JP3157122U - Citrus juice extractor such as sudachi - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a juice squeezing tool for citrus fruits such as sudachi, which can squeeze fruit juice with fingers of the hand and at the same time, can remove seeds well. The entire body is composed of a flexible synthetic resin main body, and the main body is composed of a planar bottom surface portion 11 and a peripheral side surface portion 12 extending upward from the outer periphery. A plurality of through holes 15 are provided in the center of the bottom surface portion 11. A finger abutting portion 17 is provided at a portion where the finger of the hand contacts the peripheral side surface portion 12. An extended cover portion extending further upward was provided on the peripheral side surface portion 12, and this extended cover portion was used as a fruit juice scattering prevention member. The thickness of the boundary portion 18 between the bottom surface portion 11 and the peripheral side surface portion 12 was made thicker than other portions to impart shape retention. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a squeezing tool capable of squeezing citrus fruit juice such as sudachi, kabosu and the like with a finger of a hand, in which seeds do not enter the squeezed fruit juice.

Conventionally, for example, there are various lemon squeezers.
As a typical example, there is provided a substantially cone-shaped protrusion with a bulged outer surface that presses the cut portion of the lemon divided into two at the center of a small dish that receives ceramic or glass juice. There are those in which a large number of protrusions are formed in the vertical direction on the outer periphery of the part.
The lemon cut into two parts is pressed against the protrusion, and the lemon is turned left and right while pressing with the palm of the hand to squeeze the juice.

In addition, there is a device for sandwiching fruits separated by a metal clamping body and pressing the juice by pressing, but the one described in the following patent document is a lemon squeezer made of a very simple one It is.
The lemon squeezing tool described in this document consists of a triangular or quadrangular bag-like body formed of a film sheet, and has an opening at one end and a notch serving as an outlet at an acute angle portion opposite the end. It is provided.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-17627

In the first conventional example, fruit juice and seeds are simultaneously squeezed out to a saucer, and it is necessary to separate the seeds later.
In addition, there is also a problem that seeds are crushed even if they are made of a metal sandwiching body and the seed separation means must be taken into consideration.
Even in the lemon squeezing tool described in the above-mentioned patent document, there remains a problem regarding seeds, the problem that a small outlet formed by cutting is clogged with seeds, and when this outlet is formed largely, the seeds are squeezed together with fruit juice. It will end up.

Therefore, in the present invention, a squeezing tool which has a simpler structure and can be squeezed between fingers of a hand, for example, three fingers of a thumb, an index finger opposed to the thumb, and a middle finger. The first challenge is to provide
And more importantly, the problem is that the seeds are removed and that the juice can be squeezed and the seeds can be removed at the same time.

In particular, the present invention was devised with the aim of narrowing down “sudachi”, and this “sudachi” is particularly of many species, and as everyone has experienced, for example, “sudachi” for grilled fish. When the juice is squeezed, the seeds fall on the grilled fish at the same time, and the trouble of removing this will be easily recalled.
The present invention aims to solve such problems.

  The first of the present invention is made of a synthetic resin or silicon rubber which is made of a flexible synthetic resin as a whole, and the main body portion stands substantially upward from a substantially flat bottom surface and an outer periphery of the bottom surface. A plurality of through holes in at least a part of the center of the bottom surface or on the entire surface thereof, and placed on the bottom surface with the citrus cut face facing down. Thus, a juice squeezing device for citrus fruits such as sudachi, which is capable of squeezing fruit juice by applying a force that mutually crushes to the opposing portions of the peripheral side surface portion.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the finger contact portions are provided in at least two locations by further extending the opposing portions of the peripheral side surface where the fingers of the hand come into contact with each other. It is a juice extractor for citrus fruits such as sudachi.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, at the peripheral side surface portion, one portion of the peripheral edge of the upper end portion is further extended to provide an extended cover portion, and at least the root portion of the extended cover portion The squeezed juice of citrus fruits, etc. It is a tool.

  A fourth invention of the present invention is characterized in that, in each of the above-mentioned devices, the thickness of all or part of the boundary portion between the bottom surface portion and the peripheral side surface portion is formed to be thicker than other portions. Citrus juice extractor.

In the first device of the present invention, since the entire main body portion is formed of a flexible synthetic resin or silicon rubber, the outer shape can be easily deformed.
Accordingly, the half or quarter cut sushi on the bottom surface portion is placed with the cut surface facing the bottom surface portion side, and the hand is placed on the peripheral side surface portion that rises upward from the outer periphery of the bottom surface portion. If the finger, that is, the thumb, the index finger and the middle finger opposite to each other are abutted against each other and a force is applied toward the center, the peripheral side surface portion and the bottom surface portion are easily deformed, and immediately A lateral force is applied, which squeezes the juice and at the same time separates the seed from the juice.
Thereby, it can be dripped directly on the object such as food.

