JP2005221173A - Storage, and storage for food - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage suitably used in particular for storing fresh food by allowing an activated mineral water held by a resin material and a glass material placed near fresh food to have some kind of quality keeping action in a storage atmosphere. <P>SOLUTION: In this storage, a transparent water distribution pipe 2 composed of a linear acrylic resin pipe 2a and a flexible polyvinyl chloride resin hose part 2b capable of being deformed into the U-shape, is exposed to an inner wall face in the storage 1, and arranged from one end to the other end of the wall face like a tapestry, the activated mineral water manufactured by a specific method mentioned below is made to pass inside of the water distribution pipe 2 and circulated by a pump 3, and ultraviolet ray irradiating devices 4 are mounted on four points of the endless circular water distribution pipe 2 to apply the ultraviolet ray to the activated mineral water. It is thought that the water content of an article kept into contact with the water distribution pipe and the vapor in the atmospheric air become negative ion cluster, and the storage stability of fresh food accommodated in the storage can be improved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage and a food storage, and more particularly, to an improved storage and a food storage such as an atmosphere in the storage.

  In general, refrigerated, frozen, refrigerated, stored at room temperature, and other well-known conditions often contain moisture, and the water is in a state where molecules form clusters by hydrogen bonding. In recent years, experimental studies by many scholars have clarified that the degree of formation of this cluster has a great influence on the rate of spoilage of water.

  In addition, when the water molecule clusters are collapsed into small clusters, or small molecules are grouped around ions such as divalent and trivalent ions dissolved from the inorganic material in the step-up / down state, for example, It is also known that there are various effects such as increased permeability, improved dyeability when used as fiber processed water, or suppression of the growth of various bacteria.

  The applicant of this invention has also disclosed a method for producing activated mineral water that has been grouped into small molecules or unimolecularly for food processing or fiber processing (Patent Document 1).

  According to Patent Document 1, the activated mineral water is a step of allowing water pressurized to 5 to 30 atm to pass through a predetermined inorganic substance, and a step of storing the pressurized water that has undergone this step in an atmosphere below the predetermined pressure. And can be manufactured by circulating the pressurized water in such a manner that these steps are alternately repeated.

  Then, the activated mineral water is pressurized to 2 to 30 atm, passed through a solid object to be processed such as ceramics, glass, resin, metal, etc., and activated mineral water having some physicochemical action is used. A known catalytic reaction method is also known (Patent Document 2).

  In addition, when a liquid or solid container is molded using the resin pellets in contact with the activated mineral water as described above, the freshness of the fresh food stored in the container becomes extremely mild, and the fresh food It has also been disclosed that there is a unique physicochemical action such that the taste of the rice becomes mild (Patent Document 3).

Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-74074 (Claims) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-328418 (Claims, paragraph [0020]) JP 9-59402 A (claims, paragraph [0036])

  However, there has not been sufficient development of products and methods that apply such activated mineral water. What effect does this have when activated mineral water is subjected to any changes due to light or radiation? No knowledge was obtained.

  Further, Patent Document 3 discloses that a container made of resin or glass in contact with activated mineral water has a favorable effect on the quality of food, etc., as a result of improving the quality maintenance of fresh food contained therein. There is no known effect on food that is not in contact with the container.

  Here, the inventor of the present application has some physicochemical action from activated mineral water through glass, resin, etc., or through air, estimated from original experimental results, etc. I thought that when something was changed by radiation, it would also have a quality-preserving effect on non-contact items.

  Therefore, the present invention is based on the fact that the activated mineral water activated as described above has an advantageous effect in a new utilization form, that is, the activated mineral water held in a resin material, a glass material, or the like is freshly treated. By arranging the food in the vicinity of the food, it is an object to have a storage quality suitable for storage of fresh products and the like, which has some quality maintaining action on the storage atmosphere.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, an endless annular water distribution pipe is exposed on the inner wall surface in the storage, and activated mineral water produced by the following predetermined method is passed through the water distribution pipe. Then, a storage (also referred to as a container or a storage) provided with an irradiation device for irradiating the activated mineral water circulated with a pump and passed through one or more of the water distribution pipes with ultraviolet rays. .

  The activated mineral water mentioned above is a process in which water pressurized to 5 to 25 atm is brought into contact with a mineral inorganic substance selected from basalt, andesite, and magnetite, and the water that has undergone this process is in an atmosphere below the atmospheric pressure. This is activated mineral water produced by alternately repeating the steps of aeration.

