JP2006290407A - Food container package - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily accommodate a food container and to carry the accommodated food container without causing them to fall. <P>SOLUTION: The food container package 1 includes a tubular body 15 formed so as to accommodate the food container 5, a freely-detachable handle 20 of a long strip which is attached so as to suspend the tubular body 15, a temperature retainer 25 formed so as to retain the temperature of cooked spaghetti, and foldable flaps 30 for disposing the temperature retainer 25 on the underside of and in close contact with the food container 5 accommodated in the tubular body 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a food container package for carrying a food container with food.

  For example, Patent Document 1 describes one technique for storing food such as spaghetti and salad in a food container and storing the food container in a carrying package or the like. The technology includes a bottom piece, a top piece including a hand piece that is continuous with the bottom piece, and a front piece and a front and back piece that is continuous with the bottom piece, and is surrounded by these pieces and includes a space that penetrates left and right. The present invention relates to a take-out handbag (hereinafter simply referred to as a handbag) of a takeout food container formed in a shape. The handbag is further provided with a locking portion formed by bending the four corners of the top piece into a valley shape. This handbag is configured such that a food container can be stored in a frame-shaped space from the left and right sides, suspended by a handbag piece, and carried while holding the upper four corners of the stored food container with locking portions.

Utility Model Registration No. 3086636

  However, with this handbag, even when a food container is provided in the space that penetrates from the lateral direction on the left and right sides, even if there is a locking part for retaining the food container, a busy time such as lunch time The band may forget to bend the locking part or the locking part may be incompletely folded. In that case, the food container may fall off from the left or right side while carrying the food container. There was a problem with that. In addition, this handbag does not have a structure to maintain the temperature of the food, so the temperature of the food tends to change over time, and it is difficult to maintain the fresh taste of the food for a long time. was there.

  Therefore, in view of this problem, the present invention is a food container package that can easily store a food container, can carry the stored food container without dropping, and can maintain the fresh taste of the food for a long time. It is an issue to provide.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a food container package according to the invention of claim 1 has a container main body provided with a flange portion projecting outward from the peripheral end of the opening, and a lid of the container main body. A food container, and a cylindrical body that is formed in a cylindrical shape having an open end that accommodates the food container from above, and that supports the food container by bringing the lower end of the container body into contact with the open end, A food container package comprising a plurality of folding pieces formed to be foldable inwardly on a cylindrical surface of the cylindrical body, and a temperature maintaining body for maintaining the temperature of the food on each of the folded pieces folded inwardly Is arranged so as to be close to or in contact with the lower surface of the stored food container.
Here, the temperature maintaining body is a heat generating material having a heat generating action, a heat storing material having a heat storing action, a cooling material having a cooling action, a cold storage material having a cold storing action, as a temperature maintaining body. Or it shall have a heat insulating material etc. provided with the action which suppresses a temperature rise or a temperature fall.

  The food container package according to the invention of claim 2 is provided with at least one handle on the cylinder that is suspended in an arch shape above the stored food container and allows the cylinder to be suspended. It is configured on the body so that another food container is placed on the arch by the handle.

  The food container package according to the invention of claim 3 is capable of supporting the temperature maintaining body by providing a plurality of insertion holes through which the eating utensils can be freely inserted and removed, and inserting both ends of the eating utensils into the insertion holes. Configured to do.

  According to the invention of claim 1, the food container can be easily stored, and the stored food container can be carried without dropping. Moreover, the assembly of the cylinder is facilitated. Furthermore, since the folding piece which arrange | positions a temperature maintenance body so that it may adjoin to or contact | abut the lower surface of a food container is provided, the fresh taste of the cooked food can be maintained for a long time. In addition, since the folding piece is formed so that it can be folded inside the cylinder body, the work of placing the temperature maintaining body inside the cylinder body is a simple task of folding the folding piece inside and placing it on the folding piece from the open end of the upper surface. This reduces the overall work time from order receipt to delivery.

