JP2003231557A - Package ladder for tablewares, packaging member for tablewares and container for food and drink - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a package ladder for tablewares, a packaging member for tablewares and a container for food and drink, capable of protecting the tablewares and easily unsealing its sealed portion. <P>SOLUTION: This belt-like package ladder for tablewares is made such that two packaging members are adhered to each other; a plurality of tablewares are spaced apart by a specified clearance and arranged between both packaging members in a longitudinal direction of both packaging members; a plurality of tablewares are sealed and packaged one by one with the adhering portion between both packaging members; a plurality of packaging members for the tablewares are formed continuously. A feature of this belt-like package ladder for tablewares consists in that an adhering section between the tablewares is formed with either a slit or a perforation for use in opening a seal of the packaging member. There is provided a package ladder for tablewares where the two packaging members are adhered to each other and the tablewares are sealed and packaged between both packaging members. There is provided a packaging member for tablewares where an adhering portion between both packaging members is formed with either a slit or a perforation for unsealing the packaging member around the tablewares. There is provided a container for food and drink for use in storing the food and drink inside it and a side surface of the container is provided with the packaging member for the food and drink. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a package for food and drink which can completely protect the food and drink by sealing and can be easily opened, and a ladder for packaged food and drink in which the package for food and drink is connected in a strip shape. Also, the present invention relates to a container for food and drink which has a package ladder of the food and drink tool on its side surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a package of food and drink tools such as a straw, a spoon, a fork, and a mudler, which are hermetically packaged between a pair of packaging materials. Further, a container for storing food and drink such as milk, soft drink, lactic acid bacterium drink, yogurt, frozen dessert, pudding, and jelly, for example, a side surface of a container such as a paper pack, a cup, and a resin bottle, the package of the food and drink is provided. The pasted food and drink containers are known. In such a package of food and drink, the sterilized food and drink is completely sealed and protected by a packaging material, and the purchaser peels the package of the food and drink from the container of such food and drink, He tore his body and took out food and drink from the inside.

[0003]

In such a package of food and drink utensils, when the food and drink utensils are taken out from the package, it is inconvenient for the purchaser to tear the package with considerable force. Therefore, there is known a package of food and drink tools in which a notch for opening and a score line are formed in the package so that the purchaser can easily take out the food and drink from the package. But,
In such a package of a food and drink tool, a notch portion or a score line is formed so that the food and drink tool is exposed to the outside air, and the sterilized food and drink tool cannot be completely sealed by the packaging material, and It was hygiene.

The object of the present invention is to provide a package of food and drink tools which can completely protect the food and drink tools by sealing and can be easily opened, and a food and drink tool in which the package of food and drink tools is connected in a strip shape. The present invention provides a container for food and drink which has a package ladder of (1) and a package of the food and drink utensil on its side surface.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems As a result of intensive studies aimed at achieving the above object, the inventors of the present invention have pasted a first packaging material and a second packaging material and sealed a food and drink tool therein. In the package, if the notch is provided only at the bonding part,
The present invention has been completed by finding that since the eating and drinking tool is completely sealed, the eating and drinking tool is not exposed to the outside air, good hygiene can be maintained until use, and opening is easy.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a first wrapping material and a second wrapping material are attached to each other, and a plurality of food and drink tools are provided at regular intervals in the length direction of the wrapping material. And a plurality of food and drink utensils are sealed and packaged one by one by the bonding part in which the first packaging material and the second packaging material are bonded to each other, and a plurality of food and beverage utensil packaging bodies are continuously formed. A strip-shaped packaging ladder for eating and drinking tools, wherein a notch or perforation for opening the packaging is formed at a bonding portion between the eating and drinking utensil and the eating and drinking utensil, It is a ladder ladder for food and drink. According to the present invention, since the notch or perforation for opening the package after separating from the package ladder is formed in the bonding part between the food and drink tool, the separated package It is easy to open the container and take out the food and drink tool, and the food and drink tool is not exposed to the outside air, and the food and drink tool is completely sealed between the first packaging material and the second packaging material. And it is hygienic. Further, since the plurality of food and drink tools are sealed between the first packaging material and the second packaging material, it is possible to collectively convey the plurality of food and drink tools. The strip-shaped package ladder is formed by the continuous packaging of a plurality of eating and drinking utensils as described above, but both ends of the strip-shaped package ladder (both ends in the length direction). Notches or perforations may be formed also in the bonded portion in).

