JP7111036B2 - Pouring tool - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pouring tool used for pouring a beverage from a beverage container such as a beverage can into a drinking container such as a cup.

Pourers have been developed for pouring a beverage from a beverage can or the like into a drinking container such as a cup.
For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a pouring tool attached to a beverage can for the purpose of preventing the beverage from suddenly flowing out of the can. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a pouring tool that is placed on a beer mug and used for the purpose of pouring beer from a beer can or the like into a mug while whipping it into a creamy state.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2004-514614 JP 2005-219796 A

As described above, various effects can be expected by using a pouring tool when pouring a beverage from a beverage container such as a beverage can into a drinking container such as a cup. For example, in the case of beer, as described in Patent Literature 2, it can be expected that the beer will be whipped into a creamy state and poured into a mug, and that the act of pouring the beverage itself can be expected to be enjoyed.

By the way, beer is sometimes drunk in a state in which light-colored beer and dark-colored beer such as stout or dark beer are mixed (so-called half-and-half). Normally, one of the two types of beer of different strengths is poured into a drinking container, and then the other beer is poured into the drinking container, which requires the act of pouring twice. Not limited to beer, when drinking as a mixed beverage in which different beverages are mixed, each beverage is similarly poured into the reference container in sequence.
Even when different beverages are mixed and drunk in this way, the user can enjoy the action of pouring the beverage into the drinking container and the surroundings can enjoy watching it.

The present invention has been invented by paying attention to such a situation, and provides a pouring tool that enables a user to prepare a mixed beverage while pouring a beverage from a beverage container into a drinking container with simple operation and enjoyment. The purpose is to make it available.

The pouring tool of the present case consists of a flexible plate and is used by being attached to a plurality of beverage containers. fitting holes respectively fitted to the peripheral wall portions of the outer periphery of the container opening; insertion holes arranged side by side at the other longitudinal end portion of the plate and through which body portions of the plurality of beverage containers are respectively inserted; Arranged in the middle part in the longitudinal direction of the plate, when the body part is inserted into each of the insertion holes and each of the fitting holes is fitted to the peripheral wall part, the plate is curved. and a handle portion formed from the periphery of the fitting hole at the one end of the plate to the plate end on the one end side of the fitting hole, and flowed out from the container opening of each of the beverage containers. It is characterized by having a confluence guide section for receiving and collecting beverages, and a spout section formed at the plate end of the plate for pouring out the beverages collected at the confluence guide section. .

The confluence guide portion includes a flow surface portion formed at the one end portion of the plate so as to gradually narrow in width toward the spout portion, through which the beverage flows, and at each edge in the width direction of the flow surface portion. It is preferable to have a guide wall portion that is bent with respect to the face portion and guides the beverage toward the spout portion.
The plate has a first perforation for forming a bend between the one end and the intermediate portion when attached to the beverage container, and the other end and the above when attached to the beverage container. A second perforation for forming a bend with the intermediate portion, and a third perforation for forming a bend in the guide wall portion with respect to the flow surface portion when the drink container is attached. is preferably formed.
Preferably, the intermediate portion is formed with a pair of holes extending in the longitudinal direction of the plate, and the handle portion is formed between the pair of holes.
It is preferable that the beverage container is a beverage can, and the fitting hole is fitted to the peripheral wall portion on the outer periphery of the neck portion of the beverage can, which is directly below the can lid having the container opening.
Preferably, the beverage is beer.
The plate is preferably made of resin.

According to the pouring tool of the present case, the body portion of each beverage container is inserted into each insertion hole, and each fitting hole is fitted into the peripheral wall portion, thereby forming a curved handle portion and forming a plurality of is attached to the beverage container. By gripping the handle portion and lifting each beverage container together with the pouring tool and pouring the beverage from the spout portion into the drinking container, the beverages in the respective beverage containers are poured into the drinking container while merging at the confluence guide portion. Therefore, it is possible to mix the respective beverages from a plurality of beverage containers and simultaneously pour them into the drinking container in one operation. You can also enjoy watching the situation where multiple drinks merge at the confluence guide.

It is a front view which shows the non-mounting state of the pouring tool concerning one Embodiment. 1 is a perspective view showing a pouring tool according to an embodiment attached to two beer cans (beverage containers), (a) showing the beer cans together, and (b) showing the beer cans removed. . FIG. 10 is a front view showing a first modified example of the spout portion of the pouring tool according to the embodiment; FIG. 11 is a front view showing a second modification of the spout portion of the pouring tool according to the embodiment;

A pouring tool as an embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments shown below are merely examples, and there is no intention to exclude various modifications and application of techniques that are not explicitly described in the following embodiments. Each configuration of this embodiment can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. In addition, they can be selected as necessary, or can be combined as appropriate.

