JP2571395Y2 - Pickled packaging containers for food - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

The present invention relates to a packaging container with a pick, which is detachably mounted to a packaging container for food such as confectionery such as lunch boxes, prepared foods, shomai, gyoza and biscuits, and ice cream. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a food of this kind, for example, Shumai, a pick such as a toothpick for a knob packaged in a paper bag, together with a paper bag in which chopsticks are packaged, is attached to the outer surface of a synthetic resin packaging box and wrapping paper or transparent paper. It is stored between the wraps.

[0003] Further, in confectionery such as biscuits, for example,
A transparent polyethylene bag wrapped with a pick for picking is housed in a paper wrapping box together with an aluminum wrapping bag wrapping biscuits and the like.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional food packaging container, picks such as toothpicks for picking must be packaged in bags from the viewpoint of food hygiene.
There is a problem that it takes a lot of time and labor for packaging and the cost of the bag is increased. Furthermore, if it is necessary to fix the bag in which the pick is packaged to the outer surface of the packing box, or if the packing bag of the pick is placed inside the packing box, the packing box of the pick is small, so the packing box is opened. They also have the problem that they are easily lost when eating.

In recent years, it has been studied to detachably mount a pick on a synthetic resin tray or the like in which confectionery or the like is placed in parallel in a groove portion. Taking measures to securely fix the tray to the tray causes problems such as difficulty in removing the pick, and the situation is that it has not yet been put to practical use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a packaging container with a food pick, which can securely fix a food pick to a packaging container and can easily remove the pick. Aim.

[0007]

The food packaging container with a pick according to the first aspect of the present invention is detachably fitted to a food packaging container and a groove formed on the surface of the packaging container. The pick has a substantially rod-shaped pick body and an approximately flat plate-shaped grip portion at one end of the pick body that is continuous with the pick body in the same plane. Having a flat groove portion for fitting the grip portion of the pick and a rod-shaped groove portion for fitting the pick body, and
The flat groove portion is formed with a small locking projection for locking the grip portion of the pick inwardly at the upper center of both side walls, and is located closer to the outer end than near the small locking projection. It is formed on an inclined surface such that the bottom surface to be formed becomes deeper toward the outer end.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a packaging container with a pick for food according to the present invention, wherein the concave groove portion of the packaging container has a pair of flat groove portions into which a grip portion of a pick is fitted. Symmetrically with respect to the surface center of
A bar-shaped groove into which the pick body is fitted is formed on a line connecting the pair of flat groove portions to be continuous with the pair of flat groove portions.

[0009]

In the packaging container with a pick for food according to the first aspect of the present invention, the pick is fitted into the concave groove on the surface of the packaging container, and the grip portion of the pick is located at the center of both side walls of the flat groove. Since the pick is locked by the locking small protrusion protruding inward at the upper portion, the pick is securely fixed to the packaging container and is prevented from being detached.

On the other hand, when removing the pick, the outer end side of the grip portion of the pick is gently pressed to come into contact with the inclined surface of the concave groove portion, and the pick is tilted so that the pick body is lifted upward. The pick can be easily removed by grasping the pick body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a packaging container with a pick for food according to the present invention, wherein a pair of flat groove portions and bar-shaped groove portions respectively connected to the pair of flat groove portions are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center of the surface of the packaging container. The picks can be mounted in either of two opposite directions when picks are automatically mounted by mechanical picking, etc., or the packaging containers are turned upside down and placed on a belt conveyor, etc. This makes it possible to automatically mount the pick.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a packaging container with a pick for food according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIGS. 7 and 8, reference numeral 1 denotes a pick made of a synthetic resin for snacks. The pick 1 has a length La in the axial direction, a substantially rhombic cross section, and a substantially rod-shaped pick body 2.
And one end of the pick body 2 is formed by a substantially disk-shaped grip portion 3 which is continuous with the pick body 2 in the same plane. The grip 3 of the pick body 2 of the pick 1
An annular projection 4 is provided at the base end on the side in the circumferential direction of the pick body 2, and a sharp-shaped sharp end 5 is formed at the other end.

1 to 3, reference numeral 11 denotes a thin, substantially rectangular packaging container made of synthetic resin, for example, a tray. The tray 11 has a plurality of flat cylindrical grooves 12 on its upper surface for fitting confectionery or the like. Are arranged in two rows and
A concave groove for fitting the pick 1 is provided between the rows of the grooves 12.
13 is formed, and the peripheral edge portion is entirely formed on the peripheral edge portion.
Hangs downward.

