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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Huang, Taipei City, TW;
John Wu, Taipei City, TW;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 4/206 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 4/206 ;
Abstract
A pepper mill includes a housing holding a driving mechanism and an output shaft, a top cover shell covered on the housing and defining with the housing a peppercorn chamber, the top cover shell having a peppercorn inlet through which peppercorns are inserted into the peppercorn chamber for further grinding, a threaded top neck, and a transparent swivel frame adapted to close/open the peppercorn inlet, a grinding mechanism provided in the top cover shell and driven by the output shaft to grind peppercorns into powder, a screw cap threaded onto the threaded top neck of the housing for output of ground pepper powder, and a protective cap adapted to close the screw cap.