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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162247 | Grinding system A grinding system includes a mortar container having an open top portion and a bottom portion having a first interior grinding surface and a wall portion interconnecting the top and bottom portions for defining a hollow interior collection chamber, a modular pestle ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8087602 | Mortar and pestle A mortar and pestle, the pestle having a dome-shaped top formed to be cupped within the palm of the hand, a body, and a bottom portion, the bottom portion formed to include a male apex. The interior of the mortar is formed to include an inverted frustum-shaped wall ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083168 | Collapsible kitchen tool A tool handle is secured to a tool head in a manner that allows the tool head such as a potato masher to be collapsed or folded with respect to the handle for more compact storage. In one form, the tool head is connected to the handle via a ball joint allowing for r... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7967230 | Kitchen tool The kitchen tool is composed of: a handle, a support yoke, and a crushing plate. The handle is connected to the support yoke. The support yoke is shaped to form a parabolic arch with arms that are biased to spring inward or outward in an alternative embodiment. The ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7455253 | Pastry blender and cooked fruit and vegetable masher A pastry blender or cooked fruit and vegetable masher has a base portion, a side portion and a handle member and is such that the handle is separated from the base portion. The base portion includes an edge frame member that preferably is in the form of a continuous... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7431230 | Apparatus and method for bone morselization for surgical grafting A bone morselization apparatus and method according to which a cutter bit is mounted to a casing containing a motor; and the casing is manually grasped and positioned over a plurality of bone segments. When the motor is activated, the cutter bit reciprocates and the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427041 | Pill crusher A pill crusher has a paper cup receptacle having an upwardly open, frusto-conical recess for receiving a paper cup, a plunger having a frusto-conical shape complimentary to that of the recess, the plunger being above and coaxial with the recess, an electric motor an... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416143 | Tablet crusher The invention is a tablet crusher including a linkage that is operable to bring to bear a force on a platen so as to urge it against an anvil, wherein platen and anvil are shaped so as to bring about a crushing force upon a tablet disposed therebetween. The device c... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413137 | Manual pill crusher A manually operable pill crusher device for use with pill pouches. A base includes a crushing surface over which a head is mounted. A handle is attached to a cam inside the head, and the head has a slot that permits the handle to move from a horizontal position to a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7337998 | System for comminution of multiple samples of biological specimens An apparatus for comminuting biological specimens includes a receiving component provided with a drive source, at least one sample retainer configured for accommodating at least one biological specimen and constructed and arranged for engagement in the receiving com... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7302887 | Kitchen hand tool A kitchen hand tool for crushing, slicing, or juicing food products. The tool is operated by closing two handles that rotate a drive gear that engages the ratcheting tooth portion of a crush paddle resulting in the movement of the crush paddle toward a basket, crush... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299747 | Food pulpifier A pulpifier includes a holder having a compartment and a rear handle. A perforated screen is located in the compartment. A presser extends into the compartment and moves towards the screen. A front clamp extends from the holder for affixing the holder to a vessel su... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293502 | Food masher A food masher includes a support frame having an opening, a hopper having a perforated floor, received detachably by the support frame within the opening, a handle extending from the support frame, a lever extending pivotally from the support frame, and a plunger at... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7252254 | Pill crusher and splitter A pill or tablet crusher and splitter using a combination lever and screw action. A lever attached to a ring having an internal screw thread advances a transversely movable platen towards a transversely fixed or placed anvil crushing a pill or tablet placed between ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249724 | Compact disc destruction device An apparatus for destroying compact discs includes a base and a cover. The base has a mounting fixture capable of holding a CD and an anvil projecting upwardly from the base bottom panel. The cover is hingedly attached to one of the base walls such that the cover ca... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240870 | Portable hand-held paper shredder A hand-held device for shredding paper comprising a pair of rotary cutting wheels disposed within a housing between an inlet slot and an outlet slot. A motor is positioned in the handle to drive the cutting wheels through a gear assembly. One wheel serves as a drive... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7159810 | Food contact device A food contact device including a handle member with a first end and a second end. The first end of the handle member includes a pressure enhancing structure. One or more blade elements are in direct or indirect contact with the second end of the handle member. In o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152894 | Debris packer apparatus A packer apparatus for pushing or packing leaves or other debris into a garbage container includes: (a) a substantially planar head portion; and (b) a cylindrically-shaped mount portion connected at one end to an underside of the head portion, and having an open opp... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7117785 | Garlic press A food press includes upper and lower portions each having first and second ends, a plunger, a chamber, and a grate. The upper and lower portions are pivotally connected at their respective first ends. The plunger is disposed between the upper and lower portions. Th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7007876 | Pastry blender and cooked fruit and vegetable masher A pastry blender or cooked fruit and vegetable masher has a base portion, a side portion, and a handle member, and is such that the handle is separated from the base portion. The base portion has a pair of edge frame members and a plurality of cutter wire members wh... