US 12,279,719 B2
Food grinder
Wenxia Zhang, Fujian (CN); and Mingli Chen, Fujian (CN)
Assigned to Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd., Zhangzhou (CN)
Filed by Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd., Fujian (CN)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,908.
Claims priority of application No. 202210054112.X (CN), filed on Jan. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225564 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 43/08 (2006.01); A47J 42/46 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/25 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/08 (2013.01) [A47J 43/255 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food grinder adapted for grinding and cutting a food ingredient, comprising:
a grip mechanism including a handle body formed with an inlet for receiving the food ingredient therein, and a flip cover body pivotally connected to the handle body, the flip cover body being pivotable relative to the handle body between a closing position and an open position, the flip cover body moving toward the closing position and being capable of pushing the food ingredient into the inlet;
a cylindrical cutter set detachably mounted in the handle body and including a cylindrical cutter rotatable to cut and grind the food ingredient in the inlet; and
a driving mechanism mounted in the grip mechanism, the driving mechanism including a driving unit configured to drive rotation of the cylindrical cutter, a power supply unit, and a first switch unit and a second switch unit, wherein the first switch unit and the second switch unit are electrically connected in series between the driving unit and the power supply unit and are exposed outwardly of the handle body of the grip mechanism, the second switch unit being actuated to turn on by the flip cover body as the flip cover body pivots from the open position to the closing position, the driving unit operating with electric power supplied from the power supply unit when the first switch unit and the second switch unit are turned on.