TWM651141U - pepper grinder - Google Patents

Abstract

A pepper grinder includes a container unit, a grinding mechanism, and an adjusting mechanism. The accommodation unit includes a fixed base and a rotating base. The grinding mechanism includes an outer grinding seat arranged in the fixed seat, an inner grinding seat that cooperates with the outer grinding seat to define a grinding channel, and a fixed connection with the rotating seat and can drive the inner grinding seat relative to The connecting shaft for the rotation of the external grinding seat. The adjustment mechanism includes a movable seat corresponding to the inner grinding seat and capable of being guided and limited by the fixed seat to drive the axial displacement of the inner grinding seat, and an adjustment button fixedly provided on the movable seat. One of the fixed base and the adjustment button has an indicator mark, and the other one of the fixed base and the adjustment button has several grinding scales of different sizes corresponding to the indicator mark, making it easy to visually adjust the thickness and easy to use. .

Description

pepper grinder

The present invention relates to a grinder, in particular to a pepper grinder used for grinding coarse-grained condiments such as pepper and salt.

A general pepper grinder mainly includes an inner grinding base and an outer grinding base that can rotate relatively, which can grind coarse pepper particles into fine particles, and allow finely ground peppercorns or pepper powder to pass through the inner grinding base and the outer grinding base. A grinding channel between the seats spills onto the food. In order to adapt to different dishes, soups or users' eating habits, the pepper grinder usually also includes an adjusting rod that can be used to push the inner grinding seat. Rotating the adjusting rod can drive the inner grinding seat relative to the outer grinding seat. The grinding seat moves axially to adjust the size of the grinding channel and thereby change the thickness of the grinding particles. However, since the adjustment rod or its corresponding part is not equipped with any scale mark to identify the grinding thickness, you must actually grind and observe the particle size to know the adjusted size. Therefore, the use of this pepper grinder is not perfect. ideal, still needs to be improved.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pepper grinder that can at least overcome the shortcomings of the prior art.

Therefore, the new pepper grinder includes a containing unit, a grinding mechanism, and an adjusting mechanism. The accommodation unit includes a rotating base and a fixed base that can rotate relatively. The grinding mechanism includes an outer grinding seat arranged in the fixed seat, an inner grinding seat spaced in the outer grinding seat and cooperating with the outer grinding seat to define a grinding channel, and a fixed connection with the rotating seat. And can drive the inner grinding seat to rotate relative to the linking shaft of the outer grinding seat. The inner grinding seat can be axially moved but cannot be relatively rotated and is placed outside the linking shaft. The adjustment mechanism includes a movable seat corresponding to the inner grinding seat and capable of being guided and limited by the fixed seat to drive the axial displacement of the inner grinding seat, and an adjustment button fixedly provided on the movable seat. The adjustment button has a hand-turn portion that protrudes outward from the movable seat and can be manipulated to rotate. One of the fixed seat and the adjusting button has an indicator mark, and the other one of the fixed seat and the adjusting button has several grinding scales of different sizes corresponding to the indicator mark. The sizes of the grinding scales can be used The adjusted width of the grinding channel is displayed accordingly. When adjusting the thickness, the adjustment button is manipulated to drive the movable seat to rotate relative to the fixed seat between a coarse-grained position and a fine-grained position. At the same time, the indicator mark will also move to the grinding scale of the corresponding size. In the coarse-grained position, the inner grinding seat axially protrudes from the outer grinding seat to widen the grinding channel, and in the fine-grained position, the inner grinding seat axially extends into the outer grinding seat to narrow the grinding channel.

The function of this new model is that through the design of the indicator mark and the grinding scale, the pepper grinder can display the grinding thickness at the same time during adjustment, so it is simpler and more convenient to use.

Referring to Figure 1, one embodiment of the new pepper grinder is suitable for grinding pepper, salt and other coarse-grained condiments (not shown) into fine particles or powder. In this embodiment, pepper particles are used. Take an example to illustrate. The pepper grinder includes a containing unit 1, a grinding mechanism 2, and an adjusting mechanism 3. In the following description, the direction is explained based on the use state of Figure 1. Of course, the installation direction is not limited to this. For example, the pepper grinder can also be placed upside down when not in use.

The holding unit 1 is suitable for holding the pepper particles, and includes a holding base 11 that defines a downwardly opening holding space 10, and a rotary hinge detachably coupled to the bottom of the holding base 11. The base 12, an intermediate base 13 that can rotate relative to the rotating base 12, and a fixed base 14 fixedly combined with the intermediate base 13.

