JP2012034769A - Cooking container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking container for cooking a tasty food by appropriately heating a main cooking ingredient and then adding a sub cooking ingredient when cooking the cooking ingredients housed inside by a microwave oven.SOLUTION: The cooking container includes: a principal container 12 for housing the main cooking ingredient F1; and a lid body 14 for openably/closably covering an upper opening of the principal container 12. The lid body 14 includes an auxiliary housing unit 22 for storing the sub food ingredient F2. At a low end of the auxiliary housing unit 22, a bottom lid 23 opened by microwave heating is provided.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking container in which food contained therein can be cooked with a microwave oven.

  Conventionally, as this kind of cooking container, the structure which is disclosed by patent document 1, for example is proposed. In this conventional configuration, the container is filled with the ingredients of the pot and the soup stock, and the soup stock is blended with the solidified product and cooled and solidified. In this state, the opening of the container is sealed by sticking a film. Has been. During cooking, the coagulated broth is dissolved by leaving or heating the container at room temperature. Then, the pot food and the soup stock are transferred from the container to a heating pan and cooked to obtain a pot food.

JP-A-2-76560

  However, in the conventional cooking container, as described above, the pot is filled in the container in a state where the ingredients of the pot as the main ingredient and the soup stock as the sub ingredient are mixed. For this reason, since the main food and the sub food are not separated, their combination cannot be changed in a store, for example. In addition, since the main ingredients and the sub ingredients are cooked together from the beginning, there is a problem that the taste of the ingredients is lowered for a dish that should be heated separately from the main ingredients and the sub ingredients.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. The purpose is to provide a cooking container that can freely change the combination of the main ingredients and the sub ingredients and can heat the main ingredients and the sub ingredients separately.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a main container for storing a main food, and a lid that covers an upper surface opening of the main container so as to be openable and closable. It is characterized in that an auxiliary storage part having an open lower part for storing food is provided.

  Therefore, in the cooking container of this invention, the main ingredients such as vegetables are accommodated in the main container, and the sub ingredients such as seasonings are accommodated in the auxiliary accommodating portion of the lid. In this case, since the main food and the sub food are separated, the combination thereof can be freely changed. In addition, the main food and the sub food are separately microwave-heated.

The said structure WHEREIN: It is preferable to provide the bottom cover opened by microwave heating in the lower part of the said auxiliary | assistant accommodating part.
The said structure WHEREIN: The said auxiliary | assistant accommodating part is good to form separately from the main-body part of a cover body, and it is good to attach to the main-body part so that attachment or detachment is possible.

  In the above configuration, a susceptor portion may be provided on at least a part of the bottom cover, and the susceptor portion may be opened by microwave heating.

  As described above, according to the cooking container of the present invention, the combination of the main ingredients and the sub ingredients can be freely changed, and the main ingredients and the sub ingredients can be separately heated, so that the ingredients can be cooked deliciously. The effect is demonstrated.

Sectional drawing which shows the cooking container of 1st Embodiment. The perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the cooking container of FIG. Sectional drawing in the 3-3 line of FIG. The exploded sectional view showing a part. The exploded sectional view showing a 2nd embodiment.

(First embodiment)
Below, 1st Embodiment of the cooking container which actualized this invention is described according to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the cooking container 11 of this embodiment has the main container 12 which has the opening 13 in the upper surface, and the cover body 14 which covers the upper surface opening 13 of the main container 12 so that opening and closing is possible. It is configured. The main container 12 and the lid body 14 are made of a heat-resistant synthetic resin such as polypropylene or polyethylene terephthalate. An annular engaging recess 13 a is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the upper surface opening 13 of the main container 12. A cylindrical fitting portion 15 that can be fitted into the upper surface opening 13 of the main container 12 is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the lid body 14, and the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion 15 is engaged with the engagement recess 13 a. A possible annular engaging projection 15a is formed. And the engagement convex part 15a is obtained by fitting the fitting part 15 of the lid body 14 into the opening 13 of the main container 12 in a state where the main food F1 such as vegetables is accommodated in the main container 12. Is engaged with the engagement recess 13 a, and the lid 14 is held in a state of being sealed with respect to the opening 13 of the main container 12.

  A flange portion 16 is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface opening 13 of the main container 12, and a pair of wide handle portions 16 a are provided at two rotationally symmetric positions in the flange portion 16. A flange portion 17 is formed on the outer periphery of the upper end of the fitting portion 15 of the lid body 14, and a pair of wide handle portions 17 a are provided at two rotationally symmetric positions in the flange portion 17. And as shown in FIG. 1, when the cover body 14 is attached to the upper surface opening 13 of the main container 12, the flange parts 16 and 17 and the handle parts 16a and 17a are overlaid on each other. In this state, the entire cooking container 11 can be carried by grasping the handle portions 16a and 17a on both sides.

