JPH0126340Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] a. Industrial application field The present invention relates to an automatic tea dispenser, and in particular, it is a method for quickly removing tea leaves that have adhered to the edge of the tea strainer from among the tea leaves supplied from the tea leaf quantitative supply device to the tea strainer. This article relates to new improvements to eliminate the problem.

b. Prior Art Conventionally, a rotary type feeding device is a typical configuration of a tea leaf quantitative feeding device in an automatic tea dispenser that has been used in the past.

In other words, because the tea leaf quantitative supply device is rotating, tea leaves are caught in the gap that exists between the tea caddy and the quantitative supply mechanism, and some of the tea leaves that are quantitatively supplied are
Most of the tea leaves were supplied to the tea infuser body, but even after the tea infuser body passed the fixed position of the tea leaf quantitative supply device, a small amount of tea leaves fell onto the edge of the tea infuser.

c Problems to be solved by the invention However, in the above conventional configuration, when tea leaves fall onto the edge of the tea strainer, wet tea leaves adhere to the edge due to water droplets from pouring hot water. .

Therefore, the adhering tea leaves cannot be removed by reversing the tea strainer, giving an unclean appearance and being susceptible to adhesion of bacteria, which poses a sanitary problem.

d. Means for solving the problems The purpose of the present invention is to provide extremely effective means for quickly eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks, and this invention is intended to achieve this purpose. The gist of the invention is a rotary tea leaf metering section provided in a tea leaf storage tank attached to the main body, a tea leaf supply port provided at the bottom of the tea leaf metering section, and a lower position of the tea leaf supply port. An automatic tea dispenser comprising: a tea strainer movably disposed on the tea strainer; a hot water extractor disposed at a lower position of the tea strainer; and a removal member disposed at the tea leaf supply port; The removal member is composed of a linear body such as a brush or a brush, or a flap portion integrally provided with the tea leaf supply port.

e Effect In the above configuration, when the tea strainer is moved after supplying tea leaves, the edge of the tea strainer and the removal member come into sliding contact, so the tea leaves adhering to the edge are swept away by the removal member, All will be removed.

f. Embodiments Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the automatic tea dispenser according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates a main body that is generally box-shaped as a whole, and a hot tank 2 with a built-in heater (not shown) and for storing hot water is provided at the top of the main body 1. At the same time, a tank lid 3a is provided on the front side 1a of the main body 1.
A tea leaf storage tank 3 and a tea leaf exchanging device 4 are provided, and the hot tank 2 has a water supply nozzle 5.
A water supply valve 6 having a water supply valve 6 is installed.

The tea leaf exchanging device 4 is provided with a tea strainer 7 for holding tea leaves and receiving hot water from the water supply valve 6, a drive motor 11, a micro switch 1b, etc., which operate in conjunction with each other. The tea strainer 7 is configured so that hot water diffused by the water supply nozzle 5 is poured into the tea strainer 7.

A rotary tea leaf quantitative unit 8 is provided at the lower part of the tea leaf storage tank 3, and this tea leaf quantitative unit 8 is rotatably provided in a tea leaf grasping unit 9 having a cylindrical shape as a whole. The portion 8 is provided with a variable quantitative recess 10 that communicates with the inside of the tea leaf storage tank 3, and both the tea leaf quantitative portion 8 and the tea strainer 7 are connected to the drive motor 11.
By operating the drive motor 11, the tea leaf metering unit 8 is rotated, and the tea strainer 7 is configured to move from side to side by the tea leaf exchanging device 4; The operations of the tea leaf quantitative unit 8 and the tea strainer 7 are controlled by a micro switch 1b provided on the back side of the tea leaf storage tank 3 and a control circuit (not shown).

Further, a tea leaf supply port 12 having an open shape is provided at the lower end of the tea leaf quantitative portion 8, and a removal member such as a brush or a brush is provided at a mounting portion 13 formed on the circumferential side of the tea leaf supply port 12. A linear member 14 is attached, and the lower end of the linear member 14 is configured to come into sliding contact with the edge 7a of the tea strainer 7.

At a lower position of the tea strainer 7, a hot water extractor 15 disposed on the front face portion 1a of the main body 1 is provided by a fixing means 15a.
A running water tray 16 and a spilled tea leaf tray 17 are removably attached to the upper part of the tray.
At the bottom of 6, there is an upper outlet 18 and a lower outlet 1.
9 are provided respectively.

The running water tray 16 and the tea leaf spill tray 17
When shown in plan, it is constructed as shown in FIG.
a is formed, and the spilled tea leaf receptacle 17 is joined to the running water receptacle 16.

