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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hua-Te Wu, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
Yienn Lih Enterprises Co., Ltd., Tainan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 4/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 4/200 ;
Abstract
A one-way pepper grinding tool has an inner grinding part turnably received in a fixed outer grinding part. The inner grinding part is connected to a lower end of a shaft. The shaft is passed through a one-way member including a round turnable main body and a ratchet, and secured to a turning part of the one-way member. The main body is connected to a lever and a torsional spring such that same can be turned clockwise and counterclockwise by depressing and releasing the lever repeatedly. The ratchet will engage the turning part only when the main body is turned clockwise so the inner grinding part can turn only clockwise in the pepper grinding movement.