JP3108056U - Dripper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dripper having a simple structure, easy to attach / remove an opening / closing mechanism to / from a dripper body, and capable of mass production.
SOLUTION: A dripper main body 14 provided with a filter medium accommodating portion 12 having a through hole 11 at the bottom, and a liquid passage port which is removably inserted into the through hole 11 from the inside of the filter medium accommodating portion 12 and drops an extract. 15 is provided with an opening / closing mechanism 20 having a substantially cylindrical guide member 16 provided on the lower side, and a flange 26 provided at an outer intermediate position of the guide member 16 is sealed to the bottom of the filter medium storage portion 12. The opening and closing mechanism 20 is brought into contact with the member 24, and the lower part of the guide member 16 protrudes from the bottom part of the filter medium accommodating part 12. The female screw 25 is screwed into the male screw 28 formed outside the guide member 16. Is removably attached to the dripper body 14.
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Description

The present invention relates to a dripper that is used, for example, when putting coffee from ground coffee beans or putting tea or tea through hot water into tea leaves.

The conventional dripper has a frustum-shaped filter medium storage portion that is entirely made of ceramic, porcelain, or heat-resistant plastic and has a liquid passage opening at the bottom. When using such a dripper, for example, when adding coffee, after extracting the coffee liquid in one container and then trying to move the dripper to another container, the coffee beans in the filter medium storage section or the filter paper There was a problem that the contained coffee liquid leaked out as a phlegm from the liquid passage opening.
Therefore, in Patent Document 1, a plug member provided at the bottom portion of the inverted frustoconical filter medium storage portion is provided with a plug member that is always elastically biased to prevent the extract from flowing down. There is disclosed a coffee dripper in which an operation portion of a rod member for opening a member is disposed in the vicinity of a handle portion provided on one side of a filter medium storage portion.

JP 2001-275840 A (FIG. 1)

However, in the invention of Patent Document 1, a plurality of through-holes through which a rod member for operating the plug body is inserted are provided in the dripper body provided with the filter medium accommodating portion, and the manufacture of the dripper body becomes complicated, and the dripper body It was difficult to detach and attach the rod member.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a dripper that is simple in structure, easy to attach and detach an opening / closing mechanism to / from a dripper body, and capable of mass production.

The dripper according to claim 1, which meets the above object, is provided with a substantially inverted truncated cone-shaped filter medium storage portion having a through hole at the bottom, and around the bottom of the filter medium storage portion. A dripper body provided with a cylindrical leg for lifting;
A substantially cylindrical guide member that is removably inserted into the through-hole from the inside of the filter medium storage section and has a liquid passage opening for dropping the extract, and a plug that can close the liquid passage opening. An opening / closing mechanism comprising: a member, a coil spring that urges the plug member toward the liquid passage opening, and an operation unit that moves the plug member in a direction opposite to the urging direction of the coil spring to open the liquid passage opening In a dripper having
A flange provided at an outer intermediate position of the guide member of the opening / closing mechanism is in contact with a bottom portion of the filter medium accommodating portion via a seal member, and a lower portion of the guide member protrudes from a bottom portion of the filter medium accommodating portion. The female screw is engaged with the male screw formed outside the guide member, and the opening / closing mechanism is detachably attached to the dripper body.

The dripper according to claim 2 is the dripper according to claim 1, wherein the plug member has a plug body that closes the liquid passage port from below and a shaft portion provided on the plug body. Is fitted in the liquid inlet and has a horizontal insertion hole on the upper side thereof,
The operation unit is disposed on an upper portion of the coil spring that urges the plug member upward, and is inserted into the horizontal insertion hole, and is integrally connected to one end of the horizontal unit. An operation rod having an inclined portion arranged along the inner side of the side wall, and an operation button attached to the upper end of the inclined portion,
The operation button is pushed down to lower the stopper body against the urging force of the coil spring, and the extraction port is dropped by opening the liquid passage opening.

