JP2017006455A - Mouthpiece member and fluid diet supply bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mouthpiece member which allows even a cared person who suffers from severe dementia at a degree in which the cared person cannot look to a side direction by oneself and the cared person is bedridden on one's back, to eat watery cooked rice or candy in a state of lying on one's back, and if plural mouthpiece members are prepared in advance, it is possible to cope with plural cared people at the same time, and a fluid diet supply bottle using the same, since recently, a care robot has been developed for reducing a load of carer and achieving efficiency, and the care robot has been improved significantly, especially a method for feeding the cared person by bite has been used, improvement of the method is desired.SOLUTION: A mouthpiece member 1 comprises: a cylindrical member 2 formed by opening both ends of a cylinder; a mouthpiece part 3 disposed to cover a tip end opening 2A of the cylindrical member 2 and has penetration holes 3A through which solid contents of fluid diet M can pass; and a terminal side engagement part 4 disposed on a peripheral edge part 2E of a terminal opening 2B of the cylindrical member 2, and detachably engaged with a putting in/out side engagement part of a putting in/out peripheral edge part on a fluid diet container.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention provides a mouthpiece member that can safely eat candy balls and the like for young children, and for a bedridden elderly person and sick person, a mouthpiece member and a fluid that can feed liquid food while lying down Provide food supply bottles. That is, the present invention relates to a mouthpiece member and a liquid food supply bottle using the same.

Conventionally, giving candy balls to bedridden elderly people, sick people, and young children has been considered unfavorable because it may stuff the throat. Because of this, there was no machine for the bedridden elderly, sick, and young children to eat candy balls. On the other hand, when feeding a bedridden elderly person or sick person with liquid foods such as porridge, they should be eaten while supporting the half body, or when it is not possible, you must give a bite with a spoon etc. I needed assistance.
On the other hand, the following Patent Document 1 proposes a mouthpiece member that can give a beverage packed in a container. In the mouthpiece member, a female screw that is screwed into a male screw of a drinking mouth of a PET bottle is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the lid portion, and a mouthpiece portion having a small hole is provided at the tip portion of the lid portion. ing.

JP 2000-344268 A

Traditionally, bedridden elderly people, sick people, and young children had no choice but to endure them even if they wanted to eat candy balls. In addition, when the elderly or sick person who has just obtained eats fluid foods such as porridge, potage, etc., he / she can wake up with the help of a caregiver, or when that is not possible, with a spoon etc. , I took it to my mouth one by one. As for this, it cannot be denied that the time required for eating, etc., caused the caregiver to withhold.
The present invention has been made to eliminate the above drawbacks.

  The mouthpiece member according to the present invention is provided with a cylindrical main body formed by opening both ends of the cylinder and a distal end opening of the cylindrical main body, and through which a flexible solid content in the liquid food can pass A mouthpiece having a hole is provided at the peripheral edge of the end opening of the cylindrical main body and is detachably engaged with an inlet / outlet engaging portion provided at the peripheral edge of the inlet / outlet of the liquid food container. And a distal side engaging portion.

  Moreover, in the said structure, while the inside of a cylinder of a suction mouth part, the inside of a cylinder of a cylindrical main body, and the terminal opening are formed in the magnitude | size which can pass a confectionery grain, and also the terminal side engaging part of a cylindrical main body, It has a lid-side engaging portion that is detachably engaged and includes a terminal opening lid member that covers the terminal opening.

  And in each above-mentioned structure, the inside of the cylinder of the said mouthpiece part and the cylinder of the said cylindrical main body are formed in the magnitude | size which accommodates a some confectionery grain.

  Furthermore, a liquid food supply bottle according to the present invention includes a mouthpiece member according to any one of claims 1 to 3, a liquid food container having a loading / unloading port and containing the liquid food, Is provided.

  Further, in the liquid food supply bottle having the above-described configuration, the bottom of the liquid food container is formed to be open, and a bottom surface side engaging portion is provided at a peripheral edge portion of the bottom surface opening. A bottom cover member that has a bottom side engagement portion that is detachably engaged with the bottom opening and that covers the bottom opening, and a detachable engagement with a loading / unloading side engagement portion of the liquid food container to cover the inlet / outlet port An inlet / outlet lid member to be stopped.

