Device for the portion-wise intake of tea, herbs or the like.
A tea bag design using two congruent fleece parts connected by a seam addresses the limitations of existing devices by offering customizable and sustainable tea bag forms.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE202024106875
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-27
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-11-30
AI Technical Summary
Existing tea and herb portioning devices are limited by their rectangular or pyramidal form, lacking flexibility in design and often made from non-environmentally friendly materials, making them costly and difficult to manufacture.
A tea bag design composed of two congruent fleece parts connected by a seam, allowing for various designs and potentially using natural materials, with optional ultrasound sealing or sewing for enhanced durability.
Enables easy and cost-effective production of customizable tea bag designs with environmental benefits, enhancing manufacturing flexibility and material sustainability.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] The invention relates to a device for the portion-wise intake of tea, herbs or the like, consisting of a bag for receiving the product to be brewed, a ribbon arranged thereon and a label for handling.
[0002] Around the year 1900, a tea and coffee merchant developed such a device because it allowed him to send customers inexpensive samples of different types of tea, which they could also brew by the cup.
[0003] Nowadays, such devices are usually made of filter paper materials that form a rectangular tea bag, with the filter material usually being heat-sealed.
[0004] A disadvantage of the tea bags according to the state of the art is that they usually have a rectangular or pyramidal shape.
[0005] The object of the invention is therefore to create a new device for the portion-wise intake of tea, herbs or the like, which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and at the same time allows a great deal of design freedom with regard to the tea bag shapes.
[0006] The solution to the problem is the following device for the portion-wise intake of tea, herbs or the like: Device for the portion-wise intake of tea, herbs or the like, consisting of a bag for receiving the product to be brewed, a ribbon arranged thereon and a label for handling, characterized in that the bag is formed from two congruent parts of nonwoven fabric which are connected to one another circumferentially at the edge.
[0007] Such a device for portioning tea, herbs, or the like makes it easy to create tea bag designs that are adapted to seasons, themes, or the like.
[0008] What is important is that they are composed of two congruent, specially designed parts that are essentially connected to each other all the way around.
[0009] In preferred embodiments of the invention, the congruent parts are furthermore either at least partially sealed with ultrasound or essentially completely sewn in the edge region, which advantageously also creates an impression that the tea bag was produced by hand.
[0010] In a further embodiment of the invention, the fleece is formed from natural materials, which has advantages from an environmental protection point of view due to its degradability.
[0011] In principle, however, it is also conceivable that the fleece is made of polypropylene, which guarantees greater durability of the tea bag.
[0012] Finally, the ribbon required to handle the bag is integrated in the connecting area of the two congruent parts.
[0013] Further advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of two exemplary embodiments. They show: Fig. 1 illustration of a tea bag in the shape of a Christmas tree Fig. 2 Illustration of a tea bag in the shape of a star.
[0014] In the drawings, a device for portioning tea, herbs, or the like is designated overall by the reference numeral 10. This device 10 consists of a bag 11 for holding the product 12 to be brewed, a ribbon 13, and a label 14 for handling, which usually indicates the manufacturer and the type of tea used. The bag 11 is formed from two congruent parts 11a and 11b made of nonwoven fabric, which are joined together by a circumferential seam 15 so that no tea can escape from the bag 11 during the brewing process. The nonwoven fabric forming the bag 11 has filter pores 16, which enable water to be exchanged from the inside to the outside and also have a retention function for the tea 12 contained in the bag 11.
[0015] From the examples given in the Fig. 1 and Fig.2, it can be seen that the device 10 according to the invention for taking tea in portions makes it possible to create a wide variety of designs in a simple manner. List of reference symbols 10 Device 11, 11a, 11b bag, 2 congruent parts 12 Product 13 volumes 14 label 15 seam 16 filter pores
Claims
[1] Device (10) for the portion-wise intake of tea, herbs or the like, consisting of a bag (11) for receiving the product to be brewed (12), a ribbon (13) arranged thereon and a label (14) for handling, characterized by that the bag (11) is formed from two congruent parts (11a, 11b) of nonwoven fabric which are connected to each other circumferentially at the edge. [2] Device (10) according to claim 1, characterized by that the congruent parts (11a, 11b) are essentially completely sewn in the edge region. [3] Device (10) according to claim 1, characterized by that the congruent parts (11a, 11b) are at least partially sealed together by means of ultrasound. [4] Device (10) according to the preceding claims, characterized by that the congruent parts (11a, 11b) are pictorially designed. [5] Device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the fleece is made of natural materials. [6] Device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the fleece is made of polypropylene. [7] Device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the ribbon (13) is integrated in the connecting area of the two congruent parts (11a, 11b).