Pepper mill
AssigneeYienn Lih Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorMing-Hui Fang
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Abstract
A pepper mill includes a receiving unit, a grinding unit, a coupling unit and a closure unit. The receiving unit includes a container body defining a receiving space for receiving peppercorns, and a driving member disposed movably in the receiving space. The coupling unit is disposed in the receiving space and is driven rotatably by the driving member. The grinding unit is disposed in the receiving space and is coupled co-rotatably to the coupling unit for grinding the peppercorns to result in ground pepper. The closure unit includes a closure member movable relative to the grinding unit between a closed position so as to block discharge of the ground pepper through a discharge end of the container body, and an opened position so as to permit discharge of the ground pepper through the discharge end.
Claims10
A pepper mill comprising:
- a receiving unit including
- a container body that surrounds an axis, that defines a receiving space for receiving peppercorns, and that has a discharge end for discharging ground pepper, and
- a driving member disposed movably in said receiving space;
- a coupling unit disposed in said receiving space and driven rotatably by said driving member;
- a grinding unit disposed in said receiving space, and coupled co-rotatably to said coupling unit for grinding the peppercorns in said receiving space to result in the ground pepper;
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- a closure unit including a closure member that is disposed under said grinding unit, and that is movable along the axis relative to said grinding unit between a closed position so as to block discharge of the ground pepper through said discharge end of said container body, and an opened position so as to permit discharge of the ground pepper through said discharge end of said container body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.