JPH068253U - Tea leaf quantitative dispensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Even with linear objects such as tea leaves, a certain amount can be reliably dispensed with a one-touch operation. [Structure] A lid piece 10 and a payout piece 11 are formed into a substantially L-shaped cross section, and an operation piece 13 is projectingly provided on the upper surface of the lid piece 10 in the extensional direction of the payout piece 11, and the tip end of the payout piece 11 is extended with the payout piece 11. On comb teeth 12
The protruding quantitative dispensing device 3 is rotatably pivotally attached to the tea leaf dispensing port 4 provided on the lid 1 attached to the mouth portion of the tea leaf container.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a container for storing tea leaves, that is, a fixed-quantity dispensing device that can be attached to the mouth of a tea can to easily and reliably take out a certain amount of tea leaves inside with a single touch of one hand.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a means for dispensing a fixed amount of powder from a container, there are those typified by Registered Utility Model No. 66310 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 53-124252. In both the inventions, a substantially L-shaped or V-shaped fixed-quantity dispensing device consisting of a dispensing piece and a lid piece is attached to a lid body provided at the mouth of a container, and the lid piece is pivoted outward and pulled out. The inner payout piece connected by a hinge rotates to discharge a certain amount of powder inside the container to the outside of the container.

In these inventions, since the powder to be housed is a powder, it is only necessary to use a plate as the dispensing piece. When trying to dispense a certain amount, such linear objects such as tea leaves are usually entangled with each other in the container, and it is difficult to rotate the plate pieces to dispense them. However, it is difficult to cut out the edge of the plate neatly and dispense a fixed amount. Moreover, even if the dispensing piece rotates, the tea leaves bite between the tip of the dispensing piece and the inner surface of the container mouth, and the dispensing piece becomes unable to rotate halfway, and a certain amount of tea leaves, etc. are dispensed from the container. It was impossible.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In view of the above points, the present invention has improved the conventional fixed-quantity dispensing device, which was incapable of fixed-quantity dispensing for tea leaves, so that even linear objects such as tea leaves can be dispensed with a fixed amount and with a one-hand touch operation. It is intended to provide a constant amount dispensing device for tea leaves that can be dispensed reliably.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A device for dispensing a fixed amount of tea leaves according to the present invention to achieve the above object can be fitted into a tea leaf dispensing port of a tea leaf container, and is formed into a substantially L-shaped cross section by a lid piece and a dispensing piece. An operation piece is projected on the upper surface in the extension direction of the payout piece, and a comb tooth is projected on the tip end of the payout piece in the extension direction of the payout piece. The operation piece is pivotally attached to the payout opening. This is the gist.

[0006]

[Action]

 The above-mentioned fixed amount dispensing device according to the present invention is rotatably pivotally attached to the tea leaf dispensing port of the tea leaf container, and the container mouth portion to which the fixed amount dispensing device is attached is held by the thumb and the middle finger. The container mouth, to which the above-mentioned fixed amount dispensing device is attached, is positioned downward by turning the container upside down so that tea leaves have entered the space between the lid piece and the dispensing piece of the fixed amount dispensing device. By rotating the operation piece of the fixed amount dispensing device in this state, the dispensing piece is rotated, so that the tea leaves contained in the dispensing space between the dispensing piece and the lid piece are dispensed out of the container.

At this time, since the comb teeth are protrudingly provided at the tip of the dispensing piece of the above-mentioned fixed quantity dispensing device, when the tea leaves inside the container are dispensed, the comb teeth part is a linear substance in the tea leaves. Bite into the tea leaves and scrape out the tea leaves with the comb teeth to surely cut a fixed amount of the tea leaves from the tea leaves in the container, and to make it possible to rotate the dispensing piece together with the edged tea leaves and Since the tip is comb-shaped, tea leaves do not bite between the tip of the dispensing piece and the inner surface of the container mouth, and the dispensing piece cannot be turned.

[0008]

【Example】

 The details of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

The tea leaf quantitative dispensing device according to the present invention is used by being attached to the tea leaf dispensing port of the tea leaf container 2, and the illustrated example is attached to the mouth portion of the tea leaf container 2. The lid 1 is provided with a tea leaf dispensing port 4, and the fixed-quantity dispensing device 3 is attached to the dispensing port 4.

