JP2008142271A - Beverage preparing implement - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beverage preparing implement capable of reusing a beverage bottle. <P>SOLUTION: The beverage preparing implement 1 is provided with a stick 2, a head part 3 formed on one end part of the stick 2, and a bag 4 held by the stick on the other end side. The stick 2 holds the bag 4 so that it can be inserted from a mouth part 12 of the beverage bottle inside and hangs it when the bag 4 is fixed to a cap part 11 via the saucer-shaped head part 3 of a structure which is engaged with and fixed to inside the bottom surface of the cap part 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage preparation tool used, for example, for producing green tea or black tea.

  Conventionally, beverages have been easily made at home using a beverage preparation tool such as a tea bag. As the tea bag, for example, a tea bag with a stick by the inventor of the present application is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-154321 A JP 2004-242863 A

  By the way, with the recent diversification of beverages, beverages are sold in beverage bottles such as plastic bottles and aluminum bottles represented by plastic bottles, but these beverage bottles after drinking Reuse is a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage preparation tool that enables reuse of a plastic or aluminum beverage bottle in which a beverage has been placed.

  The beverage preparation device according to the present invention includes a water-permeable bag body that contains a material from which a beverage component dissolves when immersed in water or hot water and can be inserted into the beverage bottle from the mouth, and the beverage bottle It has a head fitted and fixed to the inner bottom surface of the cap portion, and has a stick for holding the bag.

  According to the beverage preparation tool of the present invention, after the bag body is fitted and fixed to the inner bottom surface of the cap portion of the beverage bottle via the head of the stick, the beverage preparation tool is first attached to the beverage bottle from the bag body. The bag body can be placed in the beverage bottle by inserting the cap portion into the mouth portion and attaching the cap portion to the mouth portion. Therefore, when the beverage preparation device according to the present invention is used in a beverage bottle that has been used (beverage is put) together with water (or hot water) and the beverage bottle is shaken, the material contained in the bag body Beverage ingredients can be extracted. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to produce beverages by reusing various beverage bottles.

  In the beverage preparation device according to the present invention, the head portion of the stick is formed in a disc shape that fits on the inner bottom surface of the cap portion when tilted by 90 ° with respect to the stick, You may make it consist of a structure hinged with one end part. If comprised in this way, since the cap part of a drink bottle can be utilized as a knob part of a drink preparation tool, a drink preparation tool can be easily inserted into a drink bottle or easily from within a drink bottle. It can be pulled out.

  In the beverage preparation device according to the present invention, the head portion of the stick can be displaced from the hinge coupling portion to the outer periphery in the radial direction so that the head portion of the stick can be displaced so that the plate surface is arranged on the same surface with respect to the stick. The slit may be formed in order to avoid interference with the stick. If comprised in this way, since this head can be functioned as a knob piece in the state where the head of the stick is stood up, the beverage preparation tool can be used for extracting beverage components in tea bowls in addition to beverage bottles. Can also be used.

  In the beverage preparation device according to the present invention, the head portion of the stick may have a structure that can be elastically deformed in a direction in which the opposing end surfaces of the slits approach each other. According to this structure, the beverage preparation tool can be reliably fitted and fixed by the elastic restoring force of the head bent to the inner bottom surface of the cap portion of the beverage bottle, and the inner diameter of the cap portion is somewhat dimensioned. Even if there is an error, it can be securely fixed.

  In the beverage preparation device according to the present invention, the stick is slidably coupled to the bag body in the direction along the stick, and the stick is pulled out from the bag body at the end opposite to the head of the stick. A protrusion-like stopper that restricts the movement may be formed. If constituted in this way, when not in use, the total length of the beverage preparation tool can be shortened and accommodated compactly, and when used, the total length is lengthened and the bag body is sufficiently immersed in water (or hot water). The extraction of beverage components from can be encouraged.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reuse a plastic or aluminum beverage bottle in which a beverage has been placed.

  Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, an embodiment according to the beverage preparation device of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a beverage preparation tool according to an embodiment of the present invention. Moreover, FIG. 2 is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the structure of the stick of this drink preparation tool. 2A is a front view of the stick, FIG. 2B is a side view of the stick, FIG. 2C is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ of FIG. 2A, and FIG. Respectively.

