JP2009208814A - Container with function for measuring dried noodles - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container having a function for measuring dried noodles can perform a measuring operation easily and suitably, keep the dried noodles and save a storing space therefor. <P>SOLUTION: There is provided a container 1 having a function for measuring dried noodles that includes a body 20 and a window member 30, wherein the body 20 includes a measuring part 21, an opening 22 for use in dropping an article, and an opening 23 for use in taking out the body. The window member 30 includes a flat plate 31 for cutting operation, an opening 32 for receiving the dried noodles and a notch 33 for taking out the window member. The dried noodles are dropped into the measuring part 21 at a first position where the opening 22 for use in dropping an article and the opening 32 for receiving the dried noodles coincides with each other, and the window member 30 is moved to cause the striking flat plate 31 to strike the dried noodles. The dried noodles dropped into the measuring part 21 can be taken out at a second position where the opening 23 for use in taking out the body and the notch 33 for taking out the window member coincides with each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a container with a dry noodle weighing function, and more particularly, to a container with a dry noodle weighing function that can quickly and properly weigh the amount of dry noodles such as spaghetti and can store dry noodles. .

  Dry noodles such as spaghetti, udon, buckwheat noodles, and somen noodles are cut into a certain length and packaged in bundles to be marketed. When cooking such dried noodles, it is necessary to measure the amount of dried noodles of the person who eats. Usually, in restaurants, a large number of dry noodles weighed in advance are prepared.

In order to measure dry noodles, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-51986 discloses a measuring device having a measuring tank in a casing. This measuring device has a measuring plate and a measuring body connected to an operating lever, and by operating the operating lever, the measuring tank can be divided into a predetermined amount and dry noodles can be measured.
JP 2007-51986

  The weighing device shown in Patent Document 1 has a large casing and a complicated internal structure. For this reason, there is a problem that a space is required for a storage place in a restaurant or home, and it is difficult to use it easily.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to provide a container with a dry noodle weighing function capable of easily and properly measuring dry noodles, storing dry noodles and saving storage space. It is to be.

In order to achieve the above object, a container with dry noodle weighing function according to the present invention is:
It is a container with dry noodle weighing function consisting of a main body and window material,
The main body has a measuring section, a drop opening, and a main body opening.
The window material has a flat plate portion for scraping, a receiving opening, and a notch portion for taking out the window material,
At the first position where the dropping opening and the receiving opening match, dry noodles are dropped into the weighing unit,
By moving the window material, the flat plate portion for scraping scrapes dry noodles,
The noodles dropped into the measuring part can be taken out at a second position where the opening for taking out the main body and the cutout part for taking out the window material coincide with each other.

  In the container with a dry noodle measurement function according to the present invention, a certain amount of dry noodles can be measured easily and appropriately by operating the window material. Moreover, it can utilize for household use by reducing a container in size. Furthermore, the capacity can be easily adjusted by inserting an adjusting plate into the measuring section. Therefore, the operability and workability are improved as compared with the conventional weighing device.

  In the present invention, preferably, the flat plate portion for scraping in the window material is curved convexly toward the bottom surface of the main body, and the window material is rotatably supported by a dial provided outside the main body, It is configured to rotate from a first position where the dropping opening and the receiving opening coincide with each other to a second position where the main body taking-out opening and the window material taking-out notch coincide. .

   By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to easily measure a certain amount of dry noodles by gripping the main body with one hand and operating the dial with the other hand. improves.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 is an overall perspective view of a container with dry noodle weighing function according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main body of a container with dry noodle weighing function according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a perspective view of the inside of the main body of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the window material of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a state in which the window material of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to one embodiment of the present invention is moved to the first position or the second position. Is an overall perspective view of a container with a dry noodle weighing function according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a window material of a container with a dry noodle weighing function according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. The window material of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to the embodiment is moved to the first position or the second position. Sectional view showing a state that, FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a dry noodle use state of the metering function container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
First embodiment

  A container 1 with a dry noodle weighing function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 20 and a window member 30.