Referring to Figures 2 to 5, the rotating base 12 has a coupling wall 121 that is screwed to the receiving seat 11, a flat shoulder wall 122 extending radially inward from the bottom edge of the coupling wall 121, and a flat shoulder wall 122 extending radially inward from the bottom edge of the coupling wall 121. The inner circumferential edge of the wall 122 has an inner annular wall 123 that protrudes axially downward, and a frame portion 124 that is integrally connected to the inner annular wall 123 and defines a square hole 125 in the center. The inner ring wall 123 has a convex ring 126 formed around the outer peripheral surface.

The intermediary seat 13 has a middle ring wall 131 arranged around the inner ring wall 123, and a bearing ring 132 protruding radially inward from the inner circumferential surface of the middle ring wall 131 and correspondingly located below the inner ring wall 123. and three hooks 133 protruding downward from the bottom end of the middle ring wall 131 at angular intervals. The middle annular wall 131 has an annular groove 134 surrounding a convex ring 126 formed on the inner circumferential surface and corresponding to the inner annular wall 123 , three angularly spaced and axially formed moldings 135 on the outer circumferential surface, and three angularly spaced and axially formed moldings 135 on the outer circumferential surface. A retaining groove 136 is formed axially on the inner peripheral surface. The intermediary base 13 is designed to engage with the annular groove 134 and the protruding ring 126 so that the rotating base 12 can rotate freely relative to the intermediary base 13 .

The fixed base 14 has a peripheral wall 141 that is upwardly abutted against the flat shoulder wall 122 and extends downward gradually outward, and an inner peripheral wall 142 integrally connected within the peripheral wall 141 and surrounding the periphery of the middle ring wall 131 . , a limiting ring 143 spaced below the inner wall 142 and defining a through hole 140 in the center, three connecting rods 144 connecting the limiting ring 143 and the inner wall 142 at angular intervals, and two rotationally symmetrical connecting rods 144 . A guide surface 145 is formed on one side of the limiting ring 143 facing the shaft portion 124 , and an indicator mark 151 is provided on an end of the peripheral wall 141 away from the rotating base 12 . The inner wall 142 has three angularly spaced and axially formed slots 146 on the inner circumferential surface. The slots 146 are respectively clamped into the moldings 135 of the intermediary base 13 so that the fixed base 14 cannot face each other. Rotate on the intermediary base 13 . Moreover, the top end of the inner wall 142 is against the flat shoulder wall 122, and the bottom end is buckled and positioned by the hooks 133 of the intermediary base 13, so it cannot move up and down relative to each other. As shown in Figures 4 and 6, each guide surface 145 is an inclined surface and has a high point 147, a low point 148, and three angular intervals and recesses formed at the high point 147 and the low point. There is no limit to the number of stuck points 149 between 148 and 148. It can be one, two or more than four according to actual needs.

Referring to Figures 2 to 5, the grinding mechanism 2 includes an outer grinding seat 21 disposed in the fixed seat 14, a spacer located in the outer grinding seat 21 and cooperating with the outer grinding seat 21 to define a grinding channel 20. The inner grinding seat 22 is fixedly connected to the rotating seat 12 and can drive the inner grinding seat 22 to rotate relative to the outer grinding seat 21 . The outer grinding seat 21 is accommodated in the middle ring wall 131 and is limited up and down between the bearing ring 132 and the connecting rods 144 . The outer grinding base 21 has three blocking blocks 211 formed on the outer peripheral surface and respectively engaged in the blocking grooves 136 of the intermediate base 13 . The inner grinding seat 22 is spaced between the pedestal portion 124 and the limiting ring 143 , and has a central hole 221 penetrating the center and corresponding to the square hole 125 . The linkage shaft 23 is a rod with a square cross-section. It is inserted downward into the square hole 125 and passes through the middle hole 221. It is riveted and fixed to the axis frame part 124 and allows the inner grinding seat 22 to move axially. But they cannot be set in relative rotation.

The adjustment mechanism 3 includes a movable seat 31 that can be guided and limited by the fixed seat 14 to drive the inner grinding seat 22 to move up and down axially, and an adjustment button 32 that is fixedly installed on the movable seat 31 and can be controlled and rotated. , and an elastic member 33 disposed between the rotating seat 12 and the inner grinding seat 22 .