  The beverage preparation tool 1 includes a stick 2, a head 3 formed on one end (one end) side of the stick 2, and a bag held by the stick 2 on the other end (other end) side. A body 4 is provided. The stick 2 is fitted and fixed to the inner bottom surface of a cap portion of a beverage bottle (not shown). For example, when the bag body 4 is fixed to the cap portion via a head 3 having a structure that can be folded and deformed, The bag body 4 has a function of holding and suspending the bag body 4 so that the bag body 4 can be inserted into the inside of the mouth of the beverage bottle.

  The stick 2 can be formed of any material such as plastic, paper, bamboo, and wood. Note that the stick 2 is slidably coupled to the bag body 4 in the direction indicated by the arrow S in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2D, the shape of the head 3 of the stick 2 is, for example, a circle that fits on the inner bottom surface of the cap portion when the stick 2 is displaced so as to fall 90 ° with respect to the stick 2. It is formed in a plate shape. In the case of this example, the diameter D1 of the head 3 is set to be approximately the same as the inner diameter (about 18 mm) of a cylindrical portion described later formed on the inner bottom surface of the cap portion, for example.

  Further, the head 3 is hinged at one end of the stick 2 and near the center of the disc, and the head 3 is erected so that its plate surface is arranged on the same plane (FIG. 2A). The slit 5 for avoiding the interference with the stick 2 is formed from the hinge coupling portion to the outer periphery in the radial direction when the displacement is performed so that

  The head 3 configured as described above is formed of a plastic that can be elastically deformed in a direction in which opposed end surfaces 5a (see FIG. 2D) of the slit 5 approach each other. If the head 3 and the stick 2 are made of the same material, they can be produced by integral molding. However, the head 3 and the stick 2 are formed of different materials, and these are formed into circles of the head 3. You may make it connect by hinge coupling | bonding in board center vicinity.

  In addition, when the head 3 is in a standing state as described above with respect to the stick 2 (that is, when the beverage preparation tool 1 is not used), the head 3 is not attached to the stick 2. A part of the slit 5 is connected to the stick 2 by a connecting portion 7 so as not to be in a state of being tilted by 90 °. At the time of such coupling, the head 3 functions as a knob piece of the beverage preparation tool 1 held by a human finger, and therefore can be applied to the extraction of beverage components in teacups and the like in addition to beverage bottles. . It should be noted that the connection with the stick 2 by the connecting portion 7 can be easily released by pressing the head 3 in a direction in which the head 3 is tilted with a human finger or the like.

  Furthermore, the head 3 includes a set of cut sides 3a formed by cutting a part of the outer periphery that is parallel to the axial direction of the stick 2 when the head 3 is in the standing state as described above. By providing this cut side 3a, when the head 3 is fitted into the cap part of the beverage bottle, the cap part can be fixed more firmly than the line contact over the entire outer periphery of the head 3 at several points. Point contact can be realized. Needless to say, even if the cut side 3a is not formed, the fitting and fixing with the cap portion can be performed satisfactorily.

  Further, the other end of the stick 2 has a plurality of protruding stoppers 6 for restricting the movement in the pulling direction of the sliding direction of the stick 2 relative to the bag body 4 (the direction indicated by the arrow S in FIG. 1). Is provided. Of these plural stoppers 6, the stopper 6 formed mainly on the side closer to the head 3 side plays a role of abutting the welded portion 4a of the bag body 4 to regulate the movement of the stick 2, and the other end side. The stopper 6 formed in the above-mentioned structure serves to agitate the green tea leaves 9 accommodated in the bag body 4.

  The bag body 4 is made of a material having water permeability such as non-woven fabric, nylon bag, paper, and the like and capable of being welded by itself. Therefore, the bag body 4 has a function equivalent to what is called a tea bag. Inside the bag body 4 is housed the green tea leaf 9 which is an example of a material from which beverage components dissolve when immersed in water or hot water. In addition, examples of the material to be accommodated include tea leaves, ground coffee beans, and herbs. The bag body 4 containing such a material is attached to the other end side of the stick 2 via the welded portion 4a as described above.