  According to the invention of claim 2, since the handle is provided on the cylinder so that the cylinder can be suspended, the food container can be easily carried. In addition, since another food container is placed on the lid of the food container in the arch of the handle, different types of food can be placed in different food containers and carried. In addition, another food container placed on top of the other can be surrounded by a plurality of handles from the side, and can be carried in a state that is more difficult to drop off.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the plurality of insertion holes through which the eating utensils can be freely inserted and removed are provided on the opposing cylinder surfaces of the cylinder, the insertion holes are provided so that the eating utensils necessary for eating are not lost. It can be inserted into the container and carried with the food container with a reduced possibility of dropping. Moreover, the temperature maintenance body can be supported from the lower side by the eating tool inserted into the insertion hole, and the arrangement position of the temperature maintenance body with respect to the food container can be kept constant.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded explanatory view showing an embodiment of a food container package 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view showing a state in which the food container is stored by the food container package 1, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2, (b) is an enlarged view of portion B of (a), and (c) is an enlarged view of portion C of (a). 4 is an external view showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a modified example of the food container package. The food container package 1 in the embodiment of the present invention is optimally used when taking out foods in restaurants that sell and provide foods cooked warm or cold for take-out.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a food container package 1 includes, for example, a cylinder 15 formed by placing cold pasta cooked cold as take-out food on a food container 5 so that the food container 5 can be stored. A long strip-shaped handle 20 detachably provided on the cylinder 15 so that the cylinder 15 can be suspended, a temperature maintaining body 25 configured to maintain the temperature after cooking spaghetti, and the cylinder 15 and a folding piece 30 in which the temperature maintaining body 25 is arranged close to or in contact with the lower surface of the food container 5 housed in the food container 5.

  The food container 5 has a deep dish-shaped container body 6 whose upper surface is formed in a substantially square shape, and a shallow dish formed in the same shape as the opening so as to close the opening of the container body 6. And the lid body 7 formed in the above.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the container body 6 is formed with a square bottom surface smaller than the opening on the top surface and four inverted trapezoidal side surfaces continuous from the bottom surface so as to form the opening on the top surface. ing. In addition, the opening portion on the upper surface is provided with a flange portion 8 that protrudes from the peripheral end to the outside with a uniform width over the entire circumference, and the end portion of the flange portion 8 is formed to be bent downward over the entire periphery. Has been. In the opening of the lid body 7, a fitting portion 9 that is fitted to the flange portion 8 is provided over the entire circumference end. When the opening of the container body 6 is closed with the lid 7, the fitting portion 9 of the lid 7 is fitted with the flange 8 so that the inside of the food container 5 is sealed.

  The cylindrical body 15 has an open top and bottom surfaces so that a thick spread paper formed by connecting four inverted trapezoidal surfaces in a strip shape is bent at a boundary line so that the upper surface becomes a larger square shape than the lower surface. It is formed in a cylindrical shape. The four sides of the open end of the upper surface of the container body 5 support the food container 5 by contacting the flange 8 of the container body 6 from below when the food container 5 is stored in the cylinder 15 from above. 6 is formed to have a square shape having substantially the same dimensions as the opening 6. Further, the cylinder 15 has a cylinder height longer than the depth of the container body 6, and the temperature maintaining body 25 is disposed below the container body 6 in a state where the food container 5 is stored in the cylinder 15. It is set so that space can be secured.

  The temperature maintenance body 25 is a flat bag body that contains a temperature maintenance material, and is in a substantially square shape that is in contact with the four side surfaces of the cylinder body 15 in contact with the lower surface of the food container 5 stored in the cylinder body 15. It forms so that it may become a shape. Here, a cold storage agent having a cold storage action is used for the temperature maintenance body 25 when a cold cooked pasta is taken home.

  The folding piece 30 is provided at one position on each of the surfaces of the pair of cylindrical surfaces of the cylindrical body 15 at approximately the center position of the pair of cylindrical surfaces, and is formed to be foldable inside the cylindrical body 15. Each folding piece 30 is set in a horizontally-long rectangular shape, and a cut is made on the upper one long side and the two short sides in the vertical direction along the two long sides in the horizontal direction. The long side on the side is configured as a fold line. Each of the folding pieces 30 folds obliquely upward to the inside of the cylinder 15 at a folding line, thereby projecting a pair of support surfaces in the cylinder 15. The temperature maintaining body 25 is supported by placing both ends on the pair of support surfaces.

