JP2016116935A - Ladle having inclined edge - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ladle which ladles soft food materials without deforming them and prevents food materials from dropping from a ladling part.SOLUTION: In a ladle 1 including a ladling part 11, at least an edge face 16 in the periphery of the ladling part is inclined on an inner side. The edge face may be inclined at least in 5 degrees with respect to a plane containing an outer peripheral edge 15 of the ladling part. At least in a part of the edge face, a distance between an inner peripheral edge 14 and the outer peripheral edge of the ladling part may be at least 0.5 cm.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an insulator.

  The eggplant is conventionally used as a kitchen utensil, and is used for cooking, for example, cooking the soup or stirring the ingredients when fried. The insulator has a hemispherical scoop, and a long handle is connected to the scoop. The shape of the insulator varies, and the handle is connected to the substantially circular plane formed by the edge of the scooping portion, or the scooping portion is shallowly formed and the angle between the handle and the scooping portion is more than a right angle. Insulators formed to be widespread are in widespread use.

  Of the edges of the scooping part, the inner peripheral edge connected to the edge of the part that is symmetrical to the edge of the part to which the handle is connected (hereinafter referred to as the action part) is formed at a gentle angle, At the same time, a technique for preventing the food material from remaining on the edge of the scooping portion has been disclosed.

JP 2007-195645 A

  The onion disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is an onion that has a handle connected to a scooping body, the scooping body is provided with a body portion having a hollow shape, and the main body portion has rigidity. It has a shape-retaining part that can hold a hollow shape and a resilient part that is flexible and can be elastically deformed in a part of the region including at least the outer peripheral edge.

  By the way, when a soup such as miso soup or a semi-fluid food such as stew is sown, the food often flows down from the edge of the action part, and the tableware and the work table are often soiled. In particular, when the inner peripheral edge of the action part is formed at a gentle angle, the scooping part is slightly tilted while the insulator is moved from the top of the pan to the work table or tableware, and the food spills from the edge of the action part. End up. This problem is not solved even in the insulator of Patent Document 1.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a conventional insulator. 6A and 6B are cross-sectional views of the insulator 50 when the handle is placed in the right direction.

  In FIG. 6A, the conventional insulator 50 includes a scooping portion 51. The scooping portion 51 includes an edge surface 52. When a liquid or semi-fluid food material γ is applied to the scooping portion 51, the food material γ is stacked on the edge surface 52 due to the surface tension of the food material γ.

  In this state, if the scooping portion 51 is slightly inclined, the food γ on the edge surface 52 will spill outside the scooping portion 51.

  In addition, there is a problem when foods placed on the insulator 50 are arranged or transferred. FIG.6 (b) is a figure which shows the state in which the insulator 50 which stuffed foodstuff (gamma) inclined.

  Part of the food material γ gains momentum along the inner wall surface of the scooping portion 51, flows in an oblique direction ε according to the law of inertia, and falls downward. Part of the food material γ flows down in the direction σ through the outer wall surface of the scooping portion 51. Since the ingredients γ flow in various directions, the ingredients γ collide with each other, and are divided into dusts. The ingredients γ flow with noise, splashing, and splashing around.

  In addition, the ball egg disclosed by patent document 1 forms the action part thinner than another part, and gives the flexibility, and scrapes the foodstuff in the inner bottom of a pan. However, if the action part is formed thin, depending on the angle of the inner peripheral edge, it may be stabbed into a soft food material such as tofu and the food material may be destroyed.

  In addition, when mixing the stir-fried food in a frying pan or the like, if the tip is thin, the tip is deformed due to the dissolution of the heat and the life of the device is shortened.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which tofu is cooked with a conventional insulator 50. Since the action part is formed thinly, the edge surface 52 forms an acute angle, which is pierced by tofu and collapses.