As shown in FIG. 3 and subsequent figures, the lid 1 is attached to the mouth portion of the tea leaf container 2 by a method such as fitting or fitting, and has a tea leaf dispensing port 4. The lid 1 in the illustrated example has a bottom plate 5 provided with a standing wall 6 having an outer shape that can be fitted into the rim of the container 2, and a dispensing port 4 is opened from one side of the center of the bottom plate 5. As a mounting piece 7 for rotatably mounting the fixed amount dispensing device 3 on both sides of the dispensing port 4, a member having a substantially L shape in a plan view is integrally formed with the standing wall 6, and is provided in front of the lid 1. Has a front piece 8 having a curvature substantially the same as the curvature of the container 2, and side pieces 9 and 9 parallel to the front piece 8. The width between the side pieces 9 and 9 is set so that when the fixed quantity dispensing device 3 is attached to the main lid 1, the width between the side pieces 9 and 9 is close to both sides thereof.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the fixed amount dispensing device 3 can be fitted into the dispensing port 4 of the lid 1, and the lid piece 10 and the dispensing piece 11 are formed into a substantially L-shaped cross section. A comb tooth 12 is provided at the tip of the dispensing piece 11 so as to extend in the extension direction of the dispensing piece 11, and an operation piece 13 is provided at the upper surface of the lid piece 10 on the extension of the dispensing piece 11. Further, in the fixed amount dispensing device 3 of the illustrated example, the lid piece 10 is provided with a standing wall 14 on its outer periphery to provide strength, and the standing wall 14 provides the outer circumference of the lid piece 10 and the dispensing port 4 of the lid 1 described above. The fitting state with the lip of the can be made more dense. The standing wall 14 preferably does not have a straight outer surface on the top and bottom, but is preferably in a state in which the size of the standing wall 14 is reduced as it goes downward. On the other hand, as shown in the figure, an appropriate number of comb teeth 12 are provided on the inner surface of the dispensing piece 11 such that the tip of the dispensing piece 11 projects slightly from the lower end of the dispensing piece 11 in the extension direction of the dispensing piece 11. Further, in the example shown in the figure, a pair of side covers 15 is provided on both sides of the dispensing piece 11 integrally with the lid piece 10. By providing this side cover 15, when the present fixed amount dispensing device 3 is attached to the lid 1, the other tea leaves in the container 2 are formed by the side cover 15 and the side pieces 9 and 9 of the lid 1. Unnecessarily blocks the continuous inflow into the dispensing space between the lid piece 10 and the dispensing piece 11. Further, the operation piece 13 serves as a turning piece for turning the fixed amount dispensing device 3 attached to the lid 1.

As the dispensing piece 11 of the fixed-quantity dispensing device 3, a plate piece provided with comb teeth 12 in a state of protruding forward and downward in FIG. 3 is shown. 3 is not limited to the one shown in FIG. 6, but is a state in which it is slightly projected from the lower end of the dispensing piece 11 as shown in FIG. 6, or the dispensing piece 11 itself as shown in FIG. Those in the shape of a sheet can be appropriately adopted. Further, since it is preferable that the front end of the dispensing port 4 of the lid 1 is approximated to the curvature of the inner edge of the container 2, the tip of the dispensing piece 11, that is, the tip of each comb tooth 12 is also approximated to the curvature on the tip side of the dispensing port 4. It is desirable to set it to a different position.

Then, with the dispensing piece 11 of the fixed amount dispensing device 3 inserted in the dispensing port 4 of the lid 1, the protruding shaft 16 ′ protruding outward from the fixed amount dispensing device 3 is attached to the mounting piece 7. The fixed amount dispensing device 3 is pivotally attached to the lid body 1 by being fitted into the through hole 16 of the.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fixed amount dispensing device 3 attached to the lid 1 as described above includes the front piece 8, the side pieces 9, 9 of the lid 1 and the standing wall 6 at the mouth of the container 2. It can be used after it has been installed by being attached to.

To dispense tea leaves from the container 2 by the fixed amount dispensing device 3, the mouth of the container 2 to which the fixed amount dispensing device 3 is attached is held by the thumb and the middle finger, and the container 2 is turned upside down as shown in FIG. By positioning the mouth part to which the fixed quantity dispensing device 3 is attached slightly downward in this way, the tea leaves are stored in the dispensing space between the lid piece 10 and the dispensing piece 11 of the fixed quantity dispensing device 3, In this state, if the operating piece 13 of the fixed amount dispensing device 3 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in the figure with the index finger, the dispensing piece 11 rotates and the space between the dispensing piece 11 and the lid piece 10 due to the comb tooth 12 at the tip thereof. The tea leaves in the dispensing space are dispensed out of the container 2.