The dripper according to claim 3 is the dripper according to claim 1, wherein the plug member has a plug body that closes the liquid passage port from above, and a shaft portion provided on the plug body. The lower side has a horizontal insertion hole,
The operation unit is disposed below the coil spring that urges the plug member downward and is inserted into the horizontal insertion hole, and is integrally connected to one end of the horizontal unit. An operation rod having an inclined portion arranged along the inner side of the side wall, and an operation button attached to the upper end of the inclined portion,
The operation button is pulled up to raise the stopper main body against the urging force of the coil spring, and the liquid passing port is opened to drop the extract.

The dripper according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a flange provided at an outer intermediate position of the guide member of the opening / closing mechanism is in contact with a bottom portion of the filter medium accommodating portion via a seal member, and a lower portion from the flange of the guide member is the filter medium accommodating portion. The lower part of the guide member inserted into the through hole of the dripper body is detachably attached to the dripper body because the female screw is threadedly engaged with the male thread formed on the outside of the guide member. The dripper can be manufactured by attaching the opening / closing mechanism to the dripper body simply by screwing the female screw to the male screw provided on the head, and the dripper body and the opening / closing mechanism can be easily removed simply by removing the female screw from the male screw. . Furthermore, in order to mount the opening / closing mechanism on the dripper main body, it is only necessary to provide a through hole at the bottom of the filter medium accommodating portion, so that the structure is simple and mass production is possible. Therefore, the production cost is also reduced.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings to provide an understanding of the present invention.
1 is an explanatory view of the dripper according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the dripper, and FIGS. 3A to 3C are a guide member and a plug member of the dripper, respectively. And FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the use state of the dripper, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the dripper according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the use state of the dripper. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the guide member, the plug member, and the operation unit of the dripper.

A dripper 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The dripper 10 has a through-hole 11 at the bottom, and a substantially inverted frustoconical filter medium storage portion 12 that can store a filter medium 11a such as filter paper (coffee filter) or stainless steel tea strainer inside, and a filter medium. It has a dripper main body 14 provided with a cylindrical leg portion 13 that is connected to the lower side around the bottom of the storage portion 12 and that lifts the through-hole 11 from the mounting surface.

Further, the dripper 10 is attached to the through hole 11 in a sealed state so as to be detachable from the inside of the filter medium accommodating portion 12 and is provided with a substantially cylindrical guide member provided with a liquid passage port 15 for dropping the extract. 16, a plug member 18 that can close the liquid passage port 15 from below, a coil spring 17 that urges the plug member 18 to the liquid port 15, and a direction opposite to the urging direction of the coil spring 17, that is, a downward direction The opening / closing mechanism 20 includes an operation unit 19 that moves the plug member 18 to open the liquid passage port 15. The opening / closing mechanism 20 is detachably attached to the dripper body 14. Each will be described in detail below.

The dripper main body 14 is provided with a handle portion 21 outside the filter material storage portion 12, and is provided with a concave portion 21 b on the inner periphery of the filter material storage portion 12 in which a lid 21 a that covers the filter material storage portion 12 from above is disposed. The filter medium storage unit 12, the leg unit 13, and the handle unit 21 are integrally formed of a heat-resistant plastic to constitute a dripper body 14. Since the dripper body 14 only has to be provided with a through hole 15 at the bottom of the filter medium storage part 12 in order to mount the opening / closing mechanism 20, the filter medium storage part 12, the leg part 13 and the handle part 21 have a simple structure. Mass production is possible and production costs are reduced. In addition, the filter medium storage part 12, the leg part 13, and the handle part 21 are manufactured separately, and each may be joined and the dripper main body 14 may be formed. The dripper body may be formed of ceramics such as ceramics and porcelain.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3A, the guide member 16 of the opening / closing mechanism 20 is attached to the cylindrical body 22 provided with the liquid passage port 15 and the upper part of the cylindrical body 22, A mounting member 23 on which the filter medium 11 a to be placed is placed, a seal member 24 that seals the gap between the cylindrical body 22 and the through hole 11, and a female screw 25 that is screwed into a male screw 28 provided on the lower outer periphery of the cylindrical body 22 are provided. doing. The liquid passage port 15 has an inverted frustoconical portion whose diameter is partially reduced downward in the cylindrical body 22 and a cylindrical portion that is formed at a lower position and has an inner diameter larger than the lower end diameter of the inverted frustoconical portion. And is open in the vertical direction.

