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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric Robinson, Manchester, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414-9 ; 74 47 ; 222342 ; 222357 ; 222358 ; 414728 ; 901 14 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for use in feeding physically incapacited persons comprising a spoon supported for orbital and rectilinear movement in a predetermined path, one or more receptacles, and kinematics selectively operable to move a selected receptacle into the path of movement of the spoon and for effecting orbital and rectilinear movement of the spoon from an at-rest position above the receptacle into the receptacle to pick up a quantity of food therefrom, remove it from the receptacle to a position to be received by the person and then return it to its at-rest position in readiness for a repeat cycle of operation.