JP2012231881A - Beverage extractor - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a beverage extractor capable of extracting a beverage from a beverage pod even when the beverage is extracted from the beverage pod, even when hot water is manually fed into the beverage pod.
A pod mounting portion 3 on which a beverage pod 6 is mounted and a peripheral portion of the one end side opening 1 are formed in a bowl shape having an opening 1 on one end side and an opening 2 on the other end side. Beverage placed on the pod placement portion 3 with the first side extended in a cylindrical shape toward the opening direction of the one end side opening 1 and the distal end side bent toward the inner peripheral side of the one end side opening 1 A first peripheral wall portion 4 that is displaceable to a pressing position that presses the peripheral edge portion of the pod 6, and a first peripheral wall portion 4 that is displaceable with the displacement of the first peripheral wall portion 4. A second peripheral wall portion located at a second extending position extending in a cylindrical shape in which the distal end side gradually expands toward the opening direction of the one end side opening 1 when positioned at the pressing position;
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Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage extractor that extracts beverages such as coffee and tea.

  In recent years, coffee extractors using coffee pods in which coffee powder is sealed in a nonwoven fabric have become widespread (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 below).

  The coffee extractor described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 has a holder for storing a coffee pod, a heating unit for heating water, and the like, and pours hot water heated by the heating unit into the coffee pod stored in the holder. To extract coffee. A mechanism is provided in the holder to prevent poured hot water from passing through the peripheral portion of the coffee pod having a low resistance.

JP 2010-533053 A JP 2007-536020 A

  As described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the coffee pod is used in a dedicated coffee extractor including a holder, a heating unit, and the like. On the other hand, a simple coffee extractor such as a hand drip that feeds hot water cannot prevent the hot water poured into the coffee pod from passing through the periphery of the coffee pod, so the coffee pod could not be used. .

  An object of the present invention is to provide a simple beverage extractor capable of extracting a beverage by manually feeding hot water when the beverage is extracted from a beverage pod such as a coffee pod or a tea pod.

  The beverage extractor of the embodiment is formed in a bowl shape having an opening on one end side and an opening on the other end side, provided on a pod placement portion on which a beverage pod is placed, and a peripheral portion of the opening on the one end side, A first extending position that extends in a cylindrical shape toward the opening direction of the one end side opening, and a peripheral portion of the beverage pod placed on the pod placing portion by bending the distal end side toward the inner peripheral side of the one end side opening A first peripheral wall portion that is displaceable to a presser position that presses, and a first peripheral wall portion that is displaceable in accordance with the displacement of the first peripheral wall portion, and when the first peripheral wall portion is located at the presser position, the distal end side is And a second peripheral wall portion positioned at a second extending position extending in a cylindrical shape that gradually expands toward the opening direction of the one end side opening.

  The peripheral portion of the beverage pod placed on the pod placement portion is pressed by the first peripheral wall portion displaced to the press position, and hot water poured into the beverage pod is prevented from passing around the beverage pod, The poured hot water will surely pass through the beverage pod. For this reason, even if it is a simple drink extractor of the type which feeds hot water manually, a drink can be extracted from a drink pod.

It is a coffee extractor of 1st Embodiment, Comprising: It is a side view in case a 1st surrounding wall part is located in a 1st extension position. FIG. FIG. It is a side view which shows a coffee extractor in case a 1st surrounding wall part is located in a pressing position. FIG. FIG. It is a cross-sectional side view which shows the state which mounted the coffee extractor in the opening part of the coffee cup. It is a coffee extractor of 2nd Embodiment, Comprising: It is a side view in case a 1st surrounding wall part is located in a 1st extension position. FIG. It is a top view in case a 1st surrounding wall part is located in a pressing position.

