JP3198196U - Tea bag - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided a tea bag capable of removing moisture contained after extraction of tea by a simpler operation. A heat insulating lid that is placed on the lip of a tea cup and closes the inside of the tea cup, a water absorbing sheet 15 provided on a back surface 17 of the heat insulating lid 10, and a back surface of the heat insulating lid 10 via a hinge 23. And a tea bag body 20 that is freely fixed to the forward and reverse rotation. When the tea bag body 20 is rotated so as to be parallel to the heat insulating lid 10, the tea bag body 20 comes into surface contact with the water absorbent sheet 15. The tea bag body 20 may be formed to have a planar size that fits within the projection range of the heat insulating lid 10 while rotating in parallel with the heat insulating lid 10 and in surface contact with the water absorbent sheet 15. preferable. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a tea bag capable of extracting tea while being placed in a tea cup.

  A typical tea bag includes a filter bag containing tea leaves and a strap attached to the filter bag. To extract tea, the filter bag is placed in a tea cup filled with hot water. Add hot water from the top of the filter bag after putting it in the tea cup. When the tea extraction for a predetermined time is finished, the thread is pulled up and the filter bag is moved out of the cup. Tea bags are widely used because of their convenience, and there are a wide variety of shapes and materials of filter bags and tea leaves.

It has long been known that when a tea cup is covered with a lid (insulation lid), the heat retention is improved and delicious tea can be extracted by the steaming effect.
Therefore, Patent Document 1 proposes to fix the tip of the lowering strap of the tea bag to the heat insulating lid.
However, in Patent Document 1, since a used tea bag contains a considerable amount of moisture (brown), for example, when placed on a cup saucer, the bottom of the cup gets wet and is carried into a trash can. If this is the case, there is a risk of dripping on the clothes and the floor.
Therefore, Patent Document 2 proposes that a plurality of thin paper sheets having water absorption are stacked, and at least a part of the thin paper is exposed or can be exposed, and is attached to a portion of the heat insulating lid that covers the tea cup.

Utility Model Registration No. 3013559 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-238906

The tea bag of patent document 2 has attached the tea bag to the heat insulation lid through the lowering string. Therefore, in order to make the tea bag touch the water-absorbent thin paper, it is necessary to perform an operation such as pulling a hanging strap, so that it is complicated to remove moisture from the tea bag.
Then, an object of this invention is to provide the tea bag which can remove the water | moisture content contained after tea extraction by simpler operation.

The tea bag of the present invention includes a heat insulating lid, a water absorbing sheet, and a tea bag body.
The heat insulating lid is placed on the lip of the tea cup and closes the inside of the tea cup, and has a back surface facing the inside of the tea cup and a front surface opposite to the back surface. .
The water absorbing sheet is provided on the back surface of the heat insulating lid.
The tea bag body is fixed to the back surface of the heat insulating lid via a hinge so as to freely rotate forward and backward. When the tea bag body is parallel to the heat insulating lid, the tea bag body comes into surface contact with the water absorbent sheet.

  In the tea bag according to the present invention, the tea bag main body is fixed to the back surface of the heat insulating lid through a hinge so as to freely rotate in the forward and reverse directions. Therefore, after extracting tea using a tea bag, the tea bag can be brought into contact with the water-absorbing sheet only by pulling up the heat insulating lid from the tea cup and inverting the front and back of the heat insulating lid. Moreover, since the tea bag body is in surface contact with the water absorbent sheet, the water contained in the tea bag body can be quickly absorbed by the water absorbent sheet.

In the tea bag according to the present invention, the tea bag main body is formed to have a planar dimension that fits within the projection range of the heat insulation lid while rotating in parallel with the heat insulation lid and in surface contact with the water absorbent sheet. Preferably it is.
When tea bags are disposed of after the tea has been extracted, if the tea bag body protrudes from the thermal insulation lid, the tea bag body may touch somewhere and get wet. There is a risk of falling. However, if the tea bag body is within the projection range of the heat insulating lid, these fears are small.

  In the tea bag of the present invention, the water absorbent sheet preferably has a surface area equal to or greater than that of the tea bag body. If it does so, since a water absorption sheet can contact a tea bag main part without a leak, while preventing a water | moisture content from dripping directly to a heat retention lid | cover, the water supply amount from a tea bag main body can be ensured.

