Patent ID: 6101968
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A21C,A23G,A23P

Abstract:
A power-assist cake decorator comprising:a. a hollow housing having an upper end and a transverse wall dividing the housing into upper and lower chambers and having a transverse opening through the upper end to define a squeeze bar and formed with apertures on either side of the squeeze bar,b. a container for pastry in the lower chamber having collapsible sidewalls and upper and lower walls and a tubular dispensing injection needle extending through a lower wall of the housing,c. a compression element having a pressure plate engaging the upper wall of the container, the pressure plate having an inverted U-shaped element defined by parallel legs and a connecting bight, the legs of the element extending through the respective apertures and secured to the plate, the bight of the element serving as a palm rest, the palm rest and squeeze bar comprising a hand grip, the compression element having an upward element formed with a gear rack therein,d. a power-assist motor and gear train, said gear train driven by the motor, a gear in the gear train adapted to selectively mesh with the gear rack to drive down the compression element to extrude pastry through the needle, ande. means for facilitating the meshing and activating the motor, said means for facilitating and activating comprising an actuator disposed in the hand grip and adapted to be naturally engaged by the hand of the user in the process of gripping the hand grip to effect dispensing of the cake decorating material from the needle.