WO2001034002A1 - Ameliorations apportees a un infuseur - Google Patents

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WO2001034002A1
WO2001034002A1 PCT/GB2000/004109 GB0004109W WO0134002A1 WO 2001034002 A1 WO2001034002 A1 WO 2001034002A1 GB 0004109 W GB0004109 W GB 0004109W WO 0134002 A1 WO0134002 A1 WO 0134002A1
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infuser
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Leslie Ronald Wilson
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00—Table-ware
    • A47G21/10—Sugar tongs; Asparagus tongs; Other food tongs
    • A47G21/106—Tea bag squeezers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/12—Vessels or pots for table use
    • A47G19/16—Tea infusers, e.g. infusing bags, egg-shaped infuses

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  • THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to an infuser, and more particularly relates to an infuser adapted for use in the creation of an infused drink such as, for example, tea.
  • Many drinks may be infused from an infusable material.
  • An example of an infusable material is tea leaves. Tea leaves may be immersed in hot water to create an infused drink.
  • the present invention relates to an infuser for use in the creation of an infused drink.
  • an infuser for creating an infused drink comprising a handle, the handle carrying at one end a receptacle adapted to receive a material to be infused, the receptacle being such that when the receptacle is immersed in water, the material to be infused is acted upon by the water.
  • the receptacle is fo ⁇ ned with a t least one perforated wall.
  • the receptacle is constituted by a chamber fo ⁇ ned within a bowl provided at one end of the handle.
  • the bowl resembles the bowl of a spoon.
  • the bowl presents a convex outer part and a concave inner part, the outer part and the inner part being perforated.
  • a compressor is provided adapted to compress the material to be infused.
  • the receptacle is defined between two plates carried by the handle, the compressor being adapted to move the plates towards each other.
  • the two plates each have an edge portion thereof connected to the handle, the plates naturally diverging, the compressor comprising guide means engaging the handle to guide the compressor to execute axial movement relative to the handle, the compressor having means adapted to engage the outer surfaces of the plates and urge the plates inwardly towards each other.
  • the compressor comprises a piston and cylinder arrangement mounted on one end of the handle, the cylinder having a perforated wall.
  • the end of the handle remote from the cylinder is provided with a bowl so that the handle and bowl combination constitute a spoon.
  • the cylinder is associated with a carton of milk.
  • the carton of milk may be releasably attached to the cylinder.
  • the carton is within the cylinder, means being provided to open the carton in response to movement of the piston.
  • the invention also relates to a method of creating an infused drink comprising the steps of taking an infuser as described above, locating an infusible material in the receptacle and immersing the receptacle in water so that the infusible material is acted on by the water to create the infused drink.
  • the method includes the step of compressing the infusible material.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of an infuser in accordance with the invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a side view of the infuser of Figure 1
  • FIGURE 3 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 illustrating a second embodiment of the invention
  • FIGURE 4 is a front view of an alternative form of infuser in accordance with the invention.
  • FIGURE 5 is a side view of the infuser of Figure 4,
  • FIGURE 6 is a side view of the infuser of Figure 4 showing the infuser when in use
  • FIGURE 7 is a diagrammatic view of a further form of infuser in accordance with the invention.
  • FIGURE 8 is a diagrammatic view showing the infuser of Figure 7 in use
  • FIGURE 9 is a further view showing the infuser of Figure 7 in use with part thereof cut away,
  • FIGURE 10 is a further view of the infuser as shown in Figure 7 in use.
  • FIGURE 11 is a view of a modified embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGURE 12 is a view of a further modified embodiment of the invention with an associated carton of milk,
  • FIGURE 13 is a partial sectional view of the embodiment of Figure 13, and
  • FIGURE 14 is a perspective view of a component of the embodiment of Figures 12 and 13.
  • an infuser 1 in accordance with the invention comprises an elongate handle 2 carrying, at one end, a bowl 3 so that the handle and bowl combination have the configuration of a spoon.
  • the bowl 3 as can be seen more clearly from Figure 2, comprises a lower convex region 4 and an upper concave region 5, and a receptacle in the form of a chamber 6 is defined between the lower region 4 and the upper region 5.
  • An opening is provided at the side of the bowl, as indicated by the arrow 7 in Figure 1, providing access to the chamber 6.
  • the chamber 6 is dimensioned to receive a tea bag 8.
  • a tea bag comprises an infusable material, in the form of tea leaves, contained within a sachet of porous material, such as porous paper.
  • the portion of the infuser 1 defining the bowl 3 is perforated with perforations 9.
  • the tea bag 8 is retained in position within the chamber 6 by two perforated parts of the infuser that constitute the bowl 3.
  • the infuser may thus have a configuration equivalent to that of a conventional spoon.
  • the infuser may be used by inserting the bowl 3 into a cup of hot water and stirring the hot water using the handle 2. Since the tea bag 8 is contained within a chamber 6 defined by perforated portions of the bowl 3, the tea bag 8 is actually immersed in the water so that the tea in the tea bag is acted upon by the water. Thus the tea may be infused.
  • Figure 3 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the invention in which the bowl 3 is of circular configuration.
  • Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a modified embodiment of the invention.
  • the infuser 10 of Figures 4 and 5 comprises a first element having an elongate handle 11 which terminates with a receptacle 12 dimensioned to accommodate a tea bag 13.
  • the receptacle 12 is formed by two plates 14, 15, which extend from the lower end of the handle 11.
  • the plates 14, 15 are of the same size and shape, and are perforated 16.
  • the plates are each connected, by an edge region thereof, to the lower end of the handle 11 and the plates, as can be seen in Figure 5, are initially generally resiliently biased apart so as to diverge.
