Patent ID: 6568616
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A condiment grinder comprising:a housing, a chamber attached to the housing for containing articles to be ground, a trigger attached to the housing, an elongate piston extending through the chamber and having serrations along a portion of its length, a linkage co-operative with the trigger and the piston to transmit reciprocal movement of the trigger to reciprocal movement of the piston, wherein the linkage includes a first link mounted pivotally to the housing and a second link connected pivotally to the piston, and the first and second links are hingedly interconnected to one another so that the trigger makes a sliding contact with the hinged interconnection of the first and second links, and a grinding aperture having an internal periphery, the aperture positioned adjacent to the chamber and co-operative throughout its internal periphery with the serrations of the piston to grind the articles upon reciprocation of the piston.