AUTOMATIC TEA LEAVES SUPPLY DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TEA FEEDING MACHINE

摘要

PURPOSE:To supply the tea leaves to a tea straining filter by constituting the device so that when an auger turns by a rotation of a driving gear, stored tea leaves are collected in an opening port part of a casing by an auger rotational carrying operation, and on the other hand, a shaft fixed to an interlocking gear comes into contact with an engaging part provided on a shutter and opens the shutter. CONSTITUTION:A driving motor 11 rotates, and an interlocking gear 10 and a driving gear 9 also rotate. By the rotation of the driving gear 9, an auger 4 turns through a yoke part 3, and tea leaves stored in a tea canister l are collected in an opening port part 5 of a casing 2 by a rotational carrying operation of the auger 4. In the opening port part 3, a shutter is closed by force of a spring 7 attached to the shutter 6. When the tea leaves are stored by a prescribed quantity in the opening port part 3, a shaft 12 fixed to the interlocking gear 10 comes into contact with a circular arc-like engaging part 13 provided on a part of the shutter 6 and runs slowly thereon, and in accordance with a rotation of the shaft 12, the shutter 6 is opened forcibly, and new tea leaves are supplied to a tea straining filter 14 along the shutter 6.