JP2003341750A - Instant food container and its container body - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instant food container which can prevent instant food from losing its shape or cracking due to rattle while keeping the food easy to receive, and prevent an additive object from moving below the instant food. <P>SOLUTION: The upper end opening of the peripheral wall 5 of a container body 1 is formed in such a size that the instant food 6 can be put in. This makes the instant food 6 easy to be put into the container body 1. A plurality of swells 12 are integrally provided side by side at predetermined intervals on respective opposite portions on the internal surface of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body 1. The peripheral surface of the instant food 6 is brought close to or into contact with the internal surface 12b of the swell 12 to prevent the food 6 from rattling in the container body 1 or prevent the additive object from moving below the instant food. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for storing instant food such as fried noodles and instant noodles and a container body thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Instant foods such as instant yakisoba are molded into a shape that substantially matches the internal shape of the container body and are fitted and stored in the container body. Generally, it is easy to insert the instant food in an automatic packaging line. In order to do so, the inner size of the container body is set larger than the outer size of the instant food.

[0003]

However, in the container body of the above-mentioned container for instant food, which is set to be larger than the outer size of the instant food, the instant food rattles inside the container body during transportation and loses its shape. It was sometimes broken. In addition, when the instant food rattles, an accessory such as a seasoning in a bag or soup in a bag, which is additionally attached on top of the instant food, fits into the gap between the inner surface of the container body and the peripheral surface of the instant food. Alternatively, there is a problem in that it goes around to the lower side of the instant food from the gap, making it difficult to take out during cooking.

The object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and it is possible to prevent the deformation and crushing due to rattling while ensuring the easiness of the work for storing the instant food. Another object of the present invention is to provide a container for instant food and a container body thereof that can prevent the attachment from being difficult to take out during cooking.

[0005]

A container for instant food according to the present invention comprises a container main body having an upper end opened from the entire circumference of a bottom wall and an upward opening of the peripheral wall, and a sheet shape for closing the upper end opening of the container main body. The container body has a flange protruding outward from the entire circumference of the upper edge of the opening of the container body, and the inner surface of the lid is detachably attached to the flange, the upper end of the container body. The opening is formed in such a size that instant food can be inserted from the upper end opening, and a bulging portion that bulges inward from the inner surface of the peripheral wall is provided at a position where the inner surface of the container body faces each other. The present invention is characterized in that it is integrally provided and that the peripheral surface portion of the instant food comes close to or abuts the inside of the bulging portion.
In addition, in such a container body, a hot water draining part can be provided at the upper end opening.

The container body of the container for instant food of the present invention is the container body of the container for instant food in which the upper end of the peripheral wall which is raised from the entire circumference of the bottom wall is open, and the upper end opening of the container body is It is formed in such a size that instant food can be inserted from the upper end opening, and bulging portions that bulge inward from the inner surface of the peripheral wall are integrally provided at opposite positions on the inner surface of the container body. The present invention is characterized in that the peripheral surface portion of the instant food comes close to or abuts the inside of the bulging portion. In addition, in such a container body, a hot water draining part can be provided at the upper end opening.

Since the instant food container and the container body thereof having the above-mentioned structure are formed in such a size that the instant food can be inserted from the upper end opening of the container body, the instant food can be easily put in the container body. Can be accommodated. In addition, since the instant food contained in the container body is restricted from moving between the bulging portions facing each other, it is possible to prevent rattling during transportation. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the instant food from losing its shape or breaking. Further, since the bulging portion is configured so that the peripheral surface portion of the instant food comes close to or abuts on the inside thereof, when a bag-like seasoning or a bag-like soup is attached, this attachment is It is possible to prevent problems such as fitting into the gap between the inner surface of the container body and the peripheral surface of the instant food, or wrapping around the space below the instant food and making it difficult to take out during cooking. .

