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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1996
Hua-Te Wu, Tainan, TW;
Yienn Lih Enterprises Co., Ltd., Tainan, TW;
Abstract
An improvement in a pepper grinder. The pepper grinder comprises a housing element and a grinding mechanism housed inside the housing element. The improvement lies in a fixing element provided for fixing the grinding mechanism to the housing element, which fixing element has two opposing hooked portions each having a sloping part and a second part with an enlarged part. The grinding mechanism has two gaps narrower than the enlarged parts. The gaps engage upper ends of the second parts which are arranged just above the enlarged parts and the sloping parts are firmly abutted against an inner wall of the housing element whereby firmly fixing the grinding mechansim to the housing element.