JP2003250457A - Portion container for flowable food and extruder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portion container for a flowable food having high extrusion efficiency not forming clearance between a container body and a lid when pressing a portion extrusion container and its extruder. <P>SOLUTION: The inner width H of a horizontal part 30 of a portion container 25 is made wider than the outside width h of a horizontal part 35. A portion container installation tool 17 is provided in the extruder 1. A groove-shaped recessed part 24 for housing an overlapped part between a container body 26 and a lid 32 is provided in the installation tool 17 and the horizontal part 30 of the container body 26 and an upper side protruded part 19 fitted into the horizontal part 35 of the lid 32 superposed on the horizontal part 30 are formed on the installation tool 17. A compression deforming part 38 is housed in a space S produced by changing gradient angles of gradient parts 14 and 23 between the installation tool 17 and the pressing tool 11. A spherical surface top is provided in the pressing tool 11 so that the flowable food can feed to a discharge port 33 provided in the center of the lid 32 in compression. The pressing tool 11 is made attachable to an upper jaw body 2 and the installation tool 17 is made attachable to the lower jaw body 3. <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 subdivision container for fluid foods such as soft serve ice cream and an extruder therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a subdivided container for fluid foods, Jikkei 7-19273, utility model registration No. 2568808.
No. 2000-247333.
These are made by integrating a truncated cone-shaped container body with a disc-shaped lid, and forming parallel steps or screw groove-shaped steps on the outer periphery of the truncated cone-shaped container body or engaging with the lid. The rib is formed with an engaging concave portion that covers the engaging rib on the peripheral edge of the container body to improve the extrusion efficiency. However, in the case where the step portion is formed, the fluid food is likely to remain in the step portion, and even in the case where the engaging rib and the engaging concave portion are formed, in the process in which the container main body is crushed, the compression deformation portion thereof is There is a problem that the lid is housed in the inner surface of the engaging rib of the lid and in the corner of the flat top plate, and accordingly, the fluid food remains in the corner. In addition, the extrusion efficiency means the ratio of the amount of the fluid food to be filled in the subdivision container and the amount taken out.

In addition, as an extruder, the actual fair 7-192
No. 74 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-231459 have a fluid food extruder. These are composed of an upper jaw body, a lower jaw body, and a drive unit for vertically driving them. Then, on the lower jaw body, a container body filled with a fluid food and a subdivided container fitted with a lid are placed, the upper jaw body and the lower jaw body by the drive unit, one of them is fixed, or one is moved, Alternatively, the fluid food is extruded by moving both to crush the subdivision container. However, these devices are only characterized by a mechanism for moving the upper and lower jaws up and down, without any device for extruding the liquid food, and a large amount of the liquid food remains in the subdivision container. The container body and the lid of the subdivided container are deformed at the time of compression, the sealing property is weakened, and a gap is generated, the fluid food leaks from the gap, and the extrusion efficiency is low.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to improve the extruding efficiency of a fluid food subdivision container and an extruder, a gap is created between the container body and the lid when the subdivision extrusion container is compressed. An object of the present invention is to provide a subdivided container for fluid foods having a high extrusion efficiency that does not allow the extrusion and an extruder therefor.

[0005]

The liquid food subdivision container according to claim 1 of the present invention is continuous with a large-diameter opening, a horizontal portion protruding horizontally outward, and an upper end of the outer periphery of the horizontal portion. Recessed groove portion, a truncated cone-shaped container body filled with fluid food inside, a discharge port provided in the center, a recessed groove portion provided on the outer periphery,
The container body comprises a lid including a horizontal portion continuously provided inwardly on the upper end of the inner wall of the concave groove portion and an inclined portion provided from the inner end of the horizontal portion to the vicinity of the discharge port. In the subdivided container in which the concave groove of the container main body is overlapped with the concave groove of the lid, and the horizontal part of the lid is superposed on the horizontal part of the container main body in the diametrical direction of the horizontal part of the container main body. The width was made wider than the diametrical outer width of the horizontal part of the lid.

An extruder for fluid food according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises an upper jaw body, a lower jaw body having a through hole, and a drive unit for moving the lower jaw body and the upper jaw body up and down. , In the extruder that mainly extracts the fluid food from the discharge port of the extrusion container through the through hole of the mandible by installing the above-mentioned extruding container and moving the upper and lower jaws up and down and compressing, In the through hole of the body, an edge portion provided on the outer periphery, an upper convex portion, a bottom convex portion protruding respectively at the upper side and the center of the bottom side of the central portion, and a through hole provided through both the convex portions. , An installation tool comprising a sloped part formed from the outer periphery of the upper convex part through a horizontal part toward the through hole from the horizontal part, and a concave part formed between the outer peripheral end part of the upper surface convex part and the edge part, A spherical top that fits into the convex portion of the bottom surface and protrudes from the lower surface of the disc-shaped pressing tool body into the upper jaw, and the spherical top. Fitted with a pusher comprising a slope portion formed on the outer periphery.

