JP3134979U - Drainer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drainer capable of dealing with various sizes of baskets and triangular corner containers.
SOLUTION: A drainer 2 including a rod portion 4 and a pressing portion 6 provided at a lower end portion of the rod portion 4, and the pressing portion 6 is an inner pressing portion provided at a lower end portion of the rod portion 4. And an outer pressing portion 10 that is detachably attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion 8. A male screw portion 12 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the inner pressing portion 8, and a female screw portion 16 that is detachably engaged with the male screw portion 12 is provided on the inner peripheral portion of the outer pressing portion 10.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a drainer for dewatering garbage collected in, for example, a net basket attached to a drain outlet of a sink or a triangular corner container installed in a sink.

  For example, when cooking is performed in the kitchen, garbage generated during cooking is accumulated in a mesh basket attached to a drain outlet of the sink or a triangular corner container installed in the sink. Such raw garbage contains water, and it is preferable to dehydrate the raw garbage when the raw garbage is thrown away. Conventionally, a drainer has been used when dewatering raw garbage, and this drainer is provided at the rod portion, the grip portion provided at the upper end portion of the rod portion, and the lower end portion of the rod portion. A pressing portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  When dewatering garbage collected inside a mesh basket or triangular corner container, insert the pressing part into the mesh basket or triangular corner container, hold the gripping part, and press the pressing part against the garbage. By doing so, the garbage is squeezed by the pressing portion and dehydrated.

JP 2003-135909 A

  However, the conventional drainer as described above has the following problems. There are various sizes of mesh baskets and triangular corner containers, so if the size of the pressing part does not correspond to the size of the mesh basket or triangular corner container, There is a problem that the garbage collected inside cannot be efficiently dehydrated.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a drainer that can accommodate various sizes of mesh baskets, triangular corner containers, and the like.

In the drainer according to claim 1 of the present invention, in the drainer provided with a rod part, and a pressing part provided at the lower end of the rod part,
The pressing portion includes an inner pressing portion provided at a lower end portion of the rod portion, and an outer pressing portion that is detachably attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion.

  In the drainer according to claim 2 of the present invention, a male screw part is provided on the outer peripheral part of the inner pressing part, and the inner screw part of the outer pressing part is detachably screwed with the male screw part. A female screw part to be joined is provided.

  Furthermore, in the drainer according to claim 3 of the present invention, a locking protrusion or a locking recess is provided on the outer peripheral part of the inner pressing part, and the locking protrusion is provided on the inner peripheral part of the outer pressing part. And a locking recess or a locking projection that is detachably engaged with each other or the locking recess.

  Moreover, in the draining tool according to claim 4 of the present invention, a plurality of the outer pressing portions are provided, one of the plurality of outer pressing portions is formed in a circular shape, and other than the plurality of outer pressing portions. One of them is characterized by being configured in a triangular shape.

  Furthermore, in the draining tool according to claim 5 of the present invention, the inner pressing portion and the outer pressing portion are each configured in a circular shape, and the inner pressing portion has a diameter of 4 to 6 cm, and the outer pressing portion. The diameter of the part is 10 to 12 cm.

  According to the draining tool of claim 1 of the present invention, the pressing portion includes an inner pressing portion provided at the lower end portion of the rod portion, and an outer pressing portion that is detachably attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion. Since it is provided, for example, the size of the pressing portion can be easily changed according to the size of the mesh basket mounted on the drain outlet of the sink or the triangular corner container installed on the sink. For example, by removing the outer pressing portion from the inner pressing portion, the size of the pressing portion becomes relatively small, which can correspond to a relatively small mesh basket, a triangular corner container, etc. By attaching to the pressing part, the size of the pressing part becomes relatively large, which can accommodate a relatively large mesh basket, triangular corner container, etc. Therefore, inside the mesh basket, triangular corner container, etc. The collected garbage can be efficiently dehydrated. Accordingly, it is possible to deal with various sizes of mesh baskets, triangular corner containers, etc., and to provide a water drainer with excellent versatility. Note that the outer shape of the outer pressing portion can be configured in various outer shapes, such as a circular shape, a triangular shape, and a quadrangular shape, according to the outer shape of a mesh basket or a triangular corner container.

  According to the drainer of the present invention, the outer pressing portion is provided with a male screw portion, and the outer pressing portion has an inner screw portion that is detachably screwed with the male screw portion. Since the female screw part to be provided is provided, the outer pressing part can be easily attached to and detached from the inner pressing part. Moreover, an outer side press part can be reliably attached to an inner side press part, and when a garbage is pressed, it can prevent that an outer side press part remove | deviates from an inner side press part.