(First embodiment)
A coffee extractor A that is a beverage extractor according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The coffee extractor A includes a pod placement part 3 formed in a bowl shape having one end side opening 1 and the other end side opening 2, a first peripheral wall part 4 provided at the peripheral edge of the one end side opening 1, And a second peripheral wall portion 5 connected to the first peripheral wall portion 4. The pod placement portion 3, the first peripheral wall portion 4, and the second peripheral wall portion 5 are integrally formed using an elastomer, which is a durable soft resin having durability and flexibility.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the pod placement unit 3 has a bowl-shaped indented portion between the one end side opening 1 and the other end side opening 2, and the coffee that is a beverage pod in the indented part. A pod 6 is placed.

  The coffee pod 6 is formed by sealing coffee powder, which is a beverage material, in a non-woven fabric, and has a disk shape having a thickness of several mm.

  The one end side opening 1 is an opening through which the coffee pod 6 placed on the pod placing unit 3 or taken out from the pod placing unit 3 is taken in and out. Moreover, hot water is poured into the coffee pod 6 placed on the pod placement unit 3 from the one end side opening 1. The one end side opening 1 is formed in a circular shape having a diameter larger than the diameter of the coffee pod 6.

  The other end side opening 2 is an opening formed at a position opposite to the one end side opening 1, and when hot water is poured into the coffee pod 6 placed on the pod placing portion 3, the hot water becomes the coffee pod 6. Coffee produced by passing through the inside falls from the opening 2 on the other end side. The other end side opening 2 is formed in a circular shape having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the coffee pod 6.

  The first peripheral wall portion 4 is connected to the pod mounting portion 3 and is provided at the peripheral edge portion of the one end side opening 1, and the first extending position where the tip end side extends in a cylindrical shape toward the opening direction of the one end side opening 1. (Position shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3) and a presser position where the distal end bends to the inner peripheral side of the one-end opening 1 and presses the peripheral portion of the coffee pod 6 placed on the pod placement portion 3 ( (Position shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6). When the first peripheral wall portion 4 is connected to the pod mounting portion 3 and the first peripheral wall portion 4 is located at the first extended position, the first facing wall 1 faces the inner peripheral side of the first end side opening 1. A ring-shaped groove 7 (see FIG. 3) for facilitating displacement of the peripheral wall portion 4 between the first extended position and the presser position is formed.

The 2nd surrounding wall part 5 is provided in connection with the 1st surrounding wall part 4, and is provided so that it can displace to two positions with the displacement of the 1st surrounding wall part 4. FIG. One position where the second peripheral wall portion 5 is displaced is the opening direction of the other end side opening 2 when the first peripheral wall portion 4 is located at the first extension position, as shown in FIGS. It is the 3rd extension position extended in the shape of a cylinder which expands gradually toward. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the other position at which the second peripheral wall portion 5 is displaced is that the tip end side is gradually directed toward the opening direction of the one end side opening 1 when the first peripheral wall portion 4 is positioned at the holding position. It is the 2nd extension position extended in the cylinder shape which expands.

  When the second peripheral wall portion 5 is displaced to the second extending position, the second peripheral wall portion 5 has a cylindrical shape that gradually expands toward the opening direction of the one end side opening 1, As shown in FIG. 7, the coffee extractor A is connected to the coffee cup by bringing the surface of the peripheral wall 5 facing the outside of the coffee extractor A into contact with the edge of the opening 11 of the coffee cup 10 serving as a beverage container. 10 can be placed.

  Four knob projections 8 are integrally formed on the second peripheral wall portion 5 at positions spaced by 90 degrees along the circumferential direction of the second peripheral wall portion 5. These pinching protrusions 8 project to the surface facing the inner peripheral side of the one-end opening 1 when the second peripheral wall portion 5 is located at the second extending position, and can be picked with a finger. In addition, although it is preferable that 2-4 pieces of the protrusions 8 for picking are provided at equal intervals, the number may be one.

