CN101703373A

CN101703373A - Pepper mill

Info

Publication number: CN101703373A
Application number: CN200910193901A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴华德
Original assignee: DONGGUAN LIANGJIA HARDWARE PLASTIC PRODUCT Co Ltd
Current assignee: DONGGUAN LIANGJIA HARDWARE PLASTIC PRODUCT Co Ltd
Priority date: 2009-11-13
Filing date: 2009-11-13
Publication date: 2010-05-12
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-13
Also published as: CN101703373B

Abstract

The invention discloses a pepper mill which comprises a hollow containing unit, a milling unit and an opening and closing unit, wherein the milling unit is assembled at the bottom of the containing unit and is used for milling pepper. The milling unit is provided with a spraying hole positioned at the bottom. The opening and closing unit comprises an opening and closing piece arranged below the milling unit, the opening and closing piece can move up and down and move between a closing position and an opening position, when the opening and closing piece is positioned at the closing position, the opening and closing piece blocks the spraying hole from the outer space outside the pepper mill, and when the opening and closing piece is positioned at the opening position, the spraying hole is communicated with the outer space outside the pepper mill. The spraying hole is blocked in a way that the opening and closing unit moves to the closing position, thereby preventing pepper powder remained in the milling unit from dropping outside after the pepper mill is used.

Description

Pepper grinder

Technical field

The invention relates to a kind of mill, be meant a kind of pepper grinder that is used for pepper, salt grain equigranular flavouring are ground to form the micro powder shape especially.

Background technology

In modern's eating habit, the normal delicious food that uses flavouring to add the food dish, and pepper is a kind of flavouring commonly used, be that coarse-grained pepper is placed in the pepper grinder during use, and grind by the lapping device that one of this pepper grinder is positioned at the bottom, described lapping device generally includes: an outer grinding seat that fixedly installs, and interior grinding seat that can rotate relative to this outer grinding seat, in being somebody's turn to do, the outer grinding seat defines an annular opening that is positioned at the below jointly, when interior grinding seat when the outer grinding seat rotates, the pepper particle is subjected to these to grind the abrasive action of seats and forms the pepper powder, and is dropped out and trickled down on food by this annular opening.

Though pepper grinder can reach the grinding effect in the past, yet after grinding use, having the pepper powder that ground of part remains in the lapping device and trickles down to food fully, these residual pepper powder are very easy to fall from annular opening, therefore finish and be placed in desktop, cabinet etc. when locating when the pepper grinder practicality, to have the pepper powder end and drop in desktop or cupboard surface, and then these furniture of putting for pepper grinder of making dirty.Above-mentioned pepper grinder is desirable not to the utmost in the use, remains to be improved.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the present invention's purpose is promptly providing a kind of pepper grinder of the function of blocking to avoid residual pepper powder to drop that have downwards.

So pepper grinder of the present invention comprises: a hollow also defines be installed in a unit, a grinding unit and that is installed in the space and opens and closes the unit.This grinding unit is assembled in this bottom that is installed in the unit, and can be driven and utilize rotary action to grind pepper, and this grinding unit defines a mouth that spills that is positioned at the bottom.This keying unit comprises an opening and closing element that is arranged on this grinding unit below, this opening and closing element can be controlled and this is installed in the unit and moves up and down relatively, and then between a detent position and an enable possition, move, when opening and closing element is positioned at detent position, this opening and closing element intercept this spill mouthful with pepper grinder outside extraneous space, when opening and closing element was positioned at the enable possition, this spilt mouthful with extraneous space outside the pepper grinder and is connected.

Beneficial effect of the present invention is, by this keying unit is set, when needs use pepper powder, control this opening and closing element and be positioned at this enable possition so that pepper powder spills, therefore after finishing using, this opening and closing element resets to this detent position, and this spills mouth with block, falls this and spills mouth even remain in pepper powder in the grinding unit, also can be subjected to the block of this opening and closing element and can not drop out, reach the present invention's purpose really.

