WO2021214914A1 - コーヒーメーカー - Google Patents

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WO2021214914A1
WO2021214914A1 PCT/JP2020/017334 JP2020017334W WO2021214914A1 WO 2021214914 A1 WO2021214914 A1 WO 2021214914A1 JP 2020017334 W JP2020017334 W JP 2020017334W WO 2021214914 A1 WO2021214914 A1 WO 2021214914A1
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圭史 笹田
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
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  • the present invention relates to a coffee maker that extracts coffee from ground coffee beans.
  • a coffee maker that has a dripper for storing ground coffee beans (hereinafter referred to as coffee powder) and a holder for placing the dripper and holding it above the server, and pouring hot water into the dripper to extract coffee.
  • the following Patent Document 1 discloses a device for holding a dripper (3) above a server (coffee pot 6) by setting a dripper (filter holder 3) on a holder (filter holder support bracket 7). The dripper (3) is set from above with respect to the holder (7).
  • Patent Document 2 discloses a coffee maker that holds a dripper (21) above a server (bottle 3) by setting a dripper (basket 21) in a holder (basket holder 20).
  • the member names and codes in parentheses are the member names and codes used in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below, and are not related to the codes used in the description of the embodiments of the present application.
  • the dripper is often set from above with respect to the holder.
  • An object of the present invention is to hold the dripper so that it does not come off from the holder in a coffee maker in which the dripper is set from the horizontal direction instead of from above in order to increase the degree of freedom in design.
  • the coffee maker according to the present invention includes a dripper and a holder that holds the dripper above the server.
  • the dripper has a funnel portion, a plate portion provided at the lower part of the funnel portion, and a bulging portion connected to the lower part of the funnel portion and bulging downward from the plate portion.
  • the holder is provided on the main body of the apparatus, and the plate portion of the dripper is placed on the upper surface which is a horizontal plane to hold the dripper above the server.
  • the holder also has a concave shape formed radially inward from one point on the peripheral edge, and the concave shape defines a receiving area for receiving the bulging portion of the dripper.
  • a guide mechanism is provided on the upper surface of the holder facing each other and the lower surface of the plate portion.
  • the guide mechanism includes a guide element provided on the upper surface of the holder and a follower element provided on the lower surface of the plate portion and engaged with the guide element.
  • the guide mechanism defines a preset position for temporarily stopping the dripper that has entered the receiving area, and the dripper can be sent from the preset position to the set position by rotating the dripper.
  • the set position can be located deeper than the preset position in the approaching direction of the dripper to the receiving area.
  • the guide mechanism can feed the dripper to the set position regardless of whether the dripper is rotated to the left or right.
  • the guide element can be a guide protrusion protruding from the upper surface of the holder, and the follower element can be a follower groove engraved on the lower surface of the plate portion.
  • the follower groove gradually approaches the bulge from the position where the dripper engages with the guide protrusion when it is near the preset position to the position where it engages with the guide protrusion when it is in the set position. Can be provided.
  • the coffee maker can have a vertical restraint structure that restrains the relative movement of the dripper and the holder in the vertical direction.
  • the vertical restraint structure may include a groove provided on one of the side surface of the bulging portion of the dripper and the inner wall surface defining the receiving area of the holder, and a ridge provided on the other side and engaging with the groove. can.
  • the receiving area specified by the holder can be opened toward the front of the device body.
  • the dripper may have a handle provided on the side surface of the funnel portion. The handle can be extended in the front of the device body at the preset position and in the direction orthogonal to the front at the set position.
  • the dripper sent to the set position by the guide mechanism is held in the receiving area of the holder.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which the dripper 12 is separated from the device main body 14
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which the dripper 12 is set in the device main body 14.
  • the apparatus main body 14 has a mounting table 18 on which the server 16 is mounted, and a columnar portion 20 erected on the mounting table 18.
