JP2005288010A - Electric pot with beverage material supply function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive electric pot with a beverage material supply function which is made to be small with a simple constitution, while holding a hot water supply function and a tea supply function. <P>SOLUTION: The electric pot integrally comprises: an electric pot part 2 having an inner receptacle 4 for storing hot water, a heating source 9 positioned in the bottom part of the inner receptacle 4, and a discharge port for discharging the stored hot water; and the beverage material supply mechanism 3 having a hopper 15 for storing powder tea, a powder tea discharge port for discharging the powder tea from the hopper 15, and a screw conveyor 17 for carrying the powder tea to the powder tea discharge port. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric pot with a drinking material supply function for use in homes and offices, and more particularly, stores an electric pot portion for supplying drinking water used for a small number of users and a powdered beverage material. The present invention relates to an electric pot with a drinking material supply function provided with a drinking material supply machine for discharging a predetermined amount.

  Traditionally, electric pots have been widely used in homes and offices. Coffee and green tea are often drunk, and in the case of coffee, it is common to place instant powdered coffee as it is in a drinking container such as a cup and pour hot water into the cup, and in the case of green tea, tea leaves are extracted It is common to pour hot water in a container or tea strainer to make a tea. Recently, tea leaves have been powdered, and this powdered tea is put in a drinking container and hot water is poured into the tea as it is increasing. Therefore, it is convenient for drinking if the electric kettle and the tea machine are integrated. However, there is no easy-to-use electric pot with a small tea supply function that is used in homes and offices.

  By the way, an electric kettle having an inner container for storing hot water for storing drinking water, a heating source located at the bottom of the inner container, and a discharge port for discharging the stored hot water is known (see, for example, JP-A-2003-245200). ). Also, a tea machine provided with a commercial hot water supply mechanism and a tea leaf exchange mechanism is known (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-14553). In this product, a certain amount of tea leaves and appropriate temperature hot water are automatically supplied by placing a container.

JP 2003-245200 A JP 2000-14553 A

  However, the above-mentioned electric pot alone is inconvenient because it is necessary to put drinking materials in a drinking container with a spoon or the like and pour hot water as usual. In addition, a tea dispenser equipped with an automatic weighing and feeding machine that is provided separately from the electric kettle can be a little convenient because it saves the time and effort of weighing, but it is installed separately, so the installation area increases accordingly. Therefore, in a place where there is not enough space to install both, the container must be moved and replaced, which is inconvenient.

  Furthermore, although the latter thing of patent document 2 does not require the movement of a container and is convenient, the whole apparatus is very large and it was difficult to use it in the corner of a home or an office.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an electric pot with a drinking material supply function that can be reduced in size with a simple configuration while maintaining a hot water supply function and a tea supply function. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electric pot with a drinking material supply function of the present invention comprises an inner container for hot water storage, a heating source located at the bottom of the inner container, and a discharge port for discharging hot water. And a drinking material supply unit having a hopper for storing the powdered drinking material, a material discharge port for discharging the drinking material from the hopper, and a feeder for supplying the drinking material to the material discharge port. And

The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 2 of the present invention integrally stores the electric pot portion and the drinking material supply machine portion in a common main body.
The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 3 of the present invention is arranged such that the height of the discharge port of the electric pot portion is higher than the material discharge port of the potable material supply machine portion.

  The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 4 of the present invention is provided by hanging a wall member between the discharge port of the electric pot unit and the material discharge port of the potable material supply unit, to the material discharge port. It is possible to prevent the steam from moving linearly in the lateral direction and to position the drinking container.

In the electric pot with drinking material supply function according to claim 5 of the present invention, the electric pot portion and the controller of the drinking material supply machine portion are made common.
In the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 6 of the present invention, the drinking material used for the drinking material supply machine is powdered tea or instant coffee.

In the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 7 of the present invention, the electric pot part is arranged on the right side facing the front, and the drinking material supply machine part is arranged on the left side.
Moreover, the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 8 of the present invention is arranged such that the upper end position of the electric pot portion is lower than the upper end position of the drinking material supply machine portion.

