JP2013056115A - Food gripper and blank material for food gripper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food gripper not needing to be put on fingertips every time of use, and readily disposed of after use.SOLUTION: The food gripper 10 includes an inner surface 10a and an outer surface 10b, and the food gripper 10 is formed of an elongated base material 11. The elongated base material 11 has a square base plate 12, a pair of gripping plates 13 and 14 longitudinally extending from a pair of opposite creases 22 and 22 of the base plate 12, and side plates 15a, 15b, 16a, and 16b extending outward from right and left creases 23a, 23b, 24a, and 24b of the gripping plates 13 and 14. A trapezoidal first connecting plate 17a is provided between one side plate 15a of one gripping plate 13 and one side plate 16a of the other gripping plate 14 through a crease 26a. A trapezoidal second connecting plate 17b is provided between the other side plate 15b of the one gripping plate 13 and the other side plate 16b of the other gripping plate 14 through a crease 26b.

Description

  The present invention relates to a food gripping tool and a food gripping tool blank material for gripping oily food such as potato chips.

  Conventionally, after grasping and eating an oily food such as potato chips, a keyboard of a PC is sometimes operated. In this case, after gripping the food, hand washing or fingertips are washed each time, but such hand washing work is complicated.

  For this reason, several food gripping tools have been developed for gripping oily foods with fingertips.

  However, such food gripping tools generally have a sack-like shape that is fitted into the fingertip, and the work of fitting the food gripping tool into the fingertip is complicated.

JP-A-7-284508 JP 2002-209933 A JP 2007-321306 A

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and when gripping food, it is not necessary to fit it into a fingertip each time like a sack. It is another object of the present invention to provide a food gripping tool and a food gripping tool blank material that can be disposed of and can be easily manufactured and assembled.

  The present invention relates to a food gripping tool comprising an elongated base material that has an inner surface and an outer surface, and grips food on the inner surface. The base material is elongated from a rectangular substrate and a pair of creases facing the substrate. A pair of gripping plates extending in the direction, a pair of side plates extending outward from a pair of side folds along the longitudinal direction of each gripping plate, a side plate on one side of one gripping plate, and a side plate on one side of another gripping plate Between the first connecting plate provided via a crease and a side plate on the other side of one gripping plate and a side plate on the other side of the other gripping plate. The food connection tool includes two connection plates, and the first connection plate and the second connection plate exhibit a spring property in the opening direction when the food gripper is bent in the closing direction.

  The present invention is the food gripping tool, wherein each of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate has a trapezoidal shape with the lower side facing outward.

  The present invention is the food gripping tool characterized in that the lower sides of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are formed of curved lines protruding outward.

  The present invention is the food gripping tool characterized in that the lower sides of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are formed of a curved line protruding inward.

  The present invention relates to a food gripping tool comprising an elongated base material that has an inner surface and an outer surface, and grips food on the inner surface. The base material extends in the longitudinal direction from the substrate and a pair of creases facing the substrate. A pair of ellipse-shaped gripping plates, each gripping plate having a long axis oriented in the longitudinal direction, and the substrate between the pair of gripping plates in the opening direction when the food gripping tool is bent in the closing direction. It is a food gripping tool characterized by exhibiting a spring property.

  The present invention is a food gripping tool characterized in that the elongated substrate has at least a synthetic resin layer exposed on the inner surface side and a paper material provided on the outer surface side of the synthetic resin layer.

  The present invention has a food gripping tool blank made of an elongated base material that has an inner surface and an outer surface, and grips food on the inner surface. The base material is a rectangular substrate panel and a pair of substrate panels facing each other. A pair of gripping plate panels extending in the longitudinal direction from the crease, a side plate panel extending outward from the left and right folds of each gripping plate panel, a side plate panel on one side of one gripping plate panel, and one of the other gripping plate panels Between the first connecting plate panel provided via a crease between the side plate panel and the other side plate panel of the other holding plate panel and the other side plate panel of the other holding plate panel. It is the foodstuffs holding tool blank material provided with the 2nd connection board panel provided through the crease.

  The present invention is the food holding tool blank material, wherein each of the first connecting plate panel and the second connecting plate panel has a trapezoidal shape whose lower side faces outward.

  The present invention is the food holding tool blank material, wherein the lower sides of the first connecting plate panel and the second connecting plate panel are formed of curved lines protruding outward.

  The present invention is the food holding tool blank material characterized in that the lower sides of the first connecting plate panel and the second connecting plate panel are formed of curved lines protruding inward.

