Grinder facilitating adjustment of grinding fineness
AssigneeNingbo Garron Housewares Co., Ltd.
InventorGuoping Zhang
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Abstract
The invention relates to a grinder with granularity adjusting mechanism, which comprises a container (1) for holding condiments and a grinding head assembly for grinding the condiments; wherein the grinding head assembly comprises a driving component (2), a female grinding head (3) and a male grinding head (4), the grinder further comprises the adjusting knob (5) that changes a gap between the male grinding head (4) and the female grinding head (3) by moving axially the male grinding head (4). As the design of the adjusting knob, it is convenient for the adjustment between the male grinding head and the female grinding head.
Claims13
A grinder with granularity adjusting mechanism, comprising a container for holding condiments and a grinding head assembly connected to the container for grinding the condiments;
- wherein the grinding head assembly comprises:
- a driving component mounted on top of the container, the driving component having an axis;
- a female grinding head rotatably mounted on the driving component, the female grinding head having a first through hole, the driving component passing through the first through hole, the first through hole defining an inner wall;
- a male grinding head placed inside the first through hole and engaged to the driving component and movable along the axis of the driving component, the male grinding head having a peripheral wall;
- an adjusting knob, with a connecting portion, engaged to the driving component, the connecting portion having a height,
- the inner wall of the first through hole and the peripheral wall of the male grinding head are provided with matching grinding teeth,
- the adjusting knob changes a gap between the male grinding head and the female grinding head by moving axially the male grinding head, and
- the driving component further comprises a connecting seat and a connecting rod mounted on the connecting seat, the male grinding head defining a second through hole adapted for the connecting rod passing through, the second through hole is threaded for connecting to the adjusting knob, and a spring is provided between the male grinding head and the connecting seat for pushing the male grinding head away from the connecting seat.
A grinder, with granularity adjusting capability, comprising a grinding head assembly with a grinding gap, a cover covering the a grinding head assembly, and an adjusting knob with a connecting portion mounted on the grinding head assembly;
- wherein
- the cover has a center with a protrusion, formed with a polygon columnar recess, extending toward the grinding head assembly for receiving said connecting portion, and the cover has a discharge port and a sliding closure and the sliding closure covers the discharge port slidingly;
- the adjusting knob adjusts the grinding gap, and the connecting portion moves vertically inside the recess, and
- said grinding head assembly further comprises a lower fastener ring and an upper housing ring mounted on the lower fastener ring;
- the lower fastener ring has a connecting seat, the upper housing ring has a lining inside the upper housing ring and a medium piece for holding the grinding head assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.