The present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and specific embodiment:

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the sectional perspective exploded view of one of pepper grinder of the present invention first preferred embodiment;

Fig. 2 is the assembled sectional view of this first preferred embodiment, shows that simultaneously an opening and closing element is positioned at a detent position;

Fig. 3 is the assembled sectional view of this first preferred embodiment, and is slightly inequality with the section of Fig. 2, but shows identical state;

Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of a similar Fig. 2, shows that simultaneously this opening and closing element is positioned at an enable possition;

Fig. 5 is the cutaway view of a similar Fig. 3, shows that this opening and closing element is positioned at the enable possition;

Fig. 6 is the assembled sectional view of one of pepper grinder of the present invention second preferred embodiment, shows that simultaneously an opening and closing element is positioned at a detent position; And

Fig. 7 is the cutaway view of a similar Fig. 6, shows that simultaneously this opening tool is positioned at an enable possition.

The accompanying drawing identifier declaration:

1, is installed in unit 322, second section

10, be installed in space 33, opening and closing element

11, bottle 34, pressing piece

111, bottle wall 4, lid

112, assembled wall 41, roof

12, drivening piece 42, tegmental wall

121, end wall 421, embedding part

122, wall extension 422, draw-in groove

123, fixture block 43, in conjunction with wall

124, drive piece 431, adapter section

2, grinding unit 432, the section of fastening

21, interior grinding seat 433, installing hole

22, outer grinding seat 5, couple axle

23, outer casing seat 51, installed part

24, screw 52, pipe fitting

25, spill mouth 53, axial wall

3, open and close unit 54, contacting wall

31, ditch is changeed in return unit 55, control

32, connecting rod 551, inlet portion

321, first section 552, butting section

The specific embodiment:

About addressing other technologies content, characteristics and effect before the present invention, in the following detailed description that cooperates with reference to two graphic preferred embodiments, can clearly present.Before the present invention is described in detail, be noted that in the following description content similar elements is to represent with identical numbering.

Consult Fig. 1,2,3, first preferred embodiment of pepper grinder of the present invention comprises: one is installed in unit 1, a grinding unit 2 and a keying unit 3.

This is installed in unit 1 and comprises the lid 4 at the bottle 11 of a hollow, a top that is installed in rotation on this bottle 11, a upright couple axle 5 that is provided with, and one to be arranged on this lid 4 inner and be positioned at the drivening piece 12 at the top of couple axle 5.

This bottle 11 comprises a bottle wall 111 around a central axis, and one within this bottle wall 111 the side face radial loop around outstanding assembled wall 112, assembled wall 112 is positioned at the top of this grinding unit 2. and this lid 4 comprises a roof 41 that is positioned at these bottle 11 tops, and tegmental wall 42 that extends towards this bottle 11 from the periphery of this roof 41, side face is stepped within the described tegmental wall 42, and comprise a radially outstanding embedding part 421 of Indian club circle inwards, this embedding part 421 comprises that the draw-in groove 422. of two intervals and symmetry and this lid 4 define one jointly with this bottle 11 and be installed in space 10, is installed in space 10 and can supplies this drivening piece 12, couple axle 5, members such as grinding unit 2 and keying unit 3 are installed on wherein.

The couple axle 5 of present embodiment is the pipe fitting 52 by a hollow elongated tubular shape, and installed part 51 common combinations that radially enlarge and be assembled in the top of this pipe fitting 52 form, when this pipe fitting 52 with after installed part 51 combines, this couple axle 5 comprises an axial wall 53 around this central axis, and contacting wall 54 that is centered around the top periphery of this axial wall 53, this contacting wall 54 comprises three control commentaries on classics ditches 55 that are arranged with at each interval in its outer surface, this control is changeed ditch 55 and is all helical form around extension, and all comprise an inlet portion 551 that is positioned at apical margin, and one with inlet portion 551 butting section 552 at interval, the height and position of this butting section 552 is lower than this inlet portion 551, and is positioned on the different plumb lines with inlet portion 551.

This drivening piece 12 is used to drive this couple axle 5 around self central axis rotation, and comprise wall extension that a horizontally disposed circular end wall 121, one extend from these end wall 121 peripheries 122, two outstanding fixture blocks 123 of side face radial outward outside this wall extension 122 down, and three equal angles compartment of terrain outstanding drive pieces 124 of side face radial inward within this wall extension 122.Wherein, described fixture block 123 is charged into two draw-in grooves 422 of this lid 4 respectively, makes this drivening piece 12 can be subjected to this lid 4 to drive and rotate.These drive pieces 124 and charge into these controls of this couple axle 5 respectively and change ditches 55, and can along control change ditch 55 and slippage between inlet portion 551 and butting section 552.