The movable seat 31 has a base portion 311 corresponding to the bottom of the inner grinding seat 22 and passing through the through hole 140 of the limiting ring 143, and a base portion 311 downwardly away from the inner grinding seat 22. The protruding part 312 protrudes in the direction and has a diameter smaller than the base part 311, a flange part 313 that radially expands outward from the end of the protruding part 312, and an axially cut end of the protruding part 312. The flange portion 313 has a groove 314 that allows it to open and close elastically, a key portion 315 axially disposed around the protruding portion 312 , and two spaced apart from each other on the periphery of the base portion 311 and against each other respectively. The blocking portion 316 rests on the guide surfaces 145 . Each blocking portion 316 can walk on the corresponding guide surface 145 and can choose to be positioned on the high point 147, the low point 148 or one of the blocking points 149 as it goes.

The adjustment button 32 can rotate together with the movable base 31, and has a hand-turning part 321 that protrudes outward from the movable seat 31 and can be controlled to rotate. It is integrally connected to an inner peripheral edge of the hand-turning part 321 and is locked. The pipe column part 322 that is controlled by the movable seat 31, a turntable part 323 horizontally and transversely disposed at an end of the hand-turn part 321 away from the turntable 12, and several angularly spaced and arranged turntable parts 323. The grinding scale 324 corresponds to the indication mark 151. The hand-turning part 321 is in the shape of a frustoconical ring, and gradually tapers downward and outward from one end connected to the pipe column part 322 to an end connected to the turntable part 323. The diameter of the hand-turning part 321 is larger than that of the movable seat 31 diameter. The pipe column part 322 defines a clamping hole 325 for the protruding rod part 312 to be inserted axially and buckled between the base part 311 and the flange part 313, and a radial direction from the clamping hole 325. The keyway 326 protrudes outward and is axially engaged in the key portion 315 of the shaft. The turntable part 323 is in the shape of a disk, and its periphery is fixedly coupled with the hand-turn part 321 . The different sizes of the grinding scales 324 can be used to correspondingly display the adjusted width of the grinding channel 20 . In this embodiment, the grinding scales 324 are represented by circular protrusions of different diameters. Of course, they can also be changed to other shapes. Shapes may be represented by numbers or points. In addition, the position of the indication mark 151 and the grinding scales 324 can also be changed in the design. For example, the indication mark 151 is set on the adjustment button 32 and the indication marks 151 are set on the fixed base 14. Therefore, It is not limited to this embodiment.

The elastic member 33 is a telescopic spring, which is placed outside the linking shaft 23 and connected between the axis frame part 124 of the rotating seat 12 and the inner grinding seat 22 . The elastic member 33 has an elastic force that constantly resists the inner grinding seat 22 to move axially away from the axis frame part 124 , and the elastic member 33 can stabilize the inner grinding seat 22 to prevent the inner grinding seat 22 from shaking up and down. , and can be used as a buffer element when the inner grinding seat 22 moves upward.

Referring to Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 5, during use, the user holds the fixing base 14 with one hand and the holding base 11 with the other hand and rotates it in the opposite direction. In this embodiment, the fixing base 14 is The housing seat 11 is not moved and rotated, so that the rotating seat 12 drives the linkage shaft 23 to drive the inner grinding seat 22 to rotate relative to the outer grinding seat 21, thereby allowing grinding to enter the grinding chamber downward from the housing space 10. The pepper particles in the channel 20 are ground into fine particles, and are guided downward between the inclined hand turning part 321 and the peripheral wall 141 to be sprinkled on the food. It should be noted that during the rotation and grinding process of the inner grinding seat 22, each blocking portion 316 of the movable seat 31 is locked against the high point 147, the low point 148 or the low point 148 of the guide surface 145. One of the stuck points 149 is so that the movable seat 31 is restricted and does not rotate with the inner grinding seat 22. Therefore, the adjustment button 32 can maintain the position corresponding to the fixed seat 14, so that the indication mark 151 corresponds to the indication. The size of the grinding scale 324 is fixed.

When you want to adjust the particle thickness, you can turn the adjustment button 32 by hand to drive the movable seat 31 to a coarse-grained position (see Figure 5) and a fine-grained position (see Figure 7) relative to the fixed seat 14. ), the indicator mark 151 will also move to the grinding scale 324 of the corresponding size.

As shown in FIG. 5 , when the adjustment button 32 is rotated to the coarse-grained position so that the large grinding scale 324 is facing the indication mark 151 , the movable seat 31 is driven to allow the blocking portions 316 to respectively correspond to the At the same time as the low point 148, the movable seat 31 is relatively lowered. At the same time, the inner grinding seat 22 is pushed by the reset elastic force released by the elastic member 33 to axially protrude downward from the outer grinding seat 21 to relatively widen the grinding channel 20. The ground pepper particles are made into coarse particles.

