JP2598360Y2 - Tea strainer for teapot - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tea strainer for teapots which is detachably mounted inside a teapot to prevent the flow of tea leaves.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are a number of known tea strainers which can be detachably mounted inside a teapot, and when they are categorized, they are cut into a cap-shaped one or a disk-shaped one which can be covered by a tea spout inside the teapot. The wire mesh is inserted into the teapot in an inclined manner, and the inside of the teapot is divided into two chambers in a part where tea leaves exist and a part on the spout side where tea leaves do not exist, or the disc-shaped wire mesh is connected to the bottom of the teapot. There is a structure in which the lower chamber into which tea leaves do not enter is communicated with a spout, and there are known structures in which the lower chamber, into which tea leaves do not enter, is connected to a teapot. A special process such as forming a band around the periphery of the tea strainer and forming a band-shaped resin edge so that no gap is formed between the periphery of the tea strainer and the inner periphery of the attached teapot is provided.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Generally, since it is mainly housewives that wash and handle teapots, it is required that the tea strainer is very easy to put on and take off. Even with a tea strainer, it takes a little trouble and skill to attach and detach the tea strainer, and cannot satisfy the user's requirements. And since the thing of the above-mentioned known example is a tea strainer size according to a teapot size in principle, a single-shape tea strainer cannot be commonly used for teapots of every size,
In addition to the lack of common use of tea strainers, there is a problem in that the above-mentioned "grip" and "edge processing" are required, which increases the cost.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional structure, since the tea pot with a cap shape protrudes inside the teapot, or there is a tea strainer which partitions into two chambers, the fluidity of the tea water inside the teapot is poor.
For example, to speed up the infusion after adding tea leaves, shake the teapot and try to turn the tea in the teapot 須
Since it overflows from the gap of the lid, it is difficult to handle,
Further, in the case of the two-chamber section, since a part of the teapot cannot be washed unless the tea strainer is removed, there is a problem that the washing work is difficult and the teapot becomes dirty. The present invention provides a tea strainer for teapots that solves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional structure.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The tea strainer for teapot of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned technical problem has a shape of a horizontally long flat plate made of only a punched naked body obtained by punching a wire mesh, and has a shape which can be closely attached to a side wall of an inner periphery of the teapot. In the central part of the lower edge of the horizontally long side, a notch concave part of a concave curved edge whose vertex faces the upper edge direction of the horizontally long flat plate is provided, and the notch concave part is downward, and the entrance of the tea pot pouring port of the teapot side wall is provided. It is a structure that is attached to the side wall so as to be detachable and removable.

[0006]

In the tea strainer of the present invention, a fingertip is pressed against the inner wall of the teapot so that the upper edge portion is applied to the upper end corner of the side wall, the lower edge is applied to the lower end corner of the side wall, or the notched recess at the lower edge. When the top of the bridge is straddled by the locking projection protruding from the side wall, the tea strainer of the horizontally long flat wire mesh closes the entrance of the tea pouring port on the side wall, and is tightly locked to the side wall with `` pita '',
Functions as a tea strainer. Then, if a "split" or the like is inserted from the outlet of the teapot of the teapot and pressed, the teapot can be detached from the side wall very easily.

The tea strainer of the present invention does not become a protrusion inside the teapot due to the close contact structure of the plate-shaped wire mesh on the side wall of the teapot, and the entire inside of the teapot is effectively used and does not hinder the fluidity of the tea ceremony. In addition, even if the tea water is turned around after the tea leaves have been introduced, there is little danger of overflowing from the gaps in the lid, and it can be done easily.
And if the position of the locking projection provided on the side wall of the teapot is sized, a tea strainer of the same size can be shared with teapots of different sizes, and the conventional `` grip '' can be attached only by punching a wire mesh. Since peripheral processing is unnecessary, mass production is possible with standardized size and shape, and molding can be performed at extremely low cost.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments. First, referring to FIG. 1 showing a first embodiment of the present invention, a tea strainer 1 of the present invention is formed into a horizontally long flat plate formed by press-punching a sheet metal mesh having an appropriate mesh. It has a contour consisting of an edge. Specifically, upper edge circumference 2
The lower edge periphery 3 has a notch concave portion 5 having a concave curved edge at the center, and the upper edge periphery 2 has a notch concave portion 5 at the center. The ends are connected by an approximate arc edge 7, and the left and right portions form a side edge circumference 4 of a convex curved edge to form a horizontally long flat plate shape. The periphery is left as it is without a press, and it is a punched-out nude body that does not have any grip when attaching to or detaching from the teapot 10 or that protects the periphery at all.

