Grating apparatus and beverage preparation apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuya KITATANI, Hidekazu SHIMA
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Abstract
A grating apparatus grates an object to be grated, and includes an upper mill including an upper mill grinding surface and an opening portion in a center of the upper mill grinding surface, a lower mill located below the upper mill and including a lower mill grinding surface abutting on the upper mill grinding surface, and a core at least partially located in the opening portion. The core includes a plate-shaped portion which rotates, and an engagement portion engaged with an object to be grated is provided in a peripheral end surface of the plate-shaped portion.
Claims11
1-9. (canceled)
A grating apparatus grating an object to be grated comprising:
- an upper mill including an upper mill grinding surface and an opening portion in a center of the upper mill grinding surface;
- a lower mill located below the upper mill and including a lower mill grinding surface abutting on the upper mill grinding surface;
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- a core at least partially located in the opening portion,
- the core including a plate-shaped portion which rotates, and
- an engagement portion engaged with the object to be grated being provided in a peripheral end surface of the plate-shaped portion.
A grating apparatus grating an object to be grated comprising:
- a cylindrical hopper in which the object to be grated is introduced;
- an upper mill located below the hopper and including an upper mill grinding surface and an opening portion in a center of the upper mill grinding surface;
- a lower mill located below the upper mill and including a lower mill grinding surface abutting on the upper mill grinding surface;
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- a core at least partially located in the opening portion,
- the hopper including a rib projecting from an inner circumferential surface toward the core, and
- the rib having an upper end located at a height not higher than an upper end of the core located in the hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.