JP2015039493A - Fruit squeezer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fruit squeezer for efficiently squeezing fruit juice of fruit pieces.SOLUTION: A fruit squeezer 1 has an appearance of a reverse cone with an apex portion 7 on a bottom edge thereof, a hole 2 at the apex portion through which the squeezed fruit juice flows, and a squeezing bag 3 made of flexible resin and having an opening 8 for inserting fruit pieces from the top edge. A plurality of V-shaped creases 11 are formed on an outer surface of the squeezing bag extending in a helicoid manner with a sawtooth-like cross section. By squeezing an upper edge and bottom edge of the squeezing bag, a diameter of the squeezing bag shrinks by bend folded at the V-shaped creases 11 inside. By having the sawtooth-like cross section, the fruit pieces are introduced between V-shaped grooves 19 formed on an inner surface of the squeezing bag and squashed, thereby efficiently obtaining the fruit juice.

Description

  The present invention relates to a fruit squeezer that squeezes fruit juice from relatively soft fruit pieces such as watermelon, mandarin orange, and melon.

  Conventionally, it has been equipped with a squeeze bag with an outlet for discharging juice as a device for squeezing fruit juice from relatively soft fruit pieces such as watermelons, tangerines, melons, etc. There is known a squeezer for squeezing fruit juice to squeeze fruit juice (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The surface of the squeeze bag used in this squeezer is not subjected to a special shaping process such as providing a groove, and its cross-sectional shape is circular.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 48-112650

  In the conventional squeezer, it is difficult to efficiently squeeze fruit juice because it takes time and effort to squeeze the fruit pieces in the squeeze bag.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems of the conventional example, and provides a fruit squeezer that can crush fruit pieces put in a squeeze bag simultaneously with the operation of squeezing the bag and efficiently collect fruit juice. For the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a fruit squeezer in which a fruit piece is charged and squeezes the fruit juice by crushing the fruit piece. It has a hole through which the juice squeezed is passed at the apex, an opening for putting fruit pieces at the top, and a plurality of V-shaped folds extending spirally on the outer surface. Is composed of a flexible resin squeezed bag, and the upper end and the lower end of the squeezed bag are twisted to be folded at the V-shaped crease, thereby reducing the diameter of the squeezed bag. It is characterized by that.

  It is preferable to have a cap that can be gripped with one hand at the apex at the lower end of the squeeze bag, and a grip that is provided around the opening for gripping with one hand.

  In the squeeze bag, it has a filter arranged so as to cover the hole, the filter has a cylindrical shape that is fitted so as to cover the hole of the squeeze bag, and the bottom surface is open, It is preferable that the outer surface has a slit through which fruit juice is filtered by filtering seeds and fibers contained in the fruit pieces.

  The apex portion of the squeezed bag has a cylindrical shape with a hole, and a linear convex portion or a groove-shaped concave portion extending from the opening of the squeezed bag toward the hole is provided on the outer periphery of the cylindrical bag. It is preferable that the cap has a cylindrical hollow portion having a concave portion or a convex portion that fits into the convex portion or the concave portion on the inner side, and is fitted to a top portion of the squeezed bag.

  According to the present invention, the squeeze bag is squeezed, the fruit piece in the squeeze bag is crushed and the fruit juice is squeezed out, and the cross section is formed inside by squeezing a saw-tooth squeeze bag. Since the fruit juice can be squeezed while crushing the fruit pieces sandwiched between the V-shaped grooves, the fruit juice can be collected efficiently.

The whole block diagram of the fruit squeezer which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. (A), (b) is a whole block diagram of the fruit squeezer which concerns on the modification of the embodiment. The disassembled perspective view of the squeezer. (A) is the perspective view of the filter of the squeezer, (b) is the perspective view seen from the bottom side. (A)-(d) is usage explanatory drawing of the squeezer. (A) is sectional drawing of the squeezing bag before squeezing, AA 'line sectional drawing of Fig.5 (a), (b) is a cross section of the squeezing bag when squeezing, FIG.5 (b). BB 'line sectional drawing of.