The bottom surface portion is provided with a plurality of through holes in the central portion or the entire surface thereof, and the bottom surface portion is deformed so as to bulge downward by the lateral pressing force of the finger of the hand, and from the through holes Only the fruit juice will drop downward.
As described above, in the present invention, the seed is easily removed and only the fruit juice is dropped on the food.
After use, since the present invention is made of a flexible synthetic resin or silicon rubber, the squeezed dregs and seeds inside are easily discarded, and washing and the like can be easily performed.

  In the second device of the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, the finger contact portion is provided by further extending the facing portion where the finger of the hand contacts the peripheral side surface portion upward. By extending the length, it is possible to prevent the juice from adhering to the inner side of the finger when squeezing the tin or the like.

In the third device of the present invention, when the tin is cut in half, it is not necessary because the cut surface should be directed to the bottom surface, but an extended cover is further formed on the peripheral surface. It is doing.
Since this extension cover part is present, for example, when the tin is cut by a quarter or more, the cut end face is directed not only to the bottom face part but also to the top face side or the lateral direction. When squeezing fruit juice with a squeezing tool, there is a risk that the fruit juice will scatter upward, and the fruit juice prevention member, which is the extended cover, protects this upward scattering.
Thereby, it can prevent that fruit juice scatters to a hand or clothes.

In the 4th thing of this invention, by forming the boundary part of a bottom face part and a peripheral side part thicker than another part, this part becomes firmer than another part, and the aperture_diaphragm | restriction which concerns on this invention The tool can maintain a more independent state in three dimensions.
In other words, the thickness of the boundary portion adds the three-dimensional shape retaining performance of the diaphragm of the present invention, and therefore the usability of the diaphragm of the present invention is improved.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the fruit squeezer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the fruit extractor which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of a squeezing juice citrus fruit squeezer according to the present invention.
The main body portion 10 of the squeezing tool according to the present invention is made of an integral molding using a flexible material such as synthetic resin or silicon rubber.

The main body portion 10 includes a bottom surface portion 11 having a substantially planar shape and a substantially circular shape in plan view, and a peripheral side surface portion 12 extending so as to rise upward from the entire outer periphery of the bottom surface portion 11.
A large number of through holes 15, 15,... Are formed in the central portion of the bottom surface portion 11, and fruit juice can be dropped downward from the through holes 15.

An extension portion extending upward is formed at the opposing portion of the peripheral side surface portion 12, and this extension portion becomes the finger contact portions 17 and 17.
Further, the boundary portion 18 that forms the boundary line between the bottom surface portion 11 and the peripheral side surface portion 12 is formed to be slightly thicker than the other portions, thereby giving the shape retaining property of the diaphragm according to the present invention. Yes.
Due to the thick boundary portion 18, the squeezing tool according to the present invention is three-dimensionally self-supporting.
Of course, since the main body 10 is entirely made of a flexible material, the outer shape of the main body 10 can be easily deformed by applying force even if the thick boundary portion 18 exists. It is.

Usage is as follows.
The saddle S is cut, for example, by 1/2, and the cut surface K of the saddle S is placed downward, that is, toward the bottom surface 12 of the main body 10 of the present invention.
The thumb of one hand, the index finger and the middle finger are brought into contact with the opposing finger contact portions 17 and 17, respectively. At this time, each fingertip is brought into contact with the peripheral side surface portion 12. This is because the fingertip force is sufficiently brought into contact with both side surfaces of the S, so that the fingertip force can be immediately and sufficiently transmitted.

Then, by applying force to the opposite thumb, index finger and middle finger toward each other in the center direction, that is, by applying a force that crushes the sandwich, the fruit juice is squeezed and the seeds are removed by the through holes 15. Only the fruit juice passes through the through-hole 15 and is dropped downward.
Here, the finger contact portion 17 can be implemented without being provided.
This is because, in the present invention, if there is the minimum bottom surface portion 11 and the peripheral side surface portion 12, the minimum functions can be exhibited.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a usage state of a fruit juice squeezer according to another embodiment of the present invention.
The squeezing tool shown in this figure is different from the above-described embodiment only in that the fruit juice scattering preventing member 20 is provided, and is otherwise the same as the above-described embodiment.
That is, in this embodiment, a part of the upper end edge of the peripheral side surface portion 12 is extended upward to form an extended cover portion, and this extended cover portion is used as the fruit juice scattering prevention member 20.

