JP2022046393A - Tea bag clip - Google Patents

Abstract

To prevent a thread connected to a tea bag and a tag at its outer end from being drawn into a cup by poured hot water when extracting tea kind by using a tea bag.SOLUTION: A tea bag clip is composed of a clip fitting part 1 to be fitted to an upper edge c1 of a cup c for tea and an engaging slit part 2 configured above the clip fitting part 1 via a base part 3, and the whole is integrally configured by an elastic plastic material. The clip fitting part 1 comprises two clip pieces 1a, 1b facing each other that elastically clip and hold the upper edge c1 of the cup c. The engaging slit part 2 is provided with a slit 2s which opens back and forth and upward and does not allow the tag ta to pass when a thread th for hanging tea bag b down is inserted between them.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

In the present invention, when teas such as black tea, green tea or herbal tea are extracted using a tea bag, the hanging thread and the tag (picking piece) at the outer end thereof are bonded to the tea bag. It relates to a tea bag clip used to prevent it from being drawn into the cup by the poured hot water.

For black tea, green tea or herbal tea, the tea leaves are enclosed in a liquid-permeable bag of an appropriate size, a hanging thread is bound to a part of the outer surface thereof, and a picking piece is attached to the outer end of the thread. It may be provided in the form of a combination of tags that are. As commercial products, these are usually provided in a packaging bag. The liquid-permeable bag is referred to as a tea bag.

To extract tea using such a tea bag, put the tea bag in the cup after pouring hot water, pick the tag at the top of the thread and move it up and down, and shake the tea bag in the hot water. In some cases, it is done by putting a tea bag in the cup, hanging the tag from the edge of the cup to the outside, and then pouring hot water into the cup.

When the tea bag is used in this way, the poured hot water causes various movements in the tea bag, and along with the movement, the thread bonded to the tea bag and the tag at the outer end thereof are cupped. It often happens that you are drawn inside. In this way, the tag on the outer end and the portion of the hanging thread that are exposed to the outside are submerged in hot water, causing a problem that the tea to be drunk becomes unsanitary.

Patent Documents 1 to 3 are examples of proposals for tea bags improved in order to solve the above problems, and Patent Document 4 is an example of related but other purposes, and further, Patent Documents. Reference numeral 5 is an improved example of the tea bag itself and a proposed example of a locking tool for preventing the tag or the like from being drawn into the cup when the tea bag is used.

Patent Document 1 is an extraction bag including a bag main body 3, a thread 5 having an inner end bonded thereto, and a tag 7 bonded to the outer end of the thread 5, and a bag main body is attached to a side portion of the tag 7. A recess 13 is to be formed when separating from 3. Therefore, when extracting tea using this extraction bag, as shown in FIG. 3 in the same document, the bag body 3 is placed in a cup, and the recess 13 of the tag 7 is placed in the cup. It is said that if hot water is poured after being fitted to the upper edge, there is no possibility that the tag 7 will be drawn into the cup even if the bag body 3 is slightly moved.

As described above, the extraction bag of Patent Document 1 attempts to be fitted and locked to the upper edge of the cup C by the recess 13 generated on the side portion of the tag 7, but the shape of the cup C is actually It is extremely difficult to make the recess 13 of the tag 7 compatible with any cup C. Specifically, it is difficult to make the shape of the concave portion 13 compatible with all cases, but further, since the tag 7 is a small object, it is also difficult to make the concave portion 13 compatible with the size. Therefore, there are many cases where it cannot be dealt with, and as a result, when hot water is poured into the cup C, the thread 5 is pulled by the force applied to the bag body 3, and the tag 7 comes off from the upper edge of the cup C and falls into the cup. It seems that the result that does not meet the purpose will occur. In addition, it seems that there are naturally some extraction bags that do not adopt the technology of this document, but such items are out of consideration.

Patent Document 2 is a palatable beverage extraction bag composed of a bag body 1, a tag thread 2, and a tag paper 3 having a notch 7 for suspending a cup. Therefore, when extracting tea using this palatable beverage extraction bag, as shown in FIG. 5 in the same document, the bag body 1 is placed in a cup and the tag paper 3 is used. When hot water is poured after sandwiching the upper edge of the cup between the main body side and the tongue piece formed by the notch 7, the tag paper 3 is pulled into the cup even if the bag main body 1 moves slightly strongly. It is said that there is no risk.

