Patent ID: 7077347

Claim:
An electric pepper mill, comprising: a hollow main body having an upper cover rotatably joined to an upper end thereof; a motor disposed in said main body, said motor including a shaft passing through a lower end of said main body; a battery holder disposed in said main body, said battery holder receiving a battery set therein; a conducting element located in a central chamber of said battery holder, said conducting element including first terminal legs and second terminal legs, said first and second terminal legs being electrically coupled to said battery set and said motor respectively; a pressing block being received in said central chamber, said pressing block being displaced from said first and second terminal legs, said first and second terminal legs being displaced each from the other when said hollow main body is in an inverted position, said pressing block being contiguous said first and second terminal legs when said hollow main body is in an upright position; a pepper holding element detachably joined to said lower end of said main body; a rotatable transmission shaft disposed within said pepper holding element, said transmission shaft being rotatable with said shaft of said motor; a grinding unit including a rotatable inner grinding part and an outer grinding part, said outer grinding part being positioned around said rotatable inner grinding part, said rotatable inner grinding part being coupled to said transmission shaft; a first position wherein said upper cover is coupled to said battery set; and a second position wherein said upper cover is detached from said battery set, whereby, said pepper mill is operable when said pepper mill is in said upright position and said upper cover is in said first position, said pepper mill being inoperable when said pepper mill is in said inverted position.