Aspect first, the invention provides and a kind ofly be used to install or the heating unit of disposable autothermal container, this heating unit comprises the solid fuel device, trigger slidably responsive means of ignition and the single conveying element of rubbing, this conveying element comprises the solid fuel device is fixed on first device on the conveying element, means of ignition operationally is fixed on second device on the conveying element, it is used to make means of ignition to light the solid fuel device, and, can be fixed on the 3rd device on the employed container for simplifying the installation of heating unit.
The employed part of this heating unit lacks than part used in the prior art, and can be assembled together very simply.This device is independently, and for solid fuel device and means of ignition are put in position, does not need to rely on other part of the container of random usefulness.Before this container is installed, just can be fully assembled this heating unit.
Preferably first device of conveying element is made up of one or more finger pieces, is used to assemble the part of solid fuel device at least.These finger pieces can be hook-shaped.This solid fuel device can have a hole, and the finger piece of first device passes this hole.In most preferred embodiment, this solid fuel device is made up of an annular solid fuel sheet, and for example, this solid fuel can be formed by vulkacit H or by the mixture of hexamethyl tetramine, silicon-dioxide, sulphur, potassium and calcium.
In most preferred embodiment, this solid fuel approximately burnt 4 to 6 minutes after lighting, and the heat that it produced is heated to about 100 ℃ to the material in the container.
Preferably means of ignition is made up of an ignition-material of lighting sheet and friction sensitivity, and simultaneously, second device of conveying element comprises a sleeve.In sleeve, be placed with one and slidably light sheet, keep contacting with the ignition-material of friction sensitivity.
Can ignition-material be placed on relative with the solid fuel device light the sheet surface near.In use, in order to point out spark and to light the solid fuel device, light sheet and can from sleeve, extract out slidably.
For example, ignition-material can be made up of the mixture of Potcrate, sulphur, gelatin, glass powder, potassium bichromate and carbon black.This material also can comprise a kind of filler.Light sheet and can comprise a kind of coarse coating, when pulling out when lighting sheet, it contacts with ignition-material, produces heat of friction.This coating can be made up of the mixture of phosphorus, Manganse Dioxide, carbon black and antimony sulfide.This coating also can comprise a kind of suitable adhesive, as latex.
Preferably the 3rd device is made up of one or more earflaps, is used for engaging with respective slit in the described container.
Conveying element can be made of any incombustible material.In use, in case the fire fuel sheet, conveying element can bear the heat that the fuel sheet burning is produced, and for example, this conveying element can be made by tinplate.
Conveying element can be made of a kind of sheet material integral body.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides a kind of single conveying element that is used for aforesaid heating unit.This conveying element comprises a solid fuel device is fixed on first device on the conveying element, one slidably the responsive means of ignition of trigger-type friction operationally be fixed on second device on the conveying element, it is used to make means of ignition to light the solid fuel device, and can be fixed on the 3rd device on the autothermal container.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides a kind of blank that is used for the formation conveying element of above-mentioned heating unit.
The present invention also may extend into and comprises a kind of autothermal processing vessel that is used for food, and heating unit recited above is housed.
Now,, embodiments of the invention are described by way of example with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
With reference to accompanying drawing, an autothermal is handled food product containers and is made up of an orthogonal container of being made by tinplate 12 that is roughly.This container has base plate 10, antetheca 14, rear wall 16, sidewall 18 and 20, and these walls have constituted the side of container together.This container comprises a dividing plate that exists with the form of tinfoil paper dish 22, and it is divided into container upper area 24 and the lower region 26 of containing food.
Dish 22 has periphery 28 to outer process on the side upper limb that leans against container.On near the wall the sidewall 18 and 20 of container, this dish also forms two to outer process protuberance 30.For dish is placed on the correct position, and prevents that dish is accidental and break away from from container that two protuberances 30 engage with opening 32 on sidewall 18 and 20.
