JPH06292631A - Water tank for coffee maker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the water tank for coffee maker so that the external form of a coffee maker can be miniaturized and water can easily be poured at the same time. CONSTITUTION:A water tank 20 for coffee maker mounted at a main body 10 of the coffee maker so as to stock water is provided with a main body 21 of the tank and a watering pot tank 22 provided at the upper part of the main body 21 of the tank so as to be slid, a port for feeding water to the main body 10 of the coffee maker is provided at the lower part of the main body 21 of the tank, an opening 24 is provided at the upper part of the watering pot part 22, and water is poured by exposing the opening 24 from the main body 10 of the coffee maker by drawing the watering pot part 22, stocked in the main body 21 of the tank and supplied through the water feeding port to the coffee maker.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a water tank used for a coffee maker or the like which supplies drinks such as coffee, black tea, green tea and oolong tea, and more particularly to a water tank for a coffee maker which is convenient for water injection.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a water tank for this type of coffee maker, there is a water tank in which a water injection port is exposed from the main body of the coffee maker and a lid is attached to the water injection port. There is also a water tank that is detachably attached to the coffee maker body, and when pouring water, the whole is removed to fill the tank with water, and then the water tank is attached to the coffee maker body.

[0003]

However, in the conventional water tank in which the water injection port is exposed from the coffee maker main body, there is a problem that the coffee maker can be protruded, the outer shape is complicated, and the size is large. In addition, the water tank detachably installed in the coffee maker body has a problem that it is inconvenient to remove the water tank one by one when pouring water.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a water tank for a coffee maker which can solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional water tank for a coffee maker and can make the outer shape of the coffee maker compact and at the same time make it easy to perform water injection. To do.

[0005]

A water tank for a coffee maker according to the present invention comprises a tank main body and a funnel tank slidably provided on an upper part of the tank main body, and a water supply port is provided at a lower part of the tank main body. Is provided, an opening is provided at the upper part of the funnel tank,
The opening is exposed from the coffee maker main body by pulling out the funnel tank to pour water, and the water is stored in the tank main body.
The first feature is that water is supplied to the coffee maker through the water supply port. In addition to the above configuration, the water tank of the present invention has a second feature in that a hanging member extending to the upper side surface of the tank body is provided on the side surface of the funnel tank. Further, the water tank of the present invention, in addition to the first feature or the second feature, is provided with a guide in the tank body,
The third feature is that a guide receiver that engages with the guide is provided in the funnel tank. The water tank of the present invention has, in addition to any of the first to third characteristics, a fourth characteristic that an opening / closing valve for opening / closing a water supply port of the tank body is provided.

[0006]

According to the first feature of the water tank for a coffee maker of the present invention configured as described above, the water supply port is connected to the connection portion of the coffee maker main body, and the funnel tank is attached to the coffee maker main body. To expose the opening of the funnel tank, pour water from this opening to send water to the tank body, and store it.
When the water supply to the tank body is completed, push the funnel tank into the coffee maker body. In this way, the funnel tank can be pulled out and water can be poured, and it is not necessary to remove the water tank, fill it with water, and then mount it again. When attached to the coffee maker body, the water tank can be prevented from protruding, and the water injection port is hidden, so the lid is not necessary. According to the second feature, when the water tank is configured by providing the hanging member extending on the side wall of the tank main body on the side wall of the funnel tank, the funnel tank can be easily positioned and sanitary. Further, according to the third feature, when the guide is provided in the tank body of the water tank and the engaging portion that engages with the guide is provided in the funnel tank, the funnel tank can be slid and pulled out or pushed in. Operation becomes easy. Further, according to the fourth feature described above, when an opening / closing valve for opening / closing the water supply port of the tank body is provided,
The water tank can be removed with water remaining, and it can also be installed with full water.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a coffee maker in which the water tank of the present invention is attached to a coffee maker main body, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a coffee maker main body without a water tank attached, and FIG.
Is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the water tank of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining the work of pouring water into the water tank, and FIGS. It is a partial view explaining the work procedure which equips a coffee maker main body with the water tank of.

A water tank 20 is provided in the recess of the coffee maker body 10.
Is installed to configure a coffee maker. The water tank 20 includes a tank body 21 and a funnel tank 22 slidably provided on the tank body 21.
A water supply port 23 is provided below the tank body 21, and an opening 24 is provided above the funnel tank. 11 is a recess formed in the coffee maker body 10 for mounting the water tank 20, 12 is a roasting pot, 13 is a receiving seat for receiving the water supply port 23 of the tank body 21,
Reference numeral 14 is a lock receiving portion.

The tank body 21 is a container for storing water or hot water for coffee extraction.
The outer shape of the side wall 25 and the bottom 26 is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped so that the water tank 20 can be compactly fitted into the mounting recess 11 of the water tank 20. Guides 27 are provided on the protrusions along the upper ends of the side walls 25 in the longitudinal direction. The bottom 26 is formed so as to be inclined, and a water supply port 23 is arranged in the lower portion, and an opening / closing valve 28 is provided in the water supply port 23. A locking member 29 is provided on the outer surface of the bottom 26, and the locking member 29 is guided by the locking receiving portion 14 formed in the coffee maker body 10 so that the water tank 20 can be mounted at a predetermined position. Then, the water is supplied from the tank body 21 to a predetermined part such as a heater of the coffee maker body 10. Although the tank body 21 is not provided with a lid in this embodiment, a lid having a communication port communicating with the funnel tank 22 may be provided.