  According to the mouthpiece member of the present invention, since the mouthpiece portion having the through hole through which the soft solid content in the liquid food can pass and the terminal side engaging portion of the terminal opening are provided, By engaging the joint part with the inlet / outlet port of the liquid food container, the liquid food in the liquid food container can be sucked out from the through hole of the mouthpiece part and eaten.

  Also, the inside of the tube of the mouthpiece, the inside of the tube of the cylindrical body, and the end opening are formed to have a size capable of passing the confectionery grains, and are provided with a lid side engaging portion and an end opening lid member Then, the confectionery grains are inserted into the tube of the mouthpiece portion from the end opening through the tube of the cylindrical main body, and the end opening is covered with the end opening lid member, so that the mouthpiece portion is put into the mouth and sucked. If you put it, the confectionery grains melt and you can eat.

  And if the inside of the cylinder of the said mouthpiece part and the cylinder of the said cylindrical main body are formed in the magnitude | size which accommodates a some confectionery grain, many confectionery grains can be eaten for a long time.

  Furthermore, since the liquid food supply bottle according to the present invention comprises a mouthpiece member and a liquid food container for containing liquid food, the mouthpiece member is attached to the inlet / outlet of the liquid food container containing liquid food However, even if a care recipient with severe dementia is not able to turn sideways while lying on his / her side by sucking the mouthpiece part of the mouthpiece member into his / her mouth, he / she keeps facing up By yourself, you can take out the liquid food containing solids from the through hole.

  Further, in the liquid food supply bottle described above, in the case where the bottom surface side engaging portion is provided at the peripheral edge portion of the bottom opening of the liquid food container and the bottom food lid is provided with the bottom surface lid member and the access port cap member, the lid is stopped by the access port lid member. By disposing the liquid food container in the upside down direction, removing the bottom cover member and opening the bottom opening, the liquid food can be easily accommodated in the liquid food container from the bottom opening that is facing upward. Popsicles and the like can also be housed and used for food.

It is a figure which shows the mouthpiece member which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a side view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a rear view. It is a figure which shows the said suction mouth member, Comprising: (a) is a development view which shows the state which expand | deployed flat part of a suction mouth part and a cylindrical main body, (b) is an AA arrow line view in Fig.1 (a). Sectional drawing (c) is a side sectional view showing a mode in which a terminal opening lid member is attached to the mouthpiece member. It is a front view which shows the liquid food supply bottle of the state which mounted | wore the liquid food container with the said suction mouth member. It is a sectional side view which shows the state which packed the liquid food in the said liquid food supply bottle. It is a sectional side view which shows the aspect which has packed the liquid food in the liquid food container of the said liquid food supply bottle.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment described below is merely an example embodying the present invention, and does not limit the technical scope of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a view showing a mouthpiece member according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a side view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a rear view, and FIG. It is a figure shown, Comprising: (a) is an expanded view which shows the state which expand | deployed flat part of the suction port part and the cylindrical main body, (b) is an AA arrow directional cross-sectional view in FIG. ) Is a side sectional view showing a mode in which a terminal opening lid member is attached to the mouthpiece member for use.
In each of the drawings, a mouthpiece member 1 according to this embodiment is provided so as to cover a cylindrical tubular body 2 formed by opening a distal end opening 2A and a terminal opening 2B, and a distal end opening 2A of the tubular body 2. The suction port 3, the end-side engagement portion 4 formed of, for example, a male screw portion provided at the peripheral edge 2 E of the end opening 2 B of the cylindrical body 2, and the cylindrical body adjacent to the end-side engagement portion 4 And a peripheral flange portion 5 formed so as to protrude outward on the entire outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral surface.

  The mouthpiece member 1 has an overall length in the cylinder center direction of, for example, about 50 mm, and the outer diameter of the cylindrical main body 2 is set to, for example, about 20 mm. These dimensions are merely examples. The material of the mouthpiece member 1 is not particularly limited. For example, it is preferable that the whole of the mouthpiece member 1 is made of elastic silicone rubber, urethane rubber, or the like from the viewpoint of good touch and hygiene in oral use. However, the tubular body 2 integral with the terminal side engaging portion 4, the mouthpiece portion 3, and the peripheral flange portion 5 are all configured as separate parts, and the respective end portions are connected to each other to form the mouthpiece member 1. It is also possible to configure the whole. Even in such a configuration, it is desirable that at least the mouthpiece 3 is made of elastic silicone rubber or urethane rubber.

