JP3064451U - Food storage containers - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To easily divide a sealed packaged food stored in a container. A food storage container (1) is provided with a bottom wall (2a) and a peripheral wall (2b) formed around the bottom wall (2a) and continuous with the bottom wall (2a). A peripheral wall 2b and a bottom wall 2 are provided on each inner surface of the wall 2a.
A concave portion 4 is formed in a grid pattern over a. By moving the blade along the concave portion 4, the food filled in the food storage container 1 can be easily divided.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a food container filled with a cuttable soft food such as tofu or jelly.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Some foods are made by coagulation by heating or freezing the ingredients. For example, foods such as tofu and jelly.

[0003] Conventionally, these foods are prepared by kneading the ingredients, filling them in a container, sealing and packaging the container as necessary, and then heating or freezing the container together. Was made by solidifying the material.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a storage container in which these foods are filled and sealed and packaged.

A storage container 30 shown in FIG. 8 includes a storage portion 31 in which a thermoplastic resin sheet is vacuum-formed in a square or cylindrical shape, a flange portion 32 projecting outward from the top of a side wall of the storage portion 31, and Consists of

First, after the food material is filled in the storage portion 31, a thin film sheet 33 is put on the storage portion 31, and then the film sheet 33 is thermally bonded to the flange portion 32. In this way, the food is hermetically packaged inside the storage container 30.

[0007]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 When taking out the food inside the storage container 30 during cooking, first, the film sheet 33 is peeled off by hand, the storage container 30 is placed upside down on a cutting board or a palm, and then the storage container 30 is removed. Remove. After that, cut the food out with a kitchen knife and subdivide it.

For example, tofu includes cotton tofu and silken tofu. Of these, silk tofu is much softer than cotton tofu, and its shape is easily broken, so it is difficult for even experienced people to uniformly and stably divide it.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a food storage container that can easily cut food without breaking its shape.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve this object, a first aspect of the present invention is to provide a food product comprising a bottom wall and a peripheral wall formed around the bottom wall and being continuous with the bottom wall. In the storage container, a food storage container characterized in that a concave portion or a convex portion is formed continuously on the inner surfaces of the peripheral wall and the bottom wall over the peripheral wall and the bottom wall.

Since the inner surface of the storage portion 31 of the conventional food storage container 30 shown in FIG. 8 is smooth, when cutting the food filled in the food storage container 30, cooking is performed. The people themselves had to cut the food into appropriate sizes.

[0012] On the other hand, according to the food storage container of the present food storage container having a concave portion, when the food storage container is filled with food such as tofu, a knife or other knife is used. Is moved along the concave portion, so that the concave portion plays a role of guiding the tip of the blade, so that the food inside the food storage container does not lose its shape and follows the pattern formed by the concave portion. It can be easily cut.

Further, according to the food storage container of the present food storage container in which the convex portion is formed, when the food inside the food storage container is taken out of the food storage container without cutting the food storage container, the food is removed. A concave portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface corresponding to the convex portion. By cutting the food along the concave portion, the food can be easily cut along the pattern formed by the concave portion without breaking its shape.

For example, the concave portion or the convex portion can be formed in a grid pattern on the bottom wall, as described in claim 2. Alternatively, the concave portion or the convex portion may be formed radially from substantially the center of the bottom wall or near the center toward the peripheral wall, as described in claim 3.

As described above, the pattern of the concave portion or the convex portion can be variously changed, and the food filled in the food storage container can be cut into various shapes according to the pattern. it can.

[0016]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 1 to 3 show a food storage container according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The food storage container according to the present embodiment is used as a container for storing tofu.

As shown in FIG. 1, a food storage container 1 according to the present embodiment has a rectangular shape of 12 cm × 12 cm × 5 cm in depth, and has a storage section 2 having an open upper surface and a storage section. 2 and a 1 cm-long flange portion 3 protruding outward from the upper edge in the horizontal direction.

Further, the storage section 2 includes a square bottom wall 2a, and a peripheral wall 2b formed upright from the bottom wall 2a around the bottom wall 2a.

The food container 1 according to the present embodiment is formed by vacuum molding using a thermoplastic resin sheet such as polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, or polyethylene terephthalate as a material.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, concave portions 4 are formed in a grid pattern on the inner surfaces of the bottom wall 2 a and the peripheral wall 2 b forming the storage section 2. That is, four concave portions 4 are formed in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction of the food storage container 1, respectively.

One end of each concave portion 4 starts from the upper edge of the peripheral wall 2b, passes from the peripheral wall 2b to the bottom wall 2a, and the other end ends at the upper edge of the opposing peripheral wall 2b.

The concave portions 4 are formed at equal intervals (the interval is 2.4 cm), and the width and the depth of each concave portion 4 are both set to 1 mm.

In the flange portion 3 of the food storage container 1 according to the present embodiment, after filling the storage portion 2 with tofu, a thin film sheet 5 made of polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, or the like is heated. Glued. With this film sheet 5, the tofu is hermetically packaged inside the food storage container 1.

