JP2006076649A - Tool for squeezing out food from retort pouch - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simply structured and easily cleanable tool for squeezing out which makes it easy to open a retort pouch by a hand, squeezes out efficiently a content left in the pouch by inserting the tool into the top of the pouch and by pulling the tool down in a state that the opening of the pouch which is opened faces downward and the content is dropped. <P>SOLUTION: This tool for squeezing out food from a retort pouch is made of two rods to which magnets are mounted so that side faces of the rods are adsorbed to each other. Ends of the rods are connected with a bent leaf spring for keeping the whole side face of the rods contacting to each other when tip ends of the rods with the magnets are contacted, and for keeping the rods separated from each other when the end of the rods are pulled apart. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is a tool for efficiently squeezing contents from a bag of retort food.

  After opening the bag of warm retort food, when the contents are turned upside down, the residue attached to the inside of the bag is scooped out of the bag with a spoon, etc. It was necessary to squeeze out.

  In addition, high-concentration seasonings such as miso that come with instant foods do not come out even if the bag is turned upside down, so it was necessary to squeeze out with fingers or chopsticks.

  A retort food bag is generally opened by using a reed with a round bar, and the contents of the retort food bag are pushed between the round bar and the back of the reed, and the contents are pushed out while pulling. Although it is commercially available, since the gap is constant, thin bags and the like cannot be pinched sufficiently, and it is troublesome to wash when the contents adhere.

  The present invention makes it easy to open a retort food bag with a cut, and with the mouth of the opened retort food bag facing downward, the contents are dropped out and sandwiched in the upper part of the bag and pulled down. It is an object of the present invention to provide a squeezing tool that has a simple structure and is easy to clean, by which the contents remaining in the bag can be efficiently pushed out of the bag.

  In order to achieve the above object, a tool comprising two scissors bars connected by bent spring plates and attracted to each other by the force of a magnet has been invented.

  In the tip and center of these two scissors, small magnets are embedded in the corresponding locations of each bar so that the sides of the bars attract each other. Keeping the angle so that the whole length of the rods can be in contact with each other and the whole rod can be kept apart when the tip is released by the spring plate folded round Connected together.

  With these two scissors sticks, squeeze under the cut of the retort food bag, open the bag along the edge of the stick, remove the stick, turn the opened bag upside down and drop the contents, and again Pull down the upper part with a scissor stick and squeeze out the contents.

  The two scissors sticks are embedded with magnets that attract each other, so you can pinch the necessary parts of the retort bag precisely with a simple one-handed finger operation, even if you take your hands off the scissor sticks. Since the state is maintained, the squeezing operation is easy.

  For example, when the scissor stick comes close to the bag outlet, it needs to be squeezed out little by little, but take your hand away from the scissor stick, hold both ends of the bag with your thumb and middle finger, By pressing, it can be gradually squeezed while changing the direction toward the outlet.

  Such squeezing tools are easily soiled by contacting the contents near the bag outlet, but the scissors, magnets and spring plate are either integrally covered with plastic or molded so that there are no complex irregularities. So it can be washed as easily as chopsticks.

The best mode for carrying out the invention will be described with reference to the drawings based on the embodiments.
(A) The two scissors rods (1) are connected by a spring plate (2) integrated with the rods, and when opened, the whole rods are separated from each other (FIG. 1) and when closed Can maintain the state in which the sides of the bars are in contact with each other over the entire length.
(B) Magnets (3) are fitted at the positions corresponding to the tip and center of the two scissors so that the facing sides of each of the bars attract each other.
(C) Provide a dent (4) at the tip of the scissor bar, make holes on both sides of the dent, insert the holed magnet (3) into the dent, and pass the holding bar (5) through both holes. Fix the magnet.
(D) A magnet is similarly attached to the center portion of the scissor bar, and the surface exposed to the outside of the magnet and the holding bar is covered with plastic together with the surface of the scissor bar.
(E) The corners on both sides of the surface of the scissors stick that contact the food bag are rounded (6) to make it easier to slide, but on the hand side of the stick, to make it easier to cut the periphery of the bag, The corner (7) is left.

  Hold the scissors stick between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand (Fig. 3), push the thumb toward the base of the index finger, and move the overlapping scissors (Fig. 4). If the two sides of the open scissor bar are pushed between the thumb and forefinger at the same time, the scissor bar closes.

  The end of the retort food bag has a cut for manual tearing, but the scissor stick is attached to the cut and the scissor stick is held firmly, while holding the scissor stick firmly, the end of the bag above the cut is perpendicular Pull it towards you and tear the bag along the scissors to open it.

  Remove the scissor stick from the bag, turn the opened bag upside down, put the contents out, hold the bottom end of the bag with one hand, hold the scissor stick with the other hand, and Scissor the area with scissors, slide the scissors down along the bag, and squeeze any remaining residue inside the bag.

  In the vicinity of the bag exit, release the scissor bar, hold both ends of the bag with both hands, and push the side of the scissor bar down with your index finger (Fig. 5) to squeeze out little by little while adjusting the direction of the scissor bar You can also.

Perspective view of the present invention Magnet installation drawing Scissor bar closed Scissor bar is shifted Squeezed with both hands

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scissor stick 2 Folded spring board 3 Magnet 4 Scissor stick recess 5 Holding stick 6 Rounded contact face edge edge 7 Left contact face edge edge 8 Opened retort food bag

Claims (1)

  When the magnets are attached to the two rods so that the side surfaces of the two rods are attracted to each other, and the tips of the two rods with magnets are aligned, the entire side surfaces of the rods are in contact with each other. A retort food bag squeezing tool in which the ends of the two bars are connected with a bent spring plate so that the two bars can be kept apart when the tip ends of the two bars are kept apart.

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