JP2001335019A - Food container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food container wherein ingredients can be easily taken out of a soup when eating and drinking a foodstuff. SOLUTION: A foldable thin piece 6 having a rectangular form extending in a vertical direction and having one of longer sides 6a fixed to a barrel 2 is provided along an internal surface side of the barrel 2 of a paper container 1 comprising a bottomed cylinder.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup-shaped container for storing ready-to-eat foods such as instant noodles and cooked foods such as soups provided at fast food stores.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Instant noodles such as instant noodles and snack noodles are generally stored in a paper cup-shaped container and shrink-wrapped. When eating or drinking, the lid attached to the container is removed and hot water is poured into the container. After loosening the noodles, dissolving the soup ingredients and mixing the ingredients, eat and drink.

As containers for this purpose, for example, cup-shaped containers as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-1274 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 156309/1995 are used. It has a cylindrical body with a diameter, and the inside of the body only has a tapered cylindrical surface, so when the remaining amount of noodles decreases during eating and drinking, it sinks into the bottom of the soup or soup It was troublesome to take out relatively small utensils, such as cones and meat rags, floating on the top with chopsticks and forks and eat them.

[0004] In a fast food store or the like, the same cup-shaped container as described above is used as a container for storing cooked soup for eating and drinking in the store or for take-out. In the same manner as described above, it took time and effort to remove the ingredients.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and to provide a food container in which ingredients can be easily taken out of a soup and eaten when eating or drinking food. With the goal.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a food container having a rectangular shape extending vertically along an inner surface of a body of a bottomed tubular paper container. And a bendable thin plate fixed to the body at the long side.

In the present invention, the "upper" side refers to the opening side of the container, and the "lower" side refers to the bottom side of the container.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when used as a packaging container for storing ready-to-eat food or a container for storing cooked food such as soup in a fast food store, the thin plate is placed on the inner side of the body of the container. Does not hinder the storage of food in the container. At the time of eating and drinking food, when the eating and drinking progresses, the thin plate piece is a gutter-shaped piece attached to the inner surface of the torso if the tip edge is bent with fingers or chopsticks in the direction away from the trunk. The tool is scooped up on the bent thin plate by tilting the container and rotating around the center axis.When the collected tool is scraped up with chopsticks or a fork and eaten, a gutter is used. Since the thin plate-shaped pieces guide the ingredients, the ingredients can be separated from the soup and easily taken out.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the thin plate piece may be constituted by a smooth thin plate member having no special holes or uneven portions. If the drainage hole is formed at a position near the one long side, the soup flows through the drainage hole when scooping the tool on the thin sheet piece after bending, so even if the tool is light, the tool is used. This is preferable because it can be separated from the soup and reliably collected on a thin plate piece. Further, it is preferable that the thin plate piece has a bent ruled line extending in the vertical direction, as the thin plate piece can be easily and largely bent.

A food container according to a fourth aspect of the present invention has a triangular shape tapering downward along the inner surface side of the body of a bottomed cylindrical paper container and extending vertically. A thin plate piece comprising a base portion fixed to the body portion, and a bent portion portion connected to the oblique side of the base portion and bendable with respect to the base portion is provided. And

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when used as a packaging container for storing ready-to-eat food or a container for storing cooked food such as soup in a fast food store, the thin plate is placed on the inner side of the body of the container. Does not hinder the storage of food in the container. At the time of eating and drinking food, when the eating and drinking progresses, the bent edge portion of the thin plate piece is bent with fingers or chopsticks in the direction in which the tip edge is separated from the trunk portion, and the bent piece portion passes through the base portion. It becomes a gutter-shaped member attached to the inner surface of the body, and the tool is scooped up on the bent piece portion in the bent state by tilting and rotating around the center axis of the container, and the longitudinal direction is nearly horizontal. Since it is collected on the bent piece facing in the direction, many ingredients can be picked up while separated from the soup, and when the collected ingredients are scraped out with chopsticks and forks and eaten In this case, the gutter-shaped bent piece portion that is nearly horizontal guides the ingredients, so that the scraping operation is simple, and the ingredients can be separated from the soup and easily taken out.

