Metered Salt and Pepper Grinder
OwnerJames C. Kelsoninventor
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Abstract
A dispenser for a first solid flowable material and a second flowable material, including an actuator for providing rotational motion on a shaft. A first reservoir holds the first material, and a second reservoir holds the second material. A metering unit selectively passes at least one of the first material and the second material. A grinder grinds the at least one of the first material and the second material passed by the metering unit.
Claims18
A dispenser for a first solid flowable material and a second flowable material, the dispenser comprising:
- an actuator for providing rotational motion on a shaft,
- a first reservoir for holding the first material,
- a second reservoir for holding the second material,
- a metering unit for selectively passing at least one of the first material and the second material, and
- a grinder connected to the shaft, for grinding the at least one of the first material and the second material passed by the metering unit.
A dispenser for a first solid flowable material and a second flowable material, the dispenser comprising:
- an actuator for providing rotational motion on a shaft,
- a first reservoir for holding the first material,
- a second reservoir for holding the second material,
- wherein the first reservoir and the second reservoir are disposed within the actuator,
- a metering unit for selectively passing at least one of the first material and the second material, and
- a grinder connected to the shaft, for grinding the at least one of the first material and the second material passed by the metering unit, the grinder comprising an inner portion disposed within an outer portion, the inner portion and the outer portion having complimentary adjacent surfaces adapted to grind the at least one of the first material and the second material passed by the metering unit.
A dispenser for a first solid flowable material and a second flowable material, the dispenser comprising:
- an actuator for providing rotational motion on a shaft,
- a first reservoir for holding the first material,
- a second reservoir for holding the second material,
- wherein the first reservoir and the second reservoir are disposed within the actuator,
- a metering unit for selectively passing at least one of the first material and the second material,
- a grinder connected to the shaft, for grinding the at least one of the first material and the second material passed by the metering unit, the grinder comprising an inner portion disposed within an outer portion, the inner portion and the outer portion having complimentary adjacent surfaces adapted to grind the at least one of the first material and the second material passed by the metering unit,
- a casing encompassing the grinder, wherein the casing rotates the outer portion of the grinder and the shaft rotates the inner portion of the grinder, and
- a grating tensor on an end of the shaft to adjust a spacing between the inner portion and the outer portion of the grinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.