The present invention belongs to the field of household appliances, more particularly to the field of household appliances for storing and sifting tapioca gum so that this gum reaches adequate grain size for the preparation, through mechanical processes as granulation through pressure or extrusion. The invention also brings the advantage of avoiding manual contact with the gum, allowing all the processing of the gum to happen inside a container, as for example a cup, avoiding the entrance of dirt and contaminants, as well as distributing it in a directed way, avoiding the sifted or extruded gum to be spilled out of the frying pan.

The present invention belongs to the field of household appliances, more particularly to the field of household appliances for storing and sifting tapioca gum so that this gum reaches adequate grain size for the preparation, through mechanical processes as granulation through pressure or extrusion. The invention also brings the advantage of avoiding manual contact with the gum, allowing all the processing of the gum to happen inside a container, as for example a cup, avoiding the entrance of dirt and contaminants, as well as distributing it in a directed way, avoiding the sifted or extruded gum to be spilled out of the frying pan.

This disclosure addresses an herb grinder that includes an upper grinder rotatably inserted into a lower grinder. The lower grinder is non-rotatably affixed to a sifter, which is in turn non-rotatably affixed to a bottom element. The upper grinder includes a plurality of downward projecting grinding teeth, and the lower grinder includes a plurality of upward projecting grinding teeth so that the two sets of teeth mesh with each other to enable the grinding function. A plurality of pass-through holes in the lower grinder allows ground material to pass from a material receiving space formed between the upper grinder and the lower grinder into a coarse material collecting area in the sifter. The sifter includes a planar sifting plate with a plurality of holes that allow powder to pass therethrough.

This disclosure addresses an herb grinder that includes an upper grinder rotatably inserted into a lower grinder. The lower grinder is non-rotatably affixed to a sifter, which is in turn non-rotatably affixed to a bottom element. The upper grinder includes a plurality of downward projecting grinding teeth, and the lower grinder includes a plurality of upward projecting grinding teeth so that the two sets of teeth mesh with each other to enable the grinding function. A plurality of pass-through holes in the lower grinder allows ground material to pass from a material receiving space formed between the upper grinder and the lower grinder into a coarse material collecting area in the sifter. The sifter includes a planar sifting plate with a plurality of holes that allow powder to pass therethrough.

An adapter has a circular body having an outer diameter and a height, a counter-bore concentric with the outer diameter, implemented in a lower extremity of the body, having a first inner diameter from the lowest point of the body to an internal horizontal shoulder, a through bore having a second inner diameter concentric with the outer diameter from an upper extremity of the body to the level of the internal horizontal shoulder, a male thread implemented at the upper extremity of the body adapted to engage a female thread of a commercially-available herb grinder, and a course female thread implemented in the counter-bore from the lower extremity of the body to the internal horizontal shoulder, the course female thread of a form to intimately engage threads under a rim of a regular-mouth Mason jar.

An adapter has a circular body having an outer diameter and a height, a counter-bore concentric with the outer diameter, implemented in a lower extremity of the body, having a first inner diameter from the lowest point of the body to an internal horizontal shoulder, a through bore having a second inner diameter concentric with the outer diameter from an upper extremity of the body to the level of the internal horizontal shoulder, a male thread implemented at the upper extremity of the body adapted to engage a female thread of a commercially-available herb grinder, and a course female thread implemented in the counter-bore from the lower extremity of the body to the internal horizontal shoulder, the course female thread of a form to intimately engage threads under a rim of a regular-mouth Mason jar.

A container apparatus includes a container body and a container lid. The container body defines a first internal cavity. The container lid is attached to the container body and defines a second internal cavity. The container lid includes protrusions extending within the second internal cavity to grind solid materials.

A container apparatus includes a container body and a container lid. The container body defines a first internal cavity. The container lid is attached to the container body and defines a second internal cavity. The container lid includes protrusions extending within the second internal cavity to grind solid materials.

Grinding apparatus for grinding substances, such as tobacco. In certain embodiments, grinding apparatus with a plurality of receptacles which can be selectively filled with a ground product, such as tobacco. In still other embodiments, a grinding apparatus with a cone lifting mechanism, vibration inducing mechanism and/or with a selector capability or mechanism for selecting one or more of a plurality of receptacles, or storage area(s), for delivery of a ground product.

A container apparatus includes a container body and a container lid. The container body defines a first internal cavity. The container lid is attached to the container body and defines a second internal cavity. The container lid includes protrusions extending within the second internal cavity to grind solid materials.