Further, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, it is not necessary to provide a special hole or cut in the oblique side of the base piece, but as in the invention according to the fifth aspect, along the oblique side. If at least one of the bent ruled line, the drain hole, and the cut opening downward is provided, the bent piece can be easily and largely bent along the inclined side, which is preferable. .

[0013] In the present invention, the thin plate piece is a part separate from the body of the container, and one of the long sides (in the case of the first aspect of the invention) or one side part extending in the vertical direction of the base piece ( The case of the invention according to claim 2) may be fixed to the inner surface side of the body by means of an adhesive or the like, but as in the invention according to claim 6, the thin plate piece may be fixed to the inner surface of the body. If the side blank is constituted by an extension of one end of the body blank (material), the thin piece is formed at the same time as the step of manufacturing the body by bending and bonding the body blank. Since the shape is fixed to the body, the process is simple and the number of parts is small, which is particularly preferable.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to a first example shown in FIGS. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a container for storing instant noodles, which is attached to the outer peripheral surface of a bottomed cylindrical container body 4 formed by bonding a bottom plate 3 to a lower portion of a tapered cylindrical body 2 which expands upward. An outer cylinder 5 representing a product name, a photograph, and the like is adhered to the front surface side, and each part is made of paper.

Numeral 6 denotes a thin sheet made of a rectangular piece of paper extending in the longitudinal direction of the body 2, and in this example, as shown in FIG. 4, one end 10 of a fan-shaped body blank (material) 10 constituting the body.
The extension portion 11 that extends a constitutes the thin plate piece 6. In a state where the body blank 2 is formed by winding the body blank 10 around a core metal (not shown), glue margins 12 and 13 having a width W at both ends are overlapped and glued with an adhesive 14, and the body 2 is formed. 3 is curved along the inner surface side of the body 2, and one long side 6 a is connected to one end 10 a of the body blank 10, and It is fixed.

Numeral 7 denotes a drain hole formed by a slit of a small width (for example, 1.0 mm in width) formed at a position near one long side 6a of the thin plate piece 6. In this example, the drain hole is formed in one long side 6a. Four drain holes 7 substantially parallel to the entire length of the thin plate 6
Are lined up.

The outer cylinder 5 is the same as the body blank 10 (excluding the extension 11 and the glue margins 12 and 13).
The fan-shaped blank is of a known configuration in which the fan-shaped blank is wound around the body 2 and both ends thereof are abutted and glued to the outer peripheral surface of the body, and the joint between the body 2 and the bottom plate 3 also has a known structure. Things.

In order to use the container 1 having the above-described structure as a packaging container, first, the noodles and the ingredients contained in the sachets, soup ingredients, etc. are stored in the container 1, and the upper opening of the container 1 is covered with a lid (not shown). Seal with body and shrink wrap. Thin plate 6
Is located along the inner surface side of the body 2, so that it does not hinder the accommodation of the noodles and utensils in the container 1.

In order to eat and drink the instant noodles in the container 1, the lid is removed, hot water is poured into the container 1 to loosen the noodles, and the soup ingredients and ingredients are mixed and stirred. It becomes possible to eat and drink.

When the eating and drinking progress and the small ingredients (including noodle pieces) sink into the bottom of the soup 21 in a small amount, or the ingredients float on the upper part of the soup 21, As shown in FIG. 5 (however, the soup and soup are not shown), the container 1 is held upright with one hand, and the leading edge of the thin plate piece 6 (the other long side 6b) and the inner surface of the body 2 Then, fingers or chopsticks are inserted between them, and the thin plate piece 6 is bent so as to rise as shown by the arrow Q. By this bending,
The thin plate piece 6 has a gutter shape attached to the inner surface of the body 2.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the container 1 held by one hand H is tilted to the front side (however, FIG. 6 shows a state after a rotation operation described later), and the base of the thin plate piece 6 (one side). When the long side 6a) of FIG.
When the container 1 is rotated around the central axis so that the thin plate piece 6 is located upward as shown in FIG.
Is scooped up by the lower half portion (the portion in the soup 21 and near the upper surface of the soup) of the thin plate piece 6 which has been bent into a gutter shape. At the time of this rotation operation, the soup 21 flows through the drain hole 7, so even if the ingredient 22 is light, it is separated from the soup 21 in a form of lifting up, and the ingredient 22 can be reliably collected on the thin plate piece 6. .

