Patents by Inventor Tzung-Wen Chen

Tzung-Wen Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5180114
    Abstract: A pepper grinder has a rotating cap, a body, a turning rod extending through the cap and the body, a grinding unit secured by a base, and a gear unit to rotate the turning rod to rotate a grinding wheel in the grinding unit when the rotatable cap is rotated manually clockwise. But counterclockwise rotating of the cap cannot rotate the turning rod to rotate the grinding wheel to prevent counterclockwise rotation of the grinding wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Inventor: Tzung-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 5158193
    Abstract: An anti-slip structure for cups comprising an annular groove in the cup bottom wall, an outer annular anti-slip band made of an elastic material and an inner fixing ring fixed together securely in said annular groove so as to make said outer anti-slip band extend a little down beyond the cup bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Inventor: Tzung-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 5088652
    Abstract: A hand pepper grinder possible to manually grind pepper and/or salt stored in two store chambers in its body, comprising a gear transmission to be manually rotated to transmit rotation to two turning rods and then to two grinding wheels positioned and turning in two grinding cylinders so that the pepper and/or the salt placed in the store chambers can be ground into various kinds of minuteness selectably and adjustably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Inventor: Tzung-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 5082190
    Abstract: A pepper grinder possible to be manually operated by pressing or releasing a manipulating plate movably mounted in an opening of the outer wall of a cylindrical body in such a way that a grinding wheel is possible to be rotated by a unit of mechanical structure moved by pressing inward the manipulating plate or to be stopped by releasing back the manipulating plate and thus the pepper grains falling into a gap between a grinding wheel and a grinding cylinder can be ground. Besides, the gap between the two components can be adjusted to change the degree of minuteness of the pepper ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Inventor: Tzung-Wen Chen