JP2002087484A - Vegetable and fruit tray - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve exterior quality with an improved appearance with a transparent sheet free from wrinkles by making a border between a vegetable or fruit and a space clear and by eliminating influence of moisture between openings of adjacent storage recesses when a tray is covered with the transparent sheet. SOLUTION: A plurality of cup-formed storage recesses 1 having an opening 2 which receives a vegetable or fruit and is formed to be approximately circular are connected so that a connection 6 is formed between the adjacent recesses 1. A continuous flange 3 is provided outside opening rims 2a of the plurality of connected recesses 1. An outer periphery of the flange 3 is formed in a shape similar to that of the opening 2 of the recess 1. An approximately V-shaped cut 10 is formed between flanges 3 of the adjacent recesses 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tray for fruits and vegetables used for storing fruits and vegetables such as apples and arranging them at stores.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of fruit and vegetable tray, for example, the one shown in FIG. 8 is known. This means that the cup-shaped accommodation recess 1 in which the fruits and vegetables S are accommodated is 6
Each of the plurality of housing recesses 1 is provided with, for example, a continuous edge portion 3 outside the opening edge 2a of the opening 2 of the housing recess portion 1 which is continuously provided in three columns and two rows. The edge portion 3 has a substantially triangular bridge portion 4 between the openings 2 of the adjacent accommodation recesses 1. The fruit and vegetable tray T is made of, for example, a resin formed by molding a resin sheet such as a transparent polyester resin (published in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3037004) or a paper made of pulp as a raw material. Consists of When the fruit and vegetable tray T is used, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, if the fruit and vegetable S is described as an apple, the fruit and vegetable S is put into the accommodation recess 1, and the tray is put together with the fruit and vegetable S, for example, made of resin such as polyethylene. (So-called shrink wrapping), and arranged in a store or the like in this state.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional fruit and vegetable tray, the edge 3 has a substantially triangular bridge portion 4 between the openings 2 of the adjacent storage recesses 1. However, the triangular erection portion 4 is exposed, and the partition line between the fruit and vegetable S and the space is blurred, and the fruit and vegetable S appears small. When the fruit and vegetable tray T is made of paper, as shown in FIG. 9, the rigidity is reduced by absorbing moisture from the fruit and vegetable S and moisture in the air. 4, when the transparent sheet 5 is covered with the transparent sheet 5, the transparent sheet 5 is pressed against the fruit and vegetable tray T due to its tension, so that the triangular erection portion 4 is
There was a problem that it was pressed and deformed, and the appearance deteriorated. Further, when the triangular erection portion 4 is deformed, the transparent sheet 5 penetrates into the inside and becomes wrinkles 5a, and in this respect, the appearance is deteriorated and the appearance quality of the package is deteriorated. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and clarifies a partition line between a vegetable and a space, and eliminates the influence of moisture between openings of adjacent storage recesses when covering with a transparent sheet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tray for fruits and vegetables, in which the appearance is improved so that the transparent sheet does not wrinkle and the appearance quality is improved.

[0004]

The technical means of the present invention for solving such a problem is to provide a plurality of cup-shaped accommodation recesses for accommodating fruits and vegetables, and to provide the plurality of accommodation recesses. In the fruit and vegetable tray provided with a continuous edge outside the opening edge of the above, the outer periphery of the edge is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening of the housing recess. When using the tray for fruits and vegetables, the fruits and vegetables are put into the accommodating recess, and the tray is covered with the fruits and vegetables, for example, with an ultrathin transparent sheet made of a resin such as polyethylene. In this case, the outer periphery of the edge is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening of the accommodation recess, so that the partition line between the fruit and the space becomes clear, the fruit and vegetables are prevented from being seen small, and the appearance quality is improved. Let me do. Further, when the fruit and vegetable tray of the present invention is made of paper, the rigidity is reduced by absorbing moisture from the fruit and vegetables and moisture in the air, but the outer periphery of the edge follows the shape of the opening of the accommodation recess. Because it was formed in the shape
Since there is no edge between the openings of the adjacent storage recesses, there is no situation in which the triangular erected portion is pressed and deformed by the tension of the transparent sheet as in the related art, and the appearance is prevented from being deteriorated. You. Furthermore, since the transparent sheet is stretched from the beginning to cover the fruits and vegetables or fruits and vegetables tray and straddles between the openings of the adjacent storage recesses, the transparent sheet may enter between the openings of the storage recesses and become wrinkled. This also prevents the appearance from becoming bad.