The bag for extracting a palatable beverage of Patent Document 2 is as described above, but since the tag paper 3 is a small object, the upper edge of the cup is filled with a gap between the main body side and the tongue piece formed by the notch 7. It seems that it is not easy to configure it to a size that can be pinched. Therefore, it seems that it is not easy to enable the tag paper 3 to be locked to the upper edge of the cup. Needless to say, there are some bags for extracting palatable beverages that do not adopt the technology of this document, and such bags are out of consideration.

Patent Document 3 is a tea bag with a paper tag including a tea bag 40, a string 30 having one end bonded thereto, and a tag 20 bonded to the other end of the string 30, and the tag 20 is a part thereof. The adhesive portion 211 is provided on the surface. Therefore, when extracting tea using this tea bag with paper, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 in the same document, the tea bag 40 is placed in the cup 10 and the tag 20 is used. When hot water is poured after adhesively bonding to a part of the outer surface of the cup 10 using the adhesive portion 211, a slightly strong force is applied to the tea bag 40 and the tag 20 is placed in the cup even if it tries to move. It is said that there is no risk of being drawn in. Further, the height of the tea bag 40 placed in the cup 10 can be freely set, for example, by floating it in an intermediate position or sinking it to the bottom, depending on which part of the outer surface of the cup 10 the tag 20 is joined and fixed. It is also said that it can be done.

The bag for extracting a palatable beverage of Patent Document 3 is as described above, and it seems that the stated effect can be obtained, but the tag 20 constitutes an adhesive portion for one-time use. Seems to have a cost problem. Further, as described with respect to Patent Document 1, naturally, there are some extraction bags that do not adopt the technique of this document, and such a thing is out of consideration in this case as well.

Unlike Patent Documents 1 to 3, Patent Document 4 is a lid used to prevent the surroundings from being contaminated with drops of the filter bag of the tea bag when the tea bag is pulled out of the container for reuse. A container with a container, specifically, a container body and a lid covering the upper part of the container body, which is connected to an insertion groove penetrating inward from the peripheral edge thereof and its inner end. It is a container with a lid composed of a lid body having a bent groove formed therein.

In this container with a lid, the filter bag 12 of the tea bag 10 is put in the container, and when the lid 2 is put on the container body 1, the thread 11 for hanging the tea bag 10 is passed through the insertion groove 4. If this is done, there is no possibility that the tag 14 will be locked to both sides of the insertion groove 4 and the tag 14 or the like will fall into the container body 1. However, after this, hot water cannot be poured into the container body 1. The hot water should be poured before closing the container body 1 with the lid body 2. It cannot be used to prevent the tag 14 and the like from falling into the hot water when the hot water is poured. As mentioned above, the purpose is originally different.

In Patent Document 5, the same tea bags as in Patent Documents 1 to 3, and when the tea bags are put into the cup for tea extraction, the upper side of the hanging thread and the tag are engaged with the outer surface side of the cup. The content is the locking tool used to stop it.

The former consists of a filter bag 6, a hanging thread 8 having one end bonded to the filter bag 6, and a tag 7 bonded to the other end of the thread 8, and an adhesive tape portion 22 and an adhesive tape portion 22 are attached to the tag 7. It is a tea bag to which a double-sided tape 21 composed of a release paper 23 that is peelably covered is bonded and fixed.

There are two latter types, one of which is provided with a mounting portion having an adhesive portion for attaching to a drinking container and a locking portion for locking the thread or tag of the tea bag provided in the mounting portion. The second is a mounting portion having a peripheral wall support member that elastically grips and locks the upper portion of the peripheral wall of the drinking container, and a tea bag thread or tag provided in the mounting portion. It is a locking tool provided with a locking portion for locking.

