Patent ID: 6561447
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A bifunction condiment grinding tool, comprising:an interposed member having a central hole; first and second housings each turnably connected to one end of said interposed member; said first and said second housings each having a first receiving hole adjacent to said interposed member, and a second receiving hole at other end; said first receiving holes communicating with a respective one of said second holes; said first and said second housings containing a first and a second condiment respectively; first and second one-way members disposed in said first and said second housings respectively; said first and said second one-way members each having a main body secured to one of said first receiving holes; a shaft passed through said one-way members and said central hole of said interposed member, at least a portion of said shaft member having a polygonal sectional contour; first and second grinding assemblies each including an inner grinding element and an outer grinding element; said outer grinding elements being each secured in one of said second receiving holes of said housings; said inner grinding elements being each connected to said polygonally contoured portion of said shaft and turnably received in one of said outer grinding elements; said one-way members being disposed about an intermediate portion of said shaft, said first one-way member being connected in selectively engaged manner to said shaft for angular displacement therewith in a first direction when said first housing is in an upright position where said first housing is above said second housing, said second one-way member being connected in selectively engaged manner to said shaft for angular displacement therewith in a second direction opposite said first direction when said first housing is in an upside down position where said second housing is above said first housing; whereby said second condiment is ground by said second grinding assembly when said first housing is kept in said upright position and turned in said first direction relative to said second housing, and said first condiment is ground by said first grinding assembly when said second housing is turned relative to said first housing in said second direction with said first housing being kept in said upside down position.