JP4123489B2 - Black tea leaf cartridge for black tea extractor - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a tea liquid comprising a tank to which hot water is supplied, a communicating portion between the tank and the inside of the tank, and a holder capable of reciprocating between the communicating portion and the tea leaf supplying portion located around the tank. The present invention relates to a tea leaf cartridge used in an extraction device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when extracting tea liquid using the above-described tea liquid extraction device, in the tea leaf supply unit, a filter is set in a recess provided in the holder, and an appropriate amount of black tea leaf is placed on the filter. At the same time, the hot water was supplied to the tank and the tea leaves were jumped in the tank, that is, the tea leaves were steamed to extract the tea liquid.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the past, when extracting black tea liquid, it is necessary to perform an operation of setting a filter in the holder of the black tea liquid extraction device and an operation of placing a predetermined amount of black tea leaves on the filter on the holder. At the time of serving, care must be taken not to sprinkle the tea leaves, and eventually, there is a problem that the work of supplying tea leaves to the tea liquid extraction device is complicated and troublesome, It has been a conventional problem to solve this problem.
[0004]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tea leaf cartridge for a tea extractor that can very simply perform the operation of supplying tea leaves to the tea extractor. It is said.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction device according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a tank to which hot water is supplied, a communication portion located at the bottom of the tank and communicating with the inside, and the communication portion and the periphery of the tank. A holder capable of reciprocating between the tea leaf supply unit and a drainable holder, a supply path for communicating with the tank and pouring the tea liquid extracted in the tank, and a communication unit located below the tank A tea leaf cartridge for use in a tea liquid extraction device having a discharge container communicating with the container, wherein the tea leaf cartridge stores a predetermined amount of tea leaf and is set in the holder with the opening facing upward , and the holder is connected to the communicating portion. a cartridge body which is open to the tank interior in a state of being moved to, together with and a sealing cover to be peeled off the opening of the cartridge body, a portion of the cartridge body or entirely Iruta are characterized in that the formed and Aru configured as has the construction of the tea-liquid extraction apparatus for a black tea cartridge as a means for solving the conventional problems described above.
[0006]
The tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction device according to claim 2 of the present invention is provided with a pinch margin at the end of the seal covering the opening of the cartridge main body, and the seal is peeled off from the cartridge main body by picking and pulling the pinch margin. It has a possible configuration.
[0010]
The tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquid extraction apparatus according to the present invention can adopt any packaging specifications of vacuum bagging and vacuum boxing in distribution, but is preferably boxed for easy arrangement.
[0011]
[Effects of the Invention]
In the tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquid extraction apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, when extracting black tea liquid, in the black tea leaf supply section, the cartridge body with the seal peeled off is set in the holder of the black tea liquid extraction apparatus. When pushed into the communicating portion together with the holder, the cartridge main body storing a predetermined amount of tea leaves is set in the communicating portion with its opening facing the inside of the tank.
[0012]
In other words, in addition to facilitating handling until the tea liquid is extracted after being set in the black tea liquid extraction device, it is not necessary to perform the operation of placing black tea leaves on the holder. Supply work is extremely simple.
In addition, in the tea leaf cartridge for the black tea liquid extraction device, when the remaining liquid from which the astringent taste of tannin has been extracted is poured into the discharge container after extraction of the black tea liquid, some or all of the used tea leaves (tea husk) are partly or entirely. Is housed in the cartridge body formed as a filter, and if the tea leaves are discarded while being housed in the cartridge body, the tea leaves can be easily cleaned.
[0013]
In the tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction apparatus according to claim 2 of the present invention, the seal can be peeled off from the cartridge main body simply by picking and pulling the seal allowance, so that the opening of the cartridge main body can be easily opened.
[0016]
【Example】
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0017]
1 to 5 show an embodiment of a tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction apparatus according to the present invention.
[0018]
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the tea liquid extraction device 10 in which the tea leaf cartridge 1 is used includes a box-shaped device main body 11 having a cup holder 11 a, and a tank 12 accommodated in the device main body 11. , A hot water supply unit 13 for supplying hot water to the tank 12, a communication unit 14 that is located at the bottom of the tank 12 and communicates with the inside, and is located around the communication unit 14 and the tank 12. A holder 16 that can reciprocate between the tea leaf supply unit 15 set outside, a stirring unit 17 that stirs hot water and tea leaf supplied to the tank 12, and a tank 12 that communicates with the tank 12 in the tank 12. A supply path 18 for pouring the extracted black tea liquid and a discharge container 19 that is located below the tank 12 and communicates with the communication part 14 are provided.