In the above-described embodiment, the linear member 14 was used as the removing member, but for example, as shown in FIG. Even when the flap portion 20 is used as the exclusion member, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

Next, a case will be described in which the automatic tea dispenser according to the present invention is operated in the above configuration.

As the operating state is shown in FIG. 5, by pressing the operating button (not shown),
The drive motor 11 starts rotating, and the tea strainer 7 moves in the horizontal direction via the tea leaf exchanging device 4, and moves from the lower position of the tea leaf supply port 12, that is, from the position a to the position c in FIG. 5. . Further, as the drive motor 11 rotates, the tea leaf metering section 8 rotates via a connection mechanism (not shown), and the tea leaves in the tea leaf storage tank 3 enter the metering recess 10, and the metering recess 10 is directed downward. , tea leaves are supplied from the tea leaf supply port 12 into the tea strainer 7 which has been moved to the c position.

The tea strainer 7 is controlled to continue moving further to the right even after tea leaves are supplied as described above, and the tea leaf quantitative unit 8 is controlled to continue to rotate counterclockwise. controlled.

In the above-mentioned state, the tea leaves caught in the sliding surface between the tea leaf grasping section 9 and the tea leaf quantifying section 8, which are provided between the tea leaf storage tank 3 and the tea leaf quantifying section 8, are removed from the tea leaf measuring section 8. Due to the rotation of the tea leaves, the tea leaves fall through the tea leaf supply port 12 onto the edge 7a of the tea strainer 7 that is being moved.

Furthermore, when the edge 7a of the tea strainer 7 passes through the linear member 14 or the flap 20, the tea leaves that have fallen onto the edge 7a of the tea strainer 7 are The edge 7a of the tea strainer 7 will be swept, and all the tea leaves that have fallen onto the edge 7a will be removed.

The tea leaves swept as described above fall into a spilled tea tray 17 disposed below the tea leaf supply port 12. The operations of the tea strainer 7 and tea leaf quantitative unit 8 described above are performed by the micro switch 1b,
It is controlled by a drive motor 11 and a control circuit (not shown), and operates so as to stop when the tea strainer 7 reaches a regular position. Further, when discarding the used tea leaves in the tea strainer 7, the tea strainer 7 is moved to position b shown in FIG. 5, reversed so that it is in the opposite position, and the tea is discharged.

In addition, each position a, b, c of the tea strainer 7 is the fifth
This corresponds to the state of the tea leaves at each position a, b, and c shown in the quantitative recess 10 of the tea leaf quantitative unit 8 shown in the figure.

g. Effects of the invention Since the automatic tea dispenser according to the invention has the above-mentioned configuration and function, tea leaves that fall onto the edge 7a of the tea strainer 7 when supplying tea leaves are absorbed by the linear member or the flap. All of the tea leaves are completely removed by the removal member such as the above, and the tea leaves do not get wet and adhere to the edge 7a as in the conventional case, and the tea strainer itself is kept in an extremely clean state, which is extremely convenient from a sanitary standpoint. It is something.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings are for showing a preferred embodiment of the automatic tea dispenser according to the present invention. Fig. 1 is a front view showing the overall configuration, Fig. 2 is a left side view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 1.
Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the main parts in the figure, Figure 4 is a front view of Figure 3, Figure 5 is an enlarged configuration diagram including a partial cross section of the main parts of Figure 1, and Figure 6 is the main part of Figure 5. FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view showing another embodiment of FIG. 6. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Main body, 2...Hot tank, 3...Tea leaf storage tank, 4...Tea leaf exchange device, 6...Water valve, 7...Tea strainer, 7a...Edge, 8...Tea leaf quantitative unit, 9 ... Tea leaf biting part, 10 ... Metering recess, 11 ... Drive motor, 12 ... Tea leaf supply port,
14...A linear member as an exclusion member, 15...Hot water outlet body, 20...A flap portion as an exclusion member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) A rotary tea leaf quantitative unit 8 provided in the tea leaf storage tank 3 attached to the main body 1, and a tea leaf supply port 12 provided at the bottom of the tea leaf quantitative unit 8. ,
A tea strainer 7 movably provided at a lower position of the tea leaf supply port 12, a hot water extractor 15 provided at a lower position of the tea strainer 7, and a removal member provided at the tea leaf supply port 12. An automatic tea dispenser characterized in that the tea dispenser is configured to remove tea leaves adhering to the edge 7a of the tea strainer 7 by the removing member. (2) The automatic tea dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the removing member is a linear member 14. (3) The automatic tea dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the removing member is detachably installed in the tea leaf supply port 12. (4) The automatic tea dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the removal member comprises a flap portion 20 formed at the lower end of the tea leaf supply port 12.