A flange 26 that is locked to the upper surface of the bottom of the filter medium accommodating portion 12 is provided at an outer intermediate position of the cylindrical body 22, and two vertical portions that are opposed to each other at a 180 degree position on the side of the cylindrical body 22 above the flange 26. A guide hole 27 is provided. Further, two openings 29 for allowing the liquid (extracted liquid) in the filter medium storage part 12 to flow down to the liquid port 15 are provided at positions different from the vertical guide holes 27 on the side part of the cylindrical body 22. Yes. A plurality of, for example, three protrusions 30 for attaching the stainless steel mounting member 23 are provided on the upper portion of the cylindrical body 22. In addition, the lower end of the coil spring 17 is disposed inside the cylindrical body 22 and at the upper part of the liquid passage port 15, that is, at the upper end of the inverted truncated cone part.

The mounting member 23 is bent at the center so as to be fitted inside the cylinder 22 when arranged on the upper part of the cylinder 22, and is a bent portion that is substantially circular in plan view. 31 is formed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the mounting member 23 has three attachment holes 32 into which the three protrusions 30 of the cylindrical body 22 are respectively inserted, and a plurality of, for example, six flow holes 33 for allowing the extract to flow down. And the notch part 34 which the inclination part 40 of the operation part 19 can contact | abut is provided.

The seal member 24 is made of a rubber plate or a rubber O-ring or the like, and is attached to the lower portion of the flange 26 of the cylindrical body 22. The cylindrical body 22 equipped with the seal member 24 is inserted from above the through-hole 11 of the dripper body 14, and the flange 26 is disposed in contact with the bottom of the filter medium storage portion 12 via the seal member 24. The cylindrical body 22 is attached to the dripper main body 14 in a sealed state by inserting the lower side portion thereof through the through hole 11 and screwing the female screw 25 into the male screw 28 protruding from the bottom of the filter medium accommodating portion 12. .

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3B, the plug member 18 is formed of rubber or elastic plastic, and is provided on a plug body 37 that closes the liquid passage port 15 from below, and on the top of the plug body 37. And has a rod-like shaft portion 36 that is fitted into the fluid passage port 15 and arranged so that the fluid passage port 15 and the shaft center coincide with each other. The stopper body 37 is substantially hemispherical at the upper part and has a truncated conical shape at the lower part, and the curved surface of the upper part abuts against the liquid inlet 15 of the cylindrical body 22 from below so that the liquid inlet 15 can be closed. . In addition, the stopper main body should just be able to block | close the liquid flow opening 15, and the shape which combined substantially any 1 or 2 of spherical shape, hemispherical shape, and truncated cone shape may be sufficient as it. Further, the shaft portion 36 is cut out at the center portion to reduce the diameter, and a horizontal insertion hole 38 penetrating in the horizontal direction is provided on the upper side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3C, the operation portion 19 is slidably connected in a horizontal state to a horizontal insertion hole 38 provided in the shaft portion 36 of the plug member 18, and is disposed above the coil spring 17. The control rod 41 includes a horizontal portion 39 and an inclined portion 40 that is integrally connected to one end of the horizontal portion 39 and is disposed in proximity to the inclined surface on the inner side of the filter medium storage portion 12. The operation rod 41 is formed by bending a stainless steel bar, and a wooden operation button 42 is attached to the other end of the inclined portion 40. The operation button may be formed of plastic or metal. Further, a stopper 43 larger than the opening width of the vertical guide hole 27 that guides the vertical movement of the horizontal portion 39 is provided at the base portion of the horizontal portion 39, and the horizontal portion 39 enters the cylindrical body 22 from the vertical guide hole 27. Further, it is prevented from being inserted deeply.

