Device for the squeezing and disposal of teabags
OwnerDzmitry Semenovich MAKAUCHYKinventor
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Abstract
The invention is intended to solve the problem of squeezing and recycling of individual tea bags after their use, to enhance the aesthetic component of the process, as well as to be used as an advertising, information medium. In its original static state, the device has an elongated shape, presumably of a rectangular flat plate. After the device is folded in half, i.e. after the completion of its operation cycle, it acquires a different shape, presumably of a triangular, with four legs (the number is optional), fixing it to a surface, for example, a table. The used bag will be located inside the device, on any of its planes. Due to its low cost, a one-time and widespread use of the device is foreseen.
Claims10
A teabag squeezer and recycler, characterized by a prolate form, such as rectangular, in its static condition. However, it may take any other form and has a slot at its center (or slightly shifted from the center) against its long sides, as well as on the right or on the left side—a slot half the width of the device (or less). The slot is randomly shaped, as a cone, for instance. The slot can be located on both the left and the right side of the device. At the end of the slot (according to the device width), a creasing can be made rectilinearly against the slot, defining the direction for further folding of the device in half (in two parts). The parts in their turn may not necessarily be of the same length.
- Additionally, starting from the creasing to either side or to both sides simultaneously, special cut-outs can be made, originating from the creasing center and directed to any side against the long sides of the device. At both ends of the devices, at each of its sides against the long sides, the legs and the device bottom are cut out. They are of the random size and geometrical shape, while the bottom can also be provided with a creasing at the point of its folding, made by any conventional method. Also, the bottom may have a slot in its center, or in any other place. The bottom slot, in its turn, is randomly shaped. All cut-outs are made in a way, ensuring that at the end of the operation cycle, they are combined with the device bottom, forming a closed object of a triangular or any other shape with a used tea bag inside, standing on four feet (the number is optional), or just lying on one of the flat sides of the surface, for example, on a table. Also, in close proximity to the legs of the device, protruding guide ways are foreseen in both planes to help determine the direction of liquid drainage and minimize the risk of spilling. The guide ways may be randomly shaped and sized, made in any quantity, using any conventional method.
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