  In the tea bag according to the present invention, the heat insulating lid can have a design image on the front surface. It is preferable that the design image is a thing that heals your heart by looking at it, such as plants and landscapes, so that you can enjoy tea better. In addition, the design image can include brands of tea leaves accommodated in the tea bag body. That way, you can definitely make the tea you want to drink.

In the tea bag of the present invention, it is preferable that the heat insulating lid has a water-resistant coating layer formed on the back surface, and a water-absorbing sheet is attached to the surface of the water-resistant coating layer.
When the heat insulating cover is made of paper, it is possible to avoid the water absorbed by the water absorbing sheet from entering the heat insulating cover.

  According to the tea bag of the present invention, after extracting tea using the tea bag, the tea bag can be brought into contact with the water-absorbing sheet only by pulling up the heat insulating lid from the tea cup and inverting the front and back of the heat insulating lid. In addition, if the reversing operation is performed, the tea bag main body comes into surface contact with the water absorbent sheet, so that the water contained in the tea bag main body can be quickly absorbed by the water absorbent sheet.

The tea bag of this embodiment is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a bottom view, (c) is a side view. It is the figure which showed the tea bag of FIG. 1 so that a tea bag main body may become a lower side, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. An example of operation | movement which pulls up the tea bag of FIG. 1 from a tea cup and makes a tea bag main body contact a water absorbing sheet and performs a water absorbing sheet is shown. The example of the design image of the front surface of the heat insulation lid in this embodiment is shown.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 3, the tea bag 1 is used so as to be placed on the lip 31 of the tea cup 30 so as to close the inside of the tea cup 30, and the heat retaining lid 10, the tea bag body 20, It is equipped with. The tea bag 1 extracts the delicious tea by the steaming effect by preventing the temperature drop of the hot water by suppressing the amount of heat that escapes from the inside of the tea cup 30 to the atmosphere by closing the inside of the tea cup 30 with the heat insulating lid 10. To help.

[Insulation cover 10]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the heat insulating lid 10 includes a front surface 16 and a back surface 17, and includes a substrate 11, a waterproof coating 13 formed on both front and back surfaces of the substrate 11, and the back surface 17 side. A water-absorbing sheet 15 attached on the waterproof coating 13. In the heat insulating lid 10, the side facing the person who uses the tea bag 1 when placed on the tea cup 30 is the front surface 16, and the side facing the inside of the tea cup 30 is the back surface 17.

As shown in FIG. 1, the substrate 11 is a circular planar member and has at least rigidity sufficient to maintain its shape when placed on the tea cup 30. The substrate 11 can be formed of paper, for example, cardboard, but can also be formed of a resin material such as PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) or other materials.
Although the size of the substrate 11 is arbitrary, it is desirable to set the diameter so that the substrate 11 can be placed on the large tea cup 30 without difficulty. Of course, the substrate 11 having a plurality of dimensions may be prepared in accordance with the dimensions of the tea cup 30. In addition, although the planar shape of the board | substrate 11 (insulation lid | cover 10) is circular here, this is only an example of this invention, and as long as the inside of the teacup 30 can be plugged up, polygons, such as a triangle, an ellipse Various fixed shapes such as a shape and a star shape, and further, an irregular shape can be used. The thickness of the substrate 11 is determined exclusively from the viewpoint of rigidity, but is basically arbitrary.

A waterproof coating 13 is applied to both the front and back surfaces of the substrate 11. This prevents the paper substrate 11 from getting wet and deteriorating. As the waterproof coating 13, PP (polypropylene), PE (polyethylene), and other resin materials can be used.
In the present invention, the waterproof coating 13 is an optional element that is preferably provided, but the waterproof coating 13 can be omitted particularly when the substrate 11 is made of a resin material, for example, PET. In this embodiment, the waterproof coating 13 is applied to both the front and back surfaces of the substrate 11. However, there is an option that the waterproof coating 13 is applied only to one surface of the front and back surfaces, for example, the back surface 17 where moisture is likely to adhere. is there.

