JP2013192748A - Beverage extractor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simplified beverage extractor capable of extracting a beverage by manually pouring hot water in the case of extracting the beverage from a beverage pod.SOLUTION: A beverage extractor 1 includes: a pod holder 2 which is formed in the shape of a cylinder with both ends thereof opened, and which is provided with a pod placing part 11 bulging inward from its inner circumference part to receive a beverage pod 12 thereon and a flange 5 extending outward from its outer circumference part to rest on the opening edge 20a of a beverage cup 20; a cylinder body 3 for pouring hot water, which is formed in the shape of a cylinder with both ends thereof opened, and is fitted into the inside of an opening 13 on one side of the pod holder 2 with a fitting part 16 provided on one side thereof to press the outer peripheral part of the beverage pod 12 placed on the pod placing part 11; and a flexible lid part 4 which is fitted around the other side of the cylinder body 3 for pouring the hot water, and is pressed so as to increase the pressure within the cylinder body 3 for pouring the hot water.

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage extractor that extracts beverages such as coffee and tea.

  In recent years, coffee extractors using coffee pods in which coffee powder is enclosed in a nonwoven fabric have become widespread (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 below).

  The coffee extractors described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have a holder for storing a coffee pod, a heating unit for heating water, and the like, and pour hot water heated by the heating unit into the coffee pod stored in the holder. The coffee is extracted. A mechanism is provided in the holder to prevent poured hot water from passing outside the outer periphery of the coffee pod with low resistance. In this way, coffee pods are used in dedicated coffee extractors equipped with holders, heating parts, etc., but there is a desire to use coffee pods in simple coffee extractors such as hand drip that manually feed hot water There is.

JP 2010-533053 A JP 2007-536020 A

  However, a simple coffee extractor such as a hand drip that feeds hot water cannot prevent the hot water poured into the coffee pod from passing outside the outer periphery of the coffee pod, so the coffee pod cannot be used. It was.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a simple beverage extractor capable of extracting a beverage by manually feeding hot water when the beverage is extracted from a beverage pod such as a coffee pod or a tea pod.

  The beverage extractor according to the present invention is formed in a cylindrical shape having both ends opened, and is provided with a pod placement portion that can be placed on the inner peripheral portion so that the beverage pod can be placed on the inner peripheral portion. A pod holder that is provided with a flange that protrudes toward the opening edge of the beverage cup and is formed in a cylindrical shape that is open at both ends, and is fitted inside the opening at one end of the pod holder. The hot water injection cylinder having a fitting portion that presses the outer peripheral portion of the beverage pod placed on the pod placement portion on one end side, and the other end side of the hot water pouring cylinder is fitted and pressed. And a flexible lid that raises the pressure in the pouring cylinder.

  In the beverage extractor according to the present invention described above, the lid body has an air hole that penetrates the lid body and is closed when the lid body is pressed, and is opened when the lid body is not pressed. It is desirable that it be formed.

  Further, in the beverage extractor according to the present invention described above, the lid is provided with a protrusion that projects outward when the lid is fitted to the other end of the pouring cylinder, It is desirable that an air hole penetrating the lid is formed in the protrusion.

  Further, in the beverage extractor according to the present invention described above, a ring that sandwiches the other end side of the pouring cylinder from the outside and the inside in a portion fitted to the other end side of the pouring cylinder in the lid. Preferably, the outer peripheral wall portion and the inner peripheral wall portion are formed, and the fitting dimension of the inner peripheral wall portion with respect to the pouring cylinder is set larger than the fitting dimension of the outer peripheral wall portion with respect to the pouring cylinder. .

  Moreover, in the beverage extractor according to the present invention described above, the inner peripheral wall portion has a surface facing the pouring cylinder gradually facing the tip side when the lid is fitted to the pouring cylinder. It is desirable that the tapered surface be inclined inward.

  According to the beverage extractor according to the present invention, when the fitting portion of the pouring cylinder is fitted inside the one end side opening of the pod holder, the beverage pod placed on the pod placement portion The outer peripheral portion is pressed by the fitting portion, and the outer peripheral portion of the beverage pod is sandwiched between the pod placement portion and the fitting portion. For this reason, when hot water is poured into the pouring cylinder, the hot water is prevented from passing outside the outer periphery of the beverage pod and passes through the beverage pod. Therefore, even a simple beverage extractor that manually feeds hot water can extract a beverage from the beverage pod. Further, after the molten metal is poured into the pouring cylinder, the pressure in the pouring cylinder is increased by pressing the lid fitted to the pouring cylinder, and is poured into the pouring cylinder. You can pressurize hot water. By this pressurization, the “purple” in which the hot water in the pouring cylinder penetrates into the beverage material in the beverage pod can be performed uniformly in a short time, and the time required for the “spot” is shortened. Thus, the extraction time of the beverage can be shortened, and the concentration of the beverage extracted in each beverage extraction can be made constant by being able to perform the “spotting” uniformly.