Then, the tool 22 in the soup 21 or on the soup 21 accumulated on the thin plate 6 is lifted up by the chopsticks 23 (or forks) along the gutter-shaped thin plate 6 toward the container. The tool 22 can be easily eaten when introduced into the mouth close to the edge.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 8, the same parts as those shown in FIGS. The detailed description of the above is omitted, and the same applies to other examples below.

The thin piece 31 used for the container 30 of this example is
It consists of a rectangular piece of paper separate from the body 2 of the container body 4,
The glue margin 32 is glued to the inner wall surface of the body 2 with an adhesive 33, and this gluing is used to glue one long side 3 of the thin plate piece 31.
1 a is fixed to the body 2. Reference numeral 34 denotes a concave streak-shaped crease provided at a position near one long side 31a of the thin plate 31. The surface portion of the thin plate 31 is pressed by a ruled line forming blade (not shown) before bonding to the body 2. It is formed in. In this example, small round holes 35 are formed in two rows in the lower half of the thin plate 31.

The bonding of the thin piece 31 to the body 2 may be performed on a flat body blank, or may be performed after the body blank is formed into a cylindrical shape. In the latter case, as shown in FIG. 9, a small amount of clearance 36 is formed between the thin plate piece 31 which is to maintain the flat shape and the body 2, but this state is also referred to as "the inner surface of the body". Along, and the clearance 36 is small so that it does not hinder the accommodation of noodles, utensils and the like.

In the container 30 of this embodiment, the thin plate 31 is bent in the direction indicated by the arrow Q in the same manner as in the above embodiment, and the container 30 is operated in the same manner as in the above embodiment. it can. In this example, since the folding ruled line 34 is provided, the thin plate piece 31 can be particularly easily bent, and can be largely bent into a desired shape. In the case where the thin piece is made of a part different from the body of the container as in this example, the thin piece may be made of a material other than paper, such as plastic.

In each of the above examples, one long side 6
a, 31a are the generating lines of the conical surface which is the inner wall surface of the body 2, that is, one end 10a of the body blank 10 in which this is developed.
Is fixed to the body 2 in a form that matches the radius line forming
Although the thin plate 6 extends vertically along these generatrix and radius line, the third example of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 changes the mounting direction of the thin plate 6 to the body 2. It has changed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the one end portion 40a of the body blank 40 is provided with a small angle α (for example, 10 degrees) in the expanding direction with respect to the radius line 41 at the portion where the thin plate piece 6 is attached and the upper portion thereof. And one long side portion 6a of the thin plate piece 6 formed by the extension portion 42 extending from the one end portion 40a is also on this inclined line, and the body blank 40 is provided with the glue margin portion 43 expanded upward. , 44 are overlapped to form the body 2.

In the above-mentioned container blank 45 constituted by using the body blank 40 and the thin plate piece 6 integrated therewith, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, the thin plate piece 6 extends in a direction inclined at a small angle with respect to a generating line 46 constituting the conical surface of the body 2,
This state is also included in the thin plate piece having the "rectangular shape extending in the vertical direction" in the first aspect of the present invention.

When eating and drinking instant noodles in the same manner as in the above example using the container 45 having the thin plate pieces 6 extending in the inclined direction, the thin plate pieces 6 are folded in the same manner as in the first example. As shown by a chain line 47 in FIG. 6 due to the above-mentioned inclination, the gutter-shaped thin plate piece 6 rises slightly on the side of the bottom plate 3 and is close to a horizontal state at a small angle. To chopsticks 2
By 3 etc., the work of scraping up to the front becomes easy to do.