Further, pin holes 44 are provided on both sides of the operation button 42, and hooking members 45 having a U-shaped cross section that are rotatably attached to the pin holes 44 on both sides are attached, and the grip portion 21 of the dripper body 14 is attached. A hooking portion 46 for hooking and hooking the hooking member 45 of the operation portion 19 is provided on the upper portion of the head. When the operation button 42 is pressed down, the hooking member 45 is hooked on the hooking portion 46 so that the liquid passing port 15 can be held open.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lid 21 a disposed in the recess 21 b provided in the dripper body 14 has a cutout that opens outward so as not to come into contact with the inclined portion 40 of the operation rod 41 disposed in the filter medium storage unit 12. A notch 47 is provided. A handle 48 is provided at the upper center of the lid 21a. The lid may be formed of a circular plate material.

Next, using the dripper 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a case where coffee is put from ground coffee beans and a case where green tea is put from tea leaves will be described.
First, as shown in FIG. 1, an upper portion of the coffee cup 50 is smaller than the opening 51 of the coffee cup 50 and smaller than the outer diameter of the leg portion 13 of the dripper body 14, and substantially equal to the inner diameter of the leg portion 13. The mounting table 53 having the same or larger through-holes 52 is installed, and the dripper 10 is mounted on the mounting table 53. In addition, when the outer diameter of the coffee cup is smaller than the inner diameter of the leg portion 13 of the dripper body 14, the upper portion of the coffee cup is fitted into the leg portion 13, and the bottom portion of the filter medium storage portion 12 of the dripper body 14 is made coffee. It may be placed directly on the upper end of the cup.

As shown in FIG. 2, a filter medium (coffee filter) 11a is placed inside the filter medium storage section 12, and the bottom of the filter medium 11a is mounted on the upper surface of the mounting member 23, and ground coffee beans (not shown) are placed in the filter medium 11a. Put in. At this time, the operation button 42 is not pushed down, the plug member 18 is pulled upward by the urging force of the coil spring 17, and the liquid inlet 15 is closed from below by the plug body 37. At this time, the horizontal portion 39 of the operating rod 41 inserted into the horizontal insertion hole 38 of the shaft portion 36 is located above the two vertical guide holes 27 provided in the guide member 16 by the bias of the coil spring 17. Is arranged. In this state, hot water is poured from above the filter medium 11a to make a coffee liquid (extracted liquid).

After a few seconds have passed (coffee liquid has been made), the operation button 42 is pushed down to keep the dripping port 15 of the dripper 10 open, and the plug body 37 opposes the urging force of the coil spring 17. , And the liquid inlet 15 is opened to drop the extract into the coffee cup 50 (see FIG. 4). At this time, the horizontal portion 39 of the operating rod 41 moves vertically downward through the vertical guide hole 27. Further, since the horizontal portion 39 of the operation rod 41 is slidable in the horizontal insertion hole 38 provided in the shaft portion 36 of the plug member 18, the operation rod 41 moves downward below the fluid inlet 15. The plug member 18 descends in a substantially vertical direction. Therefore, uneven wear of the plug body 37 can be prevented. When the stopper member 18 is lowered, the liquid passing port 15 is opened, and the coffee liquid is poured into the coffee cup 50 through the liquid passing port 15.

Here, it is also possible to hold the operating rod 41 in the lowered state, that is, the open state of the liquid passage port 15 by hooking the hooking member 45 of the operation button 42 on the hooking portion 46 of the dripper body 14. Thereby, it is possible to maintain the state in which the liquid passing port 15 is opened without continuously pressing the operation button 42 with a finger. Especially when making a large amount of coffee liquid, while checking the amount of hot water in the filter medium 11a, By continuing to pour, the coffee liquid can flow down from the dripper 10 continuously, so workability is improved.

