IP Library Granted Patent US 7,699,252
Granted Patent B2
US 7,699,252 · App. 11/907,140 · Granted Apr 20, 2010

Outlet device of a grinder

Assignee: Yienn Lih Enterprise Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,699,252
App. No.
11/907,140
Granted
Apr 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A grinder includes a body, which has a holding room in a bottom portion thereof; the grinder includes a rotating operational component on an upper end of the body, and a grinding mechanism in an upper portion of the holding room; the rotating operational component and the grinding mechanism are coupled by means of a transmission rod; the bottom portion of the grinder body has several outlet holes on a peripheral side for the holding room to communicate with an outside; a stopping board is secured over a lower end of the holding room of the grinder body so as to seal up the lower end of the holding room; the user is allowed to tilt the grinder to make ground seasoning fall out through the outlet holes; seasoning won't fall out of the holding room to dirty the table even if the grinder is subjected to external force accidentally.

Claims (6)

1. An outlet device of a grinder, comprising

a holding room in a bottom portion of a body of the grinder, the grinder body having a rotating operational component positioned on an upper end thereof, the grinder body having a grinding mechanism therein, the rotating operational component and the grinding mechanism being coupled by means of a transmission rod;

at least one outlet hole formed on a peripheral side of the bottom portion of the grinder body in correspondence with the holding room in order for the holding room to be in open communication with an outside; and

a stopping board secured over a lower end of the holding room of the grinder body to seal the lower end of the holding room, the stopping board having an inner side facing the holding room and the inner side having conical contour for directing a comminuted material to flow out through the at least one outlet hole.

2. The outlet device of a grinder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein: the grinder body has a holding hole, which is above the holding room, and extends through the upper end of the grinder body, and the rotating operational component having a hole extending through a center thereof; the transmission rod being received in the holding hole of the grinder body, and sticking out from the central hole of the rotating operational component at an upper end thereof; the transmission rod and the rotating operational component being joined together by means of a fixing piece, which is threadedly engaged with the transmission rod; the grinding mechanism being held in an upper portion of the holding room of the grinder body; the grinding mechanism including an inner grinding toothed member, and an outer grinding toothed member; the inner grinding toothed member being securely joined to a lower end of the transmission rod.

3. The outlet device of a grinder as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the rotating operational component has a locating protrusion on a bottom thereof, which is received in the holding hole of the grinder body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2007
From: WU, HUA-TE
To: YIENN LIH ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019992/0076 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090095832A1 · Apr 16, 2009