JP2001120436A - Tea leaf cartridge for tea liquid extraction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate feeding of tea leaves to a tea liquid extraction device. SOLUTION: This tea leaf cartridge 1 is used for a tea liquid extraction device 10 comprising a tank 12 to which hot water is fed, a communicating part 14 communicating with the inside of the tank 12, a holder 16 reciprocating between the communicating part 14 and a tea leaf feeding part 15 located in the periphery of the tank 12, and a feed passage 18 communicating with the tank 12 for pouring out tea liquid T extracted in the tank 12.The tea leaf cartridge 1 comprises a cartridge main body 3 set in the holder 16 with an opening 2 facing inside of the tank 12 for storing a prescribed quantity of tea leaves L and a peelable seal 4 covering the opening 2 of the cartridge main body 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tank to which hot water is supplied, a communication section between the tank and the communication section, and a tea leaf supply section located around the tank so as to be reciprocally movable. The present invention relates to a black tea leaf cartridge used in a black tea liquor extraction device having a holder as described above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a black tea liquor is extracted using the above-described black tea liquor extraction apparatus, a filter is set in a concave portion provided in a holder in a black tea leaf supply section.
After placing an appropriate amount of black tea leaves on this filter and pushing it into the communication section with the holder, supply hot water to the tank and jump the black tea leaves in the tank, that is, steam the black tea leaves to extract black tea liquid. I was

[0003]

However, conventionally, in the case of extracting black tea liquor, an operation of setting a filter in a holder of a black tea liquor extraction apparatus and an operation of laying a predetermined amount of black tea leaves on the filter on the holder are required. In addition to this, it is necessary to pay attention not to sprinkle the tea leaves when serving the tea leaves, and after all, the supply work of the tea leaves to the tea liquid extraction device is complicated and troublesome There has been a problem in that the conventional problem has been solved.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is intended to provide a black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea extractor which can extremely easily supply black tea leaves to the black tea extractor. It is intended to provide.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquor extraction apparatus, comprising: a tank to which hot water is supplied; a communicating portion between the tank and the communicating portion; Black tea used in a tea liquor extraction device having a holder capable of reciprocating movement between a tea leaf supply unit located around the periphery and a supply passage for communicating black tea liquor extracted in the tank in communication with the tank A leaf cartridge, comprising: a cartridge body that stores a predetermined amount of tea leaves and is set in a holder with an opening directed toward the inside of a tank; and a seal including a seal that removably covers the opening of the cartridge body. The configuration of the black tea leaf cartridge for the black tea liquid extracting device is a means for solving the above-mentioned conventional problems.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquor extraction apparatus, wherein a margin is provided at an end of a seal covering an opening of the cartridge body, and the seal is formed by grasping and pulling the margin. It is configured to be able to be peeled off.

[0007] The tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquor extraction device according to claim 3 of the present invention covers the opening of the cartridge body at the stage where it is set in the holder of the tea liquor extraction device and sent from the tea leaf supply section to the communication section. The seal is configured to be able to be torn by a cutter provided in the tea liquor extraction device.

A tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquor extraction device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a seal for covering an opening of the cartridge body when the tea leaf cartridge is set in a holder of the tea liquor extraction device and sent from the tea leaf supply section to the communication section. The seal portion can be peeled off from the cartridge main body by locking the picking allowance on the communication portion side to the locking portion provided in the tea liquor extraction device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a black tea leaf cartridge for use in a black tea liquor extraction apparatus having a communicating portion located below a tank and communicating with a discharge container. Thus, a part or all of the cartridge body is formed as a filter.

In the distribution of the tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquor extraction device according to the present invention, any packaging specification of vacuum bagging and vacuum boxing can be adopted in distribution. preferable.

[0011]

In the black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquid extracting apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, when black tea liquid is extracted,
In the tea supply section, the cartridge body with the seal peeled off is set in the holder of the tea liquor extraction device and pushed into the communicating section together with the holder, and the cartridge body containing a predetermined amount of tea leaves opens the opening inside the tank. Is set in the communication section in a state of facing.

