JP3144129U - Container for dry food storage - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a dry food storage container that can stably retain a desiccant in a fixed position in a container body with a simple structure.
A combination of a container body 1, a desiccant 5 and a restraining member 4 is provided. A concave annular groove is provided as a support portion 3 on the inner surface of the body portion of the container body 1. The desiccant 5 is granular, sealed in a bag 6 of a breathable sheet, and stored in the container body 1. The restraining member 4 has a protrusion 4b around a disc 4a made of a synthetic resin having elasticity, and has a hole 4c opened at the center of the disc. The disc 4a is supported at a fixed position in the body portion by being inserted and locked in the concave annular groove of the support portion 3. The disc 4a isolates the inside of the container body 1 vertically into a food storage space A and a desiccant storage space B, and the desiccant 5 stored in the desiccant storage space B is blocked by the disc 4a. Thus, escape from the desiccant storage space is prevented.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a container for a dry matter food containing a desiccant for preserving the flavor of the food by drying and storing the dry matter food.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the container for dry food such as dried seaweed is a circular or polygonal cylindrical container 11 formed by direct blow molding with a vinyl chloride resin, and the desiccant 12 is granular, which is air-permeable. The bag 13 was accommodated in a sheet bag 13 and stored in the cylindrical container 11 together with the dry food.

  By the way, the dry food stored in the container 11 is shipped and collected as a product, but it is subject to shock and shaking from the outside of the container when entering and leaving the warehouse, loading on the truck, and unloading. There is. In such a case, when the bag 13 containing the desiccant is stored in the container 11 together with the dry food as shown in FIG. 3, the bag 13 containing the desiccant and the dry food collide in the container 11. The problem is that the dried food is damaged and its commercial value is lowered.

  Dry foods are generally fragile, as seen, for example, in dry seaweed and seasoned seaweed, and may be damaged when exposed to impact. The inventors investigated the nori container and found that when the bag 13 and dry nori were stored together, the nori was damaged greatly and a large amount of powdered nori was produced and accumulated at the bottom of the container. confirmed.

  In order to avoid the problem of storing the bag 13 containing the desiccant together with the dry food in the container 11, the bag 13 containing the desiccant is held with cardboard and the desiccant and the dried food are isolated in the container 11. Although it is conceivable, even if the bag 13 is pressed with cardboard and the cardboard is supported in the container 11, the weight of the bag 13 containing the desiccant is 20 g to 30 g. The holding strength is insufficient by simply supporting it, and eventually it could not be suppressed by cardboard, and there was an unavoidable risk that the bag 13 containing the desiccant would jump out into the storage space for the dried food and damage the dried food.

  If a plurality of desiccant-containing bags 13 are stored in the container 11, the fact that the desiccant-containing bags 13 collide with each other, the bags are torn, and the desiccant 12 itself may be scattered in the container 11. confirmed. In addition, regarding dry food storage containers, it has been found that the containers themselves have problems.

  That is, hitherto, vinyl chloride is used for most of the laver containers. As is well known, since vinyl chloride resin generates highly toxic dioxins during combustion, recently, the use of resins that can cause such toxic poisons has been actively restrained, and a polyethylene terephthalate resin container that can be easily disposed of. The use of is being considered.

  Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the inventors have previously considered that the stored food is not affected by the desiccant even if the container containing the dry food is shocked or shaken from the outside. A container shown in FIG. 4 was developed as a container for storage. ((Patent Document 1), hereinafter referred to as “prior art”)

  Referring to FIG. 4, the dry food storage container described in the prior art has a combination of a container body 21 and a desiccant container 22. The container main body 21 is a bottomed cylinder, and a support 23 that forms a step is projected on the inner surface of the body portion. The top opening is covered with a lid (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 5, the desiccant container 22 is a container in which a granular or powdery desiccant 25 is accommodated in an elastic tray 24 and the upper surface opening is closed with a lid 26 made of a breathable sheet. It is inserted into the main body 21. The tray 24 integrally has a flange 27 protruding in the horizontal direction. In FIG. 4, when the desiccant container 22 is pushed into the container body 21, the flange 27 gets over the support 23, self-restores, is locked to the support 23, and the support 23 prevents the desiccant from coming off. The container 22 is stably held in the space below the support 23.