[0019]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the tea leaf cartridge 1 for the tea liquid extraction device 10 accommodates a predetermined amount of tea leaf L, and the opening 2 faces the inside of the tank 12, that is, the opening 2 is opened. A plastic cartridge body 3 fitted into a mortar-shaped recess 16a formed in the center of the holder 16 facing upward, and a seal 4 that covers the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 so as to be peeled off; A pinch allowance 5 is provided at the end of the seal 4, and the seal 4 can be peeled off from the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 by picking and pulling the pick allowance 5.
[0020]
In this case, a drainage hole 6 is provided in the center of the cartridge body 3 to allow the remaining liquid extracted from the astringent taste due to tannin to flow into the discharge container 19, and this sheet 7 is made of a chemical fiber or paper sheet having water permeability. A part of the cartridge body 3 is formed as a filter by covering the drainage hole 6.
[0021]
In the tea leaf cartridge 1 for the tea liquid extraction device 10, when extracting the tea liquid T, first, as shown in FIG. 1A, the cartridge main body 3 from which the seal 4 is peeled off in the tea leaf supply unit 15. Is fitted into the mortar-shaped recess 16a of the holder 16 of the tea liquid extraction device 10.
[0022]
Next, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), when the tea leaf cartridge 1 is pushed into the communicating portion 14 together with the holder 16, the cartridge body 3 containing a predetermined amount of tea leaf L faces its opening 2 toward the inside of the tank 12. In this state, the communication unit 14 is set.
[0023]
Therefore, the tea leaf cartridge 1 is very easy to handle until it is set in the tea liquor extraction apparatus 10 and the tea liquor T is extracted. Therefore, the operation for supplying the tea leaf L to the black tea liquid extraction device 10 is extremely simple.
[0024]
Further, in this tea leaf cartridge 1, the seal 4 can be peeled off from the cartridge body 3 simply by picking and pulling the tab 5 of the seal 4, so that the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 can be easily opened.
[0025]
Furthermore, in this tea leaf cartridge 1, since a part of the cartridge body 3 is formed as a filter, the remaining liquid from which the astringent taste due to tannin is extracted is provided in the center of the holder 16 after the tea liquid T is extracted. When flowing into the discharge container 19 through the through-hole 16b, the tea shell La is accommodated in the cartridge body 3. As a result, if the tea shell La is discarded while being accommodated in the cartridge body 3, the tea shell La can be easily cleaned up. Will be made.
[0026]
Figure 6 shows an application example of Do tea-liquid extraction apparatus for a tea leaf cartridge according to the present invention.
[0027]
In the tea leaf cartridge 21 shown in FIG. 6, the seal 24 covering the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 is attached to the tea liquid at the stage where it is set in the holder 16 of the tea liquid extraction device 10 </ b> A and sent from the tea leaf supply unit 15 to the communication unit 14. The cutter 20 provided in the extraction device 10A can be cut by moving it in the left direction in the drawing, and the other configuration is the same as that of the tea leaf cartridge 1 according to the previous embodiment.
[0028]
In this tea leaf cartridge 21, the seal 24 is cut when the cutter 20 of the tea liquid extraction device 10 </ b> A is moved in the left direction in the figure, so that the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 can be easily opened at the communicating portion 14. .
[0029]
That is, in this tea leaf cartridge 21, the risk of scattering the tea leaf L is further reduced as compared with the tea leaf cartridge 1 according to the embodiment where the seal 4 is peeled off in advance, and the opening of the cartridge body 3 is opened. 2 can be opened easily.
[0030]
FIG. 7 shows another application example of the tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquid extraction apparatus according to the present invention.
[0031]
In the tea leaf cartridge 31 shown in FIG. 7, the communicating portion 14 of the seal 34 that covers the opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 is set in the holder 16 of the tea liquid extraction device 10 </ b> B and sent from the tea leaf supply portion 15 to the communicating portion 14. The hook 34a provided in the side pinch allowance 35 is engaged with the engagement protrusion (engagement portion) 30 provided in the black tea liquid extraction device 10B so that the seal 34 can be peeled off from the cartridge body 3. ing.
[0032]
In the tea leaf cartridge 31, a hook hole provided in a knob 35 on the communicating portion 14 side of the seal 34 when the tea leaf cartridge 31 is set in the holder 16 of the tea liquid extracting device 10 </ b> B and fed from the tea leaf supply portion 15 to the communicating portion 14. If 35a is locked to the locking protrusion 30 provided in the tea liquid extraction apparatus 10B, the seal 34 is automatically peeled off from the cartridge body 3 at the same time as being pushed into the communicating portion 14 together with the holder 16, and accordingly, The opening 2 of the cartridge body 3 can be opened more easily.
[0033]
In the above-described embodiments and application examples , the tea leaf cartridges 1, 21, 31 for black tea liquid extraction apparatus according to the present invention are located at the bottom of the tank 12 of the black tea liquid extraction apparatus 10 (10A, 10B) and communicate with the inside. Although the case where it sets to the communication part 14 was shown , for example, in the case of an application example , as shown in FIG. 8, the communication part 14C is used for the tea liquid extraction apparatus 10C set to the upper part of the tank 12, Although not shown, it can be used for a tea liquid extraction device set on the side, and at this time, it is necessary to use a tea strainer filter F at the bottom of the tank 12.