The bulging portion is preferably divided into a plurality of portions. This is because when pouring hot water during cooking, the hot water can be quickly poured into the lower side of the instant food product through the gap between the adjacent bulging portions. In addition, the amount of hot water can be increased by dividing the bulged portion into a plurality of spaces to form a gap. Further, when the hot water is drained, the hot water is prevented from stagnating around the lower portion of the bulging portion, and the hot water easily flows upward through the gap between the bulging portions.

In the container body having the above structure, the bulging portion is formed from the middle portion in the depth direction of the peripheral wall toward the bottom, and the upper end surface of the bulging portion is formed from the middle portion in the depth direction of the peripheral wall to the bottom. The inner surface of the bulging portion can be formed continuously by forming an inclined surface or a curved surface that descends in the direction. According to this, when the instant food is stored in the container body, the instant food can be stored smoothly even if the center position of the instant food is slightly deviated from that of the container body.

Further, in the container body having the above-mentioned structure, the container body is formed in a rectangular shape in a plan view, and the bulging portions are provided on the inner surfaces of the wall portions corresponding to the long sides of the peripheral wall of the container body. The distance between the inner surfaces can be set to be substantially equal to the length of one side of the ready-to-eat food product formed in a square shape having a four-sided shape whose planar shape is shorter than the short side length of the peripheral wall.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the instant food container according to this embodiment has a container body 1 open upward and a sheet-like lid 2.
It has and. The container body 1 is formed by molding a foamed resin material such as foamed polystyrene or a non-foamed resin material, or a paper material. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the embodiment of the illustrated example, the container body 1 is formed into a flat rectangular bowl shape. Has been done. That is,
The container body 1 is formed into a flat rectangular bowl shape having a rectangular bottom wall 3 and a peripheral wall 5 that is erected upward from the entire circumference of the bottom wall 3 and has an opening above the peripheral wall 5. The flange 4 is formed so as to project outward from the entire circumference of the edge 51. At one corner of the flange 4, a hot water draining portion 14 is formed inside the flange 4. The hot water draining portion 14 is formed with a hot water draining groove 15 lower than the upper surface of the flange 4. An inner end portion of the hot water drain groove 15 is formed so as to communicate with the inside of the container body 1, and an outer end portion thereof is formed so as to be blocked by an inner side 4a of an upper surface of a corner portion of the flange 4 and heat-sealed thereon. It is made to be closed by the lid 2 attached by.

The lid 2 has a printed layer 8 formed on the surface of a base material 7 made of paper or synthetic resin, and a waterproof layer 9 such as aluminum foil or silica vapor deposition on the back surface of the base material 7 and a heat sealable resin layer 10. A flexible laminated sheet formed by sequentially laminating the above is formed into a rectangular sheet shape having a size that closes the upper end opening of the container body 1.

The container body 1 is provided with a step portion 11 on the inner circumference of the peripheral wall 5 at the middle portion in the depth direction. Step portion 11 of this container body 1
The opening size of the upper end opening located above is larger than the opening formed by the stepped portion 11, and the length of each of the four sides of the upper end opening is a flat square noodle to be stored. Is formed longer than any one of the four sides of the instant food product 6. The step portion 11 at the middle portion in the depth direction of the peripheral wall 5 is a portion corresponding to a line indicating the depth of the pouring amount of hot water.

The flat rectangular container body 1 is formed on the inner surfaces of the wall portions 5a, 5a corresponding to the long sides of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body 1 from the step portion 11 at the intermediate portion in the depth direction of the wall portion 5a toward the bottom. A plurality of bulging portions 12 bulging inward are arranged integrally at a predetermined interval. Upper end surface 12 of each bulge 12
a is formed on the inclined surface that descends from the step portion 11 toward the bottom to form the inner surface 1
2b consecutively. The distance between the inner surfaces 12b, 12b of the bulging portions 12, 12 facing each other is set to be substantially equal to the length of one side of the instant food product 6 formed into a square planar shape. In the illustrated example, the lower end of the inner surface 12b of each bulge 12 extends until it reaches the bottom wall 3 and is aligned with the lower end of the peripheral wall 5, but as shown in FIG. 5, it stops before reaching the bottom wall 3. It can also be shaped.