  • a compressor 16 is provided.
  • the compressor comprises a framework 17 constituting guide means which receive the handle 11 and which guide the compressor 16 so that the compressor 16 may slide axially relative to the handle 11.
  • the lower end of the compressor carries two axially extending arms 18, 19 each of which terminates with a compressor plate 20, 21.
  • the compressor plates 20, 21 just engage the plates 14, 15 and serve to bias the edges of the plates which are connected to the handle 11 together, thus trapping part of the tea bag 13 and retaining the tea bag 13 within the receptacle defined by the plates 14, 15.
  • the handle 1 1 may be grasped and the lower part of the infuser may be inserted into a cup of hot water and the entire infuser may be used to stir the hot water.
  • the hot water will thus have access to the tea bag 13, the tea leaves will be acted upon by the water, thus and the tea from the tea bag will be infused.
  • the compressor 16 may be pressed axially downwardly, as indicated by the arrow 22, shown in Figure 6.
  • the compressor plates 20, 21 will engage the outer faces of the plates 14, 15, thus urging those plates together and compressing or squeezing the tea bag 13. This will encourage any remaining liquid to fall from the tea bag as drops 23.
  • a further infuser 30 in accordance with the invention comprises an elongate handle 31 which carries, at one end, a bowl 32 corresponding to the bowl of a conventional tea spoon.
  • the other end of the handle 31 is associated with a receptacle 33 constituted by a cylinder 34 which has a perforated outer wall 35.
  • the handle 31 is actually connected to a piston 36 contained within the cylinder 34.
  • either tea leaves or a tea bag is inserted into the cylinder 36.
  • An end part of the cylinder may be removably mounted in position to enable this to happen.
  • the infuser 30 is utilised by inserting the receptacle constituted by the cylinder 34 into water contained within a cup 37.
  • the handle 31 may be grasped to enable the liquid within the cup 37 to be stirred, as indicated by the arrows 38. Because the cylinder 34 is perforated the tea within the cylinder will be acted upon by the water. Thus the tea will be infused. Subsequently the infuser 30 may be lifted above the cup 37, with the receptacle being removed from the water, and the piston 36 may be moved downwardly within the cylinder 34, causing any remaining drops 39 of liquid to fall back into the cup 37.
  • an infuser 50 is provided.
  • the infuser incorporates a first element having a handle 51, one end of which carries a spoon 52, and the other end of which is connected to a piston 53 which is slidably insertable within a cylinder 54.
  • the cylinder has a perforated side wall 55.
  • tea leaves or a tea-bag is inserted into the cylinder.
  • the entire piston 53 may be removed from the cylinder 54 to enable this to happen.
  • a carton 56 containing milk is provided which is snap-fitted, as indicated by the arrows 57, to the end of the cylinder 54 which is remote from the open end receiving the piston 53.
  • the infuser may be used in very much the same manner as that of Figures 7 to 10 as described above with particular reference to Figure 8, save that the milk carton 56 will initially be removed from the infuser, and after the infusion process, milk from the milk carton may be introduced to the cup of tea.
  • FIGs 12 to 14 illustrate yet another embodiment of the invention in which an infuser 60 is provided.
  • the infuser 60 comprises a first element having a handle 61 which carries, at one end, a spoon 62 and, at the other end, a piston 63.
  • a perforator cylinder 64 is provided dimensioned to receive the piston 63 through an open end thereof.
  • the cylinder 64 has a perforated side wall 65.
  • the perforated side wall towards the open end of the cylinder, defines a relatively large internal diameter, but towards the closed base 66 of the cylinder, which is at the end of the cylinder remote from that through which the piston 63 is introduced into the cylinder, the side wall is thickened 67 thus producing an interior discontinuity or shoulder 68.
  • Above the shoulder 68 an axially extending slot 69 is provided formed in the side wall.
  • the slot is comprised of two linear portions which are slightly off-set by means of a crank 70.
  • a compressor and carton opener 71 is provided adapted to be received within the cylinder.
  • the compressor and carton opener 71 comprises a lower circular perforated plate 72 having an outer diameter which is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the portion of the cylinder 65 located above the shoulder 68.
  • the compressor and carton opener 71 comprises a second circular perforated plate 73 of slightly lesser diameter, the diameter of the plate 73 being equal to the diameter of the cylinder 65 at a level below the shoulder 68.
  • the plate 73 is located slightly above and concentric with the plate 72.
  • the two plates are inter-connected by a rod 74 which extends coincident with the centre points of the two circles.
  • An upwardly directed spike 75 is provided located at the centre of the upper plate 73.
  • the periphery of the lower plate 72 is provided with a line of mechanical weakness 76 so that the periphery of the lower plate 72 may be snapped off, with the residue of the lower plate 72 then having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the part of the cylinder located beneath the shoulder 68.
  • the compressor and carton opener 71 is intended to be located within the cylinder, as shown in Figure 12, with the periphery of the lower plate resting on the shoulder 68.
  • a milk carton 76 is provided of circular form having a radially outwardly extending lug 77.
  • the carton may be inserted into the upper part of the cylinder, with the lug being received within the slot 69.
  • the crank 70 will be engaged by the projection 77 to prevent the carton moving to a position at which the spike 75 pierces the carton.
  • the piston 63 may be inserted into the top of the cylinder.
  • tea leaves or tea-bags may be located within the lower part of the cylinder beneath the compressor 71.
  • tea leaves or a tea- bag will be in the lower part of the infuser, that is to say the part beneath the shoulder 68.
  • the influser may be used generally in the manner described above with reference to Figure 8.
  • an initial step in using the infuser will be to rotate the milk carton, possibly by rotating the piston, or possibly by engaging part of the projection 77 emerging through the crank 70 provided in the slot 69 so as to rotate the carton so that the projection 77 is aligned with the lower part of the slot 69 beneath the crank 70.