The container body 21 is made of a stretched blow-molded polyethylene terephthalate molded body by a hot parison method, and the lid 26 that covers the container body 21 is made of polypropylene resin. The tray 24 of the desiccant container 22 is a resin molded body made of polypropylene, polyethylene, or polystyrene. The flange 27 is formed integrally with the opening edge of the tray 24. The flange 27 is elastically deformed by the resin material as well as self. Has resilience.
JP 2000-79973 A

  In the prior art, even if the dry food storage container receives an impact from the outside, or may swing during transportation or storage, the container containing the desiccant may float or Therefore, the desiccant is not exposed from the product, and therefore, there is no accident of damage to the dry food due to the collision of the desiccant container and contamination of the dry food due to contact with the desiccant. It was.

  However, in the tray of the conventional desiccant container, although the container is firmly fixed in the desiccant container storage space of the container, the diameter of the container is usually a size obtained by cutting one laver into 1/16 size. It is set to a diameter that allows the insertion of a desiccant container, so that the palm of an adult cannot be inserted.Therefore, when inserting the tray into the container or after use, the tray of the desiccant container can be removed from the container body. In order to take out, an instrument is required, and the operation | movement of the removal | desorption is not necessarily easy.

  In addition, since the tray of the container body and the desiccant container, and the lid that covers the container body are made of different materials, it is troublesome to separate them after use. Furthermore, since the tray of the exclusive desiccant container 22 is used, there is a problem that the cost increases.

The main purpose of the present invention is that the stored food is not affected by the desiccant against impact or shaking, and the desiccant can be easily inserted into or removed from the container body. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a container for storing dry matter food containing a desiccant that can stably hold the desiccant at a fixed position in the container body.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a container for storing dried food containing a desiccant, which can use a commercially available desiccant as the desiccant.

In order to achieve the above object, the dry food storage container according to the present invention is a dry food storage container having a combination of a container main body, a desiccant, and a restraining member,
The container body is a cylinder with a bottom having a circular cross section made of a synthetic resin, the upper surface opening is covered with a lid, and has a support portion on the inner surface of the trunk portion.
The support portion is a concave annular groove formed in the inner surface of the trunk portion.
The desiccant is granular, sealed in a bag of breathable sheet, stored in the container body,
The holding member has a plurality of concentrically protruding protrusions around a disc of elastic synthetic resin, and has a hole in the center of the disc, and the desiccant Inserted into the food container body containing the desiccant from above,
By supporting the protrusion in the annular groove, the disc of the restraining member is supported at a fixed position in the body part,
The disc divides the inside of the container body into a food storage space and a desiccant storage space up and down,
The food storage space is a space for storing dried food,
The desiccant storage space is a space for storing the desiccant that is isolated from the food storage space and sealed in the bag of the breathable sheet,
The desiccant in the desiccant storage space is blocked by the disk to prevent escape from the desiccant storage space.
In addition, when the air permeability between the food storage space and the desiccant storage space cannot be sufficiently ensured only by the hole at the center of the disk, a disk having a small hole appropriately opened on the plate surface is used. be able to.

  According to the present invention, the restraining member is lifted during use, and the product in the food container is not damaged, the desiccant can be stably held at a fixed position in the container body with a simple structure, and the restraining member can be detached. Since it is easy, a food container and a desiccant can be easily separated when discarded after use. Further, by using the same polypropylene resin (PP resin) as the material of the lid for covering the food container body as the material of the holding member, the separation at the time of disposal becomes easy.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a dry food storage container according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing a set of a holding member and a desiccant inserted into the container body of the dry food storage container.

  1 (a) and 1 (b), a food container main body 1 is a bottomless cylinder with a circular cross section made of polyethylene terephthalate, and the upper surface opening is covered with a lid 2 made of polypropylene resin (PP resin). Is done. In the present invention, a support portion 3 is provided on the barrel portion of the food container body 1 so as to protrude from the outer periphery and form at least a single concave annular groove on the inner surface. The support portion 3 locks a pressing member 4 described later at a desired position. When the concave and annular grooves are provided in two or more steps in the vertical direction, the locking position of the restraining member 4 can be selected in the vertical direction depending on the size of the desiccant.