  In addition, four ribs 9 as air escape portions are integrally formed on the second peripheral wall portion 5 at positions spaced by 90 degrees along the circumferential direction of the second peripheral wall portion 5. These ribs 9 project to the surface facing the outside of the coffee extractor A when the second peripheral wall 5 is located at the second extension position, and extend in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction of the second peripheral wall 5. I'm out. These ribs 9 come into contact with the edge of the opening 11 of the coffee cup 10 when the coffee extractor A is placed on the coffee cup 10 as shown in FIG. When the rib 9 contacts the edge of the opening 11 of the coffee cup 10, a gap is formed around each rib 9 and between the second peripheral wall 5 and the opening 11.

  A case where coffee is brewed using the coffee extractor A and the coffee pod 6 in such a configuration will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the first peripheral wall portion 4 is located at the first extension position and the second peripheral wall portion 5 is located at the third extension position on the pod placement portion 3 of the coffee extractor A. The coffee pod 6 is placed. The operation of placing the coffee pod 6 on the pod placement unit 3 is performed by inserting the coffee pod 6 from the one end side opening 1 side.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the first peripheral wall portion 4 located at the first extension position is displaced to the press position where the tip end side faces the inner peripheral side of the one end side opening 1, and is displaced to the press position. The peripheral portion of the coffee pod 6 placed on the pod placement portion 3 is pressed by the first peripheral wall portion 4.

  In addition, since the ring-shaped groove 7 is formed in the connection portion between the first peripheral wall portion 4 and the pod mounting portion 3, the operation of displacing the first peripheral wall portion 4 from the first extension position to the presser position is easy. Can be done. Further, since the groove 7 is formed, the first peripheral wall portion 4 displaced to the press position is stably maintained at the press position.

  By displacing the first peripheral wall portion 4 from the first extended position to the presser position, the second peripheral wall portion 5 positioned at the third extended position in accordance with the displacement is moved to the second position as shown in FIGS. Displaces to the extended position.

The coffee extractor A in which the first peripheral wall portion 4 is displaced to the press position and the second peripheral wall portion 4 is displaced to the second extending position is placed on the coffee cup 10 as shown in FIG. When the second peripheral wall portion 5 is displaced to the second extending position, the second peripheral wall portion 5 has a cylindrical shape that gradually expands toward the opening direction of the one end side opening 1, The coffee extractor A can be placed on the coffee cup 10 by bringing the surface of the two peripheral walls 5 facing the outside of the coffee extractor A into contact with the edge of the opening 11 of the coffee cup 10.

  After placing the coffee extractor A on the coffee cup 10, hot water is poured from above the coffee pod 6. The poured hot water passes through the coffee pod 6 to generate coffee, and the generated coffee passes through the other end side opening 2 and falls into the coffee cup 10.

  The coffee pod 6 placed on the pod placement part 3 is pressed by the first peripheral wall part 4 whose peripheral part is displaced to the pressing position, and the first peripheral wall part 4 made of elastomer is the coffee pod 6. Good adhesion to For this reason, when hot water is poured from the top of the coffee pod 6, the poured hot water can be prevented from passing through the peripheral portion of the coffee pod 6, and the poured hot water is surely contained in the coffee pod 6. And good quality coffee is produced.

  Therefore, even if the coffee extractor A is a simple type that manually feeds hot water, the coffee extractor A can be used to extract coffee from the coffee pod 6.

  In addition, when pouring hot water into the coffee pod 6, the 2nd surrounding wall part 5 located in a 2nd extension position functions as a hot water storage part which stores the hot water poured into the coffee pod 6.

  When the coffee extractor A is placed on the coffee cup 10 as shown in FIG. 7, the rib 9 abuts on the edge of the opening 11, and the second peripheral wall 5 and the opening 11 around each rib 9. A gap is formed between the two. Thereby, when the extracted coffee falls in the coffee cup 10, the air in the coffee cup 10 can escape to the outside of the coffee cup 10 through this gap. For this reason, the escape of the air from the inside of the coffee cup 10 becomes poor, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation in which the falling of the coffee into the coffee cup 10 is hindered to make it difficult to brew coffee.