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L'invention porte sur un infuseur permettant d'obtenir une boisson infusée. Cet infuseur comprend une poignée (2) supportant à une extrémité un réceptacle (6) conçu pour recevoir une substance à infuser. Lorsque le réceptacle est immergé, l'eau agit sur la substance à infuser.
PCT/GB2000/004109 1999-11-11 2000-10-25 Ameliorations apportees a un infuseur WO2001034002A1 (fr)

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FR2839501A1 (fr) * 2002-05-13 2003-11-14 Antoine Francois Caparros Dispositif pour presser les thes en sachet contenant un liquide chaud
GB2398230A (en) * 2003-02-14 2004-08-18 Brian Thomas Lawless Enclosed "one cup" tea bag infusor
WO2004107935A1 (fr) * 2003-06-06 2004-12-16 Vicente Gomez Laguna Touillette, a usage unique, munie de doses d'infusions et de produits medicamenteux
WO2007102137A2 (fr) * 2006-03-09 2007-09-13 Omer Faruk Ilhan Outil d'agitation
FR2944688A1 (fr) * 2009-04-22 2010-10-29 Karim Saada Tube 3 en 1 permettant de servir une boisson,de la sucrer et de la melanger
WO2021099144A1 (fr) 2019-11-18 2021-05-27 Unilever Ip Holdings B.V. Dispositif d'infusion de boisson

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US2887948A (en) * 1957-09-30 1959-05-26 Kradion Corp Tea bag squeezer and spoon
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US3946652A (en) * 1974-08-06 1976-03-30 Sylvan Gorin Dispensing spoon
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GB630681A (en) * 1946-07-01 1949-10-19 Frank Reginald Chester Improvements in impulses
DE852284C (de) * 1949-12-08 1952-10-13 Friedrich Ludwig Grauvogl Teeauslaugvorrichtung
US2887948A (en) * 1957-09-30 1959-05-26 Kradion Corp Tea bag squeezer and spoon
US3154418A (en) * 1961-12-01 1964-10-27 Bell & Richardson Inc De Packaging and stirring implement for making beverages
US3755895A (en) * 1971-02-17 1973-09-04 A Claasen Herb spoon
US3946652A (en) * 1974-08-06 1976-03-30 Sylvan Gorin Dispensing spoon
DE19902912A1 (de) * 1999-01-26 1999-08-05 Andreas Runge Gerät zum Auspressen von Teebeuteln

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2839501A1 (fr) * 2002-05-13 2003-11-14 Antoine Francois Caparros Dispositif pour presser les thes en sachet contenant un liquide chaud
GB2398230A (en) * 2003-02-14 2004-08-18 Brian Thomas Lawless Enclosed "one cup" tea bag infusor
WO2004107935A1 (fr) * 2003-06-06 2004-12-16 Vicente Gomez Laguna Touillette, a usage unique, munie de doses d'infusions et de produits medicamenteux
WO2007102137A2 (fr) * 2006-03-09 2007-09-13 Omer Faruk Ilhan Outil d'agitation
WO2007102137A3 (fr) * 2006-03-09 2007-11-15 Omer Faruk Ilhan Outil d'agitation
FR2944688A1 (fr) * 2009-04-22 2010-10-29 Karim Saada Tube 3 en 1 permettant de servir une boisson,de la sucrer et de la melanger
WO2021099144A1 (fr) 2019-11-18 2021-05-27 Unilever Ip Holdings B.V. Dispositif d'infusion de boisson

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