The funnel tank 22 is formed in a box shape with a side wall 30 and a bottom 31, and an opening 24 for pouring water is provided in the upper portion.
The bottom 31 is formed to be inclined, and a hole 32 is provided in a lower portion on one end side so that water poured into the tank body 21 flows out,
A stopper 33 is provided on the bottom surface near the hole 32. The stopper 33 is formed of an elastic member,
It is formed so as to be inclined with respect to the bottom 31 and project downward so that a step is formed at one end. When the funnel tank 22 is slid in the opposite direction from the step and pushed in,
Even if there is a protrusion, the stopper member can be deformed and moved against the elastic force. On the contrary, when pulling out, the funnel tank 22 is stopped when the step member of the stopper member hits the projection. In this way, when the funnel tank 22 is pulled out by the stopper 33,
It is designed to stop at a predetermined position. On both sides of the side wall 30 along the longitudinal direction, a hanging member 34 extending above the side wall 25 of the tank body 21 is provided, and below the hanging member 34, a guide 27 provided on the tank body 21 is engaged. A guide receiver 35 is provided. In this embodiment, the entire upper surface of the funnel tank 22 is opened and the opening 24 is formed, but a lid may be provided so that a part thereof is opened.

In order to mount the water tank 20 having the above structure on the coffee maker body 10,
21 and the funnel tank 22 are disassembled, and first the locking member 29 of the tank body 21
The tank main body 21 is mounted in the recess 11 by applying the position to the lock receiving portion 14 of the coffee maker main body 10 (FIG. 7). Then, the funnel tank 22 is attached to the tank main body 21 by aligning the guide receiver 35 with the guide 27 of the tank main body 21 and sliding it along the guide 27 (FIG. 6). On the contrary, in order to remove the water tank 20 from the coffee maker body 10 for cleaning or the like, first, the stopper 33 of the funnel tank 22 is attached to the tank body.
It is pulled out until it comes into contact with 21, and the funnel tank 22 is pulled out while retracting the stepped portion of the stopper 33, removed from the tank body 21 (FIG. 6), and then removed while rotating the tank body 21 (FIG. 7).

Next, the work of pouring water into the water tank of this embodiment will be described. When the funnel tank 22 of the coffee maker body 10 is pulled, the guide receiver 35 slides along the guide 27 of the tank body 21, the opening 24 is exposed to the outside of the coffee maker body 10 (FIG. 5), and the stopper 33 is the tank body. It hits the side wall 25 of 21 and stops. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the opening of the funnel tank 22 is opened.
Pour water from cup 40 into 24. Water is stored in the tank body 21 through the hole 32 (see FIG. 3) of the funnel tank 22. As described above, according to this embodiment, the water tank 20 is the main body of the coffee maker.
The coffee maker can be made compact because it is mounted in the recessed portion 11 of 10, and water can be slid and pulled out or pushed in to supply water, so that the water injection work is simple and convenient. In addition, although the example of coffee has been described in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and is similarly applicable to a supply device for drink such as black tea, green tea, and oolong tea.

[0013]

The water tank for a coffee maker according to the present invention has the above-mentioned structure. According to the structure of claim 1, the water tank can be miniaturized and can be stored in a small size in the coffee maker, so that the coffee maker can be miniaturized. . In addition, when pouring water, the funnel tank can be slid and pulled out to expose the opening so that water can be poured, so that the work of pouring water can be simplified. According to the structure of claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, since the hanging member of the funnel tank covers the upper side surface of the tank body, the funnel tank can be slid smoothly and water can be easily injected. , Hygienic. According to the structure of claim 3, in addition to the effect of claim 1 or claim 2, the funnel tank can be smoothly attached and detached, and water can be easily injected. According to the configuration of claim 4, claim 1
Therefore, in addition to the effect of claim 3, it is convenient to use because it is not necessary to drain water for attaching and detaching the water tank.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a coffee maker in which a water tank of the present invention is attached to a coffee maker main body.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a coffee maker main body without a water tank.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the water tank of the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating an operation of pouring water into the water tank of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partial view for explaining the work procedure for mounting the water tank of the present invention on the coffee maker body.

FIG. 7 is a partial view illustrating another work procedure for mounting the water tank of the present invention on the coffee maker body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Coffee maker main body 20 Water tank 21 Tank main body 22 Funnel tank 23 Water inlet 24 Opening 25 Side wall 26 Bottom 27 Guide 28 Open / close valve 29 Locking member 30 Side wall 31 Bottom 32 hole 33 Stopper 34 Hanging member 35 Guide receiver

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A water tank for a coffee maker, which is attached to a coffee maker main body to store water, comprising: a tank main body; and a funnel tank slidably provided on an upper portion of the tank main body. A water supply port is provided in the lower part, an opening is provided in the upper part of the funnel tank, the opening is exposed from the coffee maker body by drawing out the funnel tank, water is poured, the water is stored in the tank body, and the coffee is passed through the water supply port. A water tank for a coffee maker, characterized by supplying water to the maker. 2. The water tank for a coffee maker according to claim 1, wherein a hanging member extending to an upper portion of a side surface of the tank body is provided on a side surface of the funnel tank. 3. The water tank for a coffee maker according to claim 1, wherein the tank main body is provided with a guide, and the guide receiver engaging with the guide is provided in the funnel tank. 4. The water tank for a coffee maker according to claim 1, further comprising an opening / closing valve for opening / closing a water supply port of the tank body.