  The second peripheral wall portion 5 is formed with a knob projection 8 that protrudes toward the inner peripheral side of the one-end opening 1 when the second peripheral wall portion 5 is located at the second extending position. For this reason, when removing the coffee extractor A from the coffee cup 10 after brewing coffee, it can be easily removed by picking the picking protrusion 8 with a finger. When this coffee extractor A is used in a drip machine dripper, the coffee extractor A can be easily taken out from the dripper by picking the knob protrusion 8 with a finger.

  After removing the coffee extractor A from the coffee cup 10 or after removing it from the dripper, the coffee pod 6 is removed by displacing the first peripheral wall portion 4 located at the holding position to the first extension position. Can be removed from coffee extractor A.

  In the coffee extractor A, the pod placement part 3, the first peripheral wall part 4, the second peripheral wall part 5, the knob protrusion 8 and the rib 9 are integrally formed. For this reason, the structure of the coffee extractor A is simplified and the manufacture of the coffee extractor A is facilitated.

  Moreover, the coffee extractor A is formed with an elastomer, and the elastomer has high durability and resilience. For this reason, even if the 1st surrounding wall part 4 is repeatedly displaced between a 1st extension position and a pressing position, the use period of the coffee extractor A can be maintained long.

In this embodiment and other embodiments described below, the coffee extractor A that extracts coffee as an example of the beverage extractor has been described as an example, but as another example of the beverage extractor of the present invention. Includes a black tea extractor for extracting black tea and a green tea extractor for extracting green tea. Further, the beverage pod used in the beverage extractor is not limited to the coffee pod 6 but includes a tea pod or a green tea pod in which tea leaves or green tea leaves, which are beverage materials, are sealed with a nonwoven fabric or the like.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, although the coffee extractor A which shape | molded the elastomer which is durable soft resin as a material was mentioned as an example and demonstrated, it replaced with an elastomer and other durable softness | flexibility was used as a material of the coffee extractor A Silicon resin, PE (polyethylene) resin, PP (polypropylene) resin, PES (polyethersulfone) resin, or the like, which is a resin, may be used.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the case where the entire coffee extractor A is integrally formed of the same material has been described as an example, but two-color molding using a hard elastomer and a soft elastomer may be used. For example, the portion of the distal end side of the first peripheral wall portion 4 that presses the peripheral portion of the coffee pod 6 when the first peripheral wall portion 4 is displaced to the pressing position is formed of a hard elastomer. Thereby, the function which presses the peripheral part of the coffee pod 6 can be improved.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, although the case where one opening was formed as the other end side opening 2 was described as an example, the shape of the other end side opening 2 may be another shape. A plurality of small openings may be used.

Moreover, in this embodiment, although the case where the several rib 9 was formed in the 2nd surrounding wall part 5 as an air escape part was mentioned as an example, it replaced with these ribs 9, and a groove | channel was formed in the 2nd surrounding wall part 5. It may be formed. The groove in this case is along the direction intersecting at right angles to the circumferential direction of the second peripheral wall portion 5 on the surface facing the outside of the coffee extractor A when the second peripheral wall portion 5 is located at the second extension position. Form. The number of grooves may be at least one. When the coffee extractor A is placed on the coffee cup 10 and the coffee is brewed, the air in the coffee cup 10 can escape to the outside of the coffee cup 10 through the grooves.
(Second Embodiment)
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same component as the component demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The basic configuration of the coffee extractor B that is the beverage extractor of the second embodiment is the same as the coffee extractor A of the first embodiment, and is different from the second embodiment and the first embodiment. A point is the structure of the edge part of the front end side of the 1st surrounding wall part 4a.

