JPS633615Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to an iced coffee maker that extracts iced coffee liquid by cooling hot coffee liquid filtered through a filter with ice blocks or the like.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, this type of iced coffee maker, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-84030, consists of a coffee liquid receiver, an ice container placed above the receiver, and an ice container. and a filter disposed above the container, and a dispersion plate is mounted or rotatably provided in the ice container, and the coffee liquid dripped from the filter is applied to the dispersion plate to diffuse and fall. What has been done is known.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, since the dispersion plate is installed inside the ice container, when adding or removing ice cubes from the ice container, the dispersion plate is placed inside the ice container. It has to be removed manually, which is not only troublesome but also unhygienic.

In addition, it is not intended to directly extract coffee liquid with the dispersion plate removed;
Even if coffee liquid were to be extracted without a dispersion plate, the dispersion plate would have to be removed manually from the ice container as described above, which would make the operation cumbersome and inconvenient. There are issues such as hygiene.

This invention aims to provide a device that solves the above problems with a simple configuration.

(Means for Solving the Problems) As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, this invention is an iced coffee machine equipped with an ice container placed on a coffee receiver and a filter provided above the ice container. At the manufacturer, a water sprinkler having an outflow hole at the bottom is removably installed between the ice container and the filter, and a rotary dispersion member is rotatably provided in the water sprinkler so as to face the outflow hole of the filter. It adopts a structure characterized by being pivotally supported.

(Function) To explain the function of this invention, the coffee liquid filtered by the filter hits the rotating dispersing member through the outflow hole, and at that time, the rotating dispersing member is rotated by the force of the coffee liquid dripping. The coffee liquid is dispersed in all directions. Therefore, the coffee liquid is fully immersed in the ice cubes of the ice container, so that it is sufficiently cooled and is discharged from the discharge hole of the ice container into the coffee receiver.

The water sprinkler equipped with a rotating dispersion member is removably installed between the ice container and the filter, so when the water sprinkler is installed between the ice container and the filter, the rotation dispersion member prevents water from flowing from the filter. The hot coffee liquid can be diffused and dispersed, and when the water sprinkler is removed from between the ice container and the filter, the filter is placed directly on the ice container, allowing normal use without a rotating dispersion member. In this way, by attaching and detaching the water sprinkler between the ice container and the filter, it is possible to easily select and use the sprinkler with or without the rotating dispersion member.

Furthermore, since the rotary dispersing member is rotatably supported in the water sprinkler so as to face the outflow hole of the filter, when adding or removing ice cubes from the ice container, the water sprinkler is Since the rotary dispersion member can be removed together from between the ice container and the filter while being pivotally supported, the rotary dispersion member will not be touched by hands, and therefore the rotary dispersion member will not get dirty. Moreover, adding ice cubes etc. can be done easily.

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment of this invention will be described below based on FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 is a coffee receiver 2 that receives the iced coffee liquid
A filter 3 is placed above the ice container 1 via a water sprinkler 8, which will be described later.

The filter 3 is equipped with a filter paper 4 and has holes 5 at the bottom for hot coffee liquid to flow out. The ice container 1 stores ice blocks for cooling the high temperature coffee liquid dripped from the filter 3, and the iced coffee liquid cooled by the ice blocks is discharged into the coffee receiver 2 through the discharge hole 6.

The water sprinkler 8 is removably installed between the ice container 1 and the filter 3.
An outflow hole 9 is bored in the bottom 8a, and a substantially conical support 10 with a pointed upper end is integrally provided in the center of the bottom 8a, and a plurality of support protrusions are provided in the side wall of the bottom 8a. Pieces 11...11 are erected.

