JP2005104570A - Container for raw sea urchin - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold a freshness of raw sea urchin over a period from the place of the production to the delivery to a consumer, and also, to prevent the edible part from being spoiled due to vibrations or the like during transport, to facilitate the water draining, and to eliminate the troublesomeness at the time of eating, and at the same time, to make the preserving period approximate twice of a conventional container. <P>SOLUTION: The container main body 1 comprising a bottom section 2 and a wall section 3 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material. An opening 1A at the upper side of the container main body 1 is liquid-tightly sealed by a lid body 6 which is fitted on the container main body 1, and thus, the leakage of sterilized sea water A which fills is prevented from occurring. For a raw sea urchin housing colander 11 which is detachably housed in the container main body 1, a porous internal bottom section 12, an internal frame section 13, a leg section 14 which protrudes from the lower surface of the porous internal bottom section 12, and a pair of protruding pieces 16 for gripping which protrude from the upper end of the internal frame section 13 are integrally molded of a synthetic resin material. Then, the raw sea urchin B is arranged on the porous internal bottom section 12, and dipped in the sterilized sea water A. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention can maintain the freshness of raw sea urchin during shipment from a production area to sale at a fresh fish shop or a restaurant, and can prevent the body from being damaged by vibration during transportation. It is related to a container for raw sea urchin that is convenient for handling because it can be sold at the store or on the table in the state of being put in the container.

  Conventionally, in order to sell raw sea urchin, the raw sea urchin is taken out by dividing the collected sea urchin into shells, and good quality raw sea urchin is selected while removing the built-in / shell fragments with tweezers. Next, in order to maintain the original form of raw sea urchin, it is immersed in alum solution for about 10 to 20 minutes, drained sufficiently, and packed in a raw sea urchin folding box made of warp using a spoon or the like. The raw sea urchin folding boxes are shipped in a state where they are stacked in several stages and supplied to a fresh fish shop.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-128139 described in Patent Document 1 discloses a transparent container main body (1) that can store immersion water for dipping sea urchins, and a lid that is attached to the container main body (1) so as to be freely opened and closed. A body (7), and a draining inner partition (15) having a small hole (16) having a diameter that allows the immersion water to be drained and from which the sea urchin does not escape, and the lid (7) When the container body (1) is removed from the container body 1 and the container body (1) is inverted together with the draining intermediate partition (15) and the immersion water is discharged through the draining intermediate partition (15), the container body (1) is immersed in the immersion water. A sea urchin storage container in which the sea urchin that has been placed is placed on the draining middle partition (15) is disclosed.

Regarding the present invention, there are the following patent documents.
JP 2003-128139 A

  In the prior art using the above-mentioned folding box, moisture is absorbed by the folding box because the bottom surface of the raw sea urchin is in contact with the folding box, and moisture is lost early and hardened because the surface side dries. , There is a drawback that the taste is impaired. Moreover, since the container for storing sea urchins described in Patent Document 1 is drained by turning the container body (1) upside down, the sea urchins are placed on the draining inner partition (15) in an inverted state. Or, if all of the immersion water is discharged to invert the container body (1) and the remaining sea urchin is immersed again in the immersion water, store the immersion water in another container in advance. There is the trouble of having to.

  Since the present invention is shipped in a state in which fresh sea urchin is immersed in a preservation solution made of salt water, it will not be hurt even during transportation, and it can be put out on a table etc. in a state where it is placed in a raw sea urchin container. Since it is possible, there is no hassle when eating, and the remaining raw sea urchin can be stored again by immersing it in the same preservation solution, so there is no trouble and the taste is not impaired, so the raw sea urchin has a high commercial value It aims at providing the container for raw sea urchin which can have.

  The means of the present invention according to claim 1 configured to solve the above-mentioned problem is a container main body formed by a bottom and a wall and having an upper portion as an opening and filled with a preservation solution made of salt water inside. The cover body is detachably fitted to the container body, and includes a lid body that liquid-tightly closes the opening, a porous middle bottom part, and an inner frame part, and a gap is formed between the porous middle bottom part and the bottom part of the container body. It consists of a raw sea urchin storage trough that is removably accommodated in the container main body.

  And the said container main body is good to make the inside of this container main body visible from at least one part of a wall part.

  In addition, the raw sea urchin storage trough may be formed so that a gripping protruding piece protrudes from the upper end of the inner wall portion so as to be able to bend.

  Furthermore, sterilized seawater may be used as the preservation solution.

Since the present invention is configured as described in detail above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since raw sea urchins are shipped and transported in a saline solution stored in the container body, fresh sea urchins can be kept fresh during this time and will not be damaged by vibration during transportation. So it can be a product with high product value.
(2) Since raw sea urchins are stored side by side in the raw sea urchin storage bowl, it is highly productive in appearance, and even when you eat, you can leave the raw sea urchin storage bowl from the container body and drain it to place it directly on the table. So it is extremely convenient.
(3) Since the container body can be visually observed from at least a part of the wall portion, the customer etc. confirms the size and quality of the raw sea urchin while being accommodated in the container body at the time of purchase. can do.
(4) Since the raw sea urchin storage bowl has a gap between the bottom of the container body and the whole sea urchin can be immersed in the preservative solution, it is excellent in preservability.
(5) Since the raw sea urchin storage bowl has a gripping protrusion protruding from the upper end of the inner wall portion so as to be able to bend, it can be easily stored and taken out from the container body, and can be used for gripping. The lid can be fitted to the container body without being obstructed by the protruding piece.
(6) Since the preservation solution remains in the container body even when eating, the remaining raw sea urchin can be immersed again in the same preservation solution and preserved, so that the taste is not impaired.
(7) Since the sterilized seawater is used as the storage solution to be filled in the container main body, the taste and flavor of raw sea urchin, which has been damaged by using alum, can be maintained at the natural taste and flavor. Moreover, although the preservation | save period at the time of using alum was 2 to 3 days, it can preserve | save about 7 days by using sterilized seawater.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a container body. The container body 1 is formed into a quadrangular shape having four curved corners, a bottom portion 2 having a substantially square step 2 </ b> A on the inner surface, and a wall rising from the outer edge of the bottom portion 2. The portion 3 is integrally formed of a transparent synthetic resin material. The upper portion of the container body 1 is an opening 1A, and the inside 1B is visible. And the container main body 1 mentioned above is filled with the sterilized seawater A sterilized by irradiating with ultraviolet rays as a preservation solution. In addition, you may use deep sea water with few germs as seawater.