  The present invention has a food holding tool blank material comprising an elongated base material that has an inner surface and an outer surface, and grips food on the inner surface. The base material is composed of a substrate panel and a pair of creases facing the substrate panel. A pair of ellipse-shaped gripping plate panels extending in the longitudinal direction, and each gripping plate panel is a food gripping tool blank characterized in that its long axis faces the longitudinal direction.

  The present invention is the food holding tool blank material, wherein the elongated base material has at least a synthetic resin layer exposed on the inner surface side and a paper material provided on the outer surface side of the synthetic resin layer.

  The crease here means a fold line, a lead rule or a perforation used for processing between adjacent panels.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily produce a food gripping tool blank having a crease, and easily fold the food gripper blank along the crease to easily The gripping tool can be assembled. When the food gripper is bent in the closing direction, the first connection plate and the second connection plate of the food gripper or the substrate between the pair of gripping plates of the food gripper exhibits a spring property in the opening direction.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a food gripping tool according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a food gripper for gripping food. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a food gripping tool blank. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a food gripping tool blank for assembling a modification of the food gripping tool. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a food gripping tool blank for assembling a modification of the food gripping tool. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a layer structure of a base material of a food gripping tool. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of a food gripping tool according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a food gripping tool blank.

First Embodiment Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 6 are views showing a first embodiment of a food gripping tool according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the food gripping tool 10 is for gripping a food S containing a lot of oil such as potato chips, or a food S that is easily contaminated including ketchup, and has an inner surface 10 a and an outer surface. 10b. The user can hold the food S by the inner surface 10 a of the food gripping tool 10 by placing the finger 5 on the outer surface 10 b of the food gripping tool 10.

  Such a food gripping tool 10 includes an elongated base material 11, and the elongated base material 11 is exposed to at least the inner surface 10 a side of the food gripping tool 10 as shown in FIG. 6. And a paper material 2 provided on the outer surface side of the synthetic resin layer 1.

  FIG. 6 shows the layer structure of the elongated substrate 11. As shown in FIG. 6, the synthetic resin layer 21 exposed on the inner surface 10 a side of the elongated substrate 11 includes a PP (polypropylene) layer, a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) layer, PBT (polybutyl terephthalate), PMP (polypropylene). Methylpentene) layer is used, and the thickness of the synthetic resin layer 21 is 20 μm.

The paper material 2 has a basis weight of 300 g / m ² , and the printed material 3 can be formed on the outer surface of the paper material 2 by appropriately printing.

  The layer structure of the elongated base material 11 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 6. For example, the synthetic resin layer 1 and the paper material 2 are arranged in this order from the inner surface 10 a side, and the synthetic resin is further formed on the paper material 2. A protective layer (not shown) may be provided.

  In any case, the synthetic resin layer 1 is exposed on the inner surface 10a side of the elongated substrate 11, and the synthetic resin layer 1 comes into contact with the food S. For this reason, even if the food S is a potato chip containing a large amount of oil or a food S containing ketchup, the oil or dirt on the food S side does not penetrate into the paper 22 side.

  Moreover, since the elongate base material 11 contains the paper material 2, also when discarding the food gripping tool 10 after use, the food gripping tool 10 can be incinerated and easily discarded.

  Note that when the food is gripped for a short time by the food gripping tool 10, the elongated base material 11 may be composed of only a single layer of the paper material 2. In this case, the food gripping tool 10 can be manufactured at a lower cost than the conventional food gripping tool 10.

  Next, the detailed structure of the food gripping tool 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  The food gripping tool 10 includes the elongated base material 11 as described above, and the elongated base material 11 includes a pair of rectangular substrates 12 and a pair of creases 22 facing the substrate 12 in the longitudinal direction. A pair of side plates 15a, 15b extending outward from a pair of side fold rules (also referred to as left and right fold rules) 23a, 23b along the longitudinal direction of one grip plate 13, and other grips A pair of side fold rules (also referred to as left and right fold rules) 24a and 24b extending outward from the longitudinal direction of the plate 14 is provided (see FIGS. 1 to 3).

  A first connecting plate 17a is provided between the side plate 15a on one side of one gripping plate 13 and the side plate 16a on one side of the other gripping plate 14 via a crease 26a.

  Further, a second connecting plate 17b is provided between the side plate 15b on the other side of one gripping plate 13 and the side plate 16b on the other side of the other gripping plate 14 via a crease 26b.