The concave groove portion 13 of the tray 11 has a pair of substantially disk-shaped flat groove portions 15a and 15b into which the grip portion 3 of the pick 1 is fitted. A short groove L is formed symmetrically with respect to the center C of the upper surface of the tray 11 at a short distance Lb, and a bar-shaped groove 16 having a curved cross section for fitting the pick body 2 is formed on a line connecting the pair of flat grooves 15a and 15b. I have.

The rod-shaped groove 16 has a central rod-shaped groove 16a formed between the plate-shaped grooves 15a and 15b, and an outer rod-shaped groove extending outward from the outer ends of the plate-shaped grooves 15a and 15b. 16b, 16c, and this outer rod-shaped groove
The outer ends 17, 17 of 16b, 16c are each formed sharply. Further, the flat groove portions 15a, 15a of the central rod-shaped groove portion 16a are formed.
On the b side, curved grooves 18 for fitting the annular projection 4 of the pick 1 are formed.

That is, the concave groove portion 13, that is, the flat groove portion
Since the grooves 15a and 15b and the rod-shaped groove 16 are formed symmetrically with respect to the center C of the upper surface of the tray 11, the groove 13
The grip 1 of the pick 1 is fitted into the flat groove 15a, and the sharp end 5 is fitted into the outer rod groove 16.
c, the grip 3 can be fitted into the flat groove 15b, and the sharp end 5 can be fitted into the outer end 17 of the outer rod 16b. I have.

The flat groove portions 15a, 15b are formed with locking small projections 20, 20 for locking the grip portion 3 of the pick 1 inwardly at the upper center of both side walls, respectively. The lower corner portion 20a of the small locking projection 20 is formed in a curved shape. The distance Lc between the small locking projections 20 is set to be slightly smaller than the outer diameter Ld of the grip portion 3 of the pick 1. Furthermore, the bottom surfaces 21 of the flat groove portions 15a, 15b
Is formed on an inclined surface 21a such that a portion located on the outer end side from the vicinity of the small locking projection 20 becomes deeper toward the outer end portion.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the groove 12 is provided with a non-slip groove 24 for non-slip of confectionery or the like on the inner surfaces of the bottom 22 and the peripheral wall 23. 22a is formed to bulge downward.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the pick 1 is fitted into the concave groove 13 of the tray 11, the grip 3 of the pick 1 is fitted into one of the flat groove portions 15a and 15b. And, for example, this grip 3
Is fitted into the flat groove 15a, the pick body 2 is fitted into the central rod groove 16a and the outer rod groove 16c, and the annular projection 4 is fitted into the curved groove 18. In addition, this grip part 3
Is fitted into the flat groove 15b, the pick body 2 is fitted into the central rod groove 16a and the outer rod groove 16b.

Then, the grip portion 3 of the pick 1 is locked by the small locking projections 20, 20 in a state of being fitted into the concave groove portion 13 on the surface of the tray 11, so that the pick 1 is fixed to the tray 11, Desorption is prevented. In addition, since the distance Lc between the small locking projections 20 of the flat groove portions 15a and 15b is slightly smaller than the outer diameter Ld of the grip portion 3 of the pick 1, the grip portion 3 of the pick 1 is formed.
Are reliably fixed to the locking small projections 20, 20, and the pick 1 is reliably prevented from detaching from the tray 11.

On the other hand, when removing the pick 1,
By slightly pressing the outer end side of the grip portion 3 of the pick, the pick 1 is inclined by contacting the inclined surface 21a, the pick body 2 is lifted upward, and the pick 1 Can be easily removed from 11.

When the pick 1 is automatically mounted on the concave groove 13 of the tray 11 by mechanical line-forming, etc.
Since the lower corners 20a of the picks 20, 20 are formed in a curved shape, the grip portion 3 of the pick 1 slides smoothly on the lower corners 20a and is easily inserted below the locking small projections 20, 20. Therefore, automatic mounting can be easily performed.