  In the storage in this invention, as described above, an endless annular, preferably transparent water distribution pipe is exposed on the inner wall surface, and activated mineral water is passed through the water distribution pipe and circulated by a pump.

  As described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 described above, the activated mineral water produced by a predetermined method is centered on ions such as divalent and trivalent ions that are dissolved from an inorganic substance in a step-up / down state. Water that has become a small molecule group, and when adjusted to small cluster water, hydrogen bonds are broken and negative ions are better, and small clusters improve permeability. The antibacterial property is also increased and it is thought that the water is difficult to change.

  When irradiating ultraviolet light to activated mineral water that has undergone such small clustering (so-called unimolecularization), the hydrogen bonding part of the cluster vibrates in response to the energy of ultraviolet light, and a small cluster having vibration energy is formed. Such a cluster is considered to be able to transmit vibrational energy to organic substances and other substances having hydrogen bonding moieties.

  If it is in such a state, the water of the thing directly or indirectly in contact with the water pipe or the water vapor in the atmosphere, the hydrogen bonding part oscillates into small clusters, which are negative ions (negative ion clusters) As a result, fresh foods stored in storage or bread, noodles, cereals, beverages such as tea and coffee, and other water-containing substances are reduced to a small class, improving storage stability (characteristics that are difficult to change). It is thought that it will do.

  In order to provide a storage that more reliably acts as a negative ion cluster for the water content of the water pipe and the water vapor in the atmosphere as described above, the water pipe is made of a synthetic resin or glass transparent distribution. It is a water pipe and the above-mentioned synthetic resin or glass is preferably a water pipe formed of a material brought into contact with activated mineral water.

  In order to achieve the effect of clustering water from activated mineral water through the water distribution pipe and further negative ion clustering, the constituent material of the water distribution pipe is also liable to be small clustered, amorphous or secondary transition point The thing in the above molecular state is preferable.

  Also, for example, the raw material of synthetic resin or glass is treated in such a manner that the activated mineral water is pressurized to 2 to 30 atm in the form of pellets or small particles, and has some physicochemical action. Is preferred.

  Moreover, in order to make it a storehouse which preserve | saves food etc., it is desirable in order to maintain the quality of a to-be-stored object to provide the store | warehouse | chamber interior temperature control apparatus. As the internal temperature control device, as an electric heater using a carbon material as a heating element, the glass tube enclosing the heating element is a glass tube made by melt-molding a glass material in contact with activated mineral water. Can be adopted. Thus, the storage of this invention can be used as a food storage.

  As described above, the present invention allows the activated mineral water produced by a predetermined method to be circulated and circulated in a water distribution pipe that is exposed to the inner wall surface in the storage and is irradiated with ultraviolet rays at one or more locations of the water distribution pipe. Since the storage is equipped with a device, it is thought that the water content of the objects in contact with the water distribution pipe and the water vapor in the atmosphere in the storage may be small clusters or negative ion clusters, especially suitable for storing fresh products etc. There is an advantage of becoming a storage or food storage.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the first embodiment is straight on the inner wall surface (excluding the front door portion in the figure) in the storage 1 using a vehicle-mounted (light four-wheeled cargo) cold storage container. A pipe made of acrylic resin (inner diameter 25 mm) 2a and a transparent water distribution pipe 2 made of a flexible polyvinyl chloride resin hose portion 2b that can be deformed into a U-shape, are placed along one end of the wall surface. From both ends of the water distribution pipe 2 (in a U-turn arrangement on the left and right side edges), and the activated mineral water produced by a predetermined method described later is passed through the water distribution pipe 2 to pump 3 It is the storage which provided the ultraviolet irradiation device 4 in four places of the endless annular water distribution pipe 2, and was able to irradiate the activated mineral water which flows inside with ultraviolet rays.

  The storage used in the present invention may be other than the shape and size shown in the first embodiment, and is not particularly limited. For example, from the small size of a portable cooler box for leisure use, the illustrated in-vehicle container A medium-sized or large-sized storage such as the above can be applied in a variety of modes as long as the storage is kept airtight enough to keep warm. The shape of the storage may be a polyhedral shape, a cylindrical shape, a spherical shape, or the like in addition to a rectangular box shape.