Next, a fourth example of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 is for making the above-mentioned bent trough-shaped thin plate piece at the time of eating and drinking closer to a horizontal state. As shown in FIG. 13, a thin plate piece 5 constituted by an extension 11 which is obtained by extending one end 10 a of a fan-shaped body blank 10.
1 includes a triangular base piece 52 tapering downward and a rectangular bent piece 53 connected to the oblique side 52b of the base piece 52.

One side portion 52 extending in the vertical direction of the base portion 52
a is continuous with the torso blank 10 so as to be located on the radius line 15 of the torso blank 10. The inclination angle θ of the oblique side portion 52b with respect to the one side portion 52a is the angle α of the third example.
Larger than, for example, about 30 to 45 degrees (3 in this example)
0 degrees). A bent ruled line 54 and a cut 55 that opens downward are provided along the oblique side 52 b of the base piece 52.
The lower part of 3 is slightly tapered. Further, a perforation 56 is formed at the upper end of the bent piece 53 so as to face the front edge 53a.

In the container 60 constituted by using the above-mentioned trunk blank 10, as shown in FIG.
Numeral 3 extends in a direction largely inclined with respect to a generating line 61 forming a conical surface of the body 2. At the time of instant noodle eating and drinking in this container 60, when it is desired to take out the ingredients from the small amount of soup while the eating and drinking progresses, the leading edge 53a of the bent piece 53 and the body are removed in the same manner as in the first example. If a finger or chopsticks is inserted between the inner surface of the portion 2 and the bent portion 53 is bent so as to rise, the bent rule portion 54 and the cut 55 cause the bent portion 53 to be greatly bent. And the trunk 2 via the base piece 52.
It becomes a gutter-shaped thing attached to the inner surface of the.

At the time of the above-mentioned bending work, if the upper end of the bent piece 53 is slightly bent along the perforation 56 to the inner diameter side as shown by the arrow S and the chain line 57 in FIG. By inserting chopsticks or the like between the bent portion and the inner surface of the body portion 2, the entire bent piece portion 53 can be easily bent, and when obstructing at the time of eating and drinking, along the perforation 56, The small triangular piece 58 can also be cut off. The attachment of the perforations 56 may be omitted, and the shape of the upper end of the bent piece 53 may be other than the above.

Then, as shown in FIG. 14, when the container 60 is tilted to the near side and rotated around the central axis in the same manner as in the first example, the tool 22 in the soup 21 is bent to have a gutter shape. The bent piece 53 is bent up along the oblique side 52b inclined with respect to the generatrix 61 as described above. Since the longitudinal direction of the gutter-shaped bent piece 53 is nearly horizontal, it is possible to scoop up many pieces 22 in a form separated from the soup 21 and to remove the pieces 22 on the bent piece 53. This has the advantage that it can be easily scraped out with the chopsticks 23 or the like.

In this example, since the cuts 55 are provided, the soup 21 flows through the cuts 55 during the above-mentioned rotation operation, so that the tool 22 can be reliably collected similarly to the drain hole 7 in the first example. Since the bent piece 53 is only connected to the base 52 at a part (about 全長 in this example) of the entire length, the base 52 is curved along the inner surface of the body 2.
The bent piece portion 53 can be easily and surely
2b has the advantage of being able to bend greatly along the length of the thin plate 5
Depending on the ease of bending due to the material of No. 1 or the like, the cut 55
Instead of arranging drain holes in line, or the hypotenuse 52b
Of the hypotenuse 5 such as providing a folding ruled line 54 over the entire length of the
What is provided along 2b may be at least one of the bent ruled line 54, the drain hole, and the cut 55.

Further, when the thin plate 51 is made of a material which can be easily bent, or when the base 52 is attached to the oblique side 52b.
In the case where the thin plate piece 51 is formed by bonding a bent piece portion 53 made of a material which is easy to be bent separately from the above, the bent ruled line, the drain hole, the cut, and the like need not be provided.

