JP2012223210A - Spoon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems that there is a trouble of placing a spoon when temporarily placing the spoon and using it again after drinking soup with the spoon used for the soup, even a handle of the spoon is soaked in the soup while the spoon is soaked in the soup, and the soup drops and soils the surroundings even when placing the spoon on an external plate or the like.SOLUTION: A joining part between the scooping part and the handle of the spoon is securely placed on edges of dishes with various side face slopes, bowls or the like, and the spoon is placed on a small plate or the like in an upright state, and the spoon is stored in a drawer or the like in a lying state when stored.

Description

The present invention relates to an improvement in a spoon used for squeezing contents such as soup.

Conventionally, spoons of various shapes have been used according to the purpose. When soaking a soup in a deep dish or bowl, the handle has a shape that protrudes obliquely upward from behind the scooping portion. After drinking the soup, I'm having trouble placing the spoon, so I put it in the juice or put it in another small plate. When immersed in the juice, most of the spoon entered the juice, and when placed in a small plate, the juice adhering to the spoon flowed out of the small plate.

For example, in the case of a lotus as described in Patent Document 1, a hooking portion is provided on the surface of the connecting portion between the scooping portion and the handle portion, and the hooking portion is hooked on the edge of the mortar to hold the lotus. it can. It is also possible to place the astragalus face up because the bottom is flat.

Further, the ball described in Patent Document 2 has a center of gravity position and a shape that can be kept standing or lying down.

Santo No. 3055432 publication Japanese Patent No. 4585349

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a method is known in which a notch is formed in a handle portion of a lotus or a protrusion is provided, and the notch or the protrusion is caught on the edge of a deep dish or a mortar to stabilize the lotus. In addition, there is a thing that can place a scooping portion upright on a plate or the like like a lotus as described above. In order to stand upright, the scooping part must be configured to be heavy, resulting in a shape of rising and spilling, with the handle part always floating. In addition to taking up space during storage, it is possible that the handle may get caught and clogged during drawer storage.

In addition, the above-mentioned astragalus has a structure in which the outer bottom portion of the scooping portion is flat and can be placed stably, but in the case of a spoon with a curved outer bottom portion, the contact between the outer bottom portion of the spoon and the mounting portion If the center of gravity does not come to the tip of the scooping part from the vertical line, the spoon cannot be held upright. For this reason, it is impossible to stand up unless the weight is applied to the scooping portion compared to a flat lotus. On the other hand, if the scooping part is made too heavy, it will be configured to get up even if it falls like a spill. In addition, the ugly part becomes heavy, making it difficult to use.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and the object of the present invention is to be able to place a spoon on the edge of a deep dish or bowl with various depths and side slopes, and to stand on a small dish. The goal is to provide a spoon that can be placed and laid down.

In order to achieve the above object, as described in claim 1, the spoon of the present invention is a spoon comprising a scooping portion and a handle portion projecting rearward from the outer periphery of the rear portion toward the rear. The scooping part and the handle part are formed at a predetermined weight ratio so that the whole center of gravity in the standing state is on the scooping part side, and the center of gravity that was on the scooping part side when the handle part is tilted to a predetermined angle Moves to the handle side and the spoon lies down, and in the state that the spoon is turned down, the connection part between the scooping part and the handle part can be placed on the edge of the deep dish or bowl, and the connection part is tied up from the handle part. The center of gravity of the spoon is directed vertically downward with the constriction that contacts the edge of the deep dish or bowl as the fulcrum. Features that the edge of the scooping part touches and stabilizes And

Claim 2 is the spoon of claim 1, wherein the outer bottom surface is formed as a convex arc-shaped curved surface, the handle is tilted from the standing state, and the position of the center of gravity is balanced with the scooping portion and the handle The fulcrum of the spoon is on the rear side of the outer bottom surface of the spoon, the handle is tilted further with this fulcrum as a branch point, and the fulcrum is continuously moved backward, and the center of gravity of the spoon is By moving backward, the balance is eliminated and the handle portion is configured to lie down sideways, and the outer bottom surface portion of the branch point portion has a radius of curvature that is greater than the outer bottom surface on the front side from the branch point portion. It is characterized in that it is formed in a small, sharply curved surface and is formed in a steeply inclined surface from the rear end of this curved surface toward the lower end of the handle.

