JP2603683Y2 - Instant food containers - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

In the present invention, hot water is poured into ready-to-eat food in a container, and after softening as appropriate, the hot water is discharged while the container is safely held with fingers without damaging the fingers by the hot water. The present invention relates to a ready-to-use food container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, such as instant noodles,
It is necessary to pour hot water into this and soften and restore the food in the container until it becomes edible, then drain the remaining hot water from the drain hole in the lid of the container and eat it. It is necessary to hold the container at the time of draining water, and to drain the water while tilting the container by pressing a “finger contact portion” provided on a part of the lid with a finger.

However, when the hot water is drained, the hot water reaches the "finger contact portion" provided on the lid of the container from the inner surface of the container and comes into contact therewith. However, there was a drawback that the "finger contact portion" of the lid could not be held down with a finger because the temperature became extremely hot.

In order to improve such a drawback, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-15819 discloses a finger holding portion comprising a plurality of small projections projecting upward at a peripheral portion of a lid of a container. In this case, there is disclosed an apparatus in which a container is inclined while a finger is put on the container to press the lid, thereby draining hot water. Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 2-87715 discloses a finger holding portion formed of a group of linear projections at an end of the upper outer surface of the lid, and pressing the lid with a finger when draining the hot water. Disclosed is a device that drains hot water while tilting a container.

[0005] However, those disclosed in these publications have been devised for the purpose of reducing the heat of the hot water transmitted to the fingers when the hot water is drained, but such finger pressing portions are not suitable. Even when there is a difference in the hot water, the finger press part becomes hot when it comes into contact with the hot water that reaches it, or heat is transmitted by the steam heat of the hot water and becomes hot. Therefore, there is no great difference compared with the conventional lid.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been developed to solve these drawbacks, and has been devised so that the "finger holding portion" of the lid does not become hot at all. Another object of the present invention is to provide a container for ready-to-eat foods that can reliably and reliably drain hot water.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a flat portion extending from the vicinity of the bottom of the container is provided at at least one corner of the rectangular container body, and the peripheral edge of the container opening is formed on the horizontal peripheral portion. Is fitted to the horizontal peripheral portion to form a contact portion where hot water does not enter when draining the hot water, and this portion is used as a finger holding portion to solve the above-mentioned disadvantage.

According to the present invention, in a rectangular container having an open upper surface, at least one corner of the rectangular container is a flat surface extending from the vicinity of the container bottom to the peripheral edge of the opening, and the peripheral edge of the opening extends outward to form a horizontal peripheral edge. A lid for closing the upper surface opening is fitted to the flange so as to be openable and closable on the container body forming the container body, and a hot water discharge hole is provided in one piece of the lid.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A specific embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a case where the instant food container body 1 of the present invention is rectangular will be described. The container of the present invention is provided with a flat surface 9 at at least one corner of the container from the bottom 4 of the container main body 1 having an open upper surface to the vicinity of the opening peripheral edge 2 of the container. A peripheral portion 8 is formed.

A lid 7 is fitted to the container, and the lid is provided with a drain hole 5 and a finger holding portion 10 fitted to a horizontal peripheral portion 8 provided in the container. I have. And
The horizontal peripheral portion and the finger pressing portion are fitted to each other to form a close contact portion, so that even if the container containing the hot water is inclined, the hot water does not enter the gap.

Therefore, in order to enjoy the instant food in such a container, the lid 7 of the container is removed and hot water is poured.
The lid is covered again to restore the food therein to a state in which it can be consumed, and thereafter, hot water is drained. When draining hot water, the container and the cover are held by pressing the finger holding portion 10 provided on the cover from the upper surface and the horizontal peripheral portion 8 provided on the container body from the lower surface with the finger. Drain while tilting.

At this time, the hot water is supplied to the finger holding portion 1 of the lid.
As a result, the hot water is discharged through the hot water discharge hole 5 of the lid without directly contacting the finger holding portion, as a result that the hot water does not enter between the close contact portions of the horizontal peripheral portions 8, 8 of the container body. Hot water can be safely drained at the holding portion and the horizontal peripheral portion without feeling any heat. As the material of the container body 1 and the lid 7 of the present invention, a polyethylene resin or a polypropylene resin is used.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, when the container body 1 of the present invention is particularly rectangular, the corner of one piece of the container is flattened from the bottom 4 or its vicinity to the opening peripheral edge 2. The horizontal peripheral edge 8 is formed by extending the flange of the opening peripheral edge 2 horizontally outward. Then, a lid is fitted to the horizontal peripheral portion 8 to form a contact portion here.

In such a structure, even if the container is tilted at the time of draining the hot water, the fitting portion between the finger pressing portion of the lid and the horizontal peripheral portion of the container is in close contact, so that there is no hot water there. Does not invade and does not come into contact with the hot water, so that even if the container is tilted, the hot water can be drained through the drain hole 5 of the lid completely without feeling the heat of the finger in this part.

[0015]

[Effect of the Invention] The container of the present invention can easily drain hot water after restoring food in the container to a state where it can be eaten by hot water,
Moreover, it is designed so that it can be safely held with fingers, and since hot water has no possibility of coming into direct contact with the finger holding part as in the prior art, it is possible to drain hot water without feeling heat at all. You can do it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an instant food container main body having a flat surface formed at a corner of one piece of a rectangular container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a container body shown in FIG. 2 fitted with a lid provided with a finger holding portion and a drain hole.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 2 Opening peripheral part 4 Bottom part 5 Drainage hole 7 Lid 8 Horizontal peripheral part 9 Uneven plane 10 Finger holding part

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 6-44777 (JP, U) JP-A 2-87715 (JP, U) JP-A 58-33466 (JP, U) JP-A 62- 197570 (JP, U) Shokai Sho 53-116444 (JP, U) Shoko 57-9207 (JP, Y2) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65D 81/34

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An instant food container comprising a rectangular container main body having an open upper surface and an openable and closable lid for closing the upper surface opening, wherein: (a) the container main body extends along at least one corner thereof; A flat surface extending from the vicinity of the bottom of the container to the peripheral edge of the opening is provided, and a horizontal peripheral portion extending outward from the peripheral edge of the opening is provided at the top of the flat surface. A flat finger holding portion is formed which is fitted and adhered to a flat surface of a horizontal peripheral portion provided on the main body, and a drain hole is provided at each of opposed corners sandwiched between the finger holding portions. And instant food containers.