Specifically, the attachment portion 11 of the one locking tool is a partially annular member that can be attached to the outer periphery of the drinking container, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 in Patent Document 5. The adhesive portion 10 is arranged on the inner surface thereof, and the locking portion 12 is a member laterally arranged on the outer surface side of the mounting portion 11 as shown in the figure. The thread 8 of the tea bag 5 is passed between this and the outer surface of the mounting portion 11, and the tag 7 is hooked on the locking portion 12, or the thread 8 is wound around the locking portion 12 and used to lock the tag 7. It is configured to be. The mounting portion 11 may be long and may have a plurality of locking portions 12 arranged on its outer surface.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 in the same document, the attachment portion 11 of the second locking tool is viewed from the side so as to allow the open end portion 19 of the container 1 to be gripped. The end support member 25 is formed in an inverted U shape, and the locking portion 12 is extended outward and then hung from the outer end.

The tea bag of Patent Document 5 and the locking tool for the tea bag are as described above, respectively, and the tea bag will be examined first.

When extracting tea using this tea bag, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 in the same document, the tea bag 5 is placed in the container 1 and the tag 7 is attached to the container 1. Hot water is poured after adhesively bonding to a part of the outer surface of the container 1 using the tape portion 22. Then, the force of the hot water poured into the tea bag 5 is applied to move the tea bag, but the tag 7 is temporarily fixed to a part of the outer surface of the container 1 by the adhesive tape portion 22. The movement is blocked. Therefore, it seems that there is no problem that the portion of the tag 7 and the hanging thread 8 that has been exposed to the outside is drawn into the container 1.

However, it seems inappropriate in terms of cost to adopt the double-sided tape 21 composed of the adhesive tape portion 22 and the release paper 23 for such one-time use. In addition, for temporary fixing of the tag 7 to the outer surface of the container 1, at least two operations of peeling the release paper and pressing the adhesive tape portion 22 against the outer surface of the container 1 and temporarily fixing the adhesive tape portion 22 are required. Is inappropriate. In addition, the operation of pressing the adhesive tape portion 22 against the outer surface of the container 1 seems to be performed by grasping the container 1 with one hand and then grasping the adhesive tape portion 22 with the other hand. It's no longer simple and even more inconvenient.

The locking tool according to Patent Document 5 has the above-mentioned configuration and the above-mentioned use, but it is difficult to use it for a long period of time. In this locking tool, the attachment portion 11 is adhesively temporarily fixed to the outer surface of the drinking container 1 by the adhesive portion 10, but the adhesive portion 10 is this even if it can be used repeatedly. This is because in such applications, the surface of the adhesive portion 10 is easily soiled, and there is a problem that it is difficult to maintain sufficient adhesive strength.

Further, the locking portion 12 is a member laterally arranged on the outer surface side of the mounting portion 11 as described above, and the tag 5 and the upper portion of the thread 8 are locked to the member by a simple operation. There are also difficult problems.

The locking portion 12 has a slight gap between the locking portion 12 and the outer surface of the mounting portion 11 in the vicinity of the base portion, but the tip end side is in a state of being in contact with the outer surface of the mounting portion 11 and the tag 5 is attached. In order to lock the thread 8, the thread 8 must be moved to the vicinity of the base by passing through the gap. In order to do so, the elasticity of the locking portion 12 is used to bend it outward, and the locking portion 12 is moved to the base side through between the tip side with a gap and the outer surface of the mounting portion 11. In order to do this, the operation of bending the tip end side of the locking portion 12 outward and the vicinity of the thread 8 directly under the tag 5 are moved to the gap on the base side through the gap created as described above. Two operations are required. Moreover, the operation of bending the tip end side of the locking portion 12 outward may be difficult unless the container 1 to which the mounting portion 11 is attached is grasped. It is hard to say that it is easy to operate.

In this way, when the area directly under the tag 5 of the thread 8 is inserted into the gap near the base of the locking portion 12, if the gap is sufficiently narrow, the tag 5 is near the portion constituting the gap of the locking portion 12. It will be locked to the upper part, but if the gap is wide, it may pass through it and fall. Therefore, as described in the specification of Patent Document 5, a thread is attached to the locking portion 12. It is also necessary to wind the 8 and the movement is further increased, which is troublesome.

The second locking tool of Patent Document 5 has the above-mentioned configuration and is used as described above, but there is also a problem in the configuration of the locking portion 12.

