What is claimed is:
1. An ice-cream scoop comprising a generally semi-spherical bowl, a handle having one end portion fastened to said bowl, said bowl having a top rim, a bottom opening and a slot communicating with said bottom opening and extending to said rim, said handle having a portion adjacent said bowl formed with a cavity opening at the top and at the bottom of said handle and communicating with said slot, said slot being in alignment with said handle, an ejector pivotally mounted on the handle about a pivotal axis transverse to said handle and adjacent the bowl and comprising an arcuate tongue conforming to the interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl and to the shape of said bottom opening and of said slot, so that, when said tongue is bottomed in the bowl, it fills said bottom opening and said slot and is substantially flush with both the interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl, said ejector further including a lever arm rigid with said tongue and extending into said cavity, said lever arm having a portion extending on the opposite side of said tongue relative to the pivotal axis of said ejector, said portion exposed and accessible through the top and through the bottom of said handle, whereby downward manual pressure exerted on said portion from the top of said handle, will cause lifting of said tongue away from the bowl bottom, and upward manual pressure exerted on said portion from the bottom of said handle, will pivot said tongue to bottomed position in said bowl.
2. An ice-cream scoop as defined in claim 1, wherein said lever arm portion has an upwardly-extending boss and a second downwardly-extending boss protruding upwardly and downwardly, respectively, from the top and bottom of said handle in the bottomed position of said tongue.
3. An ice-cream scoop as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein said lever arm portion forms an abutment abutting against the underside of the top of said handle in the bottomed position of said tongue.
4. An ice-cream scoop as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the ejector is detachable from the handle when the ejector is pivoted to a position at substantially right angle to the handle.
5. An ice-cream scoop as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the lever arm of said ejector is provided with laterally-extending pivotal studs, of elongated cross-section, and the sides of said handle are provided with holes to pivotally receive said studs, said holes each having a notch opening at the top of the handle, said notch being narrower than the widest part of the pivot studs and wider than the narrowest part of the pivot studs, said notches preventing removal of said studs from said holes in any position of said ejector other than the position at substantially right angle to said handle.