[0005] If necessary, a plurality of cup-shaped accommodation recesses for accommodating fruits and vegetables are provided so as to form a communicating portion between adjacent accommodation recesses, and an opening edge of the plurality of continuously provided accommodation recesses is provided. In a fruit and vegetable tray provided with a continuous edge on the outside, the outer periphery of the edge is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening of the accommodation recess. Since the plurality of storage recesses are provided so as to form a communication portion between adjacent storage recesses, the communication portion has a rib structure,
As a result, the rigidity is increased, and the entire bending is prevented. Further, if necessary, the opening of the accommodation recess is formed in a substantially circular shape, and the outer periphery of the edge is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening of the accommodation recess, so that the periphery of the adjacent accommodation recess is formed. A substantially V-shaped cut is formed. By forming the substantially V-shaped notch, the edge portion is reliably prevented from being exposed between the openings of the housing recess, so that the appearance quality of the package is further improved.

Further, if necessary, the shape of the housing recess is formed in a flat shape such that the depth is equal to or smaller than the radius of the opening. The fruits and vegetables are exposed as much as possible, and also in this respect, the fruits and vegetables are prevented from appearing small. Furthermore, when the fruits and vegetables are in a non-spherical three-dimensional shape having an axis, the fruits and vegetables can be accommodated in such a manner that the shape of the housing recesses is inclined with respect to the opening surface of the housing recesses. The structure is formed as described above. The side portions of the fruits and vegetables can be more exposed, and the fruits and vegetables can be reliably prevented from appearing small. Further, if necessary, it is made of paper which is molded using pulp as a raw material. It is easy to manufacture and can be made at low cost. In this case, it is effective that a water repellent is added. It is possible to prevent a situation in which the efficiency of absorbing moisture coming out of fruits and vegetables or moisture in the air is reduced, thereby reducing the overall rigidity.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a tray for fruits and vegetables according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same components as described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and described. The fruit and vegetable tray T shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a plurality of (six in the embodiment) cup-shaped accommodation recesses 1 for accommodating the fruits and vegetables S, and is formed continuously in three columns and two rows. The opening 2 of the housing recess 1 is formed in a substantially circular shape, and a concave communication portion 6 is formed between the adjacent housing recesses 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the shape of the accommodation recess 1 is formed in a flat shape whose depth H is equal to or less than the radius R of the opening 2 of the accommodation recess 1.
For example, the relationship is defined as H: R = (55-70) :( 75-90). Taking an apple as an example of a fruit or vegetable, it is desirable to determine the relationship between the depth H and the radius R so that at least a portion that is at least approximately 2/3 of the height of the apple is exposed outside the container. For example, H: R = 63: 83. Also, in the central part surrounded by the four receiving recesses 1,
A rectangular recess 7 is formed. As a result, the overall bending can be prevented, and the ethylene gas absorbing bag and the like can be stored. Further, a round hole 8 is formed at the center of the bottom of each accommodation recess 1 to allow ethylene gas and water droplets to escape.

Further, a continuous edge portion 3 is provided outside the opening edge 2a of the plurality of accommodation recesses 1 provided in series. The outer periphery of the edge 3 is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening 2 of the accommodation recess 1. In this manner, by forming the outer periphery of the edge 3 in a shape following the shape of the opening 2 of the accommodation recess 1, a substantially V-shaped cut 10 is formed between the edges 3 of the adjacent accommodation recess 1. You. The tray T for fruits and vegetables according to the embodiment is made of paper molded using pulp as a raw material, and is added with a water repellent.