   As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the transverse direction of the main body is X, the longitudinal direction of the main body is Y, and the height direction of the main body is Z. The main body 20 includes a lid 25 and a main body handle 26 (omitted in FIG. 3). Further, the notches 24a1, 24a2, 24b1, 24b2 and the main body take-out opening 23 are formed on the side surface in the short direction X of the main body.

  The lid | cover 25 is formed in the upper end part of the height direction Z of a main body so that attachment or detachment is possible. The shape of the lid 25 is not particularly limited, and a handle may be provided for easy removal. The main body handle 26 is formed on each side surface in the short direction X of the main body. The main body handle 26 is formed in a pair at both end portions in the main body lateral direction X on the side surface. The shape of the main body handle 26 is a plate shape in the present embodiment, but is not particularly limited.

   The notches 24a1, 24a2, 24b1, and 24b2 are formed on the side surfaces of the main body in the short direction X, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, the notches 24a1 and 24a2 are formed in a pair at a predetermined interval H1 with respect to the height direction Z on the side surface. Further, the notches 24b1 and 24b2 are formed in a pair on the side surface at a predetermined interval H1 with respect to the height direction Z.

   The notches 24a1 and 24b1 are formed at the same height in the height direction Z. Further, the notches 24a2 and 24b2 are formed at the same height in the height direction Z.

   The notches 24a1, 24a2 and 24b1, 24b2 have the same width W1 in the lateral direction X, and are formed symmetrically around the main body extraction opening 23. The notches 24a1, 24a2, 24b1, and 24b2 are formed below the side surface of the main body.

   The main body take-out opening 23 is formed on one of the side surfaces in the lateral direction X of the main body. The main body take-out opening 23 has a predetermined width W2 in the short direction X and a predetermined height H2 in the height direction Z.

   The width W2 of the main body take-out opening 23 is substantially the same as the width W1 of the notches 24a1, 24a2, 24b1, and 24b2.

   The main body 20 includes a pair of holding plates 27 and a pair of partition plates 28 inside thereof. Further, the weighing unit 21 is formed by the pair of partition plates 28, the bottom surface of the main body, and the side surface of the main body. The pair of holding plates 27 are supported by the side surface in the longitudinal direction Y and the both side surfaces in the lateral direction X, respectively. The pair of partition plates 28 are supported on the bottom surface of the main body in the longitudinal direction Y of the main body.

   As shown in FIG. 5, the partition plate 28 has a height H3 and is formed lower than the notches 24a1 and 24b1. The interval W4 between the pair of partition plates 28 is substantially the same as the width W2 of the main body take-out opening 23.

   As shown in FIG. 3, each of the partition plates 28 has a predetermined gap with respect to the side surface in the lateral direction X of the main body. An outer leg portion 38 of a window member 30 described later is movably mounted in this gap. The gap l is determined by the thickness of the outer leg portion 38 of the window member 30 and is not particularly limited.

   As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the holding plate 27 is supported on the side surface of the main body at a height H5 from the bottom surface of the main body. When the height from the bottom surface of the main body to the free end of the holding plate 27 is H4, the holding plate 27 is inclined toward the free end so that H5-H4> 0. The inclination angle is preferably 5 ° to 15 ° with respect to the horizontal plane, but is not particularly limited.

   The holding plate 27 forms a drop opening 22 at the free end of the holding plate 27. The width W3 in the short direction X of the drop opening 22 is substantially the same as the width W4 of the pair of partition plates 28.

   A gap is formed between the free end portion of the holding plate 27 and the free end portion of the partition plate 28, and a scraping flat plate portion 31 of the window member 30 described later is mounted so as to be movable in the gap. The interval m of the gap is determined by the thickness of the scraping flat plate portion 31 of the window member 30, and is not particularly limited. The notches 24a1 and 24b1 are formed at positions corresponding to the approximate center of the gap m.

