US3847523A - Universal coupler for cake icing decorating tips - Google Patents
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- the coupler of the invention includes a tubular element and which has a threaded end which protrudes through a hole in the bottom of the cone when the coupler is placed in the cone/The larger sized icing decorating tubes may be selectively attached to the tubular element by means of an appropriate nut, as will be described.
- the coupler also includes a smaller tubular element which maybe attached to the larger element in order that the smaller sized icing decorating tubes inaybe selectively coupled to the icing cone.
- a ring and/or a further nut is also provided which enables intermediate sized icing decorating tubes to be attached to the first-mentioned tubular element.
- a large number of icing decorating tubes are available in different sizes and shapes, corresponding to different border designs and sizes as may be desired for any particular cake.
- the usual practice in the art is to insert a selected tube into the icingcone, and then to squeeze the icing through the tube in order to carry out the decorating operation.
- the tube cannot be changed until the icing has first been emptied from the cone, at which time a new tube can be inserted into the cone to protrude through the'hole in the bottom of the cone.
- This factor has rendered the usual prior art type of icing cone combination restricted in many cases, and especially where elaborate designs are desired, and which require the use of several different tubes.
- the arrangement described in the preceding paragraph only partially solves the problem. This is because with such a tubular element, there is only a limited range of different sized decorating tubes which may be attached thereto. At present, there are a large number of decorating tubes on the market, and these tubes vary in sizes, for example, from a base width of 17 millimeters to a base width of 27 millimeters and greater.
- the purpose of the present invention is to provide a universal coupler which can accommodate the entire range of different sized decorating tubes, thus permitting any desired size of decorating tube to be selectively attached to the aforesaid tubular element at will, and without the need for removing the icing from the icing cone.
- FIG. 1 shows a flexible icing cone, and a coupler attached to the lower end of the cone which may be constructed to incorporate the concepts of the invention
- FIG. 3 is a side section, like FIG. 2, and showing the coupler of FIG. 1, but with a different nut element from that shown in FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is an exploded representation showing a further coupling element and nut which are included in the coupler of the invention, together with a typical decorating tube;
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an annular ring ele ment which also may be included in the assembly of the invention.
- FIG. 6 is a side section showing the coupler of the invention in another aspect in which the annular element of FIG. 5 is included in the assembly; and b
- FIG. 7 is a side section showing the coupler assembly in yet another aspect in which the coupler elements of FIG. 4 are included in the assembly.
- a flexible icing cone 10 is provided which may be filled with icing, and a tubular element 12 is inserted into the bag and has a threaded lower end protruding out through a hole in the bottom of the bag.
- the tubular element 12, in the illustrated embodiment, has a truncated conical configuration.
- a nut 13 is provided, so that decorating icing tubes 14 of different sizes may be selectively attached to the lower end of the tubular element 12.
- relatively large sized decorating tubes 14 having a base width in a range, for example, of 22-28 millimeters may be selectively attached to the lower end of the tubular element 12.
- the base of the decorating tube in FIG. 2 extends up over the lower end of the tubular element 12 in a telescopic relationship, and it is held in place by the nut 13.
- a smaller tubular coupling element 26, as shown in FIG.'4, may also be provided.
- the tubular element 26 has the same general configuration as the tubular element 12, but is of smaller size.
- a nut 30 is provided which may be threaded to the lower end of the tubular element 26.
- a ring 22, as shown in FIG. 5,- may be provided.
- the ring 22 may be placed into the nut 13, so as to adapt the nut 13 to support the slightly smaller tubes, for example, in the 20-23 millimeter range, in much the same manner as the nut '18.
- the tubular element 26, as shown in FIG. 7 is attached to the coupling element 12 by means of the nut 18, and the smaller sized decorating tubes are supported on the tubular element 26, for example, by the nut 30, as shown in FIG. 7.
- the invention provides, therefore, an improved cou pier assembly which has universal application, since it provides for the attachment of a wide variety of different sized decorating tubes to the flexible icing cone 10. It is clear that the different decorating tubes can be changed at will, and without the need to empty the cone l0, merely by removing the annular nut 13, 18 or 30, as the case may be, and by attaching a selected sized tube to the tubular element 12, as described above.
- a downwardly tapered tubular member having an externally threaded portion and insertable into said cone with said externally threaded portion protruding downwardly through said hole;
- first and second nut members respectively having internally threaded portions of the same diameter interchangeably threadable on said externally threaded portion of said tubular member and respectively including first and second bottom edge means of different diameters for holding different sized decorating tubes against the lower end of said tubular member below said externally threaded portion thereof.
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