Next, an example of manufacturing the fruit and vegetable tray T according to this embodiment will be described. This production is performed by a so-called pulp mold. As shown in FIG. 4, first, a recycled paper resource 20 such as an old newspaper, an old magazine, an old cardboard is used as a raw material, and this is charged into a pulper 21 together with an appropriate amount of water (1-1) and transferred to a raw material receiving tank 22. Then, the foreign matter is removed by the foreign matter removing device 23 (1-
2) Then, processing such as addition of additives, beating, and concentration adjustment are performed in the raw material adjustment equipment 24 (1-3). Next, a mold is formed in a well-known suction mold forming machine 25 (1-4), and dried in a dryer 26 (1-5) to obtain a product (1--5).
6).

When the fruit and vegetable tray T according to the embodiment manufactured as described above is used, for example, as shown in FIG. . In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, it is common to put the apples upright, but the apples may be placed diagonally or sideways. Then, the tray is covered with the fruits and vegetables S, for example, with a very thin transparent sheet 5 (wrap sheet) made of a resin such as polyethylene or the like (so-called shrink wrapping), and arranged in a store or the like in this state. In this case, since the outer periphery of the edge 3 of the fruit and vegetable tray T is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening 2 of the accommodation recess 1, the partition line between the fruit and vegetable S and the space is circular and clear, Therefore, the fruits and vegetables S are prevented from appearing small, and the appearance quality can be improved. Also,
Since the shape of the housing recess 1 is formed in a flat shape having a depth H equal to or smaller than the radius R of the opening 2, the fruits and vegetables S are exposed as much as possible, and in this regard, the fruits and vegetables S appear small. Is prevented, and the appearance quality can be improved.

Further, since the fruit and vegetable tray T is made of paper, the rigidity is reduced by absorbing the moisture coming out of the fruit and vegetable S and the moisture in the air.
Since the cut 10 is formed in the shape of a letter, there is no edge 3 at the cut 10, so that the triangular erected portion is pressed by the tension of the transparent sheet 5 and deformed as in the prior art. There is no such situation, and the appearance is prevented from becoming worse. In addition, since the transparent sheet 5 is stretched from the beginning on the fruit and vegetable tray S or the fruit and vegetable tray T over the cut 10 and covers it, the transparent sheet 5 hardly enters the cut 10 and is not wrinkled. Prevents the appearance from becoming bad,
The appearance quality of the package is improved.

FIG. 6 shows a fruit and vegetable tray T according to another embodiment. This is formed substantially in the same manner as described above, but is different from the above, and is used when the fruit and vegetable S has a non-spherical three-dimensional shape having an axis P like an apple. The axis P of the fruits and vegetables S is inclined by an angle θ with respect to the surface having the opening 2 of the accommodation recess 1 so that the fruits and vegetables S can be accommodated. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 11 denotes a projection integrally formed with the housing recess 1 and engaging with the recess at the bottom of the apple. A round hole 8 similar to the above is formed in this projection. Therefore, according to the fruit and vegetable tray T according to this another embodiment, the fruit and vegetable S is accommodated in the accommodation recess 1 with its axis P inclined by the angle θ.
More side parts of fruits and vegetables S can be exposed,
The fruits and vegetables S are prevented from appearing small, and the appearance quality can be further improved. Other operations and effects are the same as those described above.

In the above-described embodiment, the number of the recesses 1 is six, and the way of the arrangement is three columns and two rows. However, the present invention is not limited to this. As shown in the figure, it is needless to say that four may be connected in a rectangular shape, or two may be connected in a continuous manner as shown in FIG. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the material of the fruit and vegetable tray T is made of paper molded from pulp, but is not necessarily limited to this. For example, a resin such as a transparent polyester resin is used. It goes without saying that any material may be used, such as a resin sheet formed by molding a sheet.

[0014]

As described above, according to the fruit and vegetable tray of the present invention, since the outer periphery of the edge is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening of the accommodation recess, the partition line between the fruit and the space is clearly defined. Therefore, the fruits and vegetables can be prevented from appearing small, and the appearance quality can be improved. Further, when the fruit and vegetable tray of the present invention is made of paper, the rigidity is reduced by absorbing moisture from the fruit and vegetables and moisture in the air, but the outer periphery of the edge follows the shape of the opening of the accommodation recess. Because there is no edge between the openings of the adjacent receiving recesses, there is no situation in which the triangular erected portion is deformed by the tension of the transparent sheet as in the past, and it looks good. Can be prevented from becoming worse. In addition, since the transparent sheet is stretched from the beginning to cover the fruits and vegetables tray over the opening of the adjacent storage recess and covers it, the transparent sheet may enter between the openings of the storage recess and become wrinkled. In this respect, it is possible to prevent the appearance from being deteriorated in this respect, and to improve the appearance quality of the package.