More specifically, the fruit juice scattering prevention member 20 has a wide sheet-like form, and the fruit juice scattering prevention member 20 is formed by forming the connection part 21 with the peripheral side surface part 12 which is the base part narrowly. The member 20 is formed so that it can be tilted outward or inward at the upper edge of the peripheral side surface portion 12.
Thereby, for example, when the tin is cut into 1/4, 1/6, or 1/8 cut, the number of the cuts becomes two or more, and when one cut is directed to the bottom surface portion 11, the other cut is In order to be in the upper or lateral direction, the lateral or upper cut end is covered with the juice splash prevention member 20 to prevent the juice from splashing upward, and the juice falls on the hand or clothes. It will be defended.

The shape of the fruit splash prevention member 20 is sufficient if it is long and wide enough to cover the cut surface on the upper surface side when it is tilted to the bottom surface portion 11 side. Various designs can be changed for the shape.
Other components other than the fruit juice scattering prevention member 20 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

The usage method of this embodiment is as follows.
First, the juice scattering prevention member 20 provided on the peripheral side surface portion 12 is placed outside and placed, for example, one cut surface of the sushi S cut to 1/6 is placed on the bottom surface portion 11, and then the fruit juice The scattering preventing member 20 is immediately covered with the other cut surface of S, that is, the upward cut surface.
In this state, as in the first embodiment, the finger contact portions 17 and 17 are pressed against each other with the fingers of the hand, and are then pressed laterally (in the direction of arrow P in the figure) from both sides of the S. It squeezes the juice.
Similarly to the above, the seed is removed, and only the fruit juice passes through the through-hole 15 and is dropped downward.
In the second embodiment, the fruit juice is well protected from splashing upward.

Although the embodiment has been described above, various design changes can be made in the present invention as follows.
In the present invention, since it was developed mainly for the purpose of squeezing the juice of the sudachi, the diameter of the bottom part is about 35 mm to 45 mm, but the size of the sudachi varies from large to medium to small. Therefore, it can be manufactured in three ways, S size, M size and L size.

However, since the present invention can be focused not only on other citrus fruits but also on other citrus fruits, the size may be determined according to the type of the citrus fruits.
The material is not limited as long as it is flexible silicon rubber or synthetic resin as described above.
The upward extension length of the finger contact portion can also be set freely.
In addition, the shape, length, width, and the like of the fruit juice scattering prevention member can be freely designed. In short, the fruit juice scattering prevention member may be configured so that it can be flexed up and down at its connecting portion.

For example, the base part of the extension covering part which is the fruit juice scattering prevention member is formed to have a narrow width or a thin wall thickness as in the above embodiment, so that the fruit juice scattering prevention member is formed on the bottom surface of the main body part. It can form so that it may fall down to the part side.
In the above-described embodiment, the boundary portion that forms the boundary line between the bottom surface portion and the peripheral side surface portion is formed thick in its entirety. Shape retention can also be imparted.

In addition, the large number of through holes provided in the bottom surface portion can be freely designed in the size, number, and location of the inner diameter of the hole, and if provided at least in the central portion of the bottom surface portion, Even if it is not provided, the effect is demonstrated.
Also, the through-holes can be formed in a lattice shape or a mesh shape on the entire bottom surface instead of a simple hole.
As described above, the present invention provides a juice squeezer that can be squeezed with a finger and that can be squeezed with fingers and can squeeze the fruit juice well even if it is a citrus fruit with many seeds such as sudachi. It was possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body part 11 Bottom part 12 Circumferential side part 15 Through-hole 17 Finger contact part 18 Boundary part 20 Fruit juice scattering prevention member

Claims (4)

The entire body (10) is made of flexible synthetic resin or silicon rubber,
The main body portion (10) is composed of a substantially flat bottom surface portion (11) and a peripheral side surface portion (12) extending upright from the outer periphery of the bottom surface portion (11).
A plurality of through holes (15, 15, ...) are provided in at least a part of the center of the bottom surface portion (11) or in the entire surface thereof,
Place the citrus cut face down on the bottom part (11), apply the force to crush each other on the opposing part of the peripheral side part (12) with the fingers of the hand to squeeze the juice A juice extractor for citrus fruits such as sudachi.   2. The finger contact portion (17, 17) is provided in at least two locations by extending further upward the opposing portions of the peripheral side surface portion (12) that the finger of the hand contacts. Citrus juice extractor such as sudachi.   In the peripheral side surface portion (12), one portion of the peripheral edge of the upper end portion is further extended to provide an extended cover portion, and at least the base portion of the extended cover portion is formed thinly or the base portion is formed narrow. The juice squeezing tool for citrus fruits such as sudachi according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the extension cover part is formed as a fruit juice scattering prevention member (20).   The whole or part of the thickness of the boundary portion (18) between the bottom surface portion (11) and the peripheral side surface portion (12) is formed so as to be thicker than other portions. A juice extractor for citrus fruits such as sudachi.