That is, in addition to being easy to handle until the tea liquor is extracted by setting it in the tea liquor extraction device,
Since it is not necessary to perform the operation of laying black tea leaves on the holder, the operation of supplying black tea leaves to the black tea liquid extracting apparatus becomes extremely simple.

In the tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extracting device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the seal can be peeled off from the cartridge body simply by picking and pulling the margin of the seal.
The opening of the cartridge body can be easily opened.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the seal is cut by operating the cutter of the black tea extractor, so that the opening of the cartridge body can be easily opened at the communicating portion. In the black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea extractor according to claim 4 of the present invention, when the tea leaf cartridge is set in the holder of the black tea extractor and sent from the black tea supply section to the communication section, the picking margin on the communication section side of the seal is used. Is locked to the locking part of the tea brewing device, the seal is automatically peeled off from the cartridge body at the same time as it is pushed into the communicating part together with the holder, making it easier to open the opening of the cartridge body. Becomes

[0015] In the black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquid extracting apparatus according to claim 5 of the present invention, after the black tea liquid is extracted,
When the remaining liquid from which the astringency due to the tannin is extracted flows into the discharge container, the used tea leaves (tea husks) are stored in a cartridge body in which a part or the whole is formed as a filter. Disposing of the tea hulls is easier if you dispose them in the main body.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of a black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquor extraction apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a tea liquor extracting apparatus 10 using the tea leaf cartridge 1 is housed in a box-shaped apparatus main body 11 having a cup holder 11a and the apparatus main body 11. A tank 12, a hot water supply unit 13 for supplying hot water to the tank 12, a communication unit 14 located at the bottom of the tank 12 and communicating with the inside, and a communication unit 14
And a holder 16 located around the tank 12, that is, reciprocally movable between a tea leaf supply unit 15 set outside the apparatus main body 11, and stirring hot water and tea leaves supplied to the tank 12. A stirrer 17, a supply path 18 that communicates with the tank 12 to pour the black tea liquor extracted in the tank 12, and a discharge container 19 that is located below the tank 12 and communicates through the communication unit 14. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the black tea leaf cartridge 1 for the black tea liquor extraction apparatus 10 stores a predetermined amount of black tea leaves L and the opening 2 is directed toward the inside of the tank 12, ie, A plastic cartridge body 3 fitted into a mortar-shaped recess 16a formed in the center of the holder 16 with the opening 2 facing upward, and a seal 4 that covers the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 so as to be peelable. At the end of the seal 4, a knob 5 is provided, and by pulling the knob 5, the seal 4 can be peeled off from the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3. I have.

In this case, at the center of the cartridge body 3, there is provided a drainage hole 6 through which the remaining liquid from which the astringency due to tannin is extracted is discharged to a discharge container 19, and a sheet such as water-permeable synthetic fiber or paper is provided. A part of the cartridge body 3 is formed as a filter by covering the drain hole 6 with 7.

In the black tea leaf cartridge 1 for the black tea liquor extraction apparatus 10, when extracting black liquor T, first, FIG.
As shown in (a), in the tea leaf supply unit 15, the cartridge body 3 from which the seal 4 has been peeled off is fitted into the mortar-shaped recess 16 a of the holder 16 of the tea liquid extraction device 10.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), when the tea leaf cartridge 1 is pushed into the communicating portion 14 together with the holder 16, the cartridge main body 3 containing a predetermined amount of tea leaves L opens the opening 2 of the tank 12. It is set in the communication part 14 with the inside facing.

Therefore, in the black tea leaf cartridge 1, handling until the black tea liquor T is extracted by setting the black tea liquor in the black tea extractor 10 is very easy.
The operation of supplying the black tea leaves L on the holder 16 does not need to be performed as in the related art, so that the operation of supplying the black tea leaves L to the black tea liquid extracting device 10 is extremely simple.

Further, in this tea leaf cartridge 1, the seal 4 can be peeled off from the cartridge body 3 only by picking and pulling the tab portion 5 of the seal 4, so that the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 can be easily opened.

Further, in the tea leaf cartridge 1,
Since a part of the cartridge body 3 is formed as a filter, after the extraction of the black tea liquor T, the remaining liquid from which the astringency due to the tannin is extracted flows through the through hole 16b provided in the center of the holder 16 to the discharge container 19. At the time, the tea leaves La
Is stored in the cartridge main body 3. As a result, if the tea husk La is discarded while being stored in the cartridge main body 3, the tea husk La can be easily disposed.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquor extraction device according to the present invention.