Then, see FIGS. 1D and 1E, teapot 1
The top 6 is applied to the upper end corner 12 of the inner side wall 13 of the inner side 0 (the upper end corner 12 refers to a crossing portion of the upper end of the side wall 13 with the lid placing edge in a substantially horizontal posture),
The cutout recess 5 is straddled by the locking projection 9 provided below the side wall 13, pressed against the side wall 13 and adhered to the side wall 13, and is attached with the inlet portion of the spout 11 closed. The above-mentioned embodiment has the above-mentioned action, and if the distance from the upper end corner 12 to the locking projection 9 is standardized, even if the size of the teapot 10 changes in size, the tea strainer 1 of the same shape and size can be obtained. Can be used for teapots of different sizes.

When the tea strainer 1 attached to the teapot 10 is to be removed, the chopsticks 14 and the like are inserted from the outlet of the spout 11 and pushed, so that the tea strainer 1 is removed very easily. Further, the tea strainer 1 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has a top 6 around the upper edge 2, so that when the tea strainer 1 is mounted on the teapot 10, it is sandwiched at two points by the top 6 at the top and the cutout recess 5 at the bottom. So that
The mounting posture is stabilized. In addition, the attachment of the tea strainer 1 to the teapot 10 is performed by pressing the "return" by pressing into the side wall 13.
When it is set to the side, the tea leaves do not get caught on the tea strainer 1 and there is no risk of obstructing hand washing in the teapot.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. That is, in the tea strainer 1 having the same shape as the embodiment of FIG.
0, there is no locking projection 9, and the tea strainer 1 is configured such that the top 6 is placed on the upper end corner 12, and the left and right halves of the lower edge circumference 3 are placed on the lower end corner 15 of the side wall 13, and three points are provided. It is designed to be clamped and mounted.

[0012]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the tea pot for teapot of the present invention has a simple shape of a punched bare wire mesh, and has a very simple shape in which there is no post-processed object such as a grip for attachment and detachment and peripheral reinforcement. In addition, since it is possible to share teapots of different sizes, the cost can be reduced and the usability can be improved. And since it is very easy to attach and detach to and from the teapot, and the housewife of the main user can attach and detach to and wash it very easily every day, the cleanliness of the teapot and tea strainer is improved. In addition, by making full use of the capacity of the teapot, for example, it is easy to shake the teapot to turn the hot water to `` gururu '' to speed up the infusion, so that the handling of the teapot for daily life items is improved. For the convenience of users. There are the above effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a tea strainer for teapot of the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein (A) in the figure is a front and rear view thereof, and (B) in the figure is a left and right view thereof.
The right side view, (C) in the figure is a plan / rear view, (D) in the figure is a front view in the use state, and (E) in the figure is a side view in the use state.

FIG. 2 shows a tea strainer for teapots according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein (A) in the figure is a front view in the use state, and (B) in the figure is a side view in the use state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tea strainer 2 Upper edge circumference 3 Lower edge circumference 4 Side edge circumference 5 Notch concave part 6 Top part 7 Arc edge 9 Locking projection 10 Teapot 11 Spout opening 12 Top corner 13 Side wall 15 Bottom corner

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A47J 31/06

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A horizontally elongated flat plate formed of only a punched naked body obtained by punching a wire mesh, has a shape that can be closely attached to a side wall of an inner periphery of a teapot, and a vertex is provided at a central portion of a lower edge of the horizontal elongated plate. The tea pot is characterized in that it has a cut-out recess with a concave curved edge facing the edge direction, the cut-out recess is directed downward, the tea pot pouring port of the tea pot side wall is closed and detachably attached to the side wall. Tea strainer.