<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE ep-patent-document PUBLIC "-//EPO//EP PATENT DOCUMENT 1.4//EN" "ep-patent-document-v1-4.dtd"><!-- Disclaimer: This ST.36 XML data has been generated from A2/A1 XML data enriched with the publication date of the A3 document - March 2013 - EPO - Directorate Publication - kbaumeister@epo.org --><ep-patent-document id="EP97122967A3" file="EP97122967NWA3.xml" lang="en" doc-number="0856272" date-publ="19990113" kind="A3" country="EP" status="N" dtd-version="ep-patent-document-v1-4"><SDOBI lang="en"><B000><eptags><B001EP>ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMK..AL..............................</B001EP><B005EP>R</B005EP><B007EP>DIM360 (Ver 1.5  21 Nov 2005) -  1100000/0</B007EP></eptags></B000><B100><B110>0856272</B110><B120><B121>EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION</B121></B120><B130>A3</B130><B140><date>19990113</date></B140><B190>EP</B190></B100><B200><B210>97122967.9</B210><B220><date>19971230</date></B220><B250>it</B250><B251EP>en</B251EP><B260>en</B260></B200><B300><B310>US970021  </B310><B320><date>19970130</date></B320><B330><ctry>IT</ctry></B330></B300><B400><B405><date>19990113</date><bnum>199902</bnum></B405><B430><date>19980805</date><bnum>199832</bnum></B430></B400><B500><B510><B516>6</B516><B511> 6A 47F   1/12   A</B511></B510><B540><B541>de</B541><B542>System zur Ausgabe von wegwerfbaren Löffeln für Nahrungsmittel und entsprechende Vorrichtung</B542><B541>en</B541><B542>System to dispense disposable spoons for foodstuffs and relative device</B542><B541>fr</B541><B542>Système de distribution de cuillières jetables pour aliments et dispositifs correspondant</B542></B540><B590><B598>1</B598></B590></B500><B700><B710><B711><snm>De Magistris, Giovanni</snm><iid>02439300</iid><irf>G1-7257</irf><adr><str>Via Serio, 27</str><city>04011 Aprilia (LT)</city><ctry>IT</ctry></adr></B711></B710><B720><B721><snm>De Magistris, Giovanni</snm><adr><str>Via Serio, 27</str><city>04011 Aprilia (LT)</city><ctry>IT</ctry></adr></B721></B720><B740><B741><snm>Petraz, Gilberto Luigi</snm><iid>00042481</iid><adr><str>GLP  S.r.l.
Piazzale Cavedalis 6/2</str><city>33100 Udine</city><ctry>IT</ctry></adr></B741></B740></B700><B800><B840><ctry>AT</ctry><ctry>BE</ctry><ctry>CH</ctry><ctry>DE</ctry><ctry>DK</ctry><ctry>ES</ctry><ctry>FI</ctry><ctry>FR</ctry><ctry>GB</ctry><ctry>GR</ctry><ctry>IE</ctry><ctry>IT</ctry><ctry>LI</ctry><ctry>LU</ctry><ctry>MC</ctry><ctry>NL</ctry><ctry>PT</ctry><ctry>SE</ctry></B840><B844EP><B845EP><ctry>AL</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>LT</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>LV</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>MK</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>RO</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>SI</ctry></B845EP></B844EP><B880><date>19990113</date><bnum>199902</bnum></B880></B800></SDOBI><abstract id="abst" lang="en"><p id="pa01" num="0001">System to dispense disposable spoons for foodstuffs of the type used for eating loose or packaged ice cream or other similar foodstuff, the system arranging the spoons (11) one above the other in at least one layer (111) in a collection seating (15) inside a container (13), the collection seating (15) comprising a supporting plane (19) and guide means (20), the container (13) cooperating with expulsion means (12) comprising an extraction structure (16) equipped with at least a thruster element (27) associated with the spoon (11a) placed at the bottom of the layer (111), the extraction structure (16) being associated with activation means (17) accessible from outside the container (13).<br />
Device to dispense disposable spoons for foodstuffs of the type used for eating loose or packaged ice cream or other similar foodstuff, the device being able to be placed inside a containment and/or preservation element or directly on the sales counter of a food outlet, the device comprising a container (13) defining an at least partly closed collection seating (15) for the spoons (11), the collection seating (15) comprising lateral and longitudinal guide means (20) extending substantially vertically and a supporting plane (19), the device (10, 110) also comprising expulsion means (12) equipped with an extraction structure (16) arranged at least partly inside the container (13) and activation means (17) accessible from outside the container (13), the extraction structure (16) comprising at least a thruster element (27) cooperating with the spoon (11a) placed at the bottom of the layer (111), the container (13) including at least an aperture (30) for the outlet of the spoons (11).<img id="iaf01" file="imgaf001.tif" wi="79" he="78" img-content="drawing" img-format="tif" /></p></abstract><search-report-data id="srep" srep-office="EP" date-produced="" lang=""><doc-page id="srep0001" file="srep0001.tif" type="tif" orientation="portrait" he="297" wi="210" /></search-report-data></ep-patent-document>