  Furthermore, according to the drainer according to claim 3 of the present invention, a locking projection or a locking recess is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the inner pressing portion, and a locking projection is provided on the inner peripheral portion of the outer pressing portion. Alternatively, since the locking concave portion or the locking projection that is detachably engaged with the locking concave portion is provided, the outer pressing portion can be easily attached to and detached from the inner pressing portion. Moreover, an outer side press part can be reliably attached to an inner side press part, and when a garbage is pressed, it can prevent that an outer side press part remove | deviates from an inner side press part.

  Moreover, according to the draining tool according to claim 4 of the present invention, a plurality of outer pressing portions are provided, one of the plurality of outer pressing portions is configured in a circular shape, and the other of the plurality of outer pressing portions. Since one is configured in a triangular shape, the outer shape of the outer pressing portion can be easily changed according to the use by selectively using a plurality of outer pressing portions. For example, when dewatering garbage collected in a circular net basket, a circular outer pressing part is attached to the inner pressing part, and when dewatering garbage collected in a triangular corner container is triangular. By attaching the outer pressing part to the inner pressing part, it is possible to efficiently dewater the garbage collected inside the mesh basket or the triangular corner container.

  Furthermore, according to the drainer according to claim 5 of the present invention, the inner pressing portion and the outer pressing portion are each configured in a circular shape, the inner pressing portion has a diameter of 4 to 6 cm, and the outer pressing portion Since the diameter is configured to be 10 to 12 cm, by removing the outer pressing portion from the inner pressing portion, it can correspond to a relatively small (for example, about 5 to 7 cm in diameter) circular net cage, Moreover, by attaching an outer side press part to an inner side press part, it can respond to the comparatively large (for example, diameter about 11-13 cm) circular net cage.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of a drainer according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[First Embodiment]
First, with reference to FIGS. 1-4, the drainer of 1st Embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a drainer according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the drainer of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows an outer pressing portion of FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the garbage collected in the mesh basket is dehydrated in a state where it is attached to the inner pressing portion. FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the state which dehydrates the raw garbage.

1 and 2, the illustrated drainer 2 includes a rod portion 4 and a pressing portion 6 provided at the lower end portion of the rod portion 4. Hereinafter, each of these components will be described.
The rod portion 4 is formed in a long and narrow bar shape having a circular cross section, and is made of, for example, plastic or a metal such as stainless steel or aluminum. The diameter of the rod portion 4 is, for example, about 3 cm, and the length is, for example, about 20 cm.

  The pressing portion 6 includes an inner pressing portion 8 provided at the lower end portion of the rod portion 4 and an outer pressing portion 10 that is detachably attached to the outside of the inner pressing portion 8. The inner pressing portion 8 is formed in a circular shape, and a male screw portion 12 is provided on the outer peripheral portion thereof. The inner pressing portion 8 has a diameter D1 of about 5 cm, for example, and a thickness of about 1.5 cm. The outer pressing portion 10 is formed in a circular shape (that is, a donut shape) having an opening 14 at the center, and the inner peripheral portion of the outer pressing portion 10 is detachably screwed with the male screw portion 12 of the inner pressing portion 8. An internal thread portion 16 is provided. The outer pressing portion 10 has a diameter D2 of about 11 cm, the opening 14 has a diameter D1 of about 5 cm, and a thickness of about 1.5 cm. Each of the inner pressing portion 8 and the outer pressing portion 10 is made of, for example, plastic or a metal such as stainless steel or aluminum.

  The inner pressing portion 8 is inserted into the opening 14 of the outer pressing portion 10, and the inner pressing portion 8 is rotated in a predetermined direction (for example, a direction indicated by an arrow P in FIG. 1) relative to the outer pressing portion 10. As a result, the male screw part 12 of the inner pressing part 8 and the female screw part 16 of the outer pressing part 10 are screwed together, whereby the outer pressing part 10 is attached to the outside of the inner pressing part 8, and the entire pressing part 6 is The diameter is about 11 cm, which is the diameter D2 of the outer pressing portion 10, and becomes relatively large. Further, by rotating the inner pressing portion 8 in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction relative to the outer pressing portion 10 (for example, a direction indicated by an arrow Q in FIG. 1), the outer pressing portion 10 is moved to the inner side. The diameter of the entire pressing portion 6 is removed from the pressing portion 8 and becomes about 5 cm, which is the diameter D1 of the inner pressing portion 8, and becomes relatively small.

