US 2002/0117567 A1Published application

Pepper grinder

AssigneesJung Kuo Enterprise Co., Ltd., Yellowtails Industrial Ltd.

InventorsYu-Kang Lee, Shih-Hwa Yuan

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Abstract

A pepper grinder has a grinding assembly including an inner grinding member and an outer grinding member turnable relative to each other to grind pepper in between. The outer grinding member is secured in a lower housing member by means of a lower securing ring connected to the outer grinding member; the securing ring has saw teeth projecting from an upper edge, and is pressed into the lower housing for the pointed ends of the saw teeth to be inserted into the inner side of the lower housing such that the outer grinding member can't turn relative to the lower housing. The inner grinding member is also secured to an upper housing by a securing ring of the kind. Thus, the inner grinding member can turn relative to the outer one when the upper housing is turned relative to the lower housing.

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Dependent claims

A pepper grinder, comprising

a grinding assembly including an outer grinding member, and an inner grinding member;
said outer grinding member being secured in a lower housing member with a lower securing ring connected thereto inserted into an inner side of said lower housing member from pointed ends of saw teeth of said ring projecting from an upper edge of said ring;
said inner grinding member being turnally disposed in said outer grinding member with grinding teeth thereof opposing grinding teeth of said outer grinding member, said inner grinding member being connected to a locating member secured in an upper housing member by means of an upper securing ring connected thereto inserted into an inner side of said upper housing member from pointed ends of saw teeth of said upper securing ring projecting from a lower edge of said upper securing ring;
whereby said inner grinding member being capable of turning relative to said outer grinding member to grind pepper between said grinding teeth of both when said upper housing member is turned relative to said lower housing member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.