JP2011234854A - Tableware - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide tableware of a simple structure that is easy to wash and enables easily cutting dripping of honey or the like.SOLUTION: A spoon 100 includes a handle 10 and a housing portion 20. The housing portion 20 is used for housing food or the like and has a concave curved surface. D is taken for the length of a straight line B connecting the upper end face 21 of the housing portion 20 and a point at which the vertical line from the upper end face 21 of the housing portion 20 with the lowest end portion 22 intersect with each other. L is taken for the length of a straight line A extended from a position 23 where the upper end face 21 of the housing portion 20 meets the handle to the tip edge 25 equivalent to the tip of the upper end face 21 of the housing portion 20 by way of the center 24 of the upper end face 21 of the housing portion 20. The length D must be approximately 20% of the length L or longer. The maximum length of a straight line orthogonal to the straight line A in the upper end face 21 of the housing portion 20 must be shorter than the length of the straight line A.

Description

  The present invention relates to an edible utensil for food and the like, and more particularly to an edible utensil suitable for honey and the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art A food device called a honey dipper has been widely used as a food device used when honey stored in a container such as a bottle. As this honey dipper, there is an embodiment in which a plurality of disk-shaped members are attached to a rod member. The honey dipper is an excellent eating tool for honey, but there is a problem that it is difficult to wash the gaps between the plurality of disk-shaped members when washing the honey dipper.

  From the viewpoint of easy washing, a normal spoon is excellent as a food device for honey in a container such as a bottle. However, a normal spoon has a problem that when the honey is sown, it drips from the back of the spoon and it is difficult to cut the dripping.

  In order to solve the above problems, a cylindrical metal handle is connected to a metal tip that comes into contact with food, and a heat pipe is provided in the handle, and the tip is attached to the tip. There has been proposed a spoon characterized in that food can be heated and cooled by heat exchange between the food in contact with the handle portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to this spoon, the temperature of the sown honey is transmitted to the heat pipe of the handle part. For example, when the honey is warm, the honey squeezed at the tip part quickly cools to increase the viscosity and is difficult to dripping. On the other hand, when the honey is cold, the honey squeezed at the tip is quickly warmed to lower the viscosity and difficult to dripping.

JP 2007-135907 A

  In the spoon provided with the above-mentioned heat pipe, the structure becomes complicated and the manufacturing cost increases. An edible utensil that is easy to wash and can easily drip liquid such as honey is also desired. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a food utensil having a simple structure that is easy to wash and that can easily drip liquid such as honey.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and the eating utensil of the present invention is an eating utensil provided with a curved concave housing portion at one end of a handle, from the upper end surface of the housing portion. The length of the vertical line connecting the perpendicular line of the upper end surface of the housing portion and the point where the lowermost end portion of the housing portion intersects is the position above the housing portion from the position where it is combined with the handle on the upper end surface of the housing portion. It is approximately 20% or more of the length of the straight line of the upper end surface extending through the center of the end surface to the tip edge of the upper end surface of the accommodating part, and the upper end surface of the accommodating part in the direction perpendicular to the straight line of the upper end surface The longest length is shorter than the length of the upper end surface straight line. Thereby, it brings about the effect | action of making it easy to cut the dripping of honey etc. which arises when a honey etc. are beaten.

  Moreover, the eating tool of this invention WHEREIN: The recessed part part in the said accommodating part is continuously extended to the predetermined position of the said handle | pattern. This brings about the effect | action that the honey etc. which were accommodated in the accommodating part are not spilled from a food utensil, even if a food utensil is faced upward.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is easy to wash | clean and can show | play the outstanding effect that it is easy to cut the dripping of honey etc. which arises when a honey etc. is combed.

It is a figure which shows the spoon 100 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the usage example of the spoon 100 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the spoon 200 in another embodiment of this invention.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Below, the case where the food utensil of this invention is applied to a spoon is demonstrated. In addition, the edible utensil of the present invention is not limited to a spoon, and can be applied to other edible utensils as much as possible.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a spoon 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the spoon 100, and FIG. 1B is a side view of the spoon 100. The spoon 100 includes a handle 10 and a storage unit 20. The handle 10 is a part to be gripped when the user of the spoon 100 uses the spoon 100.