  Next, referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 as well, a method of using the above-described drainer 2 will be described as follows. For example, a bottomed and cylindrical mesh basket 20 (24) is detachably attached to a drain outlet 18 (23) of a kitchen sink, and cooking or the like is provided in the mesh basket 20 (24). The garbage 22 (26) generated at the time of accumulation becomes accumulated.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the diameter L <b> 1 of the mesh basket 20 is relatively large (for example, a diameter of about 12 cm), the pressing part 6 is attached to the mesh basket with the outer pressing part 10 attached to the outer side of the inner pressing part 8. 20, when the upper end of the rod part 4 is gripped and the pressing part 6 is pressed against the garbage 22 inside the mesh basket 20, the garbage 22 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the pressing part 6 and the mesh basket 20. By pressing between the inner bottom surface, the garbage 22 is squeezed and dehydrated. Since the diameter D2 of the entire pressing portion 6 corresponds to the diameter L1 of the mesh basket 20, almost all of the garbage 22 accumulated inside the mesh basket 20 can be pressed by the pressing portion 6, and the garbage 22 It can be efficiently dehydrated. The water removed from the garbage 22 is discharged to the drain port 18 through the side or bottom of the net basket 20.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the diameter L2 of the mesh basket 24 attached to the drain port 23 is relatively small (for example, about 6 cm in diameter), the outer pressing portion 10 is removed from the inner pressing portion 8. Then, the pressing portion 6 is inserted into the mesh basket 24, the upper end portion of the rod portion 4 is gripped, and the pressing portion 6 is pressed against the garbage 26 inside the mesh basket 24. Since the diameter D1 of the entire pressing portion 6 corresponds to the diameter L2 of the mesh basket 24, almost the entire garbage 26 accumulated inside the mesh basket 24 can be pressed, and the garbage 26 is efficiently dehydrated. be able to.

  In the drainer 2 according to the first embodiment, the size of the pressing portion 6 can be easily changed corresponding to the size of the net cages 20 and 24. Therefore, the mesh baskets 20 and 24 having various sizes can be used. Therefore, it is possible to provide a drainer 2 having excellent versatility.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the draining tool of 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a drainer according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Note that in the following embodiments, substantially the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  In the drainer 2A of the second embodiment, a pair of locking projections 28 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the inner pressing portion 8A, and a pair of inner pressing portions 8A is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the outer pressing portion 10A. A pair of locking recesses 30 are provided corresponding to the locking protrusions 28. The locking recess 30 is substantially L-shaped and extends in the axial direction from the upper end surface of the outer pressing portion 10A, and then the circumferential direction of the outer pressing portion 10A (for example, clockwise when viewed from the upper side of the outer pressing portion 10A). ).

  When the outer pressing portion 10A is attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion 8A, the pair of locking projections 28 are respectively received by the pair of locking concave portions 30, and the inner pressing portion 8A is opened to the outer pressing portion 10A. When inserted into the portion 14A, the locking projection 28 is moved along the locking recess 30 in the axial direction of the outer pressing portion 10A. When the inner pressing portion 8A is further rotated relative to the outer pressing portion 10A in a predetermined direction (a direction indicated by an arrow R in FIG. 5) from such a state, the locking projection 28 is rotated around the outer pressing portion 10A. Is moved along the locking recess 30 in the direction. As a result, the locking projection 28 and the locking recess 30 are engaged with each other, and the axial relative movement of the outer pressing portion 10A with respect to the inner pressing portion 8A is locked and held. Further, when the outer pressing portion 10A is removed from the inner pressing portion 8A, the inner pressing portion 8A is relatively opposite to the predetermined direction relative to the outer pressing portion 10A (FIG. 5). It is only necessary to rotate the inner pressing portion 8A upward from the opening portion 14A of the outer pressing portion 10A.

  Therefore, also in the drainer 2A of the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment is achieved. In the second embodiment, the locking protrusion 28 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the inner pressing portion 8A, and the locking recess 30 is provided on the inner peripheral portion of the outer pressing portion 10A. On the contrary, you may comprise so that the locking recessed part 30 may be provided in the outer peripheral part of the inner side press part 8A, and the locking protrusion 28 may be provided in the inner peripheral part of the outer side press part 10A.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, with reference to FIG. 6, the draining tool of 3rd Embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a drainer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
In the drainer 2B of the third embodiment, the outer pressing portion 10B is configured in a triangular shape, and a circular opening 14B is provided at the center. The outer diameter of the outer pressing portion 10B is configured to be slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the triangular corner container 32 installed on the kitchen sink. Similarly to the first embodiment, a male screw part (not shown) is provided on the outer peripheral part of the inner pressing part 8, and the male screw part is detachable from the inner peripheral part of the outer pressing part 10B. A female screw portion (not shown) is provided to be screwed onto the screw.