  The present invention provides an insulator that crawls soft food without breaking it and prevents the food from flowing down from the scooping portion.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an insulator according to the present invention is an insulator having a scooping portion, and at least an edge surface of a tip portion of the scooping portion is inclined to the inside of the scooping portion. To do.

  Further, the insulator may be characterized in that an edge surface around the scooping portion is inclined inward of the scooping portion.

  Moreover, the said edge surface is good also as being inclined at least 5 degree | times with respect to the plane containing the outer periphery of the said scooping part.

  The insulator may be characterized in that a distance between an inner peripheral edge of the scooping portion and the outer peripheral edge is at least 0.5 cm in at least a part of the edge surface.

  Moreover, the said insulator is good also as a 1/3 area | region including the said front-end | tip part being formed thicker than the other part among the said scooping parts.

  Moreover, the said insulator is good also as providing the through-hole in the said scooping part.

    Moreover, the said insulator can form the said scooping part at least with a nylon resin.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can crawl without breaking a soft foodstuff, and while preventing a foodstuff from flowing down from a scooping part, the insulator which prevents deterioration of the instrument by a deformation | transformation of a front-end | tip part can be provided.

It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the insulator in this invention. It is a figure which shows the cross-sectional shape of a scooping part. It is a figure for demonstrating the state which put the foodstuff on the scooping part. It is a figure which shows the usage example of a lever. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the modification of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the conventional insulator. It is a figure which shows an example of the state which sprinkled tofu with the conventional eggplant.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view showing the appearance of an insulator in the present invention. The insulator 1 includes a scooping portion 11 and a handle 12. The scooping portion 11 has a concave shape at the center, and includes an action portion 13, an inner peripheral edge 14, an outer peripheral edge 15, and an edge surface 16. The tip of the scooping part 11 is the action part 13. The edge on the recess side of the scooping part 11 is the inner peripheral edge 14, and the edge on the outer side of the recess of the scooping part 11 is the outer peripheral edge 15. A surface formed by the inner peripheral edge 14 and the outer peripheral edge 15 is an edge surface 16.

  The insulator 1 is made of a synthetic resin such as nylon, and the scooping portion 11 and the handle 12 are integrally formed. The scooping portion 11 has a teardrop shape, and when the direction in which the water droplet is pointed is the dorsal side and the swollen direction is the ventral side, the dorsal side portion protrudes obliquely upward or upward to form the handle 12. ing.

  The scooping portion 11 is formed in a shallow hemisphere. When the arc portion of the scooping portion 11 is on the lower side, the handle 12 is formed on the back side of the scooping portion 11 and extending in the tangential direction of the lower arc shape.

  The outer peripheral edge 15 is a hemispherical ridge line on the outer side of the scooping part 11, and the inner peripheral edge 14 is a ridge line on the inner side of the scooping part 11. The outer peripheral edge 15 and the inner peripheral edge 14 constitute an edge surface 16. That is, the edge surface 16 is a surface formed by the thickness of the scooping portion 11. Although the edge of the scooping portion 11 is substantially flat and slightly rounded so as to be familiar with the hand, the edge surface 16 is defined as a plane including the outer peripheral edge 15 and the inner peripheral edge 14 for the sake of explanation here. To do.

  As will be described in detail later, in the present invention, in the action portion 13 at the tip of the scooping portion 11, the outer peripheral edge 15 and the inner peripheral edge 14 form a thickness, and the inner peripheral edge 14 is lower in height than the outer peripheral edge 15. Configure. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the liquid or semi-fluid food material from getting on the edge of the scooping portion 11.

  As the scooping portion 11 moves toward the back side, the difference in height between the outer peripheral edge 15 and the inner peripheral edge 14 disappears, and the distance between the outer peripheral edge 15 and the inner peripheral edge 14 decreases. That is, the width of the edge surface 16 is gradually narrowed. Therefore, it is desirable to form the edge portion of the scooping portion 11 so that the thickness is reduced and the handle 12 is smoothly continuous.