  In addition, when the lid is formed with an air hole that penetrates the lid and is closed when the lid is pressed and is not pressed, the lid is pressed. In this case, the air hole is closed, so that the pressure in the pouring cylinder can be reliably increased by pressing the lid. On the other hand, since the air hole is opened when the lid is not pressed, air flows into the pouring cylinder from the opened air hole when the pressing of the lid is finished, and the pouring cylinder The pressure immediately returns to normal pressure. Thereby, a drink can be extracted smoothly.

  Further, when a protrusion is provided on the lid and an air hole penetrating the lid is formed on the protrusion, the lid can be pressed by pressing the protrusion with a finger. The air hole of the protrusion can be closed with a finger, and the operability when the pressure in the pouring cylinder is increased by pressing the lid can be improved. On the other hand, when the finger is released from the protrusion and the pressing of the lid is finished, the air hole is immediately opened and air flows into the pouring cylinder from the air hole, and the pressure in the pouring cylinder is instantaneously increased. Return to normal pressure. Thereby, a drink can be extracted smoothly.

  Also, a ring-shaped outer peripheral wall portion and an inner peripheral wall portion sandwiching the other end side of the pouring cylinder from the outer side and the inner side are provided on the lid body, and the fitting dimension of the inner peripheral wall portion is the fitting of the outer peripheral wall portion. If it is set to be larger than the dimensions, when the pressure on the pouring cylinder is increased by pressing the lid, the adhesion between the inner peripheral wall and the pouring cylinder will be good, Air leakage from the pipe cylinder can be prevented, and the pressure in the pouring cylinder can be reliably increased.

  In addition, when the surface of the inner peripheral wall facing the pouring cylinder is a tapered surface that gradually inwards toward the tip, the lid is fitted to the pouring cylinder. The operability can be improved.

It is a front view which isolate | separates and shows the pod holding body which comprises a drink extractor, the cylinder for pouring, and a cover body. It is a cross-sectional front view which shows a pod holding body. It is a top view which shows a pod holding body. It is a cross-sectional front view which shows the cylinder for pouring. It is a cross-sectional front view which shows a cover body. It is a cross-sectional front view which shows the state which mounted the drink extractor on the drink cup. It is a cross-sectional front view which shows the state which mounted the drink extractor on the drink cup and pressed the cover body.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pod holder 2, a pouring cylinder 3, and a lid 4 that constitute a coffee extractor 1 that is a beverage extractor. From the separated state shown in FIG. 1, the pouring cylinder 3 and the pod holder 2 are fitted by moving the pouring cylinder 3 in the direction of the arrow, and the lid 4 is moved in the direction of the arrow. The lid 4 and the pouring cylinder 3 are fitted. A flange 5 is formed on the pod holder 2, a plurality of fitting positioning protrusions 6 are formed on the pouring cylinder 3, and a protrusion 7, an outer peripheral wall portion 8, and an inner peripheral wall portion 9 are formed on the lid body 4. And are formed.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional front view showing the pod holder 2. The pod holder 2 has a cylindrical portion 10 formed in a stepped cylindrical shape having both ends opened and one end side having a large diameter and the other end side having a small diameter. A ring-shaped pod mounting portion 11 that protrudes inward from the large diameter side to the small diameter side is formed on the inner peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion 10. The pod mounting part 11 is formed in a shape in which a disc-shaped coffee pod 12 that is a beverage pod formed by enclosing coffee powder, which is a beverage material, in a nonwoven fabric can be mounted. The flange 5 described above is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion 10. The flange 5 is formed so as to protrude toward the outside of the cylindrical portion 10, and the surface portion 5 a of the flange 5 is formed flush with the edge portion 13 a of the one end side opening portion 13 which is an opening on the large diameter side in the cylindrical portion 10. ing. A plurality of air holes 14 are formed in the flange 5 so as to penetrate the flange 5 in the plate thickness direction.

  FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the pod holder 2. As described above, the pod holder 2 is formed with the flange 5, the pod placement portion 11, and the plurality of air holes 14. The air holes 14 are formed at positions close to the inner peripheral side of the flange 5, are located on the same arc, and are arranged at equal intervals. The pod holder 2 is formed of a resin having high heat resistance and high food hygiene safety, such as polypropylene resin and AS resin (acrylonitrile styrene resin).

  FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional front view showing the pouring cylinder 3. The pouring cylinder 3 has a cylindrical tube portion 15 that is open at both ends and is tapered with one end having a smaller diameter than the other end. As described above, the pouring cylinder 3 can be fitted to the pod holding body 2, and the pouring cylinder 3 and the pod holding body 2 are fitted to the end portion on the small diameter side of the cylindrical portion 15. In this case, a fitting portion 16 that is fitted inside the one end side opening 13 of the pod holding body 2 is formed. As described above, a plurality of fitting positioning projections 6 are formed on the outer peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion 15. The fitting positioning projections 6 are formed in a rib shape extending along the cylindrical direction of the cylindrical portion 15, and a plurality, for example, six are formed at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion 15. The pouring cylinder 3 is a member into which hot water is poured after the pouring cylinder 3 is fitted to the pod holding body 2. A pouring amount scale 17 indicating the pouring amount of hot water to be poured is formed in the hot water tubular body 3. The pouring amount scale 17 is formed in a plurality of stages, for example, three stages according to the amount of coffee to be extracted. Further, the pouring amount scale 17 is formed at a plurality of locations along the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion 15, for example, at 4 locations with an interval of 90 °. The pouring cylinder 3 is formed of a resin having high heat resistance and high food safety, such as polypropylene resin and AS resin (acrylonitrile styrene resin).

  FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional front view showing the lid 4. The lid 4 is formed in a bowl shape with one end opened, and as described above, the protrusion 7, the outer peripheral wall 8, and the inner peripheral wall 9 are formed, and the other end of the pouring cylinder 3 is formed. It is provided so that it can fit in the edge part (upper end side).

  The outer peripheral wall portion 8 and the inner peripheral wall portion 9 are formed in a ring shape that sandwiches the end portion of the pouring cylinder 3 from the outside and the inside when the lid 4 is fitted to the pouring cylinder 3. ing. The inner fitting dimension for the pouring cylinder 3 is set to “a”, the fitting dimension for the outer peripheral wall 8 to the pouring cylinder 3 is set to “b”, and “a” is set to be larger than “b”. ing. Further, the inner peripheral wall portion 9 has a taper in which a surface facing the pouring cylinder 3 is inclined inward gradually toward the tip end when the lid 4 is fitted to the pouring cylinder 3. The surface 18 is used.

  As described above, the protrusion 7 is formed at the center of the hook-shaped portion of the lid 4, and this protrusion 7 is outward when the lid 4 is fitted to the pouring cylinder 3. It is formed in the direction that protrudes. An air hole 19 penetrating the lid 4 is formed at the center of the protrusion 7. The lid 4 is made of a flexible material, for example, an elastomer or a silicone resin.

  A case where coffee is extracted from the coffee pod 12 using the coffee extractor 1 in such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

  First, the coffee pod 12 is placed on the pod placement portion 11 of the pod holder 2, and the pod holder 2 and the pouring cylinder 3 are fitted. This fitting is performed by fitting the fitting portion 16 of the pouring cylinder 3 inside the one end side opening 13 of the pod holder 2. When the pod holding body 2 and the pouring cylinder 3 are fitted, the fitting portion 16 presses the outer periphery of the coffee pod 12 placed on the pod placement portion 11, and the outer periphery of the coffee pod 12. The part is sandwiched between the pod mounting part 11 and the fitting part 16.

  Further, when the pod holder 2 and the pouring cylinder 3 are fitted, the end portions 6 a of the plurality of fitting positioning protrusions 6 formed on the pouring cylinder 3 are connected to the pod holder 2. The one end side opening 13 is in contact with the edge 13a. The end portions 6a of the plurality of fitting positioning projections 6 are brought into contact with the edge portion 13a of the one end side opening 13, thereby preventing the pouring cylinder 3 fitted to the pod holder 2 from being inclined. The outer peripheral portion of the coffee pod 12 is uniformly pressed by the pod mounting portion 11 and the fitting portion 16 on the entire periphery.