  In this proposal, the desiccant 5 is a rectangular bag 6 sealed in a gusset shape as shown in FIG. 2 and sealed with a granular desiccant, but the necessary amount is limited in a limited space. As long as the desiccant can be secured, its shape and size are not limited. The desiccant 5 is accommodated in the food container main body 1 prior to the insertion of the restraining member 4.

  The restraining member 4 is a disk 4a made of polypropylene resin (PP resin), and has at least two protrusions 4b concentrically projecting around the disk 4a. A circular hole 4c is formed at the center of the disk 4a. Is open. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which protrusions 4b are provided at four locations on the peripheral surface of the disk 4a.

  When the holding member 4 is inserted into the container body 1 using an instrument or a finger, the protrusion 4b is deformed by its own springiness and enters the groove of the support portion 3, and is restored in the groove. The disc 4a is locked to the support portion 3 and supported by the support portion 3 to hold the disc 4a in a fixed position in the body portion.

  The disk 4a is supported by a protrusion 4b locked to the support portion 3 and divides the container body 1 into a food storage space A and a desiccant storage space B in the vertical direction. The food storage space A is a space for storing dried food such as grilled seaweed, and the desiccant storage space B is a space for storing the desiccant 5 sealed in the bag 6 of the breathable sheet. Illustration of dried food such as grilled seaweed accommodated in the food storage space A is omitted. The desiccant bag 6 stored in the desiccant storage space B is isolated from the food storage space A by being blocked by the plate surface of the disk 4a, and is prevented from escaping from the desiccant storage space B. The circular hole 4c in the center of the disc 4a is a communication hole for ensuring the air permeability between the food storage space A and the desiccant storage space B. When it is insufficient, it is possible to use a disk having small holes that are appropriately opened at important points on the plate surface, such as a mesh that is open to the entire plate surface or a punched pattern. Also good.

  The hole 4c opened in the center of the disc 4a is inserted into the hole when removing the restraining member 4 before removing the desiccant 5 from the container body 2 that has been used after use. It is for hooking the opening edge of the hole and pulling it out from the container body 1.

  In the above embodiment, the hole is formed in the center of the disc, but is not necessarily limited to the center, and can be opened in any shape or divided into two or more. By using a disk having a pattern on the plate surface, sufficient air permeability between the food storage space and the desiccant storage space can be secured, and the weight of the restraining member can be reduced.

  The present invention is not limited to grilled laver, and can be widely used in food sales containers for dried foods that need to be kept dry, confectionery such as rice crackers, and seafood such as shirasu.

(A) is sectional drawing of the food container main body by embodiment of this invention. (B) is the bb sectional view taken on the line of (a). It is a figure which shows the combination of the suppressing member and desiccant by embodiment of this invention. It is a cross section which shows an example of the conventional food container. It is sectional drawing of the food container main body which concerns on a prior art. It is sectional drawing of the desiccant container which concerns on a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container body 2 Lid 3 Support part 4 Holding member 4a Disc 4b Protrusion 4c Hole 5 Desiccant 6 Bag

Claims (1)

A dry food storage container having a combination of a container body, a desiccant, and a restraining member,
The container body is a cylinder with a bottom having a circular cross section made of a synthetic resin, the upper surface opening is covered with a lid, and has a support portion on the inner surface of the trunk portion.
The support portion is a concave annular groove formed in the inner surface of the trunk portion.
The desiccant is granular, sealed in a bag of breathable sheet, stored in the container body,
The holding member has a plurality of concentrically protruding protrusions around the elastic synthetic resin disk, and has a hole in the center of the disk. Inserted into the stored food container body from above the desiccant,
By supporting the protrusion in the annular groove, the disc of the restraining member is supported at a fixed position in the body part,
The disc divides the inside of the container body into a food storage space and a desiccant storage space up and down,
The food storage space is a space for storing dried food,
The desiccant storage space is a space for storing the desiccant that is isolated from the food storage space and sealed in the bag of the breathable sheet,
The desiccant in the desiccant storage space is blocked by the disk to prevent escape from the desiccant storage space.

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