  • the direction from the columnar portion 20 toward the mounted server 16 is referred to as the front of the main body of the apparatus, or simply the front.
  • the front is indicated by an arrow FR.
  • the upper part is indicated by an arrow UP
  • LH left side facing forward
  • the columnar portion 20 of the main body 14 of the apparatus is provided with a tank 13 for storing water and a heating portion (not shown) for heating the water inside, and a nozzle 22 for supplying the heated water to the dripper 12 at the top.
  • the nozzle 22 extends forward from the columnar portion 20.
  • a holder 24 for holding the dripper 12 above the server 16 mounted on the mounting table 18 is provided on the front surface of the apparatus main body 14, that is, on the front surface. The holder 24 is fixed to the device main body 14.
  • the server 16 includes a truncated cone-shaped server body 26 having an open top, a lid 28 attached to the opening at the top of the server body 26, and a server handle 30 fixed to the side surface of the server body 26.
  • the lid 28 is provided with some through holes so that the corby received on the upper surface can flow into the inside of the server body 26.
  • FIG. 3 to 5 are views showing the dripper 12, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state of looking down from diagonally above, FIG. 4 is a perspective view looking up from diagonally below, and FIG. 5 is a bottom view.
  • the dripper 12 has a funnel portion 32 for accommodating coffee powder, a plate portion 34 provided below the funnel portion 32, and a bulging portion 36 that bulges downward from the plate portion 34.
  • the funnel portion 32 has a substantially conical shape that narrows downward, and defines a storage space for accommodating coffee powder that is dented in a mortar shape that opens upward.
  • a filter made of paper or the like is arranged along the inner wall surface of the funnel portion 32, and coffee powder is housed inside the filter.
  • the plate portion 34 is arranged in a horizontal plane at the lower end of the funnel portion 32.
  • the plate portion 34 may have a substantially disk shape.
  • the bulging portion 36 of the dripper 12 is provided at the lower end of the cylindrical bulging portion main body 37 fixed to the plate portion 34 and the bulging portion main body 37, and is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the bulging portion main body 37. It includes a valve body 38.
  • the internal space of the bulging portion 36 communicates with the accommodation space of the funnel portion 32, and the coffee filtered by the filter flows into the bulging portion 36.
  • the valve body 38 is normally closed, and when pushed up from below, the valve opens.
  • the valve body 38 of the bulging portion 36 is pushed up by the upper surface of the lid 28 of the server 16 to open the valve.
  • the extracted coffee flows out from the bulge 36 and flows into the inside of the server body 26 through the through hole of the lid 28.
  • the valve does not open and the coffee stays in the dripper.
  • a dripper handle 40 is provided on the side surface of the funnel portion 32.
  • the central axis of the bulging portion 36 extends in the vertical direction when the dripper 12 is used.
  • the plate portion 34 may have a substantially disk shape having a central axis common to the bulging portion.
  • a line orthogonal to the central axis and passing through the handle 40 in the plane defined by the lower surface 34a of the plate portion is referred to as a dripper center line M.
  • the dripper handle 40 side in the direction along the dripper center line M, the dripper handle 40 side is referred to as the proximal side PR, and the opposite side thereof is referred to as the distal side DI.
  • the intersection of the plane defined by the lower surface 34a of the plate portion and the central axis of the bulging portion is referred to as the center O.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the holder 24, and FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the holder 24.
  • the holder 24 is fixedly supported by a bracket 42 fixed to the columnar portion 20.
  • the holder 24 is arranged so that the upper surface 24a is horizontal, and a concave shape is formed from the peripheral edge toward the inside in the radial direction. This concave shape defines a receiving region 44 that receives the bulging portion 36 of the dripper 12.
  • the inner wall surface 24b of the holder 24, which defines the receiving area 44 has a substantially U shape that opens toward the front of the apparatus main body 14 when viewed from above.
  • This substantially U-shaped center line extends in the front-rear direction.
  • This center line is referred to as a holder center line N.
