JPH0428528Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a liquid container such as a thermos flask, and more specifically to a liquid container with a tea strainer.

(Prior Art) As a liquid container with a tea strainer of this kind, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 184832/1983, a tea strainer container for storing tea leaves is attached to a stopper for opening and closing the liquid supply port. Are known. In this known liquid container with a tea strainer, the tea strainer container is detachably attached to the stopper.

Also, among the liquid containers with tea strainers of this known type (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 184832/1983), there is one that uses a so-called pusher plug (liquid container shown in Figure 7 of the above publication). . This push-type stopper has a liquid injection passage opened and closed by a valve body inside the stopper, and can inject liquid in a closed state by opening the liquid injection passage inside the stopper. In a liquid container with a tea strainer using this push stopper, the tea strainer container is attached to the valve body.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the liquid container with a tea strainer that uses the above-mentioned known push stopper, it is possible to pour liquid by opening the liquid injection passage inside the stopper while the stopper remains closed. Since the tea strainer container is attached to the valve body, each time the valve body is opened or closed, the tea strainer container moves up and down in the liquid along with the valve body, making the opening and closing operations of the valve body difficult.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides a liquid container that uses a push-pull stopper and is equipped with a tea strainer container, in which the push-pull stopper can be opened and closed without moving the tea strainer container. The purpose of this is to ensure that almost no tea leaves are mixed into the tea that is poured, even if it is prepared.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The liquid container with a tea strainer of the present invention is provided with a tea strainer container in which a liquid port is formed in the liquid container body from the upper end of the side wall to the lower end of the side wall through which liquid can enter and exit. A stopper is provided at the liquid supply port of the liquid container body, and the stopper includes an in-stop liquid injection passage through which the liquid in the liquid container can be poured out, a valve body for opening and closing the in-stop liquid injection passage, and the valve body. and a valve body operating member to be operated, and the valve body moves up and down with the outer circumferential surface of the valve body coming close to or in sliding contact with the inner circumferential surface of the tea strainer container when the valve body operating member is operated in the plugged state. The present invention is characterized in that the valve body is positioned below the liquid port at the upper end of the side wall of the tea strainer container when the valve body moves downward to open the valve.

(Function) The liquid container with a tea strainer of the present invention uses a so-called push stopper as the stopper for opening and closing the liquid supply port, so by opening the liquid injection passage inside the stopper, liquid can be poured while the stopper remains closed. It becomes possible.

In addition, the valve body inside the stopper is designed to move up and down within the tea strainer container when the plug is closed, so even if a push stopper is used, the tea strainer container will not move together with the valve body when the valve body is opened or closed. do not have.

Furthermore, since the outer circumferential surface of the valve body moves up and down in close proximity to or in sliding contact with the inner circumferential surface of the tea strainer container, the upper opening of the tea strainer container is covered with the valve body. During pouring, the valve body prevents tea leaves in the tea strainer container from entering the liquid pouring path in the stopper. In addition, when the valve body is in the downward opening state, the valve body is positioned below the liquid port at the upper end of the side wall of the tea strainer container, so when pouring, the tea in the liquid container is The liquid flows into the tea strainer container above the valve body through the liquid port at the upper end, and is then poured out to the outside through the liquid injection channel in the stopper.

(Effects of the invention) The liquid container with a tea strainer of the invention has the following effects.

(1) Even if a so-called push-button plug is used as the plug, the valve plug moves up and down within the tea strainer container, so the tea strainer container does not move together with the valve plug when the valve plug operating member is operated. Opening and closing of the internal injection passage can be done easily.

(2) When the liquid injection passage inside the stopper is opened, the valve body covers the upper opening of the tea strainer container, so even if the liquid injection passage inside the stopper faces the inside of the tea strainer container, the liquid injection The tea leaves in the tea strainer container can be prevented from being poured out together with the tea, and delicious tea can be poured out.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The liquid container with a tea strainer of this example houses an inner container 3 made of a vacuum double bottle in an outer package 2. The liquid container body 1 includes a liquid container main body 1, a stopper 4 for opening and closing a liquid supply port of the liquid container main body 1, and a tea strainer container 41 for dispensing tea in the inner container 3.