  Next, a beverage production method using the beverage production tool 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state before the beverage preparation tool 1 is put into a beverage bottle. Moreover, FIG. 4 is sectional drawing which shows the cross section of the bottle for drinks after putting the drink preparation tool 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, first, the cap portion 11 is removed from the mouth portion 12 of the used plastic bottle 10 as a beverage bottle (the beverage has been put in), and the inside of the PET bottle 10 is opened from the mouth portion 12. Add water or hot water 19. Then, the head 3 of the beverage preparation tool 1 is tilted by 90 ° with respect to the stick 2, the head 3 is moved in the direction indicated by arrow B in FIG. 3, and is press-fitted inside the cap portion 11. When the head 3 is press-fitted until it comes into contact with the bottom of the cylindrical portion formed on the inner bottom surface of the cap portion 11, the head 3 is pushed by the elastic repulsive force of the slit 5 as shown in FIG. The beverage preparation tool 1 is fixedly held by the cap portion 11 by being firmly fitted and fixed inside the cylindrical portion 11a.

  The beverage preparation tool 1 fixedly held in the cap portion 11 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow C in FIG. 3 and inserted into the inside of the plastic bottle 10 through the mouth portion 12 from the bag body 4 first. The body 4 is immersed in water or hot water 19. At this time, since the bag body 4 is held by the stick 2, the bag body 4 is not lifted inside the plastic bottle 10 unlike an ordinary tea bag in which the bag body 4 is connected by a thread or the like. For this reason, water or hot water 19 can be rapidly infiltrated into the green tea leaves 9 accommodated in the bag body 4.

  Thus, when the beverage preparation tool 1 fixedly held by the cap part 11 is inserted into the PET bottle 10, the cap part 11 is inserted into the mouth part 12 of the PET bottle 10 and the female screw part 14 as shown in FIG. The plastic bottle 10 is hermetically sealed by tightening the screw part 13 and the male screw part 13, and by shaking the plastic bottle 10, the components of the green tea leaf 9 are quickly extracted and tea is completed.

  Since the head part 3 of the beverage preparation tool 1 is fitted and fixed to the cylindrical part 11a of the cap part 11, the cap part 11 is attached to the plastic bottle 10 and completely closed, so the plastic bottle 10 is shaken. Even so, the beverage preparation tool 1 does not fall out into the plastic bottle 10, and the internal water or hot water 19 does not leak from the peripheral edge of the cap portion 11. When the extraction of the components of green tea leaves 9 is finished, the cap part 11 is removed from the mouth part 12 and the beverage preparation tool 1 is taken out from the inside of the plastic bottle 10. At this time, when the bag body 4 passes through the mouth portion 12, the bag body 4 is squeezed by the mouth portion 12, and excess water drops from the bag body 4 into the plastic bottle 10.

  Therefore, it is possible to prevent water droplets from dripping from the bag body 4 after the bag body 4 is taken out from the plastic bottle 10. Moreover, since the drink preparation tool 1 can be taken out from the inside of the plastic bottle 10 only by removing the cap part 11 from the opening | mouth part 12, it can prevent getting a hand dirty with a water drop. Thus, according to the beverage preparation tool 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to prepare a favorite beverage by reusing a beverage bottle such as a plastic bottle 10.

  In addition, in the above-described PET bottle 10, there is a type in which when the mouth portion 12 is closed with the cap portion 11, the mouth portion 12 itself or the cap portion 11 itself is contracted by the final twist when the mouth portion 12 is closed with the cap portion 11. is there. Even in this case, according to the beverage maker 1 of the present embodiment, the inner bottom surface of the cylindrical portion 11a of the cap portion 11 regardless of the shrinkage of the mouth portion 12 or the cap portion 11 (particularly, the shrinkage of the cap portion 11). Since the head 3 itself is fitted and fixed in an elastically deformable state so as to be bent by the slit 5, the beverage maker 1 can be used satisfactorily even with the above-described type of plastic bottle.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the head 3 of the beverage preparation device 1 and the stick 2 are hingedly connected in the vicinity of the center of the head 3, so the head 3 is fitted and fixed to the cap 11. When the beverage preparation tool 1 is inserted into the PET bottle 10, the stick 2 and the mouth portion 12 do not interfere with each other, and when the PET bottle 10 is shaken, the stick 2 has a conical hinge joint. Since it can move freely within the range of the region formed by the rotation surface when it is the top, the position of the beverage preparation tool 1 in the PET bottle 10 is stabilized, and the green tea leaf 9 in the bag body 4 Stirring can be performed better. In addition, since the stopper 6 of the stick 2 is located inside the bag body 4, when the plastic bottle 10 is shaken, the stopper 6 pushes the inside of the bag body 4 while stirring the green tea leaf 9, Tea extraction can be promoted.

