JPH0236823A - Cartridge and material supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the supply of a material such as coffee, green tea or the like, by covering the bottom surface of a container body storing therein the material with a resiliently deformable bottom plate, and by supporting the bottom plate at both sides with band-like suspending plate having their upper ends which are secured to the inner wall surface of the container body at opposite positions. CONSTITUTION:A cartridge 10 having its bottom plate 14 which is cut, is inserted into a guide member 28. When the cartridge 10 is pushed down, the bottom plate 14 and a thin plate 37 is bent and folded so as to be formed into a convex shape along the center line. Further, suspending plates 18 for the cartridge 10 is curved toward the center. When the cartridge is further pushed down, the lower end edge of the cartridge 10 abuts against the upper end edge of a rising wall 30b of a funnel 30, and therefore it is pushed down together with the guide member 28 and an elevating member 24. When the cartridge 10 is lowered to a position where a spherical body 24 in a lower holding hole of the elevating member is fitted into a lower recess groove, the bottom plate 14 is bent and folded along the center line in a convex shape condition so that the bottom surface is widely opened. Thereby, a material in the cartridge 10 is shot into a storage box through the funnel 30 and a communication pipe 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a replacement cartridge for storing coffee, etc., and a material for setting this cartridge in a beverage extraction device for extracting coffee, black tea, green tea, etc. Regarding the supply device.

(Prior Art) Beverage extraction devices for extracting coffee, black tea, green tea, etc. are known.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a conventional beverage brewing device.

A storage box 2 is provided in a casing 1 of a beverage brewing device in which materials such as coffee are stored in advance. A fixed amount of material is supplied from the storage box 2 to the mixing section 3, and a fixed amount of hot water is supplied to the mixing section 3 from the storage tank 4 in which hot water is stored, and the material and hot water are stirred in the mixing section 3. It is supplied to a container 5 such as a pot.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, when storing materials in the storage box 2, it is necessary to open the bag containing the materials and to pull the storage box 2 forward from the casing one by one. It is troublesome and time consuming. Further, there were also problems such as powdered materials flying up when the materials in the bag were put into the storage box 2.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cartridge and a material supply device that facilitate the supply of materials.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes the following configuration.

That is, the curl ridge of the present invention covers the bottom of a cylindrical container body that has a lid and stores materials such as coffee and green tea inside with an elastically deformable bottom plate, and pushes up the bottom plate appropriately. Both sides of the bottom plate were supported by elastically deformable band-shaped hanging plates with two wires fixed at opposing positions on the inner wall surface of the container body, so that the bottom plate could be bent upwardly at its center line when pushed up by a member. It is characterized by

In addition, when the cartridge is inserted into the guide cylinder from the bottom plate side, the material supply device pushes up the center of the bottom plate against the elastic force of the bottom plate and the hanging plate, and bends the bottom plate upward at its center line to form a convex shape for the cartridge. Install a pressure piece at a predetermined height to release the cartridge, insert the car I ridge into the guide tube, and with the bottom plate of the cartridge open, insert the retainer to prevent the cartridge from coming out from the guide tube. It is characterized by having been established.

Furthermore, the material supply device is provided with a cylindrical elevating body that slides on the inner circumferential surface of the guide tube to move up and down, and has sphere holding holes opened in the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface of the elevating body. A plurality of spheres are provided, and a plurality of spheres having rigidity and having a diameter larger than the wall thickness of the elevating body are stored in the sphere holding holes of the elevating body so that a part of the spheres can protrude toward the circumferential surface of the elevating body. In the raised position of the elevating body, four upper A positioning parts are provided on the inner circumferential surface of the guide cylinder, in which the sphere fits loosely between the sphere and the sphere holding hole, and in the raised position of the elevating body,
When inserting the cartridge into the elevating body with the bottom plate side at the beginning, the lower edge of the car 1 helicopter will hit, causing the elevating body to slide into car 1.
It is also possible to provide a stopper that allows the ball to be pushed down together with the helix on the circumferential surface of the elevating body below the sphere holding hole.

(effect) Next, the operation of the present invention will be described.

Materials such as coffee stored in the cartridge do not come out of the cartridge because the bottom plate is supported by a hanging plate.

Also, when the cartridge is inserted into the guide cylinder, the pressing piece pushes up the bottom plate, bends the bottom plate upward at its center line, and the bottom of the cartridge opens, causing the coffee and other materials inside the cartridge to fall out. do.