Dish 22 is used for food container, and a lid 34 that stripping is moving is installed thereon, and after food was put into dish 22, lid 34 was closed disk seal, at an end of lid 34 draw ring 35 is arranged, and makes to cover to be easy to shell backward.
The lower region of container has comprised a heating unit that exists with the solid fuel burner form, and it produces the required heat of food in the heating plate.This heating unit is described in detail in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.In these figure, for the sake of clarity, increased the thickness of some thin parts of heating unit.
Heating unit 36 is made up of the single conveying element made from tinplate 38, and conveying element comprises one first basis pontis 40, and entirely is connected on one second top 42.This top just in time facing to basis pontis 40 bendings, has so just formed a narrow sleeve.Top 42 comprises that along the earflap 44 on an end limit this earflap is to be formed below the respective end limit of basis pontis 40 by one of top 42 end spring.Like this under folding state, together two partial fixings.Hammer or light sheet 46 and can pass through sleeve, and the responsive ignite head 48 that rubs is mounted to and lights sheet and contact.Ignite head 48 is made up of the coating of the ignition-material on cardboard transmission parts 50.In order to go up in position ignite head 48 is fixing, transmission parts 50 is installed in the slit 52 in the basis pontis 40.On basis pontis 40, there is the hollow short column 54 of three rises to be used to compress ignite head, make it to contact with the bottom surface of lighting sheet.So just having guaranteed to light sheet can not take place to move by accident.An additional air vent 56 is arranged on basis pontis 40, and it aligns with the respective aperture of being opened on ignite head 48 and transmission parts 50 58.
When lighting sheet when ignite head 48 is pulled through, light sheet 46 and move at an end that scribbles coating 60 cursorily, produce heat of friction.This coating is made up of the phosphorus that is mixed with suitable caking agent such as latex, Manganse Dioxide, carbon black and antimony sulfide.Friction sensitive material on the ignite head 48 is made up of Potcrate, gelatin, potassium bichromate, sulphur, glass powder, carbon black and filler.
The top 42 of conveying element comprises a quadrate opening 62.Above opening 62, the finger piece 64 of pair of L-shaped is supported by whole wall 63.Finger piece 64 is used for an annular solid fuel sheet 66 is fixed on conveying element 38, and finger piece 64 passes the centre hole of annular solid fuel sheet 66, and in order on the opposing vertical direction, to extend beyond the upper surface of ring segment 66, it bends to hook-shaped, with respect to the vertical outside surface of ring segment 66, the end of finger piece 64 is folding downwards.
Solid fuel sheet 66 is made up of the vulkacit H that is mixed with silicon-dioxide, sulphur, potassium and calcium.
The basis pontis 40 of conveying element 38 comprises a pair of outward extending protuberance 68.In use, protuberance 68 is folded up, like this, they just engage with the slit 70 of rectangular vessel 26, and heating unit 36 is securely fixed on the suitable position.At four jiaos of conveying element, the basis pontis 40 of conveying element 38 also comprises 4 to the footing 72 that presses down, and they are used to make the bottom of container and the bottom surface of transport unit to separate slightly.Like this, just can guarantee that air can flow to the hollow short column 54 on air vent 56 and conveying element 38 basis pontiss 40 unobstructedly.
In case an end 74 of lighting sheet 46 is installed in the container 12, it just stretches out from the slit 76 that the sidewall 18 at container 12 forms.In use, for the ignition combustion device, with holding tight end 74, and, like this, light sheet and just from conveying element, pull out along the direction pull end portion 74 of arrow 78.By lighting the heat of friction that sheet 46 is produced to ignite head 48 motions, the square aperture 62 by in conveying element 38 tops 42 makes the unexpected ignition of ignition-material, has so just lighted solid fuel sheet 66.Opening in six heart short columns 54 and air vent 56 are guaranteed the air supply that ignite head 48 acceptance are a large amount of, and ignite head can be lighted and burn fully.Opening 62 in top 42 makes flame spread to the outside of annular fuel sheet 66 from ignite head 48, and passes its centre hole, has so just guaranteed the perfect combustion of fuel sheet.L shaped finger piece 64 also is used to support fuel sheet 66 a little above conveying element basis pontis 40, guarantees that fuel sheet also accepts a large amount of air and burn reliably.