As shown in Figure 7, when the adjustment button 32 rotates and moves to the fine grain position, so that the small grinding scale 324 is facing the indicator mark 151, the movable seat 31 is driven to allow the blocking parts 316 to respectively Corresponding to the equal height point 147, the movable seat 31 is relatively raised, and at the same time, the inner grinding seat 22 is pushed axially upward to extend into the outer grinding seat 21, so as to relatively narrow the grinding channel 20, so that all grinding parts can be ground. The pepper particles are in the shape of fine particles. At this time, the elastic member 33 will also be compressed to accumulate reset elastic force.

Therefore, during the process of adjusting the particle thickness, when the adjustment button 32 rotates from the coarse-grain position to the fine-grain position relative to the fixed base 14, the grinding scales 324 will pass through the indicator marks in order from large to small. 151, and the grinding channel 20 will also gradually become narrower from wider. Of course, during adjustment, the grinding channel 20 can also be reversely rotated from the fine-grained position to the coarse-grained position, so that the grinding channel 20 can be gradually widened from narrow to small. When it is adjusted to meet the usage requirements, that is, when it is moved between the coarse-grained position and the fine-grained position, the rotation can be stopped, and each blocking portion 316 can be locked on one of the blocking points 149. The width of the grinding channel 20 is made moderate to grind the pepper particles of moderate thickness.

In summary, the new pepper grinder of the present invention, through the design of the indicator mark 151 and the grinding scale 324, can display the grinding thickness at the same time during adjustment, without having to watch the actual grinding result as is conventionally known. It is known that it is relatively simple and convenient to use, so it can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

Furthermore, the new pepper grinder uses the large-sized adjustment button 32 to drive the small-sized movable seat 31, which can relatively increase the torque, making it easy for the user's fingers to hold and control the rotation, making the adjustment easier and more labor-saving. No need to use additional tools, very convenient and practical. In addition, the adjustment button 32 can also cover the movable seat 31 and the grinding mechanism 2 correspondingly, so as to avoid direct viewing or contact with the internal structure, which is beautiful and safe.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not be used to limit the scope of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made based on the patent scope of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. Within the scope covered by this new patent.

1: Container unit 10: Container space 11: Installation seat 12: Rotating base 121: Combined wall 122: Flat shoulder wall 123:Inner ring wall 124:Paxle frame part 125: Square hole 126:Protruding ring 13: Intermediary seat 131: Central wall 132: Bearing ring 133: Hook 134: Ring groove 135:Inlay 136:Card slot 14: Fixed seat 140:Perforation 141:Peripheral wall 142:Inner wall 143:Limiting ring 144:Connecting rod 145:Guide surface 146: Groove 147:High point 148:low 149:stuck point 151: Instruction mark 2: Grinding mechanism 20:Grinding channel 21:Outer grinding seat 211: jam block 22:Inner grinding seat 221:Medium hole 23:Linear shaft 3: Adjustment mechanism 31: Movable seat 311: Base part 312:Protruding rod part 313:Flange part 314:Trench 315: Shaft key part 316: Block Department 32:Adjustment button 321:Hand turn part 322: Pipe string part 323:Turntable Department 324: Grinding scale 325: card hole 326:Keyway 33: Elastic parts

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a cross-sectional side view illustrating the use state of an embodiment of the new pepper grinder; Figure 2 is an exploded three-dimensional view illustrating the state of dismantling a container base; Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, but from another angle; Figure 4 is a cross-sectional exploded view illustrating the structure of this embodiment; Figure 5 is a cross-sectional combination view illustrating an adjustment mechanism of this embodiment moving to a coarse-grained position; Figure 6 is a perspective cross-sectional view illustrating the internal structure of a fixed base in this embodiment; and Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 5 illustrating the adjustment mechanism of this embodiment moved to a fine grain position.

1: Container unit

12: Rotating base

121: Combined wall

122: Flat shoulder wall

123:Inner ring wall

124:Paxle frame part

125: Square hole

126:Protruding ring

13: Intermediary seat

131: Central wall

132: Bearing ring

133: Hook

135:Inlay

136:Card slot

14: Fixed seat

140:Perforation

141:Peripheral wall

143:Limiting ring

144:Connecting rod

145:Guide surface

151: Instruction mark

2: Grinding mechanism

20:Grinding channel

21:Outer grinding seat

211: jam block

22:Inner grinding seat

23:Linear shaft

3: Adjustment mechanism

31: Movable seat

311: Base part

312:Protruding rod part

313:Flange part

314:Trench

315: Shaft key part

316: Block Department

32:Adjustment button

321:Hand turn part

322: Pipe string part

323:Turntable Department

324: Grinding scale

325: card hole

326:Keyway

33: Elastic parts

Claims (10)