[1. Constitution〕
A pouring tool is used by attaching it to a plurality of beverage containers, and in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. Moreover, the pouring tool 1 according to this embodiment is composed of one flexible plate 10, as shown in FIG. The term "flexibility" as used herein refers to the property of having the flexibility to bend the surface while having a certain surface rigidity. From this point of view, for example, a resin (synthetic resin) material or resin-coated paper material can be applied to the material of the plate 10 .

The longitudinal direction LD and the width direction CD of the plate 10 are shown in FIG. The vertical direction LD is the direction along which the intermediate portion 10B of the plate 10 described later is along the cylinder axis direction of the beer can 2 when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2 . The width direction CD is a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction LD of the plate 10 (the plate 10 is considered two-dimensional with thickness ignored).
As shown in FIG. 1, the plate 10 is formed line-symmetrically with respect to the center in the width direction, is formed in a substantially pentagonal shape, and each corner is formed in a smooth curved shape.

The plate 10 includes one end portion 10A located on one end side (upper side in FIG. 2) of the vertical direction LD, the other end portion 10C located on the other end side (lower side in FIG. 2) of the vertical direction LD, and a vertical direction LD. It is divided into an intermediate portion 10B located in the middle. The one end portion 10A has a pointed, substantially pentagonal shape, the other end portion 10C has a substantially rectangular shape, and the intermediate portion 10B has a rectangular shape.

Here, the beer can 2 will be explained. As shown in FIG. 2, the beer can 2 has a cylindrical body portion 21 integrally formed with the bottom portion, and a neck portion 23 formed at the upper end portion of the body portion 21 so as to be gradually reduced in diameter. , a lid portion 22 that is tightly fitted so as to wrap the outer periphery of the upper edge of the neck portion 23 and is liquid-tightly fitted, and an opening (container opening portion) that is formed in the lid portion 22 and is formed by performing an opening operation. 24. Therefore, the outer diameter of the neck portion 23 is smaller than the outer diameter of the lid portion 22 directly above, and the neck portion 23 is the smallest outer diameter portion of the beer can 2 .

As shown in FIG. 1, on one end 10A of the plate 10, when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2 (hereinafter also simply referred to as "at the time of attachment", see FIG. 2), the upper end of each beer can 2 is provided. Two circular fitting holes 11 to be fitted into the neck portion (peripheral wall portion) 23 are formed side by side in the width direction CD. The inner diameter of the fitting hole 11 is set to be the same as the outer diameter of the neck portion 23 or slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the neck portion 23 .

The other end portion 10C of the plate 10 is formed with two circular insertion holes 12 arranged side by side in the width direction CD, through which the body portions 21 of the two beer cans 2 are inserted when mounted. The inner diameter dimension of the insertion hole 12 is set to be the same as the outer diameter dimension of the body portion 21 or slightly larger than the outer diameter dimension of the body portion 21 .

A pair of holes 13, 13 extending in the longitudinal direction LD are formed in the intermediate portion 10B of the plate 10, and a handle portion 14 is formed between the pair of holes 13, 13 so that it can be gripped when mounted. there is The edges of the holes 13, 13 are rounded and, in particular, the adjacent edges of the holes 13, 13 forming the handle 14 are curved.

Further, at one end portion 10A of the plate 10, from the periphery of each fitting hole 11 to the plate end portion 10E on the one end side of each fitting hole 11, when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2, each beer can A confluence guide portion 15 is formed to receive and collect the beer (beverage) flowing out from the two openings (container opening) 24 .
Further, the plate end portion 10E of the plate 10 is formed with a spout portion 16 for pouring out the beer from the joining guide portion 15 which is gathered at the joining guide portion 15 when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2. .

The confluence guide portion 15 is formed so as to gradually narrow its width toward the spout portion 16, and includes a flow surface portion 15A through which beer flows when pouring beer, and vertically upward portions at each edge in the width direction of the flow surface portion 15A. and a guide wall portion 15B which is bent with respect to the flow surface portion 15A and guides the beer toward the spout portion 16. - 特許庁
The spout portion 16 is formed in a simple concave curved shape in a front view (see FIG. 1) by curving out a curved portion of the tip of the guide wall portion 15B (on the side of the plate end portion 10E) near the flow surface portion 15A. ing.