An arc-shaped handle 9 is attached to the upper part of the liquid container body 1 so as to be pivotable in the left-right direction while facing in the front-rear direction.

The exterior body 2 is constructed by attaching a shoulder member 11 to the upper part of the cylinder body 12 and further attaching a bottom member 13 to the lower part of the cylinder body 12.

A plug hole 14 is formed in the upper center of the shoulder member 11, and a liquid supply port 15 is further formed in the lower part of the plug hole 14. Further, a liquid passage section 16 for pouring out liquid is provided at the front part of the shoulder member 11.

The tea strainer container 41 is formed into a cylindrical container shape with a bottom, and an opening 42 for taking in and taking out tea leaves is formed in the upper part. On the side wall of this tea strainer container 41,
Liquid passage ports 44, 44, . . . consisting of a large number of small holes are formed from the upper end to the lower end. still,
This liquid port 44 is also formed in the bottom wall of the tea strainer container 41.

The upper part of the tea strainer container 41 has a large diameter part 43 that can be hung on the rim of the liquid supply port 15, and the tea strainer container 41 is inserted from above the liquid supply port 15 to supply the large diameter part 43. The tea strainer container 41 can be held by hanging on the rim of the liquid spout 15. Note that when the tea strainer container 41 is held on the lip of the liquid supply port 15, the bottom of the tea strainer container 41 reaches near the inner bottom of the inner container 3.

The plug body 4 is an inner and outer double plug having an annular outer plug 21 that is screwed into the plug hole 14 and can open and close the liquid supply port 15, and an inner plug 31 that is detachably attached to the outer plug 21. It is becoming.

The outer plug 21 is annular and has a large-diameter space 22 formed therein that extends vertically through the outer plug 21 . A male thread is formed on the outer surface of the outer plug 21, and the male thread is screwed into a female thread on the plug hole 14 side. Further, a gasket 26 is provided on the lower surface of the outer plug 21, and the gasket 26 comes into contact with the rim of the liquid supply port 15 when the outer plug is attached. Further, at the lower end of the space 22 in the outer plug 21, a locking step 25 is formed for locking the gasket 36 of the inner plug 31.
Incidentally, the inside of the inner mouth edge of the locking stepped portion 25 becomes the lower opening 23 of the space 22 within the outer plug.

The inner plug 31 is of a so-called push plug type. That is, this inner stopper 31 has an inner stopper liquid injection passage 62 and an inner stopper liquid injection passage 6 within the inner stopper main body 61.
It has a valve body 63 that opens and closes the lower end opening 62a of No. 2, and a valve body operating member 64 that operates the valve body 63.

In this push plug type inner plug 31, when the valve body operating member 64 is pressed once from the closed state shown in FIG. 1, the valve body 63 is maintained in the open state shown in FIG. 2 by the valve opening maintaining mechanism 65. When the valve body operating member 64 is pressed again, the valve-open state is canceled and the valve returns to the closed state shown in FIG. 1.

This inner stopper 31 is detachably attached to the outer stopper 21 by a helicoid connection (symbol K).

A communication path 70 is formed on the side surface of the outer plug 21, which faces toward the liquid path section 16 when the outer plug 21 is completely tightened into the plug hole 14.
When installed in the outer plug 21, the outlet 62b of the liquid injection passage 62 on the inner plug 31 side communicates with the communication passage 70.