   The main body 20 is made of, for example, a synthetic resin such as polypropylene. The size of the main body 20 is about width W0: 100 to 150 mm, length L0: 250 to 300 mm, and height H0: about 100 to 150 mm.

   As shown in FIG. 4, the window member 30 includes a scraping flat plate portion 31, an outer leg portion 38, and a window member handle 36. Further, a notch 33 for taking out the window material is formed in the outer leg portion 38. Furthermore, a receiving opening 32 is formed in the scraping flat plate portion 31.

   At both ends in the longitudinal direction Y of the scraping flat plate portion 31, a pair of outer leg portions 38 projecting from each end in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the scraping flat plate portion 31 are integrally formed. The window material handle 36 is formed in a pair at both ends of the outer leg portion in the lateral direction X. As described above, the outer leg portion 38 of the window member 30 is movably mounted in the gap of the interval l formed between the partition plate 28 and the side surface of the main body in the short direction X. Further, the scraping flat plate portion 31 of the window member 30 is movably mounted in a gap of a distance m formed between the free end portion of the holding plate 27 and the free end portion of the partition plate 28. The window material handle 36 is mounted so as to be movable along the notches so as to protrude from the notches 24a1, 24a2, 24b1, 24b2 to the outside of the main body. In this embodiment, the shape of the window material handle 36 is a U-shape, but is not particularly limited.

   The window material taking-out notch 33 is formed in one of the pair of outer legs 38 with a predetermined width W5 in the lateral direction X and a height H7 in the height direction Z. The width W5 of the window material takeout notch 33 is substantially the same as the width W2 of the main body takeout opening 23. Further, the height H7 of the window material removal notch 33 is lower than the height H6 of the window material by the thickness of the flat plate portion 31 for scraping.

   The receiving opening 32 is formed in the scraping flat plate portion 31 with a width W6 in the short-side direction X. The width of the receiving opening 32 in the longitudinal direction Y is substantially the same as the width of the partition plate 28 in the longitudinal direction Y. The width W6 of the receiving opening 32 in the short direction X is substantially the same as the width W3 of the dropping opening 22 in the short direction X. Further, the width W7 in the lateral direction X of the scraping flat plate portion 31 is substantially the same as the width W6 in this embodiment.

   The window material taking-out notch 33 and the receiving opening 32 are formed at positions shifted with respect to the moving direction (short direction X) of the window material 30. Of the sides parallel to the longitudinal direction Y of the receiving opening 32, a chamfered portion 31 is preferably formed on the side on the side of the scraping flat plate portion 31.

   Window member 30 is formed of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene, for example. The size of the window material 30 is determined according to the size of the main body 20.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, a position where the drop opening 22 and the window receiving opening 32 coincide with each other is defined as a first position. The user of the container 1 with the dry noodle weighing function first prepares the container 1 in the first position. At the first position, the main body take-out opening 23 and the window material take-out notch 33 are not coincident with each other.

  Next, the user determines the amount of dry noodles to be weighed. The measuring unit 21 normally measures dry noodles for one serving. In order to change the capacity of the weighing unit 21, it is only necessary to insert into the weighing unit 21 an adjustment plate that is substantially the same shape as the bottom surface of the weighing unit 21 and has a predetermined thickness. As a result, the capacity of the weighing unit 21 can be reduced by a certain unit amount. A plurality of plate-like adjustment plates can be inserted.

   Next, the user opens the lid 25 to store dry noodles and closes the lid 25. The dry noodles are filled in the space defined by the measuring unit 21, the holding plate 27, the side surface of the main body, and the lid 25 inside the main body.

   Thereafter, the user grasps the window material handle 36 and moves the window material 30 to the second position shown in FIG. The second position is a position where the main body extraction opening 23 and the window material extraction notch 33 substantially coincide. In the second position, the scraping flat plate portion 31 scrapes dry noodles, and the dropping opening 22 is closed. At this time, the filled dry noodles can be easily scraped off by the chamfered portion 39 formed in the receiving opening 32. The main body take-out opening 23 and the window material take-out notch 33 substantially coincide with each other.