This grinding unit 2 is positioned at the bottom that this is installed in space 10, and comprise: an end section that is combined in this couple axle 5 linkedly interior grinds 21, outer grinding seats that fixedly install around grinding seat 21 in this of seat 22, an outer casing seat 23 that is located at these outer grinding seat 22 outsides, and two with this outer casing seat 23 and this be installed in unit 1 assembled wall 112 screw 24 that locks and combine.This outer grinding seat 22 with should in grind seat 21 and define one jointly and be positioned at the below and ringwisely spill mouthfuls 25.Driven by this couple axle 5 and when rotating, these inside and

outside grinding seats

21,22 are worked in coordination and ground coarse-grained pepper, are spilt mouth 25 by the pepper powder after grinding by this and spill when grinding seat 21 in this.Because this grinding unit 2 is not an improvement emphasis of the present invention, so not in this detailed description.

This keying unit 3 comprises the return unit 31 at a top that is arranged on this couple axle 5, a connecting rod 32 that runs through axle track within this couple axle 5 and extend up and down, and an opening and closing element 33 that is combined in the bottom of this connecting rod 32 linkedly.The return unit 31 of present embodiment is a spring, and is set on these connecting rod 32 peripheries and mortgaged between this drivening piece 12 and couple axle 5, and this return unit 31 can provide this drivening piece elastic reset power that 12 1 perseverances make progress.This connecting rod 32 driven by this drivening piece 12 and relatively this couple axle 5 be installed in unit 1 oscilaltion, and comprise that is positioned at the top and first section 321 of compressed by this drivening piece 12, and one be positioned at the bottom and second section 322 of combining with this opening and closing element 33, and this second section 322 root edge is passed down through and grinds seat 21. in this

Consult Fig. 2,3,4, this opening and closing element 33 is the level board sheet approximately, and be positioned at the below of this grinding unit 2, this opening and closing element 33 can be driven and these grinding unit 2 oscilaltions relatively by this connecting rod 32, and then at one as Fig. 2, move 3 treatment detent positions and the enable possition as Fig. 4, when this opening and closing element 33 is positioned at detent position, this opening and closing element 33 contiguous grinding units 2 and be close to the root edge of this outer casing seat 23, this spills mouthfuls 25 when being positioned at the enable possition with this opening and closing element 33, this opening and closing element 33 moves down and away from this grinding unit 2, and this spills mouthfuls 25 and no longer is closed and can be communicated with extraneous space.

Consult Fig. 1,2,4, when the present invention uses, rotating this lid 4 can rotate by this drivening piece 12 of interlock, in this rotation process, each of this drivening piece 12 drives the extend spirally direction of piece 124 along this couple axle 5, the central ministries and agencies that drive piece 124 and then have control to change ditch 55 little by little move toward butting section 552, when therefore drivening piece 12 rotates, this couple axle 5 moves down constantly relatively simultaneously, and then press down this opening and closing element 33 of this connecting rod 32 and interlock and descend, be moved downward to up to drivening piece 12 and make it drive piece 124 to be positioned at butting section 552, opening and closing element 33 was positioned at the enable possition and made this spill mouthfuls 25 to be communicated with extraneous space this moment, and this return unit 31 is compressed as shown in Figure 5 and accumulate up elastic reset power. be noted that this moment, this couple axle 5 rotated as yet.

With reference to Fig. 4,5, because this drive piece 124 fastens the butting section 552 of changeing ditch 55 in control, when drivening piece 12 is driven by this lid 4 and when being rotated further, can see through and drive piece 124 these couple axles 5 of promotion, make this couple axle 5 around self central axis rotation, and interior the grindings seat 21 that drives the below rotates, and then coarse-grained pepper ground to form trickle powder and have this to spill mouth 25 spills.

When releasing imposes on rotation external force on this lid 4, this return unit 31 discharges its elastic reset power of accumulating, and then drivening piece 12 is provided and opens and closes the strength that unit 3 moves up, drive piece 124 and moved towards inlet portion 551 directions by butting section 552 this moment, therefore drive piece 124 slightly revolution be moved upward to position shown in Figure 2 simultaneously, and then rotate opening and closing element 33 and move up and get back to detent position, with obstruct spill mouthfuls 25 with being communicated with of extraneous space.