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6986478 | Mashing tool A mashing tool is provided having a pair of arms attached to a mashing plate and a blade on each arm formed of a flexible resilient material in order to provide for scraping members and mixing members of the mashing tool. A non-scratch, noise-reduction, flexible coa... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6945486 | Rotary kitchen garlic tool In accordance with the present invention an innovative garlic tool consists of a set of two disc-shaped presser units having respective male and female rotary grating means comprising a row of protruding grater elements each. Unpeeled garlic cloves are placed betwee... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6637685 | Pill crusher A pill crusher has an arm extending over and along an elongate base, with a pivotal connection between the base and one end of the arm. An upwardly open cylindrical housing on the base has a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the base and a compression sp... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637683 | Hand-held tablet (pill) crusher A hand-held pill crusher (20) with an arm (11) and base(10) made of a hard and impervious material connected at one end so as to allow a vertical open and close movement to fragment and then crush pill into powdered form. The arm contains a plurality of s... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637684 | Hand operated food grinding apparatus The present invention is hand operated food grinding apparatus into which is designed a series of opposing parallel ridges to enable the food item such as garlic, peppercorn, spices, coffee etc. to be ground into coarsely ground portions or finely ground ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6508424 | Battery operated pill crusher A battery operated pill crusher is provided having a motorized, rotating plunger in a portable configuration.... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6357679 | Medication crusher and method of using same Apparatus and method for crushing medication. A crushing member mounted within a housing is rotatable about two axes. Rotation about the first axis allows relative movement between the crushing member and an anvil thereby to allow the medication to be cru... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6209439 | Garlic cutter A garlic cutter having a housing and a beaker shaped structure adapted to receive garlic rotatably disposed in the housing. The beaker shaped structure has a cutting grid for cutting garlic or other vegetables. An upper part, bearing a punch, threadingly ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6059209 | Manually operated apparatus for crushing tablets into powders A pill crusher with a pivotable hammer which applies pressure to the tablets when a press applies pressure to the hammer enables a user to quickly and securely crush tablets. The hammer and the press are pivotally connected to opposing ends of a body whic... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5924636 | Pill crusher An elongated first arm includes a first arm free end and a first arm pivot end. A generally bowl shaped crushing member is disposed near the first arm pivot end. An elongated second arm has a second arm free end and a second arm pivot end. A generally bow... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5863001 | Crushing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for crushing various items such as medicinal pills, foods, including garlic, and the like, wherein a biased force is applied between an item in a pocket and a boss conforming to the interior configuration of the pocket resulting in ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5829696 | Sealed grinding and homogenizing apparatus An apparatus for grinding specimens, comprises a container, a grinder, a closure for the container, and a seal contained in the closure. The container has an interior grinding surface and contains an opening through which specimens are introduced for grin... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5823451 | Medication crushing device A device for crushing medication and the like between a crushing cup and a medication cup, with the device including a base member, a upright member, and a crushing arm pivotally movable with respect to the upright member, with the crushing arm having a c... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5730372 | Apparatus and method for producing bone graft material The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for producing bone graft material for use in conjunction with bone grafting procedures wherein fragments of bone material are placed within a hollow receptacle (12) which has a periphery wall defining a ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5660342 | Mixing device The mixing device for mixing a liquid with a dry material, particularly a bleaching agent, includes a mixing container (1) for the liquid having a top edge and a screw thread on which a threaded cap (5) can engage to close the mixing container and a recei... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5618004 | Top mounted cups for storing crushing and dispensing pills Two pill crushing/dispensing cups are provided, with a base cup and a nesting cup being snap-fit together top-to-top which defines a cavity for storing a dosage of pills. By decoupling the cups with the base cup facing upward and inserting the nesting cup... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5553793 | Combination pill crushing and dispensing cup Two pill crushing/dispensing cups are provided, each having an interior and an exterior abraded surface on the cup bottom. A pill is placed within a first of the cups and a second cup is nested within the first such that the pill is positioned between the... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5533683 | Tissue grinding system A tissue grinding system includes a container having an open top portion, a bottom portion having a first grinding surface on an interior surface, and a wall portion interconnecting the top portion and bottom portion defining a hollow interior chamber; a ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5529252 | Peerless garlic press A unique garlic press having a cylinder (20) in which cloves of garlic are placed for mincing. The cylinders bottom end has five small orificies (28) thru which garlic is forced when the ram (12) is hit with the mallet (14). A set of legs (18) elevates th... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5433278 | Earth clod chopper A clod chopper structure arranged to effect the cutting and cubing of earth clods into manageable agricultural components is provided. The chopper includes a rectilinear frame, including intersecting rows of first and second blade members whose edges exte... | 07/18/1995 |