In the electric pot with drinking material supply function according to claim 9 of the present invention, the electric pot portion and the drinking material supply machine portion have a common handle, and the grip portion of the handle is located on the electric pot portion side.
In the electric pot with drinking material supply function according to claim 10 of the present invention, the electric pot portion and the drinking material supply machine portion are detachable.

  In the present invention, the drinking material to be used for coffee means one that can be dissolved or dispersed in hot water such as powdered tea or instant coffee and can be drunk as it is.

  According to the invention of claim 1 of the present application, since the electric pot with a drinking material supply function does not have to be configured separately from the electric pot and the drinking material supply machine, it is easy to use, and tea such as tea is simple and convenient. become. In addition, since the common function of the electric pot and the potable material supply machine can be configured as one structure, the apparatus can be simplified and can be reduced in size and the cost can be reduced. Furthermore, since it can be made small, it can also be placed in a narrow place like a conventional electric pot. It can prevent drinking material from breathing steam

According to the electric pot with a drinking material supply function of the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, it can be further reduced in size, can be improved in appearance, and cost can be reduced.
In addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 3 of the present application can eliminate the steam rising from the hot water supplied to the material discharge port, and the drinking material is steam. Can be prevented, and solidification of drinkable materials and deterioration of flavor due to dampness can be prevented.

  According to the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 4 of the present application, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, it is possible to prevent the material discharge port from being exposed to steam, and the drinking material sucks steam. It is possible to prevent coagulation of drinkable materials and deterioration of flavor due to wetness.

According to the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 5 of the present application, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, since the number of parts can be reduced, the size can be further reduced and the cost can be reduced.
According to the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 6 of the present application, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, it becomes easier and more convenient to café.

According to the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 7 of the present application, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the operation of receiving the drinking material in the container and pouring hot water can be performed smoothly, and the cafe is more convenient. .
According to the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 8 of the present application, in addition to the effect of claim 1, it is possible to reliably prevent the condensed water from flowing into the storage portion of the drinking material. Prevents dampening of drinkable materials and deterioration of flavor due to dampness.

According to the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 9 of the present application, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the carrying is stable, and the convenience is good and convenient.
According to the electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 10 of the present application, in addition to the effect of claim 1, since it is easy to wash even if it is dirty, it can be kept clean.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The example of powdered tea as a drinking material is demonstrated below. This description is one specific example of the present invention, and does not limit the matters described in the claims. 1 to 8 are views showing an electric pot with a powdered tea supply function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The electric tea pot with a powdered tea supply function of the present invention includes a common body 1, an electric pot portion 2 arranged on the right side of the common body 1, and a powdered tea supplying powdered tea arranged on the left side of the front. The feeder unit 3 is provided, and the outer shape is integrally formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the electric pot unit 2 includes a hot water inner container 4 for storing hot water, a lid body 5 for opening and closing the upper opening of the inner container 4, and hot water into a drinking container C. Discharge port 6 for pouring, hot water supply passage 7 for sending hot water in the inner container 4 to the discharge port 6, an electric pump 8 provided in the middle of the hot water supply passage 7, and heating for heating the water in the inner container 4 An electric heater 9 as a source is provided.

  The container body 1 is made of a synthetic resin that joins an outer case 10 made of a synthetic resin constituting the outer surface, an upper portion of the inner container 4 and the like disposed in the outer case 10 and an upper outer peripheral portion of the outer case 10. It consists of a top member 11 and a synthetic resin bottom member 12 constituting the bottom surface.

  The powder tea supply unit 3 arranged on the left side of the container body 1 on the front side includes a hopper 15 that stores powdered tea and a screw conveyor 17 that is a means for supplying powdered tea from the hopper 15 to the powdered tea discharge port 16. And a motor 18 for driving the screw conveyor 17, a partition wall 19 is disposed so as to separate the powder tea discharge port 16 and the electric pot 2, and a material part lid 20 for opening and closing the upper opening of the hopper 15 is provided. .

