JP3166466U - Holder for transporting food containers - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a holder for transporting a food storage container capable of stably holding a food storage container such as a cup product having various sizes and shapes. SOLUTION: A food storage container transport holder 1 according to the present invention has a configuration in which two or more storage portions 2 are continuously provided, and the storage portion 2 has a bottom portion 2b and a peripheral wall rising from a peripheral edge of the bottom portion 2b. 2a is provided, and at least one flexible ridge 3 protruding inward is provided on the peripheral wall 2a of the storage portion 2 in the vertical direction and inward toward the lower side. It is characterized in that it is formed so as to be inclined. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a holder for transporting food storage containers such as cup products containing cakes, puddings, fruits and the like, and in particular, transporting food storage containers capable of stably transporting food storage containers of various sizes and shapes. It is related to the holder.

  In convenience stores and supermarkets, cakes, puddings, fruits, etc. are put together in cups and sold as cup products. These cup products are produced by dessert vendors and the like. In recent years, the product value has been improved due to the complicated topping. Also, as cups to be used, containers with complex shapes, especially containers with various shapes such as wine glasses and cocktail glasses, have come to be used. Increasingly, unstable containers are used.

When such a cup product is transported to each convenience store or the like, if it falls down in the middle, complicated topping or the like is broken, and the commercial value is lost.
Therefore, conventionally, a paper food storage container transport holder 100 as shown in FIG. 8 is used, and the cup product 50 is stored in the transport holder 100 to improve the stability of the cup product during transport. The cup product is transported to each convenience store by car or the like without improving and falling.

  However, the paper food storage container transport holder 100 described above cannot stably support cup products of various sizes and shapes. In particular, in a shape such as a wine glass or a cocktail glass, since it has a stem portion which is a thin leg portion, it is difficult to stably support it. In addition, assembly is necessary for use, and after assembly, stacking in a stacked state (stacking) is not possible, and a large stock space is required.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the background art described above, and its purpose is to provide a food storage container that can stably hold food storage containers such as cup products of various sizes and shapes. Another object of the present invention is to provide a transport holder for a food storage container that does not require assembly and requires less stock space.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the transport holder for a food storage container according to claim 1 has a configuration in which two or more storage portions are connected to each other, and the storage portion includes a bottom portion and a peripheral wall rising from a peripheral edge of the bottom portion. In the peripheral wall of the storage portion, at least one flexible protrusion projecting inward is formed so as to incline in the vertical direction and inward in the downward direction. It is characterized by being.
In this specification, the food storage container refers to a container such as a cup, a wine glass, or a cocktail glass, which is mainly used for putting food such as cakes, puddings and fruits (hereinafter referred to as foods). The container that contains the cup is sometimes called a cup product).
The transport holder according to the present invention is used to transport the food storage container, and in particular, a cup portion (or bowl portion) that is a food storage portion and a stem portion that is a thin leg portion. And a plate portion which is a bottom portion supporting the whole, and is suitable for transporting an unstablely shaped container such as a wine glass or a cocktail glass.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a food storage container carrying holder according to the first aspect, wherein the protrusion is formed by bending the peripheral wall of the storage portion inwardly.

  Further, in the food storage container transport holder according to claim 3, in the device according to claim 1 or 2, three or more protrusions are formed on the peripheral wall of the storage portion.

  Furthermore, the transport holder of the food storage container according to claim 4 is the device according to claim 3, wherein the protrusions are formed on the peripheral wall of the storage portion at equal intervals of 4 × N (N is an integer). It is characterized by being.

  Moreover, the holder for conveyance of the food storage container of Claim 5 WHEREIN: In the device in any one of the said Claims 1-4, the said storage part is bottomed substantially frustoconical shape expanded diameter upwards. It is characterized by.

  The food storage container transport holder according to claim 6 is the invention as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the two or more storage portions are continuously provided via a flange formed at an upper end thereof. It is characterized by.

  Moreover, the holder for conveyance of the food storage container of Claim 7 WHEREIN: In the device in any one of the said Claims 1-6, the said holder for conveyance is integrally shape | molded by the resin material which has flexibility. It is characterized by.

According to the holder for transporting a food storage container according to claim 1 described above, since it has a configuration in which two or more storage portions each having a bottom portion and a peripheral wall rising from the peripheral edge of the bottom portion are provided, two or more cups are provided. In a state where food containers such as products are gathered, they can be stably conveyed. In addition, since two or more storage units are provided in series, the food storage container stored in the storage unit provided in an effective manner stabilizes the other.
Moreover, since at least one flexible protrusion projecting inwardly is formed on the peripheral wall of the storage portion so as to be inclined inward in the vertical direction and downward. The stored food storage container can be held between the protrusions, and the food storage container can be stably held.
Also, since the ridges are flexible, the ridges bend outwards to fit the bottom of the food storage container, and sandwich the food storage container. Therefore, the food storage containers of various sizes and shapes The food storage container can be stably held in accordance with the above.