  Next, the pod holding body 2 and the pouring cylinder 3 that are sandwiched and fitted with the coffee pod 12 are placed on the opening edge 20 a of the beverage cup 20. In this case, the back surface portion 5 b of the flange 5 is brought into contact with the opening edge portion 20 a of the beverage cup 20.

  After placing the pod holding body 2 and the pouring cylinder 3 sandwiched and fitted with the coffee pod 12 on the opening edge 20a of the beverage cup 20, the coffee to be extracted into the pouring cylinder 3 An amount of hot water 21 corresponding to the amount is poured.

  After pouring hot water 21 into the pouring cylinder 3, the lid 4 is fitted to the pouring cylinder 3. The lid 4 is fitted into the pouring cylinder 3 by sandwiching the end of the pouring cylinder 3 between the outer peripheral wall 8 and the inner peripheral wall 9 of the lid 4.

After the lid 4 is fitted to the pouring cylinder 3, a finger is placed on the tip of the projection 7 of the lid 4, and the projection 7 is pushed in a state where the air hole 19 is closed with the finger, and the lid 4 is pressed. By this pressing, the flexible lid body 4 is deformed into a recessed state as shown in FIG. 7, and the volume in the lid body 4 is reduced by this deformation, and the inside of the pouring cylinder 3 and the lid body 4 are reduced. The pressure with the inside rises, and the hot water 21 poured into the pouring cylinder 3 is pressurized. By this pressurization, it is possible to perform “spotting” in which the hot water 21 in the pouring cylinder 3 penetrates into the coffee powder in the coffee pod 12. In addition, this "mura" can be performed uniformly over the entire coffee powder in the coffee pod 12 in a short time.

  After pressing the projection 7 to press the lid 4, the finger is released from the projection 7 and the pressing of the lid 4 is finished. The air hole 19 is opened by releasing the finger from the projection 7, and air flows into the pouring cylinder 3 and the lid 4 from the air hole 19, and the pouring cylinder 3 and the lid The pressure inside the body 4 instantaneously returns to normal pressure, and the dent of the lid body 4 is eliminated. Therefore, when the finger is removed from the protrusion 7 and the pressing of the lid 4 is finished, the pressure in the pouring cylinder 3 returns to the normal pressure, so that the hot water 21 in the pouring cylinder 3 becomes a coffee pod. 12 passes smoothly, and the coffee is extracted smoothly.

  After releasing the finger from the protrusion 7, the hot water 21 in the pouring cylinder 3 passes through the coffee pod 12 to extract coffee from the coffee pod 12, and the extracted coffee flows down into the beverage cup 20. .

  When coffee is extracted, since the outer peripheral portion of the coffee pod 12 is sandwiched between the pod mounting portion 11 and the fitting portion 16, the hot water 21 in the pouring cylinder 3 is placed on the outer peripheral portion of the coffee pod 12. It is prevented from passing outside, and all the hot water 21 passes through the coffee pod 12. Thereby, coffee can be extracted satisfactorily.

  Here, when extracting coffee with a simple coffee extractor such as a hand drip, `` Murashi '' is performed first by pouring a small amount of hot water into the coffee powder and allowing the hot water to penetrate into the coffee powder. After “Murashi” is completed, hot water corresponding to the amount of coffee to be extracted is poured into the coffee powder for extraction. Since this “murashi” takes about 20 seconds, for example, coffee extraction time including “murashi” is long. In addition, “Murashi” may not be uniformly applied to the entire coffee powder and may become non-uniform. In this case, hot water may not easily pass through the portion where “Murashi” is insufficient. In some coffee extractions, the concentration of the extracted coffee may vary.

  On the other hand, when this coffee extractor 1 is used, after pouring a required amount of hot water 21 into the pouring cylinder 3, the hot water 21 is poured by pushing the projection 7 and pressing the lid 4. Pressurize the hot water 21 poured into the cylinder 3 for use, and by this pressurization, "mura" that permeates the hot water 21 into the coffee powder in the coffee pod 12 in a short time (for example, 2 to 5 seconds) It can be carried out. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the time required for "mura" and to shorten the time for extracting coffee including "mura". And the fall of the temperature of the extracted coffee can be prevented by shortening the extraction time of coffee. In addition, since the heat retaining property with respect to the hot water 21 poured into the pouring cylinder 3 is increased by fitting the lid 4 to the pouring cylinder 3, when the coffee extractor 1 is used. Can further prevent temperature drop of the extracted coffee.

