JP2001245790A - Coffee brewer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coffee brewer which can assuredly brew coffee and is excellent in its productivity. SOLUTION: The coffee brewer 1 is formed by erecting side face bodies 11A to 11D on the peripheral edges of a bottom face material 4 with a square shape in plan view to obtain a generally square-shaped configuration. On the central part of the bottom face material 4 of a square shaped vessel 2 formed in such a way, a square shaped opening 5 in plan view is formed. A square shaped filter 6 is fitted to the opening. The fitted filter 6 for housing ground coffee beans 9 therein has a collar part 8 which can be supported on the peripheral edge of the opening 5. Filter paper 10 is provided thereon. The filter paper 10 is fixed to the bottom face material 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coffee extracter supported on an upper portion of a coffee cup and capable of extracting hot drip coffee by pouring hot water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of coffee extractors, which are supported on the top of a coffee cup and pour hot water to extract the coffee into the cup, have been proposed in various structures. We are currently proposing a cartridge type extract according to No. 2940377.

[0003] The extract according to the applicant's proposal is characterized in that, on a peripheral portion of a bottom material having a substantially rectangular shape in a plane, a side material provided continuously with the bottom material is folded from the bottom material. A paper box-shaped container that can be raised to the bottom material so as to be able to be expanded into a whole square shape, and in this expanded state, at least each corner of the bottom material bottom can be placed on the upper edge of a flat circular coffee cup. And a filter formed of a flat circular shape formed by a filter paper which is attached in a fitted state to a circular opening formed at the center of the bottom material of the square container and is fitted with coffee ground beans therein. Be prepared. This extract is flattened in a state where the side plate material is folded with respect to the bottom surface material, and can be stored in a bag-shaped storage body or the like and packed.

At the time of use, the container is taken out of the storage body and the square container is folded and unfolded into an entire square shape.
The corner of the bottom material is placed on the edge of the coffee cup, the hot water is poured into the container from above, and the coffee extracted through the filter through the inside of the cup flows down.

[0005]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional coffee extract, the opening formed in the bottom material of the box-shaped container is circular, and a plane circle which is fed laterally by a shooter in a factory. When a filter having a shape is fitted into the opening, the filter must be stopped once, and the filter must be automatically fitted from above while the filter is centered with the opening, so that the line speed is reduced. There was a problem. In addition, when the filter was not completely fitted into the opening, when pouring into the square container at the time of use, the hot water flowed down from the gap between the filter and the opening, and the problem that the coffee to be extracted was thinned was likely to occur. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a coffee extract capable of reliably extracting coffee and having excellent productivity. Things.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the following steps: From the folded state, it is possible to stand up on the bottom material and expand it into a whole square shape, and in this unfolded state, at least each corner of the bottom material bottom can be placed on the upper edge of the coffee cup forming a plane circle. A paper container and a filter which is attached to an opening formed in the center of the bottom material of the container in a fitted state, contains coffee ground beans therein, and is formed of a material having overall water permeability. With the filter attached to the opening, the side material rising from the bottom material, and in the unfolded state, pouring into the square container, the opening of the square container placed on the edge of the coffee cup Water through the filter attached to the A coffee extractor in which coffee can flow down in an extracted state, wherein an opening formed in the center of the bottom material is a polygon having a plane square or more, and a filter attached to the opening in a fitted state. A concave portion having an open upper portion for accommodating ground coffee therein and capable of being fitted into the opening of the bottom material from above, the concave portion having a planar shape corresponding to the planar shape of the opening, and a concave portion on the periphery of the concave portion. And a flange formed integrally with the opening, and the flange at the periphery of the concave portion fitted into the opening is fixed to the bottom material at the periphery of the opening, and is opened on the bottom material at the top. A filter paper is provided, the filter paper being capable of closing the upper surface of the concave portion, and a peripheral portion of the filter paper is fixed to a peripheral portion of the upper surface of the bottom material to form a coffee extract.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A coffee extract according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the coffee extract 1 is provided with a square container 2 which can be developed into an overall square shape. The square container 2 is formed in a plane square shape, and at least four corner positions on the bottom surface are shown in FIG. It is formed so as to be placed on the upper edge of the coffee cup 3 as shown.