  Here, in FIGS. 1 and 2, the creases 22, 23a, 23b, 24a, 24b, 25a, 25b and 26a, 26b are not shown, and the creases 22, 23a, 23b, 24a, 24b, 25a, Reference numerals 25b, 26a, and 26b are shown in the food holding tool blank 11A shown in FIG.

  In the food gripping tool 10 having such a configuration, when the food gripping tool 10 is bent in the closing direction toward the inner surface 10a, the first connection plate 17a and the second connection plate 17b are both food gripping tools. It exhibits a spring property that returns 10 to the opening direction.

  That is, the first connecting plate 17a of the food gripping tool 10 is provided between the side plate 15a on one side of the one gripping plate 13 and the side plate 16a on the one side of the other gripping plate 14 via the folding line 26a. The first connecting plate 17a is connected to the substrate 12 via a crease 25a.

  Further, the second connecting plate 17b of the food gripping tool 10 is provided between the other side plate 15b of the one gripping plate 13 and the other side plate 16b of the other gripping plate 14 via a crease 26b. The second connecting plate 17b is connected to the substrate 12 via a crease 25b.

  Furthermore, the first connecting plate 17a and the second connecting plate 17b have a trapezoidal shape as described above, and the lower side (side that becomes the lower base of the trapezoid) 19 of each trapezoidal shape faces outward.

  When the food gripping tool 10 is assembled by folding the food gripping blank 11A through the creases 22, 23a, 23b, 24a, 24b, 25a, 25b and 26a, 26b as will be described later, The ten first connecting plates 17a and the second connecting plates 17b have a trapezoidal shape in which each of the three sides is constrained by the creases 26a and 25a and the creases 26b and 25b, so that the food gripping tool 10 is bent in the closing direction. When it is made to do, both the 1st connection board 17a and the 2nd connection board 17b function so that the trapezoid shape may be maintained. As a result, when the food gripping tool 10 is bent in the closing direction, the first connection plate 17a and the second connection plate 17b have spring properties that return the food gripping tool 10 in the opening direction. Can be presented.

  Next, the food holding tool blank 10A for manufacturing the food holding tool 10 having such a configuration will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the food holding tool blank 10 </ b> A includes a plate-like elongated base material 11, and the elongated base material 11 includes a substrate panel 12 </ b> A corresponding to a rectangular substrate 12, and a substrate panel 12 </ b> A. A pair of holding plate panels 13A, 14A extending in the longitudinal direction from a pair of opposed folding lines 22 and corresponding to the pair of holding plates 13, 14, and outward from the left and right folding rules 23a, 23b of one holding plate panel 13A And side plate panels 16A and 16B extending outward from the left and right creases 24a and 24b of the other holding plate panel 14A (FIG. 3).

  Here, the side plate panel 15A corresponds to the side plate 15a, and the side plate panel 15B corresponds to the side plate 15b. The side plate panel 16A corresponds to the side plate 16a, and the side plate panel 16B corresponds to the side plate 16b.

  Further, a first connecting plate panel 17A is provided between the side plate panel 15A on one side of one holding plate panel 13A and the side plate panel 16A on one side of the other holding plate panel 14A via a crease 26a. .

  Further, a second connecting plate panel 17B is provided between the side plate panel 15B on the other side of the one holding plate panel 13A and the side plate panel 16B on the other side of the other holding plate panel 14A via a crease 26b. . In this case, the first connecting plate panel 17A corresponds to the first connecting plate 17a, and the second connecting plate panel 17B corresponds to the second connecting plate 17b.

  Further, at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the food gripping tool blank 10A, a curved line composed of a gripping plate panel 13A and side plate panels 15A and 15B is formed at one end thereof, and a gripping plate panel 14A at the other end. A curved line composed of the side plate panels 16A and 16B is formed.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

  First, a method for manufacturing the food gripping tool 10 will be described. First, a material having a layer structure as shown in FIG. 6 is prepared, and this material is punched to obtain a planar blank 10A having an elongated shape with a defined outer shape as shown in FIG. When the material is punched, simultaneously, the creases 22, 23a, 23b, 24a, 24b, 25a, 25b and 26a, 26b are formed on the blank 10A.

  Next, the planar blank 10A is bent along the creases 22, 23a, 23b, 24a, 24b, 25a, 25b and 26a, 26b. As a result, the food gripping tool 10 comprising the elongated base material 11 having the synthetic resin layer 21 exposed on the inner surface 10a side and the paper material 22 provided on the outer surface side of the synthetic resin layer 21 is obtained.

