JPH0519015Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a pot with a tea strainer.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as this type of tea strainer pot, (a) the one shown in FIG. 9, and (b) the one described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 129585/1987 are known.

The one described in (a) above is the upper opening B of the container body A.
A tea strainer D is removably installed at the bottom of the stopper C that closes the container, and when replacing tea leaves or cleaning the tea strainer,
This is done by holding the stopper C with the tea strainer D still attached and removing it from the container body A, and then removing the tea strainer D from the stopper C by hand.

The item described in (b) above has a tea droplet tray formed at the bottom of the teacup lid, a tea strainer net retaining groove in the tea droplet tray, and a tea strainer holding groove with a tea strainer net inside for the tea strainer net retaining groove. The arm at the top of the frame is removably engaged, and when removing the tea strainer from the teacup lid, remove it from the container body with the tea strainer still attached to the teacup lid, and then manually remove the tea strainer from the teacup lid. It is removed from the lid.

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

However, according to the conventional examples (a) and (b) above,
When cleaning the tea strainer or replacing tea leaves, as mentioned above, the tea strainer must be removed from the container body together with the stopper or teacup lid, and then the tea strainer must be removed by hand from the stopper or teacup lid. There were problems such as being troublesome to operate, having to touch the hot tea strainer with one's hands, and being unhygienic.

This invention has a simple structure, and the locking member allows the tea strainer to be attached to and detached from the stopper in one motion, thereby solving all of the above-mentioned problems.

[Means to solve the problem]

This idea is a means to solve the above problems.
A tea strainer to be stored in the container body is provided on the stopper of the container body, and a locking member for releasably locking the tea strainer is provided in the empty space of the stopper, and the locking member is connected to the lock protrusion to release the lock. The locking protrusion is protruded from the lower part of the stopper facing inside the container main body by applying a spring, and the locking protrusion is protruded from the bottom of the stopper facing inside the container main body, while the lower part of the stopper is located at the opening edge of the tea strainer. A lock receiver is formed which is fitted into the lock protrusion and elastically engaged with the lock protrusion, and the lock release operation part is externally operated from an upper position of the externally operable stopper remote from the lock receiver of the tea strainer. The lock protrusion is disengaged from the lock receiving part by pressing the lock protrusion against the spring and retracting the lock protrusion against the spring.

The stopper may be of any type as long as it closes the upper opening of the container body and a locking member can be installed in the cavity of the stopper as described later, but it may be a so-called push stopper. That is, the stopper includes a stopper main body, a stopper lid, a core provided in the center of the stopper so as to be movable up and down, a core lid provided at the bottom of the core, and an elastic support provided on the top of the core. In addition to the push plate, the core lid may also be provided with a locking member.

The locking member is attached to an appropriate position such as the plug body or the core constituting the plug body, and its specific structure can be modified in various ways.

The lock release operation part for releasing the engagement between the lock protrusion of the lock member and the lock receiving part of the tea strainer may have any structure, but may be formed by pressing or rotating the lock release operation part.

[Effect]

When using a tea strainer, put tea leaves into the tea strainer and attach the tea strainer to the stopper, and the lock protrusion of the locking member is automatically engaged with the lock receiving part of the tea strainer, and the tea strainer is connected to the stopper. . By inserting the tea strainer into the container body in this connected state and loosening or pressing the stopper, desired tea can be poured out from the spout.

When the tea strainer is not in use, such as when putting in and taking out tea leaves or cleaning the tea strainer or the stopper, the tea strainer is removed from the container body while the tea strainer is connected to the stopper, and the lock is released. By lightly pressing or rotating the operation part with your finger, the engagement between the lock protrusion of the lock member and the lock receiving part of the tea strainer is automatically released, and the tea strainer can be easily removed from the stopper. removed.

[First Embodiment] A first embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a container body, and the container body 1 consists of a main body portion 1a, a shoulder portion 1b, and a bottom portion 1c.Inside the container body 1, a heat insulator 2 such as a vacuum double bottle for storing the liquid inside is installed. has been done. It is also possible to implement a configuration in which the liquid content is stored only in the outer case of the container body 1 without the heat insulator 2. In addition, the container body 1 is the main body part 1
The shoulder portion a and the shoulder portion 1b may be integrally formed, and the specific configuration thereof is arbitrary.

