JP2813314B2 - Teapot - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a teapot.
In this specification, a teapot is defined as
A pot used to immerse green tea or other tea (tea means tea leaves) in hot water to make a beverage (hereinafter referred to as tea).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the following teapots of this type are known. That is, a pot body having a tea / water inlet and a tea discharge port, and a tea / pot of this pot body.
An open-top tea strainer having a large number of holes, which is removably housed in a pot body such that an upper flange is placed on a peripheral portion of a hot water opening, and a pot for closing a tea / water opening of the pot main body It is known that the main body has a detachable lid, and the lid has a hanging peripheral wall that fits into a tea strainer.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to prevent the lid from being detached from the pot body even when the teapot is tilted to pour tea.

[0004]

Means for Achieving the Object The present invention employs the following means to achieve the object. The present invention
Pot body 3 having tea / hot water inlet 4 and tea outlet 5
And an open-top tea strainer 8 having a large number of holes 11 which is removably housed in the pot body 3 such that the upper flange 9 rests on the peripheral portion 4a of the tea / water inlet 4 of the pot body 3. And a lid 13 that is detachably attached to the pot body 3 that closes the tea / bath opening 4 of the pot body 3,
In the teapot in which the lid 13 has a hanging peripheral wall 14 fitted into the tea strainer 8, mutually facing portions of the hanging peripheral wall 14 of the cover 13 or the side peripheral wall 10 of the tea strainer 8 are opposed to each other.
One of the engagement projection 16 either one of the minute, in which whole recess 17 engaging projection 16 is fitted in the other is formed.

[0005]

The present invention has the following functions. The hanging peripheral wall 14 of the lid 13 or the side peripheral wall 10 of the tea strainer 8
The engaging protrusion 16 is provided on one of the
6 is formed, even if the teapot 1 is tilted to pour tea, the lid 13 can be used as the tea strainer 8.
, And does not come off from the tea strainer 8, that is, the tea strainer 8 acts like the weight of the lid 13, so that the lid 13 does not come off from the pot body 3.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention; The teapot 1 has a pot body 3 having a tea / water inlet 4 and a tea outlet 5 and a pot body 3 with an upper flange 9 placed on a peripheral portion 4 a of the tea / water inlet 4 of the pot body 3. A cylindrical tea strainer 8 having an open top and a bottom and having a large number of holes 11 and a lid 13 detachably attached to the pot body 3 for closing the tea / bath opening 4 of the pot body 3. The lid 13 has a hanging peripheral wall 14 fitted into the tea strainer 8.

One engaging projection 16 is formed on the hanging peripheral wall 14 of the lid 13 so as to protrude horizontally on the side peripheral wall 10 side of the tea strainer 8, and a recess formed by a hole into which the engaging projection 16 fits. 1
7, that are formed on the side wall 10 of the tea strainer 8.

The pot body 3, the tea strainer 8, the lid 13, and the engagement projection 16 are made of earthenware.

With the above arrangement, even if the teapot 1 is tilted to pour tea, the lid 13 engages with the tea strainer 8 and does not come off from the tea strainer 8, ie, the tea strainer 8
Acts like the weight of the lid 13 so that the lid 13 does not come off the pot body 3. In order to maximize the above-described operation, the engagement protrusion 16 and the recess 17 are preferably located at a position shifted by 180 degrees from the tea discharge port 5 when viewed from a plane, that is, at the handle 6 side. . In addition, the engagement protrusion 16
Is aligned with the recess 17 with almost no play, the engaging projection 16 and the recess 17 can be positioned on the tea discharge port 5 side, or the teapot 1 can be tilted for pouring tea. The lid 13 does not come off the pot body 3.

[0010]

[Modifications and the like] Modifications and the like will be described below. (1) In this specification, the recess includes not only a bottomed recess but also a through hole. (2) The engaging projection 16 is provided on the side peripheral wall 10 of the tea strainer 8,
The recess 17 may be provided in the hanging peripheral wall 14 of the lid 13. (3) The materials of the pot body 3, the tea strainer 8, the lid 13, and the engagement projection 16 are arbitrary.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained by the above-described configuration. Engagement projections are formed on either the hanging peripheral wall of the lid or the side peripheral wall of the tea strainer, and the recesses on which the engagement projections fit are formed on the other side, so that even if the teapot is tilted to pour tea, the lid can be does not deviate from the tea strainer and engage tea strainer, i.e., tea strainer is no action such as weigh the lid, it is not name the lid out of the pot body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tea pot 3 Pot main body 4 Tea / hot water inlet 4a Peripheral edge 5 Tea discharge port 8 Tea strainer 9 Upper flange 10 Side peripheral wall 11 hole 13 Lid 14 Hanging peripheral wall 16 Engagement projection 17 Recess

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pot body 3 having a tea / bath port 4 and a tea discharge port 5, and a tea / bath port 4 of the pot body 3.
An upper surface open tea strainer 8 having a large number of holes 11 and removably housed in the pot body 3 such that the upper flange 9 rests on the peripheral edge 4a of the pot body 3, and a tea / bath opening 4 of the pot body 3 In a teapot having a detachable lid 13 on the pot body 3 for closing the lid and the lid 13 having a hanging peripheral wall 14 fitted into the tea strainer 8, the hanging peripheral wall 14 of the lid 13 or Phase of side peripheral wall 10 of tea strainer 8
One of the engaging projections 16 is provided on one of the portions facing each other.
However, a recess 17 into which the engagement protrusion 16 is fitted is formed on the other side.
And teapot are.