  In this case, each of the grip plates 13 and 14 is formed by bending the grip plate panels 13A and 14A inward, and each of the side plates 15a and 15b has the side plate panels 15A and 15B outward with respect to the grip plate panel 13A. The side plates 16a and 16b are formed by bending the side plate panels 16A and 16B outwardly with respect to the holding plate panel 14A.

  The user holds the food S on the inner surface 10a by placing the finger 5 on the outer surface 10b of the food gripping tool 10 and bending the food gripping tool 10 inward (in the closing direction) about the substrate 12. (See FIG. 2).

  Thereafter, by removing the force from the finger applied to the food gripping tool 10, the food gripping tool 10 is returned to the opening direction due to the springiness of the first connecting plate 17a and the second connecting plate 17b.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is easy and simple simply by punching a material made of a laminate and forming the creases 22, 23a, 23b, 24a, 24b, 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b. Since the blank material 10A can be manufactured, the blank material 10A can be easily and easily mass-produced.

  Moreover, it is not necessary to use a heat-resistant material as the material of the blank 10A, and the material cost can be reduced.

  Furthermore, since the blank material 10A can be produced by punching a material made of a laminate, it is not necessary to make a prototype as compared with the case of producing by molding, and a molding die is not required.

  Moreover, since blank material 10A has comprised flat form, when conveying blank material 10A, it becomes possible to compactize and convey in the state which piled many blank materials 10A.

  Furthermore, since the food gripping tool 10 bends around the substrate 12, the hinge portion can be prevented from being deformed as compared with the case where the food gripping tool 10 is bent around the hinge line. Further, by bending the food gripping tool 10, the tips of the pair of gripping plates 13 and 14 can be brought into contact with each other, and even the fine food S can be reliably secured by the tips of the pair of gripping plates 13 and 14. The food S can be gripped.

  Next, the application range of the food gripping tool 10 according to the present invention will be described.

  The food gripping tool 10 can be used when gripping a potato snack or the like in a karaoke box or a fast food store. This prevents the hands from getting dirty and does not hinder remote control operations.

  Further, the food gripping tool 10 can be used when gripping a snack or the like in a train.

  Furthermore, when gripping a snack or the like outdoors or during mountain climbing, the food gripper 10 can be used, or when gripping the fried chicken in the store, the food gripper 10 can be used.

  Further, when gripping the granular ice cream at home, the food gripping tool 10 can be used. Furthermore, when gripping the cotton candy, the food gripping tool 10 can be used.

  Furthermore, when grasping the sample food, the food gripping tool 10 can be used. For example, the food gripping tool 10 does not tear the plastic bag for disposal as compared with the case of using chopsticks.

  Next, a modification of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The modifications shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 differ only in the shapes of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate, and the other configurations are substantially the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.

  4 and 5, the same parts as those in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the lower side 19 of the first connecting plate panel 17A constituting the first connecting plate 17a (the side that becomes the lower base of the trapezoid) is formed of a curved line that protrudes outward, and the second connecting plate The lower side 19 of the second connecting plate panel 17B that constitutes 17b is also formed of a curved line that protrudes outward.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the lower side 19 of the first connection plate panel 15A constituting the first connection plate 15a may be formed of a curved line protruding inward, and constitutes the second connection plate 15b. You may comprise the lower side 19 of the 2nd connection board panel 15B from the curve line which protrudes toward inward.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the food gripping tool 10 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The food gripping tool 10 has an inner surface 10a and an outer surface 10b, and includes an elongated base material 11 that grips the food S on the inner surface 10a. The elongated base material 11 includes a substrate 32 and a pair of ellipse-shaped gripping plates 33 a and 33 b extending in the longitudinal direction from a pair of creases 35 and 35 facing the substrate 32.

  In FIG. 7, the long axes of the gripping plates 35, 35 are directed in the longitudinal direction. When the food gripping tool 10 is bent in the closing direction, the substrate 32 between the pair of gripping plates 33a and 33b exhibits a spring property in the opening direction.

  That is, since the substrate 32 has a shape constrained between the pair of ellipse-shaped gripping plates 33a and 33b, the substrate 32 functions to maintain its shape when the food gripping tool 10 is bent in the closing direction, This can exhibit springiness in the opening direction.