The center portion of the lower opening 3 formed at the upper part of the shoulder portion 1b of the container body 1, that is, the upper opening 4 of the container body 1, is closed by a stopper 10.

The stopper body 10 includes a stopper main body 11 having a flow passage 12 formed in its lower part, a stopper lid 13 connected to the stopper main body 11 by a heliconoid, etc., and a stopper body 10 provided at the center of the stopper lid 13 and the stopper body 11 so as to be movable up and down. Tanakako 15 and
The core lid 17 provided at the bottom of the core 15 and the core 15
A so-called push stopper is adopted, which consists of a push plate 18 elastically supported via a spring 19 on the upper part of the inner stopper main body 16. That is, when the stopper 10 is closed in the upper opening 4 of the container body 1, the valve portion 16a of the core body 16 of the core 15 is
1, and prevents leakage of the liquid inside the container body 1. On the other hand, when the push plate 18 is pushed down against the elastic force of the spring 19, the core body The valve portion 16a of 16 is also pushed down and separated from the gasket 20, so that the liquid contained in the container body 1 can be poured out from the gap through the liquid passage 12 to the outside.

Guide holes 21 and 22 penetrate the side wall 17a of the core lid 17 in two stages, upper and lower.
1 and 22, the lock release operation part 6 of the lock member 60;
1. The lock protrusion 62 is fitted. This locking member 60 is made of an elastic material such as stainless steel or plastic, and has a concave portion 63 in the center and the lock release operation portion 6 at the outer end of the concave portion 63.
1 and 61, and the lock protrusions 62 and 62 are integrally formed below the lock release operation parts 61 and 61, respectively. The ends of the lock release operation parts 61, 61 and the lock protrusions 62, 62 are connected to the lock member 60.
Due to its own elasticity, the side wall 17a of the core lid 17 is always
When the lock release operation parts 61, 61 are compressed with fingers, the lock protrusions 62, 62 are also compressed, and the lock protrusions 62, 62 protrude outward from the guide holes 21, 21, 22, 22, respectively. It is designed so that you can be immersed in it.

The lock protrusion 6 of the lock member 60 is attached to the tea strainer 50.
2 and 62 are formed, and when the tea strainer is used, by attaching the tea strainer 50 to the stopper 10, the lock protrusion 62 of the locking member 60 engages with the lock receiving portion 51 of the tea strainer 50. Lock release operation part 61 is engaged and when the tea strainer is not in use.
By the compression operation, the engagement between the lock protrusion 62 of the lock member 60 and the lock receiving part 51 of the tea strainer 50 is released, so that the stopper 10 and the tea strainer 50 can be removed.

Note that the side wall 17a of the core lid 17 and the core body 16
The bottom portion may be connected to the side wall 17a by ultrasonic welding or the like after fitting the side wall 17a and the locking member 60, and the connecting means may be arbitrary.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a gasket, 6 denotes a handle, 7 denotes a spout, and 8 denotes an air hole.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment, in which a locking member 60 is attached to the stopper body 11 and
The lock release operation part 61 of the lock member 60 is inserted into the guide hole 23 of the lock member 60 and is normally projected from the guide hole 23 by the elastic force of the spring 64, and the lock protrusion 62 of the lock member 60 is inserted in the same manner as in FIG. The second embodiment is characterized in that it is fitted into a guide hole 22 formed in the side wall 17a of the core lid 17, and the other configurations are the same as in the first embodiment.

Note that the lock release operation section 61 of the lock member 60
The stopper 10 can also be formed on a part of the thread of the male thread 10a of the stopper 10 which is screwed into the female thread 3a (see FIG. 1) on the side wall of the lower opening 3 of the container body 1.
24 is Patsukin.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment. This one is the first
Compared to the figure, the locking member 60 and the unlocking operation part 6 are
1, and the other configurations are substantially the same as those in FIG. 1.