  The accommodating part 20 is a part for accommodating food or the like, and has a curved concave shape. Examples of the curved concave shape include, but are not limited to, a hemispherical concave shape, a semi-ellipsoidal concave shape, a bowl shape constituted only by a curved surface, and other concave shapes similar to these.

  The accommodating portion 20 is provided at one end 11 of the handle 10. In addition, when the handle 10 and the accommodating part 20 are integrally formed, or when the handle 10 and the accommodating part 20 are coupled by a coupling means (for example, coupling by a screw and a nut), various coupling modes are assumed. .

  Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the straight line B (from FIG. 1B) connecting from the upper end surface 21 of the accommodating portion 20 to the point where the perpendicular of the upper end surface 21 of the accommodating portion 20 and the lowest end portion 22 intersect. The length D of the straight line connecting the center 24 to the lowermost end portion 22 is from the position 23 where it joins with the handle of the upper end surface 21 of the accommodating portion 20 through the center 24 of the upper end surface 21 of the accommodating portion 20. It is necessary that the length is approximately 20% or more of the length L of the straight line A extending to the tip edge 25 corresponding to the tip of the upper end surface 21. That is, D ≧ 0.2L. The length of the straight line B connecting the upper end surface 21 of the storage unit 20 to the point where the perpendicular of the upper end surface 21 of the storage unit 20 and the lowermost end 22 intersect each other is from the upper end surface 21 of the storage unit 20 to the storage unit 20. This corresponds to the shortest length up to the lowermost end portion 22.

  Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the upper end surface 21 of the housing portion 20 is a range that includes the straight line A and is perpendicular to the both side surfaces of the housing portion 20 and can be projected vertically. Surface. In the accommodating portion 20 having the shape as shown in FIG. 1A, the shape of the upper end surface 21 is, for example, an approximately elliptical shape. In addition, the tip edge 25 of the upper end surface 21 described above in the housing portion 20 having the shape as shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, the longest length of the straight line orthogonal to the straight line A on the upper end surface 21 of the accommodating portion 20 needs to be shorter than the length of the straight line A. In the case of FIG. 1A, the shape of the upper end surface 21 of the accommodating portion 20 is an elliptical shape having a long side of a straight line A. In this case, the longest straight line orthogonal to the straight line A is the short side. Since the short side is shorter than the long side is an ellipse, the accommodating portion 20 in FIG. 1A satisfies the above condition. Even if the accommodating part 20 differs from the aspect of FIG. 1A, the accommodating part 20 is formed so as to satisfy the above conditions.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a usage example of the spoon 100 in the embodiment of the present invention. The spoon 100 is used to squeeze a highly viscous liquid such as honey. As shown in FIG. 2A, the honey stored in a container such as a bottle is beaten with a spoon 100 and the honey is stored in the storage unit 20. At this time, since a large amount of honey adheres also to the back side surface 26 of the storage unit 20, the dripping of honey starts from the back side surface 26 of the storage unit 20. If the spoon 100 is moved in this state, the honey spills on the table or the like due to the dripping of the honey.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2B, the tip 25a of the spoon 100 is directed upward. Then, the honey accommodated in the accommodating part 20 moves in the direction of the handle 10. Further, when the tip portion 25a of the spoon 100 is directed upward, the distance between the dripping portion 30 facing in the vertical direction and the back side surface 26 of the housing portion 20 is gradually reduced, and the liquid dripping occurs on the back side surface 26 of the housing portion 20. The honey that is in contact with the back side surface 26 of the storage unit 20 finally adheres to the back side surface 26 of the storage unit 20. At the same time, the honey originally attached to the back side surface 26 of the housing part 20 moves in the direction of the handle 10 along the back side surface 26 of the housing part 20.