A second aspect of the present invention is a package of food and drink tools, wherein the first packaging material and the second packaging material are bonded together, and the food and beverage equipment is sealed and packaged between these packaging materials. In the periphery of the eating and drinking utensil, a cut portion or a perforation for opening the packaging body is formed at a bonding portion of the first packaging material and the second packaging material.
It is a packaged body of eating and drinking tools characterized by the above. According to the present invention, since the cut portion or the perforation is formed in the bonding portion, the eating and drinking tool is not exposed to the outside air, and the first
The food and drink tool can be completely sealed between the packaging material and the second packaging material, which is hygienic. In this case, it is preferable that the notch portion or the perforation is formed at both side end portions of the pasting portion which face each other and sandwich the food and drink tool, since it is most easy to open. However, it may be formed only on one side end portion of the bonded portion, or may be formed on the short side portion (end portion in the width direction in the state of the packaging ladder). Moreover, you may form in multiple places. However, it is preferable that the notch or the perforation is formed at least at both opposite side ends or one side end of the pasting part that sandwiches the eating and drinking tool. The reason for this is that it is better to form the notch or perforation at the side end when transporting the package ladder or when sticking the package to the food and drink container. This is because it is unlikely that an accident will occur.

A third aspect of the present invention is a food / drink container for accommodating food / drink therein, wherein the package for the food / drink tool is provided on the outer surface of the container. . According to the present invention, the eating and drinking tool can be taken out hygienically and easily from the packaging body, and since the packaging body is provided on the outer surface of the container, the eating and drinking equipment can be taken out from the packaging body to easily eat and drink the food and drink. You can The package may be provided anywhere on the outer surface of the container, but it is preferable to provide it on the side surface of the container in terms of aesthetics and stability.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a package ladder of a food and drink tool according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state cut along the line II-II in FIG. The package ladder 1 is
As shown in FIG. 2, the packaging materials 2 and 3 and the eating and drinking tool 4 are included. The packaging ladder 1 includes a packaging material 2 and a packaging material 3.
And are bonded together, and the eating and drinking tool 4 is sealed and packaged between them. The package ladder 1 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of eating and drinking utensils 4 are arranged at regular intervals in the length direction of the packaging material 2 and the packaging material 3, and a band-like shape in which the packaging materials are sealed one by one at a bonding portion. Are doing

The packaging materials 2 and 3 are web-like members for packaging the eating and drinking tool 4. The packaging materials 2 and 3 are, for example, polyethylene resin (PE), high-density polyethylene resin (HDP).
E), low density polyethylene resin (LDPE), polypropylene resin (PP), stretched polypropylene resin (OP
It is manufactured by using, for example, an inflation method using a polyolefin resin such as P).

As shown in FIG. 2, the packaging material 2 is formed with an accommodating portion (bulging portion) 2a, which is a concave portion having a semicircular cross section for accommodating the eating and drinking tool, and each eating and drinking tool 4 is formed. A bonding portion (seal portion) 2b is formed so as to surround the periphery of the. The cross-sectional shape of the housing portion 2a is not limited to the semicircular shape, and may be any elliptical shape, rectangular shape, square shape, or the like. The packaging material 3 is formed with a bonding part (seal part) 3b corresponding to the bonding part 2b so as to surround the periphery of each eating and drinking tool 4. Laminating parts 2b and 3b
Is a ladder-like portion formed in a gap between adjacent eating and drinking utensils 4, and a notch for opening the packaging materials 2 and 3 in the pasted portions 2b and 3b to take out the eating and drinking utensil 4. Alternatively, perforations 2c and 3c are formed. The cuts or perforations 2c and 3c are formed in a part of the regions of the bonding portions 2b and 3b, and therefore, the opening is easy and the food and drink may be exposed to the outside air. Without
The food and drink tool can be completely sealed between the packaging material 2 and the packaging material 3, which is hygienic. In addition, the cut portions 2c ', 3
c'is a notch formed in the bonding portion existing at both ends of the packaging materials 2 and 3 in the length direction.

Examples of the eating and drinking tools include straws, spoons, forks and muddlers. The eating and drinking utensil 4 shown in FIG. 1 is a straw, and is composed of a cylindrical portion 4a having a sharp tip and a cylindrical portion 4b slidably accommodating the cylindrical portion 4a in the inner peripheral portion. There is.
The eating and drinking utensil 4 accommodates the cylindrical portion 4a in the cylindrical portion 4b with the tip end thereof slightly exposed.

