Patent ID: 6460481
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
A cake decorator comprising:a. a housing including a drive section and a reservoir section for supplying a decorating pastry, the sections being releasably joined together, the reservoir section comprising a cup-shaped cylinder having a central discharge nozzle at one end of the housing, the drive section including a piston fitting snugly inside the cylinder of the reservoir section, b. power means in the drive section comprising a screw mounted for reciprocation axially of the housing and mounting the piston on an end closer to the nozzle, a radial wall in the drive section, a nut rotatably mounted in the wall and operatively engaging the screw, a power supply, a bi-directional motor in the housing and a gear train drivingly linking the motor and nut, and switch means and circuit means for the motor, power supply and switch means, and c. an actuator disposed axially of the housing and journaled to the housing for rotation at the opposite end of the housing from the nozzle, the actuator selectively engaging a portion of the switch means to energize the motor in one direction or another depending on the direction in which the actuator is manually turned relative to the housing.