[0034]
In the embodiment described above, the drainage hole 6 is provided at the center of the cartridge body 3 and the drainage hole 6 is covered with the sheet 7 so that the center of the cartridge body 3 functions as a filter. As shown by phantom lines in FIG. 9, drainage holes 6A are provided at a plurality of locations on the cartridge body 3, and each of these drainage holes 6A is covered with a sheet so that a part of the cartridge body 3 functions as a filter. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 10, the cartridge body 3A may be formed from a member such as chemical fiber or paper having water permeability so that the entire cartridge body 3A functions as a filter.
[0035]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the tea leaf cartridges 1, 21, 31 for the tea liquid extraction device according to the present invention are fitted in the bowl-shaped recess 16a of the holder 16 in the tea liquid extraction device 10 (10A, 10B). However, the shape of the tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquid extraction device can be appropriately changed according to the shape of the concave portion of the holder.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, since the tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquid extraction device according to claim 1 of the present invention has the above-described configuration, it is easy to handle until it is set in the tea liquid extraction device and the tea liquid is extracted. In addition to the excellent effect that it is possible to supply black tea leaves to the black tea liquid extraction device very easily, and clean up the tea shells after extraction of black tea liquid. An extremely excellent effect is obtained .
[Brief description of the drawings]
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional explanatory view (a) when set in a holder of a tea liquid extraction device showing an embodiment of a tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction device according to the present invention, and when it is fed into a communicating portion together with the holder It is a section explanatory view (b).
FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory view (a) showing a state before peeling off the sticker of the tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquid extraction apparatus in FIG. 1, a perspective explanatory view (b) showing a state in the middle of peeling off the seal, and a seal; It is sectional explanatory drawing (c) which shows the state in the middle of peeling.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing a state in which the tea leaf cartridge for the black tea liquid extraction device according to the present invention is set in the black tea liquid extraction device and the black tea leaf is jumped.
4 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing a situation where black tea is poured into the pot from the black tea liquid extraction device shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a perspective explanatory view of a holder of the tea liquid extraction device shown in FIG. 3;
[6] The present invention relating black tea liquid extraction apparatus for a tea leaf cartridge sectional view when setting the holder tea-liquid extraction apparatus showing an application example of (a) and seals the communication portion when being torn by a cutter It is a section explanatory view (b).
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional explanatory view (a) when set to a holder of a tea leaf extraction device showing another application example of the tea leaf cartridge for the tea leaf extraction device according to the present invention, and a seal that is fed into the communicating portion together with the holder. It is sectional explanatory drawing (b) when is peeled off automatically.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory cross-sectional view showing a situation in which the tea leaf cartridge for a black tea liquid extraction device according to the present invention is used in a black tea liquid extraction device in which a communicating portion is set at the upper part of the tank.
FIG. 9 is a perspective explanatory view showing another configuration example in which a part of the cartridge main body of the tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquid extraction apparatus according to the present invention functions as a filter.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional explanatory view in the case where the entire cartridge body of the tea leaf cartridge for the tea liquid extraction apparatus according to the present invention functions as a filter.
[Explanation of symbols]
1,21,31 Black tea leaf cartridge for black tea liquid extraction device 2 Opening 3 Cartridge body 4, 24, 34 Seal 5, 35 Picking margin 10, 10A, 10B Black tea liquid extraction device 12 Tank 14 Communication portion 15 Black tea leaf supply portion 16 Holder 18 Supply path 19 Discharge container 20 Cutter 30 Locking protrusion (locking part)
L black tea leaf T black tea liquid

Claims (2)

It is possible to reciprocate and drain water between a tank to which hot water is supplied, a communication portion located at the bottom of the tank and communicating with the inside, and a tea leaf supply portion located around the communication portion and the tank. It is used for a tea liquid extraction device comprising a holder, a supply path that is connected to the tank to pour out tea liquid extracted in the tank, and a discharge container that is located below the tank and communicates with the communication section. A tea leaf cartridge,
A cartridge body which is open to the interior of the tank in a state of moving the holder to the communicating portion while being set in the holder accommodating the predetermined amount of tea leaves and toward the opening upwards, enables peeled off the opening of the cartridge body A tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction device, characterized in that a part of or all of the cartridge body is formed as a filter .   The tea leaf cartridge for a tea liquid extraction device according to claim 1, wherein a pinch allowance is provided at an end portion of the seal covering the opening of the cartridge main body, and the sticker is picked and pulled to remove the seal from the cartridge main body.

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