According to the structure of the spoon according to claim 1, since the center of gravity position is on the side of the scooping portion in the standing state, the standing state can be maintained and the juice on the scooping portion does not spread even if placed on a small plate There is no need to leave a place without the juice coming out of the mess and surroundings. Also, when stowed, it can be stood sideways because it does not enter the drawer when standing. In addition, the step of the constricted part of the connecting part between the scooping part and the handle part can be placed on the edge of the deep dish or bowl, while the contact part between the constricted part and the edge of the deep dish or bowl is a fulcrum. Since the center of gravity on the side of the scooping part is directed vertically downward from the fulcrum, the scooping edge of the spoon comes into contact with the inner surface gradient of the deep dish or bowl and holds it stably. For this reason, you can drink ramen and other juices with a spoon and place them on the edge so you don't get dirty and the spoon won't sink into the juice. As mentioned above, the center of gravity is directed downward in the vertical direction of the fulcrum, so it can respond to the depth of various dishes and bowls and the angle of the inner surface gradient, and at the beginning of the meal, the edge of the spoon touches the ingredients and finishes eating stably. Occasionally stabilizes in contact with the inner surface of a deep dish or bowl. Even if the inner side slope is vertical and the edge of the scooping part does not touch the inner surface of the deep dish or bowl, the contact part between the constricted part and the edge of the deep dish or bowl is balanced as a fulcrum and held like a jar. Is done. Since the constricted part has a step with the handle part, it is placed on the edge of a deep dish or a mortar and is stably held even when subjected to vibration or impact.

Claim 2 is the spoon of claim 1, and in the standing state, the handle is tilted downward, the center of gravity located in the scooping portion is scooped, and the center of gravity moves to the handle portion side with the moving fulcrum on the outer bottom of the scooping portion as a branch point. The outer bottom surface of the branch point is formed into a sharp curved surface having a smaller radius of curvature than the front outer bottom surface from the branch point. Since it is formed on a steeply inclined surface from the end toward the lower end of the handle, it is possible to reliably make a standing state and a lying state and store it in the drawer. Further, with respect to the standing direction, the curved surface becomes a barrier surface, and a stable recumbent state can be maintained.

The side view which shows the use condition which stood up the spoon. Side surface sectional drawing which shows the state in which the spoon balanced at the branching point. The perspective view which put the spoon on the edge of the bowl. Side surface sectional drawing which put the spoon on the edge of the bowl of the steep inside surface. Side surface sectional drawing which put the spoon on the edge of the bowl of the inside surface of a gentle gradient.

Next, a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, the spoon A protrudes from the scooping portion 1 formed in an oval shape and the rear peripheral edge thereof obliquely upward toward the rear. It consists of a handle portion 2 and the outer bottom surface of the scooping portion 1 is formed as a downward convex arcuate surface 1a that is curved in a gentle curved surface. On the other hand, the handle portion 2 is integrally connected to a part of the outer periphery of the rear portion of the scooping portion 1 with the lower end portion thereof being directed in a tangential direction with respect to the arcuate surface of the outer peripheral portion. The angle in the length direction of the handle portion 2 with respect to the upper end surface of 1 is formed to be 110 to 160 degrees.

The spoon may be made of metal such as aluminum or stainless steel, or may be made of ABS resin, melamine resin, nylon, polypropylene, or wood, or ceramic, but it should be 5g-60g so that the overall weight is suitable for use. It is desirable to keep it.

And if the gravity center position O of the whole spoon exists in the scooping part side at the time of standing up, as shown in FIG. On the fulcrum X where the outer bottom surface of the scooping part 1 supported by the mounting surface B is a fulcrum X, and the center of gravity moves as shown in Fig. 2 when the spoon A tilts to the handle side in the front-rear direction from the standing state. Spoon A will lie down when it moves to the back. Therefore, when the center of gravity is on the side of the scooping portion from above the moving fulcrum X, it stands up and lies on the side of the handle. The position of the fulcrum X where the center of gravity is located on the vertical line of the fulcrum X is defined as the branch point X1.