That is, the guide hole 2 is formed in the lower side wall of the plug body 11.
3 and 23, and a locking member 60 is installed inside the lower part of the plug body 11, and this locking member 60
is normally compressed inward by a spring 65, and an inverted conical guide surface 66 is formed at the upper center of the lock member 60. Further, a lock release operation part 61 is fitted into the center of the stopper lid 13 of the stopper body 10, and this lock release operation part 61 has an operation part 67 attached to the upper end of a shaft 69 located above the stopper lid 13. It is formed with an inverted conical cam 68 formed at the lower end.

The cam 68 is secured to the guide surface 66 of the locking member 60.
When the cam 68 is moved downward via the operating section 67, the tapered surface of the cam 68 pushes the guide surface 66 of the lock member 60 outward and expands the lock member 60, as shown in FIG. Lock protrusion 62
is engaged with the lock receiving part 51 of the tea strainer 50, and the tea strainer 50 becomes integrated with the stopper body 10, while the operation part 67
When the cam 68 is moved upward via the guide surface 66 is compressed by the restoring force of the spring 65, the lock protrusion 62 of the lock member 60 is disengaged from the lock receiving portion 51 of the tea strainer 50. The tea strainer 50 and the stopper 10 are configured to be removed.

[Fourth Embodiment] FIG. 4 shows a fourth embodiment. In this device, a spring 65 is installed inside the lock member 60 to constantly urge the lock protrusion 62 outward, and a guide surface 66 having a conical tapered surface on the outer periphery is provided at the center of the lock member 60. On the other hand, a cam surface 68a having a conical tapered surface on the inner circumferential surface is formed at the lower end of the lock release operation part 61, and the guide surface 66 of the lock member 60 is connected to the lock release operation part 6.
The lock protrusion 62 of the lock member 60 is always in contact with the cam surface 68a of the tea strainer 50, and the lock protrusion 62 of the lock member 60 can normally be removably engaged with the lock receiving part 51 of the tea strainer 50 (the fourth (see figure), by pushing down the operation part 67 of the lock release operation part 61, the lock protrusion 62 of the lock member 60 is compressed against the elastic force of the spring 65 via the cam surface 68a and the guide surface 66, and the tea strainer 50 is compressed. The tea strainer 50 and the stopper 10 are disengaged from the lock receiving portion 51 and the tea strainer 50 and the stopper 10 are removed, and the other structure is substantially the same as that in FIG. 9 is a water drain hole.

[Fifth Embodiment] FIG. 5 shows a fifth embodiment. Lock member 60
However, in FIGS. 3 and 4, it is formed separately from the lock release operation section 61, but in this embodiment, both are formed integrally, and the lock release operation section 61 is formed separately.
1 also has a remarkable feature in that it utilizes the springiness of the lock member 60 itself.

That is, the locking member 60 is made of an elastic material such as plastic or stainless steel and has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the lower end 60a of the cylindrical body is fitted into the fitting groove 11b of the bottom plate 11a of the stopper body 11 and coupled. , an annular lock protrusion 62 bulging outward slightly above the joint, and a lock release operation part 61 protruding from the upper end of the cylindrical body. The lock protrusion 62 can be moved into the lock receiving part 51 of the tea strainer 50 by horizontally compressing the lock release operation part 61 with the fingers. A notable feature is that the tea strainer 50 and the stopper 10 can be removed by disengaging from each other, and the other configurations are substantially the same as in FIG. 1.

[Sixth Embodiment] FIG. 6 shows a sixth embodiment. In this device, a locking member 60 housed inside a plug body 10 is formed into a scissor shape, and the center portion of the locking member 60 is pivotally attached to a pivot shaft 71 extending horizontally in the radial direction of the plug body 10. Lock release operation part 61 is located on the upper end side.
A locking protrusion 62 is formed on the lower end side, and the locking protrusion 62 is normally urged outward by a spring 65, and the tea strainer 50 is attached to the stopper 1.
0, the lock protrusion 62 is attached to the tea strainer 5.
The spring 65 is compressed by horizontally compressing the lock release operation part 61 with fingers, and the lock protrusion 62 and the lock receiving part are engaged with each other. 51 is released, and the tea strainer 50 and stopper 10 can be removed.

[Seventh Example] 7 and 8 show a seventh embodiment.

In each of the embodiments described above, the lock release operation section 61 is configured to be moved downward with the finger or compressed in the horizontal direction, but this embodiment is different in that it is configured to be rotated with the finger. The transmission structure between the lock release operation section 61 and the lock member 60 is also different from that shown in FIG. 4, and the other structures are the same as those shown in FIG.

