JPS6330352Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a coffee extractor that extracts coffee liquid by supplying hot water generated by a hot water generation mechanism to coffee powder stored in a coffee extraction part.

[Technical background of the invention]

Conventionally, for example, in a coffee extractor with a grinder, a motor storage chamber with a motor installed therein and a bottle mounting stand on which a bottle is placed are formed on both the left and right sides of the lower half of the container, while the left and right sides of the upper half A case storage section with a case placed thereon and a water storage tank are formed on both sides.

[Problems with the Background Art] However, according to the above-mentioned conventional configuration, when extracting coffee liquid, coffee beans are put into the case from above the container body, and water is also poured into the water storage tank. While the bottle is pulled out horizontally from the side of the body and the coffee liquid is poured into a desired cup for drinking, the case is removed from above the container and the inside of the case is cleaned. Therefore, in the conventional configuration described above,
Since space for operation is required above and to the sides of the vessel, the installation location of the vessel is limited to a place where the above operation space can be provided, such as on a table, and the vessel is stored in a cupboard etc. The drawback was that the coffee liquid extraction operation could not be performed under these conditions.

[Purpose of invention]

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a coffee brewing device that can be operated from one direction, thereby greatly reducing restrictions on the installation location of the device.

[Summary of the idea]

In the present invention, an open surface is provided on one side of the container, and the coffee extractor, the bottle, and the water tank can be attached to and removed from the container through this open surface.

[Example of idea]

The following is an example of the present invention shown in Figures 1 to 4.
This will be explained with reference to the figures. First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a substantially rectangular container body having an open surface 1a on the front side, and a bottle mounting table 2 is formed at the lower front side (left side in FIG. 1) of this container. The table 2 is provided with a hot water generating mechanism 6 in which an electric heater 4 and a heating tube 5 are embedded in a heating plate 3 in parallel. 7 is a bottle that is removably placed on the bottle mounting table 2. On the other hand, 8 is a water storage tank attachment part formed at the rear lower part of the vessel body 1, 9 is a water storage tank detachably provided in the water storage tank attachment part 8, and a cylindrical water supply port 9a is provided at the bottom of this tank. is formed to protrude rearward, and the water supply port 9a is provided with a valve mechanism 12 consisting of a valve body 10 and a compression coil spring 11 that always biases the valve body 10 in the direction of arrow A. is provided with a handle 9b. On the other hand, a connecting port 13 is formed toward the front at one end of the heating pipe 5 of the hot water generating mechanism 6 in correspondence with the water supply port 9a of the water storage tank 9.
A protrusion 14 is formed inside, and when the water storage tank 9 is attached to the water storage tank attachment part 8 as shown in FIG. 14, the valve body 10 is pressed and moved in the opposite direction of arrow A against the biasing force of the compression coil spring 11, and the water supply port 9a is opened. Reference numeral 15 denotes a motor storage chamber provided at the upper rear side of the main body 1, and a short cylindrical mounting portion 16 is formed protruding from the front wall of the motor storage chamber 15. Reference numeral 17 denotes a motor disposed horizontally in the motor storage chamber 15, and its rotating shaft 17a projects horizontally forward from the mounting portion 16. Now, 18 is a sideways cylindrical case with an open front surface serving as a coffee brewing part, and a fitting part 19 projecting outward in a cylindrical shape from the rear side wall 18a is fitted to the outer circumferential part of the mounting part 16. A cutter shaft 21 detachably connected to a rotating shaft 17a of a motor 17 is attached to a shaft support portion 20 disposed above the bottle 7 and protruding inward from the center of the rear wall 18a. is rotatably supported in a substantially horizontally oriented state. Reference numeral 22 denotes a pair of crushed bodies fixed to the cutter shaft 21 via a support portion 23, and these bodies are parallel to each other with a predetermined gap between them on the inner peripheral surface of the case 18. Reference numeral 24 denotes an opening formed at the bottom of the case 18, into which a mesh filter 25 formed to form an arcuate surface along the inner circumference of the case 18 is attached.
Reference numeral 26 denotes a circular lid that closes the front part of the case 18, and a female threaded part 26a formed on the outer periphery of the lid is connected to a male threaded part 1 formed on the outer periphery of the front end of the case 18.
It is removably screwed into 8b. 27 is case 1
A short cylindrical hot water pan protruding from the upper outer periphery of 8.
A plurality of molten metal pouring holes 28 are formed in the case 18 so that the molten metal receiving portion 27 and the inside of the case 18 communicate with each other.
On the other hand, 29 is a joint 5a connected to the heating pipe 5 of the hot water generation mechanism 6.
The hot water supply pipe connected via the hot water supply port 29
a is located above and opposite to the hot water pan 27 of the case 18. Reference numeral 30 denotes a switch for switching on and off the motor 17 and the electric heater 4, which is provided on the upper front surface of the vessel body 1, and is provided with an operation knob 30a.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained. 1st
To extract the coffee liquid from the state shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. After removing the lid 26 from the case 18 and putting coffee beans into the case 18 for the desired number of people, the lid 26 is removed from the case 18.
This is then inserted into the vessel body 1 from the open surface 1a and reattached to the attachment part 16. Then, after taking out the bottle 7 from the bottle mounting base 2 by pulling it out toward you, insert your hand through the open surface 1a and pull out the water storage tank 9 toward you to take it out from the water storage tank attachment part 8 and place it there. After pouring water for the desired number of people, the water storage tank 9 is placed on the open side 1a.
It is then inserted into the vessel body 1 and reattached to the water storage tank attachment part 8. When the water storage tank 9 is taken out from the water storage tank attachment part 8 when water is poured into the water storage tank 9,
The valve body 10 is moved in the direction of arrow A by the biasing force of the compression coil spring 11, and the water supply port 9a is closed by the valve body 10. Then, after placing the bolt 7 on the bottle mounting stand 2, turn the switch 3
When the operating knob 30a of 0 is switched and the motor 17 is energized and rotated, the cutter shaft 21 and the crushing body 22 are rotated by the rotating shaft 17a. At this time, since the axis of the cutter shaft 21 is oriented substantially horizontally, the crushing body 22 rotates in the vertical direction along the arc-shaped inner peripheral surface of the case 18. When the grinding body 22 rotates in this manner, the coffee beans in the case 18 are agitated up and down by the rotational force of the grinding body 22, and the entire coffee beans are evenly ground. When the coffee beans in the case 18 have been ground into coffee powder with a substantially uniform particle size, the operating knob 30a of the switch 30 is turned to turn the motor 17 into powder.
The bottle 7 is preheated by turning off the power and instead energizing the electric heater 4 to generate heat, and at the same time, the water supplied from the water storage tank 9 into the heating pipe 5 is heated to generate hot water. This hot water rises up the hot water supply pipe 29 due to boiling pressure and flows down from the hot water supply port 29a into the hot water pan 27, where it is diffused into the hot water pouring hole 2.
8 into the case 18. The dropped hot water permeates the coffee powder and extracts the coffee extract to become coffee liquid, and then is filtered by the filter 25 and dropped into the bottle 7 to be stored.