Furthermore, when the material supply device inserts the cartridge into the elevating body, the lower edge of the curl ridge hits the stopper and the elevating body and the cartridge are pushed down together, inside the sphere holding hole of the elevating body. The sphere comes out of the four ascending positioning parts. Then, a part of the sphere pushed down together with the elevating body protrudes toward the circumferential surface of the elevating body and holds the cartridge.

(Embodiments) Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of the Kerr 1 heritage, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial sectional view of the bottom plate portion.

The general reference numeral 10 indicates a replacement cartridge containing ingredients such as coffee, black tea, green tea, etc. Cylindrical container body 10
A top plate 12 and a bottom plate 14 as a lid are fixed to a.

Since the top plate 12 and the bottom plate 14 have the same structure, only the structure of the bottom plate 14 will be described with reference to FIG. 3, and a description of the top plate 12 will be omitted. At the center of the bottom plate 14 is a container body 10a.
A fitting portion 16 is formed that protrudes upward and has approximately the same diameter as the inner diameter of the fitting portion 16 . Further, a standing edge 17 is formed around the bottom plate 14 . The container body 10a is fitted into the fitting portion 16 of the bottom plate 14 and fixed by adhesive or welding.

A band-shaped hanging plate 18 is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the container body 10a so as to face each other. The lower end of this hanging plate 18 is
It is bent inward by about 45 degrees, and its tip is fixed to the bottom plate 14.

To assemble, place the hanging plate 1 inside the container body 10a.
8 is fixed, the bottom plate 14 is supported by this hanging plate 18, and after being fixed to the container body 10a, materials such as coffee are stored, and the top plate 12 is fixed in the same way as the bottom plate 14.

Inside the cartridge 10 configured as above, the bottom plate 1
4 along the container body 14a (as shown by the broken line in FIG. 1), the weight of the material is added to the bottom plate 14, but the hanging plate 1
8 supports the bottom plate 14, so the material does not come out. Further, in order to release the material inside the cartridge, the bottom plate 14 may be pushed up by a suitable pushing up member and bent into an upwardly convex state.

In addition, since the fitting portion 16 and the raised edge 17 are formed on the bottom plate 14 and the top plate 12, sufficient strength can be obtained. Although the cartridge 10 of this embodiment is made of elastically deformable synthetic resin, it is sufficient if at least the bottom plate 14 is made of elastically deformable synthetic resin.

Next, a description will be given of a material supply device in which a cartridge is set with the bottom surface of the cartridge open. Fourth
The figure is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which the cartridge is inserted into the material supply device.

20 is a communicating vibe that stands up from a storage box (not shown) for accommodating the material in the cartridge 10.

Note that the storage box (not shown) is housed in the casing, for example as shown in the conventional example, and the communication vibrator 20 has its lower end inserted into the storage chamber (not shown) and its upper end penetrated through the casing and connected to the upper surface of the casing. A material supply device is connected to the upper end of the communication pipe 20 . Further, the material supply device is appropriately covered with a cover.

A guide cylinder 2z whose diameter is larger than that of the communication pipe 20 is fixed to the second line of the communication pipe 20. The opening of the bottom 22a of this guide tube 22 [1 part 22b connects to the vibe 20
are connected. An elevating body 24 that slides on the inner peripheral surface of the guide wall 22c of the guide cylinder 22 and moves up and down is provided. This elevating body 24 has at least three parallel virtual planes forming each virtual plane at the upper and lower parts.
Two holding holes 24h and two non-holding holes 24fl are respectively formed. Each ball holding hole 24h and non-holding hole 2
4Q are each formed to penetrate the wall surface of the elevating body 24 (see FIG. 8).

Each ball holding hole 24h and non-holding hole 24°C have an elevating body 2
Sphere 2 as a rigid body with a diameter larger than the wall thickness of 4
6... is stored. An elastic cylindrical guide member 28 is fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the elevating body 24 so as to close the openings on the inner circumferential surface of each ball holding hole 24h and non-holding hole 24Q of the elevating body 24. . This guide member 28 prevents the spheres 26 from jumping out inside the elevating body 14, and urges the spheres 26 toward the outer circumference of the elevating body 14.

A row i-30 is fixed to the middle part of the inner peripheral surface of the guide member 28. An upright wall 30b at the upper end edge of the constricted portion 30a of the funnel 30 is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the guide member 28.

The upper end edges of the standing walls 30b of the rows 1 to 30 are grooves on which the lower ends of the cartridges 10 come into contact when the cartridges 10 are inserted. Further, a guide pipe 32 provided continuously at the lower end of the constricted portion 30a extends downward and fits into the communication pipe 20.