  The tip portion 3 is formed in a semicircular dome cylindrical shape, and a plurality of through holes 3A, 3A, 3A,... Each of these through holes 3A, 3A, 3A,... Has a size that allows the solid content K in the liquid food M composed of the solid content K and the liquid content L, which are soft enough to be crushed by a finger, to pass therethrough. It is formed in the opening. The opening of each through-hole 3A has a regular hexagonal shape, for example, and a diagonal dimension of, for example, about 5 mm. The shape of each through-hole 3A and the numerical values of the diagonal dimensions are merely examples, and do not limit the present invention. The opening shape of each through-hole 3A may be formed in, for example, a triangle, a quadrangle, a pentagon, a circle, an ellipse, an oval, or other shapes that allow the solid content K to easily pass through. The inside 3 C of the mouthpiece 3, the inside 2 C of the cylinder body 2 D of the cylindrical body 2, and the end opening 2 B are all formed to have a diameter d through which the confectionery grains F can pass. That is, the in-cylinder 3B of the mouthpiece 3 and the in-cylinder 2C of the cylindrical main body 2 are formed in a size that can accommodate at least two confectionery grains F and F (see FIG. 2 (c)).

  Then, the liquid food supply bottle 20 according to the present embodiment includes, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the mouthpiece member 1, the liquid food container 10 that stores the liquid food M, and the bottom cover member. 13 and further comprising a terminal opening lid member 6 for the mouthpiece member 1 (see FIG. 2 (c)), a jugo 8 used for filling the liquid food M (see FIG. 5), and taking in and out The palate member 9 (see FIG. 5) and the support container 14 (see FIG. 5) are included.

  The liquid food container 10 has a loading / unloading port 10C formed in the upper part of a bowl-shaped cylindrical body 10A having a bottom opening 10E, and a loading / unloading unit made of, for example, a female screw on the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral edge 10D of the loading / unloading port 10C. A side engaging portion 11 is formed. The loading / unloading side engaging portion 11 is detachably engaged with the distal end side engaging portion 4 of the mouthpiece member 1 so that the loading / unloading port 10C is closed. And the liquid food container 10 has the bottom face side engaging part 15 which consists of an external thread part, for example in the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral part 10F of the bottom face opening 10E. The bottom surface lid member 13 has a lid side engagement portion 16 formed of, for example, a female screw portion that is detachably engaged with the bottom surface side engagement portion 15 of the liquid food container 10. Due to the engagement between the lid side engaging portion 16 and the bottom surface side engaging portion 15, the bottom surface lid member 13 covers the bottom opening 10 </ b> E of the liquid food container 10 so as to be openable and closable. The liquid food container 10 described above is made of a soft material that can be easily deformed by hand, for example, low-density polyethylene. The internal capacity of the liquid food container 10 is set to an amount that can accommodate, for example, approximately one serving of porridge.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the loading / unloading port lid member 9 is used to cover the loading / unloading port 10 </ b> C when the liquid food container 10 is not used or before the container is used. 11 has a lid-side engagement portion 12 made of, for example, a male screw portion. The end opening lid member 6 has a lid side engagement portion 7 (female screw portion) that is detachably engaged with the end side engagement portion 4 (male screw portion) of the mouthpiece member 1, The end opening 2B of the cylindrical main body 2 of the mouthpiece member 1 is detachably covered with a lid. The above-mentioned jugo 8 is formed so as to expand upward, and has a large insertion opening 8F in the lower part thereof. The insertion port 8 </ b> F is formed in a size that can be inserted into the bottom opening 10 </ b> E of the liquid food container 10.

Next, the action of the liquid food supply bottle 20 having the mouthpiece member 1 configured as described above will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, the user first closes the loading / unloading port 10 </ b> C of the liquid food container 10 with the loading / unloading port lid member 9, and then reverses the liquid food container 10 upside down and stores it in the support container 14. When filling the liquid food M such as porridge, the insertion opening 8F of the jugo 8 is inserted into the bottom opening 10E of the liquid food container 10 and used. That is, in the form shown in FIG. 5, the user opens a part of the pouch bag G in which, for example, the liquid food M for one person is enclosed, and the liquid food M is opened from the opening of the pouch bag G to the large scale juice. It is made to flow down into 8 and is packed in the liquid food container 10.
Thus, since the liquid food container 10 has the wide bottom surface opening 10E opened by removing the bottom surface cover member 13, the total amount of the liquid food container 10 can be easily, quickly and securely leaked by using the jugo 8 together. The liquid food M can be filled into the liquid food container 10.