  It is preferable to arrange the water distribution pipe 2 so as to be exposed to the inside of almost one part or the whole surface of the inner wall surface of the storage 1 or almost the whole surface except the hinged door portion as shown in the figure. It is a particularly preferable aspect to arrange the tubes at equal intervals.

  The pipe diameter, inner diameter surface, and outer diameter surface shape of the water distribution pipe 2 are not particularly limited, and the material is made of synthetic resin (including rubber (elastic resin, elastomer) such as silicone rubber) or glass. A transparent water distribution pipe may be used, and the synthetic resin or glass is preferably a water distribution pipe 2 formed of a molding material brought into contact with activated mineral water.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, one or more pumps 3 may be provided over the entire length of the water distribution pipe 2, and the type of pump may be a vortex pump, a reciprocating pump, a rotary pump, or the like.

  Although the ultraviolet irradiation device 4 illustrated the embodiment provided in four places in the full length of the water distribution pipe 2, when the water distribution pipe 2 is short, it may be one place, if it is provided in multiple places as needed. Good.

Such a structure of the ultraviolet irradiation device 4 is a well-known structure in which a small-diameter ultraviolet lamp (not shown) is inserted inside the outer tube 4a, and water passes through the gap between the outer tube 4a and the ultraviolet lamp. In the meantime, ultraviolet rays are irradiated. As the ultraviolet lamp, for example, a sterilization lamp GLD8MQ (7.9 W, peak wavelength 250 nm, illuminance 25 μw / cm ² ) manufactured by Sankyo Electric Co., Ltd. can be used. As the wavelength of the ultraviolet rays to be irradiated, it is preferable to use one whose main wavelength (peak) is about 250 nm to 380 nm, for example.

  The activated mineral water used in the present invention allows water pressurized to 5 to 25 atm to pass through a mineral inorganic material selected from basalt, andesite, and magnetite, and aerated water is aerated in an atmosphere below the above atmospheric pressure. And these processes are repeated in order and contain a mineral inorganic compound.

  The activated mineral water produced by a predetermined method is a well-known one obtained by a production method as disclosed in Patent Document 1. Such activated mineral water is thought to have changed the state of water at the molecular level, such as a small cluster of water molecules, and inorganic ions eluted from mineral inorganic materials that have passed through the contact. (For example, divalent or trivalent inorganic ions) and has physical properties that penetrate well into various substances.

Incidentally, the main components of basalt, andesite and magnetite, which are representative examples of mineral inorganic substances, are SiO ₂ , TiO ₂ , Al ₂ O ₃ , Fe ₂ O ₃ , FeO, MnO, MgO, CaO, Na ₂ O, It consists of K ₂ O.

  The reason why the water pressurized to 5 to 25 atm is contacted and passed through the mineral inorganic substance is that the production efficiency of the activated mineral water is poor at a low pressure of less than 5 atm, and the permeability of the generated mineral water is improved. This is because the action is inadequate, and the upper limit of pressurization is that even if pressurized water exceeding 25 atm is brought into contact, the activated mineral water does not change any more and the practicality is lost.

  The reason for aeration is to repeat the process of depressurizing the pressurized water to atmospheric pressure and pressurizing it again, and the production process of repeating depressurization and pressurization is to obtain physical properties specific to the activated mineral water. It is considered a necessary process.

  When contacted by immersing resin pellets or glass raw materials in the activated mineral water produced by the above-mentioned predetermined method, inorganic ionic substances from the activated mineral water and mineral inorganic substances eluted into the raw materials are brought into contact with the raw materials. It is considered that the physicochemical properties of the activated mineral water are transferred to the resin and glass raw materials.

  Resin or glass containing mineral inorganic ions produced in this way is used as the glass part of water pipes and UV lamps, and when they come into contact with suspended matter containing water vapor or moisture in the air, some physical chemistry is applied to them. As a result, negative ions in the air were increased.

In order to confirm the function and effect of the storage of the above embodiment, the following tests were performed.
That is, oleic acid CH ₃ (CH ₂ ) ₇ CH═CH (CH ₂ ) COOH 45% and linoleic acid CH ₃ (CH ₂ ) ₄ CH═CH (CH ₂ ) CH═CH (CH ₂ ) ₇ COOH 33% The contained salad oil (Nisshin Salad Oil Light) is sealed in a glass bottle and stored in the storage of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and the four ultraviolet lamps are sterilization lamps GLD8MQ manufactured by Sankyo Electric Co., Ltd. (7.9 W, peak wavelength 250 nm, illuminance 25 μw / cm ² ) was used to produce a treated salad oil stored at 23 ° C. for 240 minutes while circulating activated mineral water.