The locking portion 12 of this locking tool has a configuration in which it extends laterally from the inner lower end of the inverted U-shaped mounting portion 11 in a side view and then slightly hangs from the tip thereof. The only way to lock the thread 8 is to wind the portion directly under the tag 5 of the thread 8. Since there is a risk that the tag 5 will come off if it is not wound once and a half, it is not possible to lock the tag 5 with a simple operation. Moreover, after the locking tool is held in the upper end of the opening of the container 1 by the mounting portion 11 and mounted, the thread 8 is wound in a narrow space inside the container 1, which is easy to operate. It disappears. Therefore, in this locking tool, the thread 8 is wound around the locking portion 12, the tag 5 is locked to the locking portion 12, and then the tea bag is placed in the bottom of the container 1 while the attachment portion 11 of the container 1 is used. It seems that there is no choice but to adopt a usage such as holding it in the upper end of the opening and attaching it. The usage is limited to those that are not easy to use.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-7720 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-76065 Registered Utility Model No. 3208759 Registered Utility Model No. 3038293 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-230646

In the present invention, when teas such as tea, green tea or herb tea are extracted using a tea bag, the hanging thread and the tag (picking piece) at the outer end thereof are bonded to the tea bag. , A tea bag clip used to prevent it from being drawn into the cup by the hot water poured in, and the setting operation of the cup and the setting operation of the tag and thread are both simple. Providing a tea bag clip that can be performed in one operation is an issue to be solved.

1 of the present invention is a locking provided with a pinching mounting portion that can be attached to the upper edge of the cup by elastically pinching it, and slits that are formed in the upper part of the pinching mounting portion and that open in the front-rear direction and upward. A tee composed of a slit portion, which is a locking slit portion having slits formed at a distance that does not allow the tag to pass through at least the lower portion when a thread for hanging a tea bag is inserted between them. It is a bag clip.

In 2 of the present invention, in the tea bag clip of 1 of the present invention, the holding attachment portion is composed of two opposing holding pieces that elastically hold and hold the upper edge of the cup.

3 of the present invention 3 is the tea bag clip of the present invention 1 or 2, in which the uppermost portion of the slit of the locking slit portion is widest and downward in the upper opening so that the thread can be smoothly introduced. It constitutes a guide introduction section that gradually narrows toward the end.

In 4 of the present invention, in the tea bag clip of 1, 2 or 3 of the present invention, the slits of the locking slit portion are opened before and after the slit of the locking slit portion while the upper edge of the cup is sandwiched and held by the pinching mounting portion. It is configured to face the inside and outside of the cup.

According to 1 teabag clip of the present invention, when using a teabag to extract tea, set this teabag clip in a cup and put the teabag in the cup, or put the teabag in the cup. After inserting, the tea bag clip is set in the cup, and then the thread for suspending the tea bag is inserted and locked in the slit of the locking slit portion directly under or immediately before the tag at the outer end thereof. After that, even if hot water is poured into the cup and a force in either direction is applied to the tea bag, the tag is locked to the slit of the locking slit, so that the tag and the tag are coupled to the tag. The nearby portion of the thread will not be drawn into the cup. Therefore, there is no risk of hygienic problems.

Further, when the tea bag clip is set in the cup, the opening direction of the opening in the left-right (horizontal) direction of the holding mounting portion is aligned with the direction of the upper edge of the cup, and the opening opened downward is the opening. If the upper edge of the cup is aligned with the upper edge and then lowered, the upper edge of the cup can be pinched and held by the pinching attachment portion by a simple operation thereof. There is no need for a two-step operation such as peeling off the release paper and attaching it to the outer surface of the cup as in the conventional example. Of course, there is no need to store the peeled release paper somewhere.

Furthermore, the locking of the thread for hanging the tea bag is also locked to the slit by simply aligning the portion directly under (immediately before) the tag with the direction of the opening in the front-rear direction of the slit. It can be done with a simple operation of inserting from the opening at the top. Unlike the conventional technique, a troublesome operation such as winding a thread around any part is unnecessary.

As described above, both the attachment of the tea bag clip to the upper edge of the cup and the locking of the thread to the locking slit portion of the tea bag clip can be performed by a simple operation.