Further, the plate 10 is formed with bending perforations 17A, 17B, and 17C for bending the main portion of the plate 10 when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2. As shown in FIG.
The first perforation 17A is formed along the width direction CD between the one end 10A and the intermediate portion 10B, and when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2, the first perforation 17A is formed between the one end 10A and the intermediate portion 10B. used to bend the
The second perforations 17B are formed along the width direction CD between the other end portion 10C and the intermediate portion 10B, and when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2, the other end portion 10C and the intermediate portion 10B are aligned. Used to form bends between
The third perforations 17C are formed along the inclined edge of the one end portion 10A, and are used to bend the guide wall portion 15B with respect to the flow surface portion 15A when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2. Used.

The first perforation 17A is formed so as to be bisected at its intermediate portion (widthwise intermediate portion), and a reinforcing perforation 17D is formed between the two first perforations 17A.
This reinforcing perforation 17D is formed in a rhombus shape, and when the pouring tool 1 is attached to the beer can 2 and the handle part 14 is gripped to lift the pouring tool 1 together with the beer can 2, the reinforcing perforation 17D is formed. , the first perforations 17A are three-dimensionally bent to improve the rigidity and suppress the bending of the pouring tool 1. As shown in FIG.

[2. Action and effect]
The pouring tool 1 formed in this way can be stored as a flat plate as shown in FIG. Assemble to

Here, an example of the procedure for mounting will be described.
First, from one side of the plate 10, the body portions 21 of the beer cans 2 are inserted through the insertion holes 12 of the other end portion 10C.
Since the inner diameter of the insertion hole 12 is set to be the same as or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the body portion 21, such insertion is easy, and after the insertion, the body portion can be removed. 21 is not easily detached from the insertion hole 12.例文帳に追加

Next, a crease is made at the perforation 17A to bend the one end portion 10A and the middle portion 10B, and a crease is made at the perforation 17B to bend the other end portion 10C and the middle portion 10B. Then, while curving the intermediate portion 10B of the plate 10, each fitting hole 11 of the one end portion 10A is fitted into the neck portion (peripheral wall portion) 23 of the upper end of the corresponding beer can 2. As shown in FIG.
A pair of holes 13, 13 extending in the longitudinal direction LD are formed in the intermediate portion 10B to reduce bending rigidity, so that the intermediate portion 10B of the plate 10 can be flexibly curved.

The inner diameter of the fitting hole 11 is set to be the same as or slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the neck portion 23 . Since there is a lid portion 22 having a large outer diameter, when the fitting hole 11 is fitted to the neck portion 23 of the beer can 2, the periphery of the fitting hole 11 is slightly elastically deformed. After fitting the fitting hole 11 into the neck portion 23 , the lid portion 22 prevents the fitting hole 11 from coming off the neck portion 23 .

Further, a crease is made at the perforation 17C, and each guide wall portion 15B is bent vertically upward with respect to the flow surface portion 15A.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the attachment of the pouring tool 1 to the beer can 2 is completed, and the pouring tool 1 is assembled in a predetermined three-dimensional manner.
Before and after attaching the pouring tool 1 to the beer can 2, the opening (container opening) 24 formed in the lid portion 22 of the beer can 2 is opened.

In order to pour beer into a drinking container such as a cup or a mug, the handle portion 14 is grasped, the beer cans 2 are lifted together with the pouring tool 1, and the pouring tool 1 is placed on the drinking container with the spout portion 16 placed thereon. The beer is made to flow out from the opening 24 of the beer can 2 by tilting it. Beer is poured into the drinking container from the spout 16 by its own weight while being guided by the flow surface 15A and the guide wall 15B of the confluence guide 15. As shown in FIG. At this time, the beer in the beer can 2 is poured into the drinking container while being joined at the joining guide part 15. - 特許庁

Therefore, if one of the two beer cans 2 contains a light-colored beer and the other contains a dark-colored beer, these beers are mixed in one operation and simultaneously poured into a drinking container, which is called a so-called. , can be drunk as a half-and-half beer. This simplifies the pouring operation, and allows the user to visually enjoy the situation in which a plurality of beers join together at the joining guide section 15.例文帳に追加
Also, when pouring beer while gripping the handle 14, the reinforcing perforations 17D improve the rigidity of the upper part of the handle 14 and suppress bending of this portion, so that the pouring operation can be performed in a stable state. can be done.

[3. Modification]
As shown in FIG. 1, the spout portion 16 of the present embodiment is formed in a simple single concave curved shape, but the pouring spout portion 16 is formed in the shape of a creamy foam when the beer is poured. Then, for example, the spout portions 16A and 16B may be formed in a front view shape as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, or may be set in an appropriate shape. In FIGS. 3 and 4, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1 denote the same components, and the description thereof is omitted.