  In addition, as shown to Fig.5 (a), when utilizing the PET bottle 10 of the type in which the above cylindrical parts 11a are not formed in the cap part 11, the diameter D1 of the head 3 of the drink preparation tool 1 is used. Is set so as to have a dimension substantially equal to the inner diameter (about 28 mm) of the cap portion 11, and the head 3 is press-fitted into the inner bottom surface of the cap portion 11 to be fitted and fixed. ), The head 3 is sandwiched between the inner bottom surface of the cap portion 11 and the annular tip of the mouth portion 12 of the plastic bottle 10 so as to be completely closed, and the plastic bottle 10 may be shaken.

  Next, a beverage preparation tool according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description, the same reference numerals are given to the same portions as those already described, and description thereof is omitted. FIG. 6 is a front view showing a beverage preparation tool according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, this beverage preparation tool 1A has the same stick 2 and head 3 as the beverage preparation device 1, but the bag body 4A is not a rectangular flat shape like the bag body 4, but a triangular pyramid. Is different. If the bag body 4A having such a shape is used, a wider internal space than the flat bag body 4 can be formed in the plastic bottle 10, which has an advantage that the extraction effect is further enhanced.

  As described above, according to the beverage preparation tool 1 of the present embodiment, the head portion 3 is fitted and fixed to the cap portion 11, and the cap portion 11 is attached to the plastic bottle 10 to attach the beverage preparation device 1 to the plastic bottle. 10 can be fixedly held inside. If it does in this way, since drink preparation tool 1 can be taken out with the bag body 4 from the inside of pet bottle 10 only by removing cap part 11 from plastic bottle 10 after use of drink preparation tool 1, a drink is put. Beverage components can be easily extracted by reusing plastic and aluminum beverage bottles.

  In addition, since the bag 4 and the stick 2 after using the beverage preparation tool 1 can be easily separated by breaking the welded portion 4a by pulling out the stick 2 while holding the bag 4. It becomes possible to easily separate the bag body 4 that becomes combustible waste and the stick 2 with the head 3 that becomes non-combustible waste.

  In the above-described embodiment, the structure in which the head 3 of the stick 2 of the beverage preparation tool 1 is hinged in the vicinity of the center of the stick 2 is described. For example, a structure in which a part of the outer periphery of the head 3 is hinge-coupled may be used.

It is a front view which shows the drink preparation tool which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the structure of the stick of the drink preparation tool. It is a perspective view which shows the state before putting a drink preparation tool in the bottle for drinks. It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section of the bottle for drinks after putting a drink preparation tool. It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section of the bottle for drinks after putting a drink preparation tool. It is a front view which shows the drink preparation tool which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Beverage preparation tool, 2 ... Stick, 3 ... Head, 3a ... Cut edge, 4, 4A ... Bag body, 4a ... Welding part, 5 ... Slit, 5a ... End face, 6 ... Stopper, 7 ... Connection part, 9 ... leaf, 10 ... plastic bottle, 11 ... cap part, 12 ... mouth part, 13 ... female screw part, 14 ... male screw part, 19 ... water or hot water.

Claims (5)

A water-permeable bag body that contains a material from which a beverage component dissolves when immersed in water or hot water and can be inserted into the inside of the mouth of a beverage bottle;
A beverage preparation tool comprising: a head having a head that is fitted and fixed to an inner bottom surface of a cap portion of the beverage bottle, and a stick that holds the bag.   The head portion of the stick is formed in a disc shape that fits on the inner bottom surface of the cap portion when tilted by 90 ° with respect to the stick, and one end portion of the stick and a hinge in the vicinity of the center portion of the disc portion The beverage preparation device according to claim 1, wherein the beverage preparation device has a combined structure.   The head portion of the stick is located between the hinge coupling portion and the outer periphery in the radial direction so that the head portion of the stick can be displaced in a standing state so that a plate surface is arranged on the same plane. The beverage preparation device according to claim 2, comprising a structure in which a slit for avoiding interference is formed.   The beverage preparation tool according to claim 3, wherein the head of the stick has a structure that can be elastically deformed in a direction in which opposed end surfaces of the slit approach each other. The stick is slidably coupled to the bag body in a direction along the stick,
5. A protruding stopper for restricting movement of the stick in the pulling direction with respect to the bag body is formed at an end of the stick opposite to the head. The beverage preparation tool according to claim 1.

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