Have many air vents 80 in the side of container 12, and on base plate 10, have many air feed ports 82, in the use of heating unit 36, guarantee the air supply that heating unit 36 acceptance are a large amount of like this.Just the side under the horizontal plane of dish 22 also has many outwards outstanding louvers 84, is used for the ventilation of lower region 26, to keep the circulation of air.Louver 84 is opened downwards, has so just reduced the consumption of heat.
Container 12 and conveying element 38 are all made by tinplate, are made by tinfoil paper and coil 22, and these suitable materials can bear the heat that is produced by burner 36.10 4 jiaos of base plates 4 footing 86 are arranged, they are made by thermal insulation material.When heated food, they have protected the surface of placing container like this.
As shown in Figure 1, before burner is lighted,, in heat-processed, just prevented the rising of issuable pressure in the dish so usually suitably crack of lid strip off.
When food was sold the human consumer, the container of the food that splendid attire heated may wrap up (not drawing among the figure) with paper or Plastic Packaging Materials.When food was heated, this packing can be easily as the placement surface that holds food product containers.When strip off covered 34, this packed portion can play the thermofin effect of protection human consumer hand.
The autothermal processing vessel can be widely used in heating or hots plate food.A kind of application of this container is to be particularly suitable for splendid attire pre-burning solid cold foods, and is the food of eating while hot after heating once more.For this purpose, burner design is become to light afterfire about 4 to 6 minutes, just produce a large amount of heats food is heated to about 100 ℃ once more.
Typically situation is, the height of container is about 71 millimeters, and length is about 161 millimeters, and width is about 102 millimeters, and the degree of depth of dish is about 30 millimeters.Therefore, can recognize that this container is much bigger unlike common food product containers.The external diameter of fuel sheet 66 is approximately 25 millimeters, and internal diameter is approximately 10 millimeters.Typical conveying element, its size be approximately 40 millimeters square.The width of lighting sheet can be 24 millimeters.
Fig. 4 has represented to form the blank 90 of conveying element 38, and Fig. 5 has represented to be converted into the blank into conveying element 38.Can be converted into conveying element to blank along the dotted line among Fig. 4.Because broken line 92 is not accurately made the position in addition, broken line 92 can comprise one or more slits or perforation on tinplate.When the each several part of collapsible blank, earlier downward folded wall 63, inside again folded fingers 64, they are just parallel to each other like this.Before top 42 is converted into narrow sleeve downwards, ignite head 48 with light sheet 46 and be installed on the basis pontis 40 and (for the sake of clarity in Fig. 5, draw).
Fig. 6 has represented to be used to form the shape of slight modification of the blank 94 of conveying element, and its difference is to have removed foregoing footing 72 and additional air vent 56 in the basis pontis 40.Finger piece 64 is a little short slightly, and like this, in use, finger piece 64 does not extend to the tapered outer surface of ring segment 66.Top 42 is also formed by a part charge 96 that upwards rises that is defined as the sleeve zone.Light sheet can slide by sleeve (shown in dotted line 98).Fig. 7 has represented the conveying element with blank 94 formation of Fig. 6.
Can recognize in the embodiment described above, can assemble heating unit simply, and heating unit has used the few relatively part of quantity.Well heater is independently, does not need to rely on other part in the container to come to be fixed on their tram lighting sheet, ignite head and solid fuel sheet.By the formed single conveying element of blank the manufacturing expense of heating unit is reduced, and in the autothermal container, heating unit can be installed easily.
Can recognize that above the present invention is only described by example, but in not departing from the scope of the present invention, can do some change in detail.