US 11,730,317 B2
Egg breaker and separator device
Richard Mao, Lutherville, MD (US)
Filed by Richard Mao, Lutherville, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/901,689.
Application 16/901,689 is a continuation of application No. 16/524,504, filed on Jul. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,722,076.
Application 16/524,504 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/436,405, filed on Jun. 10, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/436,405 is a continuation of application No. 16/416,950, filed on May 20, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/674,798, filed on May 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0345182 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 43/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/14 (2013.01) [A47J 43/145 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device configured to break and open an egg, the device comprising:
a support base having a handle and a support member;
a chute coupled to the support member, the chute having a front end, a rear end opposite the front end along a central axis; and
a nozzle coupled to the front end of the chute, the nozzle having a nozzle base, a closed terminal end opposite the nozzle base, a curved outer wall that extends forward relative to the nozzle base along the central axis to define the closed terminal end, and an aperture in the curved outer wall disposed rearward of the closed terminal end, wherein the aperture is sized to permit an egg white, an egg yolk, or both, to pass therethrough,
wherein the nozzle is rotatable relative to the chute so as to transition from a first position, where the aperture permits an egg white of the egg to pass therethrough while the nozzle retains the egg yolk, and a second position different from the first position.