  The fruit squeezer of the present invention includes a squeeze bag having an opening at the upper end and a hole through which the squeezed fruit juice passes. The user puts block-shaped fruit pieces into the squeeze bag, grips the upper and lower ends with left and right hands, and squeezes the fruit juice from the fruit pieces by twisting the upper and lower ends of the squeeze bag. The squeeze bag is a cone-shaped resin bag with the apex part at the lower end, provided with a fruit juice discharge port at the apex part, and provided with a plurality of V-shaped folds extending spirally around the bag. The cross section is formed in a serrated shape. When the user grips and twists the upper and lower ends of the squeeze bag by hand, the squeeze bag is folded at a V-shaped fold and the diameter thereof is reduced. The squeeze bag squeezes the fruit pieces in the squeeze bag by squeezing the diameter small, and the fruit pieces are crushed by sandwiching the fruit pieces between the V-shaped grooves formed inside by making the cross section serrated. Squeeze out. In a conventional squeeze bag having a circular cross section, the fruit squeezer of the present invention can squeeze fruit juice efficiently, while there is no operation of crushing a fruit piece between V-shaped grooves.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the fruit squeezer 1 which concerns on embodiment is equipped with the squeeze bag 3 which squeezes the input fruit piece and discharges the squeezed fruit juice from the hole 2 provided in the bottom. This squeeze bag 3 is a cylindrical shape provided at the upper and lower ends of the squeeze bag 3 as a part that makes it easy to squeeze fruit juice by twisting the squeeze bag 3 with both hands and the filter 4 disposed immediately before the hole 2. The cap 5 and the ring-shaped grip 6 are provided.

  The squeeze bag 3 is a bag formed of a resin such as a transparent plastic that has a depth L1 of 200 mm to 400 mm and is flexible and resistant to torsion, and has an inverted conical outer shape with the apex portion 7 at the lower end. The apex portion 7 has a hole 2 through which the squeezed fruit juice passes.

  The squeeze bag 3 has an opening 8 (for example, a diameter L2 = 60 mm) for introducing a piece of fruit at the upper end. A grip 6 for gripping with one hand is provided around the opening 8. The grip 6 also has a role of preventing the area of the opening 8 from becoming narrow. The grip 6 has an inverted triangular hole 9 on which a fingertip can be put. The triangular hole may be a round hole. The squeeze bag 3 is provided with a plurality of V-shaped folds 11 (for example, the width L3 of the V-shaped portion, L4 = 10 mm, see FIG. 6A) extending in a spiral shape on the outer surface, and its cross-sectional shape Is formed in a sawtooth shape.

  In the modified example, as shown by gray hatching in FIG. 2 (a), the inverted triangular hole 9 may be eliminated and a rubber sheet 10 may be attached to the fingertip to prevent slipping. Further, as shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 2B, an egg-shaped cap 16 that can be gripped by hand may be used instead of the cylindrical cap 5 that can be gripped by hand.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the apex portion 7 of the squeeze bag 3 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a linear convex portion 12 extending in the direction of the hole 2 from the opening 8 of the squeeze bag 3 is formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical bag. For example, four lines are provided in parallel at equal intervals. The cap 5 has a cylindrical hollow portion 14 having a concave portion 13 in which the convex portion 12 fits on the inner surface thereof. The bottom surface of the hollow portion 14 of the cap 5 is provided with a hole 15 for discharging the fruit juice that has passed through the hole 2 of the squeeze bag 3. The cap 5 is pushed in and fitted so that the concave portion 13 fits into the convex portion 12 of the apex portion 7. Since the outer peripheral surface (for example, diameter L5 = 40 mm) twists the squeeze bag 3, the cap 5 is grasped by hand. By using the cap 5 having such a configuration, when the squeezed bag 3 is twisted by hand, it is prevented from spinning around. In addition, a groove-like recess extending in the same direction is provided on the cylindrical outer periphery of the apex portion 7 in place of the linear protrusion 12, and the cap 5 has a linear protrusion that fits into the groove-like recess. A part may be provided.

  The filter 4 has a cylindrical shape with a diameter larger than that of the hole 2 and is fitted and fixed to the bottom portion of the inverted conical squeeze bag 3 so as to cover the hole 2. As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the filter 4 has a hollow cylindrical shape with an open bottom surface 4a, and has a protrusion 17 that seals the top. On its outer side. The filter 4 has a plurality of slits 18 on the outer surface thereof for filtering seeds and fibers contained in the fruit pieces and allowing fruit juice to pass through. The protrusion 17 functions as a stopper to prevent the squeezed residue from falling into the slit 18 and clogging.

  There is an embodiment in which the filter 4 is not used as a modification. In this embodiment, the size of the hole 2 is made smaller than the fruit piece to be put in order to keep the fruit piece from which the fruit juice is squeezed out in the bag.

  With reference to FIG. 5 (a) (b) (c) (d) and FIG. 6 (a) (b), the usage example of the fruit press 1 is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 5A, a block-shaped fruit piece 30 (for example, a rectangular parallelepiped of 20 to 30 mm) is put into the squeeze bag 3 from the opening 8. The squeezed bag 3 has a sawtooth shape (see FIG. 6A) with a V-shaped crease 11, and a V-shaped groove 19 and a mountain-folded portion 20 are formed inside. As shown in FIG. 6A, the fruit pieces 30 put into the squeeze bag 3 enter between the V-shaped grooves 19.

