ES1279595U - FOOD PRODUCT DISPENSING DEVICE (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Dosing device comprising: - a container body (1) that is provided with: - an interior space (2) intended to house a food product (11), - an upper wall (3) comprising a first end (7) and a second end (8), and - a side wall (4), - a mouth (5) located at the first end (7) of the upper wall (3) of the container body (1) destined to allow the exit of a quantity of food product (11) from the interior space (2) towards the exterior of the container body (1); said dosing device characterized in that it additionally comprises: - a tab (6) that starts from the side wall (4) and is horizontally movable with respect to the upper wall (3) of the container body (1) from an extended position from the first end (7) to a configured retracted position to facilitate opening in said retracted position and closing in the extended position of the mouth (5). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

FOOD PRODUCT DISPENSING DEVICE

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is related to the technical field of the food sector, referring to a food product dosing device that provides the recommended dose of said food product, as well as its protection against external agents.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Food containers are defined as those elements intended to contain products that will serve as food or food for the human being.

The main functions of the containers are to offer physical protection against high pressure, temperature, shock, etc.

Additionally, they offer protection against external agents or act as a chemical barrier to maintain permeability and extend the useful life of the product.

However, the food, prior to being contained in containers, is handled in sectors such as the hospitality industry, as is the case with sugar containers in which a quantity of food is periodically introduced when said containers are emptied.

Currently, the problem that has arisen derives from the current situation with the COVID-19 disease, present in society, in which there is manipulation by many users of containers such as the one mentioned in the hospitality sector.

When a food product is placed in a reusable container, be it a sugar bowl, a salt shaker or other devices that allow adding an additional product to a food or drink, it can pose a health risk due to contamination of the food found in said container. device or loss of product traceability as it is not in the original container.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention aims to solve the problem regarding the prior handling of food by a user to introduce a quantity of said food into a container.

For this, a disposable dosing device is proposed, which can be made of cardboard and of parallelepiped geometry that contains a certain amount of food, the dose of which also depends on the design of the mouth of said device combined with the characteristics of the product.

The device object of the invention comprises a container body with an internal space where the food product is housed and an upper wall in the container body where a mouth is located and through which the product is spread in quantities that depend on the design of said mouth, because the food product, which can be sugar, has certain characteristics in terms of density, thickness and volume.

Additionally, said mouth is closed or open to the outside depending on the position of a tab, which starts from one of the side walls of the device and which moves under the upper wall of the container body and horizontally between an extended position or retracted, obstructing the mouth or allowing the product to escape through it respectively.

In the upper wall of the device, a groove is located, which can be of semicircular geometry, which facilitates the change of position of the tongue from the extended position to the retracted position. Furthermore, the tab comprises a flange that facilitates said change of position and that is vertically extended protruding through the groove in the upper part of the container body.

Finally, thanks to the design of the device, the recommended dose of the food product is provided, being disposable and made so that it cannot be filled or manipulated in order not to lose the traceability of the product and food safety.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of a practical embodiment thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, the following has been represented:

Figure 1 Shows a perspective view of the dosing device in a closed position. Figure 2.- Shows a perspective view of the dosing device in an open position.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

With the aid of Figures 1 and 2, a preferred embodiment of a feed metering device is described below.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the device in a closed position. It is observed that said dosing device comprises a container body (1) that can be parallelepiped, provided with an interior space (2) where the food product (11) is housed, an upper wall (3) that comprises a first end ( 7) and a second end (8) and a side wall (4).

Additionally, the dosing device comprises at the first end (7) of the upper wall (3) a mouth (5) destined to allow the exit of a certain quantity of food product (11) from the interior space (2) to the exterior and a tab (6) that starts from the side wall (4) and which is horizontally movable under the upper wall (3).

Likewise, the tab (6) varies between an extended position and a retracted position, as seen in figure 1, so that in an extended position the tab (6) obstructs the mouth (5), preventing the exit of the food product (11) to the outside.

Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the food product dosing device (11) in an open position, where the tab (6) is in a retracted position, allowing the exit of said food product (11) from the interior space (2 ) towards the outside of the device through the mouth (5).

Finally, both in Figure 1 and in Figure 2 of the dosing device, it can be seen that it comprises a groove (9) made at the second end (8) in the upper wall (3) and that the tab (6) comprises a tab (10) vertically extensible through the groove (9) and configured to facilitate horizontal movement of the tab (6).

Claims (4)

1. - Dosing device comprising: - a container body (1) that is provided with: or an interior space (2) intended to house a food product (11), or an upper wall (3) comprising a first end (7) and a second end (8), and or a side wall (4), - A mouth (5) located at the first end (7) of the upper wall (3) of the container body (1) destined to allow the exit of a quantity of food product (11) from the interior space (2) towards the exterior of the container body (1); said dosing device characterized in that it additionally comprises: - a tab (6) that starts from the side wall (4) and is horizontally movable with respect to the upper wall (3) of the container body (1) from an extended position from the first end (7) to a configured retracted position to facilitate opening in said retracted position and closing in the extended position of the mouth (5). 2. - Dosing device according to claim 1 comprising a groove (9) at the second end (8) of the upper wall (3). 3. - Dosing device according to claim 1 in which the tab (6) comprises a flange (10) vertically extended by the groove (9) and is configured to facilitate horizontal movement of the tab (6). 4. - Dosing device according to claim 1 wherein the container body (1) is provided with a parallelepiped geometry.