  In addition, by pressing the hot water 21 in the pouring cylinder 3 and performing “spotting” on the coffee powder in the coffee pod 12, “spotting” can be performed uniformly on the entire coffee powder. . Since the “spotting” is uniformly performed on the entire coffee powder, the hot water 21 for extracting the coffee passes uniformly over the entire coffee powder and is extracted in each coffee extraction. The coffee concentration can be made uniform.

Further, in this coffee extractor 1, when the amount of hot water 21 remaining in the pouring cylinder 3 during coffee extraction decreases, the protrusion 7 may be pressed to press the lid 4. This pressing can pressurize the hot water 21 remaining in the pouring cylinder 3 to promote the passage of the hot water 21 through the coffee pod 12 and further shorten the coffee extraction time. .

  Moreover, in this coffee extractor 1, the outer peripheral wall part 8 which pinches | interposes the edge part of the pouring cylinder 3 from the outer side, and the inner peripheral wall pinched | interposed from the inner side in the part fitted to the pouring cylinder 3 of the cover body 4 And the fitting dimension “a” of the inner peripheral wall part 9 with respect to the pouring cylinder 3 is set large, and the fitting dimension “b” of the outer peripheral wall part 8 with respect to the pouring cylinder 3 is set large. Yes. For this reason, when the protrusion 7 is pressed and the cover body 4 is recessed, the adhesiveness between the inner peripheral wall portion 9 and the inner peripheral surface of the pouring cylinder 3 is increased, and from this fitting portion Thus, the hot water 21 poured into the pouring cylinder 3 can be reliably pressurized by increasing the pressure in the pouring cylinder 3 and the lid 4.

  Further, the inner peripheral wall portion 9 has a tapered surface 18 whose surface facing the pouring cylinder 3 is gradually inclined inward toward the tip when the lid 4 is fitted to the pouring cylinder 3. It is said that. For this reason, the operation of fitting the lid body 4 to the pouring cylinder 3 can be performed smoothly, and the operability when the lid body 4 is fitted to the pouring cylinder 3 can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the coffee extractor 1 that extracts coffee as an example of the beverage extractor has been described as an example. However, the beverage extractor of the present invention extracts a tea extractor that extracts black tea or green tea. A green tea extractor is included. Further, the beverage pod used in the beverage extractor is not limited to the coffee pod 12 but includes a tea pod or a green tea pod in which a tea leaf or a green tea leaf as a beverage material is enclosed in a nonwoven fabric or the like.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this embodiment is shown as an example and is not intending limiting the range of invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

1 Coffee extractor (beverage extractor)
2 Pod holder 3 Pouring cylinder 4 Lid 5 Flange 7 Projection 8 Outer peripheral wall 9 Inner peripheral wall 11 Pod placement unit 12 Coffee pod (beverage pod)
13 One end side opening part 16 Fitting part 18 Tapered surface 19 Air hole 20 Beverage cup 20a Opening edge part

Claims (5)

Formed in a cylindrical shape with both ends open, a pod mounting portion is provided on the inner peripheral portion, which protrudes inward, and a beverage pod can be placed on the outer peripheral portion. A pod holder provided with a flange that can be placed on the part;
A fitting portion that is formed in a cylindrical shape having both ends opened, is fitted inside the one end side opening of the pod holder, and presses the outer peripheral portion of the beverage pod placed on the pod placement portion. A pouring cylinder on one end side;
A flexible lid that is fitted to the other end of the pouring cylinder and pressed to increase the pressure in the pouring cylinder;
A beverage extractor comprising:   2. An air hole is formed in the lid body so as to penetrate the lid body and be closed when the lid body is pressed and opened when the lid body is not pressed. The beverage extractor as described.   When the lid is fitted to the other end of the pouring cylinder, the lid is provided with a protrusion that protrudes outward, and an air hole that penetrates the lid in the protrusion The beverage extractor according to claim 1, wherein the beverage extractor is formed.   A ring-shaped outer peripheral wall portion and an inner peripheral wall portion sandwiching the other end side of the pouring cylinder from the outside and the inside into a portion fitted to the other end side of the pouring cylinder in the lid body The fitting dimension of the inner peripheral wall portion with respect to the pouring cylinder is set larger than the fitting dimension of the outer peripheral wall portion with respect to the pouring cylinder. The beverage extractor according to any one of 3 above. In the inner peripheral wall portion, a surface facing the pouring cylinder when the lid is fitted to the pouring cylinder is a tapered surface that gradually inwards toward the tip side. The beverage extractor according to claim 4, wherein:

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