  In addition, the insulator 1 is double-molded with a heat-resistant synthetic resin such as nylon resin and elastomer, but may be combined and bonded. Moreover, you may form with mixtures, such as nylon resin, a silicon | silicone, and elastomer resin. Furthermore, it may be made of wood or metal. It is good also as fixing by adhesion | attachment etc., after forming the grip part and other part of a handle separately.

  Next, the structure of the scooping part 11 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a cross-sectional shape of the scooping portion. FIG. 2A shows a state in which the scooping portion 11 is cut in the α-α ′ direction in FIG. α-α ′ includes the action part 13.

  The scooping portion 11 is formed so that the ventral side shown on the left side in FIG. 2A is thicker than the back side. The scooping portion 11 is formed so that at least one third of the scooping portion 11 including the action point 13 is thicker than the average thickness of the remaining portions.

  Further, in the action portion 13, the outer peripheral edge 15 is formed to be higher than the inner peripheral edge 14. Assuming that the arc portion of the scooping portion 11 is the lower side, the inner peripheral edge 14 is positioned closer to the lower side than the outer peripheral edge. That is, the edge surface 16 is inclined inside the scooping portion 11.

  When the plane including the outer peripheral edge 15 of the scooping portion 11 is a plane δ, the edge surface 16 and the plane δ form an angle θ. That is, the edge surface 16 is inclined inward of the scooping portion 11 by an angle θ with respect to the plane δ formed by the outer peripheral edge 15. As a result of repeated experiments, the angle θ is preferably 5 to 20 degrees.

  Moreover, in the action part 13, it is desirable for the distance k between the outer periphery 15 and the inner periphery 14 to be 0.4-1 cm.

  In addition, the distance between the inner peripheral edge 14 and the outer peripheral edge 15, that is, the width of the edge surface 16 is the largest in the action portion 13 that is the tip portion of the scooping portion 11. Further, since the inner peripheral edge 14 and the outer peripheral edge 15 smoothly continue toward the back side of the scooping portion 11, the angle θ formed by the inner peripheral edge 14 and the outer peripheral edge 15 is also the highest in the action portion 13 that is the distal end portion. growing.

  FIG. 2B shows a state in which the scooping portion 11 in FIG. 1 is cut in the β-β ′ direction. The β-β ′ direction is the 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock direction when the connecting portion between the scooping portion 11 and the handle 12 is 12:00.

  Even when cutting at β-β ′, the inner peripheral edge 14 is lower than the outer peripheral edge 15, and the edge surface 16 is inclined toward the inside of the scooping portion 11. As described above, the inner peripheral edge 14 and the outer peripheral edge 15 are formed so that there is no difference in height as the scooping portion 11 moves in the direction in which the scooping portion 11 is connected to the handle 12, and the handle 12 is smoothly continuous.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a state in which food is sown in the scooping portion 11. FIG. 3A shows the insulator 1 when the handle 12 is connected at an angle close to parallel to the plane formed by the outer peripheral edge 15 of the scooping portion 11. FIG. 3B shows the insulator 1a when the handle 12 is connected at an angle close to perpendicular to the plane formed by the outer peripheral edge 15.

  The liquid or semi-fluid food γ forms a surface tension from the inner peripheral edge 14 when it reaches the scooping portion 11. The foodstuff γ riding on the edge surface 16 flows into the inner peripheral edge 14 side due to the inclination of the edge surface 16, so that it is not piled up on the edge surface 16. For this reason, even if the scooping part 11 is inclined a little, the foodstuff γ does not flow down from the scooping part 11.

  In addition, since the edge width of the edge surface 16 is wide, for example, stew juice is applied to the edge, and a time lag occurs before it falls off. The operator notices the inclination of the insulator 1 by visually observing the juice applied to the edge surface 16, so that the inclination can be returned during this time lag. That is, since the inclination of the insulator 1 is easily noticed before the food is spilled, the food is not easily spilled.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a usage example of the insulator 1a. Fig.4 (a) shows the state which the insulator 1a which sprinkled the foodstuff inclined.

