JPH024637A - Tea caddy - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a required amount of tea leaves pourable out of a can, when it is tilted a few times, by providing a skirt placed in contact with the drum wall of the tea can and openings in the inner lids over it. CONSTITUTION:For inner lids A, there are provided a sunken lid 3 and a sliding member 4 under it, which are freely rotatable and hold each other on the center; the sunken lid 3 consists of an upper base plate 7 having a wide opening (a) as one of two openings and extending vertically upward from the circumferential edge forming a rim 6 which is placed in contact with the inner wall of the tea can and has a flange 5 pressing against the edge at the top open end of the tea can 1; the sliding member 4 consists of a lower base plate 8 having an opening (b) as the other of the two openings which is similar in shape to said opening (a) in the base plate 7 above, extending from a central part to a part of the circumferential edge, and from the circumferential edge of which downwardly extends a wide straplike skirt 9 placed in contact with the inner wall of the tea can 1. When the tea can is tilted, the tea leaves on the skirt 9 slip out, simultaneously causing the tea leaves in the middle of the openings (a), (b) to move and resulting in a so-called bridge phenomenon which, after releasing a portion of tea leaves, stops the tea leaves from flowing out continuously. Therefore, by tilting the tea can repeatedly tea leaves can be provided in portions of a certain quantity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a tea caddy for storing tea leaves, which is commonly used mainly in households, companies, factories, and the like.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The tea caddy that has been commonly used in the past is made of tinplate and has a cylindrical shape with a bottom and an open top, or at least a body with a circular open top and a lid that fits tightly into the body. The open upper edge of the body part is equipped with a flat inner lid made of synthetic resin for airtightness.

Therefore, when transporting the tea leaves in the tea caddy to a teapot or kettle, either fully open the lid and inner lid and then directly add the required amount of tea leaves into the teapot, or put an appropriate amount of tea leaves into the lid. After being transferred, it was transferred back into the teapot and consumed.

However, in the former of these conventional methods, the required amount of tea leaves in the fully opened tea caddy is transferred into the teapot, and there is a problem that an unexpected large amount of tea leaves may be carried out depending on the angle of inclination of the tea caddy. For this reason, it was necessary to transfer the tea leaves with great care, which was extremely troublesome and troublesome.

In the latter case, even if it is possible to transport an appropriate amount of tea leaves into the teapot, it is necessary to transfer the sweets stored in the body to the lid in advance, making it impossible to instantly transfer the tea leaves into the teapot. This was impossible, especially when one hand was occupied, and the process was extremely complicated.

Furthermore, without removing the inner cover and fully opening it, for example, an opening of about 115 holes is bored in the inner cover itself with respect to the plane of the inner cover.
It is also possible to form a door for opening and closing this, but in such a case, since the tea confection itself is bulky and has a bar-like appearance, it is difficult to open the tea leaves in a space large enough to open the door. This causes a so-called bridging phenomenon, which makes it difficult to remove the stored tea leaves even if you shake the tea caddy intermittently in the vertical direction.As a result, the inner lid within the structure is detached, and the tea confectionery is made using the conventional method. An appropriate amount had been carried into the teapot. That is, even if the sheet metal bridging phenomenon could be canceled by inserting a finger or the like, the movement of the tea leaves would cause the next bridging phenomenon, making it difficult to carry out the desired tea leaves.

In addition, if you shake the tea caddy containing tea leaves in a complicated manner and move the tea confectionery up and down repeatedly, the tea leaves will collide with each other, resulting in more powdered tea confections over time, and eventually, when drinking, the powdered tea leaves will become powdered. This was caused by defects floating in hot water cups, etc.

Problems to be Solved However, in the tea caddy according to the present invention, the above-mentioned conventional defects are avoided, and the tea caddy is fitted into the open upper edge of the cylindrical bottomed body part which is open at the top. To provide a tea caddy from which an appropriate amount of tea leaves can be carried out quickly and without being crushed, by storing an inner lid without detaching the lid.

Furthermore, the present invention is a tea caddy with an inner lid, in which the opening of the inner lid can be opened and closed using a sliding member with a special contour, so that the tea leaves exhibit a bridging phenomenon at the opening, and the tea leaves flow smoothly. A tea caddy equipped with an inner lid that is easy to mold and assemble, which prevents defects that would make it impossible to carry out the tea cake, always carries out the tea cake with slipperiness, and prevents breakage and powdering of tea leaves as much as possible. The purpose is to provide.

In addition, by tilting the tea caddy one to several times, the amount of tea leaves carried out for each inclination is approximately constant, so the purpose is to provide a tea caddy that can quickly transfer the required amount of tea confectionery to a teapot, etc. do.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the tea caddy of the present invention has an inner lid A on the open upper edge of the body portion 1 which has a bottom and has a circularly open top surface. This tea caddy is made up of a drop lid 3 that rotatably supports each other at the center, and a sliding member 4 on the lower surface of the drop lid 3.
The drop lid 3 has a collar piece 5 that abuts the open upper edge of the body portion l and a hanging wall portion 6 that contacts the inner wall of the body portion l on the outer periphery, and extends from the vicinity of the center to the hanging wall portion 6. The sliding member 4 is provided with an upper substrate 7 having one opening a that is wide open, and the sliding member 4 has an opening a similar to the one opening a of the upper substrate 7 near the center thereof. The tea caddy is equipped with a lower base plate 8 that is open from the bottom to the outer periphery, and a wide belt-shaped skirt portion 9 that is in close contact with at least the inner wall of the body portion 1 is hung from the outer periphery of the opening. It is.

