Universal spoon for loading dough products into containers
CA 2224523 C · Owner: The Pillsbury Company · Inventors: Finkowski, James W.
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A preferred form of a packing apparatus (10) of the present invention for loading a dough product (12) into a container (14) through a container opening (60) includes a frame (24) and a loading member (16) joined to the frame (24). The loading member (16) has a first opening (44) for receiving the dough product (12) to be packed, and a second opening (50) through which the dough product (12) exits off the loading member (16) and into the container (14). An inner surface (42) joins the first opening (44) to the second opening (50). The inner surface (42) has an extending tang (56) disposed at the second opening (50). The extending tang (56) is insertable within the container opening …
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- Filed June 25, 1996 and granted April 22, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 25, 2016.
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