  When dewatering garbage (not shown) collected inside the triangular corner container 32 using the drainer 2B, the pressing portion 6B is attached with the outer pressing portion 10B attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion 8. Is inserted into the triangular corner container 32, the upper end of the rod part 4 is gripped and the pressing part 6B is pressed against the raw garbage inside the triangular corner container 32, the raw garbage is squeezed and dehydrated. Since the outer shape of the outer pressing portion 10B corresponds to the outer shape of the triangular corner container 32, the garbage collected inside the triangular corner container 32 can be efficiently dehydrated. Further, by removing the outer pressing portion 10B from the inner pressing portion 8, the garbage collected in the net basket 24 having a relatively small size can be dehydrated as described above.

  A triangular outer pressing portion 10B and a circular outer pressing portion 10 are prepared, respectively, and the garbage 22 accumulated in the relatively large mesh basket 20 is dehydrated as in the first embodiment. In order to dehydrate the garbage collected in the triangular corner container 32, the circular outer pressing portion 10B may be attached to the outer pressing portion 10 of the inner pressing portion 10. Just install it outside. Thereby, the garbage collected inside the mesh basket 20 or the triangular corner container 32 can be efficiently dehydrated.

  Similarly to the second embodiment, a locking protrusion or a locking recess is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the inner pressing portion 10, and the locking protrusion or the locking recess is mutually formed on the inner peripheral portion of the outer pressing portion 10 </ b> B. You may comprise so that the recessed part for a lock | rock or the protrusion part for a lock | rock engaged with detachably can be provided.

  As mentioned above, although various embodiment of the drainer according to this invention was described, this invention is not limited to this embodiment, A various deformation | transformation thru | or correction | amendment are possible without deviating from the scope of this invention.

  In each said embodiment, although the press part 6 (6A) (6B) was comprised from the inner side press part 8 (8A) and the outer side press part 10 (10A) (10B), you may comprise as follows, for example. That is, the outer pressing portion is composed of a first outer pressing portion and a second outer pressing portion (not shown), and the first outer pressing portion is detachably attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion 8 (8A). The second outer pressing portion is detachably attached to the outer side of the outer pressing portion. With this configuration, in the state where the first and second outer pressing portions are attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion 8 (8A), the size of the entire pressing portion is relatively large, and the second outer pressing portion is the first outer pressing portion. When the first outer pressing portion is removed from the outer pressing portion and the first outer pressing portion is attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion 8 (8A), the size of the entire pressing portion becomes relatively large, and the first outer pressing portion becomes the inner pressing portion. In the state of being removed from 8 (8A), the size of the entire pressing portion is relatively small. Thereby, versatility can be improved more. Alternatively, a plurality of outer pressing portions having different sizes are prepared, and an outer pressing portion having a corresponding size is selected according to the size of the mesh basket 20 (24), the triangular corner container 32, etc. You may make it attach to 8 (8A).

  Further, for example, in each of the above embodiments, the inner pressing portion 8 (8A) is fixedly attached to the lower end portion of the rod portion 4, but the inner pressing portion 8 (8A) is attached to and detached from the lower end portion of the rod portion 4. You may comprise so that it may attach freely.

It is a perspective view which shows the drainer by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the drainer of FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the state which spin-dry | dehydrates the garbage collected in the net basket in the state which attached the outer side press part of FIG. 1 to the inner side press part. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the garbage collected in the net basket in the state where the outer pressing portion of FIG. 1 is removed from the inner pressing portion is dehydrated. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the drainer by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the drainer by 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2, 2A, 2B Draining tool 4 Rod part 6, 6A, 6B Pressing part 8, 8A Inner pressing part 10, 10A, 10B Outer pressing part 12 Male thread part 16 Female thread part 28 Locking protrusion 30 Locking recess 30

Claims (5)

In a drainer provided with a rod part and a pressing part provided at the lower end of the rod part,
The draining device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing portion includes an inner pressing portion provided at a lower end portion of the rod portion, and an outer pressing portion that is detachably attached to the outer side of the inner pressing portion.   A male screw part is provided on the outer peripheral part of the inner pressing part, and a female screw part is provided on the inner peripheral part of the outer pressing part so as to be detachably engaged with the male screw part. The drainer according to claim 1.   A locking protrusion or a locking recess is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the inner pressing portion, and an inner peripheral portion of the outer pressing portion is detachably engaged with the locking protrusion or the locking recess. The draining device according to claim 1, wherein a locking recess or a locking projection is provided.   A plurality of the outer pressing portions are provided, one of the plurality of outer pressing portions is configured in a circular shape, and the other one of the plurality of outer pressing portions is configured in a triangular shape. The drainer according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The inner pressing portion and the outer pressing portion are each configured in a circular shape, the inner pressing portion has a diameter of 4 to 6 cm, and the outer pressing portion has a diameter of 10 to 12 cm. The drainer according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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