Abstract: Device for dispensing a food item into a hot fluid comprises a bowl having a permanent base and a movable plate positioned about the permanent base. A bottom of the bowl defines an opening for receiving a shaft extending therethrough. The shaft is coupled to the movable plate. A shank is selectively engaged with the bowl, the shank having a handle at a proximal end thereof. A lever is pivotably attached to the shank. The pivotal attachment is spaced apart from the bowl. The lever is detachably coupled to the shaft to impart translation of the movable plate. During operation, the lever is manipulated from a first position to a second position to push the shaft to move the movable plate to thereby eject the food item out of the bowl and into a hot fluid.

Abstract: A serving spoon has a spoon portion with a depression portion that forms a depression in a serving of malleable food product, thereby allowing some other food product to be retained within the depression. The serving spoon includes a spoon portion and a handle portion. The spoon portion has a concave body and a depression portion configured within the concave body, wherein the depression portion extends up from the bottom of the concave body. The depression portion forms a depression, in a malleable food product. The spoon portion may be detachable from the handle portion.

Abstract: A serving spoon has a spoon portion with a depression portion that forms a depression in a serving of malleable food product, thereby allowing some other food product to be retained within the depression. The serving spoon includes a spoon portion and a handle portion. The spoon portion has a concave body and a depression portion configured within the concave body, wherein the depression portion extends up from the bottom of the concave body. The depression portion forms a depression, in a malleable food product. The spoon portion may be detachable from the handle portion.

Abstract: Pre-filled mortar packages are positioned between masonry construction elements (such as stones, blocks or bricks) when forming a wall (such as a dry-stack stone wall). Each mortar package includes an outer covering with a porous outer surface, a mortar mixture covered by the outer covering, and (optionally) an adhesive incorporated onto or in the porous outer surface. Both the adhesive and the mortar mixture are activated by a liquid, such as water. The mortar packages may be pre-wetted and placed on masonry construction elements when stacking the masonry construction elements. Alternatively, the mortar packages may be dry when placed on masonry construction elements, and activated by applying water or by wetting from rain water. Mortar packages are more convenient and efficient than adhesives or mortar alone, and create walls and other structures with increased strength and improved aesthetics.

Abstract: An ice cream scoop includes a handle, a scooper coupled to an end of the handle, a scraper installed in the scooper, a link rod extended from an end of the scraper into the end of the handle, and a transmission device installed on the link rod. The ice cream scoop further includes an operating device with an end pivotally coupled to the handle, such that the operating device can be swayed between a first position and a second position with respect to the handle. The operating device further includes a driving portion coupled to the transmission device. If the operating device is swayed between the first and second positions, the link rod will be rotated, and the scraper will be moved along an internal wall of the scooper.

Abstract: An ice cream scooping implement includes an elongated handle that has an axial bore extending from a handle distal end and terminates approximately midway therealong. The handle has an end cap removably mated to a proximal end thereof. A scooping section is telescopically and removably insertable into the axial bore and includes a mechanism for locking the scooping section within the handle. A heating element is concentrically seated about a proximal portion of the scooping section, is in direct contact with the scooping section, is isolated from the handle, and is formed from thermal-conductive and electrical-conductive material, including tungsten. The heating element includes a pair of conductive terminals that extend proximally along a longitudinal length thereof. A mechanism is included for supplying power to the heating element. The terminals are directly engaged with the power supplying mechanism.

Abstract: The utility kitchen tool is a multiple task tool used in the kitchen utilizing the force of a spring-loaded scissor action handle applied to a push plate mounted within an attaching interchangeable scoop or container allowing for the scoop to create formed measured amounts of dispensable foods, to prepare food for cooking, to slice food, chop foods or to create molded measured amounts of soft foods for baking or serving in a plurality of ornamental shapes. The scoop also provides either a straight forcing motion of the push plate or a spinning motion of the push plate depending on the present use of the scoop and also provides a attaching container to hold foods being chopped or minced.

Abstract: A combination scoop and mold is provided with a mold cavity formed of said walls and a food displacement arrangement which ejects the molded food therefrom. Preferably, the food displacement member which causes ejection of the food also forms a back wall of the mold cavity and is coupled to a trigger which is actuatable by the user of the scoop arrangement. Preferably, the side walls are planar and parallel with each other, and may have any desired shape. Such a shape will determine the shape of the edible novelty which is formed by use of the scoop. In certain embodiments, the side walls may be replaceable so that a variety of novelty shapes may be used.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in scooping a scoop of ice cream from a container of ice cream includes a handle, a bowl supported on the handle, and a motor for rotating the bowl relative to the handle in order to facilitate the scooping of ice cream with the bowl. One embodiment includes a rotatable wiper blade mounted within the bowl, a first unidirectional clutch device that couples the bowl to the motor drive shaft when the drive shaft is rotating in a clockwise rotation, and a second unidirectional clutch device that inhibits bowl rotation when the drive shaft is rotating in a counterclockwise direction. The cutting edge or lip of the bowl may have sawtooth like projections, and an battery changer apparatus may be included for charging a battery power source housed in the handle.

Abstract: An improved two component ice cream scoop made of plastic, includes a bowl portion and handle portion integrally connected, the handle portion further includes an ejecting lever which is biased by a tongue spring, wherein the head portion of the ejecting lever is adjacent to the inside of said bowl portion and can be moved up when the tail portion of said ejecting lever is pressed, for pushing the ice cream out of the bowl.

Abstract: A measuring dispenser for ice cream embodying a handle carrying an open ended cylinder to be pressed into a mass of ice cream to fill the cylinder. To eject the accumulated scoop of ice cream, the handle and an adjacent lever are squeezed, causing a piston in the cylinder to both rotate and to move axially against the scoop of ice cream. Rotation of the piston, along with a scraper element movable therewith, facilitates breaking of the body of frozen ice cream from the wall of the cylinder and the scraper element scrapes off any ice cream adhering to the wall.