JP2750985B2 - Auxiliary tool for infusing sake into sake machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aid for injecting liquor in a container into a sake brewing machine, and more particularly to injecting liquor in a paper container having a spout sealed with a film material. It is suitable for.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional sake machine has been widely used in which sake is poured by inserting an inverted liquor bottle opening into an upper filling opening (Japanese Patent Publication No. 54-1781).
No. 4). However, in recent years, sake in paper containers has become widely available on the market, and there is a demand for injecting sake from such paper containers into sake brewing machines.

[0003] A general paper container is box-shaped, and its spout is formed on one side of the container. Further, the spout of a general paper container is covered with a film material, and the film material needs to be broken when pouring sake. Therefore, for example, a spout structure as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 is adopted (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-37838). That is, the paper container 1
01 is formed on one side of the film material 10
3, a cylindrical outer plug 104 is fixed to the paper container 101 via a flange 104 a so as to cover the film material 103, and a cylindrical inner plug 105 having a tooth 107 at one end inside the outer plug 104. Is inserted, and the cap 106 is fitted to the outside of the outer plug 104. By pushing the inner plug 105 into the paper container 101, the teeth 107 break the film material 103. The inside of the inner stopper 105 is separated by a partition member into a liquor outlet 105a and an air port 105b.
And is divided into.

[0004]

However, since the filling port of a commonly used sake machine has a shape suitable for inserting a bottle opening of a sake bottle, it is necessary to insert the paper container 101 as described above. When the sake in the paper container 101 is to be poured, the paper container 101 must be manually held, and when pouring, it is necessary to break the film material 103 by hand. Inlet and paper container 101
There is a problem that the liquor is easily spilled to the surroundings because of being separated from the spout 102.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide an aid for infusing sake into a sake brewing machine which can solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

[0006]

A feature of the present invention is an auxiliary tool for injecting liquor contained in a container into a sake brewing machine, comprising a hollow member and a container fixed to the hollow member. The hollow member is provided with a spout to be inserted into the inlet of the sake brewing machine, and an injection pipe communicating between the inside and the outside of the hollow member, and a seal pipe surrounding the injection pipe is a shaft. An elastic member is provided movably in the direction and biases the seal pipe outward of the hollow member, and the seal pipe is pressed against the periphery of the spout of the container and is directed inward of the hollow member. The point is that the injection pipe relatively moves toward the spout of the container and the space between the seal pipe and the container is sealed.

[0007]

According to the structure of the present invention, in order to inject the sake in the container into the sake machine, the spout of the hollow member is inserted into the inlet of the sake machine, and the container is held by the container holder so that the hollow member can be filled. The container is fixed, the periphery of the spout of the container is pressed against the seal pipe, and the seal pipe is moved inward of the hollow member. As a result, the injection pipe communicating the inside and the outside of the hollow member relatively moves toward the spout of the container, so that the sake in the container is injected into the sake machine through the hollow member without holding the container manually. be able to. Further, since the injection pipe relatively moves toward the inside of the spout of the container, the film material sealing the spout of the container can be broken, and it is not necessary to break the film material manually. In addition, since the film material is broken after the seal between the seal pipe and the container is sealed, it is possible to prevent liquor discharged from the container from leaking to the outside of the seal pipe, and to enter a box-shaped container such as a paper container. It is suitable for pouring sake into a sake machine. Further, since the shape of the hollow member can be any shape, by making the shape of the spout the same as the bottle mouth of the sake bottle, it is possible to inject the liquor contained in the paper container into a commonly used sake machine.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A sake infusion aid 1 for a sake machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is for injecting sake in a paper container 101 shown in FIGS. . The sake brewing machine 3 is a general-purpose sake brewing machine. The liquor poured from an inlet 3a provided at an upper portion is provided with a heater 3 provided at a lower portion.
Heated by c, and poured out from a pouring tap 3d provided on the side surface, and the inlet 3a is shaped so that a bottle of a liquor bottle can be inserted.

The sake infusion assistant 1 comprises a hollow member 4,
A paper container holder 10 for fixing the paper container 101 to the hollow member 4 is provided. The hollow member 4 has a funnel-shaped main body 4a made of glass, and a plastic upper lid 5 fitted into the upper opening of the funnel-shaped main body 4a via a seal member 11.
It is composed of The paper container holder 10 is made of a spring steel plate and has a holding portion 10a into which the paper container 101 is fitted.
And a fixing portion 10b fixed to the upper lid 5, and a connecting portion 10c connecting the holding portion 10a and the fixing portion 10b. The paper container 10 for the holding portion 10a
The fitting 1 is performed such that the flange 104 a around the spout 102 of the paper container 101 is pressed against the seal pipe 9 described below via the gasket 12.

The lower end of the funnel-shaped main body 4a of the hollow member 4 is formed as a spout 4b having the same shape as the bottle mouth of the sake bottle, and is inserted into the inlet 3a of the sake brewing machine 3. An injection pipe 7 that connects the inside and the outside of the hollow member 4 is provided on the upper lid 5 of the hollow member 4. That is, the upper lid 5 is provided with an opening 5a at the center, and a cylindrical outer protruding portion 5c protruding outside of the hollow member 4 from the peripheral edge of the opening 5a.
And a cylindrical inwardly protruding portion 5 d protruding inwardly of the hollow member 4.
Are provided integrally. A plastic nut 6 is screwed into a male screw formed on the outer periphery of the inward protruding portion 5d, and an injection pipe 7 is inserted and screwed into a female screw hole formed in the center of the nut 6. The nut 6 has a through hole 6a. The injection pipe 7 is made of a plastic first member 7.
a, and a metal second member 7b fitted to the tip of the first member 7a. The outer diameter of the first member 7a is made larger than the outer diameter of the second member 7b. A step 7c is formed on the outer periphery of the injection pipe 7. A flange 7a 'is formed at an end of the first member 7a, and the injection pipe 7 is positioned by abutting on the nut 6. As shown in FIG. 3, the second member 7b of the injection pipe 7 has a cylindrical portion 7b 'on the first member 7a side and a semi-cylindrical portion 7b ″.

