Ice cream spoon

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What I claim is: 1.
An ice cream spoon, particularly for rapidly and effortlessly cutting serving portions from a block of hard frozen ice cream, comprising a.
a blade or scoop member of stainless steel, b.
an elongate shaft or tang member of stainless steel extending outwardly from said blade member and forming with the same a solid unit of highly heat-conducting characteristics throughout all sections thereof, c.
a handle made from a lightweight material of high heat accumulating capacity, surrounding said shaft member and being rigidly and securely attached thereto in free heat-conducting relationship therewith, said handle being of maximum size for convenient gripping with one hand, and d.
a thin heat-insulating layer hermetically enclosing said handle to protect the user's hand from excessive heat, whereby the entire spoon may be briefly immersed in a hot water bath and thereby heated, with a great proportion of the heat stored in said handle material for subsequent conduction to said blade portion of the spoon upon removal of the spoon from said hot water bath.




Description:
This invention relates to an ice cream spoon which is extremely simple, inexpensive and effective.
Ice cream scoops, or dippers, are known and extensively used, particularly in ice cream parlors, restaurants and the like for the purpose of preparing servings of uniform size, shapes and amounts in order to secure non-waste and economy in the sale and distribution of the ice cream.
Usually scoops, or dippers, of this kind cannot be efficiently or readily used directly for cutting hard frozen ice cream; rather, a block of the hard frozen ice cream freshly removed from the freezer must be allowed to "sit" for awhile, until it has softened sufficiently to be cut without application of excessive force.
Even if such a softening period is of comparatively brief duration, the formation of a liquid pool of melted ice cream around the base portion of the solid ice cream block is unavoidable, and this melted ice cream is usually objectionable for inclusion with the servings and bothersome for re-freezing, the result being that it is frequently discarded and wasted