When the flow of the coffee liquid to the coffee cup 50 is completed, or when the flow of the coffee liquid to the coffee cup 50 is stopped, the hook member 45 of the operation button 42 is removed from the hook portion 46 of the dripper body 14. Alternatively, when the finger is released from the operation button 42, the force applied to the coil spring 17 disappears, and the plug member 18 moves upward by the biasing force of the coil spring 17, so that the liquid inlet 15 is opened by the plug body 37. It is blocked (see FIG. 1). Accordingly, when the dripper 10 is moved to another coffee cup or another place, the coffee liquid beans contained in the coffee material 11a or the filter medium 11a can be leaked from the liquid inlet 15 only by pressing with one hand. It can be easily prevented, and workability and operability are good.

In the above-described method, hot water is poured from above the filter medium 11a while the liquid passage port 15 is closed by the plug body 37, and the coffee liquid is made. However, the operation button 42 is pressed down (the latch member 45 of the operation button 42). (Including the case where the liquid passage port 15 is kept open by being hooked on the catching portion 46 of the dripper body 14), the stopper body 37 is lowered, and hot water is poured from above the filter medium 11a with the liquid passage 15 opened. May be poured into the coffee cup 50 to cause the coffee liquid to flow down. When the flow of the coffee liquid into the coffee cup 50 is finished, the liquid passing port 15 is removed by removing the hooking member 45 of the operation button 42 from the hooking portion 46 of the dripper body 14 or releasing the finger from the operation button 42. Occlude.

Next, a case where tea is poured from tea leaves will be described.
First, a stainless steel wire mesh (not shown), which is an example of a filter material, is placed inside the filter media storage portion 12, the bottom of the wire mesh is placed on the upper surface of the placement member 23, and tea leaves (not shown) are placed in the wire mesh. At this time, the operation button 42 is not pushed down, the plug member 18 is pulled upward by the urging force of the coil spring 17, and the liquid inlet 15 is closed by the plug body 37. In this state, hot water is poured from above the wire mesh, the lid 21a is placed in the recess 21b of the dripper body 14, and steamed for a predetermined time (for example, about 10 seconds to 3 minutes) to make tea (extracted liquid). After the tea is made, the dripper 10 is placed above the drinking water, the operation button 42 is pressed down with a finger, the plug body 18 is lowered against the urging force of the coil spring 17, and the liquid inlet 15 is opened. Open and pour tea directly into the cup.

In addition, when pouring tea into a plurality of cups of tea, first the tea is extracted by the dripper 10, and then the dripper 10 is placed above the cup of tea to allow a predetermined amount of tea to flow down. Next, after the liquid inlet 15 of the dripper 10 is closed, the dripper body 14 is placed on the upper part of another cup of water to pour tea. Repeat this process until the amount of tea flowing down to each cup is almost the same. Further, hot water is poured into the filter medium storage portion 12 of the dripper 10 after the tea has been drained to make tea, and the tea is poured into each cup in the same manner. By repeating this, a predetermined amount of tea can be poured into a plurality of hot drinks almost uniformly in amount and intensity. In this manner, by closing the liquid inlet 15 and moving the dripper 10 to each cup of tea, leakage from the tea leaves or tea liquid inlet 15 can be prevented.

A dripper 60 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, about the same component as the dripper 10, the same number is attached | subjected and the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.
The dripper 60 includes a plug main body 37 in which a plug member 61 closes the liquid passage port 15 from above, and a shaft portion 63 having a horizontal insertion hole 62 formed below the plug main body 37. And the operation part 64 is disposed below the coil spring 17 that urges the plug member 61 downward, and the operation button 65 of the operation part 64 is pulled up to open the liquid flow port 15 to drop the extraction liquid. However, it is different from the dripper 10. This will be described in detail below.

