JP2002059983A - Method for cooking instant food using cup container which can be repeatedly used - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for using an instant foodstuff such as instant noodles to be cooked with hot water in a highly heat-insulating and warming container which can withstand repeated uses wherein a waste quantity of disposable instant noodle containers can be reduced by using a reusable container. SOLUTION: The invention provides a cup container which is highly durable so that it can be repeatedly used, is constituted of a material and a structure with high heat-insulating and warming properties and is excellent in portability, and an instant foodstuff to be cooked with hot water such as instant noodles, instant rice and instant soup having a form and a volume which can be received in the container in a simply packaged state. The invention employs a method of re-cooking by washing the instant food container, unsealing only the content instant noodles, putting it in the container and pouring hot water while the container is recycled and reused, thereby allowing wastes of the cup containers to be largely reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method of using instant foods such as instant noodles cooked with hot water and a container that can withstand multiple uses, and a method for reducing the amount of container waste for disposable cup noodles. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, containers for instant noodles with containers have been widely used due to their convenience. However, the container has been discarded for one-time use.

Hereinafter, the flow of a conventional instant noodle container with a container will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. The cup container manufactured in 2 is filled with contents such as instant noodles in a food factory in 2.

[0004] After the contents have been consumed by the consumer in step 3, the cup container is treated differently depending on the region.
4. The container is discarded by the consumer in 4 and is separated and collected and treated for resource reuse, or as burnable or non-burnable waste. Garbage is collected and processed. Cup container is 3. If you go to the stage of consuming the contents, it is difficult to process bulk when you take out garbage from homes, etc. Also, various problems such as waste of limited resources, garbage disposal problems, environmental pollution, etc. may occur. I have.

[0005]

The problems of the conventional instant noodle cup container described above are merely a one-way process of manufacturing disposable containers, consuming cup noodles, discarding as garbage or reusing as raw materials. , Waste of resources, waste disposal problems, environmental pollution and environmental destruction.

The present invention eliminates the one-way process of the conventional instant noodle cup container utilization method, provides a cup container that can withstand reuse and instant noodles compatible with the container, and discharges the instant noodle from households and the like. The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the amount of garbage that is generated and to help solve the problems of garbage disposal and environmental destruction that have recently become problems.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a highly durable, heat-insulating and highly heat-retaining material and structure, and is easily housed in a portable container. This is an instant noodle with a simple package formed into a shape and volume that can be made.

The flow of the container and instant noodles when the above means is used will be described with reference to FIG. 6. A highly durable insulated heat insulating container is manufactured, the user obtains the container, and the user obtains instant noodles with simple packaging. 2. Fill, cook with hot water in a container, Consume. Then, the container is washed for reuse, and the instant noodles with simple packaging are placed in the container. 2. Refill, consumption,
6. The flow of washing the containers 7, 3, and 6 is repeated.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a lid of a cup container.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a bowl portion. Unpack the instant food placed in the bowl and unwrap the instant food in the bowl
Then, the hot water is poured, the lid 11 is screwed into the bowl 12 or the lid and the bowl are crimped and fixed by another method, and cooked. Then, after the time required for cooking has elapsed, the instant food in the bowl is eaten. After washing the container after eating, the ready-to-carry instant food in a shape and capacity suitable for storing in this container in a state of being simply packaged with synthetic resin or paper is included for easy carrying. Leave as is and reuse container.

[0011] In the lid of the cup container of No. 11, for heating noodles such as yakisoba, pasta and the like, cooked rice and other foods that do not require juice, and boiling noodles by pouring hot water into the lid, and discarding the cooked hot water. A hot water outlet 13 and air holes 16 for facilitating the disposal of hot water and caps 14 and 17 for closing the holes and improving the sealing performance are provided. Reference numeral 15 denotes a safety valve installed for reducing pressure because the pressure inside the sealed container increases and there is a risk of burns or the like during handling.

The twelfth cup container is a highly durable container which is made of a material or a structure which is thermally insulated by metal or synthetic resin, and has an improved heat insulating and heat retaining property. In the upper part 19 of the bowl part,
Use a material with low thermal conductivity so that people do not get burned when putting on the mouth.

[0013]

The effect of the present invention will be described by focusing on the discharge of dust from the cup noodle container from FIG. 1. According to the flow of the conventional cup container, the container and lid used only once and the synthetic resin film in which the product is wrapped are 4 pieces. . And 5. It was thrown away as garbage. On the other hand, in the present invention, once the above-mentioned insulated heat insulating container is purchased, the instant noodles with the simple packaging can be repeatedly obtained by washing the container, and can be refilled and cooked. When the container is obtained, the container packaging material becomes garbage, but thereafter, the simple packaging bag of instant noodles that is repeatedly consumed is simply discharged as garbage 8. When comparing the amount of dust discharged by the method of the present invention with that of the conventional case, it is possible to obtain an effect that the amount of dust can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a container for cup noodles.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the section of FIG. 2 (where instant noodles are poured and boiling water is poured).

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA'-B-B 'of FIGS.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 1 Manufacture of cup noodle containers 2 Filling of contents and packaging of products 3 Consumption of cup noodles 4 Disposal of disposable cup containers 5 Disposal of container waste and packaging waste 6 Cleaning of cup containers 7 Instant noodles, etc. Filling and refilling of contents 8 Disposal of packaging waste of instant noodles for refilling 11 Lid 12 Bowl part 13 Hot water cutout 14 Hot water cutoff cap 15 Safety valve 16 Air hole 17 Air hole cap 18 Packing 19 20) The side of the bowl 21 Insulation material 22 Instant foods such as instant noodles 23 Hot water

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A highly portable, cup-shaped, bowl-shaped and deep dish-shaped container made of a highly durable, heat-insulating and heat-insulating material and structure which can be used repeatedly. A method of providing ready-to-eat foods prepared by putting hot water such as instant noodles, instant cooked rice and instant soup in a shape and capacity that can be stored in a container with simple packaging, and recycling the instant food containers.