JP2562070Y2 - Sushi rice container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a sushi rice storage container, the purpose of which is to make sushi rice for sushi rice from the container body.
An object of the present invention is to provide a sushi rice container that can be easily dropped without losing its shape, can maintain the roughness of the sushi rice, and does not lose the taste of the sushi rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional sushi rice container will be described with reference to FIG. The container body (22) has a large number of sushi rice accommodating portions (23) formed in a thin plate made of a synthetic resin and recessed in a grid shape in the vertical and horizontal directions of the container body (22). 23) has a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view, and has a generally inverted truncated quadrangular pyramid shape whose inner bottom surface is slightly narrower than the upper opening surface, and each corner has a chamfered shape. Several vertical grooves (24) were formed in the inner wall.

However, when sushi rice is stored in the sushi rice storage section (23), the area where the sushi rice storage section (23) contacts the sushi rice is large, and the sushi rice storage section (23) for the sushi rice is large. ) Was poor, and when the sushi rice was taken out, the shape of the sushi rice collapsed, resulting in poor shape retention. Therefore, in order to improve the property of dropping the sushi rice from the sushi rice storage section (23) and the shape retaining property, the sushi rice is mixed with oil and cooked to improve the dropping property and the shape retaining property. Further, in order to improve the property of dropping the sushi rice from the sushi rice storage unit (23) and the shape retention, a tape material for preventing the sushi rice from sticking to the sushi rice storage unit (23) is provided. 23) using a sushi rice supply device (not shown) provided with a tape supply means for laying and supplying a plurality of rows in the sushi rice storage section (2).
After the tape material was laid in 3), the sushi rice was stored in the sushi rice storage section (23), and the tape material was pulled out to take out the sushi rice.

[0004]

However, when oil is mixed with sushi rice and cooked, there is a risk that the taste of the sushi rice may be reduced by the oil. Further, when the sushi rice is accommodated in the sushi rice container in which the tape material is laid, and the sushi rice is taken out by pulling the tape material, when the tape material is pulled, the sushi rice is in contact with the tape material. The portion of the rice becomes flat, the roughness is lost, and the taste of the sushi rice may be impaired, and it is difficult to pull the tape material so that the shape of the sushi rice does not collapse. there were.

In view of the above circumstances, the inventor of the present invention can easily remove sushi rice for nigiri sushi from the container body without losing the shape of sushi rice for the sushi rice from the container body. We have continued our research on a sushi rice container that can maintain the surface roughness of the rice and does not reduce the taste of the sushi rice.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a sushi rice container is constructed as follows as a technical means for achieving the above-mentioned object. That is, this is a container main body accommodated in an automatic sushi rice molding machine, and the container main body has a sushi rice accommodating portion for accommodating one sushi rice in a thin plate made of a synthetic resin, and has a square and concave shape. The sushi rice accommodating section is provided with a required number of grooves having a width smaller than the width of one grain of rice on the entire inner wall and the inner bottom surface. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sushi rice container having the above-described configuration, thereby completely solving the above-mentioned problems.

[0006]

[Function] Since a required number of grooves having a width smaller than the width of one grain of rice are provided on the inner wall surface and the inner bottom surface of the sushi rice accommodating portion, the inner wall surface and the inner bottom surface of the sushi rice accommodating portion and the sushi are provided. The area in contact with rice is reduced.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view showing a sushi rice container according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the sushi container shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a schematic front view of a molding machine.

In FIG. 1, a container body (2) has a large number of sushi rice accommodating portions (3) on a thin plate made of synthetic resin.
In this embodiment, 11 sushi and 5 horizontal sushi rice storage units (3) are formed. The container body (2) is substantially rectangular in plan view, and has some flexibility. The sushi rice accommodating portion (3) has a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view, and has a generally inverted truncated pyramid shape whose inner bottom surface is slightly narrower than an upper opening surface, and each corner has a chamfered shape. The depth of the sushi rice storage section (3) is set such that the sushi rice of normal nigiri sushi just fits in and the upper portion of the sushi rice is slightly raised. As shown in FIG. 2, a required number of grooves (4) are provided in the entire inner wall and the inner wall surface of the sushi rice storing section (3). The width of the groove (4) is formed smaller than the width of one grain of rice. A flat boundary portion (5) having a slight width is formed between the sushi rice accommodating portions (3), and the edge (6) of the container body (2) also has a flat surface having a slight upper surface. It has been.

Next, a method of using the sushi rice container (1) as described above will be described. First, when not in use, the container bodies (2) are stored in piles. When the container bodies (2) are overlapped, if the container bodies (2) are overlapped in the same direction, the sushi rice accommodating portions (3) will overlap exactly (not shown), and a large number of container bodies (2) Can be stored without bulk. The automatic sushi molding machine (10) has the configuration shown in FIG. 4. In brief, the operation is as follows. First, sushi rice supplied from a sushi rice supply hopper (11) is kneaded by a kneading member (12). Hopper (1) by conveyor (13)
It is guided to 4) and is further formed into a plate-shaped sushi rice by a forming roll (15), and the plate-shaped sushi rice is equally divided in the longitudinal direction by a cutter (16). The cutters (16) are arranged in four rows in the width direction of the conveyor (13). The sushi rice equally divided in the longitudinal direction is guided to an extrusion mechanism (18) by a conveyor (17), and the sushi rice is cut into a predetermined width by the extrusion mechanism (18) and extruded onto a conveyor (19). . . On the other hand, the container body (2) sequentially dropped from the container supply mechanism (20) is transferred onto the conveyor (19) by intermittent driving. The sushi rice is intermittently supplied to the container body (2) conveyed by the conveyor (19) in one row in the short side direction. That is, five pieces of sushi rice are supplied to one row in the container body (2).

As described above, the required number of grooves (4) having a width smaller than the width of one grain of rice are provided in the entire inner wall and the inner bottom surface of the sushi rice accommodating section (3). The area where the rice is in contact with the entire inner wall and the inner bottom surface of the sushi rice storage unit (3) is reduced, and the sushi rice can be dropped from the sushi rice storage unit (3) without breaking its shape. The surface of the sushi rice is not flattened, and the surface roughness can be maintained, so that the taste of the sushi rice is not impaired.

[0010]

As described in detail above, the present invention is a container main body accommodated in an automatic sushi rice molding machine, and this container main body accommodates one sushi rice in a thin plate made of synthetic resin. The sushi rice accommodating part is vertically and horizontally recessed in a grid pattern, and a required number of grooves having a width smaller than the width of one grain of rice are provided on the entire inner wall and the inner bottom surface of the sushi rice accommodating part. The sushi rice container according to the present invention has the following effects.
That is, since a required number of grooves having a width smaller than the width of one grain of rice are provided on all the inner walls and the inner bottom surface of the sushi rice storing section, the sushi rice is provided on all the inner walls and the inner surface of the sushi rice storing section. The area in contact with the bottom surface is reduced, and the sushi rice can be removed from the sushi rice storage unit (3) without losing its shape. In addition, the surface of the sushi rice is not flat and the sushi rice has a rough surface. , The taste of the sushi rice is not spoiled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sushi rice container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the sushi container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of the automatic sushi rice molding machine.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional sushi rice container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Sushi rice container 2 Container body 3 Sushi rice container 4 Groove

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A container body accommodated in an automatic sushi rice forming machine, wherein a sushi rice accommodating portion for accommodating one sushi rice in a thin plate made of synthetic resin is vertically and horizontally arranged. A sushi rice container, characterized in that a required number of grooves having a width smaller than the width of one grain of rice are provided on the entire inner wall and the inner bottom surface of the sushi rice container. .