   In the second position, the space filled with dry noodles is scraped by the flat plate portion 31 for scraping, and the measuring unit 21 is filled with a certain amount of dry noodles.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10, the container 1 is tilted, and the dry noodles of the measuring unit 21 can be taken out through the substantially identical main body taking-out opening 23 and window material taking-out notch 33. Moreover, the dry noodles remaining inside the container 1 after measurement can be stored as it is.
Second embodiment

  The container 1a with dry noodle weighing function according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 has the same configuration and operation effects as those described below with the container 1 with dry noodle weighing function according to the first embodiment described above, A duplicate description is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the main body 20a of the container 1a with dry noodle weighing function has a main body take-out opening 23a and a lid 25a. The dial 40 communicates with a window member 30a mounted inside the main body 20a. The shape of the dial 40 is not particularly limited, and irregularities may be provided to make it easier for the user to operate.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the window member 30 a includes a flat plate portion 31 a for scraping, a pair of outer leg portions 38 a, and a dial 40. The scraping flat plate portion 31a is convexly curved toward the bottom surface of the main body 20a. The outer leg portion 38a is formed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X and has a fan shape.

  Inside the main body 20a, the pair of holding plates 27a are formed in an arc shape. The window member 30a is supported by a dial 40 protruding on the side surface of the main body in which the main body take-out opening 23a is formed and a support member 41 on the side surface opposite to the main body, and is rotatably mounted.

  The user of the dry noodle weighing function container 1a moves the window member 30a from the first position shown in FIG. 9A to the second position shown in FIG. Dry noodles can be weighed. In the container 1a, the user can hold the main body 20a with one hand and turn the dial 40 with the other hand. As a result, dry noodles can be measured more efficiently.

   The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a container with a dry noodle weighing function according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main body of a container with a dry noodle weighing function according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an internal perspective view of the main body of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the window of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main body and window material of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the window material of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to an embodiment of the present invention moves to the first position or the second position. FIG. 7 is an overall perspective view of a container with a dry noodle weighing function according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a window material of a container with a dry noodle weighing function according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the window material of the container with dry noodle weighing function according to another embodiment of the present invention moves to the first position or the second position. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a use state of a container with a dry noodle weighing function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a ... Container with dry noodle weighing function 20, 20a ... Main body 21, 21a ... Weighing unit 22, 22a ... Drop-in opening 23, 23a ... Main body take-out opening 24a1, 24a2, 24b1, 24b2 ... Notch 25, 25a ... Lid 26 ... Main body handle
27, 27a ... Holding plate 28, 28a ... Partition plate 30, 30a ... Window material 31, 31a ... Scraping flat plate portion 32, 32a ... Receiving opening 33, 33a ... Notch portion for taking out window material 36 ... Window material handle 38, 38a ... Outer leg 39, 39a ... Chamfer 40 ... Dial

Claims (2)

It is a container with dry noodle weighing function consisting of a main body and window material,
The main body has a measuring section, a drop opening, and a main body opening.
The window material has a flat plate portion for scraping, a receiving opening, and a notch portion for taking out the window material,
At the first position where the dropping opening and the receiving opening match, dry noodles are dropped into the weighing unit,
By moving the window material, the flat plate portion for scraping scrapes dry noodles,
A container with a dry noodle measuring function configured to be able to take out dry noodles dropped into the measuring unit at a second position where the main body taking-out opening and the window material taking-out notch are aligned. The scraping flat plate portion in the window material is curved in a convex shape on the bottom surface side of the main body,
The window material is rotatably supported by a dial provided outside the main body, and the main body take-out opening and the window material take-out from a first position where the drop-in opening and the receiving opening coincide with each other. The container with a dry noodle measuring function according to claim 1, wherein the container is configured to rotate to a second position where the cut-out portion for use coincides.

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