The square container 2 is formed by cutting out a paper material so that the whole is in an unfolded state as shown in FIG. 4, and P, Q, R, S, T1, T2, U1, U2, V1 in FIG.
To V4 are folded. The portions C1 and C2 are perforated. The whole paper box-shaped container 2 thus die-cut is formed by associating each side of the bottom surface member 4 with each side of the center portion of the component of the bottom surface member 4 having a plane square shape. An opening 5 is formed.

In the expanded container 2 shown in FIG. 4, for example, the filter 6 is placed in a state shown by a two-dot chain line in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
Is carried in. The filter 6 has a square planar shape. The filter 6 is sequentially supplied by a shooter (not shown), and is fitted into the opening 5 of the expanded rectangular container 2 similarly positioned at the shooter outlet of the filter 6. Become.

As shown in FIG. 5, the filter 6 is a cup-shaped filter having a flat square-shaped concave portion 7 and a flange 8 integrally formed on an upper peripheral edge thereof, and is formed entirely of molded filter paper. The concave portion 7 is similar to the opening 5 of the bottom member 4 described above.
Alternatively, the flange portion 8 has a flat square shape having an outer diameter slightly larger than the opening 5, whereas the flange portion 8 has a flat square shape having an outer diameter larger than the opening 5. As a result, the filter 6 supplied in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
The concave portion 7 is fitted into the opening 5, and the lower surface of the flange portion 8 is supported by the periphery of the opening 5. At this time, since the concave portion 7 of the filter 6 to be supplied has a planar square shape, the sides of the concave portion 7 correspond to the sides of the planar square opening 5, and the automatically fed filter 6 is formed. Can be reliably fitted and positioned in the opening 5.

The concave portion 7 of the filter 6 fitted in the opening 5
The upper part is in an open state, and after the fitting (or before the fitting), the coffee ground beans 9 are inserted into the concave portion 7 from above.
Is filled and accommodated (see FIG. 5).

A filter paper 10 shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 5 is supplied from above to the bottom material 4 in which the ground coffee 9 is accommodated in the concave portion 7. This filter paper 10
Is a plane square shape substantially equivalent to the size of the bottom material 4,
The supplied filter paper 10 is correspondingly disposed on the bottom member 4 in a state where the upper surface of the opened concave portion 7 is closed.

The disposed filter paper 10 is thermocompression-bonded from above so as to be fixed to the flange 8 of the filter 6 and the peripheral edge of the bottom member 4. The crimping is performed by the large and small square portions I and J in FIG.
And a portion of H connecting between the corners, thereby forming a bottom material 4 made of paper whose surface is coated with a synthetic resin.
On the other hand, the flange portion 8 and the filter paper 10 are fixed.

In this manner, the unfolded square container 2 having the filter 6 integrally attached to the bottom member 4 is first of all shown in FIG.
The folds shown as 1, V2, V3, and V4 are made into mountain folds, and the folds shown as P, Q, R, and S in FIG. 4 are made into valley folds. In this manner, the side members 11A to 11D arranged on the periphery of the bottom member 4 so as to be continuous with the bottom member 4.
Rises at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the bottom material 4, and can be formed in an overall square shape (see FIG. 7). At this time, the folds V1, V2, V3, and V4, which are mountain-folded,
That is, the respective portions between the side members 11A to 11B are attached to the side members 11B and 11D (see FIG. 1).

Further, each of the side members 11A to 11 that have been set up.
D, the folds T1, T2 and U1, U2 disposed on the side members 11B and 11D of FIG. 4 are mountain-folded, respectively, and the side members 11B and 11D are respectively separated as shown by arrows in FIG. It is folded so as to be in contact with the bottom member 4 side, and is further folded upward in the order of the side members 11A → 11C. Subsequently, of the connecting pieces 12A and 12B containing cut gathers that are continuous with the side member 11C, the connecting member 12B is bonded to the outer side of the folded side member 11A with an adhesive.

In this manner, the square container 2 is folded flat, and can be sealed and packaged in the storage body 13 shown in FIG. Thus, the coffee extract 1 stored in the storage body 13 while maintaining the flavor of the coffee beans
3, one side of the storage body 13 is cut off as shown by the arrow in FIG. 3 and can be taken out while being folded from the opening 14 in the direction of the arrow. The coffee extract 1 thus taken out has a perforation C at the portion of the connecting piece 12A of the square container 2.
1, cut in the direction of the arrow along C2, each side material 11A ~
11D is sequentially raised as shown by the arrow, expanded (see FIG. 1), and can be placed on the upper edge of the coffee cup 3 on the bottom of the bottom material 4 as shown in FIG. Then, it is poured and poured into the square container 2 that has been unfolded in a square shape.
Allow the hot water to pass through the filter 6 and remove the coffee cup 3
Can extract coffee.