In the fluid food extruder according to a third aspect of the present invention, the inclination angle of the inclination portion of the installation tool is set to be substantially the same as the inclination angle of the inclination portion of the lid of the subdivision container, and The angle was made smaller than the gradient angle of the gradient portion.

In the extruder for fluid food according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the pressing tool is detachable from the upper jaw of the take-out machine and the installation tool is detachable from the lower jaw.

In the extruder for fluid food according to claim 5 of the present invention, a flexible insert piece is projected on the upper surface of the main body of the pressing tool, and a locking projection is provided on the outer periphery of the insert piece and the upper jaw body is provided. A mounting hole is provided on the lower end surface of the device, and the insertion piece is fitted into the mounting hole, and the locking projection is locked to the stepped portion of the mounting hole to be removable.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the subdivided container, the inner diameter of the horizontal portion of the container body is made wider than the outer diameter of the horizontal portion of the lid. The extruder is provided with an installation tool that prevents deformation of the overlapping portion of the container body and the lid due to compression deformation of the container body when the fluid food is extruded from the subdivided container. This installation tool is provided with an overlapping portion of the container body and the lid, that is, a concave portion for accommodating the concave groove portions of the container body and the lid, and a horizontal portion of the large-diameter opening portion of the container body and the lid overlapping the horizontal portion. Forming an upper convex portion that fits into the horizontal portion of the. Also,
The compression deformable portion is housed in a gap created by changing the angle of the sloped portion between the installation tool and the pressing tool. Further, the pressing tool is provided with a spherical top so that the fluid food can be pushed out to the end provided in the center of the lid during compression. Further, the pressing tool is detachable from the upper jaw body and the installation tool is detachable from the lower jaw body.

[0011]

EXAMPLE First, an example of a subdivided container for fluid food will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire contents of an extrusion container. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing an overlapped state when the truncated cone-shaped container body of the extrusion container is covered with a lid. The container body 26 has a truncated cone shape and is filled with a fluid food. At the large-diameter opening 27 of the container body 26, the horizontal portion 3
0 is projected and a concave groove portion 28 continuous with the upper end of the outer periphery of the horizontal portion 30 is provided. The lid 32 is provided in the center with a star-shaped outlet 33 in this embodiment. A concave groove portion 37 is provided on the outer circumference. A horizontal portion 35 is provided continuously to the upper end of the inner peripheral wall 3 of the concave groove portion 37 and directed inward. A slope portion 36 is provided from the inner end of the horizontal portion 35 to the vicinity of the discharge port 33. The horizontal inner diameter H of the horizontal portion 30 of the container body 26 is made wider than the outer radial width h of the horizontal portion 35 of the lid 32. Then, by covering the container body 26 with the lid 32, the container body 26
The concave groove portion 37 of the lid 32 is overlapped with the concave groove portion 28 of the lid 32, and the horizontal portion 35 of the lid 32 is overlapped with the horizontal portion 30 of the container body 26 to be integrated. The discharge port 33 of the extrusion container 25 is sealed by a seal (not shown). Further, the material of the container body 26 and the lid 32 is preferably a material such as polypropylene that does not generate environmental hormones.

Next, an embodiment of the extruder will be described. FIG. 3 is a side view showing an embodiment of the fluid food extruder of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state where the extrusion container is installed in the installation tool. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state of the extrusion container during compression. 1 is an extruder, 2
Is an upper jaw body, 3 is a lower jaw body, 4 is a drive unit, and in the present embodiment, it is composed of a rack, a pinion, etc. housed in the upper jaw body, and only the lower jaw body is moved upward by lowering the lever 5 by hand. . 6 is the base. Numeral 7 is a pillar, and the upper jaw body 2 and the lower jaw body 3
Also, the space for taking out the lower jaw 3 is secured. The lower jaw body 3 is provided with a through hole 8 and the upper jaw body 2 is provided with a mounting hole 9 on the lower end surface thereof. A step portion 10 is provided in the attachment hole 9 of the upper jaw body 2.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a pressing tool, which is a disk-shaped pressing tool body 12
The spherical top 13 is projected on the lower surface of the. A slope portion 14 is formed on the outer circumference of the spherical top 13. On the upper surface of the pressing tool body 12, a plurality of flexible insertion pieces 15 provided with locking projections 16 on the outer periphery are projected. The insert piece 15 is fitted into the mounting hole 9 of the upper jaw body 2, and the locking projection 16 is locked to the step portion 10 of the mounting hole 9 and attached to the upper jaw body 2.