When the ready-to-eat food 6 such as yakisoba is stored in the container body 1 configured as described above, the size around the opening at the inner periphery of the upper end opening above the stepped portion 11 of the container body 1 is the size of the ready-to-eat food 6. Since it is formed larger than the surrounding size, the instant food product 6 can be easily inserted and accommodated in the container body 1. At that time, a plurality of bulging portions 12 are provided on each wall portion 5a side by side at predetermined intervals so that the contact area between the peripheral surface of the instant food 6 and the bulging portion 12 is as small as possible. Therefore, the instant food 6 has a bulge 12
It can also be easily accommodated between the opposing wall portions 5a, 5a provided with. Further, since the upper end surface 12a of the bulging portion 12 is formed as an inclined surface that descends toward the bottom, even if the center position of the instant food 6 and that of the container body 1 are slightly deviated, they can be accommodated smoothly.

As shown in FIG. 2, the peripheral surface portion of the instant food 6 housed in the container body 1 has the bulging portions 12, 12 of the wall portions 5a, 5a corresponding to the opposite long sides of the peripheral wall 5, as shown in FIG. Inner surface 12
Since the instant food 6 is close to or abuts on the b and 12b, movement of the instant food 6 in the longitudinal direction of the container body 1 orthogonal to the wall 5a is restricted, and the wall 5b corresponding to the opposite short sides of the peripheral wall 5 is formed. , 5b, the movement in the lateral direction orthogonal to the wall portion 5b is restricted by approaching or contacting the inner surface of the wall portions 5b. Therefore, the instant food 6 does not rattle in the container body 1 during transportation and the like, and the shape collapse and the crushing can be prevented.

Further, a bag of yakisoba sauce, an attachment 13 such as a bag of sprinkles, etc. is placed on the instant food 6. After that, the lid 2 is placed horizontally on the flange 4 of the container body 1, and a portion corresponding to the upper side of the flange of the lid 2 is heated and pressed against the flange 4 by a heating press. As a result, the lid 2 is attached to the flange 4 via the heat-sealable resin layer 10.
The entire upper surface of the container is heat-sealable so as to be peeled off, and the upper opening of the container body 1 is hermetically closed.

Even when an accessory 13 such as a bag of yakisoba sauce or a bag of sprinkles is attached, the instant food 6 comes close to or abuts between the bulging portions 12, 12 facing each other in the container body 1. Since it is accommodated in the state, the attachment 13 can be prevented from being fitted between the peripheral surface portion of the instant food 6 and the wall portion 5a of the container body 1 and wrapping around the lower side of the instant food 6. Therefore, at the time of cooking before meals, a part of the outer peripheral edge of the lid 2 is picked up and peeled off from this as a starting point, and a hot water pouring opening for pouring hot water for dissolving the instant food 6 is opened. Take out, but at this time, appendix 1
Since 3 is placed on the instant food 6, it can be taken out easily.

Hot water is poured in after the attachment 13 is taken out. At this time, since the plurality of bulging portions 12 are arranged at predetermined intervals, the hot water is placed on the bulging portion 12. It flows into the gap between the adjacent bulging portions 12, 12 without stagnation and quickly flows into the lower side of the instant food product 6. After the instant food 6 is thawed with hot water, a part of the lid 2 above the hot water draining portion 14 is peeled off to open the hot water draining portion 15 and drain the hot water. At this time, the hot water is below the bulging portion 12. It is easy to discharge upward from the gap between the adjacent bulging portions 12 without stagnation in the periphery.