  And as shown in FIG.2 (c), when the front-end | tip part 25a of the spoon 100 is turned further upwards, all the honey dripping parts 30 will contact the back side surface 26 of the accommodating part 20. As shown in FIG. In addition, the degree to which the front-end | tip part 25a of the spoon 100 is turned upward is a grade which the honey accommodated in the accommodating part 20 does not flow out of the accommodating part 20. FIG. Thereby, there is no honey dripping part in the spoon 100, and even if the spoon 100 is moved, the honey does not spill on the table or the like.

  In addition, this-application applicant did the same thing as FIG. 2 (a)-FIG.2 (c) using various spoons. As a result, it was confirmed that the spoon having the form described with reference to FIG. 1 can realize the conditions shown in FIGS. That is, the operations as shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C appropriately form the distance between the honey dripping portion and the back side surface 26 of the storage portion 20 and the storage amount of the storage portion 20. This can be realized by the spoon 100 having the embodiment as described in FIG. The applicant of the present application also confirmed that the liquid dripping portion could not be cut well with other types of spoons.

  FIG. 3 shows a spoon 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention. 3A and 3C are perspective views of the spoon 200, and FIGS. 3B and 3D are side views of the spoon 200. FIG. Similarly to the spoon 100, the spoon 200 also includes a handle 210 and a storage portion 220. In addition, the name in the spoon 200 using the name similar to the name used in the spoon 100 basically has the same function, and the description thereof has already been described in FIGS. Omitted.

  On the other hand, the difference between the spoon 200 and the spoon 100 is a joint portion between the handle 210 and the accommodating portion 220. As apparent from FIGS. 3A and 3B, the recess of the spoon 200 continuously extends from the housing portion 220 to a predetermined position 230 of the handle 210. That is, the concave portion is extended to a predetermined position 230 of the handle 210, and a part of the handle 210 forms a part of the accommodating portion. 3A and 3B, a position on the spoon 200 corresponding to the position 23 that is coupled to the handle of the upper end surface 21 of the container 20 of the spoon 100 is shown as a position 231. By forming the accommodating portion in a part of the handle 210, it is possible to realize that the honey or the like accommodated in the accommodating portion is not spilled even when the spoon 200 is inclined as shown in FIG.

  In addition, a part of accommodating part comprised by a part of handle 210 is not restricted to the aspect of a recessed part as shown to Fig.3 (a) and FIG.3 (b), Other modes may be sufficient. . As another aspect of a part of the housing part constituted by a part of the handle 210, as shown in FIGS. 3C and 3D, there is a hole 232 extending from the position 231 to the inside of the handle 210. Also good.

  As described above, according to the edible utensil of the present invention, the dripping can be easily cut when the honey is beaten. Moreover, unlike the conventional honey dipper, the food utensil of the present invention has an advantage that it is easy to wash. Moreover, it is possible to prevent honey and the like from spilling out from the housing portion by extending the concave portion to the handle portion.

  The embodiment of the present invention shows an example for embodying the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. .

10, 210 handle 11 one end 20, 220 accommodating portion 21 upper end surface 22 lowest end portion 23 position 24 center 25 edge 25a front end portion 26 back side surface 100, 200 spoon 230, 231 position 232 hole

Claims (2)

A food utensil provided with a curved concave housing at one end of the handle,
The length of the vertical line connecting from the upper end surface of the housing portion to the point where the perpendicular of the upper end surface of the housing portion and the lowermost end portion of the housing portion intersect is a position where it is combined with the handle of the upper end surface of the housing portion From the center of the upper end surface of the housing portion to the tip edge of the upper end surface of the housing portion is a length of approximately 20% or more of the length of the upper end surface straight line,
The longest length of the upper end surface of the accommodating part in a direction orthogonal to the upper end surface straight line is shorter than the length of the upper end surface straight line.   The cutlery according to claim 1, wherein the concave portion in the housing portion extends continuously to a predetermined position of the handle.

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