After extracting the coffee liquid in this manner, the bottle 7 is taken out from the open surface 1a of the container 1, and the coffee liquid is poured into desired cups or the like for drinking.
In addition, after extracting the coffee liquid, the case 18 is
The case 18 is taken out from the open surface 1a, and the coffee grounds inside the case 18 are discarded and the inside is cleaned.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the case 18, the bottle 7, and the water storage tank 9 are each provided so that they can be inserted into and removed from the container body 1 through the open surface 1a on one side of the container body 1. As shown in Figure 3, the vessel 1
Of course, if it is installed on table 31 etc.
As shown in FIG. 4, the container 1 is stored in a cupboard 32, and the upper and left and right sides of the container 1 are shelves 32a,
Even when it is surrounded by the side plate 32b and the dividing plate 32c, the open surface 1 on the front side of the vessel 1 remains in this state.
The case 18, bottle 7, and water tank 9 can be attached and detached from a, and the container 1 can be installed anywhere with an open front.The restrictions on the installation location of the container 1 are greatly relaxed, and it can be used in the kitchen. It can contribute to the rational arrangement of space.

Next, FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment is characterized in that the water storage tank 9 in the previous embodiment is arranged on the side of the bottle 7. By configuring this, it is possible to obtain the same effects as in the previous embodiment, and also to obtain the effect that the depth dimension of the container body 1 can be further reduced.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and can be modified in various ways without departing from the scope, such as the shape of the vessel body may be other than rectangular. .

[Effect of idea]

As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention has a structure in which an open surface is provided on one side of the container, and the coffee brewing part, bottle, and water storage tank are installed in the container through this open surface so that they can be attached and removed respectively. Therefore, the coffee extraction part, bottle, and water storage tank can all be attached and detached from one direction of the container, that is, from the open surface direction, and as a result, the installation location of the container is not surrounded by anything other than the front, such as in a cupboard. The coffee brewing operation can be carried out even in a crowded place, and the restrictions on the place where the container can be installed can be greatly eased, thereby contributing to the rational layout of the kitchen space. Moreover, it is possible to provide a coffee extractor that exhibits excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 1 is a vertical side view, Figure 2 is a perspective view, and Figures 3 and 4 show the container body installed at different locations. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a container body, 1a is an open surface, 6 is a hot water generation mechanism, 7 is a bottle, 9 is a water storage tank, 18 is a case (coffee extraction part), 22 is a grinding body, and 30 is a switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A container body having an open surface on one side, a hot water generation mechanism provided in the container body, and a water storage tank provided so as to be detachable from the container body from the open surface and supplying water to the hot water generation mechanism. a coffee extracting section which is provided so as to be removable from the inside of the container from the open surface and which accommodates coffee grounds therein and which is supplied with hot water from the hot water generating mechanism to extract coffee liquid; A coffee extractor comprising: a bottle that is removably installed in the container body and stores coffee liquid extracted from the coffee extractor.