In the tea leaf cartridge 21 shown in FIG.
At the stage where it is set in the holder 16 of the tea liquor extraction device 10A and sent from the tea leaf supply unit 15 to the communication unit 14,
The seal 24 covering the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 can be torn by moving the cutter 20 provided on the tea liquor extraction device 10A to the left in the drawing, and the other components are the same as the tea leaf cartridge 1 according to the previous embodiment. Is the same.

In this tea leaf cartridge 21, if the cutter 20 of the tea liquor extraction device 10A is moved to the left in the drawing, the seal 24 is torn, so that the opening 2 of the cartridge main body 3 can be easily opened in the communication portion 14. It will be.

That is, in this tea leaf cartridge 21, the risk of scattering the tea leaves L is further reduced as compared with the tea leaf cartridge 1 according to the embodiment in which the seal 4 is peeled off in advance, and the cartridge body is 3 can be easily opened.

FIG. 7 shows still another embodiment of a tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquor extraction device according to the present invention.

In the tea leaf cartridge 31 shown in FIG.
At the stage of setting in the holder 16 of the black tea extractor 10B and sending it from the tea leaf supply unit 15 to the communication unit 14, the communication unit 1 of the seal 34 covering the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3
The seal 34 can be peeled off from the cartridge body 3 by engaging the hooking hole 35a provided on the knob margin 35 on the fourth side with the locking projection (locking portion) 30 provided on the tea liquor extraction device 10B. I have to.

In the tea leaf cartridge 31, when the tea leaf cartridge 31 is set in the holder 16 of the tea liquor extraction device 10B and is fed from the tea leaf supply section 15 to the communication section 14, the seal 34 is provided at the knob 35 on the communication section 14 side. If the hook hole 35a is locked to the locking projection 30 provided on the tea liquor extraction device 10B,
The seal 34 is automatically peeled off from the cartridge body 3 at the same time when the seal 34 is pushed into the communication portion 14 together with the holder 16, so that the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 is more easily opened.

In the embodiment described above, the tea leaf cartridges 1, 21, 31 for the tea liquor extraction device according to the present invention are located at the bottom of the tank 12 of the tea liquor extraction device 10 (10A, 10B) and communicate with the inside. Although the case of setting in the communication part 14 was shown, it is not limited to this. For example, the communication part 14C is used in the black tea liquor extraction apparatus 10C set in the upper part of the tank 12 as shown in FIG. It is also possible to use a tea liquor extraction device (not shown) set on the side, and it is necessary to use a tea filter F at the bottom of the tank 12.

In the above-described embodiment, the drain hole 6 is provided at the center of the cartridge body 3 and the drain hole 6 is provided.
Is covered with a sheet 7 so that the center of the cartridge body 3 functions as a filter. As shown by phantom lines in FIG. Of the cartridge body 3 by covering each of the drainage holes 6A with a sheet.
Some of them can function as filters,
As shown in FIG. 0, the cartridge main body 3A may be formed from a member such as chemical fiber or paper having water permeability so that the entire cartridge main body 3A functions as a filter.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the black tea leaf cartridges 1, 21, 3 for the black tea liquor extraction device according to the present invention are provided.
1 is fitted into the pot-shaped recess 16a of the holder 16 in the tea liquor extraction device 10 (10A, 10B), but the shape of the tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquor extraction device depends on the shape of the recess of the holder. Can be changed as appropriate.

[0036]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
The tea leaf cartridge for a tea extractor according to the above is configured as described above, so that it can be easily handled until it is set in the tea extractor and the tea is extracted. A very excellent effect is obtained that tea leaves can be supplied very easily.

The black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquor extraction device according to the second aspect of the present invention has the above-described structure, so that the opening of the cartridge body can be easily opened.
In the tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquor extracting device according to claim 3 of the present invention, the opening of the cartridge body can be easily opened at the communicating portion of the tea liquor extracting device because of the above-described configuration. In the black tea leaf cartridge for the black tea liquid extraction device according to the fourth aspect, the above-described configuration provides an extremely excellent effect that the opening of the cartridge body can be more easily opened.

