It's a long thin thingy, with a slot for accepting the spoon. Works on a battery and an internally closed circuit of water that is self cleaned. Extracts dry dirt in glubs at end. Perhaps a compostable paper towel would wrap each output.

When done with your spoon, stick it back in a vacant spoonwasher.

A few of those in each kitchen, and you'll always have clean spoons available. Of course they could serve for cleaning knives and forks as well.

A green light signifies that the spoon is clean.

It could be hung from the wall. They can be attached together to create a "spoonwasher matrix", in order to save space.
-- pashute, Jan 03 2011

[+] good to have for the tea/coffeespoon usage cycle.
-- FlyingToaster, Jan 03 2011


Most good dogs will lick the spoons spotless and clean for free. Get dog?
-- blissmiss, Jan 03 2011


" internally closed circuit of water that is self cleaned "

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-- normzone, Jan 03 2011


I can somewhat guarantee that even with this invention the person who finds it in their employ will continue to have a lack of clean spoonage.
-- rcarty, Jan 03 2011


Indeed; Fermat's Last Theorem is also known as the "How to make sure you always have clean spoons" Theorem.

No-one has a solution.
-- 8th of 7, Jan 03 2011


// I can’t imagine why the handle would ever require washing. //

Really ? So, how do you get the wax out of your ears, and the bogeys out of your nose ?
-- 8th of 7, Jan 04 2011


Ok, that makes sense.
-- 8th of 7, Jan 04 2011


I am NEVER, EVER having tea at 8th's house!!
-- mwburden, Jan 04 2011


I'm more afraid of the bogeys I don't know about.
-- rcarty, Jan 04 2011


Call for CAD of this device...

Anybody?
-- pashute, Feb 11 2011


I would recommend a machine with spinning brushes, stream of recycled water and automatic spoon/fork/knife movement. You just insert it at one end and pick it clean at the other. Would be useful in large kitchens.
-- dreamtechnics, Feb 12 2011


No. The idea is that this is where the spoon stays ON THE COUNTER. So you push it in, when done, like a shoepolish machine, and when you take the spoon its always clean. As I wrote, this is good for the smallest of kitchens.
-- pashute, Feb 13 2011



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