JP2001072159A - Tofu container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow any person, even an unskilled person, to cut a block of tofu quickly and evenly and to transfer the pieces of tofu on a dish, etc., while preventing the tofu to the utmost from being crumbled. SOLUTION: A container body 2 having an open top and a closed bottom and a rectangular cylindrical shape and a lid sheet 3 whose peripheral part is releasably welded to the top of a flange 6 extended from the top edge of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body are provided. A scale 7 is provided to the inner face of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body. An cutter sheet 8 is placed on one side part of the lid sheet 3 and has a square sheet-like shape. The outside one side edge of the cutter sheet 8 is connected with the edge of one short side of the periphery of the flange 6 of the container body rotatably and cuttably.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a tofu container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional tofu container includes a synthetic resin container body having a flange extending outwardly from an upper end edge of a peripheral wall erected from a peripheral edge of a bottom wall and containing tofu therein; It is generally known that the cover is made of a synthetic resin lid plate whose upper end opening is closed and the peripheral edge portion is heat-sealed to the upper surface of the flange.

[0003] The tofu stored in the above-mentioned container is, for example, after the cover plate is peeled off from the container body, cut to an appropriate size if necessary, and put on a plate or the like. Therefore, the tofu is easily broken because it is held by hand before placing it on a plate or the like, or placed on a cutting board, so that the tofu is easily broken, and the cut pieces after cutting are also likely to fall apart. In addition, since the cut pieces are often cut in increments, the sizes of the cut pieces are likely to be uneven,
Skill is required to align and cut quickly.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and enables non-experts to quickly and uniformly cut tofu, and to minimize the collapse of tofu. The present invention proposes an excellent tofu container that can be easily transferred to a dish or the like.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the container according to the first aspect of the present invention has a peripheral wall 5 erected from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 4 and a flange 6 extending outward from the upper edge of the peripheral wall 5. A container body 2 having a bottomed rectangular cylindrical shape with an upper end opening
And a lid plate 3 for sealing the upper end opening of the container body 2 by fusing the peripheral portion to the upper surface of the flange 6 so as to be peelable, and a large number of vertical lines 7a are vertically formed on the inner surface of the container body peripheral wall 5 at circumferential intervals. A scale 7 is provided, and has a rectangular plate shape placed on one edge of the lid plate 3, and one outer edge is rotatable and cuttable on one outer edge of the outer periphery of the flange 6 of the container body. A tofu container was provided with a connected cutter plate 8.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The tofu container 1 of the present invention includes a container 2 and a cover plate 3. The container body 2 is made of a synthetic resin or the like and contains tofu A therein. The container body 2 has a bottomed rectangular cylindrical shape with an opening at the upper end surface where the peripheral wall 5 is erected from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 4. A flange 6 extends outward from the edge. Also, in order to easily extract the tofu, the peripheral wall 5
May be formed in a tapered shape that spreads slightly as going upward.

The cover plate 3 closes the upper end opening of the container body by fusing the peripheral edge to the upper surface of the flange 6 of the container body so that the peripheral portion can be peeled off, and is made of a single film or sheet of synthetic resin, or a laminate thereof. Is cut into a predetermined shape, and is used that can be fused and fixed to the container body 2 and that can be peeled off.

The lid plate 3 in the illustrated example has a transparent rectangular plate shape whose peripheral edge is fused and fixed to the upper surface of the flange 6 of the container body 2 by heat sealing. If necessary, a finger hook may be integrally protruded from a part of the edge of the cover plate 3.

In the present invention, the scale 7 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body, in which a number of vertical lines 7a are vertically provided at intervals in the circumferential direction. The scale 7 is provided so that the tofu A can be cut in a uniform size by pushing a cutter plate described later along the vertical line 7a, and the vertical line 7a is a ridge as shown in the illustrated example. Or a concave groove. In the case of a concave groove, it is preferable that the width is such that the edge of the cutter plate can be inserted. However, even if the groove cannot be inserted, it may be used as a simple mark.

In the present invention, the cutter plate 8 is provided integrally with the container body 2 so as to be cut off. The cutter plate 8 has a rectangular plate shape placed on one edge of the cover plate 3 and has one outer edge rotatably and cutably connected to one outer edge of the flange 6 of the container body. I have. In the illustrated example, the cutter plate 8 is rotatably connected to one short side edge of the flange 6 through four extremely thin thin hinges 9, and each thin hinge 9 is cut and separated. It is configured as follows. The long side of the cutter plate 8 is preferably as long as the short side of the container peripheral wall 5.

When the tofu container 1 as described above is used, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, after opening the cutter plate 8, the lid plate 3 is peeled off from the state shown in FIG. As shown, after cutting the cutter plate 8 at the connection portion,
The tofu A is cut along each vertical line 7a. Thereafter, it can be served on a separately prepared dish or the like.

[0014]

As described above, the tofu container of the present invention is
By using the configuration described above, the tofu can be cut to a uniform size by using a cutter plate that has been peeled off and cut off for use, and the tofu can be inadvertently broken because it can be cut inside the container. And can be cut quickly.

Further, the cutter plate can be stored in a state of being placed on one end on the lid plate, so that the cutter plate is not bulky. Further, since the cutter plate and the container body can be integrally formed, compared with a conventional container of this kind, And easy to manufacture.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment with a cover plate removed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the tofu of the embodiment is cut.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... container body, 3 ... lid plate, 4 ... bottom wall, 5 ... peripheral wall, 6 ... flange, 7a ... vertical line, 7 ... scale, 8 ... cutter plate

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A container body 2 having a bottomed rectangular cylindrical shape with an upper end opening formed by erecting a peripheral wall 5 from a peripheral edge of a bottom wall 4 and extending a flange 6 outward from an upper edge of the peripheral wall 5; Flange 6
A lid plate 3 for sealing the upper end opening of the container body 2 by fusing the peripheral portion so as to be peelable on the upper surface, and a number of vertical lines 7 a are vertically provided on the inner surface of the container body peripheral wall 5 at circumferential intervals. A cutter plate provided with a scale 7 and having a rectangular plate shape placed on one edge of the cover plate 3 and having one outer edge rotatably and cutably connected to one outer edge of the outer periphery of the flange 6 of the container body. 8. A tofu container provided with 8.