JP2702897B2 - Breathable container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a breathable container used for adjusting the cultivation of fungi and seedlings such as mushrooms and plants such as shiitake mushrooms, and for keeping food cool.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 shows a cultivation container A used for cultivating fungi such as mushrooms and seedlings such as tobacco and rice. The cultivation container A is a container having air permeability. A peripheral wall 2 is erected so as to surround a bottom surface 1 of a substantially rectangular plane, and a container body 3 is formed. The peripheral wall 2
Of these, the one standing upright at a pair of opposed side ends of the bottom surface 1 is formed as a side wall 2a, and the one standing upright at another opposite side end of the bottom surface 1 is formed as a surrounding wall 2b. In the cultivation container A, a seedbed in which seedlings are planted or a fungal bed to which bacteria are attached are placed on the bottom surface 1 to grow the seedlings and fungi, and the seedlings and bacteria that have grown to a certain size are placed in the container body 3. They are used in such a way that they are shipped while stored.

[0003]

However, the above conventional example is,
Even if unnecessary water such as rainwater flows into the container body 3, the water cannot be efficiently drained, and the seedbed and the fungal bed contain excessive water, which may adversely affect the cultivation of the seedlings and fungi. There was a problem. Further, in the above conventional example, since a large number of vents 4 are provided in the peripheral wall 2, there is no place for displaying information such as the source and type of seedlings, and the display of the source of shipment and the type of seedlings and fungi are performed. If the peripheral wall 2 is formed of a solid surface without the vent 4 to display the above information, there is a problem that the air permeability is impaired.

[0004] When food such as marine products and raw meat is stored in a cold storage using an air-permeable container as in the above-mentioned conventional example, the water or sap flowing out of the food freezes at the vent 4 to become ice, and the ice or the like is removed. However, there was a problem that the air was blocked by ice and air permeability was impaired. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can perform cultivation adjustment so that water is efficiently discharged so as not to adversely affect the cultivation of seedlings and fungi, and can be shipped without impairing air permeability. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gas-permeable container that can display information such as the origin and that can keep the gas-permeability even if the food is kept cool and stored.

[0005]

The air-permeable container according to the present invention comprises an upper piece 1 projecting outward at the upper end of each of a pair of opposed surrounding walls 2b of a gas-permeable container body 3.
6 and a display piece 6 formed of a solid surface for displaying information such as a seedling and fungi shipping source is opposed to the surrounding wall 2b.
Provided on the upper piece 16 and between the surrounding wall 2b and the display piece 6.
A gap is formed as the flow part 7 and connected to the flow part 7 on the surrounding wall 2b.
The air inlet and outlet 8 communicating with the circulation portion 7 at the lower end of the display piece 6 provided with a surrounding wall vent 4c for passing provided, the upper piece 16
The present invention is characterized in that support portions 18 projecting upward are provided continuously .

In the present invention, the container body 3 is formed by the bottom surface 1 and the peripheral wall 2 surrounding the bottom surface 1, the ventilation hole 4 is provided in the peripheral wall 2, and the lower edge 45 of the ventilation hole 4 reaches the bottom surface 1. Can be formed. In the present invention, the upper edge 8a of the air inlet 8 can be formed above the lower edge 45 of the vent 4.

[0007]

A pair of opposing enclosures of the container body 3 having air permeability.
The upper piece 16 projecting outward at each upper end of the wall 2b
A display piece 6 formed of a solid surface for displaying information such as a shipping source of seedlings and fungi is provided so as to face the surrounding wall 2b.
16 and the gap between the surrounding wall 2b and the display piece 6
Formed as the circulation part 7 and communicate with the circulation part 7 on the surrounding wall 2b.
Since the surrounding wall ventilation port 4c is provided and the air inlet / outlet 8 communicating with the circulation section 7 is provided at the lower end of the display piece 6 , the display piece 6
And a surrounding wall vent 4c and the air inlet and outlet 8 communicates via a circulation portion 7 it is possible to display information such as seedlings or bacteria shipper enclosure air on the wall vent 4c and the air inlet and outlet 8
And the communication part 7 to the container body 3. Moreover, a supporting portion 18 projecting upward is connected to the upper piece 16.
The two containers are stacked up and down
At the same time, flip the upper container upside down and
The tip of the upper container support 18 is attached to the tip of the container support 18.
It can be stacked up and down with the edges on top.