  • the outer edge of the holder 24 has a substantially arc shape when viewed from above, and a peripheral wall 46 is erected upward from the upper surface 24a of the holder at the rear portion of the holder 24 on the outer edge.
  • the peripheral wall 46 comes into contact with the peripheral edge of the plate portion 34 of the dripper.
  • the peripheral wall 46 has a semicircular or inferior arc shape, and when viewed from above, the center line of the peripheral wall 46 coincides with the U-shaped holder center line N of the inner wall surface 24b of the holder.
  • An arc-shaped sliding ridge 48 arranged so as to partially surround the receiving region 44 is provided on the upper surface 24a of the holder.
  • the upper surface of the sliding ridge 48 is in contact with the lower surface 34a of the plate portion 34, so that the lower surface 34a of the plate portion is not in direct contact with the upper surface 24a of the holder. This reduces friction when the dripper 12 is rotated with respect to the holder 24.
  • the dripper 12 enters from the front of the apparatus main body 14 and is placed on the holder 24.
  • the dripper 12 is guided to a set position which is a position at the time of coffee extraction.
  • the coffee maker 10 is provided with a guide mechanism.
  • the guide mechanism includes a guide protrusion 50 (see FIGS. 6 and 7) which is a guide element provided on the upper surface 24a of the holder 24, and a follower groove 52 (follower groove 52) which is a follower element formed on the lower surface 34a of the plate portion 34 of the dripper 12. (See FIGS. 4 and 5).
  • the guide protrusion 50 is a cylindrical protrusion that protrudes upward from the upper surface 24a of the holder, and its height is higher than that of the sliding ridge 48. Further, the guide protrusion 50 is provided on the holder center line N (see FIG. 7).
  • the follower groove 52 is formed by being engraved on the lower surface 34a of the plate portion 34, and when the dripper 12 is inserted from the front of the apparatus main body 14 toward the holder 24 with the dripper handle 40 facing forward, the holder The guide protrusion 50 of the 24 enters into the follower groove 52 formed in a concave shape.
  • the follower groove 52 includes a receiving portion 54 that opens toward the distal DI, and follower portions 56A and 56B that extend from the receiving portion 54 in opposite directions.
  • the shape of the follower groove 52 is symmetrical with respect to the dripper center line M.
  • the width of the opening of the receiving portion 54 (the dimension in the direction orthogonal to the dripper center line M) is considerably larger than the diameter of the guide protrusion 50, for example, 5 times or more.
  • the follower portions 56A and 56B are curved, they enter the inside of the circumference C as they move away from the dripper center line M, not on the circumference C centered on the center O of the dripper 12, and gradually reach the bulging portion 36. Approaching. In other words, the follower portions 56A and 56B have a smaller distance from the center O of the dripper 12 as the distance from the dripper center line M increases. The operation of the guide mechanism will be described in detail later.
  • the coffee maker 10 has a vertical restraint structure that restrains the vertical movement of the dripper 12 with respect to the holder 24.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which the dripper 12 is viewed horizontally from the distal side DI, that is, the opposite side of the dripper handle 40
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which the holder 24 is viewed from the front.
  • the vertical restraint structure includes a restraint groove 58 provided on the side surface of the bulging portion 36 of the dripper 12 extending in the circumferential direction, and a restraint ridge 60 provided on the inner wall surface 24b of the holder 24.
  • the restraint groove 58 is provided over the entire circumference of the bulging portion 36.
  • the restraint ridge 60 extends in a horizontal plane and is provided over almost the entire U-shape of the inner wall surface 24b of the holder.
  • the restraint groove 58 and the restraint ridge 60 engage with each other to restrain the vertical movement of the dripper 12.
  • a ridge may be provided on the dripper side and a groove may be provided on the holder side.
  • an inward flange may be provided on the upper edge of the peripheral wall 46 of the holder 24, and the outer edge of the plate portion 34 may be sandwiched between the flange and the upper surface 24a of the holder to restrain the dripper 12 in the vertical direction.