As shown in FIG. 5, the dripper 60 includes a filter medium storage portion 12 having a through hole 11 at the bottom, a leg portion 13, and a dripper body 66 having a handle portion 21. The dripper body 66 is different from the dripper body 14 in that it does not have a hooking portion. The dripper 60 includes an opening / closing mechanism 67 including a guide member 68, a plug member 61, and an operation unit 64.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6A, the guide member 68 has a cylindrical body 69 attached to the through hole 11 in a sealed state and provided with a liquid passage port 15 therein. An annular convex portion 70 is provided at the upper inner side of the cylindrical body 69 to hold the coil spring 17 housed inside the cylindrical body 69 at the upper end, which is different from the cylindrical body 22. The convex portion 70 prevents the coil spring 17 from being detached from the cylindrical body 69.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6B, the plug member 61 is provided with a horizontal insertion hole 62 in the lower portion of the shaft portion 63, and the coil spring 17 biases the horizontal portion 39 inserted through the horizontal insertion hole 62. By doing so, the fluid inlet 15 is closed from the upper part.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6C, the operation unit 64 includes an operation rod 41 having a horizontal portion 39 and an inclined portion 40, and an operation button 65 attached to the other end of the inclined portion 40. doing. The operation unit 64 is different from the operation unit 19 in that no pin hole is provided in the operation button 65 and no hook member is attached.

Next, a method of using the dripper 60 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in the case of adding coffee from ground coffee beans.
First, a mounting table 53 having a through hole 52 smaller than the opening 51 of the coffee cup 50 and smaller than the leg portion 13 of the dripper main body 14 is installed on the upper portion of the coffee cup 50. The dripper 60 is disposed on the surface (see FIG. 5). The filter medium (coffee filter) 11a is put inside the filter medium storage part 12, and the bottom part of the filter medium 11a is placed on the upper surface of the mounting member 23, and ground coffee beans (not shown) are put into the filter medium 11a. The plug member 61 is pushed downward by the urging force of the coil spring 17, and the liquid inlet 15 is closed from above by the plug body 37.

In this state, hot water is poured from the upper side of the filter medium 11a, and after a few seconds, a coffee liquid is produced. Then, the operation button 65 is pulled up to raise the plug body 37 against the urging force of the coil spring 17, and the liquid passage port 15 is opened and the extract is dropped into the coffee cup 50 (see FIG. 7). Alternatively, the operation button 65 may be pulled up to raise the plug body 37, and hot water may be poured from above the filter medium 11 a with the liquid passage port 15 opened to cause the coffee liquid to flow into the coffee cup 50.

When the flow of the coffee liquid to the coffee cup 50 is finished, or when the flow of the coffee liquid to the coffee cup 50 is stopped, the finger is removed from the operation button 65 and applied to the coil spring 17. The force is lost, the plug member 61 is moved downward by the urging force of the coil spring 17, and the liquid inlet 15 is closed by the plug body 37 (see FIG. 5).

In addition, when putting tea from tea leaves, the bottom part of a stainless steel wire mesh (filter material) is placed on the upper surface of the placement member 23 in the filter material storage part 12, and the tea leaves are placed in the wire mesh, Hot water is poured from above the filter medium, the lid 21a is placed in the recess 21b of the dripper main body 66, steamed for a predetermined time (for example, about 10 seconds to 3 minutes), tea is made, the operation button 65 is pulled up with a finger, and a coil spring The stopper body 37 is raised against the urging force of 17 to pour tea into a cup of tea (see FIG. 7). After a predetermined amount of tea has flowed down, the finger is released from the operation button 65, and the plug member 61 is moved downward by the urging force of the coil spring 17 to close the liquid passage port 15 (see FIG. 5). By repeating this, tea can be allowed to flow down to a plurality of cups. In addition, it is not necessary to install a mounting table in the upper part of a cup.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified without changing the gist of the present invention. For example, some or all of the above-described embodiments and modifications are possible. When the dripper of this invention is comprised combining these, it is also included in the right range of this invention.
For example, in the dripper of the above embodiment, the case of adding coffee from ground coffee beans and the case of adding green tea from tea leaves have been described, but black tea can also be made from tea leaves. The dripper body does not have to be provided with a handle.