A water absorbing sheet 15 is affixed to the back surface 17 of the substrate 11. The water absorbent sheet 15 is provided to absorb the moisture contained in the filter bag 21 together with the tea leaves 22 after finishing the extraction of tea.
The water absorbing sheet 15 can be formed of paper, resin, or any other material, but it is preferable that it can absorb as much water as possible. Therefore, it is possible to use a resin material having a high water absorption sheet rate and applied to the tray mat. Specific materials include traymates and fresh masters (both are registered trademarks of Unicharm Corporation).
As shown in FIG. 1, the water absorbent sheet 15 has a rectangular planar shape, and has a slightly larger surface area than the filter bag 21.
If the water absorbent sheet 15 is affixed on the waterproof coating 13, when the substrate 11 is made of paper, the moisture absorbed by the water absorbent sheet 15 can be prevented from entering the substrate 11.

  A design image can be applied to the front surface 16 of the substrate 11. Although FIG. 1 shows a floral pattern as an example, the design is not limited to this, and various design images such as landscapes and animals can be applied to the front surface 16. In addition, in the design image, as shown in FIG. 4, brands of tea leaves 22 accommodated in a filter bag 21 of the tea bag body 20 can be included.

[Tea bag body 20]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the tea bag body 20 includes a filter bag 21 that houses tea leaves 22, a hinge 23 that fixes the filter bag 21 to the back surface 17 of the heat insulating lid 10 so as to freely rotate forward and backward, Is provided.
Although the filtration bag 21 is comprised from the mesh-shaped raw material, the shape and material are arbitrary and are not limited to a specific thing. The tea leaves 22 accommodated in the filter bag 21 are the same, and black tea, green tea, Chinese tea, herbal tea, health tea, and the like can be widely applied.
The filter bag 21 of the present embodiment has a rectangular planar shape, and one edge in the longitudinal direction (width direction in FIG. 1) is fixed to the back surface 17 of the heat insulating lid 10 by a hinge 23. As shown in FIG. 2B, the filtration bag 21 fixed by the hinge 23 can freely rotate forward and backward about the hinge 23. Therefore, when the heat insulating lid 10 is leveled with the front surface 16 facing downward, the filter bag 21 is placed on the back surface 17, and when the heat insulating lid 10 is leveled with the back surface 17 facing down, the filter bag 21 is vertical. Suspended along the direction.
The hinge 23 may be integrated with the filter bag 21 or may be a separate body. The hinge 23 is made of a resin material and can be fixed to the back surface 17 of the heat insulating lid 10 by ultrasonic welding or heat fusion.

[Water absorption operation of tea bag 1]
Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the operation of the tea bag 1, particularly the tea bag body 20, will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3A, when the tea bag 1 is placed on the tea cup 30 into which the hot water HW is poured, the filter bag 21 is immersed in the hot water HW, and the tea leaves 22 in the filter bag 21. Is extracted into hot water.
When the predetermined time elapses, the tea bag 1 is pulled up from the tea cup 30. In the process of the pulling operation, the filter bag 21 can be brought into surface contact with the water absorbent sheet 15 simply by inverting the heat retaining lid 10. Hereinafter, this process will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the tea extraction is completed, the tea bag 1 (the heat insulating lid 10) is pulled up from the tea cup 30, and the heat insulating lid 10 is separated from the tea cup 30 by a predetermined distance or more. The predetermined distance is a distance that can invert the heat insulating lid 10 on the tea cup 30.
When the heat insulation lid 10 is pulled up, the heat insulation lid 10 oriented in the horizontal direction is rotated as shown in FIGS. Here, it is rotated clockwise. Although the heat insulating lid 10 rotates, the tea bag body 20 fixed to the heat insulating lid 10 by a hinge 23 so as to freely rotate forward and backward is subjected to gravity, and therefore remains in the vertical direction.

  However, as shown in FIG. 3 (d), when the heat insulation lid 10 is rotated in the vertical direction, that is, until the tea bag body 20 is parallel to the heat insulation lid 10, the water absorbing sheet 15 of the heat insulation lid 10 is teated. The filtration bag 21 of the bag body 20 contacts. This contact is a surface contact where the surface of the water absorbent sheet 15 and the surface of the filter bag 21 are in contact. In addition, since the surface of the filter bag 21 has irregularities, there is a strict gap between the water absorbent sheet 15 and the filter bag 21, but it is a surface contact as a whole. Absent.

