Funnel set

US6739363B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WKI Holding Company, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Glen V. Walter · Boxford, US
• Anne Schloesser · Munich, DE
• Benjamin Beck · Boston, US
• David Harting · Mansfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2002
• Grant date: May 25, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C2011/30
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A funnel set includes a large funnel and a small funnel nestable therein and a strainer which can be seated in either funnel. The large funnel has lugs to retain the strainer and the strainer has an upstanding central handle stem. When the strainer is seated in the large funnel and the small funnel is nested in the large funnel, the narrow outlet end of the small funnel receives the strainer's handle stem and the tip of a handle on the small funnel fits within an aperture in the handle of the large funnel. Both funnels have longitudinal, circumferentially spaced, elastomeric strips on the outer surfaces thereof, and elastomeric grip portions on the handles.