That is, the lock release operation part 61 is rotatably fitted into the operation part guide hole 70 formed in the center of the lid 13, and a cylindrical part 72 is formed at the lower end of the lock release operation part 61. . The inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 72 has a large diameter cam surface 73 and a small diameter cam surface 74 as shown in FIG. , these engaging protrusions 75, 75 are always connected to the aforementioned cam surfaces 73, 7.
It is fitted into a cylindrical portion 72 having a shape of 4. When the tea strainer 50 is engaged with the plug body 10, as shown in FIGS. The protrusion 62 is engaged with the lock receiving part 51 of the tea strainer 50. When the lock release operation part 61 is grasped from the above state and rotated clockwise as shown in FIG. Finally, the lock protrusion 62 disengages from the lock receiving part 51 of the tea strainer 50, and the tea strainer 50 can be removed from the stopper 10.

Note that the locking protrusion 62 of the locking member 60 shown in each embodiment may be in the shape of a protrusion or may be annular.

[Effect of idea]

According to this invention, the stopper of the container body is provided with a tea strainer to be housed inside the container body, and a locking member for releasably locking the tea strainer is provided in the empty space of the stopper, and the locking member is It has a locking protrusion and an unlocking operation part, and the locking protrusion is protruded from the lower part of the stopper facing inside the container body toward the inside of the container body, while the opening edge of the tea strainer is is formed with a lock receiving part that is fitted into the lower part of the stopper body and elastically engaged with the lock protrusion, and the lock release operation part is arranged on the stopper that can be operated externally and is located away from the lock receiving part of the tea strainer. Facing the outside from the upper part of the body,
In addition, since the lock protrusion is retracted against the spring by a pressing operation and the engagement between the lock protrusion and the lock receiving part is released, the tea strainer can be left attached to the stopper. In this state, the tea strainer can be removed from the container body in one movement and automatically by simply taking it out from the container body and manually pressing the lock release operation part from outside the plug. Therefore, not only can tea leaves be easily put in and removed from the tea strainer, but also the tea strainer can be handled hygienically by avoiding touching the hot tea strainer with one's hands.

Further, since the locking member having the lock protrusion and the unlocking operation part is housed in the empty space of the plug, the internal space of the plug can be effectively utilized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 8 all show embodiments of this invention; Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the first embodiment;
The figure is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the second embodiment, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the third embodiment, FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the fourth embodiment. A vertical cross-sectional view of the main part of the example,
6 is a vertical sectional view of the main part of the sixth embodiment, FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the seventh embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the seventh embodiment.
It is an A line end view. FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional example. 1... Container body, 10... Cap body, 11... Cap body, 13... Cap lid, 15... Core, 16... Core body, 17... Core lid, 18... Push plate, 50...
... Tea strainer, 51 ... Lock receiver, 60 ... Lock member, 61 ... Lock release operation section, 62 ... Lock protrusion, 68 ... Cam.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A tea strainer 50 that is housed in the container body 1 is provided on the stopper 10 of the container body 1, and the tea strainer 50
The locking member 60 that releasably locks the stopper 1
The locking member 60 has a locking protrusion 62 and a lock release operation part 61. While the tea strainer 50 is protruded into the main body 1 with the action of a spring, there is a lock receiving part 51 on the opening edge of the tea strainer 50 that fits into the lower part of the stopper 10 and is elastically engaged with the lock protrusion 62. The lock release operation part 61 faces the outside from the upper part of the externally operable stopper, which is remote from the lock receiving part 51 of the tea strainer 50, and is pressed against the spring to release the lock protrusion. A pot with a tea strainer characterized in that the engagement between the lock protrusion 62 and the lock receiver 51 is released by retracting the lock protrusion 62. (2) The stopper 10 includes a stopper body 11, a stopper lid 13, and a core 15 provided in the center of the stopper 10 so as to be movable up and down.
, a core lid 17 provided at the lower part of the core 15, and a push plate 18 elastically supported on the upper part of the core 15, and the core lid 17 is provided with a locking member 60. A pot with a tea strainer as described in 1).