The support 10 of the sprinkler 8 rotatably supports the center of gravity of an umbrella-shaped rotary dispersion member 7 with a hollow back side, and the upper surface of the rotary dispersion member 7 is provided with an air flow from the outflow hole 5 of the filter 3. The rotary dispersion member 7 is rotated upon receiving the coffee liquid, and the coffee liquid is dispersed by the rotational force. That is, a large number of rotating blades 12...12 in the shape of a curved plate having an appropriate rake angle are integrally arranged on the upper surface of the rotating dispersing member 7, and the rotating blades 12...12 spread the coffee liquid over a wide range. For example, the lower end portions 12a, 12b, 12c...12k of each rotating blade 12 are
Notches 12p, 12q, 12r...12 are installed on the lower edge of the rotation dispersion member 7 according to the length of each lower end.
z so that the ice drips evenly from these notches to the ice cubes below the interior.

Various structures can be adopted for supporting the rotational dispersion member 7 on the support body 10. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the bottom 8a of the water sprinkler 8 is attached to and detached from the inside of the lower part of the cylindrical side wall of the water sprinkler 8 by screwing or helicoid coupling, and the bottom 8a is made erect at the center of the bottom 8a. While forming a female thread 15 on the upper part of the support body 10,
Another support body 18 is provided with a support ball part 17 formed on the upper part and a male thread 16 formed on the lower part, and the support body 18 is connected to the support body 1 by screwing the male thread 16 and the female thread 15.
0, and the rotational dispersion member 7 may be supported by the support body 18. Also, in this case,
The support body does not have to be made up of two members 10 and 18 in the figure, but can be replaced with the structure shown in the first figure.

An upper lid 13 having a communication hole 14 communicating with the outflow hole 5 of the filter 3 is provided in the water sprinkler 8 between the rotary dispersion member 7 and the bottom of the filter 3 . That is, in this embodiment, the upper cover 13 is placed on support protrusions 11 formed within the inner circumferential wall of the water sprinkler 8. The presence of such an upper lid 13 can prevent the coffee liquid from scattering upward and leaking while the rotary dispersion member 7 is rotating.

The method of attaching the top cover 13 inside the water sprinkler 8 is not limited to the method using the support protrusion 11, for example, the third
As shown in the figure, a notch 1 is provided at an appropriate location on the side wall of the water sprinkler 8.
9 may be formed in an appropriate number, and a structure in which a protrusion 20 protruding from the outer periphery of the upper lid 13 is forcefully fitted into the cutout recess 19 may be adopted, or the structure is arbitrary.

The rotational dispersion member 7 is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but may also be of a screw propeller type as shown in the fourth figure. (not shown) is formed.

Note that when the ice container 1, water sprinkler 8, and filter 3 are placed in their respective lower containers, the ice container 1, water sprinkler 8, and filter 3 should be Annular step portions 1a and 8b are formed on the placement portion of the container 1 and water sprinkler 8, and an annular rib 3a is formed hanging from the placement portion of the filter 3.
8b, the annular rib 3a is dropped into the inside of each upper end of the coffee receiver 2, the ice container 1, and the water sprinkler 8, and is tightly fitted. In particular, the fitting of the annular rib 3a to the sprinkler 8 prevents the filter 3 from shifting, and prevents the coffee liquid flowing out from the outflow hole 5 from falling approximately at the center of the rotating dispersion member 7 and being dripped unevenly. It is set as.

Note that 3b is a gripping portion of the filter 3, 1b is a gripping portion of the ice container 1, and 2b is a gripping portion of the coffee receiver 2.

(Second example) 5 to 7 show a second embodiment.

In this device, a shaft 21 is horizontally suspended in the diametrical direction of the water sprinkler 8, and two water wheel-shaped rotation dispersing members 7, 7, which rotate in different directions in the longitudinal direction of the shaft 21, are rotatably attached to the shaft 21. The dispersing member 7 is fixed to the shaft 21 with nuts 23, 23, etc. so that it does not move from side to side. Each rotary dispersing member 7 has the same shape as shown in FIG. 7, with a large number of waterwheel blades 22 . . . 22 arranged around the outer periphery of an elongated drum body. The outflow holes 5, 5 of the filter 3 through which the coffee liquid is dripped into the two rotating dispersing members 7, 7 are connected to the filter 3 as shown in FIG.
When placed on the water sprinkler 8, it is formed to be biased toward the opposite side with respect to the shaft 21. That is, in the figure, the outflow hole 5 on the left side faces the upper position with respect to the shaft 21, and the outflow hole 5 on the right side faces the axis 21.
It is formed so as to face the lower position. Therefore, the coffee liquid dripped from the left outlet hole 5 is dropped onto the upper side of the water wheel blade 22 of the left rotary dispersion member 7, so that the left rotary dispersion member 7 is rotated in the direction of arrow A. The coffee liquid dripped from the right outflow hole 5 falls onto the lower side of the water wheel blade 22 of the right rotary dispersion member 7, thereby rotating the right rotary dispersion member 7 in the direction of arrow B. The other configurations are the same as those of the previous embodiment.

