Helen of Troy Limited
MANUAL COFFEE GRINDER

Abstract:

A grinder includes a hopper having a top and a bottom and a shaft disposed within the hopper and configured to rotate about a shaft longitudinal axis with respect to the hopper. The shaft includes both a first end nearer to a top of the hopper as compared to a bottom of the hopper and a second end nearer to the bottom of the hopper as compared to the top of the hopper. A blade extends a radial distance outward from the shaft a smaller radial distance at a location on the shaft nearer to the first end of the shaft as compared to a second location on the shaft nearer to the second end.