  When the filling of the liquid food M is completed as described above, the user removes the fungo 8 from the bottom opening 10E of the liquid food container 10, and the bottom opening 10E is further covered with the bottom cover member 13. In this state, the liquid food container 10 is turned upside down, and the inlet / outlet lid member 9 is removed from the inlet / outlet port 10C. Then, the distal end engaging portion 4 of the mouthpiece member 1 is engaged with the loading / unloading side engaging portion 11 of the liquid food container 10 to close the loading / unloading port 10C. Then, the state shown in FIG. 4 is obtained.

According to the liquid food supply bottle 20 prepared in the above procedure, when a bedridden elderly person or sick person eats a liquid food M such as porridge or potage, the mouthpiece 3 of the mouthpiece member 1 is included in the mouth, The amount of liquid food to be fed into the mouth can be adjusted by adjusting the strength of the hand grasping the liquid food container 10 made of an elastic material, so you can eat at your own pace without the assistance of a caregiver. . That is, even a caregiver with severe dementia that cannot stand sideways while lying on his / her side, can eat porridge and the like while facing up. In this case, if a plurality of liquid food supply bottles 20, 20, 20,... Containing liquid food M are prepared in advance, a large number of care recipients can have meals at the same time. it can.
Further, in the liquid food supply bottle 20, the commercially available pudding and egg tofu are mixed with a little chopsticks, and the amazake is left as it is and transferred to the liquid food container 10 to use these foods while the user is sleeping. You can eat facing. Therefore, it is possible to enrich the dietary life of the elderly and sick who are asleep.

  In addition, when eating ice lolly, the ice lolly is accommodated from the bottom opening 10E in the liquid food container 10 facing upside down, and the stick is pulled out when about half melts, and the bottom opening 10E is covered with the bottom lid member 13. Stop. Thereafter, the inlet / outlet lid member 9 is removed, and the distal side engaging portion 4 of the mouthpiece member 1 is screwed into the inlet / outlet side engaging portion 11 to provide food.

  On the other hand, toddlers, young children who are still unable to communicate in words, appeal by crying when they want to ask for something or are unhappy. If you can't understand and answer that request, you will continue to cry and continue to cry, and bother your unskilled mothers. Eventually, frustration is solicited and can be a step toward abuse. At this time, the infants and young children who have been taboo to give the candy balls can be given the candy balls using the mouthpiece member 1 and the end opening lid member 6 of the present embodiment with peace of mind. If you feel better, you will be able to regain your motherhood and eliminate situations that could be abused.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), after putting a candy ball (confectionery grain F) into the cylinder 3 </ b> B of the mouthpiece part 3 from the end opening 2 </ b> B of the mouthpiece member 1, the end side of the mouthpiece member 1 The lid side engaging portion 7 of the end opening lid member 6 is engaged with the engaging portion 4 to stop the end opening 2B. Thereafter, when the user sucks the mouthpiece 3 in his mouth, the candy component dissolved from the confectionery grains F comes out of the through holes 3A, 3A, 3A,... And spreads in the mouth.
That is, according to the mouthpiece member 1 and the end opening lid member 6, even if the candy balls F (confectionery grains F) are turned up in a lying position and eaten (confectionery grains F), there is no risk of stuffing the throat. Even elderly people, sick people, infants, etc. can eat confectionery grains F with peace of mind.

  This mouthpiece member 1 sucks two or more confectionery grains F and F simultaneously (in FIG. 2 (c), the first is indicated by a solid line and the second is indicated by a two-dot chain line). It can be accommodated in the in-cylinder 3B of the mouth 3 and in the in-cylinder 2C of the cylindrical main body 2 and eaten while tasting for a long time. In addition, by mixing different types of confectionery grains F, F, it is possible to taste a blend of different tastes.

  Examples of the types of food handled in the liquid food supply bottle 20 described above and their cooking modes are shown in Table 1 below.

As shown in Table 1 above, the liquid food M that uses the liquid food container 10 together with the mouthpiece member 1 is, for example, porridge, popsicle, pudding, yogurt, amazake, kuzuyu, yam, long, smoothie, potage, etc. Is mentioned.
On the other hand, examples of the confectionery grains F that use the end opening lid member 6 together with the mouthpiece member 1 without using the liquid food container 10 include candy balls, drops, caramel, candy, and chocolate balls.