According to the second tea bag clip of the present invention, attachment of the tea bag clip to the cup elastically holds and holds the upper edge of the cup with two opposing pieces of the holding attachment portion. It can be reliably performed with a simple operation. More specifically, the orientation of the left-right (lateral) opening formed between the two sandwich pieces of the clamp attachment is aligned with the orientation of the upper edge of the corresponding position of the cup, and the downward opening is the cup. The sandwiching attachment portion can be attached to the upper edge of the cup by a simple operation of lowering the tea bag clip after aligning the upper edge with the upper edge.

According to the tea bag clip of 3 of the present invention, the guide introduction portion having the uppermost portion widest and gradually narrowing downward is configured in the opening opened above the slit of the locking slit portion. When inserting and locking the hanging thread of the tea bag into the slit, the opening that opens upward by matching the length direction of the thread with the opening direction of the opening that opens in front of and behind the slit or on the front and back. If it is lowered from, it is guided toward the center even if it is slightly deviated from the opening that opens upward, and its insertion can be easily, surely, and speedily performed by one simple operation as described above.

According to the tea bag clip of 4 of the present invention, this is set in a cup, the tea bag is put in the cup, and the thread for hanging the tea bag is engaged in the slit of the locking slit portion. When stopping, the direction in which the thread is locked to the slit (the opening direction of the front / rear or front / back openings of the slit) is perpendicular to the upper edge of the cup at the position where the tea bag clip is set. Therefore, the thread can be locked as it is in a state of facing the inside (center) direction of the cup. That is, the thread can be locked in the slit so as to be oriented in the direction in which the tea bag placed in the cup is located. Therefore, the thread locking operation can be performed smoothly and reasonably.

(A) is a front view of the tea bag clip of one embodiment, (b) is a side view of (a), and (c) is a plan view of (a). Explanatory drawing which shows the state just before attaching the tea bag clip of one Example to the upper edge of a cup (the cup is a sectional view). Explanatory drawing which shows the state which attached the tea bag clip of one Example to the upper edge of a cup (the cup is a sectional view). Explanatory drawing which shows the state which the thread for hanging the tea bag put in a cup is locked in the slit of the locking slit part of the tea bag clip of one Example attached to the upper edge of a cup (the cup is a cross-sectional view). ). Explanatory drawing showing a state in which hot water is poured into the cup after the thread for hanging the tea bag is locked in the slit of the locking slit portion of the tea bag clip of one embodiment set in the cup. The cup is a cross section). It is a figure in which the thread for hanging the tea bag is locked in the slit of the locking slit portion of the tea bag clip of one embodiment, and (a) is the figure which the tag at the end of the thread is upright, and the tag of the tag. A side view showing a state in which the lower front edge is locked below the lower edge of the rear opening of the slit, (b) is a plan view of the state of (a), and (c) is the end of the thread. (D) is a side view showing a state in which the tag is in a horizontal state and the front edges on both sides of the tag are locked to the edges on both sides of the rear opening of the slit and the outer portion thereof, (d) is (c). Plan view of the state of.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings based on examples.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (a), (b), (c) to 5, the tea bag clip of this embodiment basically sandwiches the upper edge c1 of the cup c for coffee or tea. This is composed of a pinch mounting portion 1 for mounting on the pinch mounting portion 1 and a locking slit portion 2 integrally configured with the pinching mounting portion 1 via the base portion 3 on the upper portion of the pinching mounting portion 1.