In sum, by this keying unit 3 is set, when needs use pepper powder, control this opening and closing element 33 and be positioned at this enable possition so that pepper powder spills, after finishing using, this opening and closing element 33 resets to this detent position, and this spills mouthfuls 25 with block, falls this and spills mouthfuls 25 even therefore remain in pepper powder in the grinding unit 2, also can be subjected to the block of this opening and closing element 33 and can not drop out, reach the present invention's purpose really.

Consult Fig. 6,7, second preferred embodiment of pepper grinder of the present invention and this first preferred embodiment difference are: the lid 4 of present embodiment is except comprising a roof 41, one outside the tegmental wall 42 that roof 41 peripheries extend downwards, more comprise one from the down outstanding annular of these roof 41 mediads in conjunction with wall 43, this is stepped in conjunction with surface within the wall 43, and comprise that one is positioned at top and the bigger adapter section 431 of internal diameter, and one be connected couple axle 5 that the less section of fastening of adapter section 431 bottoms and internal diameter 432. these adapter sections 431 and this roof 41 define an installing hole that axially runs through 433. present embodiments jointly be one long up and down to the hollow pipe fitting that extends, the top of this couple axle 5 section stretches into this in conjunction with wall 43 and fastened by this section of fastening 432, the end section of couple axle 5 with should in grinding 21 combine linkedly.

This keying unit 3 comprises a return unit 31 that is arranged on the top of this couple axle 5 and is positioned at installing hole 433, connecting rod that runs through axle track within this couple axle 5 and extend up and down 32, an opening and closing element 33 that is combined in the bottom of this connecting rod 32 linkedly, and a pressing piece 34 that is fixedly installed on the top of this return unit 31 and connecting rod 32, installing hole 433 and top that this pressing piece 34 is arranged at this lid 4 expose to installing hole 433.The diameter of described opening and closing element 33 cooperates shape outside this bottle 11 and designs, and fits in the root edge of bottle wall 111.

During use, rotate this lid 4 and can drive this couple axle 5 rotations, and then grind seat 21 in driving and rotate and grind the pepper particle relative to this outer grinding seat 22, and couple axle 5 is when rotating, can't drive this connecting rod 32 rotates, that is this

couple axle

5 and 32 on connecting rod do not have mutual continuous action relation, and this keying unit 3 was positioned at the detent position of Fig. 6 and the pepper powder can outwards not dropped this moment.Then push this pressing piece 34, this return unit 31 is compressed as shown in Figure 7, this connecting rod 32 and opening and closing element 33 are subjected to that pressing piece 34 moves down and and then move, this opening and closing element 33 away from the root edge of

bottle wall

111 and and 111 on bottle wall produce the slit, the slit is outwards unrestrained thus to make the pepper powder.Wait to remove impose on pressing piece 34 push strength after, this pressing piece 34 promptly is subjected to the elastic reset power that return unit 31 makes progress to drive and get back to position shown in Figure 6, and then drives opening and closing element 33 and get back to detent position.

By above explanation as can be known, interlock carries out during the switching motion of the abrasive action of first preferred embodiment and opening and closing element 33, second preferred embodiment separates abrasive action and switching motion, can reach the purpose of block pepper powder equally. in addition, the present invention's spirit is to utilize the keying effect of opening and closing element 33, make pepper grinder after finishing using, opening and closing element 33 blocking-up pepper grinder inner spaces are communicated with extraneous space, prevent that the pepper powder from outwards dropping, therefore the present invention's opening and closing element 33 can be as first preferred embodiment, has only next-door neighbour's this grinding unit 2 and being provided with, can also do to strengthen design as second preferred embodiment, and then the complete lower opening of this pepper grinder of block, so can also reach the present invention's purpose.

The above person of thought, only for the present invention's preferred embodiment, when the scope that can not limit the invention process with this, promptly the simple equivalent of being done according to the present patent application claim and invention description content generally changes and modifies, and all still belongs in the scope that patent of the present invention contains.

Claims

1. pepper grinder comprises:

One hollow be installed in the unit, define one and be installed in the space;

One grinding unit is assembled in this bottom that is installed in the unit and can be driven and utilize rotary action to grind pepper, and this grinding unit defines a mouth that spills that is positioned at the bottom; And

One opens and closes the unit, comprise an opening and closing element that is arranged on this grinding unit below, this opening and closing element can be controlled and this is installed in the unit and moves up and down relatively, and then between a detent position and an enable possition, move, when opening and closing element is positioned at detent position, this opening and closing element intercept this spill mouthful with pepper grinder outside extraneous space, when opening and closing element was positioned at the enable possition, this spilt mouth and is connected with extraneous space outside the pepper grinder.