Next, the operation of the food storage container 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

After peeling off the film sheet 5 from the flange 3, as shown in FIG. 3, the tip of the blade 6 is moved while dragging along each concave portion 4. In this case, since the concave portion 4 plays a role of guiding the tip of the cutting tool 6, the tofu inside the food storage container 1 is transformed into a grid pattern, which is a pattern formed by the concave portion 4, without breaking its shape. Can be cut.

Thereafter, the tofu divided into a grid pattern, that is, a dice shape is taken out of the food storage container 1.

As described above, according to the food container 1 according to the present embodiment, by moving the knife or other blade 6 along the concave portion 4, the concave portion 4 guides the tip of the blade 6. Therefore, the tofu filled in the food container can be easily cut in a grid pattern without breaking its shape.

In the present embodiment, the width and depth of the bottom wall 2a and the peripheral wall 2b and the concave portion 4 forming the storage portion 2 are all exemplary dimensions, and the type of food to be stored and the food storage It can be appropriately changed according to the size of the container.

Further, the pattern formed by the concave portion 4 is not limited to a grid, and another desired pattern can be adopted.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a food container 11 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The food storage container 11 according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as the food storage container 1 according to the first embodiment except that a convex portion 12 is formed instead of the concave portion 4. have.

The width and height of the convex portion 12 are both 1 mm.

When the food storage container 11 according to the present embodiment is used, and the tofu filled in the food storage container 11 is taken out without cutting, as shown in FIG. A concave portion 14 is formed on the surface corresponding to the convex portion 12. By moving a knife or other knife (not shown) along the concave portion 14 and cutting the tofu 13, the tofu 13 is cut along the pattern formed by the concave portion 14 without breaking the shape of the tofu 13. 13 can be cut.

FIG. 7 shows a food container 21 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The food storage container 21 according to the present embodiment is used as a container for storing jelly.

The food storage container 21 according to the present embodiment includes a storage portion 22 having a radius of 5 cm and a depth of 4 cm, and an annular flange portion 23 having a length of 1 cm and protruding outward from the upper edge of the storage portion 22 in the horizontal direction. And, it consists of.

Further, the storage section 22 includes a circular bottom wall 22a and a peripheral wall 22b formed around the bottom wall 22a and upright from the bottom wall 22a.

The food storage container 21 according to the present embodiment is formed by molding a thermoplastic resin sheet such as polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, or polyethylene terephthalate or an aluminum sheet as a raw material.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the food storage container 21 according to the present embodiment, eight concave portions 24 extending radially from substantially the center of the bottom wall 22a toward the peripheral wall 22b are formed. That is, each concave portion 24 has a starting point substantially at the center of the bottom wall 22a and an end point at the upper edge of the peripheral wall 22b. Each concave portion 24 is formed at an equal circumferential angle, and the width and depth of each concave portion 24 are both set to 1 mm.

In the same manner as in the first embodiment, the flange portion 23 of the food storage container 21 according to the present embodiment is filled with jelly in the storage portion 22 and then filled with polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, or the like. A thin film sheet (not shown) made of a material is thermally bonded. With this film sheet, jelly is hermetically packaged inside the food storage container 1.

The food storage container 21 according to the present embodiment has the same function as the food storage container 1 according to the first embodiment. That is, by moving a knife or other blade along the concave portion 24, the concave portion 24 plays a role of guiding the tip of the blade, so that the jelly filled in the food storage container 21 is changed in shape. It can be cut into a fan shape without breaking.

In the present embodiment, it is not always necessary to form the flange 23. The food container 21 can be sealed by using a cylindrical container fitted to the circular storage section 22.

Also in the present embodiment, the convex portion 12 described in the second embodiment can be formed instead of the concave portion 24.

[0043]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the food storage container according to the present invention in which the concave portion is formed, the concave portion is formed by moving the knife or other blade along the concave portion. Since it plays a role of guiding the tip of the blade, the food inside the food storage container can be easily cut along the pattern formed by the concave portions without breaking its shape.

Further, according to the food storage container according to the present invention in which the convex portion is formed, when the food inside the food storage container is taken out from the food storage container, the food is removed. A concave portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface corresponding to the convex portion. By cutting the food along the concave portion, the food can be easily cut along the pattern formed by the concave portion without breaking its shape.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a food storage container according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a use state of the food storage container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a food storage container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of food taken out of the food storage container shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a food container according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional food storage container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage container concerning 1st embodiment 2 Storage part 3 Flange part 4 Concave part 5 Film sheet 6 Knife 11 Storage container concerning 2nd embodiment 12 Convex part 13 Tofu 14 Concave part 21 In 3rd embodiment Such storage container 22 storage part 23 flange part 24 concave part

Claims (3)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A food container comprising a bottom wall and a peripheral wall formed around the bottom wall and continuous with the bottom wall, the food container being filled with cuttable food, wherein the peripheral wall and the bottom wall are provided. The food storage container according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion or a convex portion is formed continuously on the inner surface of the peripheral wall and the bottom wall. 2. The food container according to claim 1, wherein the concave portion or the convex portion is formed in a grid pattern on the bottom wall. 3. The food according to claim 1, wherein the concave portion or the convex portion is formed radially from a substantially center or near the center of the bottom wall toward the peripheral wall. Storage container.