Herbal grinder system with a rotatable chute
AssigneeMike Gumbel
InventorsMike Gumbel, Declan Halpin
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Abstract
A grinder system including an upper body, a dispenser, a grinder portion, a chute, a filter body, and a lower body. The dispenser may have a dispenser wall about a central axis and with a dispenser window. The grinder portion may have a platform with a plurality of holes and a second plurality of teeth facing the upper body. The chute may be rotatably coupled to the dispenser wall about a chute axis. The chute may be configured to cover the dispenser window in a closed configuration and rotate about the chute axis to uncover at least a portion of the dispenser window in an open configuration. The grinder portion may be part of or separate from the dispenser.
Claims6
A grinder comprising:
- a housing having a central axis and an outer wall;
- an upper comminuting body formed in a top of the housing, the upper comminuting body having a lower platform and a plurality of teeth;
- a dispenser body formed in the housing below the upper comminuting body, the dispenser body being configured to releasably connect to the upper comminuting body;
- a filter body formed in the housing below the dispenser body, the filter body having a filter screen, the filter body configured to releasably connect with the dispenser body, the filter screen extending to the outer wall of the housing;
- a lower waste particulate body formed in the housing below the filter body, the lower waste particulate body having a base wall and being configured to releasably connect with the filter body;
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- a dispensing chamber being defined in the dispenser body by the outer wall of the housing, the lower platform and the filter screen, a dispensing opening being formed in the outer wall of the housing between the lower platform and the filter screen, a chute having upper and lower sidewalls extending radially inwardly while being rotatably coupled to the outer wall about a chute axis, the chute being configured to cover the dispensing opening in a closed configuration and rotate about the chute axis to uncover a chute opening defined by the upper and lower sidewalls of the chute and at least a portion of the dispensing opening in an open configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.