Spice grinding and dispensing mill
AssigneeWKI Holding Company, Inc.
InventorsScott Henderson, Allen Zadeh
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Abstract
A spice grinding mill has a spice-containing jar with a collar on its neck carrying a frangible freshness seal which is removable to open the container. A grinding assembly is removably mountable on the container and has one or more manually operable latches engageable with keeper structure on the collar to releasably hold the grinding assembly in place, while permitting rotation of the outer portion of the grinding assembly relative to the container, which outer portion is covered with an elastomeric material for improved grip. A plastic cap is removably mountable on the collar or on the outlet of the grinding assembly.
Claims11
A grinder dispenser comprising:
- a container for product to be ground and having an access port,
- a grinding assembly having an inlet for receiving product to be ground and an outlet for dispensing ground product,
- the grinding assembly being releasably mountable on the container in a use condition with the inlet communicating with the access port,
- latch structure on one of the container and the grinding assembly,
- and keeper structure on another of the container and the grinding assembly,
- the latch structure being releasably engageable with the keeper structure for retaining the grinding assembly in its use condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.