Next, a method of manufacturing the packaging ladder of the eating and drinking tool according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. Packaging material 2
Between the packaging material 2 and the packaging material 3 by bonding the bonding portion 2b and the bonding portion 3b by heat welding or the like in a state where the eating and drinking utensils 4 are accommodated one by one in the accommodation portion 2a of the same at regular intervals. Then, the food and drink utensil 4 is sealed and packaged. Next, the bonded packaging materials 2 and 3 are passed between the roller with a blade having a cutter on the outer peripheral surface and the grooved roller having a groove on the outer peripheral surface into which the cutter is fitted to pass the bonded portion 2b, Notches 2c, 3c, 2c 'and 3c' are formed in 3b. The bonded packaging materials 2 and 3 are intermittently sent out, and the packaging materials 2 and 3 are
When the cutting is stopped, the cutter is advanced to the bonding portions 2b and 3b so that the notches 2c and 3 are formed in the bonding portions 2b and 3b.
c, 2c 'and 3c' may be formed. As a result,
And, as shown in FIG. 2, in a state where the eating and drinking tool 4 is sealed between the packaging material 2 and the packaging material 3, the bonding portions 2b, 3b
Since the notch is formed in a part of, the eating and drinking tool 4 is completely protected without being exposed to the outside air. When the perforations 2c and 3c are formed, a roller having a needle for forming a perforation on the outer peripheral surface and a roller having a hole into which the needle fits are attached to each other. The packaging materials 2 and 3 may be passed.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a package of a food and drink tool according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4
[Fig. 6] is a cross-sectional view of a package of a food and drink tool according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The packaging body 5 is a member that seals and wraps the eating utensil 4 between the packaging material 2 and the packaging material 3 that are bonded together. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the packaging body 5 is a straw package or the like in which the food and drink tools 4 are sealed and packaged one by one between the packaging materials 2 and 3. From packaging 5 to eating and drinking utensil 4
When taking out, the notches 2c and 3c are torn to open the packaging materials 2 and 3. The cutouts 2c and 3c are formed at opposite side end portions of the bonded portion of the packaging material 2 and the packaging material 3 around the eating and drinking tool. Considering the convenience of taking out the eating and drinking tool 4 from the package 5, the positions of the cut portions 2c and 3c are the short sides of the package 5 (the ends in the width direction in the state of the package ladder). Is preferably formed in a range of 1 to 2 cm away from. Further, in FIG. 3, the notches 2c and 3c are punched (punched into a predetermined shape).
Although such a state is illustrated, it goes without saying that a simple cut may be made. That is, the term "cutting portion" in the present invention includes not only a simple cutting manner but also a punching manner. It should be noted that, when comparing the two, it can be said that a mode in which a mere cut is made is preferable in that waste is not generated.

Next, a method for manufacturing a package for food and drink tools according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The package ladder 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is intermittently fed, and when the package ladder 1 is stopped, the cutter is advanced to the bonding portions 2b and 3b. Then, the bonded portions 2b and 3b are cut at substantially the center of the cut portions 2c and 3c so as to be divided in the direction orthogonal to the cut portions 2c and 3c, and the package 5 is manufactured from the package ladder 1. . Note that the package 5 can be manufactured by the same method when 2c and 3c are perforations. In this case, when the pasted portions 2b and 3b are cut, a cut is made in the perforated portion, which facilitates opening.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Container 6
It is a packaging container that accommodates food and drink inside, and is a gable-top type packaging container in which the top portion is inclined. Container 6
Is a paper pack, a cup, a resin bottle, or the like having the packaging body 5 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 on the side surface 6a of the container. Package 5
The ends of the packaging body 5 in the length direction and the container side surface 6a are attached to each other at the joint portion 6b, and are obliquely attached to the container side surface 6a. The joint portion 6b is formed of an adhesive such as heat welding or hot melt, or an adhesive film using an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer as a base resin. When ingesting food and drink in the container 6,
The package 5 is peeled off from the container side surface 6a, and the cut portion 2
c and 3c are torn to open the packaging materials 2 and 3, and the packaging body 5
Remove the eating and drinking utensil 4 from. Then, the cylindrical portion 4a is pulled out from the cylindrical portion 4b, and the tip portion of the cylindrical portion 4a is inserted into the insertion port 6c formed in the container 6.

(Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Container 7
It is a brick type packaging container with a flat top. Similar to the container 6 shown in FIG. 5, the container 7 has a joint portion 7b formed by heat-sealing or hot-melting the container side surface 7a and the package 5.
Can be pasted with. Then, similarly to FIG. 5, the cylindrical portion 4a
From the cylindrical portion 4b, and the tip of the cylindrical portion 4a,
Insert into the insertion port 7c formed in the container 7.

