JP2011162201A - Food container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plastic food container which is very preferable for providing a gel-like food product such as jelly, yogurt, and pudding, soft and easy to lose shape, or a food product with whippy ice-cream corn or the like being placed on beverage such as juice and mixed therewith. <P>SOLUTION: The plastic food container 10 is formed of a body 20 and a lid body 30. When the lid body is accommodated in the body so that the upper side surface 22a of a flange part 22 of the body is brought into contact with the lower side surface 32a of a flange part 32 of the lid body, the dimension L from the inner bottom surface 24 of the body to the outer bottom surface 34 of the lid body is not more than 1/2 of the depth D of the body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a soft food product such as jelly, yogurt, pudding and the like, and a plastic food product for packaging beverages such as juice (hereinafter simply referred to as “gel food product”). It relates to the container. In particular, it is made of plastic that is very suitable for providing foods that are mixed with soft ice cream, ice cream, etc. (hereinafter simply referred to as “soft ice cream”) on top of the packaged gel food etc. This relates to a food container.

  Conventionally, a food container 110 as shown in FIG. 4 is known as a plastic food container for packaging gelled food and the like. The food container 110 includes a main body 120 and a lid 130, and the main body 120 has a cup shape as shown in the figure, and a main body flange along the outer periphery of the opening 121. Part 122. Further, the lid 130 is brought into close contact with the upper side surface 122a of the main body flange portion 122, and the contents 150 such as jelly can be sealed. The contents 150 can be provided by pinching the grip portion 133 provided on a part of the lid 130 with a finger and peeling the lid 130 from the main body flange portion 122.

  Such a food container 110 prevents the contents 150 from being deformed during transportation as much as possible, and minimizes wasteful space to reduce transportation and storage costs. In general, the lid 130 is covered in a state in which the opening 121 of the main body 120 is fully filled.

  By the way, the inventor of the present application puts a soft cream etc. on a gel food etc. as a food related to a new dessert, and then mixes them with a fast food store, a convenience store etc. (hereinafter simply “ "Fast food restaurants, etc.") is being considered. In the case of such foods, for example, when jelly is used as a gel food and soft cream is placed on top of it, transparent jelly fragments are scattered in the soft cream and visually Even a beautiful food. Therefore, such a food can be expected to provide an effect of providing a very attractive dessert food to a customer such as a fast food restaurant. It is assumed that the food will be provided mainly at fast food restaurants, etc. For the sake of simplifying operations and maintaining the flavor, texture and appearance of the food, Applying soft cream etc. and mixing gel food etc. with soft cream etc. is done at each fast food store etc. just before offering to customers using the one in the packaging container It is assumed that.

  However, when dessert-related foods are to be provided at fast food restaurants using gel foods etc. in conventional food containers 110, the following problems may occur. become. That is, since the contents 150 are fully filled up to the opening 121, even if an attempt is made to put soft cream or the like after the lid 130 is peeled off, the mixture of these is not soft ice cream or the like. This is a problem that the capacity of the food container 110 is exceeded by the volume, and the mixture is spilled out and cannot be suitably mixed.

  In order to avoid such a problem, the following two measures may be taken. The first means is to prepare a container having a capacity larger than the combined capacity of the contents 150 and soft cream, and transfer the contents 150 filled in the food container 110 to the container. Put soft ice cream and mix these. In addition, the second means is that the food container 110 that is not filled to the full and the food container 110 that is contained in the container is secured in a state in which a space larger than the capacity of soft cream or the like to be loaded later is secured. It is to use.

  However, in the above two means, another new problem arises. That is, in the first means, since an operation of transferring the container is required, there arises a problem that the operation becomes complicated. This problem becomes very serious in fast food restaurants where quick and clean operation is required mainly by part-time employees. Moreover, in the second means, an unnecessary space is generated in the food container. Therefore, among the gel-like foods and the like, those that are particularly soft and easily deformed will be deformed during transportation. This wasteful space also causes a problem of increased transportation / storage costs.

  Under such circumstances, the inventor of the present application can very easily provide a soft food that is soft and easily deformed on top of a soft food that has been mixed with soft ice cream. At the same time, we have made extensive studies on means that can solve the problems of shape loss and transportation / storage costs. As a result, the inventor of the present application has obtained the knowledge that the above problems can be solved by adopting a specially shaped lid (lid body) for the food container, leading to the creation of the present invention. It was.

  In applying the present invention, the inventors of the present application investigated past patent documents, etc., and found the following documents for plastic food containers for packaging gelled foods, etc. However, it was not possible to find a patent document that details the technical idea and the like according to the present invention.

JP 2000-41608 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a plastic food container that is very suitable for providing a food obtained by placing soft cream or the like on a gel food or the like and mixing them.

  As a means therefor, the plastic food container according to the present invention is a plastic food container comprising a main body and a lid, and the main body has a cup shape, and the main body at the opening. The lid has a cup shape, and has a lid flange at the opening thereof. The upper surface of the main body flange and the lid flange When the lid is accommodated in the main body so as to be in contact with the lower side surface, the dimension from the inner bottom surface of the main body to the outer bottom surface of the lid body is ½ or less of the depth dimension of the main body. It is characterized by being comprised.

