JP2006248610A - Drink container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate manufacturing of a cup container with a less amount of material that can make beverage only through pouring hot water or cold water into the cup container. <P>SOLUTION: There are provided a large-sized conical cup container with a slant surface and a small-sized conical cup container with a slant surface having an angle the same as that of the large-sized cup container. A beverage cup container is manufactured by putting beverage raw material into the large-sized cup container and fitting the small-sized container having fine holes formed at the bottom surface part into the large-sized cup container. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cup-shaped container that can be extracted or dissolved easily for drinking.

  A variety of favorite beverages are drunk on a daily basis. In the case of tea or tea, put tea leaves in teapots, teapots or tea strainers, pour hot water into the tea or tea extracted into teacups or tea cups, etc. It is common to drink or purchase and drink tea or tea in a commercially available plastic bottle or can.

  In the outdoors, it is difficult to prepare the tea utensils, etc., or is cumbersome and also those of commercially available canned or bottled type factory just flavor to sell stuffed to produce a beverage is impaired in I can't expect to relax with the scent of freshly brewed tea.

  It has a double cup container structure in which a small container with a large number of pores formed in the bottom part and fitted with a filter function is fitted into a large container, and beverage ingredients are stored in an internal space formed by the large and small containers, and a teapot and teapot Solve the problem by providing an integrated cup-shaped container that allows you to enjoy a freshly scented scent and flavor by simply pouring hot water into the cup container without having to prepare it. Is intended.

Comparison with conventional examples:
Conventionally, products that pour hot water into cup-shaped containers and use the containers as tableware have been commercialized like cup noodles. In the case of cup noodles, the ingredients poured with hot water are eaten, so the purpose could be achieved simply by storing the ingredients in a container. However, in the case of tea, the tea leaves after extraction are in the way, so as in Registered Utility Model No. 3091899 (conventional example 1: FIG. 7), a beverage component-containing material-filled bag shape stored in a cup by a partition member The filter member was used as a filtering means.
Alternatively, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-57269 (conventional example 2: FIG. 8), a filter cup inner bottom portion is formed, and a beverage ingredient is put into a space portion formed between the bottom portion and the filter cup.

In a conventional cup container, a partition member is provided to prevent a beverage ingredient such as an extracted tea bag that gets in the way when drinking a beverage from the bottom portion to the mouth portion.
When a tea bag or the like is not used, the partition member has a filter function.
However, when producing a container having such a structure, the intermediate partition member must be fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the cup, and the fixing structure is extremely troublesome.

  In the paper cup type beverage extractor of utility model registration No. 2578534, a cup-shaped filter having pores formed in the bottom surface portion is disclosed (not shown in the present specification). The filter is made into a cup shape, and a sealing lid is provided on the upper part of the filter so that air can be press-fitted. The filter can only serve as a filter and cannot itself be a drinking cup.

The present invention has an external shape that appears as a front view of the outer large cup container 1 of FIG. 1, and, as can be seen from the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 2, has a double structure with large and small cup containers. 3 is provided with a large number of pores to provide a filter function. FIG. 3 is a front view of the inner small cup container 2, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view from below.
As shown in the sectional view of FIG. 2, when the small cup container 2 on the inside is fitted into the large cup container 1, the beverage ingredient 5 is stored in the space portion 4 formed by the difference in height between the large and small.

The present invention can avoid the trouble of fixing the intermediate partition member by simply inserting a large and small cup container.
The most important thing is that the drinking cup container of the present invention is extremely easy to manufacture. The beverage raw material 5 is put in the large cup container 1 and then the small cup container 2 having the pore-forming bottom surface portion 3. It is a point that is completed as a product simply by fitting.

  The manufacture of the cup container itself is technically mature and can be procured at a very low cost. Since only the beverage ingredients are put into the cup container and combined in size, the apparatus for automating the production can be of a very simple structure, and even manual production can be carried out easily.

The outer peripheral walls of the large cup container 1 and the small cup container 2 need to have a conical shape having inclined surfaces with the same angle.
As a method of fixing the large cup container 1 and the small cup container 2, a harmless adhesive may be applied in advance to the inner peripheral wall surface of the large cup container.

  Further, when the small cup container 2 is fitted into the large cup container 1 and inserted, the outer peripheral surface of the small cup container 2 and the inner peripheral surface of the large cup container 1 are brought into close contact with each other at the place where the fixed space portion 4 is formed. It may be fixed.

It is not necessary to put tea leaves such as green tea or black tea in a tea bag or the like in the space portion 4, and a necessary amount suitable for extraction can be put in the state of roses as it is.
In addition to tea leaves, the space portion 4 can contain regular coffee, Chinese herbal medicine raw materials, or powder raw materials produced by freeze-drying manufacturing methods in a solid form for 1 cup as beverage raw materials.

  By solidifying the powdered raw material, it can be easily made into one cup, and at the same time it is easy to handle, so the object can be used for drinking such as powdered soup, powdered juice, powdered instant coffee, cocoa Extensive.

The cup container containing the beverage ingredients 5 can be sold at the store as it is.
In addition, vending machines can be used for sales. In this case, if the vending machine is equipped with a hot water supply device or a water supply device, the purchaser can also make a drink on the spot.

  In the vending machine, the cup container of the present invention can be stacked and stored in a nested manner, so that the space in the vending machine can be effectively utilized. In addition, since beverage ingredients are sold in a cup container, it is not necessary to replace and replenish ingredients such as tea leaves, and management is easy.

  Hot water may be poured into the cup container of the present invention depending on the beverage material. In that case, as shown in FIG. 6, it is convenient to attach a hand holder 7 that does not require the cup container to be directly held by hand.

  FIG. 5 shows the hand holder 6 removed from the cup container. The holder ring portion 8 provided with the handle portion 7 is formed to have a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the upper end portion of the cup container, and is configured to stop at the upper end portion when the cup container 1 is put in the holder ring portion 8.

  If the holder 6 is provided for carrying around when purchasing a plurality of cup containers and making a drink on the spot, it is convenient because a plurality of cup containers can be provided at a time.

  The hand holder 6 may be fitted at the cup container manufacturing stage, or may be mounted and used as needed at the time of sale or purchase.

The tea cup 5 is put into the bottom of the large cup container 1 of the cone-shaped large and small cup container having the inclined surface of the same angle, and the small cup container 2 having the pore forming bottom surface part 3 is fitted into the large cup container 1. Manufacture drinking cup containers.
Served for drinking by pouring hot water into the cup container.

It is a front view of the large cup container of this invention. It is front sectional drawing of the state which accommodated the drink raw material in the cup container of this invention. It is a front view of the small cup container of this invention. It is a perspective view from the lower part which shows the pore formation bottom face part provided in the small cup container of this invention. It is a hand holder for cup containers of the present invention. It is the figure which attached the hand holder to the cup container of this invention It is a figure which shows the prior art example 1. It is a figure which shows the prior art example 2.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Large cup container 2 Small cup container 3 Porous formation bottom part 4 Space part 5 Beverage raw material 6 Hand holder 7 Hand part 8 Holder ring part

Claims (3)

A cup-shaped container for extracting or dissolving beverage ingredients, which is composed of two large and small containers with different heights, and a large number of pores are formed on the bottom surface of the small container, and the inner peripheral wall surface of the large container A drinking container in which a small container is fitted and stored in a large container so that the outer peripheral wall surface of the small container is closely attached to the container. The drinking container according to claim 1, further comprising a detachable hand holder. The drinking container according to claim 1, wherein a beverage ingredient to be extracted or dissolved is stored in advance before the small container is fitted into the large container.

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