It is explanatory drawing of the dripper which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the dripper. (A)-(C) are explanatory drawings of the guide member, plug member, and operation part of the dripper, respectively. It is explanatory drawing of the use condition of the dripper. It is explanatory drawing of the dripper which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. (A)-(C) is explanatory drawing of the guide member, plug member, and operation part of the dripper, respectively. It is explanatory drawing of the use condition of the dripper.

Explanation of symbols

10: Dripper, 11: Through-hole, 11a: Filter medium, 12: Filter medium storage section, 13: Leg section, 14: Dripper body, 15: Liquid inlet, 16: Guide member, 17: Coil spring, 18: Plug member, 19: Operation part, 20: Opening / closing mechanism, 21: Handle part, 21a: Lid, 21b: Recessed part, 22: Cylindrical body, 23: Mounting member, 24: Seal member, 25: Female screw, 26: Flange, 27: Vertical Guide hole, 28: male screw, 29: opening, 30: protrusion, 31: bent part, 32: mounting hole, 33: flow hole, 34: notch part, 36: shaft part, 37: plug body, 38: Horizontal insertion hole, 39: horizontal portion, 40: inclined portion, 41: operation rod, 42: operation button, 43: stopper, 44: pin hole, 45: hook member, 46: hook portion, 47: notch, 48 : Grip, 50: coffee cup, 51: opening, 52 Through hole, 53: mounting table, 60: dripper, 61: plug member, 62: horizontal insertion hole, 63: shaft portion, 64: operation portion, 65: operation button, 66: dripper body, 67: opening / closing mechanism, 68: Guide member, 69: cylindrical body, 70: convex portion

Claims (3)

A dripper body provided with a substantially inverted frustoconical filter medium container having a through hole at the bottom, and a cylindrical leg provided around the bottom of the filter medium container to lift the through hole from the mounting surface When,
A substantially cylindrical guide member that is removably inserted into the through-hole from the inside of the filter medium storage section and has a liquid passage opening for dropping the extract, and a plug that can close the liquid passage opening. An opening / closing mechanism comprising: a member, a coil spring that urges the plug member toward the liquid passage opening, and an operation unit that moves the plug member in a direction opposite to the urging direction of the coil spring to open the liquid passage opening In a dripper having
A flange provided at an outer intermediate position of the guide member of the opening / closing mechanism is in contact with a bottom portion of the filter medium accommodating portion via a seal member, and a lower portion of the guide member protrudes from a bottom portion of the filter medium accommodating portion. A dripper characterized in that a female screw is engaged with a male screw formed outside the guide member, and the opening / closing mechanism is removably attached to the dripper body. 2. The dripper according to claim 1, wherein the plug member has a plug body that closes the liquid passage port from below and a shaft portion provided on the plug body, and the shaft portion is fitted into the liquid flow port. A horizontal insertion hole is provided on the upper side,
The operation unit is disposed on an upper portion of the coil spring that urges the plug member upward, and is inserted into the horizontal insertion hole, and is integrally connected to one end of the horizontal unit. An operation rod having an inclined portion arranged along the inner side of the side wall, and an operation button attached to the upper end of the inclined portion,
A dripper that presses down the operation button to lower the stopper body against the urging force of the coil spring, opens the liquid passage port, and drops the extract. 2. The dripper according to claim 1, wherein the plug member has a plug main body that closes the liquid passage port from above and a shaft portion provided on the plug body, and a horizontal insertion hole is provided below the shaft portion. With
The operation unit is disposed below the coil spring that urges the plug member downward and is inserted into the horizontal insertion hole, and is integrally connected to one end of the horizontal unit. An operation rod provided with an inclined portion disposed along the inner side of the side wall, and an operation button attached to the upper end portion of the inclined portion,
A dripper that pulls up the operation button to raise the stopper body against the urging force of the coil spring, opens the liquid passage port, and drops the extract.

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