  In this case, the plastic food container according to the present invention is configured such that the upper side surface of the main body flange portion and the lower side surface of the lid body flange portion are in close contact with each other. The body flange portion is provided with a grip portion.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a plastic food container that is very suitable for providing a food obtained by placing soft cream or the like on a gel food or the like and mixing them.

1 is a perspective view of a food container 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view of the main body 20 and the cover body 30 which comprise the container 10 for foodstuffs. Sectional drawing of the container 10 for foodstuffs. The perspective view of the conventional container 110 for foodstuffs.

  Hereinafter, the form for implementing the container for foods concerning the present invention is explained. 1 to 3 show a food container 10 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 shows a cross section of the food container 10. As shown in these drawings, the food container 10 is composed of a plastic main body 20 and a plastic lid body 30.

  As shown, the main body 20 has a cup shape, and has a main body flange portion 22 along the outer periphery of the opening 21 (FIG. 2). The lid 30 is also cup-shaped, and has a lid flange 32 along the outer periphery of the opening 31. A grip portion 33 is provided in part of the lid flange portion 32.

  The main body 20 can accommodate the lid body 30 so that the upper side surface 22a of the main body flange portion 22 and the lower side surface 32a of the lid body flange portion 32 are in contact with each other. The space S surrounded by the inner wall surface of the main body 20 and the outer wall surface of the lid body 30 can be filled with contents (not shown) such as jelly.

  In this case, it is preferable that the upper side surface 22a of the main body flange portion 22 and the lower side surface 32a of the lid flange portion 32 are configured to be in close contact by thermal welding or the like. By adhering these, the space S surrounded by the inner wall surface of the main body 20 and the outer wall surface of the lid body 30 can be a sealed space, and the container leakage of the contents filled in the space S can be prevented, In addition, the storage stability can be improved.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the food container 10 accommodates the lid body 30 in the main body 20, the dimension L from the inner bottom surface 24 of the main body 20 to the outer bottom surface 34 of the lid body 30 is It is characterized by being configured to be ½ or less of the depth dimension D of 20. With this feature, after removing the lid 30 from the main body 20, it is possible to sufficiently secure a space in which soft cream or the like can be placed on the content and the content and soft cream can be suitably mixed. It is like that.

  The food container 10 according to the present embodiment is configured so that the lid 30 can be easily removed by picking up the grip portion 33 with a finger and lifting it. Therefore, as soon as the lid 30 is removed, soft cream or the like can be placed on the contents and mixed together. This makes it easy and clean, especially for part-time employees, etc. Even a person who is not skilled in the work can provide a food in which soft cream or the like is placed on a gel food that is soft and easily deformed, and these are mixed.

  Moreover, since the container 10 for foodstuffs which concerns on this embodiment becomes the space opened inside upper part as shown in the figure, it is made to overlap in this space vertically. Different food containers 10 can be stacked. This is a food container containing the same volume of contents, and the contents are not filled to the full, and a space for the capacity of soft cream or the like to be loaded later is secured. Compared to food containers, it is possible to save space during transportation and storage, and the effect of reducing transportation and storage costs can be obtained.

  Furthermore, since the lid | cover 30 has the cup shape, the food container 10 which concerns on this embodiment can stack these without useless space, after removing this from the main body 20 at the time of use. Therefore, even when the lid 30 is discarded, the space can be saved, and the effect of reducing the transport / discard cost can be obtained. In particular, this effect is very advantageous in a fast food restaurant or the like where space saving of waste is considered a problem.

  As described above, according to the food container made of plastic according to the present invention, on a gel food that is soft and easily deformed, a mixture of soft cream and the like, It can be provided very easily at fast food restaurants and the like, and problems such as shape collapse and transportation / storage / disposal costs can be solved.

10: Container for food,
20: body
21: an opening of the main body 20,
22: body flange part,
22a: upper side surface of the main body flange portion 22,
24: inner bottom surface of the main body 20,
30: lid,
31: Opening of lid,
32: lid flange part,
32a: the lower surface of the lid flange 32,
33: gripping part,
34: the outer bottom surface of the lid 30;
D: Depth dimension of the main body 20,
L: dimension from the inner bottom surface 24 of the main body 20 to the outer bottom surface 34 of the lid body 30;
S: Space 110: Container for food,
120: body,
121: an opening of the main body 120,
122: body flange part,
122a: the upper side surface of the main body flange 122,
130: lid,
133: the gripping part of the lid 130,

Claims (3)

A plastic food container comprising a body and a lid,
The main body has a cup shape and has a main body flange portion at an opening thereof, and the lid body also has a cup shape and has a lid flange portion at an opening thereof. And
When the lid body is accommodated in the main body so that the upper side surface of the main body flange portion is in contact with the lower side surface of the lid flange portion, the inner bottom surface of the main body to the outer bottom surface of the lid body. A plastic food container, characterized in that the size is ½ or less of the depth of the main body.   The plastic food container according to claim 1, wherein an upper side surface of the main body flange portion and a lower side surface of the lid flange portion are configured to be in close contact with each other. The plastic food container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a grip portion is provided in the lid flange portion.

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