Further, the container body 3 is formed by the bottom surface 1 and the peripheral wall 2 surrounding the bottom surface 1, the ventilation hole 4 is provided in the peripheral wall 2, and the lower edge 45 of the ventilation hole 4 is formed to reach the bottom surface 1. The water that has flowed into the container body 3 from the bottom surface 1 through the lower part of the vent hole 4 can be discharged. The upper edge 8a of the air inlet / outlet 8 is located above the lower edge 45 of the vent 4.
Are positioned so that a part of the ventilation port 4 and a part of the air inlet / outlet 8 can be opposed to each other.
Can be easily entered and exited.

[0009]

The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to examples. The cultivation container A, which is an example of the air-permeable container of the present embodiment, can be formed as shown in FIG. 1 by, for example, injection molding a resin. Reference numeral 3 denotes a container body, which comprises a bottom surface 1 and a peripheral wall 2 surrounding the bottom surface 1. The bottom surface 1 is substantially square in plan view, and a plurality of bottom rib pieces 10 are provided on the lower surface thereof so as to intersect vertically and horizontally. Also, a large number of bottom vents 4a, which are open on the upper and lower surfaces over the entire surface, are formed in the bottom 1 as vents 4 (a part of the bottom vent 4a is omitted in FIG. 1). ). The peripheral wall 2 includes a side wall 2a provided along a pair of opposed side ends of the bottom surface 1 and a surrounding wall 2b provided along another pair of opposed side ends of the bottom surface 1.

The side wall 2a has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the side, and a plurality of side wall rib pieces 11 are provided on the outer surface thereof so as to intersect vertically and horizontally. A large number of side wall vents 4b, which open to the inner and outer surfaces over substantially the entire surface, are formed in the side wall 2a as vents 4. Further, a hand insertion opening 12 for inserting a hand when carrying the cultivation container A is provided in the upper portion of the side wall 2a so as to be opened on the inner and outer surfaces, and a pair of positioning recesses 13 are formed in the upper surface of the side wall 2a. It is. As shown in FIG. 2, a long recess 14 is formed on the lower surface of the side wall 2a along the width direction of the side wall 2a, and a positioning rib piece 15 is provided at a position facing the positioning recess 13 in the recess 14. Is provided.

The enclosing wall 2b is formed so that both ends thereof are integrally and continuously connected to the side end portions of the inner surface of the opposing side wall 2a, and a side vent as a vent 4 is formed on both sides of the enclosing wall 2b. 4d is provided. The enclosure wall 2b is provided with a plurality of enclosure wall ventilation holes 4c as ventilation holes 4, and the lower edge 45 of the enclosure wall ventilation hole 4c reaches the bottom surface 1 as shown in FIG. The lower part of the enclosure wall ventilation port 4c on the bottom surface 1 is formed as a drain port 9.

As described above, the lower edge 4 of the enclosure wall vent 4c is formed.
By opening 5 as a drain port 9 on the bottom surface 1,
Water can be discharged from the bottom 1 to the outside of the container body 3 through the drain port 9 as shown by an arrow A in FIG. Cleaning liquid and the like can be prevented from collecting. Each enclosure 2b
An upper piece 16 protruding outward is provided at the upper end, and a plurality of reinforcing rib pieces 17 are formed on the outer surface of the surrounding wall 2b. 2
The display piece 6 is provided in series so as to face b. A gap formed between the surrounding wall 2b and the display piece 6 is formed as a flow portion 7, which communicates with the surrounding wall vent 4c of the surrounding wall 2b, and a lower surface of the flow portion 7 serves as a flow port 20 as a container body. 3 has an opening on the lower surface. The size between the outer surfaces of the display pieces 6 facing each other is slightly smaller than the size between the inner surfaces of the side walls 2a facing each other.