  A handle 21 is provided so as to surround half of the outer periphery of the container body 1. One end of the handle 21 is supported on the electric pot portion 2 side of the container body 1, and the other end is supported on the powder tea feeder unit 3 side, and is rotatable between the front and rear surfaces of the container body 1. A gripping portion 22 is formed so as to be convenient for transporting the electric pot with powdered tea supply function, and the gripping portion 22 is biased to the electric pot portion 2 side, and the electric pot portion is gripped and transported here. It is designed to prevent the 2 from slipping.

  A control panel 23 of a common control unit for operating the electric pot unit 2 and the powdered tea feeder unit 3 is provided on the upper portion of the electric pot unit 2 of the container body 1, and a touch panel 24 is disposed on the upper surface. Since the control for operating the electric pot unit 2 and the powdered tea feeder unit 3 can be operated with a common control panel 23, the electric pot can be made compact and the structure can be simplified, and the powdered tea supply and hot water supply can be performed in one place. The touch panel 24 can be operated to improve usability.

  Further, the lid 5 of the electric pot portion 2 is provided with a push button 25, a steam escape port 26, and the like.

  The inner container 4 has a double wall structure composed of a substantially cylindrical inner and outer cylinder made of stainless steel, and the inner and outer cylinders are connected at the open end of the upper end and are connected at the bottom to be double wall portions. Is evacuated. A recess 13 is formed in the center of the bottom of the inner container 4 by projecting the inner diameter side upward, and an electric heater 9 is provided in the recess 13, and a temperature sensor 14 is provided in the center. It has been.

  The electric heater 9 is composed of a sheathed heater, and includes a water heater and a heat retaining heater. Heat is transmitted from the electric heater 9 to heat the heat radiating portion of the inner container 4, and the hot water put into the inner container 4 is heated from the heat radiating portion to keep the heat.

  In addition, an outlet 27 for leading hot water to the outside is provided at the bottom of the inner container 4, and is connected to the discharge port 6 via an electric pump 8 provided in the middle of the hot water supply passage 7. In order to discharge hot water, the electric pump 8 is operated by pressing the touch switch of the operation panel 24, whereby hot water is led out from the inner container 4 through the outlet 27 by the electric pump 8, flows through the hot water supply passage 7, and is discharged from the outlet Put into a drinking container from 6.

  A powder tea discharge port 16 for supplying powdered tea to the drinking container is provided below the discharge port 6 of the electric pot unit 2 and connected to the hopper 15 of the powder tea supply unit 3. Since the powder tea discharge port 16 is positioned below the hot water discharge port 6, the steam rising from the discharge port 6 does not flow directly toward the powder tea discharge port 16, so the powder tea is moistened with steam. It is never done.

  Moreover, when it is set as the structure which arrange | positions the powdered tea supply machine part 3 on the left side toward the front of the common main body 1, the operation | movement which puts powdered tea into a drinking container and then pours drinking container hot water smoothly It is easy to use.

  The powdered tea feeder unit 3 and the electric pot unit 2 are accommodated in the common main body 1. The powder tea supply unit 3 and the electric pot unit 2 are not completely partitioned inside, but the outside, in particular, the powder tea discharge port 16 and the discharge port 6 for discharging hot water are not linearly opposed. A partition wall 19 is formed integrally with the common main body 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the screw conveyor 17 that sends the powdered tea to the powdered tea discharge port 16 uses a conveyor such as a screw conveyor, and supplies the powdered tea from the powdered tea discharge port 16 by a predetermined amount. The mechanism is configured. The screw conveyor 17 is attached to the lower part of the hopper 15, is accommodated in the common main body 1 together with the hopper 15, and is detachable from the common main body 1. If comprised so that it can attach or detach, a contact part with powdered tea, such as a hopper, can be removed from the common main body 1 and washed, so that the electric pot with powdered tea supply function can be kept clean.

  The hopper 15 has a box shape with a large upper surface, is formed to be narrowed downward, and the opening on the upper surface is covered with a material part lid 20 that can be opened and closed. The upper surface edge of the opening portion of the hopper 15 and the material portion lid 20 are closed with a sealing member interposed therebetween so that the sealing performance is good. A screw conveyor 17 is provided and closed along the opening at the lower end of the hopper 15, and the outlet of the hopper 15, that is, the material delivery outlet of the screw conveyor 17 is opened. In addition, a partition member 29 is provided so as to surround the upper portion of the hopper 15, so that the humid atmosphere of the electric pot portion 2 does not flow around the hopper 15. In addition, a valve body 30 is provided outside the material delivery port of the screw conveyor 17 below the hopper 15 so as to open and close the opening, and a guide cylinder member 31 is disposed surrounding the material delivery port.