  Reference numeral 6 denotes a lid that is detachably and liquid-tightly fitted to the container body 1. The lid body 6 has a flat rectangular plate-like lid portion 6A having four curved corners, and a locking groove forming portion that is provided around the outer edge of the lid portion 6A and closely fits on the upper end side of the container body 1. 6B, which is integrally molded with a synthetic resin material that is slightly softer and transparent than the container body 1.

  Reference numeral 11 denotes a raw sea urchin storage trough that is removably accommodated in the container body 1. 12 is a porous mid-bottom part constituting the raw sea urchin storage trough 11, and the porous mid-bottom part 12 is provided with a number of rectangular communication holes 12A, 12A,... On a flat plate set slightly smaller than the bottom part 2 of the container body 1. It is formed in a cage shape. Reference numeral 13 denotes an inner wall portion that stands up from the outer edge of the porous inner bottom portion 12. The inner wall portion 13 is set to be slightly smaller than the wall portion 3 of the container main body 1 to facilitate insertion into and removal from the container main body 1.

  14, 14,... Are four legs for constantly exposing the lower side of the raw sea urchin B to the sterilized seawater A in order to keep the fresh sea urchin B fresh. It protrudes from the lower surface and is engaged with the step 2A of the bottom 2 of the container body 1, and is set to a predetermined height so that the sterilized seawater A can flow between the porous middle bottom 12 and the bottom 2 The gap 15 is secured.

  Further, 16 and 16 are a pair of gripping protrusions that are formed so as to be opposed to the upper end of the inner wall 13, and each of the gripping protrusions 16 has a narrower base end side 16 </ b> A following the edge at the upper end of the inner wall 13. It is made to bend inward at the time of lid application by forming it into a shape and allowing it to bend.

  Thus, the raw sea urchin storage trough 11 is composed of the porous middle bottom portion 12, the inner wall portion 13, the leg portion 14, and the gripping projection piece 16, and is integrally formed of a transparent synthetic resin material.

  This embodiment has the above-described configuration, and when raw sea urchins B, B,... Are accommodated and shipped, raw sea urchin B taken out from the shell is washed and sorted to obtain raw sea urchins. Place them side by side in the storage bin 11. The container body 1 is filled with the sterilized seawater A so that the raw sea urchin B is completely immersed. A raw sea urchin storage trough 11 is accommodated in the container main body 1, and a lid 6 is fitted to the container main body 1 to seal the opening 1 </ b> A in a liquid-tight manner. Thereby, fresh sea urchin B is kept fresh and is not damaged even if it receives vibration during transportation. Further, by filling the container main body 1 with the sterilized seawater A, the freshness can be maintained because there is no situation in which the raw sea urchin B touches the air due to vibration during transportation.

  Moreover, in fresh fish stores, they can be sold side by side in containers, and in restaurants and homes, raw sea urchin B that has been drained in a state of being placed in the raw sea urchin storage bowl 11 can be provided as it is, There is no collapse by moving raw sea urchin B to another vessel, and it is very convenient.

  In this embodiment, the raw sea urchin storage trough 11 is provided with the leg portions 14, 14,... To form the gap 15 between the container main body 1. However, the container main body has a plurality of convex portions. You may make it the structure which forms and secures a space | gap between raw sea urchin accommodation troughs.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the raw sea urchin storage trough 11 is formed by integrally forming the porous middle bottom portion 12 and the inner wall portion 13 with a synthetic resin material, but the porous middle bottom portion and the inner wall portion are separately molded and combined. It may be configured.

  Providing consumers with high commercial value of raw sea urchins by maintaining fresh sea urchins from the production area to the consumers, maintaining umami and flavor, and eliminating personal injury it can.

It is a half sectional view of the container for raw sea urchins concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a top view of the container for raw sea urchins shown by removing the lid. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state in the middle of taking out the raw sea urchin accommodation bowl from a container main body.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container body 2 Bottom part 3 Wall part 6 Cover body 11 Raw sea urchin accommodation trough 12 Porous middle bottom part 13 Inner frame part 15 Space | gap 16 Grasping protrusion A Sterilization seawater B Raw sea urchin

Claims (4)

  A container body that is formed by a bottom and a wall and has an opening at the top, and is filled with a preserving solution made of salt water, and a lid that is detachably fitted to the container body and closes the opening in a liquid-tight manner And a raw sea urchin storage trough that is removably accommodated in the container body in a state where there is a gap between the porous middle bottom part and the bottom part of the container body. A raw sea urchin container.   The container for raw sea urchins according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the wall of the container body is visible from the outside.   2. The raw sea urchin container according to claim 1, wherein the raw sea urchin storage bowl is formed with a protruding protrusion for gripping at the upper end of the inner frame portion so as to be able to bend.   The container for raw sea urchins according to claim 1, wherein sterilized seawater is used as the preservation solution.

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