Spice Grinder

US9314135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JOMA KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH & CO KG · AT

Inventor

• Josef Burger · Herbrazhofen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J42/40
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A grinder has a jar having a surface provided with a screwthread. A grinding cap has a lower part engageable over the surface of the jar and provided with a screwthread such that the lower part can be screwed onto the jar and an upper part rotatable on the lower part. Grinding formations on the parts are effective on relative rotation of the parts. A ramp projects radially from the jar surface toward the cap surface, and a generally angularly extending and radially elastically deflectable arm has an inner end fixed on the cap surface and an outer end spaced in a relaxed condition of the arm radially outward from the cap surface toward the jar surface. The arm is oriented to engage and have its outer end deflected radially toward the cap surface by the ramp on screwing of the lower part onto the jar.