A seal pipe 9 surrounding the injection pipe 7
Is inserted into the outer protrusion 5c of the upper lid 5 via a seal ring 14 so as to be movable in the axial direction. The seal pipe 9
Has a flange 9a formed at one end thereof.
Abuts on the step formed on the inner surface of the outer protruding portion 5c to prevent the seal pipe 9 from coming off the outer protruding portion 5c. An annular gasket 12 is attached to the end of the seal pipe 9. The seal pipe 9
A compression coil spring 13 is provided between the seal pipe 9 and the nut 6 so as to urge the outer side of the hollow member 4 (upward in FIG. 1).

With the above configuration, the paper container 101 is provided to the sake brewing machine 3.
In order to inject the liquor in the hollow member 4 as shown in FIG. 5, the spout 4b of the hollow member 4 is inserted into the inlet 3a of the sake maker 3, and the paper container 101 is held by the paper container holder 10. , The paper container 101 is fixed to the outer container 10 around the spout 102 of the paper container 101 as shown in FIG.
4 is pressed against the seal pipe 9 via the gasket 12, and the seal pipe 9 is
Move inward. Then, the outer plug 104
Is inserted between the injection pipe 7 and the seal pipe 9, and the tip of the inner plug 105 is pushed by the step 7 c of the injection pipe 7 to enter the spout 102 of the paper container 101, and
The film material 103 is crushed by the teeth 107 of the fifth and the injection pipe 7 enters the paper container 101. This allows
Paper container 10 without holding paper container 101 manually.
The sake in 1 can be injected into the sake brewing machine 3 through the hollow member 4. The injection pipe 7 is connected to the spout 1 of the paper container 101.
02 by moving relatively toward the spout 1
02 can be broken,
There is no need to manually break the film material 103. Further, the space between the seal pipe 9 and the paper container 101 is sealed via the gasket 12, and after the sealing is performed, the film material 103 is broken. Leakage can be prevented. The liquor spilled between the injection pipe 7 and the seal pipe 9 flows into the hollow member 4 through a through hole 6a formed in the nut 6. In addition, by making the shape of the spout 4b of the hollow member 4 the same as that of the bottle mouth of the liquor bottle, the liquor contained in the paper container 101 can be poured into the liquor machine 3 that is widely used.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the container is not limited to a paper container, but may be a plastic container, or may be a container without the inner stopper 105 as described above. In the above embodiment, the injection pipe 7 and the nut 6 are separate members, and the injection pipe 7 is formed of a plastic first member 7a and a metal member 7b.
As shown in FIG. 9, as shown in FIG. 9, the injection pipe 7 is integrally provided with a threaded portion 7 ′ to the inwardly protruding portion 5 d of the upper lid 5 and a through hole 7 ″ without providing the nut 6, and The number of parts may be reduced by molding the pipe 7 only from a plastic material, and the hollow member does not need to have a funnel shape, and its spout does not need to have a bottle-mouth shape.
What is necessary is just to make the shape according to the inlet of a sake brewing machine. Further, the gasket at the tip of the seal pipe is not essential. In addition, the shape and material of the container holder can be appropriately changed as long as the container can be fixed to the hollow member.

[0015]

According to the aid for infusing sake into a sake brewing machine according to the present invention, it is possible to remove the liquor contained in a container whose outlet is sealed by a film material without manually holding the container. Can be poured into a sake brewing machine without manually breaking the liquor and without spilling the liquor around.Also, the hollow member has the same shape as the bottle opening of the liquor bottle. It is perfect for pouring sake from paper containers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an aid for infusing sake according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an auxiliary device for sake infusion according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of an infusion pipe of the aid for infusing sake according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the aid for infusing sake according to the embodiment of the present invention at the time of infusing sake.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram when the sake infusion aid of the embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a spout of a paper container.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a spout of a paper container.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a paper container.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a main part of a modification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 sake sake machine 4 hollow member 7 injection pipe 9 seal pipe 10 container holder 13 spring 101 paper container

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masayuki Takemoto 1-5-1, Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo Letterpress Printing Co., Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B67C 11 / 00-11/02 A47J 27/00 108

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An auxiliary tool for injecting liquor contained in a container into a sake machine, comprising: a hollow member; and a container holder for fixing the container to the hollow member.
A spout inserted into the inlet of the sake brewing machine and an injection pipe communicating the inside and the outside of the hollow member are provided, and a seal pipe surrounding the injection pipe is provided so as to be movable in the axial direction, and the seal pipe is hollow. An elastic member is provided for urging outwardly of the member, and the seal pipe is pressed against the periphery of the spout of the container and moves inward of the hollow member, so that the injection pipe is moved toward the inside of the container. An auxiliary tool for infusing sake into a sake brewing machine, characterized in that it is relatively moved toward an outlet and a seal is provided between a seal pipe and a container.