The valve portion 67 of the valve body 63 is inserted into the tea strainer container 41 to a certain depth through the upper opening 42 of the tea strainer container 41 which is hooked on the upper surface of the lip of the liquid supply port 15 . Further, an annular sealing member 68 is attached to the outer circumference of the valve portion 67 to prevent the tea leaves stored in the tea strainer container 41 from flowing out together with the tea during pouring. This seal member 6
8 is a tea strainer container 41 which is in contact with the inner surface of the tea strainer container 41 (or is close to the inner surface of the tea strainer container 41 with a very small gap) as the valve body 63 moves up and down.
It is designed to move up and down inside the tea strainer container 4.
Tea leaves in the container 1 are prevented from passing between the sealing member 68 and the inner surface of the tea strainer container 41 to the liquid injection passage 62 side. Moreover, this sealing member 68
Liquid port 4 formed near the upper end of tea strainer container 41 in the valve open state (valve body downward movement state) shown in the figure.
4, 44... When dispensing liquid (when tilting the liquid container forward), the tea in the inner container 3 fills the gap between the inner surface of the inner container 3 and the outer surface of the tea strainer container 41. From there, the tea strainer container 4 is passed through the liquid ports 44, 44 located above the seal member 68.
1 and further into the stopper liquid injection passage 62, the outer diameter 21
The liquid is poured out from the spout 17 through the liquid passage 70 and the liquid path 16.

In the liquid container with a tea strainer of this embodiment, when setting the tea strainer container 41, the outer stopper 21 and the inner stopper 31 are each removed from the stopper hole 14.
The tea strainer container 41 may be inserted into the liquid supply port 15 and the large diameter portion 43 of the tea strainer container 41 may be hooked onto the rim of the liquid supply port. Furthermore, if the inner stopper 31 is removed with the outer stopper 21 attached to the stopper hole 14, the space 22 of the outer stopper 21 is opened, from which tea leaves or hot water can be poured into the tea strainer container 41. can do. When pouring the tea extracted in the inner container 3 to the outside, with the outer stopper 21 and the inner stopper 31 attached, push down the valve body operating member 64 to open the inside stopper liquid injection passage 62 ( (Fig. 2), in that state, hold the handle 9.
By holding the liquid container and tilting the liquid container forward, the tea in the inner container 3 is poured into the tea strainer container 41 through the liquid port 44 at the upper end of the side wall of the tea strainer container 41 (above the valve body 63). It can be poured from the tip spout 17 through the passage 62, the communication passage 70, and the liquid path 16.
Furthermore, when replenishing hot water or adding tea leaves into the inner container 3, the outer plug space 22 can be opened by simply removing the inner plug 31, and the tea leaves can be added through the outer plug space 22. Furthermore, when discharging the used tea leaves, this can be done by removing only the inner stopper 31 and standing the liquid container upside down.
Note that when cleaning the tea strainer container 41, the stopper 4
After removing the tea strainer container 41, insert it into the liquid container main body 1.
Just pull it out from the side.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a liquid container with a tea strainer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a state change diagram of FIG. 1. 1...Liquid container main body, 2...Exterior body, 3...Liquid container (inner container), 4...Bung body, 14...Bung hole, 1
5...Liquid supply port, 21...Outer plug, 22...Space part,
23... Lower opening, 31... Inner plug, 41... Tea strainer container, 44... Liquid port, 62... Liquid injection passage in the stopper, 63... Valve body, 64... Valve body operating member.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A tea strainer container 41 is provided in the liquid container main body 1 and has a liquid port 44 through which liquid can enter and exit from the upper end of the side wall to the lower end of the side wall. A stopper 4 is provided at the liquid port 15, and within the stopper 4 are provided an in-stop liquid injection passage 62 through which the liquid in the liquid container 3 can be poured out, a valve body 63 for opening and closing the in-stop liquid injection passage 62, and the valve. and a valve body operating member 64 for operating the body 63, and the valve body 63 is configured such that the outer circumferential surface of the valve body 63 is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the tea strainer container 41 when the valve body operating member 64 is operated in the plugged state. The valve body 63 is provided so as to move up and down in close proximity to or in sliding contact with each other, so that when the valve body 63 moves downward and opens, the valve body 63 is located below the liquid passage port 44 at the upper end of the side wall of the tea strainer container 41. , A liquid container with a tea strainer.