Upper grooves 34 for upward positioning are provided at the upper and lower ends of the inner circumferential surface of the guide wall 22c of the guide tube 22, respectively.
) and a lower opening groove 340 for lowering positioning. At the raised position of the elevating body 24, the -hi holding hole 2411
The inner spheres 26 are urged in the outer circumferential direction by the elastic force of the guide member 28 and fitted into the upper groove 34h. FIG. 6 shows the fitted state of the sphere 26. Similarly, the elevating body 24
At the lowered position, the spheres 26 in the non-retaining hole 24Ω are urged in the outer circumferential direction by the elastic force of the guide member 28, and the lower opening groove 3
4- It is fitted into Q.

Furthermore, a pressing piece 36 is placed slightly above the opening of the funnel 30.
is arranged, and a thin plate 37 made of synthetic resin is fixed to the upper surface of this pressing piece 36. The pressing piece 36 is connected to the communication pipe 20
The support rod 38 has one end fixed to the support rod 38.

Further, a thin plate-like spring ring 40 for regulating the ascending position of the elevating body 24 is fixed to the upper edge of the guide wall 22c.

Next, the operation of loading the cartridge into the cellar 1 using the material supply device will be explained.

(a+ Cut the periphery of the bottom plate 14 of the cartridge 10 along the container body 10a.
(See FIG. 4).

Then, the bottom plate 14 of the cartridge 10 comes into contact with the thin plate 37. Further, when the cartridge 10 is pushed down, the bottom plate 14
And the thin plate 37 is bent upwardly at the center line. Then, the hanging plates 18 of the cartridge 10 are curved so as to wrap around each other above the center (see FIG. 5).

(b) When the cartridge 10 is further pushed down,
The lower edge of the car I ridge 10 is the upright wall 30 of the funnel 30
b, and pushes down the row 1 30, the guide member 28, and the elevating body 24 together.

That is, when the cartridge 10 is pushed down in the state shown in FIG.
4) While supporting the sphere 26, the sphere 26 also descends. In this case, the sphere 26 deforms the guide member 28 inward, forming a convex portion 29 (see FIG. 7). Then, the cartridge 10 is held.

(c) Subsequently, the cartridge 10 is lowered to a position where the sphere 26 in the non-retention hole 24Q of the elevating body 24 fits into the lower opening groove 34Q.

Then, the bottom plate 14 of the cartridge 10 bends in an upwardly convex manner at the center line of the bottom plate 14, and the bottom of the cartridge 10 opens wide, allowing the material in the cartridge 10 to flow from the communication pipe 20 via the rows 1 to 30. It falls into a storage box (not shown).

In addition, the non-retention hole 24 of the elevating body 24. The sphere 26 located in the Q is urged by the elastic force of the guide member 28 and moves into the lower opening groove 3.
4Q to position the elevating body 24.

In addition, the bent bottom plate 14 and hanging plate 18 of the ridge 10 to the car 1 are trying to return to their original positions, and the elevating body 2
However, the sphere 26 held in the non-retention hole 24Q of the elevating body 24 fits into the lower groove 34Q of the guide wall 22c, and the descending state of the elevating body 24 is maintained. Ru.

(dl Then, when replacing the cartridge 10, pull the cartridge ridge 1o upward.

Then, the convex portion 29 of the guide member 28 deformed inward by the sphere 26 held in the second holding hole 24h of the elevating body 24 moves to the car 1 by the raised edge 1 of the top plate 14 of the ridge 10.
7 are bent and engaged (see FIG. 7), the guide member 28 and the elevating body 24 rise together with the cartridge 10.

(el) When the elevating body 24 is raised to the position where it is regulated by the stopper ring 40, the upper holding hole 24h of the elevating body 24
The inner spheres 26 fit into the upper groove 34k+ by the elastic force of the guide member 28. Then, the convex portion 29 deforming the guide member 28 disappears, the ridge 10 becomes free to the car 1, and only the cartridge 10 is removed.

+f+ 1 and set the cartridge 10 containing the material as shown in (al~(c+).

In the above embodiment, the guide member 28 is not necessarily required, and an elastic material large enough to close the openings on the inner surfaces of the two lower holding holes 2411 and 24Q may be fixed. In addition, a "two-concave groove 341" carved in the guide wall 22c)
In place of the lower opening groove 34fl, only four portions may be formed in the portion corresponding to the sphere 26. Furthermore, the number of spheres 26 is not limited to three either. Furthermore, the non-retention hole 24. Q is not necessarily necessary, and the second holding hole 24Y
The sphere 26 inside l comes off the upper opening groove 34b and the guide tube 2
It is sufficient if the elevating body 24 can be held at a predetermined position by pressing the inner wall surface of the elevating body 24 with a strong force.