  The 1st surrounding wall part 4a is connected to the pod mounting part 3, and is provided in the peripheral part of the one end side opening 1, like the 1st surrounding wall part 4 of the coffee extractor A of 1st Embodiment, and the front end side is one end. A first extension position (position shown in FIGS. 8 and 9) that extends in a cylindrical shape toward the opening direction of the side opening 1, and a pod mounting portion in which the distal end side is bent toward the inner peripheral side of the one end side opening 1. 3 is provided so as to be displaceable to a presser position (position shown in FIG. 10) for pressing the peripheral edge of the coffee pod 6 placed on the pod 3.

  Furthermore, a plurality of substantially U-shaped notches 12 are formed at equal intervals on the front end side edge portion of the first peripheral wall portion 4a.

  In such a configuration, when the first peripheral wall portion 4a is displaced to the holding position, compared to the peripheral dimension on the tip side of the first peripheral wall portion 4a when the first peripheral wall portion 4a is positioned at the first extension position. When the first peripheral wall portion 4a is located at the pressing position, the peripheral dimension on the tip side of the first peripheral wall portion 4a is reduced.

Therefore, by forming a plurality of notches 12 at the front end side edge portion of the first peripheral wall portion 4a, the first peripheral wall portion 4a is deformed so as to be narrowed when the first peripheral wall portion 4a is located at the pressing position, The adhesion of the peripheral wall portion 4a to the peripheral portion of the coffee pod 6 is improved, and the performance of the first peripheral wall portion 4a to press the peripheral portion of the coffee pod 6 is improved. For this reason, when hot water is poured from the top of the coffee pod 6, the poured hot water can be more reliably prevented from passing through the peripheral edge of the coffee pod 6, and the poured hot water is reliably Passing through the coffee pod 6, good quality coffee is produced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 One end side opening 2 Other end side opening 3 Pod mounting part 4 1st surrounding wall part 4a 1st surrounding wall part 5 2nd surrounding wall part 6 Coffee pod (beverage pod)
8 Picking projection 9 Rib (air escape part)
10 Coffee cup (beverage container)
11 Openings A Coffee extractor (beverage extractor)
B Coffee extractor (beverage extractor)

Claims (8)

A pod placement portion on which a beverage pod is placed, which is formed in a bowl shape having an opening at one end and an opening at the other end,
Provided at the peripheral edge of the one end side opening, the first extension position where the tip end side extends in a cylindrical shape toward the opening direction of the one end side opening, and the tip end side is bent toward the inner peripheral side of the one end side opening. A first peripheral wall portion that is displaceable to a presser position that presses a peripheral edge portion of the beverage pod placed on the pod placement portion,
The first peripheral wall portion is provided to be displaceable in accordance with the displacement of the first peripheral wall portion, and when the first peripheral wall portion is located at the pressing position, the distal end side gradually expands toward the opening direction of the one end side opening. A second peripheral wall portion located at a second extending position extending in a cylindrical shape,
A beverage extractor comprising:   The beverage extractor according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of notches are formed at a front end side edge portion of the first peripheral wall portion.   The second peripheral wall portion is provided with a knob protrusion that protrudes toward the inner peripheral side of the one end side opening when the second peripheral wall portion is located at the second extending position. The beverage extractor according to claim 1 or 2.   When the beverage extractor in which the second peripheral wall portion is positioned at the second extension position is placed on the opening portion of the beverage container, the second peripheral wall portion is formed between the second peripheral wall portion and the opening portion. The beverage extractor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an air escape portion for releasing air from between is formed.   The beverage extractor according to claim 4, wherein the air escape portion is a plurality of ribs formed on the second peripheral wall portion in a direction intersecting with a circumferential direction of the second peripheral wall portion.   The beverage extractor according to claim 4, wherein the air escape portion is a groove formed in the second peripheral wall portion in a direction intersecting with a circumferential direction of the second peripheral wall portion.   The beverage extractor according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the pod placement portion, the first peripheral wall portion, and the second peripheral wall portion are integrally formed. The beverage extractor according to claim 7, wherein the pod placement portion, the first peripheral wall portion, and the second peripheral wall portion are formed of a durable soft resin.

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