When a plurality of receiving recesses are provided so as to form a communicating portion between the adjacent receiving recesses, the communicating portion has a rib structure, so that the rigidity is increased accordingly, and the entire structure is improved. Deflection is prevented. Further, the opening of the housing recess is formed in a substantially circular shape, and a substantially V
When the letter-shaped cut is formed, the edge is reliably prevented from being exposed between the openings of the housing recess, so that the appearance quality of the package can be further improved. Furthermore, if the shape of the accommodation recess is formed in a flat shape whose depth is equal to or less than the radius of the opening, fruits and vegetables will be exposed as much as possible,
Also in this respect, the fruits and vegetables can be prevented from appearing small, and the appearance quality can be improved.

Still further, when the fruit or vegetable has a non-spherical three-dimensional shape having an axis, the shape of the accommodation recess is set so that the fruit and vegetable can be accommodated by tilting the axis of the fruit or vegetable with respect to the opening surface of the accommodation recess. In this case, more side portions of the fruits and vegetables can be exposed, the fruits and vegetables can be prevented from appearing small, and the appearance quality can be further improved. In the case where the paper is formed by using pulp as a raw material, it can be manufactured easily and inexpensively. Furthermore, when a water repellent is added, the efficiency of absorbing moisture coming out of fruits and vegetables and moisture in the air is reduced, so that a situation in which the overall rigidity is reduced can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a fruit and vegetable tray according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a fruit and vegetable tray according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2, illustrating the fruit and vegetable tray according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a manufacturing process of the fruit and vegetable tray according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a use state of the fruit and vegetable tray according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a fruit and vegetable tray according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a fruit and vegetable tray according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional fruit and vegetable tray in a used state.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a defect of a conventional fruit and vegetable tray.

[Explanation of symbols]

 T Fruit and Vegetable Tray S Fruit and Vegetables 1 Receiving recess 2 Opening 2a Opening edge 3 Edge 6 Communication part 7 Recess 8 Round hole 10 Cut

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Tadashi Fukuda 3-59 Yawata-cho, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba (72) Inventor Mutsunori Kaya 2-18-11 Akebonocho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 3E096 AA09 BA27 BB09 CA06 CB10 DA01 DA17 DC01 DC02 EA02X EA04Y FA03 FA17 GA01 GA07 4B016 LG01 LP10

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A fruit and vegetable tray having a plurality of cup-shaped accommodation recesses for accommodating fruits and vegetables, and a continuous edge provided outside the opening edge of the plurality of consecutively provided accommodation recesses, A fruit and vegetable tray having an outer periphery formed in a shape following the shape of the opening of the accommodation recess. 2. A plurality of cup-shaped accommodation recesses for accommodating fruits and vegetables are formed so as to form a communicating portion between adjacent accommodation recesses, and are continuous outside the opening edges of the plurality of continuously provided accommodation recesses. A fruit and vegetable tray provided with an edge, wherein the outer periphery of the edge is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening of the housing recess. 3. An opening of the accommodation recess is formed in a substantially circular shape, and an outer periphery of the edge is formed in a shape following the shape of the opening of the accommodation recess. The fruit and vegetable tray according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a V-shaped cut is formed. 4. The fruit and vegetable tray according to claim 3, wherein the shape of the accommodation recess is formed in a flat shape such that the depth is equal to or less than the radius of the opening. 5. When the fruit or vegetable has a non-spherical three-dimensional shape having an axis, the shape of the storage recess is changed so that the axis of the fruit or vegetable is inclined with respect to a surface of the storage recess having an opening. The fruit and vegetable tray according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the tray is formed so as to be able to be stored. 6. The tray for fruits and vegetables according to claim 1, wherein the tray is made of paper molded from pulp. 7. The fruit and vegetable tray according to claim 6, further comprising a water repellent.