  The powder tea discharge port 16 is formed in the lower part of the guide cylinder member 31 arrange | positioned from the periphery of the material delivery outlet of the hopper 15 to the lower part. The guide cylinder member 31 has a substantially funnel-like shape with the lower part being squeezed, the top and bottom open, and the upper part surrounds the material outlet part of the screw conveyor 17 and opens and closes the material delivery outlet of the feeder 17. It is formed so that the valve body 30 can operate.

  A motor 18 for driving the screw conveyor 17 is provided on one end side of the screw conveyor 17. On the powder tea discharge port 16 side on the other end side of the screw conveyor 17, a valve body 30, an operating piece 32 connected to the valve body 30, and a solenoid 33 for opening and closing the valve body 30 by operating the operating piece 32 are provided. It has been.

  The drive shaft on one end side of the screw conveyor 17 is provided with a gear 34 of the transmission mechanism, and the gear 35 of the transmission member on the side that drives the gear 34 is attached to the motor 18, in this form, the common main body 1 side. Is provided.

The effect | action of the electric pot with a drinking material supply function comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated easily below.
The electric pot portion 2 is in a state where hot water can be used by the same operation as that of a conventional electric pot. In the powdered tea supply part 3, the material part lid | cover 20 of the upper part of the hopper 15 is opened, powdered tea is put, and it closes so that the material part lid | cover 20 may be pressed. Then, the lock mechanism provided in the material part lid | cover 20 works, and the hopper 15 is sealed secretly.

  In order to make a coffee, first, a drinking container is placed below the powder tea outlet 16 of the powder tea supply unit 3. At this time, since there is the partition wall 19 between the electric pot part 2 and the front wall 19a, the positioning of the drinking container is convenient.

  Subsequently, the press button 28 is pressed to put powdered tea into the drinking container. When the press button 28 is pressed, the motor 18 and the solenoid 33 are actuated to discharge the powdered tea from the hopper 15 for a predetermined time (predetermined amount) and supply it to the drinking container through the guide tube member 31 from the powdered tea discharge port 16. Is done. In this powdered tea supply operation, once the pressing button 28 is pressed, the screw conveyor 17 is driven for a certain period of time, regardless of the pressing time, and the solenoid 33 is activated to operate the operating piece 32 to move the valve body 30. It is configured to rotate and open the material delivery port of the hopper 15.

  Subsequently, it transfers to the electric pot part 2 to the drinking container containing powdered tea, and the hot water pouring switch of the operation panel 24 is operated similarly to the conventional electric pot to pour hot water into the drinking container.

  As described above, since the powdered tea supply function unit, the electric pot unit and the common body are integrally provided, it is easy to use, and tea such as tea is easy and convenient. Moreover, since the control part of an electric pot and a drinking material supply machine is comprised collectively, the apparatus can be simplified and can be reduced in size and cost can be reduced. Furthermore, since it can be made small, it can also be placed in a narrow place like a conventional electric pot.

  In addition, in the said embodiment, although the tea supply operation switch was demonstrated in the example performed by the powdered tea supply function part, it is not restricted to this, You may comprise so that it may be performed with the operation panel of an electric pot part. . In addition, as an electric pot with a drinking material supply function in which the moisture in the electric pot portion does not affect the powdered tea, it can be configured as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 in addition to the one in which the hopper portion is heated. it can.

  FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the electric pot with a drinking material supply function. In FIG. 9, parts that are similar or identical in operation to the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted. A step 40 is provided in the drinking material supply machine section 3 of the upper surface member 11 of the common main body 1 so that the position of the material section lid 20 of the hopper is increased. Thereby, the water condensed in the electric pot part is prevented from flowing into the hopper, and the powdered tea is prevented from getting wet.