In the coffee extract 1 formed in this manner, the concave portion 7 of the filter 6 has a flat square shape, the amount of the ground coffee 9 contained therein is larger than that of the conventional coffee extract, and the coffee extract 1 has a high aroma. It becomes possible to extract. Further, as described above, since the opening 5 and the concave portion 7 of the filter 6 are fitted so as to be positioned at the side portions, the positioning becomes easier when automated, and the productivity is increased accordingly. In addition, the filter paper 10 is fixed in a state in which the filter paper 10 is in close contact with the bottom surface material 4 on the periphery of the opening 5, and it is possible to reliably extract coffee without forming a gap between the filter 6 and the opening 5.

[0019]

FIG. 8 relates to an embodiment of the present invention and relates to a modification of the above embodiment. In this embodiment, a flat octagonal opening 15 is formed in the center of the bottom member 4, and a filter 16 having a flat octagonal concave portion 17 is fitted into the opening 15. That is, the flange portion 18 is formed integrally with the concave portion 17 at the peripheral edge of the concave portion 17, and the planar octagonal concave portion 17 and the opening 15 have substantially the same size. Other structures are the same as those of the above-described embodiment, and the description is omitted.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to reliably extract coffee and to provide a coffee extract excellent in productivity.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a coffee extract according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the coffee extract placed on a coffee cup, taken along line II-II of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a coffee extractor in a folded state which is taken out of a storage body.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an expanded state of the square container.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the filter is fitted into an opening of the bottom material of the square container.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which the filter paper is fixed to a bottom material.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of the square container.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 5 of a coffee extract according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coffee extract 2 Square container 3 Coffee cup 4 Bottom material 5, 15 Opening 6, 16 Filter 7, 17 Concave part 8, 18 Collar part 9 Coffee ground beans 11A-11D Side material 12A, 12B Connecting piece (with cut gather) 13 Container 14 Opening P, Q, R, S, T1, T2, U1, U2, V1 to V4
Crease C1, C2 Perforation

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A side wall member, which is disposed in a continuous state on a bottom surface member, is raised on the bottom surface member at a peripheral portion of the substantially bottom surface member having a substantially planar shape and rises with respect to the bottom surface member. A paper container that can be deployed in a shape, and at least each corner of the bottom of the bottom material in the expanded state can be placed on the upper edge of a coffee cup having a flat circular shape, and a center of the bottom material of the container. A filter, which is attached to the opening formed in the portion in a fitted state, contains coffee ground beans therein, and is formed of a material having overall water permeability, the filter being attached to the opening, the bottom surface In the unfolded state where the side material is raised against the material, the hot water is poured into the square container, and the hot water is transmitted through the filter attached to the opening of the square container placed on the edge of the coffee cup, and the coffee cup Coffee extraction that allows coffee to flow down in an extracted state The opening formed in the center of the bottom material is formed in a polygonal shape of a plane quadrangle or more, while the filter attached to the opening in a fitted state is open at the top and has coffee grind inside. A recessed portion which accommodates beans and can be fitted into the opening of the bottom member from above, and whose planar shape corresponds to the planar shape of the opening, and a flange formed integrally with the concave portion on the periphery of the concave portion. A filter paper is provided that secures the flange of the peripheral edge of the concave portion fitted into the opening to the bottom material of the peripheral edge of the opening, and on the bottom material of the upper portion, a filter paper that can close the upper surface of the concave portion to be opened. A coffee extract formed by disposing the filter paper and attaching the peripheral portion of the filter paper to the upper peripheral portion of the bottom material. 2. An opening formed in the center of the bottom member is formed in a plane square shape, and the concave portion of the filter fitted in the opening is also formed in a plane square shape corresponding to the plane shape of the opening. Item 7. The coffee extract according to Item 1. 3. The fastening of the flange of the concave portion of the filter to the bottom material of the opening at the periphery of the opening and the fastening of the bottom of the filter paper to the top surface of the bottom of the filter paper are performed by heating each member to the paper bottom material. The coffee extract according to claim 1, wherein the coffee extract is pressed.