  The handle 20 is formed at both ends of the band body 21 so as to be engaged with a long band body 21 and a pair of cuts 16 provided in the vicinity of the open ends of the opposed cylindrical surfaces where the folding pieces 30 are not provided. And a pair of engaging portions 22 formed. Furthermore, a pair of insertion holes 36 are provided in the opposing cylinder surfaces so that the fork 35 as a eating tool used when eating cold pasta can be inserted and removed.

  In the food container package 1 described above, the storage procedure of the food container will be described. For example, a storage person who has received an order for cold pasta from a customer, for example, first prepared a predetermined number of tubes from the developed paper while the cook person was cooking the ordered cold pasta. Take out one of the bodies 15 and adjust the shape. Next, the pair of folding pieces 30 of the cylindrical body 15 are folded inward, and both ends of the heat retaining agent as the temperature maintaining body 25 put into the cylindrical body 15 from the open end of the upper surface are placed on the pair of folding pieces 30. . Further, both ends of the fork 35 are inserted into the pair of insertion holes 36 to support the temperature maintaining body 25. The person in charge of cooking arranges the cooked cold pasta on the container body 6 and gives it to the person in charge of storage. The person in charge of storage closes the food container 5 by fitting the fitting portion of the lid body 7 to the flange portion 8 of the container body 6, and then opens the upper surface in the cylindrical body 15 in which the temperature maintenance body 25 is arranged. The food container 5 is stored from the end. At this time, the four sides of the open end of the upper surface support the food container 5 by covering the side surface of the container body 6 from the periphery and coming into contact with the flange 8 of the container body 6 from below. Thereafter, the locking portions 22 at both ends of the handle 20 are inserted and locked into the pair of cuts 16 of the cylinder 15, the handle 20 is bridged in an arch shape above the stored food container 5, and the cylinder 15 is suspended. It can be lowered. Then, the customer pays the price and takes the spaghetti stored in the food container package 1 in a state where it is suspended by the handle 20 and takes it home.

  According to the food container package 1, the cylindrical body 15 is formed in a cylindrical shape having an open end for storing the food container 5 from above, and the lower side of the flange portion 8 of the container body 6 is brought into contact with the open end. Since the food container 5 is supported, the cylindrical body 15 can be easily assembled, and the food container 5 can be easily stored from the open end of the upper surface of the cylindrical body 15. Further, the stored food container 5 can be supported while the entire circumference of the side surface of the container body 6 is covered with the cylinder 15, and the food container 5 can be carried without being dropped from the cylinder 15. Further, the handle 20 is composed of a belt body 21 and a pair of locking portions 22 formed at both ends thereof, and the cylindrical body 15 can be suspended by locking the locking portion 22 to the cut 16 provided in the cylindrical body 15. Therefore, not only the food container 5 can be easily carried, but also the belt 21 can be bridged in an arch shape with the effort of locking the locking portion 22 to the cut 16, and the work of attaching the handle 20 is easy. Can be.

  Further, since the folding piece 30 is formed on the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical body 15 and can be folded inside the cylinder, the operation of arranging the temperature maintaining body 25 inside the cylindrical body 15 is performed by folding the folding piece 30 inside the cylinder, Therefore, it is possible to reduce the overall work time from receiving an order to handing it over. Furthermore, the temperature maintaining body 25 for maintaining the temperature of the food can be disposed close to or in contact with the lower surface of the food container 5 by the folding piece 30, and the temperature of the food can be maintained and managed. You can maintain the deliciousness for a long time.