In this embodiment, the sandwiching mounting portion 1 and the locking slit portion 2 are made of an elastic plastic material including the base portion 3 between them, and are integrally configured as described above.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (a), (b), (c) to 5, the sandwiching mounting portion 1 has two opposing sandwiching pieces 1a and 1b that elastically sandwich and hold the upper edge c1 of the cup c. Consists of. As described above and shown in the figure, the sandwiching pieces 1a and 1b hang down from the lower end of the base portion 3 in the vertical intermediate portion, respectively, and a gap for sandwiching is left between the sandwiching pieces 1a and 1b. It is a thing. This gap for pinching is configured so that the gap dimension is narrower than the thickness of the thinnest upper edge c1 among the cups c to be pinched when the upper edge c1 of the cup c is not pinched. It has been done. This gap for pinching has a narrow gap size as described above unless it is obstructed by something due to the elasticity of the plastic material as a constituent material, and when the upper edge c1 of the cup c is pinched, the elasticity is said. As a result, it spreads to that thickness. Needless to say, the gap size that can be expanded without hindrance is set to correspond to the thickness of the thickest upper edge c1 of the cups c to be pinched.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIGS. 1 (b), 2 to 5 and 6 (a) and 6 (c), the upper edge c1 of the cup c is located inside the lower part of the two holding pieces 1a and 1b. It is assumed that the introduction guide portions 1a1 and 1b1 for introduction are formed. As shown in the figure, the introduction guide portions 1a1 and 1b1 are formed of a curved surface formed so as to expand the gap between them downward. Therefore, when the tea bag clip of this embodiment is attached to the upper edge c1 of the cup c by sandwiching the upper edge c1 with the above-mentioned sandwiching attachment portion 1, the sandwiching attachment portion 1 is simply attached to the upper edge c1. If the orientation and the vertical positional relationship are made to correspond to the edge c1 and lowered, the positional relationship is displaced on either side of the two holding pieces 1a and 1b, or the upper edge c1 is slightly thick. Even if this happens, any part of the upper part of the upper edge c1 abuts on either or both of the introduction guide portions 1a1 and 1b1 and the sandwiching attachment portion 1 is moved so as to have a corresponding positional relationship. Or, without moving, the two holding pieces 1a and 1b are appropriately opened by their elasticity, and at the same time, they are appropriately held.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b), (c) to 5 above, the locking slit portion 2 is integrally configured on the upper portion of the sandwiching mounting portion 1 via a base portion 3. The slits 2s of the locking slit portion 2 are opened in the front-rear direction and upward, and are formed at intervals that do not allow the tag ta to pass when the thread th for suspending the tea bag b is inserted between them. It is something that has been done.

In this case, the front and rear openings of the slit 2s are, for example, the front side is the front side and the back side is the back side in FIG. 1 (a), and the left side is the front side in FIG. 1 (b). The right side is later, which means that it opens in those directions. The pinching mounting portion 1 opens in the left-right direction and the downward direction, and when it is in a pinching state on the upper edge c1 of the cup c, the left-right direction coincides with the length direction of the upper edge c1. It has become. The opening in the front-rear direction of the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2 is oriented so as to intersect the opening in the left-right direction of the holding mounting portion 1, and therefore, the mounting state of the tea bag clip of this embodiment to the cup c. Then, the front-back direction of the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2 coincides with the inside-out direction of the cup c at the mounting position on the upper edge c1.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the width of the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2 is basically constant from the upper part to the lower part in this embodiment, and only the uppermost part is widened. As shown in the figure, a guide introduction portion 2a having a widest uppermost portion and gradually narrowing downward is formed in this widened portion, and is therefore in the state described above. ..

As shown in the figure, the guide introduction portion 2a is composed of curved surfaces on both sides formed so as to widen the gap of the slit 2s upward. As a result, when the thread th for suspending the tea bag b is locked to the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2, the thread th and the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2 are slightly misaligned. However, when the thread th is lowered, the thread th comes into contact with the guide introduction portion 2a at the uppermost portion of the locking slit portion 2 and is guided to the center portion side of the slit 2s, so that the thread th can be easily brought into an appropriate state. It will be locked.

In this embodiment, as described above, the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2 is configured to have a basically constant width from the upper part to the lower part, but it may be formed in a V shape having a wide upper part and a narrow lower part. do not have. In short, any shape can be adopted as long as it satisfies the condition that at least the lower part is formed at an interval that does not allow the tag ta to pass when the thread th for hanging the tea bag b is inserted between them. be.

Further, in this embodiment, the pinch mounting portion 1 and the locking slit portion 2 are integrally formed of an elastic plastic material, but the pinching mounting portion 1 and the locking slit portion 2 are separately configured and formed. It may be combined and configured. For example, the upper locking slit portion 2 is made of a plastic material in the same manner as in this embodiment, and the holding attachment portion 1 configured as a metal clip is connected to the lower portion thereof.

Further, the entire tea bag clip is composed of a character such as a rabbit, for example, a locking slit portion having a slit 2s between the two ears at the upper part is formed, and a holding portion is formed near the lower leg. It is also possible to adopt the configuration of the embodiment.

