JP2879313B2 - Tea strainer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tea strainer in a pot for pouring tea.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Black tea, powdered tea and the like having a small particle have a drawback that when tea is poured, leaves enter into the poured tea. Therefore, in order to prevent the leaves from entering into the poured tea when the tea is poured, a conventional tea pouring pot is provided with a mesh-shaped tea strainer 8 at the spout of the pot 7 as shown in FIG. It is provided or a net-like tea strainer 9 is provided at the bottom so that when the tea is poured from the pot 7, the tea leaves do not go out together with the poured tea.

[0003]

A spout-type tea strainer in which a mesh-shaped tea strainer 8 is provided at a spout of a conventional pot 7 and a bottom-type tea strainer in which a tea strainer 9 is provided at the bottom are inevitably used. However, there is a drawback in that it is difficult to clean after use.

[0004]

The tea strainer of the present invention comprises:
A wire with a wavy shape for a tea strainer is bundled in a divergent shape around a spout catch, and the tip of the spout catch is fastened to the base of the bundled corrugated wire, and the crimped wire is fixed by being surrounded by a cap. More specifically, the two ends of the spout catch with the knob bent from the middle and the central portion of the bundle of corrugated wires are fastened with a fastening wire. With the spout hook and the corrugated wire bent, a cap is fitted to the spout hook, the corrugated wire and the fastening wire at the bent portion, and the crimped wire is crimped and fixed so that the corrugated wire is widened. is there. The corrugated wire has a wire diameter of about 0.1 to 0.25 mm, and the wire having the same wire diameter or the wire having a different wire diameter is arranged in combination. The same height or pitch is used, or different heights and pitches are combined.

[0005]

[Function] When the knob of the spout hook is picked and inserted into the spout of the pot, the corrugated wire is elastically in contact with the wall inside the spout of the pot and the wire inside is along the flow of tea There is a whole that constitutes a filter. Although not shown, pour boiling water into the tea leaves
The tea leaves that come out together with the tea are caught by the corrugated wire or elastically sandwiched by other corrugated wires. Although it may sway with the wire along with the flow of tea, it does not come out of the spout of the pot.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a tea strainer according to the present invention.
The hook 1 is formed by bending a stainless steel wire having a wire diameter of 1 mm and a length of about 150 mm and having no rust so that there is a semi-circular portion from the middle, and a grip portion 4 having a length of about 15 mm from the bent tip portion. The others are aligned as shown in FIG. 2 and smoothly bent in two stages. Around the center of about 15 mm from the tip of the two end portions 5 opposite to the knob 4 of the hook 1, a rustless stainless steel wire 2 having a length of about 80 mm is counted. Put them all together. The wire 2 having this waveform has a wire diameter of about 0.1 to 0.25 mm, and the wire 2 having the same wire diameter or a wire having a different wire diameter is combined and aligned. Also, the waveforms having the same height and pitch of the waveforms are aligned, or the waveforms having different heights and pitches are combined and aligned. After arranging the center part of the wire 2 of the waveform and about 15 mm from the end of the end 5 of the hook 1, the wire 2 is wound around the wire 6 for fastening and fastened and bundled.
In this fastening portion, the end 5 of the spout hook 1 and the corrugated wire 2
Are folded as shown in FIG. The cap 3 is fitted to the spout hook 1, the corrugated wire 2, and the fastening wire 6 in the bent portion, and several ends are caulked so as to cover the fastening wire 6 to which the end of the cap 3 has been fastened first. By pressing and fixing, a tea strainer in which the corrugated wire 2 is bundled in a divergent shape is formed. The manufacturing process has been described so that the configuration of the tea strainer of the present invention can be understood. However, it goes without saying that there are other methods for manufacturing the tea strainer than the methods described so far.

[0007] In using the tea strainer, first, although not shown, the pot is rinsed with hot water, and the tea is put into the pot. Then add boiling water to cover the tea and 2-3
After sprinkling (absorbing) for a minute, pour in the required amount of boiling water and stir. Then, the corrugated wire 2 of the tea strainer is expanded for each size of the diameter of the spout 10 of the pot, and is inserted up to the drop receiving curve 11 of the spout 10 of the pot as shown in FIG. Some of the pots are elastically in contact with the wall in the spout 10 and some are inside and follow the flow of tea, so that a filter is constituted as a whole. Then, spout 1 of the pot
Tea is poured from 0, but the tea leaves that come out with the tea at that time are caught by the corrugated part of the corrugated wire 2,
It does not come out of the spout 10 of the pot by being elastically pinched by the wire 2 of another waveform.

[0008]

According to the tea strainer of the present invention, the tea leaves which are inserted from the outside of the spout of the pot, absorb the moisture and open the tea leaves are hooked by the wire portion having a waveform of about 35 mm in length, or other waveforms are formed. The leaf is elastically pinched and blocked by a wire, and some of the blocked tea leaves sway along the flow of tea due to the elasticity of the corrugated wire, thereby improving the flow of tea. Therefore, the tea leaves are clogged and the outflow of tea becomes poor, such as a spout type in which a tea strainer is fixed to a spout of a conventional pot or a bottom type in which a tea strainer is fixed to the bottom. Such a thing disappeared. or,
After use, remove the tea strainer from the spout of the pot and clean the tea strainer by flowing the tea leaves along the corrugated wire, so clean the tea leaves attached to the tea strainer fixed inside the pot as before The disadvantage of taking time and effort as if to do it has disappeared. Furthermore, although the tea strainer made integrally with the conventional pot is most dirty with tea leaves, the tea strainer of the present invention is separate from the pot, so it is possible to replace it when it gets dirty and always use a clean tea strainer. This has the effect of being able to do so.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a tea strainer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the tea strainer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a use state of the tea strainer.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a tea strainer in a conventional pot.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-Hook metal fitting 2-Corrugated wire 3-Cap 4-Knob 5-End 6-Fastening wire

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A crimping wire for a tea strainer, which is bundled in a divergent shape around a spout hook, and a crimped wire around a base of the corrugated wire bundled with one end of the spout hook. A tea strainer consisting of a cap and. 2. The tea strainer according to claim 1, wherein the corrugated wires are bundled by combining those having different wire diameters and different peak heights and pitches of the corrugations. 3. A center portion of a bunch of spliced hooks and a corrugated wire bundled with a portion bent from the middle as a knob portion is fastened with a fastening wire. 2. The tea strainer according to claim 1, wherein the hook fitting and the corrugated wire are bent, and a cap is fitted to the spout hook fitting, the corrugated wire and the fastening wire at the bent portion, and fixed by pressure.