The pour spout portion 16A of the modified example shown in FIG. 3 is formed of three thin concave curved grooves, and beer is poured while gathering from each groove. During the assembly of this beer, air is mixed with the beer to form a creamy foam.
The pour spout portion 16B of the modified example shown in FIG. 4 is formed of two thin concave curved grooves, and beer is poured while gathering from each groove. During the assembly of this beer, air is mixed with the beer to form a creamy foam.
Also, in the reinforcing perforations 17D' of the modified example, minute holes are formed at the corners of the four sides. Rigidity around the reinforcing perforations 17D' can be adjusted by the minute holes.

[4. others〕
Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention may be implemented as follows.
For example, in the above embodiment, the inner diameter of the fitting hole 11 is set to be the same as or slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the neck portion 23 . The neck portion 23 is brought into close contact with the inner periphery without a gap so that the beer does not leak from the gap between the fitting hole 11 and the neck portion 23. - 特許庁Actually, even if the neck portion 23 does not come into close contact with the inner periphery of the fitting hole 11, it is considered that the beer will not leak out, or if it does, the leakage will be slight. Therefore, the inner diameter dimension of the fitting hole 11 may be set slightly larger than the outer diameter dimension of the neck portion 23 .

Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, the beer can 2 is illustrated as a beverage container, but the pouring tool may be applied to a beverage can for other beverages, or may be applied to a beverage bottle. When applied to various beverage cans and beverage bottles, the size and arrangement of the fitting hole 11, insertion hole 12, hole 13, and handle 14 may be set according to the size of each can or bottle. The rigidity (material and plate thickness) of cans and bottles should be set according to the weight of each can or bottle.
In either case, it is possible to pour the beverage from the beverage container into the beverage container to prepare the mixed beverage with simple operation and enjoyment.

1 pourer 2 beer can (beverage container)
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 Plate 10A One end of plate 10 10B Intermediate portion of plate 10 10C Other end of plate 10 10E Plate end 11 Fitting hole 12 Insertion hole 13 Hole 14 Handle portion 15 Merging guide portion 15A Flow surface portion 15B Guide wall portion 16 , 16A, 16B spout portion 17A, 17B, 17C perforation for bending 17D, 17D' perforation for reinforcement 21 body portion of beer can 2 22 lid portion of beer can 2 23 neck portion (peripheral wall portion) of beer can 2
24 Opening of beer can 2 (container opening)
Vertical direction of LD plate 10 Width direction of CD plate 10

Claims (7)

A pouring tool made of a flexible plate and used by being attached to a plurality of beverage containers,
Fitting holes arranged side by side at one end of the plate in the vertical direction and fitted to the peripheral wall portions of the outer periphery of the container opening at the upper end of the plurality of beverage containers,
an insertion hole arranged side by side at the other end in the vertical direction of the plate and through which the body portions of the plurality of beverage containers are respectively inserted;
Arranged in the middle part in the longitudinal direction of the plate, when the body part is inserted into each of the insertion holes and each of the fitting holes is fitted to the peripheral wall part, the plate is curved. a handle that
It is formed from the periphery of the fitting hole at the one end of the plate to the plate end on the one end side from the fitting hole, and receives and gathers the beverage that has flowed out from the container opening of each of the beverage containers. a merging guide section for
and a pouring spout formed at the plate end of the plate for pouring out the beverage gathered at the confluence guide. The confluence guide section
a flow surface portion formed at the one end portion of the plate so as to gradually narrow toward the spout portion and through which the beverage flows;
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a guide wall portion bent with respect to the flow surface portion at each edge in the width direction of the flow surface portion and guiding the beverage toward the spout portion. pourer. The plate has
a first perforation for forming a bend between the one end portion and the intermediate portion when attached to the beverage container;
a second perforation for forming a bend between the other end portion and the intermediate portion when attached to the beverage container;
3. The pouring tool according to claim 2, further comprising: a third perforation for bending the guide wall portion with respect to the flow surface portion when the pouring tool is attached to the beverage container. A pair of holes extending in the longitudinal direction of the plate are formed in the intermediate portion,
4. The pouring tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the handle portion is formed between the pair of holes. The beverage container is a beverage can,
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the fitting hole is fitted to the peripheral wall portion on the outer periphery of the neck portion of the beverage can just below the can lid having the container opening of the beverage can. Pourer as described. The pouring tool according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the beverage is beer. The pouring tool according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the plate is made of resin.

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