Spice/pepper-mill adjustment mechanism
AssigneeGenin, Trudeau & Cie Ltee
InventorsPierre Tardif, Jean-Francois Tellier
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a unique adjustable spice/pepper-mill. The spice/pepper-mill is equipped with a shifter mechanism which can be placed in three different positions. The shifter is located at the bottom of the spice/pepper-mill. The three positions of the shifter translate into the production of fine, medium and coarse ground spices/pepper. The different settings for grind size are found by rotating a tapered step ring which applies upward pressure on a male grinding mill forcing it upwardly into a female grinding mill. The higher the male grinding mill is located, the smaller the ground spice/pepper size produced.
Claims10
An adjustable spice grinding device for domestic use;
- said device being adapted to dispense ground spice of a plurality of predetermined, fixed particulate sizes;
- said device including a shift means, an outer grinding mill, and an inner grinding mill;
- said inner grinding mill being disposed on a vertical shaft and rotatable therewith;
- said shift means being adapted in operation to move said inner grinding mill vertically on said shaft to one of a plurality of fixed positions such that a distance between an inner grinding surface of said outer grinding mill and an outer grinding surface of said inner grinding mill can be varied according to a fixed pattern, thereby producing, in operation, ground spice of a plurality of predetermined, fixed particulate sizes,
- wherein said shift means comprises a rotatable shifter, a bridge and a movable middle spacer means of unequal thickness,
- said spacer means being in constant contact with a lower surface of said inner grinding mill and an upper surface of said bridge whereby, in operation, said rotatable shifter is adapted to move said spacer means from a lesser thickness to a greater thickness, thereby moving said inner grinding mill vertically on said shaft.
An adjustable spice grinding device for domestic use;
- said device being adapted to dispense ground spice of varying particulate size;
- said device including a shift means, an outer grinding mill, and an inner grinding mill;
- said inner grinding mill being disposed on a vertical shaft and rotatable therewith;
- said shift means being adapted in operation to move said inner grinding mill vertically on said shaft such that a distance between an inner grinding surface of said outer grinding mill and an outer grinding surface of said inner grinding mill varies, thereby producing, in operation, ground spice of different particulate size;
- wherein said shift means comprises a rotatable shifter, a bridge and a movable middle spacer means of unequal thickness,
- said spacer means being in constant contact with a lower surface of said inner grinding mill and an upper surface of said bridge whereby, in operation, said rotatable shifter is adapted to move said spacer means from a lesser thickness to a greater thickness, thereby moving said inner grinding mill vertically on said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.