  When the food material γ flows out from the scooping portion 11, the food material γ forms a smooth flow along the edge surface 16 if the edge surface 16 is inclined and formed inside the scooping portion 11. The food material γ flows down in an oblique direction along the inner wall surface of the scooping portion 11, but the flow of the food material γ is not hindered because the inclination of the edge surface 16 is smoothly connected to the slope of the inner surface of the scooping portion 11, Prevents food γ from flowing down in various directions. Therefore, the food material γ smoothly flows out from the scooping portion 11 and is prevented from spilling in an unintended direction and soiling the surroundings.

  FIG.4 (b) is a figure which shows an example of the state which sprinkled tofu with the eggplant 1a. The angle formed by the inner peripheral edge 14 and the edge surface 16 is an obtuse angle, the edge surface 16 has an appropriate width, the scooping portion 11 in the action portion 13 is thick, and the slope of the edge surface 16 is steep. The flow of tofu is not hindered by being smoothly connected to the inner surface slope of the inner wall of the tofu and prevents the tofu from getting stuck in the edge 16 and being broken.

Furthermore, according to the eggplants 1 and 1a, it is conceivable that the action part 13 is rubbed against the edge of the frying pan when fried. It can be prevented from being worn out.
(Modification)

  Next, a modified example of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a view showing the appearance of a modification of the present invention. The scooping portion 21 of the insulator 2 in the modification includes a through hole 27.

  The outer peripheral edge 25 of the scooping portion 21 is formed so as to be higher than the inner peripheral edge 24, and the edge surface 26 is inclined toward the inside of the scooping portion 21. Further, the edge surface 26 is formed so as to provide a predetermined width at the action portion 23. For this reason, in the eggplant 2, when a soft foodstuff, such as tofu, is rubbed, it prevents a foodstuff from collapsing.

  When a liquid or semi-fluid food material is poured into the scooping portion 21, the liquid flows out from the through hole 26 and remains in the scooping portion 21. It is particularly useful.

  As mentioned above, although this invention has been demonstrated based on each embodiment, this invention is not limited to the requirements shown in the said embodiment. The components of the present invention can be changed within a range that does not detract from the gist of the invention, and can be appropriately determined according to the application form.

  Moreover, each embodiment can combine each characteristic. Any of the above-described insulators may have the characteristics of the other embodiments.

1: insulator, 2: insulator, 11: scooping part, 12: handle, 13: action part, 14: inner periphery, 15: outer periphery, 16: edge, 21: scoop part, 23: action part, 24: inside Peripheral edge, 25: outer peripheral edge, 26: edge surface, 27: through-hole, 50: insulator, 51: scooping part, 52: inner peripheral edge, 53: outer peripheral edge, k: distance, γ: foodstuff, δ: plane, θ: Angle, ε: direction, σ: direction

Claims (7)

  A lever provided with a scooping portion, wherein at least an edge surface of a tip portion of the scooping portion is inclined toward the inside of the scooping portion. The insulator according to claim 1,
An insulator characterized in that an edge surface around the scooping portion is inclined inward of the scooping portion. The insulator according to claim 1 or 2,
The said edge surface is inclined at least 5 degree | times with respect to the plane containing the outer periphery of the said scooping part, The insulator characterized by the above-mentioned. The insulator according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The insulator, wherein a distance between an inner peripheral edge of the scooping portion and an outer peripheral edge of the scooping portion is at least 0.5 cm in at least a part of the edge surface. The insulator according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The insulator, wherein one third of the scooping portion including the tip portion is formed thicker than the other part of the scooping portion. An insulator according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
An insulator having a through hole in the scooping portion. The insulator according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
An insulator characterized in that at least the scooping part is made of nylon resin.

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