preferably bulbous in form and is provided with a large outlet 11 which is surrounded by a stiff, externally threaded collar 12a. A tapering neck 13 having internal threads 14 at its large end 36 is adapted to be screwed on to the threads 12 of the collar 12a. This neck it tapers to a relatively large rectangular slot 17 across its outer end. A semi-rigid flap 18 extends outwardly from one side of said end of said neck 13 and from along one side 17a of the slot 17, said flap 18 is formed with an outwardly extending point 19 at each opposite corner of its outer end 38. The flap 18 and the points 19 taper to is formed of stiff material and a thin edge as demonstrated in Figures 2 and 3. A stopper 20 may be provided, said stopper fitting into the slot 17.

In use as a grease applicator the neck 13 is removed from the container 10, and the latter is filled with grease. When the neck is threaded again on to the collar 12a, the applicator is ready for use. When the resilient container is squeezed, some of the grease is forced out through the slot 17 in to the article to be greased. The amount of grease to be applied is controlled by the squeezing of the container 10; the face 18a and the points 19 of the flap 18 spread the grease on to the surface and in to all the corners of the cooking utensil and insure an even distribution of said grease, and the stifiness of the neck 13 aids in this operation. It is not necessary to use the fingers or any other device for spreading the grease. When the stopper 20 is inserted into the slot 17, the grease remaining in the container may be left there where it is always ready for use.

As stated above, this applicator is particularly adapted for spreading grease in a cooking utensil. Up to the present time this has often had to be done by means of ones fingers, or by spreading the grease by means of a wad of paper. Either way is very messy and is very wasteful. Furthermore, a quantity of grease has to be placed in the pan before the operation is started, and this quantity may be too much or too little. With this applicator the grease may be quickly and easily spread inside the pan and only the required amount is forced out of the applicator.

What I claim as my invention is:

An applicator for grease comprising a resilient bulbous container, a relatively large outlet therein, a stiff, outwardly threaded collar attached to and surrounding said outlet, a stiff, hollow neck having its lower and largest end internally threaded to engage said threads on said collar of the bulbous container, said neck tapering to a large, rectangular slot across the top of said neck, and a stopper to fit the slot, and a semi-rigid flap at one longer side of the slot, said semi-rigid flap projecting outwardly from across the top of the neck, and the outward edge of said flap having a point projecting outwardly at each outward corner of said semi-rigid flap, said points and the outward edge of the flap tapering to a thin edge.

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