In the above embodiment, the bulging portions 12 are divided into a plurality of portions on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body 1 facing each other. It may be provided so as to be close to or in contact with the peripheral surface portion of the instant food 6 without being divided, or the bulging portion 12 is divided into a plurality of bulging portions 12 on one inner surface of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body 1 facing each other. So as to be close to or abut the peripheral surface portion of the instant food 6, and the other inner surface is not divided into a plurality of bulging portions 12 to be one so as to be close to or abut the peripheral surface portion of the instant food 6. It may be provided.

Further, the container body 1 is not limited to one formed in a rectangular shape in a plane, but may be formed in a square shape in a plane as shown in FIG. 3 or other polygonal shape, or formed in a circular shape or an elliptical shape. Can be similarly applied to. Of course, in this case as well, the bulged portions 12 are provided at the positions facing each other on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body 1 as in the case of the above embodiment.

The upper end surface 12a of the bulging portion 12 has a peripheral wall 5
Instead of forming the inclined surface that descends downward from the middle portion in the depth direction, it may be formed on the curved surface that descends downward from the middle portion in the depth direction of the peripheral wall 5 as shown in FIG.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the instant food container having the hot water draining portion 14 in the container body 1, but can be applied to the instant food container having the hot water draining hole in the lid 2.

[0025]

According to the present invention, by a simple means, it is possible to easily carry out the work of accommodating the instant food in the container body, while effectively preventing the instant food from losing its shape or breaking due to rattling. In addition, it is possible to effectively prevent a situation in which it becomes difficult to take out the attachment during cooking.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a container body of an instant food container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 of the instant food container in which a lid is bonded to the flange of the container body.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a container body of another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of a container body according to still another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a main part of a container body of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 container body 2 lid 6 Instant food 12 bulge 12a upper end surface 12b inner surface 14 Hot water removal part

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A container body having an upper end that opens up from the entire circumference of the bottom wall to the upper side of the peripheral wall, and a sheet-like lid that closes the upper end opening of the container body, the container body above the opening. In a ready-to-eat food container in which a flange is projected outward from the entire circumference of the flange, and the inner surface of the lid is detachably attached to the entire circumference of the flange, the upper end opening of the container body is instantly opened from the upper end opening. The container body is formed to have a size capable of being inserted, and bulging portions that bulge inward from the inner surface of the peripheral wall are integrally provided at opposite positions on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the container body. A container for instant foods, characterized in that the peripheral surface portion of the instant foods is configured to come close to or abut against the inside of the outlet. 2. The container for instant food according to claim 1, wherein the bulged portion is composed of a plurality of portions. 3. The container for instant food according to claim 1, wherein a hot water draining portion is provided in the upper end opening. 4. A container body of a container for instant food, which has an upper end opened from the entire circumference of a bottom wall so as to raise the peripheral wall upward, wherein the upper end opening of the container body allows the instant food to be inserted from the upper end opening. The container body is formed to have a size, and a bulging portion that bulges inward from the inner surface of the peripheral wall is integrally provided at a position facing each other on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the container body. A container body of a container for instant food, characterized in that the peripheral surface portion of the instant food comes close to or abuts. 5. The container body of the instant food container according to claim 4, wherein the bulged portion is composed of a plurality of bulges. 6. The container body for an instant food container according to claim 4, wherein a hot water draining portion is provided at the upper end opening. 7. The bulging portions are formed from a depth direction intermediate portion of the peripheral wall toward a bottom direction, and an upper end surface of the bulging portion descends from the depth direction intermediate portion of the peripheral wall toward a bottom direction. The container body of the instant food container according to claim 4, wherein the container body is formed into an inclined surface or a curved surface and is continuous with the inner surface of the bulging portion. 8. A bowl having a rectangular shape in plan view, wherein the bulging portions are provided on the inner surfaces of the wall portions corresponding to the long sides of the peripheral wall of the container body, and the inner surfaces of the bulging portions facing each other are provided. 6. The interval dimension of is set to be approximately equal to the length of one side of the instant food formed in a square shape having a plane shape of four sides shorter than the short side length of the peripheral wall.
The container body of the container for instant food according to any one of 6 and 7.