  Further, since the cylindrical body 15 is provided with an insertion hole 36 through which a eating tool such as a fork 35, spoon or chopstick can be freely inserted and removed, the eating tool necessary for eating can be carried without being lost. Furthermore, since the insertion holes 36 are provided on each surface of the cylindrical body 15 facing each other, the insertion tool 36 can be inserted into the two insertion holes 36 so as to support the temperature maintaining body. The arrangement position of the temperature maintenance body with respect to the container can be kept constant.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented by appropriately changing the shape and configuration of each part without departing from the spirit of the present invention, as exemplified below. .
(1) The food container accommodated in the food container package is not limited to spaghetti, but can be carried with any food that can be taken home, such as curry rice, fried chicken, and soup.
(2) The cylindrical body is not limited to one having an open end in a square shape, and can be formed to be another polygonal cylinder such as a cylinder, an elliptical cylinder, or a triangular cylinder according to the shape of the food container. In this case, regardless of the shape of the cylinder, the pair of cuts that lock the handle are provided at positions that coincide with the line passing through the center of gravity of the opening of the cylinder. It is desirable in terms of making it easier to carry with the same position.
(3) As shown in the food container package 2 in FIG. 4, in the space in the arch formed by spanning the handle 20, another one is placed on the food container 5 already stored in the cylinder 15. It is also possible to place the food containers 5 stacked in a plurality of stages such as one stage or two stages. In this case, a pair of cuts are provided at the upper center positions of the pair of side surfaces where the folding pieces are provided, so that the handle locking portions can be locked one by one on each side, and the two handles 20 are cross-shaped. Provide to cross If it carries out like this, the four side surfaces of another food container 5 piled up can be surrounded by two handles, and can be carried in the state where it is harder to drop off.
(4) The number of handles is not limited to one or two, and a plurality of handles may be provided according to the shape of the food container and the weight of the food to be placed on the food container. Moreover, it is not limited to crossing in a cross shape, and may be provided in parallel.
(5) As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the folded piece is not limited to a horizontally long rectangular shape, and may be a semicircular folded shape as long as it can support the temperature maintaining body when folded inward. In addition to the piece 31 and the triangular folded piece 32, the shape may be an ellipse, a square, a star, another polygon, or the like. In this case, the design properties can be diversified.
(6) Not only cold pasta, but when bringing back cold foods such as fruits and salads, a coolant having a cooling action as a temperature maintenance body, a cold storage agent having a cold storage action, or a heat insulation having a temperature rise suppressing action What is necessary is just to arrange | position an agent etc. in a cylinder by a folding piece. In this case, foods that are easily painful can be taken home.
(7) The temperature maintaining body is not limited to the one having a cooling action or the like, but when bringing back a cooked food, a heat generating agent having a heat generating action, a heat storage agent having a heat storing action, or a temperature lowering suppressing action. What is necessary is just to use the heat insulating agent with which it is provided. In this case as well, the fresh taste of the cooked food can be maintained for a long time.
(8) In addition to the eating tool such as a fork, a wipe such as a moisturizing tissue or a paper napkin may be inserted into the insertion hole to support the temperature maintaining body.
(9) The handle is not only locked at the cut portion of the cylindrical body, but also provided on the cylindrical body by other attachment means such as an adhesive or a double-sided tape attached to both ends of the belt. it can.

It is decomposition | disassembly explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the food container package which concerns on this invention. It is an external view which shows the state which accommodated the food container with the food container package. (A) is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. 2, (b) is the B section enlarged view of (a), (c) is the C section enlarged view of (a). It is an external view which shows other embodiment of the food container package which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a change of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1, 2, ··· Food container package, 5 ·· Food container, 6 ·· Container body, 7 ·· Lid, 8 ·· Hook, 9 ·· Fitting portion, 15 ·· Tube, 16 ·· Cut , 20 .. Handle, 21.. Belt, 22.. Locking part, 25 .. Temperature maintaining body, 30 .. Folding piece, 35 .. Fork (food tool), 36.

Claims (3)

A food container having a container body provided with a collar portion protruding outward from the peripheral edge of the opening, and a lid of the container body;
A cylindrical body that is formed in a cylindrical shape having an open end that accommodates the food container from above, and that supports the food container by bringing the lower end of the container body into contact with the open end;
A food container package comprising:
A plurality of folding pieces formed to be foldable inward are provided on the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical body,
A temperature maintaining body for maintaining the temperature of the food is arranged on each folded piece folded inward so as to be close to or in contact with the lower surface of the stored food container.
A food container package characterized by that. At least one handle is provided on the cylinder that is suspended in an arch shape above the stored food container so that the cylinder can be suspended,
On the lid of the food container, another food container is placed in the arch by the handle,
The food container package according to claim 1. A plurality of insertion holes through which the eating utensils can be inserted and removed freely are provided on the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical body,
The temperature maintenance body can be supported by inserting both ends of the eating tool into the insertion hole.
The food container package according to claim 1 or 2.

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