  Next, a food gripper blank 10A for manufacturing the food gripper 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the food gripping blank 10 </ b> A includes a plate-like elongated base material 11. The elongated base material 11 includes a substrate panel 32A corresponding to the substrate 32 and a pair of ellipses extending in the longitudinal direction from the pair of opposed creases 35 and 35 of the substrate panel 32A and corresponding to the pair of gripping plates 33a and 33b. The grip plate panels 33A and 33B are provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Food gripper 10A Food gripper blank 10a Inner surface 10b Outer surface 11 Elongated base material 12 Substrate 12A Substrate panel 13a Grip plate 13A Grip plate panel 14 Grip plate 14A Grip plate panel 15a Side plate 15A Side plate panel 15b Side plate 15B Side plate panel 16a side plate 16A side plate panel 16b side plate 16B side plate panel 17a first connection plate 17A first connection plate panel 17b second connection plate 17B second connection plate panel 22 crease 22a, 22b crease 23a, 23b crease 24a, 24b crease 25a, 25b creases 26a, 26b creases 32 substrate 32A substrate panel 33a gripping plate 33A gripping plate panel 33b gripping plate 33B gripping plate panel

Claims (12)

In the food gripping tool comprising an elongated base material that has an inner surface and an outer surface and grips food on the inner surface,
The base material is a rectangular substrate,
A pair of grip plates extending in the longitudinal direction from a pair of opposed creases on the substrate;
Side plates extending outward from a pair of side fold rules along the longitudinal direction of each gripping plate;
A first connecting plate provided via a crease between a side plate on one side of one holding plate and a side plate on one side of the other holding plate;
A second connecting plate provided via a crease between the other side plate of the one holding plate and the other side plate of the other holding plate;
The food gripping tool, wherein when the food gripping tool is bent in the closing direction, the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate exhibit springiness in the opening direction.   2. The food gripping tool according to claim 1, wherein each of the first connection plate and the second connection plate has a trapezoidal shape with a lower side facing outward.   The food gripping tool according to claim 2, wherein the lower sides of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are formed of curved lines protruding outward.   The food gripping tool according to claim 2, wherein the lower sides of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are formed of curved lines protruding inward. In the food gripping tool comprising an elongated base material that has an inner surface and an outer surface and grips food on the inner surface,
The substrate is a substrate,
A pair of ellipse-shaped gripping plates extending in the longitudinal direction from a pair of creases facing the substrate,
Each gripping plate has its long axis facing the longitudinal direction,
A food gripping tool characterized in that when the food gripping tool is bent in the closing direction, the substrate between the pair of gripping plates exhibits a spring property in the opening direction.   6. The food gripping tool according to claim 1, wherein the elongated substrate has at least a synthetic resin layer exposed on the inner surface side and a paper material provided on the outer surface side of the synthetic resin layer. . In the food holding tool blank material comprising an elongated base material that has an inner surface and an outer surface and grips food on the inner surface,
The base material is a rectangular substrate panel,
A pair of gripping plate panels extending in the longitudinal direction from a pair of opposed creases on the substrate panel;
Side plate panels extending outward from the left and right folds of each gripping plate panel;
A first connecting plate panel provided via a crease between a side plate panel on one side of one holding plate panel and a side plate panel on one side of the other holding plate panel;
A food product comprising a second connecting plate panel provided via a crease between a side plate panel on the other side of one holding plate panel and a side plate panel on the other side of the other holding plate panel Gripping tool blank material.   The food holding tool blank material according to claim 7, wherein each of the first connecting plate panel and the second connecting plate panel has a trapezoidal shape with a lower side facing outward.   The food holding tool blank according to claim 8, wherein the lower sides of the first connecting plate panel and the second connecting plate panel are formed of curved lines protruding outward.   The food holding tool blank according to claim 8, wherein the lower sides of the first connecting plate panel and the second connecting plate panel are formed of curved lines protruding inward. In the food holding tool blank material comprising an elongated base material that has an inner surface and an outer surface and grips food on the inner surface,
The substrate is a substrate panel,
A pair of ellipse-shaped gripping plate panels extending in the longitudinal direction from a pair of opposed creases on the substrate panel,
Each gripping plate panel has a long axis directed in a longitudinal direction, and is a food gripping tool blank.   12. The food gripping tool according to claim 7, wherein the elongated base material has at least a synthetic resin layer exposed on the inner surface side and a paper material provided on the outer surface side of the synthetic resin layer. Blank material.

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