Patent ID: 8794557
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An electric seasoning mill comprising: a receiving unit surrounding an axis; a driving mechanism mounted in said receiving unit, and including a motor and a battery unit that is connected electrically to said motor and that has at least one battery; a grinding mechanism disposed at one side of said driving mechanism, and including a transmission shaft that extends along the axis and that is driven rotatably by said motor, an inner grinding seat that is coupled co-rotatably to said transmission shaft, and a stationary outer grinding seat that surrounds said inner grinding seat; and a control unit disposed at an opposite side of said driving mechanism along the axis, and including a control seat, a control element that is disposed in said control seat and that is movable relative to said control seat along the axis, and a resilient element that is disposed for biasing said control seat away from said driving mechanism along the axis, said control seat having a support rod disposed at an end of said control element along the axis and an abutment wall disposed at an opposite end of said control element along the axis; wherein, when said abutment wall of said control seat is pressed toward said driving mechanism along the axis against biasing action of said resilient element, said electric seasoning mill is operable from a power-off state, where said control element is away from said at least one battery, to a power-on state, where said electric seasoning mill is convertible between an activating position, where said grinding mechanism is disposed under said control unit and where said control element contacts electrically said at least one battery, and a deactivating position, where said grinding mechanism is disposed above said control unit and where said control element is separated from said at least one battery.