Reference numeral 17 is an installation tool, and an edge portion 18 is provided on the outer circumference. The upper protrusions 1 are respectively provided on the upper side and the center of the bottom side of the central portion.
9. The bottom side convex portion 20 is projected. Through hole 2 penetrating both convex parts
1 is set. The horizontal portion 22 is provided from the outer circumference of the upper convex portion 19 so as to have substantially the same width as the inner width of the horizontal portion 35 of the subdivision container lid 32. A slope portion 23 is formed from the horizontal portion 22 toward the through hole 21. The gradient angle of the gradient part 23 is the same as that of the subdivision container 25.
The inclination angle is set to be substantially the same as the inclination angle of the inclination portion 36 of the lid 32 and the inclination angle is set to be smaller than the inclination angle of the inclination portion 14 of the pressing tool 11. A concave portion 24 is formed between the outer peripheral wall of the upper surface convex portion 19 and the inner wall of the edge portion 18. The bottom side convex portion 20 is fitted into the through hole 8 of the lower jaw body 3 to be installed. Press tool 11, installation tool 17
For the material, use a material that does not generate environmental hormones such as polypropylene.

Next, the process of extruding the fluid food by compressing the subdivided containers by the fluid food extruder of the present invention will be described. In the concave groove portion 24 of the installation tool 17 of the extruder 1, the overlapping portion of the container body 26 and the lid 32 of the subdivision container 25, that is, the concave groove portion 28 of the container body 26 and the groove-shaped concave portion 37 of the lid 32 are housed. Install. Then, when the fluid food container is held in the take-out space below the lower jaw body 3 and the handle 5 is lowered, the lower jaw body 3 moves upward and the spherical top 13 of the pressing tool 11 of the upper jaw body 2 is divided into the subdivision containers 25. When the lever 5 is further lowered, the truncated cone-shaped container body 26 is gradually crushed and the installation tool 17
The sloping portion 36 of the lid 32 is pressed against the sloping portion 23, and the fluid food is extruded from the discharge port 33 along the sloping portion 36.
At this time, an attempt is made to release the overlap between the horizontal portion 35 of the lid 32 and the horizontal portion 30 of the container body 26 by the force of pressing the inclined portion 36 of the lid 32 downward, but by the inclined portion 23 and the horizontal portion 22 of the installation tool 17, Stop this.

Further, in the extrusion container 25, the inner peripheral wall 40 of the concave groove portion 28 of the container main body 26 which is an overlapping portion of the container main body 26 and the lid 32 and the inner wall portion 31 of the concave groove portion 37 of the lid 32 tend to fall outward. The outer peripheral wall 39 of the upper convex portion 19 of the installation tool 17 prevents the outer peripheral wall 29 of the concave groove portion 28 of the container body 26 and the outer peripheral wall 34 of the concave groove portion 37 of the lid 32 from falling to the outside. Section 18 blocks. The compressive deformation portion 38 of the container body 26 is housed in the gap S due to the difference in gradient angle between the slope portion 23 of the installation tool 17 and the slope portion 14 of the pressing tool 11. When the compression further proceeds, the spherical top portion 13 of the pressing tool comes into contact with the discharge port 33 of the extrusion container 25, and the fluid food is almost completely extruded. In addition, the horizontal portion 3 of the container body 26
Since the 0 inner width H is made wider than the outer width h of the lid 32 horizontal portion 35, the liquid food is not stored in the large diameter opening 27 of the container body 26.

Further, when performing maintenance such as cleaning of the pressing tool 11 and the installation tool 17, in the case of the pressing tool 11, the diameter of the disk-shaped pressing tool main body 12 is made larger than the width of the maxillary body, so that the disk-shaped pressing tool. By grasping and pulling down the humped portion from the upper jaw of the main body 12, the flexible insertion piece 15 bends inward, and the locking state of the locking projection 16 with the mounting hole 9 to the step portion 10 is released. It can be removed. At the time of attachment, if the tip of the insertion piece 15 is inserted into the attachment hole 9 and the disc-shaped pressing tool body is pushed in, the locking projection 16 contacts the inner surface of the attachment hole 9, causing the insertion piece 15 to bend inward, After passing through 9, the insertion piece 15 returns and the locking projection 16 is attached to the step portion 10 in engagement. In the case of the installation tool 17, the diameter of the bottom side convex portion 20 can be attached and detached by setting the diameter of the bottom side convex portion 20 to a degree of clearance fitting from the through hole 8 of the lower jaw body 3. Incidentally, the subdivision container used in the extruder of the present invention is not limited to the subdivision container of the present invention,
It can also be used for containers of similar construction.