  • the guide protrusion and the follower groove may be a mortise and tenon groove or a T-shaped protrusion and a T-shaped groove, and the movement of the dripper 12 in the vertical direction may be restrained by this guide mechanism.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a process of setting the dripper 12.
  • the upper row shows the state before setting the dripper 12
  • the middle row shows the setting process
  • the lower row shows the state where the setting is completed.
  • the figures on the right side of the middle and lower rows show the dripper 12 and the guide protrusion 50 on the holder 24 as viewed from below.
  • the dripper 12 When the user sets the dripper 12, the dripper 12 is inserted from the front of the apparatus main body 14 toward the holder 24 with the dripper handle 40 facing forward, and at this time, the bulging portion 36 is in front of the receiving area 44. Enter from the open end that opens to. In this process, the restraint groove 58 of the bulging portion 36 and the restraint ridge 60 of the inner wall surface 24b of the holder are engaged to restrain the vertical movement of the dripper 12 with respect to the holder 24.
  • the guide protrusion 50 is accepted by the receiving portion 54 of the follower groove 52 as shown in the right figure in the middle stage.
  • the receiving portion 54 can receive the guide protrusion 50 even if the frontage is wide and the direction of the dripper 12 is slightly deviated, that is, the dripper handle 40 is slightly deviated from the front.
  • the dripper 12 stops there. This position is referred to as a "preset position". At the preset position, there is a gap between the plate portion 34 of the dripper 12 and the peripheral wall 46 of the holder 24.
  • the user rotates the dripper 12 counterclockwise when viewed from above from the preset position.
  • the user can rotate the dripper 12 by pushing the dripper handle 40 while holding it.
  • the follower portion 56A of the follower groove 52 engages with the guide protrusion.
  • the follower portion 56A gradually approaches the bulging portion 36 as described above, so that the entire dripper 12 is moved to the back, that is, to the rear by being guided by the guide protrusion 50. That is, the rotation axis of the dripper 12 translates backward with the rotation of the dripper 12.
  • the dripper 12 When the dripper 12 is rotated by 90 ° from the preset position, the guide protrusion 50 is engaged with the end of the follower portion 56A as shown in the lower stage, and the dripper 12 cannot be rotated any more. This position is the "set position". At this time, the plate portion 34 comes into contact with the peripheral wall 46. The dripper 12 is located at the set position at the back of the preset position by the dimension d. Extract coffee at the set position.
  • the dripper 12 is held by the holder 24 so as not to be pulled forward.
  • a forward force acts on the bulging portion 36 in contact with the lid 28 of the server 16.
  • the dripper 12 is maintained in a state of being held by the holder 24.
  • the dripper 12 When the dripper 12 is sent from the preset position to the set position, the dripper 12 moves toward the rear of the apparatus main body as it rotates. The user holds the dripper handle 40 and rotates the dripper 12. At this time, since the user exerts a force on the dripper handle 40 toward the rear, the backward movement of the dripper 12 can be felt as a result of the applied force and give a natural impression.
  • the guide protrusion 50 engages with the follower portion 56B.
  • the follower portion 56B is symmetrical with respect to the follower portion 56A and the dripper center line M, and the set position is the same regardless of whether the dripper 12 is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise. This enables rotation according to the dominant arm. Only one of the follower portions 56A and 56B may be provided.
  • the opening direction of the receiving area 44 may be not in front of the main body of the device but in the side.
  • the upper surface 24a of the holder is provided with a protrusion and the lower surface 34a of the plate portion is provided with a groove.
  • the upper surface of the holder is provided with a groove which is a guide element, and the lower surface of the plate portion is provided with a groove.
  • a protrusion that is a follower element may be provided.
  • the groove can be shaped so that the distance from the center of the bulging portion at the preset position increases as the distance from the center line N increases.

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