In addition, in this embodiment, the rotational dispersion member 7,
As for the method of attaching No. 7 to the water sprinkler 8, a pedestal with a holder at the upper end on which the shaft 21 can be detached and hung horizontally is erected near both ends of the bottom 8a of the water sprinkler 8, either integrally or separately. A structure that allows According to this structure, both rotational dispersion members 7, 7 can be easily attached to and detached from the pedestal while the shaft 21 is fixed, so that there is an advantage that the rotational dispersion members 7 can be easily cleaned.

(Third example) 8 and 9 show a third embodiment.

This item has legs 2 on the bottom surface of the communication hole 14 of the top cover 13.
An umbrella member 25 suspended by 4 is provided, and this umbrella member 25
A large number of blades 26...
26 is rotatably supported. Therefore, the coffee liquid dripped from the filter 3 is once received by the umbrella member 25 through the outflow hole 5, and is passed from the outer peripheral end of the umbrella member 25 through the blades 26...26 of the rotary dispersion member 7, and due to its rotational force. The coffee liquid is dispersed.

(Effects of the invention) According to this invention, a rotary dispersing member is rotatably supported in a water sprinkler having an outflow hole at the bottom so as to face the outflow hole of the filter, and the water sprinkler is provided with ice cubes. Since it is removably installed between the container and the filter, when adding or removing ice cubes from the ice container, the rotating dispersion member can be removed by removing the water sprinkler from between the filter and the ice container. Since it is removed together with the rotary dispersion member, ice cubes can be added or removed without touching the rotating dispersion member, which is hygienic and easy to operate.

Further, since the water sprinkler can be detachably removed from between the filter and the ice container, the filter can be used normally by placing the filter on the ice container without the rotating dispersion member and the water sprinkler. In other words, the rotary dispersion member can be selectively used simply by attaching and detaching the water sprinkler from between the filter and the ice container.

Incidentally, the configuration as described in claim (2) of the utility model registration has the advantages described above.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

All figures show examples of this invention.
Fig. 1 is a partial vertical sectional view of the first embodiment, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the rotating dispersion member, sprinkler, and top cover of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross section showing another modification of the sprinkler. figure,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another modification of the rotational dispersion member, FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of main parts showing the second embodiment, FIG. 6 is a plan view of FIG. FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of the third embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a plan view of the rotation dispersion member shown in FIG. 8. 1... ice container, 3... filter, 5... outflow hole,
7... Rotating dispersion member, 8... Water sprinkler, 9... Outflow hole, 10, 18... Support body, 12... Rotating vane,
13...Top lid, 22...Water wheel blade, 26...Blade.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) In an iced coffee maker comprising an ice container 1 placed on a coffee receiver 2 and a filter 3 provided above the ice container 1, the ice container 1 and There is a bottom part 8a between the filter 3
A water sprinkler 8 having an outflow hole 9 is detachably provided in the water sprinkler 8, and a rotary dispersing member 7 is rotatably supported in the water sprinkler 8 so as to face the outflow hole 5 of the filter 3. iced coffee maker. (2) The water sprinkler 8 between the rotary dispersion member 7 and the bottom of the filter 3 is provided with an upper cover 13 having a communication hole 14 communicating with the outflow hole 5 of the filter 3. Iced coffee maker described in scope item (1).