Patent ID: 6409109
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A pepper grinding tool, comprising:(a) a main body, said main body having a holding chamber formed therein and an annular recess formed on an inner side thereof; (b) a socket, said socket having an annular wall surrounding a central opening and a first rim connected to a lower end portion of said annular wall, said first rim having a plurality of through holes formed therein, said socket being received in said holding chamber of said main body with said first rim fitted into said annular recess of said main body; (c) a grinding member disposed in said central opening of said socket and consisting of: (1) an outer grinding part having a holding room formed therein and a second rim formed on a lower end portion of said outer grinding part, said second rim having a plurality of through holes formed therein, said outer grinding part being received in said central opening of said socket with said second rim thereof arranged under said first rim of said socket with said plurality of through holes in said second rim being respectively aligned with said plurality of through holes of said first rim and a plurality of screws being respectively passed through said plurality of aligned through holes of said first and second rims into said main body to secure said outer grinding part and said socket to said main body, and (2) an inner grinding part rotatably disposed in said holding room of said outer grinding part for permitting pepper to be ground between said inner grinding part and said outer grinding part; and, (d) a transmission shaft passed through said socket and said outer grinding part, and having one end connected to said inner grinding part, said shaft having another end passed through a cover of said main body, said shaft having a stopping protrusion disposed above said socket for limiting downward passage of said shaft; whereby pepper is ground into small particulates between said inner and said outer grinding parts, and dispensed from a bottom side of said grinding member.