Note that the bottom plate 14 of the ridge 10 of the car 1 in the above embodiment is as follows:
It is not necessary to fix it to the bottom surface of the container body 10a. In this case, the bottom of the cartridge 10 may be sealed with a separate sheet material or the like.

Furthermore, instead of two opposing hanging plates 18, a plurality of hanging plates 18 may be provided at opposing positions, as long as the bottom plate 14 is bent upward in a convex manner along the center line.

Furthermore, the thickness of the hanging plate 18 can be selected as appropriate.

Further, in the above embodiment, the cartridge 10 is made of synthetic resin, but it may be made of a metal material. In this case, the metal container main body 10a is sealed with a metal bottom plate and a top plate, and when the bottom plate is opened, the bottom plate 14 made of elastically deformable synthetic resin and a hanging plate shown in FIG. It is sufficient if 18.18 is installed internally.

Although the present invention has been variously explained above with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that many modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. be.

(Effects of the Invention) The present invention is configured as described above, and has the following remarkable effects.

■The bottom plate of Car 1 Herridge is supported by a hanging plate, so even if the cartridge is turned upside down, the coffee and other ingredients inside will not spill out.

(2) Furthermore, since the bottom plate of the cartridge is made of elastically deformable synthetic resin, it is pushed by the pressing piece and bent upward in a convex state, allowing it to be easily opened.

- Due to the combination of the car 1 to ridge and the material supply device, there is no need to pull out the storage box and transfer the material in the bag to the storage box, and there is no possibility of the material powder flying up.

■By simply inserting the cartridge into the material supply device, the bottom of the cartridge opens and materials can be easily supplied without spilling.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional side view of the cartridge, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the cartridge, FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the bottom plate portion of the cartridge, and FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the material supply device.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the cartridge inserted into the material supply device, Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional views of essential parts showing the movement of the sphere, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the elevating body, and Fig. 9. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a conventional beverage brewing device. 10... Cartridge, 12... Top plate, 14...
Bottom plate, 16... Hanging plate, 20... Communication pipe, 22... Guide tube, 24...
- Lifting body, 26... Sphere, 28... Guide member, 30... Row 1~. 36...
Pressing piece, 40...stopper ring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. The bottom surface of a cylindrical container body that has a lid and stores ingredients such as coffee or green tea inside is covered with an elastically deformable bottom plate, and the bottom plate is pushed up by an appropriate pushing-up member. In order to bend it upward at the center line when pushed up,
A cartridge characterized in that both sides of the bottom plate are supported by elastically deformable band-shaped hanging plates whose upper ends are fixed to opposing positions on the inner wall surface of the container body. 2. A guide tube into which the cartridge according to claim 1 is inserted is provided, and when the cartridge is inserted into the guide tube from the bottom plate side, the center of the bottom plate is pushed up against the elasticity of the bottom plate and the hanging plate, and the bottom plate is moved along its center line. A pressing piece is provided at a predetermined height position on the guide cylinder to open the cartridge by bending it into a convex state, insert the cartridge into the guide cylinder, and remove the cartridge from the guide cylinder with the bottom plate of the cartridge open. A material supply device characterized by being provided with a holding mechanism for stopping the material. 3. A guide cylinder is provided that has an opening at the top for inserting the cartridge of claim 1 and an opening at the bottom for dropping the material inside the cartridge, and the guide cylinder is moved up and down by sliding on the inner circumferential surface of the guide cylinder. A cylindrical elevating body is provided, a plurality of sphere holding holes are provided in the elevating body that open on the outer circumferential surface and an inner peripheral surface of the elevating body, and the sphere holding holes of the elevating body have rigidity and a flesh of the elevating body is provided. A sphere having a diameter larger than the thickness is housed so that a part of the sphere can protrude toward the circumferential surface of the elevating body, and a rising positioning recess is provided in which the sphere fits loosely between the sphere holding hole and the elevating body in the raised position. Provided on the inner circumferential surface of the guide cylinder, when the cartridge is inserted into the elevating body with the bottom plate side first at the raised position of the elevating body, the lower edge of the cartridge will come into contact and the elevating body can be pushed down together with the cartridge. A material supply device characterized in that a stopper is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the elevating body below the sphere holding hole.