When the heat-insulating sheet 15 contacts the filter bag 21 and is further rotated until the heat-insulating lid 10 is directed in the horizontal direction, the filter bag 21 is attached to the heat-insulating cover 10 via the water-absorbing sheet 15 as shown in FIG. It is placed on the back surface 17. Also at this time, since the filter bag 21 is in surface contact with the water absorbent sheet 15, the water contained in the filter bag 21 is absorbed by the water absorbent sheet 15. By maintaining this state, water contained in the filter bag 21 can be sufficiently absorbed by the water absorbent sheet 15.
The tea bag 1 is within the projection range of the heat insulating lid 10 in a state where the filter bag 21 is placed on the back surface 17 of the heat insulating lid 10 via the water absorbing sheet 15.

[Effect of this embodiment]
As described above, the tea bag 1 of the present embodiment, after finishing the extraction of tea, brings the filter bag 21 into contact with the water absorbent sheet 15 just by inverting the heat insulating lid 10, and moisture contained in the filter bag 21. Can be absorbed.
Moreover, since the entire area of the flat surface of the filter bag 21 is in surface contact with the water absorbent sheet 15, the efficiency of the water absorbent sheet by the water absorbent sheet 15 is good. Furthermore, since the filtration bag 21 is placed on the water absorbent sheet 15, gravity is applied to the filter bag 21, and the moisture contained in the filter bag 21 is pushed out toward the water absorbent sheet 15 by its own weight. It is possible to speed up the water absorption.

Next, the tea bag 1 is within the projection range of the heat insulating lid 10 in a state where the filter bag 21 is in contact with the water absorbent sheet 15. Therefore, when the tea bag is disposed after the tea is extracted, the filter bag 21 does not protrude from the peripheral edge of the heat insulating lid 10, so that the tea bag body 20 is less likely to touch and get wet. Further, although the water is absorbed, the filter bag 21 contains moisture, and there is a possibility that water drops may drip from the filter bag 21, but the filter bag 21 is within the projection range of the heat insulating lid 10. For example, even if a water droplet leaks, it can be retained on the back surface 17 of the filter bag 21.
In addition, since the water absorbent sheet 15 has a surface area equal to or greater than that of the filter bag 21, the water absorbent sheet 15 prevents the moisture from dripping directly onto the heat insulating lid 10 by contacting the filter bag 21 without leakage. The amount of water supplied from the filter bag 21 can be ensured.

  Moreover, since the design image is drawn on the front surface 16 of the heat insulation lid | cover 10, the tea bag 1 can enjoy tea more because the person who looked at it is healed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tea bag 10 Thermal insulation cover 11 Board | substrate 13 Waterproof coating 15 Water absorbing sheet 16 Front surface 17 Back surface 20 Tea bag main body 21 Filtration bag 22 Tea leaf 23 Hinge 30 Tea cup 31 Mouth

Claims (5)

A heat insulating lid having a back surface facing the inside of the tea cup and a front surface opposite to the back surface;
A water absorbent sheet provided on the back surface of the heat insulating lid;
A tea bag body which is fixed to the back surface of the heat insulating lid through a hinge so as to freely rotate forward and backward,
With
When the tea bag body is parallel to the heat retaining lid, the tea bag body makes surface contact with the water absorbent sheet.
Tea bag characterized by that. The tea bag body is
In a state of being in surface contact with the water absorbent sheet in parallel with the heat insulating lid,
It is formed in a planar dimension that fits within the projection range of the heat insulating lid,
The tea bag according to claim 1. The water absorbing sheet is
Having a surface area equal to or greater than the tea bag body,
The tea bag of Claim 1 or Claim 2. The heat insulating lid is
A design image is drawn on the front surface,
The tea bag as described in any one of Claims 1-3. The heat insulating lid is
A water-resistant coating layer is formed on the back surface;
The water-absorbing sheet is attached to the surface of the water-resistant coating layer,
The tea bag as described in any one of Claims 1-4.

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