2. pepper grinder according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this is installed in the unit and comprises a lid that is positioned at the top and is provided with rotationally, this keying unit comprises a rotations drive of extending and can be subjected to this lid up and down and connecting rod, this connecting rod of vicinity that moves down and the release link that this connecting rod elastic reset power that a perseverance makes progress is provided, and described opening and closing element is the bottom that is combined in this connecting rod linkedly.

3. pepper grinder according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: the described unit that is installed in comprises that more is installed in the couple axle that this is installed in the space, and a top that is positioned at couple axle and the drivening piece that rotates synchronously with this lid, this couple axle comprises the contacting wall of this drivening piece of vicinity, this contacting wall comprises that one is arranged with in its outer surface and helical form and changes ditch around the control of extending, this control is changeed ditch and is comprised an inlet portion that is positioned at apical margin, and one with inlet portion at interval and also height and position be lower than the butting section of this inlet portion, this butting section is positioned on the different plumb lines with inlet portion, this drivening piece comprises one towards the outstanding drive piece of this control commentaries on classics ditch, inside and top that aforementioned connecting rod extends this couple axle are up and down compressed by this drivening piece, and low side passes this grinding unit, this lid rotates and this drivening piece rotation of interlock, drivening piece simultaneously relative this couple axle in rotation process is moved down, and then drive this connecting rod and the decline of this opening and closing element and move to the enable possition, when releasing imposes on the rotation external force of lid, the elastic reset power that this return unit makes progress drives this drivening piece and moves up, this drive piece is moved towards the inlet portion direction by the butting section, and connecting rod and opening and closing element move up and get back to detent position.

4. pepper grinder according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: described grinding unit comprises an interior grinding seat that is combined in the bottom of this couple axle linkedly, and outer grinding seat that fixedly installs around grinding seat in this, it is described that to spill mouthful be to be defined jointly by these inside and outside grinding, when drivening piece is driven by this lid and rotates, making it drive piece pushes when controlling the butting section of changeing ditch, this drive piece promotes this couple axle and rotates, and then makes and grind seat in this and rotate and grind pepper relative to this outer grinding.

5. pepper grinder according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: described lid comprises a roof, and tegmental wall that extends down from the periphery of this roof, described tegmental wall comprises that is arranged with the draw-in groove of side face within it, this drivening piece comprises that more one is coated on the wall extension of the contacting wall periphery of this couple axle, and the fixture block that side face is radially given prominence to towards draw-in groove outside this wall extension, aforementioned drive piece is the outstanding inner peripheral surface that is arranged at this wall extension.

6. pepper grinder according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described keying unit more comprises a return unit that extends this connecting rod that is installed in the space, contiguous this connecting rod up and down and this connecting rod elastic reset power that a perseverance moves up is provided, and a top that is fixedly installed on this return unit and connecting rod and can be pressed and drive the pressing piece that this connecting rod moves down, aforementioned opening and closing element is the bottom that is combined in this connecting rod linkedly.

7. pepper grinder according to claim 6, it is characterized in that: the described unit that is installed in comprises a lid that is positioned at the top and is provided with rotationally, and couple axle that combines linkedly and extend downwards with this lid, this lid comprises a roof, and one from this roof outstanding downwards in conjunction with wall, this comprises that in conjunction with wall one is positioned at top and the bigger adapter section of internal diameter, and one be connected adapter section bottom and the less section of fastening of internal diameter, this adapter section and this roof define the installing hole that this return unit of a confession is provided with jointly, this connecting rod runs through the inner space of this couple axle and extends up and down, this grinding unit comprises an interior grinding seat that is combined in the bottom of this couple axle linkedly, and an outer grinding seat that fixedly installs around grinding seat in this, it is described that to spill mouthful be by in these, the outer grinding seat defines jointly.

8. pepper grinder according to claim 1 is characterized in that: when described opening and closing element is positioned at this detent position, and the fit bottom of this grinding unit of opening and closing element.

9. pepper grinder according to claim 1 is characterized in that: describedly be installed in the bottle that the unit comprises a hollow, and when this opening and closing element is positioned at this detent position, the fit bottom of this bottle of opening and closing element.