At the lower end of the display piece 6, an air inlet / outlet 8 communicating with the flow section 7 is formed in a notch. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper end edge 8a of the air inlet / outlet 8 is located above the lower end edge 45 of the enclosure wall vent 4c. A part of the port 4c is opposed to the air inlet / outlet 8 and the flow section 7
, The air can be easily circulated to the surrounding wall vent 4c.

At both ends of the upper piece 16 of the surrounding wall 2b,
A supporting portion 18 protruding upward along the inner surface of a is integrally and continuously provided, and the tip of the supporting portion 18 is located slightly above the center in the height direction of the side wall 2a. The upper piece 16 is provided with a plurality of drainage holes 21 communicating with the distribution section 7. Above the air inlet / outlet 8 of the display piece 6, a solid surface is formed, and information on seedlings and fungi to be cultivated is displayed in this portion. Information on seedlings and fungi refers to items related to seedlings, such as the shipping source, type, number, size, cultivation start date and cultivation period, and any number of these items of information may be displayed or are limited to these. Needless to say. As a display method, a method of handwriting or printing on the display piece 6, a method of attaching a sticker with information,
Alternatively, it is possible to adopt a method in which a card on which information is written is affixed with an adhesive tape, fixed with a fixing device such as a screw, or locked with a locking device.

The cultivation container A formed as described above is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a seedbed 31 in which seedlings 30 such as tobacco and rice are planted on the bottom surface 1 and a fungal bed on which mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms are adhered are used. Air can be circulated in the cultivation container A through the ventilation port 4b, and cultivation can also be performed through the air inlet / outlet 8, the circulation port 20, the circulation section 7, and the surrounding wall ventilation port 4c as shown by the arrow B in FIG. Air can be circulated in the container A,
Fresh air can be easily taken into the cultivation container A. In other words, in the cultivation container A, conditions for easily cultivating seedlings and fungi are set and controlled by preventing excess water from collecting in the container main body 3 and sufficiently taking air into the container main body 3. Or so-called cultivation adjustment.

The seedlings and fungi cultivated in the cultivation container A are shipped while being stored in the cultivation container A. The display piece 6 of the cultivation container A displays information on the seedlings and the fungus. Seeing this information, seedlings and fungi can be easily separated according to information such as the destination and type of shipment. It is easy to do.

The cultivation containers A can be housed in pairs. That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, one cultivation container A is turned upside down, and the side wall 2a of the lower cultivation container A is turned upside down.
And the display piece 6 of the lower cultivation container A is positioned inside the side wall 2a of the upper cultivation container A and the two cultivation containers A
Are stacked vertically, and the cultivation container A can be stored such that the tip of the support portion 18 of the upper cultivation container A is placed on the tip of the support portion 18 of the lower cultivation container A.

By storing the cultivation container A in this way, it is not necessary to secure a large space for storage, and it is not necessary to pile up the cultivation container A high. Also, by placing the tip of the support portion 18 of the upper cultivation container A on the tip of the support portion 18 of the lower cultivation container A, the upper cultivation container A
Can be supported by the support portion 18 of the lower cultivation container A, and the two cultivation containers A are stored in the state as shown in FIGS.
When carrying together, the upper cultivation container A can be prevented from shifting downward and falling. In the above storage state, rainwater or the like intrudes from the distribution port 20 into the distribution section 7 of the upper cultivation container A, and the rainwater or the like can be discharged from the drainage hole 21 of the enclosure wall 2b.