The black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquor extraction device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, and therefore, is extremely excellent in that the tea husk after the black liquor is extracted can be remarkably easily cleaned. The effect is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory sectional view (a) showing a tea leaf cartridge for a black tea extractor according to an embodiment of the present invention when it is set in a holder of the black tea extractor, and when it is fed into a communicating portion together with the holder. It is sectional explanatory drawing (b).

FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory view showing a state before peeling off a seal of a tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extracting device in FIG. 1, (a), a perspective explanatory view (b) showing a state in which the seal is being peeled off, and FIG. It is sectional explanatory drawing (c) which shows the state in the middle of peeling.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing a situation in which a black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea extractor according to the present invention is set in the black tea extractor and black tea leaves are jumped.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory cross-sectional view showing a situation where black tea is poured into a pot from the black tea liquid extraction device shown in FIG. 3;

5 is an explanatory perspective view of a holder of the tea brewing device shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing a tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquor extraction apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention when set in a holder of the tea liquor extraction apparatus (a), and a seal is cut off by a cutter at a communicating portion. FIG. 5B is an explanatory sectional view of the same.

FIG. 7 (a) is a cross-sectional explanatory view of a tea leaf cartridge for a black tea extractor according to a further embodiment of the present invention, which is set in a holder of the black tea extractor, showing a still further embodiment; It is sectional explanatory drawing (b) when a seal is peeled off automatically.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing a situation in which the tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquor extraction device according to the present invention is used in a tea liquor extraction device in which a communicating part is set at an upper part of a tank.

FIG. 9 is a perspective explanatory view showing another configuration example in which a part of the cartridge body of the tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction device according to the present invention functions as a filter.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory cross-sectional view when the entire cartridge body of the tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction device according to the present invention functions as a filter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,21,31 Black tea leaf cartridge for black tea extractor 2 Opening 3 Cartridge main body 4,24,34 Seal 5,35 Picking allowance 10,10A, 10B Black tea liquor extractor 12 Tank 14 Communication unit 15 Black tea leaf supply unit 16 Holder 18 Supply path 19 Discharge container 20 Cutter 30 Locking projection (locking portion) L Black tea leaf T Black tea liquor

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 3B115 AA22 AA25 BA28 BC01 DA09 DB13 DC19 3E067 AA05 AB24 BA10A BC07A CA08 EB11 EB27 FB11 GB07 GD08 4B004 AA03 BA03 BA22 BA41 BA46 BA50 CA14 CA17

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A tank to which hot water is supplied, a communicating part between the tank and the inside of the tank, and a holder capable of reciprocating between the communicating part and a tea leaf supplying part located around the tank.
A black tea leaf cartridge used in a black tea liquor extraction device having a supply path for discharging black tea liquor extracted in the tank in communication with the tank, which stores a predetermined amount of black tea leaves and has an opening inside the tank. A black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquor extraction device, comprising: a cartridge main body set in a holder facing the same; and a seal capable of peeling off an opening of the cartridge main body. 2. The tea liquor extraction device according to claim 1, wherein a knob is provided at an end of the seal covering the opening of the cartridge body, and the seal can be peeled off from the cartridge body by pinching and pulling the knob. For tea leaf cartridge. 3. The seal covering the opening of the cartridge body can be cut off by a cutter provided in the tea liquor extracting device at a stage where the cartridge is set in a holder of the tea liquor extracting device and sent from the tea leaf supply unit to the communicating portion. Item 1
Or a black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquid extracting apparatus according to 2 above. 4. A teak extractor wherein a portion of a seal for covering an opening of a cartridge body on a communication portion side is provided in the tea extract device at the stage of setting the holder in the tea extract device and feeding the tea leaf supply portion into the communication portion. 3. The black tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquid extracting device according to claim 2, wherein the seal can be peeled off from the cartridge body by being locked to the stop portion. 5. A black tea leaf cartridge for use in a black tea liquor extraction device having a communication portion located below a tank and communicating with a discharge container, wherein a part or all of the cartridge body is formed as a filter. The black tea extract according to any one of claims 1 to 4.