Pepper grinding tool

Details Pepper grinding tool Pepper grinding tool

1999-12-22

2002-06-25

Ostrager, Allen (Department: 3725)

Solid material comminution or disintegration

Apparatus

Hand support comminutor

C241S168000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06409109

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pepper grinding tool, and particularly to one of which the grinding assembly is fitted to the main housing body thereof such that the ground pepper particulate can be easily and completely dispensed therefrom without any residue.
Referring to
FIG. 5
, a heretofore known pepper grinding tool comprises an upper cover
10
, a main body
20
, a grinding member
30
and a fixing plate
40
. The main body
20
is transparent.
The main body
20
has a holding room therein, and connecting parts
201
.
The grinding member
30
is received in the holding room of the main body
20
. The grinding member
30
includes an outer grinding part
302
, an inner grinding part
301
and a transmission shaft
303
. The inner grinding part
301
received in the outer grinding part
302
can be turned for permitting pepper to be ground therebetween. The transmission shaft
303
is passed through the outer grinding part
302
and connected to the inner grinding part
301
from a lower end portion thereof The transmission shaft
303
is connected to the upper cover
10
, which can be turned manually, and a nut
101
from an upper end thereof.
The outer grinding part
302
has a lower rim
304
and gaps
305
provided for the grinding member
30
to be connected to the connecting parts
201
.
The fixing plate
40
has two bent parts
403
and screw holes
401
at two end portions thereof
In combination, the fixing plate
40
is connected to the outer grinding part
302
with the bent parts
403
each engaging a respective one of the gaps
305
. Screws
402
are screwed into the screw holes
401
of the fixing plate
40
and the connecting parts
201
of the main body
20
.
The pepper grinding tool can grind pepper into small particulate and dispense same to the food from a bottom of the grinding member
30
. However, some of the pepper particulate will be stopped from falling down by the fixing plate
40
, i.e. some of the particulate will rest on the fixing plate
40
unless the pepper grinding tool is shaken. These pepper residues will fall down and dirty the table or the ground when the pepper grinding tool is passed around.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is a main object of the present invention to provide a pepper grinding tool, of which the pepper grinding member is fitted to the main body thereof in a way, that the ground pepper particulate can be dispensed completely without residues.
The main body has a holding chamber therein, and an annular recess on an inner side thereof
A socket is received in the holding chamber. The socket has a rim fitted onto the annular recess.
The grinding member has an outer grinding part and an inner grinding part; the inner grinding part received in the outer part is able to be turned such that pepper can be ground into small particulate between same and the outer part. The outer part is received in the socket, and has a rim located under the rim of the socket. Screws are screwed through the rims, and into the inner side of the main body to secure the outer grinding part and the socket to the main body.
A transmission shaft is passed through the socket and the outer grinding part, and is connected to the inner grinding part from a lower end. The upper end of the shaft is passed through an upper cover of the main body.
Because there is no any fixing element arranged under the bottom of the grinding member where the ground particulate are dispensed, the particulate can fall out of the grinding member easily and completely without having to shake the pepper grinding tool. When the pepper grinding tool is passed around in the room or on the table, there is no pepper residence that will dirty the room or the table.


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