In the spoon shown in FIG. 1, the outer bottom surface 1a of the scooping portion 1 is formed in a gentle convex curved surface as a whole, but the rear portion of the scooping portion 1 on the outer bottom surface 1a is formed from the branch point portion X1 to the handle portion. It is desirable to make the surface inclined steeply toward the lower end. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the spoon A has an outer bottom surface of the scooping portion 1 at the branch point X1 as a sharply curved surface 1a 'having a smaller radius of curvature than the outer bottom surface portion on the front side of the branch point X1. The rear surface of the scooping part 1 is formed into a steep inclined surface 1a ″ with respect to the horizontal plane from the rear end of the curved surface 1a ′ toward the lower end of the handle part 2, and is flush with the lower end of the handle part 2 It has a continuous structure. In this way, the movement distance of the fulcrum is small, and it works to create a boundary between standing and lying.

Therefore, when configured in this way, the scooping portion 1 tilts backward from the state where the scooping portion 1 is erected on the mounting surface B, and the spoon A tilts rapidly when the center of gravity of the spoon A exceeds the branch point X1. It is possible to make it stand in a recumbent state that can be securely stored, and even if the external force in the direction to stand up on the spoon A is unexpectedly biased from this state, it is sure to stand up by the steep curve 1a ' You can block it and keep it lying.

The scooping part 1 may be perforated, or a fork-shaped protrusion may be provided at the scooping part tip.

When placing the spoon A on the edge C1 of the bowl C with the face down, a constricted part 3 is provided at the connecting part between the scooping part 1 and the handle part 2 as shown in FIG. When placed so as to be in contact with the edge C1, the center of gravity O of the spoon A is directed downward in the vertical direction with the contact part with the edge C1 of the bowl C1 in contact with the constricted part 3 as the fulcrum Y. The edge 1b of the spoon A comes into contact with the side slope C2 and is stably held. The center of gravity O of the spoon A is set slightly outside the edge 1b of the spoon A. In the case of a vertical inner surface gradient wrinkle, the edge 1b of the spoon A and the inner surface gradient do not come into contact with each other, so that it is in a state of being overwhelmed. In addition, the inner surface gradient C2 can be handled at various angles, and can also cope with changes in the amount of contents. When the food is full, the edge 1b of the spoon A stops in contact with the food, and the food decreases while eating, but the center of gravity O of the spoon A is directed vertically downward from the fulcrum Y, so it is stable correspondingly Can hold.

The step of the constricted portion 3 provided at the connecting portion between the scooping portion 1 and the handle portion 2 has an effect that the fulcrum Y does not easily shift even when subjected to vibration or impact, and can be stably held at the edge C1 of the scissors C.

Spoon A is constructed as described above, so it can stand up, lie down, and can be placed on the edge even if the inner side slope angle of the deep dish or bowl is steep or loose. Even if it exists, the state can be maintained stably.

A spoon
B Placement surface
C Bowl with steep side slope
1 scoop
2 Handle
3 Rounding section
O Center of gravity
X fulcrum
X1 branch point
Y fulcrum
1a Scratch outside bottom
1a 'Curve with small radius of curvature
1b ugly edge
C1 Edge of the steep bowl
C2 Inner side slope Steep bowl side

Claims (2)

In the spoon composed of the scooping part and the handle part protruding rearward from the rear outer peripheral edge toward the back, the scooping part and the handle part so that the entire center of gravity in the state where the spoon is raised is on the scooping part side. Are formed at a predetermined weight ratio, and the handle is tilted downward so that the center of gravity of the spoon is on the handle side. Spoon characterized in that the connecting part is placed on the edge of a deep dish or bowl and the connecting part is constricted from the handle part and has a step. The outer bottom surface of the scooping part is curved, and the handle part is tilted downward in the standing state, and the contact part between the mounting surface of the outer bottom surface when the scooping part side and the handle part side are balanced is defined as a branch point. The outer bottom surface of the portion is formed into a sharply curved surface having a smaller radius of curvature than the front outer bottom surface portion from the branch point portion, and is formed on a steep inclined surface from the rear end of the curved surface toward the lower end of the handle portion. The spoon of claim 1.