The obtained treated salad oil was compared with the untreated salad oil that was not subjected to the above treatment by the following evaluation method.
Add 2% by volume of treated or non-treated salad oil to the sample water (tap water), shake for 1 minute and agitate for 5 minutes. Then, measure the ¹ H-NMR spectrum after 5 minutes to determine the amount of salad oil dissolved in the sample water. The calculation results and the measurement results are shown in Table 1 below. In addition, 5 mMol TSP-d ₄ (sodium trimethylsilylpropionate) was added as a concentration reference substance.

  As is apparent from the results in Table 1, the processed salad oil has an amount of 11% less than that of the untreated salad oil, and the hydrogen bond in the unsaturated bond portion of the oil molecule is cut accordingly, resulting in an oil composition with many saturated bonds. It was estimated that it might have changed.

  In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3, a water distribution pipe 6 made of an endless annular transparent polyethylene resin hose is arranged in a coil shape on an inner wall surface in a storage box 5 made of a cooler box type rectangular parallelepiped container. At the same time, the activated mineral water produced by the same method as in the first embodiment is passed through the water pipe 6 and circulated by the pump 7, and the storage 5 in which the ultraviolet irradiation device 4 is provided at one place of the water pipe 6. In this case, a heating device 9 is provided inside the lid 5a via a stainless steel reflector 8 as an internal temperature adjusting device, and the bottom of the storage is kept cold via a slat-like storage product mounting table 10. A space that can accommodate the cooling device 11 such as an agent is provided.

  As the heat generating device 9, an electric heater called a carbon heater, which uses a carbon material as a heating element, is applied, and a glass tube enclosing the heater body is a glass produced by melt-molding a glass material in contact with activated mineral water. It is preferable to use a tube. Examples of such a carbon heater include those capable of irradiating far infrared rays from near / middle infrared rays having a wavelength of 800 nm to 1000 μm.

  The storage 5 of the second embodiment having the above-described configuration can be maintained in a constant temperature while heating the interior with the heating device 9, and is suitable for holding soup, pizza, fried meat and fish, hot cake, donuts, and the like. It was a thing.

  For comparison, when fried foods are stored in a conventional warmer, the oil begins to oxidize immediately after storage, and the sensory test (15 adult male and female panelists) seems to feel an odor of oxidized oil after 5 hours. Became.

  On the other hand, when food fried in edible oil or the like is put in the storage of the embodiment of the present invention, the oxidative odor of the edible oil does not occur even if kept at a high temperature of about 50 to 70 ° C. for 5 hours. It was a refreshing texture and the impression that the original taste of food was felt was obtained from almost all panelists.

Front view for explaining the inner wall surface of the first embodiment The front view which expands and shows the ultraviolet irradiation device and pump of 1st Embodiment (A) Sectional view of the second embodiment, (b) Plan view of the second embodiment with the lid removed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 5 Storage 2, 6 Water distribution pipe 2a Pipe 2b Hose part 3, 7 Pump 4 Ultraviolet irradiation device 5a Lid 8 Reflecting plate 9 Heating device 10 Mounting stand 11 Cooling device

Claims (5)

An endless annular water pipe is exposed on the inner wall surface of the storage, and activated mineral water produced by the following predetermined method is passed through the water pipe and circulated by a pump, and at least one part of the water pipe The storage which provided the irradiation device which irradiates ultraviolet rays with respect to the activated mineral water passed through.
The process of passing water pressurized to 5 to 25 atmospheres in contact with a mineral inorganic substance selected from basalt, andesite, and magnetite and the process of aerating the water that has undergone this process in an atmosphere below the atmospheric pressure are alternately performed. It is activated mineral water produced repeatedly.   The storage according to claim 1, wherein the water pipe is a water pipe made of synthetic resin or glass, and the synthetic resin or glass is a water pipe formed of a molding material brought into contact with activated mineral water.   The storage according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an internal temperature adjusting device is provided in the storage.   The internal temperature controller is an electric heater using a carbon material as a heating element, and the glass tube enclosing the heating element is a glass tube produced by melt-molding a glass material in contact with activated mineral water. The storage according to 3.   A food storage comprising the storage according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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