The tea bag clip of this embodiment is configured as described above and is therefore sufficiently capable of achieving the intended purpose.

Specifically, when a tea bag b is used to extract tea, according to the tea bag clip of this embodiment, the tea bag b is first set in the cup c and the tea bag b is put in the cup c. .. As shown in FIG. 2, the set to the cup c can be set as shown in FIG. 3 by lowering the two holding pieces 1a and 1b of the holding mounting portion 1 from above the upper edge c1 of the cup c. The upper edge c1 is sandwiched between the sandwiching pieces 1a and 1b, and the sandwiched state is firmly held by the elasticity, and the setting is completed. The attachment of the cup c to the upper edge c1 is completed by a simple operation of the sandwich attachment portion 1.

After setting the tea bag clip on the upper edge c1 of the cup c in this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the tea bag b of interest (for example, tea) is put in the cup c, and then the tea bag b is hung. The thread th is inserted and locked in the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2 immediately below or immediately before the tag ta at the outer end thereof. This can be done simply by lowering the corresponding portion of the thread th into the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2 from above.

At this time, even if the thread th is lowered from a position slightly deviated from the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2, the thread th comes into contact with the guide introduction portion 2a and moves to the central portion side of the slit 2s. Since it will be guided, it will be easily locked in an appropriate state.

After that, as shown in FIG. 5, hot water w is poured into the cup c, and this allows the tea bag b to be subjected to a force in either direction due to the hot water w being poured. Since the tag ta is locked to the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2, the tag ta and the portion in the vicinity of the thread th bonded to the tag ta may be drawn into the cup c. It doesn't become. Therefore, there is no risk of hygienic problems.

In the state where the thread th is locked to the slit 2s of the locking slit portion 2b, the tag ta is locked to the back side of the slit 2s in various ways. 6 (a) and 6 (b) show a state in which the tag ta is locked to the back side of the slit 2s in an upright state, and in this case, the tag ta is the leading edge of the lower half thereof. Is locked to the back surface below the lower edge of the slit 2s, and even if the tea bag b moves when hot water w is poured, there is a risk that the thread th and the tag ta will be drawn into the cup c. do not have.

Further, FIGS. 6 (c) and 6 (d) show a state in which the tag ta is locked to the back side of the slit 2s in a horizontal state. In this case, the tag ta is centered on the thread th. The leading edges on both sides are locked to the portions on the back surfaces on both sides of the slit 2s, and even if the tea bag b moves when hot water w is poured, the thread th and the tag ta are drawn into the cup c. There is no fear.

The tag ta may be locked to the back side of the slit 2s at various angles other than the above two, but in any case, its leading edge is any part of the back surface of the slit 2s. It seems that it will be locked to the above explanation. In addition to that, either side of the tag ta may come into contact with the back surface side of the slit 2s, but if the thread th is pulled, it is considered that the locking method described above is used. In any case, reliable locking can be obtained.

The tea bag clip of the present invention can be used in the field of manufacturing of various products related to tea.

1 Holding mounting part 1a Holding piece 1b Holding piece 1a1 Introduction guide 1b1 Introduction guide 2 Locking slit 2a Guide introduction 2s Slit 3 Base b Tea bag c Cup c1 Upper edge ta tag th thread w Hot water

Claims (4)

A locking slit portion having a sandwiching mounting portion that can be attached to the upper edge of the cup by elastically sandwiching it, and slits that open in the front-rear and upper directions formed on the upper portion of the sandwiching mounting portion. A tea bag clip composed of a locking slit portion having a slit formed at a distance that does not allow the tag to pass through at least the lower part when a thread for hanging the tea bag is inserted between them. The tea bag clip according to claim 1, wherein the sandwiching attachment portion is composed of two opposing sandwiching pieces that elastically sandwich and hold the upper edge of the cup. The tee according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slit of the locking slit portion is configured with a guide introduction portion in which the uppermost portion thereof is widest and gradually narrows downward in the opening portion at the upper portion in order to smoothly introduce the thread. Bag clip. The tee according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the upper edge of the cup is sandwiched and held by the sandwiching mounting portion, and the slits of the locking slit portion are configured so that the openings before and after the locking slit portion face the inside and outside of the cup. Bag clip.

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