  A conical ridge 18 is formed on the central upper surface of the lid 14. A plurality of (four in the embodiment) vapor pressure adjusting portions 19 are provided on the peripheral wall of the raised portion 18. The vapor pressure adjusting unit 19 includes a plurality of recesses 20 formed at equal angular intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the raised portion 18, and a substantially cross-shaped cut portion 21 formed on the bottom surface 20 a of the recess 20. It is composed of And when cooking the main ingredients F1 such as vegetables accommodated in the cooking container 11 with a microwave oven, when the pressure of the steam generated from the main ingredients F1 in the cooking container 11 becomes a predetermined value or more, a cut is made. The part 21 is spread outward. For this reason, it adjusts so that the vapor pressure in cooking vessel 11 is discharged outside from cut section 21, and the vapor pressure in cooking vessel 11 is reduced.

  As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.4, the auxiliary | assistant accommodating part 22 for accommodating sub foodstuffs F2, such as a spice, a seasoning, and soup stock is provided in the upper end of the protruding part 18 in the said cover body 14. As shown in FIG. The auxiliary accommodating portion 22 is formed separately from the main body portion of the lid body 14, that is, separately from the raised portion 18 of the lid body 14, and is detachably attached to the upper end of the raised portion 18. In other words, an annular recess and an undercut engagement recess 18a are formed on the outer periphery of the upper end of the raised portion 18. The auxiliary accommodating portion 22 is formed in a substantially cylindrical cap shape having an opened lower end, and an annular cut is formed on the inner peripheral edge of the lower end of the auxiliary accommodating portion 22, and an undercut engagement convex portion 22 a is formed. And the auxiliary | assistant accommodating part 22 is detachably hold | maintained with respect to the upper end of the protruding part 18 by engagement with the engagement convex part 22a and the engagement recessed part 18a.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a bottom lid 23 made of a synthetic resin film is fixed to the lower end opening of the auxiliary accommodating portion 22 by welding or the like in a state where the sub food F2 is accommodated in the auxiliary accommodating portion 22. ing. And in the state which sealed subfood F2 in this auxiliary | assistant accommodating part 22, the heat pasteurization process of about 120 degreeC is performed with respect to subfood F2 with the heat sterilizer which is not shown in figure, for example. On the upper surface of the bottom cover 23, a planar substantially cross-shaped susceptor portion 24 made of a synthetic resin layer mixed with metal powder or the like is provided. The susceptor portion 24 contains an oxide such as aluminum oxide that generates heat during microwave heating by a microwave oven. And the said oxide heats the bottom cover 23 more than melting temperature with a microwave, and the bottom cover 23 is open | released by fusion | melting.

Next, the usage method of the cooking container comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.
The cooking container 11 is sold in a state where the main food F1 such as vegetables is mainly stored in the main container 12, and the sub-food F2 such as seasoning is stored in the auxiliary storage portion 22 of the lid 14. The

  The auxiliary accommodating portion 22 is in a state before being attached to the upper end of the raised portion 18 of the lid body 14, and the sub-food material F <b> 2 is accommodated in the auxiliary accommodating portion 22, and the bottom lid is opened at the lower end opening of the auxiliary accommodating portion 22. By fixing 23, the sub food material F <b> 2 is sealed in the auxiliary accommodating portion 22. And in this state, the auxiliary | assistant accommodating part 22 is heated with a heat-sterilization apparatus, and a heat-sterilization process is performed to sub foodstuff F2. By performing the heat sterilization treatment in this way, it is possible to ensure a long storage period of the sub-food material F2. And just before sale, while storing the main ingredients F1 such as vegetables in the main container 12, the sub ingredients F2 are accommodated, and the auxiliary accommodating part 22 that has been sterilized is mounted on the raised part 18 of the lid body 14. Then, the upper surface opening 13 of the main container 12 is covered with the lid body 14.

  Moreover, when cooking the main ingredients F1 and the sub ingredients F2 as described above, when the cooking container 11 containing the main ingredients F1 and the sub ingredients F2 is placed in a microwave and heated by microwaves, the main ingredients F1 and the sub ingredients F2 are subdivided. The ingredients F2 are heated separately in a state where they are accommodated in the main container 12 and the auxiliary container 22. When the microwave heating is performed for a predetermined time, the susceptor portion 24 on the bottom lid 23 provided at the lower end of the auxiliary accommodating portion 22 becomes high temperature, and the bottom lid 23 is opened by melting along the susceptor portion 24. Is done. By this opening, the sub food F2 in the auxiliary container 22 is added to the main food F1 in the main container 12.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) In this cooking container, main ingredients F1 such as vegetables and sub-food ingredients F2 such as seasonings are housed separately in the main container 12 and the auxiliary container 22 of the lid body 14. For this reason, the kind of seasoning or cooking can be changed suitably by selecting and attaching the auxiliary | assistant accommodating part 22 with respect to the cover body 14 suitably. Therefore, for example, in a store, it is possible to easily select different salty flavors depending on the temperature, or select different types of spice seasonings depending on the customer base. That is, the combination of the main food F1 and the sub food F2 can be freely and easily selected in a timely manner, and the commercial value as a container-packed cooking food can be increased.