  In the above description, the distal end engaging portion 4 of the mouthpiece member 1, the lid side engaging portion 12 of the inlet / outlet lid member 9, and the bottom surface side engaging portion 15 of the liquid food container 10 are configured by male screw portions, The insertion / exit-side engagement portion 11 of the food container 10, the lid-side engagement portion 7 of the end opening lid member 6, and the lid-side engagement portion 16 of the bottom surface lid member 13 are configured by female threads, but the present invention includes them. It is not limited. That is, the present invention includes an element in which the element of the male screw part is replaced with a female screw part and the element of the female screw part engaged with these is replaced with a male screw part.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Suction member 2 Cylindrical main body 2A Front end opening 2B End opening 2C In-cylinder 2E Peripheral part 3 Suction part 3A Through-hole 3B In-cylinder 4 Terminal side engaging part 6 Terminal opening lid member 7 Cover side engaging part 8 Insertion port 9 Inlet / outlet lid member 10 Liquid food container 10C Inlet / outlet port 10D Peripheral part 10E Bottom opening 10F Peripheral part 11 Inlet / outlet side engaging part 12 Lid side engaging part 13 Bottom face cover member 15 Bottom face side engaging part 16 Lid side engaging part 20 Flow Food supply bottle d Diameter F Confectionery grain K Solid content M Liquid food

Conventionally, giving candy balls to bedridden elderly people, sick people, and young children has been considered unfavorable because it may stuff the throat. To that end, and bedridden elderly, the sick, the young children, there was no opportunity to eat the candy ball. On the other hand, when feeding a bedridden elderly person or sick person with liquid foods such as porridge, they should be eaten while supporting the half body, or when it is not possible, you must give a bite with a spoon etc. I needed assistance.
In other person, in Patent Document 1 below, it can be the mouthpiece member of giving a beverage packed in a container has been proposed. In the mouthpiece member, a female screw that is screwed into a male screw of a drinking mouth of a PET bottle is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the lid portion, and a mouthpiece portion having a small hole is provided at the tip portion of the lid portion. ing.

Traditionally, bedridden elderly people, sick people, and young children had no choice but to endure them even if they wanted to eat candy balls. In addition, bedridden elderly and sick, when to eat porridge, the fluidity of the foods such as potage is a caregiver of assistance, or ask causing the side of the body, when it is unexpected match for, with a spoon, etc. , I took it to my mouth one by one. As for this, it cannot be denied that the time required for eating, etc., caused the caregiver to withhold.
The present invention has been made to eliminate the above drawbacks.

Claims (5)

A cylindrical body formed by opening both ends of the cylinder;
A mouthpiece having a through-hole that is provided over the tip opening of the cylindrical main body and through which a flexible solid content in the liquid food can pass,
A terminal-side engaging portion that is provided at a peripheral edge portion of the terminal opening of the cylindrical main body and that is detachably engaged with a loading / unloading-side engaging portion that is provided at a peripheral edge portion of the loading / unloading port of the liquid food container;
A mouthpiece member comprising: The inside of the cylinder of the mouthpiece, the inside of the cylindrical body and the end opening are formed in a size that allows the confectionery grains to pass through,
Furthermore, it has a lid-side engaging portion that detachably engages with a distal-side engaging portion of the cylindrical main body, and further includes a terminal-opening lid member that covers the terminal opening. The mouthpiece member according to claim 1. The mouthpiece member according to claim 2, wherein the inside of the tube of the mouthpiece portion and the inside of the cylinder body are formed in a size that accommodates a plurality of confectionery grains. A liquid food comprising: the mouthpiece member according to any one of claims 1 to 3; and a liquid food container that has the inlet / outlet and accommodates the liquid food. Supply bottle. The bottom of the liquid food container is formed with an opening,
A bottom side engaging portion is provided at the peripheral edge of the bottom opening,
Furthermore, a bottom cover member that has a bottom side engagement portion that is detachably engaged with a bottom surface side engagement portion of the liquid food container, and that covers the bottom surface opening,
A loading / unloading port lid member that detachably engages with a loading / unloading side engaging portion of the liquid food container and stops the loading / unloading port;
The liquid food supply bottle according to claim 4, comprising:

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