(Fifth Embodiment) FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. Container 8
It is a cylindrical packaging container, and has a circular cross-sectional shape in the central portion. The packaging body 5 is attached to the container side surface 8a similarly to the containers 6 and 7 shown in FIGS.

(Sixth Embodiment) FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. Container 9
It is an octagonal prism-shaped packaging container, and the cross-sectional shape at the center is octagonal. The packaging body 5 is attached to the container side surface 9a similarly to the containers 6 and 7 shown in FIGS.

(Seventh Embodiment) FIG. 9 shows a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
It is a perspective view of the container of food and drink which concerns on embodiment. Container 10
Is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped packaging container, and the packaging body 5 is attached to the container side surface 10a. The container 10 is formed in a concave shape so that the central portion of the ridgeline connecting the corresponding apexes of the upper surface 10b and the bottom surface 10c is a flat surface, and the central portion has a substantially octagonal cross-sectional shape. The container 10 is
This concave portion forms the container side surface 10a.

(Other Embodiments) The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes are possible, and these are also within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the straw is taken as an example of the eating and drinking tool 4, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied to a rod-shaped body such as a spoon, a mudler, a fork, and chopsticks. it can. 10 to 12 are perspective views of packages of food and drink tools according to other embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 10 shows an embodiment in which the cutout portions 2c and 3c are formed only on one side end portion of the bonding portion, and FIG. 11 shows that the cutout portions 2c and 3c are formed at a plurality of positions of the bonding portion. 12 is an embodiment in which the cut portions 2c and 3c are formed on the short side portion (the end portion in the width direction in the state of the package ladder) of the bonded portion. Figure 1
As shown in FIGS. 0 to 12, in the package of the eating and drinking tool of the present invention, a suitable number of cuts or perforations can be formed at suitable positions.

(Eighth Embodiment) FIG. 13 shows an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
It is a perspective view of the container of food and drink which concerns on embodiment. Container 11
Is a bag-like pouch-type packaging container having the shape of a self-standing standing pouch. Similar to the containers 6 and 7 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the package 5 is attached to the container side surface 11a. Then, as in FIGS. 5 and 6,
The cylindrical portion 4a is pulled out from the cylindrical portion 4b, and the tip of the cylindrical portion 4a is inserted into the insertion port 11c formed in the container 11.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The eating and drinking tool can be protected and can be easily opened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a package of a food and drink tool according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state cut along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a package of a food and drink tool according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a package of a food and drink tool according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a package of a food and drink tool according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a package of a food and drink tool according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a package of a food and drink tool according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a food and drink container according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Package ladder 5 packaging A few packaging materials 2a accommodation 2b, 3b Laminating part 2c, 3c Notch or perforation 2c ', 3c' notch 4 eating and drinking utensils 4a, 4b Cylindrical part 6,7,8,9,10,11 container 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 11a Side of container 7b, 11b joint 7c, 11c outlet

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takamichi Konno             Morinaga 5-83 Higashihara 5-chome, Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Dairy Co., Ltd. Food Research Institute (72) Inventor Satoshi Mori             Morinaga 5-83 Higashihara 5-chome, Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Dairy Co., Ltd. Food Research Institute (72) Inventor Yuta Hirano             Morinaga 5-83 Higashihara 5-chome, Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Dairy Co., Ltd. Food Research Institute F-term (reference) 3E062 AA01 AB02 AB14 AC02 AC05                       BA02 BA03 BA04 BB04 BB10                 3E067 AB01 AB26 BA03A BA06A                       BA07A BA34A BB01A BB15A                       BB16A BC03A BC06A DA04                       EB03 EB07 EE23 EE24 FA01                       FC01 GD01 GD10

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A first wrapping material and a second wrapping material are pasted together, and a plurality of food and drink tools are arranged at regular intervals between these wrapping materials in the length direction of these wrapping materials. A plurality of eating and drinking utensils are sealed and packaged one by one by a bonding portion where the packaging material and the second packaging material are pasted, and a packaging body of the plurality of eating and drinking utensils is continuously formed A body ladder, wherein a notch or a perforation for opening the package is formed at a bonded portion between the eating and drinking tool and the eating and drinking tool. 2. A package of food and drink tools in which a first packaging material and a second packaging material are bonded together, and the food and beverage equipment is sealed and packaged between these packaging materials, and the periphery of the food and beverage equipment. In the above, the cut portion or perforation for opening the packaging body is formed in the bonding portion of the first packaging material and the second packaging material, body. 3. A food / drink container for accommodating food / drinks therein, comprising the package of the food / drink tool according to claim 2 on the outer surface of the container.