At this time, according to the present invention, since the dispensing piece 11 is provided with the comb teeth 12 at its tip, the tea leaves dispensed to the outside of the container 2 are leaf bodies or shaft bodies. Even if the tea leaves are intertwined with each other, when these tea leaves are dispensed, 12 parts of the comb teeth bite into the tea leaves of the leaf body and the shaft body to scrape out the tea leaves, and a certain amount of the tea leaves is stored in the container. While surely cutting the other tea leaves in 2, the payout piece 11 can be rotated together with the edged tea leaves, and the tip of the payout piece 11 and the inner surface of the container 2 mouth, the front of the illustrated example It is possible to completely dispense the tea leaves from the container 2 without the tea leaves biting into the strips 8 and the dispensing strips 11 becoming unrotatable.

Further, as shown in the figure, while the side pieces 9 and 9 are provided in the dispensing port 4 of the lid body 1, side covers 15 and 15 are provided between the lid piece 10 and the dispensing piece 11 of the fixed amount dispensing device 3. If provided, the side pieces 9 and 9 of the lid piece 10 and the side covers 15 and 15 of the fixed-quantity dispensing device 3 are positioned laterally with respect to each other when the tea leaves are dispensed, thereby blocking the sides of the dispensing space. , It is possible to prevent other tea leaves 2 in the container 2 from continuously flowing into the dispensing space from the side of the dispensing space due to the dispensing of the tea leaves by the dispensing piece 11 and to ensure that the amount of the dispensed tea leaves is constant. At the same time, it is possible to prevent the intermeshing of tea leaves due to this inflow.

[0018]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, the constant amount dispensing device according to the present invention can be fitted into the tea leaf dispensing port of the tea leaf container, and the lid piece and the dispensing piece are formed into a substantially L-shaped cross section, and the dispensing piece extension on the upper surface of the lid piece is achieved. The operation piece is projected in the direction, and a comb tooth is projected at the tip of the payout piece in the extending direction of the payout piece so that the operation piece is pivotally attached to the payout opening. From this, attach this device to the dispensing port of a tea leaf container such as a tea can, and hold the container mouth with one hand to rotate the operation unit of the fixed-quantity dispensing device easily. It is convenient to be able to dispense a fixed amount of tea leaves. Moreover, according to the present invention, since the comb teeth are projected on the tip of the dispensing piece, even if the tea leaves to be dispensed are leaf bodies, shafts, linear objects, etc., even when they are intertwined in the container. The above-mentioned comb tooth at the tip of the dispensing piece ensures that the tea leaves in the dispensing space consisting of the lid piece and the dispensing piece out of the intertwined tea leaves are surely cut off from the other tea leaves. It is possible to dispense a fixed amount of tea leaves only in the space, and during this dispensing, the tea leaves bite between the inner surface of the container or lid and the dispensing piece, making it difficult or impossible to rotate the quantitative dispensing device. The tea leaves can be completely dispensed without doing so. Further, because of such a structure, the present fixed amount dispensing device can be provided at a low price by integrally molding this with a synthetic resin.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a state where a fixed amount dispensing device according to the present invention is attached to a tea leaf container.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a usage state of the fixed amount dispensing device.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a fixed amount dispensing device attached to a dispensing port of a lid.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory cross-sectional view of the fixed amount dispensing device.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of a lid body.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the fixed amount dispensing device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the fixed amount dispensing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lid 2 Container 3 Constant Discharge Device 4 Discharge Port 5 Bottom Plate 6 Standing Wall 7 Mounting Piece 8 Front Piece 9 Side Piece 10 Lid Piece 11 Discharge Piece 12 Comb 13 Operation Piece 14 Standing Wall 15 Side Cover 16 Through Hole

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A tea leaf dispenser which can be fitted into a tea leaf dispensing port, and is formed into a substantially L-shaped cross section by a lid piece and a dispensing piece.
An operation piece is projected on the upper surface of the lid piece in the extending direction of the payout piece, and a comb tooth is projected on the tip of the payout piece in the extending direction of the payout piece, and is pivotally attached to the payout opening. Fixed-quantity dispensing device for tea leaves.