  The user holds the hole 2 and the opening 8 of the squeeze bag 3, that is, the grip 6 and the cap 5 with both hands, and the direction indicated by the arrows 40 and 41 in FIG. 5 (b). Squeeze and squeeze the squeezed bag 3. By performing this squeezing operation, the V-shaped crease 11 is folded, the interval between the V-shaped grooves 19 is reduced, and the diameter of the squeezing bag 3 is reduced (see FIG. 6B). The squeeze bag 3 squeezes the fruit pieces 30 in the bag and squeezes the fruit juice as its diameter decreases. Furthermore, the squeeze bag 3 squeezes the fruit pieces 30 sandwiched between the V-grooves 19 and squeezes the fruit juice. As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the squeezed fruit juice is poured from a hole 15 of the cap 5 into a container 50 that is arranged in advance under the cap 5.

  When the first squeezing operation is finished, the user rotates the grip 6 in the direction indicated by the arrow 42 (counterclockwise as viewed from above) to loosen the twist of the squeeze bag 3. Thereby, as shown in FIG.5 (c), between the V-shaped groove | channels 19 opens, and the pomace 31 of the fruit piece 30 pinched | interposed between them is collected below. Thereafter, the user again rotates the grip 6 of the squeeze bag 3 in the direction indicated by the arrow 43 (clockwise as viewed from above) as shown in FIG. The juice is squeezed into the container 50.

  The fruit squeezer 1 described above uses a squeeze bag 3 with a V-shaped crease 11 and a V-shaped groove 19 formed inside, thereby reducing the diameter of the squeeze bag 3 by squeezing operation. Squeeze fruit juice from the fruit pieces 30. Furthermore, the fruit squeezer 1 can squeeze the fruit juice while crushing the fruit pieces 30 sandwiched between the V-shaped grooves 19, and can efficiently extract the fruit juice.

  In addition, it is preferable to use a transparent material for the squeeze bag 3 having a hardness capable of squeezing fruit juice and at the same time being flexible and strong against torsion, and preferably capable of visually confirming the inside state. For example, plastic (synthetic resin) such as polyethylene terephthalate or vinyl resin is used. Regarding the hardness, the force required for the user to twist, the action of crushing the fruit by the V-shaped groove 19, and when the diameter of the squeeze bag 3 is reduced, the inner side connecting the adjacent V-shaped grooves The balance is determined based on the experimental results in consideration of the balance with the action of crushing the fruit in the bag by the mountain folded portion 20.

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the structure of the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not change the meaning of invention. For example, the thickness of the squeeze bag 3, the size of the V-shaped groove 19, the sharpness of the inwardly folded portion 20 connecting the adjacent V-shaped grooves 19, and the like are exhibited when the squeezed bag 3 is twisted. What is necessary is just to determine based on an experimental result so that the crushing effect by 19 and the mountain fold part 20 may become good.

  The fruit squeezer of the present invention is not only used for squeezing soft fruit pieces such as watermelon, mandarin orange, melon, etc., but also when squeezing fruit juice or moisture from fruits and other foods of a type that can extract fruit juice by crushing. Can be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fruit squeezer 2 The hole of a squeeze bag 3 The squeeze bag 4 Filter 4a The bottom face of the filter 5 Cap 6 Grip 7 Vertex part 8 Opening 10 Rubber sheet
11 V-shaped crease 12 Line-shaped convex part 13 of apex part Cap-shaped concave part 14 Cap hollow part 15 Cap hole 18 Filter slit 19 V-shaped groove 30 Fruit piece

Claims (4)

In a fruit squeezer that puts fruit pieces and squeezes the fruit juice by crushing the fruit pieces,
It has an inverted conical shape with a vertex at the lower end, has a hole through which the squeezed fruit juice passes, has an opening for throwing fruit pieces at the upper end, and extends spirally on the outer surface A plurality of V-shaped folds are provided, and the cross-sectional shape is formed of a flexible resin squeeze bag having a sawtooth shape,
The fruit squeezer is characterized in that when the upper end and the lower end of the squeeze bag are twisted, the squeeze bag is folded at the V-shaped fold and the diameter of the squeeze bag is reduced.   The squeeze bag has a cap that can be gripped with one hand at the top of the lower end of the squeeze bag, and a grip that is provided around the opening for gripping with one hand. Item 1. A fruit press according to Item 1.   In the squeeze bag, it has a filter arranged so as to cover the hole, the filter has a cylindrical shape that is fitted so as to cover the hole of the squeeze bag, and the bottom surface is open, The fruit squeezer according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a slit through which fruit juice is allowed to pass through by filtering seeds and fibers contained in the fruit pieces on the outer surface.   The apex portion of the squeezed bag has a cylindrical shape with a hole, and a linear convex portion or a groove-shaped concave portion extending from the opening of the squeezed bag toward the hole is provided on the outer periphery of the cylindrical shape. The cap has a cylindrical hollow portion having a concave portion or a convex portion that fits into the convex portion or the concave portion, and is fitted into a top portion of the squeeze bag. The fruit squeezer as described in any one of Claims 3.