  (2) In this cooking container, the main ingredients F1 such as vegetables and the sub ingredients F2 such as seasonings can be microwave-heated separately in the main container 12 and the auxiliary container 22 of the lid 14. Therefore, the fall of the taste of foodstuffs by the mixed heating of the main food and the sub-food can be prevented, and delicious food can be cooked.

  (3) In this cooking container, the auxiliary accommodating portion 22 is formed separately from the main body portion of the lid body 14 and is detachably attached to the main body portion. For this reason, in the case where heat sterilization is performed in a state where the sub-food F2 is accommodated in the auxiliary accommodating portion 22 of the lid body 14, a small auxiliary accommodation is performed without performing troublesome operations such as taking the entire large lid body 14 in and out of the heat sterilization apparatus. Only the part 22 can be taken in and out of the heat sterilizer, and the heat sterilization work can be easily performed. Therefore, a large number of auxiliary accommodating portions 22 can be set in the heat sterilization apparatus and simultaneously heat sterilized. The auxiliary accommodating portion 22 that has been subjected to the heat sterilization treatment is attached to the raised portion 18 of the lid body 14. On the other hand, when the auxiliary accommodating portion 22 is integrated with the lid body 14, a large number of lid bodies 14 cannot be accommodated in the heat sterilization apparatus, so that the processing efficiency is poor.

  (4) In this cooking container, a susceptor part 24 is provided on at least a part of the bottom lid 23, and the susceptor part 24 is opened by microwave heating. For this reason, the bottom cover 23 can be accurately opened by the heat generated by the susceptor portion 24.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In this embodiment, a holding piece 31 is formed at the lower end opening of the auxiliary accommodating portion 22, and a through hole 32 is formed at the center thereof.

  Therefore, the jelly-like sub food F2 or the frozen sub food F2 that is melted by the microwave is stored on the holding piece 31 in the auxiliary storage portion 22. Then, the dissolved sub food material F2 is supplied onto the main food material F1 through the through holes 32.

Therefore, this embodiment has the following effects.
(5) Since the bottom cover 23 having the susceptor portion 24 is not necessary, the number of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.

(Example of change)
In addition, this embodiment can also be changed and embodied as follows.
In the above embodiment, the susceptor portion 24 is provided on a part of the bottom lid 23 in a different state such as a plane Y shape.

In the embodiment, the susceptor portion 24 is provided on the entire surface of the bottom lid 23.
-The raised portion 18 of the lid body 14 and the auxiliary accommodating portion 22 are integrated.
-The raised part 18 of the lid 14 is omitted, and the auxiliary accommodating part 22 is provided on the flat part of the lid 14.

(Other technical ideas)
The technical idea which is grasped from the embodiment but is not described in the claims is as follows.

  (A) The cooking container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a raised portion is provided on the lid, and an auxiliary accommodating portion is provided on the top of the raised portion. If it does in this way, arrangement of an auxiliary storage part will become easy.

  (B) The cooking container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the attachment portion between the lid and the auxiliary storage portion has a cross-sectional undercut shape. If it does in this way, the natural omission of an auxiliary storage part can be prevented.

  (C) The lid according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the technical idea (A), and (B).

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Cooking container, 12 ... Main container, 13 ... Opening, 14 ... Cover body, 18a ... Engaging recessed part, 18 ... Raised part, 22 ... Auxiliary accommodating part, 22a ... Engaging convex part, 23 ... Bottom lid, 24 ... susceptor part, F1 ... main food, F2 ... sub-food.

Claims (4)

A main container for storing the main ingredients, and a lid that covers the upper surface opening of the main container so as to be opened and closed;
The cooking container according to claim 1, wherein the lid is provided with an auxiliary storage portion having a lower portion for storing the sub-foodstuff. The cooking container according to claim 1, wherein a bottom lid that is opened by microwave heating is provided at a lower portion of the auxiliary accommodating portion. The cooking container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the auxiliary housing portion is formed separately from the main body portion of the lid and is detachably attached to the main body portion. The susceptor part is provided in at least a part of the bottom lid, and the susceptor part is opened by microwave heating.

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