The present invention is not limited to the above examples. For example, the shape of the thin plate, the shape and number and arrangement of the drain holes, the number of folded ruled lines, and the like may be other than those described above. The specific structure of the outer cylinder 4 and the outer cylinder 5 may be other than the above. Further, the thin plate pieces in the third and fourth examples may be configured to be fixed to the inner surface side of the body with an adhesive as a separate component from the body similarly to the second example. In addition to the instant noodles described above, the present invention can also be applied to containers for instant foods such as tea pickles and dried soups.

The present invention also relates to a container for storing cooked foods such as soup for eating and drinking in the restaurant or to take away at a fast food store, home delivery (pizza) such as pizza, sushi, and bento, and soup and miso soup at the time of store sales. Can also be applied to containers and the like when selling as cooked food in cups, and when used as a container for containing cooked foods, folding and containers of thin plate pieces similar to those for instant noodle eating and drinking described above It is possible to easily take out and eat the ingredients in the soup by the turning operation or the like of the soup.

[0040]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the ingredients in the soup can be collected on the bent thin plate fixed to the inner surface of the body of the container. The collected ingredients can be scraped up along the thin plate with chopsticks or forks, so that the ingredients can be easily taken out of the soup and eaten.

In addition to the above effects, according to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the ingredients are light, the ingredients can be separated from the soup and reliably collected on the thin plate piece.

In addition to the above effects, according to the third aspect of the present invention, a thin plate piece can be easily and largely bent, and an easy-to-use container can be obtained.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the bent piece of the thin plate fixed to the inner surface of the body of the container has a bent piece whose longitudinal direction is oriented in a substantially horizontal direction. The ingredients in the soup can be collected on the part, the ingredients are easily separated from the soup, and the collected ingredients can be easily scraped off with a chopstick or fork along the nearly horizontal bent piece The ingredients can be easily taken out of the soup and eaten.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above effects, the bent piece portion can be easily and largely bent, so that an easy-to-use container can be obtained.

In addition to the above effects, according to the invention of claim 6, since the thin plate piece is integral with the trunk blank, it is fixed to the inner surface of the trunk simultaneously with the production of the trunk, so that the production process is simple. The number of parts is small and the container manufacturing cost is low.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a food container showing a first example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the container of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a body blank for the container configuration of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a use state of the container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a use state of the container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a side view taken along the line BB of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of a food container showing a second example of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of a food container showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a body blank for the container configuration of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view of a food container showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a body blank for the container configuration of FIG. 12;

14 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 6, showing a use state of the container of FIG. 12;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container, 2 ... Body, 3 ... Bottom plate, 4 ... Container main body, 6 ... Thin plate piece, 6a ... One long side part, 7 ... Drain hole, 10 ... Body blank, 10a ... One end, 11 ... Extension Part, 30 ... container, 31 ... thin plate piece, 31a ... one long side part, 34 ... bent ruled line, 35 ... drain hole, 40 ... trunk blank, 40a ...
One end, 42 ... extension, 45 ... container, 51 ... thin plate, 5
2: Base piece, 52a: One side, 52b: Oblique side, 53 ...
Folded piece portion, 54: folded ruled line, 55: cut, 60: container.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A bottomable tubular paper container having a rectangular shape extending in the vertical direction along the inner surface side of the body, and one long side fixed to the body. A food container provided with a thin plate piece. 2. The food container according to claim 1, wherein a drain hole is formed at a position near the one long side of the thin plate piece. 3. The food container according to claim 1, wherein a bent ruled line extending in a vertical direction is formed on the thin plate piece. 4. A base piece having a triangular shape tapering downward and having a vertically extending side fixed to the body along the inner surface side of the body of the bottomed tubular paper container. A food container, comprising: a thin plate piece comprising: a base portion; and a bent portion which is connected to an oblique side of the base portion and can be bent with respect to the base portion. 5. The food container according to claim 4, wherein at least one of a folded ruled line, a drain hole, and a notch opening downward is provided along the oblique side. 6. The food according to claim 1, wherein the thin plate piece is constituted by an extended portion obtained by extending one end of a trunk blank which is an inner surface side component of the trunk. Container.