Next, specific examples of the tea caddy according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The tea caddy of the present invention has a cylindrical body portion 1 with a bottom and a circularly open top surface, or at least a body portion 1 whose top surface is open in a circular shape, and an open upper edge outer wall of the body portion 1. The body part 1 and the lid part 2 are mainly made of tin plate. The inner lid A is mainly made of synthetic resin, but it can also be made of metal or cardboard, or any other suitable material with slipping properties.

The inner lid A is configured to be rotatable by combining a drop lid 3 and a sliding member 4 disposed on the lower surface of the lid. For example, a ring-shaped collar piece 5 of about 3 mm that stops when it comes into contact with the open upper edge;
It is formed by an upper substrate 7 having an outer peripheral edge thereof with a hanging wall portion 6 whose outer surface is closely fitted along the inner wall of the open upper edge of the body portion 1. The substrate 7 has a wide radial opening a for carrying out tea and confectionery, which is opened from the vicinity of the center to the periphery of the hanging wall portion 6, for example, with a width of about 5 cm in the hanging wall portion 6 and a width of about 3 cm in the vicinity of the center. is drilled.

The sliding member 4 includes a lower base plate 8 that comes into contact with the lower surface of the drop lid 3, and a skirt portion 9 when the other opening is formed. and the other opening is of the same type or approximate shape as the first opening a, and is opened from near the center of the upper substrate 7 to the outer periphery, and further has a skirt. The portion 9 is provided vertically along the radial outer peripheral edge of the other opening, and has a length of, for example, about 61 mm, and a length of, for example, 1.5 mm.
It has a wide band-like outer shape with a width of approximately c111, and is vertically disposed closely along at least the inner wall surface of the body portion 1.

Note that there is no problem even if the length of the skirt portion 9 is shorter or longer than the outer peripheral edge of the opening.

The drop lid 3 and the sliding member 4 have bolt holes 13a and 13b penetrating each other in their centers, and the bolts 10 are inserted into the bolt holes 13a and 13b and connected with a nut ll to rotate both. Can be freely connected and integrated.

In the figure, reference numeral 12 denotes a protrusion that is gripped in order to rotate the sliding member 4. The protrusion 12 is protruded from a position close to the other opening of the sliding member 4, and depending on the case, the protrusion is guided by the drop lid 3. It is also possible to cut out the notch 14 for use.

When using the tea caddy, hold the protrusion 12 and press the sliding member 4.
After rotating the opening A and the other opening so that they are aligned, the tea cake stored in the body part 1 is taken out, but at this time, the outer edge of the opening is A circularly bulging skirt portion 9 that is in close contact with the inner wall surface of the tea caddy is vertically disposed, so that when the tea caddy is tilted, the tea leaves resting on the surface of the skirt portion 9 will slip due to its slippery action. At the same time, the tea confectionery near the center of the opening also moves, so a bridging phenomenon occurs after a certain amount of confectionery is carried out.
Transport of tea and sweets will be stopped.

By tilting the tea caddy several times, it is possible to always carry out tea confections divided into a certain amount.

Effects of the Invention Thus, according to the present invention, there is a skirt portion that comes into close contact with the body of the tea caddy, and by providing the opening portion on the inner lid above the skirt portion, when the tea caddy is tilted into a teapot etc., the surface of the skirt portion is closed. The tea confectionery that is in contact with the top will slide along the surface of the skirt part, and at the same time the tea leaves will start to slide out and be carried out, the tea leaves near the center of the opening will also start to move, and with this movement. A bridging phenomenon appears at the opening, stopping the tea leaves from sliding on the skirt surface. Therefore, it becomes possible to control the amount of tea confectionery carried out at each tilt of the tea caddy, and the required amount of tea leaves. can be carried out depending on the number of times the tea caddy is tilted.

In addition, since the opening can be opened and closed, the amount of tea confectionery taken out each time can be regulated by the extent of the opening, and if it is closed, it will of course have excellent airtightness, and is expected to be effective in preventing tea leaves from getting wet. I can do it.

Furthermore, since it is not necessary to move the tea caddy up and down frequently, it is possible to prevent the tea leaves from being crushed due to collision.

The tea caddy of the present invention requires no special processing to be applied to the tea caddy by simply fitting an inner lid with a special contour onto a conventional tea caddy, and the inner lid itself is easy to manufacture.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tea caddy of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an assembled view of the main parts of the present invention. 1...-Body part 4--Sliding member 7--Upper board 10--Bolt A-11 Lid 2...Lid part 5-Brim Piece 8--Lower board 11--Nut a--・One side frontage part 3-drop lid 6--hanging wall part 9--skirt part 12-protrusion b--other opening part

Claims (1)

[Claims] At the open upper edge of the body part 1, which has a bottom and has a circularly open upper surface,
This tea caddy is made up of an inner lid A that is removably fitted tightly, and the inner lid A is composed of a drop lid 3 that rotatably supports each other at the center and a sliding member 4 on the lower surface of the drop lid 3. The drop lid 3 has a flange piece 5 that comes into contact with the open upper edge of the body part 1 and a body part 1.
The upper substrate 7 has a hanging wall portion 6 in contact with the inner wall of the sliding member, and has an opening a wide from the vicinity of the center to the hanging wall portion 6 on the outer periphery. 4
The lower substrate 8 is provided with one opening a of the upper substrate 7 and the other opening b of an approximate type, which are opened from near the center to the outer periphery, and the outer periphery of the opening b has at least A wide band-shaped skirt portion 9 that is in close contact with the inner wall of the body portion 1
A tea caddy that is characterized by having a vertically attached .