A pepper grinder containing: A container unit includes a rotating base and a fixed base that can rotate relatively; A grinding mechanism includes an outer grinding seat arranged in the fixed seat, an inner grinding seat spaced in the outer grinding seat and cooperating with the outer grinding seat to define a grinding channel, and an inner grinding seat fixed to the rotating seat. A linkage shaft that is connected and can drive the inner grinding seat to rotate relative to the outer grinding seat. The inner grinding seat can be axially moved but cannot be relatively rotated and is placed outside the linkage shaft; and An adjustment mechanism includes a movable seat corresponding to the inner grinding seat and capable of being guided and limited by the fixed seat to drive the axial displacement of the inner grinding seat, and an adjustment button fixedly provided on the movable seat, The adjustment button has a hand-turn portion that protrudes outward from the movable seat and can be manipulated to rotate; One of the fixed seat and the adjusting button has an indicator mark, and the other one of the fixed seat and the adjusting button has several grinding scales of different sizes corresponding to the indicator mark. The sizes of the grinding scales can be used The adjusted width of the grinding channel is displayed accordingly; When adjusting the thickness, the adjustment button is manipulated to drive the movable seat to rotate relative to the fixed seat between a coarse-grained position and a fine-grained position. At the same time, the indicator mark will also move to the grinding scale of the corresponding size. In the coarse-grained position, the inner grinding seat axially protrudes from the outer grinding seat to widen the grinding channel, and in the fine-grained position, the inner grinding seat axially extends into the outer grinding seat to narrow the grinding channel. The pepper grinder of claim 1, wherein the adjustment mechanism further includes an elastic member disposed between the rotating base and the inner grinding base, and the elastic member has a constant top force to push the inner grinding base away from the rotating base. The elastic force that moves axially in the direction. The pepper grinder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fixed base has a peripheral wall surrounding the movable seat and the adjusting button, and an end of the peripheral wall away from the rotating base is used for setting the indicator mark, and the adjusting button There is a turntable portion disposed transversely at an end of the hand-turn portion away from the rotating base. The turntable portion is used for the grinding scales to be arranged at angular intervals. When the adjusting button is rotated from the coarse-grained position to the fixed base relative to the fixed base, At the fine grain position, the grinding scales will also pass through the indicator mark in order from large to small. The pepper grinder according to claim 3, wherein the movable seat has a base portion that is close to the inner grinding seat, and a base portion that protrudes from the base portion in a direction away from the inner grinding seat and has a diameter smaller than the inner grinding seat. The protrusion part of the base part, a flange part that radially expands outward from the end of the protrusion part, an axially cut groove between the end of the protrusion part and the flange part, and an axial A key portion is provided around the protrusion portion. The adjustment button also has a tubular column portion integrally connected to an inner peripheral edge of the hand-turn portion and locked on the movable seat. The tubular column portion defines a space for the protrusion. The rod portion is axially inserted into a locking hole between the base portion and the flange portion, and a keyway protrudes radially outward from the locking hole and is axially engaged in the shaft key portion. The pepper grinder of claim 4, wherein the fixed base also has a limiting ring for the base part to pass through, and two rotationally symmetrical rings are formed on one side of the limiting ring facing the inner grinding seat. Each guide surface is an inclined surface and has a high point, a low point, and at least one sticking point formed between the high point and the low point. The movable seat also has two The blocking parts are spaced apart from each other on the periphery of the base part and respectively abut against the guide surfaces. When the movable seat is in the coarse-grained position, the blocking parts are respectively locked at the low points. When the movable seat is at the fine-grained position, the blocking parts are respectively locked at the high points. The pepper grinder as claimed in claim 5, wherein the diameter of the hand rotating part is larger than the diameter of the movable seat. The pepper grinder of claim 6, wherein the hand-turn portion of the adjustment knob is in the shape of a frustoconical ring, and gradually tapers outward from an end connected to the pipe column portion to an end connected to the turntable portion. The pepper grinder of claim 2, wherein the rotating seat has an inner ring wall protruding into the fixed seat, and a shaft integrally connected to the inner ring wall and in the center for the linking shaft to be fixed. The frame part is spaced at a side of the inner grinding seat away from the movable seat and is used for the elastic member to resist. The pepper grinder according to claim 1, wherein the housing unit further includes an intermediary base with a shaft sleeve disposed between the fixed base and the rotating base. The intermediary base can rotate relative to the rotating base and is fixed to the fixed base. . The pepper grinder of claim 1, wherein the storage unit further includes a storage base detachably coupled to the rotating base and defining a storage space.

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