Patent ID: 7604192

Claim:
Condiment grinding apparatus comprising: a female grinding element, a first aperture extending through the female grinding element, the first aperture defining an inner surface of the female grinding element, wherein the female grinding element is corrugated to provide first corrugated surface portions in the inner surface of the female grinding element, and second corrugated surface portions on an outer surface of the female grinding element; and a male grinding element, a second aperture extending through the male grinding element, wherein the male grinding element is corrugated to provide third corrugated surface portions in an outer surface of the male grinding element, and fourth corrugated surface portions on an inner surface of the male grinding element, a polymeric core in the male grinding element in contact with the inner surface of the male grinding element, a third aperture extending through the core, the second and third apertures being aligned for receiving a grinding shaft, whereby the inner surface of the female grinding element and the outer surface of the male grinding element form a cavity for grinding condiment between the first and third corrugated surface portions upon relative rotation between the shaft and the female grinding element.