In the above embodiment, a gas-permeable container is used as the cultivation container A. In the present invention, however, the gas-permeable container shown in FIG. May be used as a container for keeping cool. In this case, the food is stored in the container body 3 so as to be placed on the bottom surface 1 and is kept cool in a freezer or the like. By using the present invention as a container for keeping cold foods containing water and liquid juices cool, the water and liquid juices flowing out of the foods can be discharged out of the container main body 3 from the bottom surface vent 4a and the drain port 9. In addition, since the water and the liquid juice stay in the container body 3 and freeze, the enclosure wall ventilation port 4c and the side wall ventilation port 4b can be prevented from being closed by ice, so that the air permeability of the container body 3 is not impaired. It is something that can be. Further, similarly to the above-described embodiment, information such as the shipping source of the food can be displayed on the display piece 6 without impairing the air permeability, and by looking at this information, the food can be easily displayed according to the information such as the shipping destination and the type. This makes it easy to organize and store the products at the time of storage, and also makes it easy to identify the shipping destination at a glance at the time of shipping.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention , an outer end is provided at each upper end of a pair of opposing enclosure walls of a container body having air permeability.
An upper piece protruding from the side is provided, and a display piece formed by a solid surface for displaying information such as the shipping source of seedlings and fungi is paired with the surrounding wall.
And the gap between the surrounding wall and the display piece
Is formed as a circulation section, and an enclosure communicating with the circulation section is formed on the enclosure wall.
It is provided with the air inlet and outlet communicating with the distribution portion to the lower end of the display piece provided with a wall vent, and surrounding wall vents and the air inlet and outlet it is possible to display information such as seedlings or bacteria shipper display piece Can communicate with each other through the circulation part to enclose the air. <br/> It is possible to enter and exit the container body through the ventilation port, the air inlet and outlet, and the distribution part , and to display information such as the shipping source without impairing the air permeability. Can be done. Moreover, the upper piece
Since the support part protruding upward is connected in series, the two containers
When stacking vertically, store the upper container
Flip it down and attach it to the top of the lower container support
Stack up and down with the tip of the support of the container
Needs to be able to spring and have ample space for storage
Without being piled up
And can be stored compactly.
You.

Further, since the container body is formed by the bottom surface and the peripheral wall surrounding the bottom surface, the ventilation hole is provided in the peripheral wall, and the lower end edge of the ventilation hole is formed to reach the bottom surface. It can discharge the water that has flowed into the body, adjust the cultivation so that the water is efficiently drained and do not adversely affect the cultivation of seedlings and fungi. During cold storage, water and sap from the food stay in the container body and freeze,
The air vent can be prevented from being closed, and the air permeability can be prevented from being impaired.

Since the upper edge of the air inlet is located above the lower edge of the air vent, a part of the air inlet and a part of the air inlet can be opposed to each other. It is possible to make it easy to get in and out of the vehicle, and to sufficiently secure air permeability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view in which a part of the above is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a part of the above.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a use state of the above.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a storage state of the above.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing the storage state of the above.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bottom 2b Enclosure wall 3 Container main body 4c Enclosure wall vent 6 Display piece 7 Distribution part 8 Air inlet / outlet 8a Upper edge 16 Upper piece 18 Supporting part 45 Lower edge

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] An upper piece projecting outward is provided at an upper end of each of a pair of opposing enclosure walls of a container body having air permeability.
Only, provided the upper piece by the display piece is formed by a solid surface by surrounding walls and opposed to display information such as seedlings or bacteria shipper
And the gap between the surrounding wall and the display piece is formed as a circulation part
And, if the surrounding wall is provided with a surrounding wall ventilation port communicating with the distribution section
Together provided an air inlet and outlet communicating with the distribution portion to the lower end of the display piece, the container having an air permeability which is characterized by comprising consecutively provided a support portion protruding upward to the upper piece. 2. The container body is formed by a bottom surface and a peripheral wall surrounding the bottom surface, a vent is provided in the peripheral wall, and a lower end edge of the vent is formed to reach the bottom surface. 2. The air-permeable container according to 1. 3. The air-permeable container according to claim 1, wherein an upper edge of the air inlet is located above a lower edge of the air vent.