Further, a pair of flat groove portions 15a, 15b and a rod-shaped groove portion 16 continuous with the pair of flat groove portions 15a, 15b are symmetrically arranged with respect to the center C of the upper surface of the tray 11. For this reason, at the time of automatic mounting of the pick 1 by mechanical line, etc., the pick 1 can be mounted from either of two directions opposite to each other, or can be mounted on a belt conveyor or the like with the tray 11 reversed. Since the grip portion 3 of the pick 1 can be fitted into one of the pair of flat groove portions 15a and 15b, automatic mounting is further facilitated.

The pick 1 fitted on the tray 11 is packaged in a bag or the like together with the confectionery fitted in the groove 12, and the bag is packaged in a packaging box as needed. As described above, the pick 1 is packaged in a bag or the like, so that it is also preferable from the viewpoint of hygiene.
Further, the cost of the packaging bag when only the pick 1 is separately packaged can be reduced. Then, since the packaging box and the bag can be opened and the pick 1 can be taken out immediately before eating the confectionery,
Never lose track of Pick 1.

In the above embodiment, the concave groove of the tray 11 is used.
13 has been described in which a pair of flat groove portions 15a and 15b are formed. As shown in FIG. 9, one flat groove portion 15 is formed at an appropriate position on the upper surface of the tray 11, and the flat groove portion 15 is formed. The bar-shaped groove 16 can be formed continuously from the groove 15.
In this case, the pick 1 and the tray 11 need to be aligned in the automatic mounting of the pick 1.

In each embodiment, the flat groove portions 15a, 15a
Although the case where the distance Lb of b is shorter than the axial length La of the pick body 2 has been described, as shown in FIG. 10, the distance Lb can be formed longer than the axial length La.

Further, in each embodiment, the tray 11 is described as having a substantially rectangular shape. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any shape of the tray 11 can be used. Further, in each embodiment, the tray 11 is described as an example of the packaging container, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to packaging containers of any shape.

In each embodiment, the grip 3 of the pick 1 is used.
Has been described as having a substantially disk shape. However, if the grip portion 3 is a substantially flat plate shape, the grip portion 3 can have any shape such as an elliptical shape, a rectangular shape, and the like, and the pick body 2 has a substantially cross-sectional shape. Although the rhombic shape has been described, any shape such as a cylindrical shape may be used as long as the shape is a substantially rod shape.

Further, in each of the embodiments, the confectionery packaging container has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to confectionery,
The present invention can be applied to packaging containers for any food such as confectionery such as side dishes, shomai, gyoza and biscuits, and ice cream.

[0032]

According to the invention, the packaging container with a pick for food according to the first aspect of the present invention can securely fix the pick to the packaging container, prevent the detachment, and easily remove the pick. In addition, the time and effort for individually packing only the picks are eliminated, and the picks are not lost.

In the packaging container with a pick for food according to the second aspect of the present invention, the pick can be mounted in any of two directions opposite to each other when the pick is automatically mounted by mechanically processing the pick. Alternatively, the packaging container can be turned upside down and placed on a belt conveyor or the like, which facilitates automatic mounting of the pick.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing one embodiment of a packaging container with a pick for food of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially longitudinal front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the flat plate-shaped groove.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a groove part of which is partially cut away.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the groove.

FIG. 7 is a plan view in which a part of the pick is cut out.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the pick.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the packaging container with a pick for food of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the packaging container with a pick for food of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 pick 2 pick main body 3 grip part 11 packaging container 13 concave groove part 15, 15a, 15b flat groove part 16 rod-shaped groove part 20, 20 locking small protrusion 21 bottom surface 21a inclined surface

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A packaging container for food, and a pick detachably fitted in a concave groove formed on the surface of the packaging container, the pick comprising a substantially rod-shaped pick body and one end of the pick body. The pick body has a substantially flat grip portion continuous with the pick body, and the concave groove portion of the packaging container fits the flat groove portion for fitting the grip portion of the pick and the pick body. The flat groove has a small protrusion formed on the upper center of both side walls to lock the grip of the pick. A packaging container with a pick for food, wherein a bottom surface located on the outer end side from the vicinity of the stop projection is formed on an inclined surface so as to become deeper toward the outer end portion. 2. A concave groove portion of a packaging container, wherein a pair of flat groove portions for fitting a grip portion of a pick are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center of the surface of the packaging container on which the flat groove portion is formed, and a pick body is provided. 2. The packaging container with a pick for food according to claim 1, wherein a rod-shaped groove portion for fitting is formed on a line connecting the pair of flat groove portions to each of the pair of flat groove portions.