Patent ID: 6054157
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A21C,B65D,Y02W

Abstract:
A reusable cookie dough storage container for storing and refrigerating cookie dough comprising:a generally tubular, hollow member having a self-sustaining shape and a substantially uniform cross-section substantially along its entire length,a piston slidably received in said tubular member and axially movable therein along a longitudinal axis of said tubular member, said piston having a diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of said tubular member,said tubular member having at least a first end cap releasably received on a longitudinal discharge end of said tubular member, such that said first end cap and said piston form a substantially sealed cookie dough storage chamber for refrigerating said cookie dough within said tubular member when spaced apart, said longitudinal end being reclosable by said first end cap,said piston adapted to substantially seal said storage chamber containing cookie dough, when used in combination with said first end cap to refrigerate said cookie dough, and to apply a positive pressure on said cookie dough stored within said tubular member for extruding said cookie dough from said discharge end of said tubular member when said first end cap is removed, said discharge end of said tubular member having an opening of a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of said piston.