  FIG. 10: is a front view which shows the principal part of other embodiment of the electric pot with a drinking material supply function. In FIG. 10, portions similar or identical to those in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted. A groove 41 is provided between the electric pot portion 2 of the upper surface member 11 of the common main body 1 and the drinking material supply device portion 3 to prevent the water condensed in the electric pot portion from flowing into the hopper, so that the powdered tea gets wet. Is preventing.

  FIG. 11: is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of other embodiment of the electric pot with a drinking material supply function. In FIG. 11, parts similar or identical to those in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. The electric pot with powdered tea supply function in this embodiment is configured such that the electric pot unit 2 and the powdered tea supply unit 3 can be separated.

The electric pot unit 2 is configured by being accommodated in a pot unit case 42, and the powdered tea feeder unit 3 is configured by accommodating a hopper 15, a screw conveyor 17, and the like in a powdered tea unit case 43. The motor 18 that drives the screw conveyor 17 is provided on the electric pot case 42 side. In addition, a locking member 44 is provided on the attachment side of the powdered tea feeder unit 3 of the electric pot portion case 42 and a magnet member 46 is provided at the tip of the drive shaft of the motor 18 so that the drive mechanism can be well fixed when combined. In the powdered tea supply unit 3, an engaging portion 45 that is engaged with the locking member 44 and a ferromagnetic member 47 that is attracted to the magnet member 46 are fixed to the drive shaft of the screw conveyor 17.
If comprised in this way, the electric pot part 2 and the powdered tea supply machine part 3 can be united easily and can be integrated.

It is a front view of 1st Embodiment of the electric tea pot with a powdered tea supply function which concerns on this invention. FIG. FIG. It is the front view which fractured | ruptured the part. It is sectional drawing which abbreviate | omitted the part along the AA line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the BB line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the CC line of FIG. It is a one part perspective view of the powdered tea supply mechanism of 1st Embodiment of the electric pot with a powdered tea supply function which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of other embodiment of the electric pot with a powdered tea supply function which concerns on this invention. It is a front view of the principal part of other embodiment of the electric pot with a powdered tea supply function which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing of the principal part of further another embodiment of the electric pot with a powdered tea supply function which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Common body 2 Electric pot 3 Drinking material (powdered tea) feeder
4 Inner container 5 Lid 6 Discharge port 7 Hot water supply passage 8 Electric pump 9 Heating source (electric heater)
10 Outer case 11 Upper surface member 15 Hopper 16 Material (powdered tea) discharge port 17 Feeder (screw conveyor)
18 Motor 19 Wall member 20 Material part lid 21 Grip 22 Grip part 24 Operation panel 27 Derivation port 28 Press button 29 Partition member 30 Valve element 31 Guide cylinder member

Claims (10)

An electric pot having an inner container for hot water storage, a heating source located at the bottom of the inner container, and a discharge port for discharging hot water;
A drink material supply unit having a hopper for storing powdered drink material, a material discharge port for discharging the drink material from the hopper, and a feeder for supplying the drink material to the material discharge port is provided integrally. An electric pot with a drinking material supply function.   The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to claim 1, wherein the electric pot unit and the drinking material supply unit are integrally stored in a common body.   The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein a height of a discharge port of the electric pot unit is arranged at a position higher than the material discharge port of the drinking material supply unit.   A wall member is provided between the discharge port of the electric pot unit and the material discharge port of the potable material supply unit so as to prevent linear movement of steam to the material discharge port, and a drinking container The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein positioning of the potable material can be performed.   The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a common control unit of the electric pot unit and the drinking material supply unit is used.   The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the drinking material is powdered tea or instant coffee.   The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the electric pot portion is arranged on the right side facing the front, and the drinking material supply unit is arranged on the left side.   The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a position of an upper end of the electric pot unit is lower than a position of an upper end of the drinking material supply unit.   The drinkable material supply function according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the electric pot part and the drinkable material supply machine part have a common handle, and the gripping part of the handle is located on the electric pot part side. an electronic pot. The electric pot with a drinking material supply function according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the electric pot unit and the drinking material supply unit are detachable.

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