[0018]

The fluid food subdivision container of the present invention has a high extrusion efficiency, and the extruder prevents deformation of the overlapping portion of the container body and the lid due to compression deformation of the container body,
Do not create a gap between the container body and the lid. Further, a space for accommodating the compression deformation portion of the container body is provided. further,
The extruding efficiency was improved by allowing the fluid food to be extruded to the outlet to the end. In addition, the pressing tool can be detached from the upper jaw body and the installation tool can be detached from the lower jaw body to improve the maintainability, which is an advantageous effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the whole of a fluid food subdivision container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state in which the container body and the lid of the fluid food subdivision container of the present invention overlap each other.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an embodiment of the fluid food extruder of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state in which the subdivision container of the present invention is installed in the fluid food extruder of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a compressed state of the subdivision container of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 extruder 2 maxilla 3 Lower jaw 4 drive 8 through holes 9 mounting holes 10 steps 11 Pressing tool 12 Pressing tool body 13 top 14 Gradient 15 Insert 16 Locking protrusion 17 installation tools 18 edges 19 Upper convex part 20 Bottom convex 21 through hole 23 Slope 24 recess 25 Extrusion container 28 concave groove 30 Horizontal part 35 Horizontal part 37 concave groove 38 Compressive deformation part of container body H Container body horizontal part Diameter inner width h Horizontal width of the horizontal part of the lid S gap

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A large-diameter opening (27) comprising a horizontal portion (30) horizontally protruding outward and a concave groove portion (28) continuous with the outer peripheral upper end of the horizontal portion (30). A frustoconical container body (26) filled with a fluid food, a discharge port (33) provided at the center, and a concave groove provided at the outer periphery
(37), a horizontal part (35) continuously provided at the upper end of the inner peripheral wall (31) of the concave groove part (37), and the horizontal part (3)
5) A lid (32) composed of an inclined portion (36) provided from the inner end to the vicinity of the discharge port (33),
By covering the container body (26) with the lid (32), the concave groove portion (37) of the lid (32) is also formed in the concave groove portion (28) of the container body (26), and Horizontal part (3
0), the horizontal portion (35) of the lid (32) is overlaid and integrated into a subdivided container (25), wherein the horizontal portion of the container body (26) is
A subdivided container for liquid foods, characterized in that a diametrical inner width (H) of (30) is wider than a diametrical outer width (h) of a horizontal portion (35) of a lid (32). 2. An extruder for a subdivided container for fluid foods according to claim 1, which comprises an upper jaw body (2), a lower jaw body (3) having a through hole (8), and the lower jaw body. (3) and a drive unit (4) for moving the upper jaw body (2) up and down, the subdivision container (25) is installed on the lower jaw body (3), and the upper jaw body (2) and the lower jaw By moving the body (3) up and down and compressing, the subdivision container
In the extruder (1) for extruding a fluid food from the outlet of (25) through the through hole (8) of the lower jaw body (3), the lower jaw body
In the through hole (8) of (3), an edge portion (18) provided on the outer circumference, and an upper convex portion (19) and a lower convex portion (20) protruding respectively at upper and bottom centers of the central portion.
And a through-hole (2) penetrating the convex portions (19) and (20).
1) and a horizontal portion provided from the outer periphery of the upper convex portion (19) with a width substantially equal to the inner width of the horizontal portion (35) of the subdivision container lid (32)
(22), a sloped portion (23) formed from the horizontal portion (22) toward the through hole (21), and a portion formed between the outer peripheral end of the upper surface convex portion (19) and the edge portion (18). Installation tool consisting of recess (24)
(17) The convex portion (20) on the bottom surface is fitted into the upper jaw body
In (2), a pressing tool (11) comprising a spherical top (13) protruding from the lower surface of the disk-shaped pressing body (12) and a sloped portion (14) formed on the outer periphery of the spherical top (13). Extruder with attached fluid food. 3. The inclination angle of the inclination portion (23) of the installation tool (17) is substantially the same as the inclination angle of the inclination portion (36) of the subdivision container lid (32) and the horizontal portion of the pressing tool. The extruder for fluid food according to claim 1, wherein the angle is smaller than the gradient angle of the gradient portion (14) of (11). 4. The extruder for fluid food according to claim 2, wherein the pressing tool (11) is detachable from the upper jaw body (2) and the installation tool (17) is detachable from the lower jaw body (3). 5. A disc-shaped pressing tool body (1) of the pressing tool (11).
A flexible insertion piece (15) is projected on the upper surface of (2), a locking projection (16) is provided on the outer periphery of the insertion piece (15), and an attachment hole (16) is formed on the lower end surface of the upper jaw body (2). 9) is provided, and the mounting hole (9)
Insert the above-mentioned insertion piece (15) into the
The fluid food extruder according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the step (10) of the mounting hole (9) is engaged with and removable from the step (10).