  Moreover, according to the holder for conveyance of the food storage container according to claim 2 described above, since the protrusion is formed by curving the peripheral wall of the storage portion inward, the protrusion is deformed. The surrounding storage side wall is also deformed, and the food storage container can be held more stably. In particular, in the case of a container such as a wine glass or a cocktail glass having a plate portion that is a plate-like bottom portion that supports the whole, when the ridge is deformed, the ridge and the surroundings are matched to the thickness of the plate portion. Since the side wall of the storage part is also deformed and fits to the plate part and can be effectively sandwiched, it becomes possible to convey more stably.

  Moreover, according to the holder for transporting a food storage container according to claim 3, since the three or more protrusions are formed on the peripheral wall of the storage portion, the food storage container is held more stably. And can be held according to food storage containers of various sizes and shapes.

Furthermore, according to the holder for transporting a food storage container according to claim 4, the protrusions are formed on the peripheral wall of the storage portion at regular intervals of 4 × N (N is an integer). The two transport holders can be shifted by 90 degrees and overlapped in the storage section to form an L-shaped or cross-shaped transport holder that is difficult to fall down. It can be transported.
According to the holder for transporting a food storage container according to claim 5 described above, since the storage portion has a substantially truncated cone shape with a diameter expanded upward, a food storage container such as a cup product is provided. It becomes easy to store.

  According to the holder for transporting a food container of claim 6 described above, the two or more storage portions are configured to be connected via a flange formed at the upper end thereof. The holders can be stacked (stacked) in a stacked state, and the stock space can be reduced.

  In addition, according to the holder for transporting the food storage container of claim 7, since it is integrally formed of a flexible resin material, assembly is not necessary and manufacturing is easy, and cost is reduced. Can be reduced. Further, since it is formed of a flexible resin material, it can be used repeatedly.

It is the perspective view which showed one Embodiment of the holder for conveyance of the food storage container which concerns on this invention. It is a figure of the holder for conveyance shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is sectional drawing of the part in alignment with the AA of (a), (c) is B- of (a). It is sectional drawing of the part which follows a B line. It is the figure which showed other embodiment of the holder for conveyance of the food storage container which concerns on this invention, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is sectional drawing of the part in alignment with CC line of (a) (C) is sectional drawing of the part which follows the DD line | wire of (a). FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which two transfer holders shown in FIG. 3 are overlapped in an L shape. It is a figure of the holder for conveyance shown in FIG. 3, Comprising: (a) is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which showed the state before storing cup products, (b) The longitudinal cross-sectional view which showed the state after storing cup products It is. It is the perspective view which showed the state which accommodated the cup product in the holder for conveyance shown in FIG. It is the top view which showed the state which put the holder for conveyance of the food storage container which stored the cup product into the conveyance case with other products. It is the perspective view which showed the holder for conveyance of the conventional food storage container.

  Hereinafter, the above-mentioned holder for transporting a food container according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

  1 and 2 show an embodiment of a food storage container transport holder according to the present invention, and the transport holder 1 has a structure in which two storage portions 2 and 2 are connected in series. The storage portion 2 includes a bottom portion 2b and a peripheral wall 2a rising from the periphery of the bottom portion 2b. The peripheral walls 2a and 2a of the storage portions 2 and 2 are inclined inwardly from the upper side to the lower side, and the protrusions 3 having flexibility projecting inwardly to the peripheral wall 2a. However, it is inclined inward in the vertical direction and downward.

The storage portion 2 is formed in a substantially truncated cone shape having a bottom that is expanded in the upward direction, and protrudes inward at the center of the bottom portion 2b to serve as reinforcement and positioning of the stored cup product or the like. A circular convex portion 4 is formed.
The shape of the storage part 2 is not particularly limited. However, since the bottom part of a food storage container such as a cup product is often approximately circular, as described above, the bottom part 2b is approximately circular and faces upward. It is preferably a bottomed, generally frustoconical shape with a diameter expanded.

The protrusion 3 formed on the peripheral wall 2a is formed by bending the peripheral wall 2a inward. In this embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. When viewed, the peripheral wall 2a is bent into a petal shape having six petals, thereby forming six ridges 3 at equal intervals on the peripheral wall 2a.
Although not shown in particular, as another embodiment, the ridges can be formed such that the peripheral wall has a cross-sectional wave shape. The cross-sectional wave shape includes a shape in which the cross-section is alternately bent inward and outward.

  Further, a flange 5 is formed at the upper end of the storage part 2, and the two storage parts 2, 2 are connected via the flange 5. A trapezoidal concave portion 6 protruding downward is formed on the plate surface of the flange 5 corresponding to the connecting portion between the two storage portions 2 and 2, and this portion is reinforced. In addition, an arc-shaped notch is formed at the edge of the flange 5 located outside the trapezoidal recess 6 to form a knob 7 with a finger. Further, the peripheral edge of the flange 5 is once bent downward and further formed with an edge portion 8 projecting outward in the horizontal direction, so that the entire transport holder 1 is reinforced.

  FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the holder for transporting the food container according to the present invention. The transport holder 11 is greatly different from the transport holder 1 of the food container shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in the number of protrusions formed in the storage section and the presence or absence of a trapezoidal recess in the flange.

  That is, the conveyance holder 11 shown in FIG. 3 has two storage portions 12 and 12 formed in a substantially truncated cone shape with a bottom that is also enlarged in diameter upward, and a flange 13 formed at the upper end thereof. The storage portion 12 includes a bottom portion 12b and a peripheral wall 12a that stands up from the periphery of the bottom portion 12b. On the peripheral walls 12a and 12a of the storage portions 12 and 12, flexible ridges 14 projecting inward are formed in a state of being inclined inward in the vertical direction and downward inward. In the center of the bottom portion 12b, a circular convex portion 15 that protrudes inward is formed so as to serve as a reinforcement and positioning of the accommodated cup product or the like.

  The protrusion 14 is formed by curving the peripheral wall 12a inward, but in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3A, the peripheral wall 12a is not seen when viewed in plan. Eight ridges 14 are formed on the peripheral wall 12a so as to be bent into a petal shape having eight petals.

  In addition, an arc-shaped notch is formed at the edge of the flange 13 corresponding to the connecting portion between the two storage portions 12 and 12 to form a knob 16 with a finger. Further, the peripheral edge of the flange 13 is once bent downward and further formed with an edge portion 17 projecting outward in the horizontal direction, so that the entire transport holder 11 is reinforced. However, in the transport holder 11 shown in FIG. 3, the trapezoidal recess 6 in the flange 5 that is formed in the transport holder 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is not formed.

In the case of the transport holder 11 shown in FIG. 3, the eight protrusions 14 are formed at equal intervals, and the shape of the storage portion 12 is a state in which the storage portion 12 is rotated 90 degrees around the axis. In FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. 4, the two holders 11 and 11 for transportation are shifted by 90 degrees and overlapped in the storage portions 12 and 12, and are further L-shaped that are not easily toppled. The transfer holder 20 can be obtained. For example, when three cup products are transported, it is possible to transport more stably than when two transport holders are transported separately. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the transport holder 20 superimposed in an L-shape can be stably placed in the corner portion of the transport case 70, and more stably food such as cup products. The storage container can be transported.
In addition, in the case of the conveyance holder in which the three storage units are arranged in series, the central storage units can be shifted by 90 degrees and overlapped to form a cross-shaped transfer holder. Moreover, as the shape of the storage part, in addition to the above-described eight protrusions formed at equal intervals, 4 × 12 protrusions or 4 × N protrusions (N is an integer) were formed at equal intervals. If it is a thing, it will become possible to combine several holders for conveyance, and the food storage container can be conveyed more stably as said L-shaped or cross-shaped conveyance holders which do not fall easily. However, in order to use in this way, the shape of the opening portion of the storage portion is also rotated 90 degrees, such as a circle, a rectangle, an octagon, a 4 × N square (N is an integer), and before the rotation. Must be the same.

  It is preferable that the transport holder 1 or 11 of the food container having the above-described configuration is integrally formed of a flexible resin material. Examples of the resin material having flexibility include, for example, polystyrene resins, polypropylene resins, polyethylene resins, polyester resins, polycarbonate resins, and thermoplastic resins such as polylactic acid resins, or a mixture of two or more thereof. Resin. In addition, when these resins are used by mixing inorganic substances such as talc and calcium carbonate and two or more kinds of resins, compatibilizers, colorants, and other additives may be added according to the purpose. Furthermore, it is also possible to mix | blend the raw material which provides the rubber | gum characteristic for adjusting a resin characteristic.

  Especially, among the above, polystyrene resin, polystyrene resin composition, polypropylene resin, or a thermoplastic resin sheet using a polypropylene resin composition as a base resin is cost and balance between strength and light weight It is preferable at the point which is excellent in. Among them, those made of a thermoplastic resin sheet using a polypropylene resin or a polypropylene resin composition as a base resin are preferred because of their high oil resistance and heat resistance, and are also based on polystyrene resins or polystyrene resin compositions. A material made of a thermoplastic resin sheet as a material resin is preferable because it is particularly inexpensive and has excellent thermoformability and can be easily molded into a desired shape. When physical properties such as buffering properties are required, it may be made of a foamed thermoplastic resin sheet.

  From the viewpoint of repeated use, etc., from a rubber-modified styrene resin (impact polystyrene), high density polyethylene, a resin sheet made of a mixture of polypropylene and polyethylene and / or an elastomer, a biaxially stretched polystyrene resin sheet, etc. Can be mentioned. Furthermore, when heat resistance is required, a polypropylene resin sheet containing an inorganic filler such as talc can be used.

The thermoplastic resin sheet is usually 0.05 to 8.0 mm in thickness, but from the viewpoint of thermoformability and flexibility, the thickness is preferably 0.1 to 3.0 mm, and 0.2 to 2 0.0 mm is more preferable.
In addition, as a thermoplastic resin sheet, the laminated body on which the film was laminated | stacked may be sufficient.

  The thermoplastic resin sheet is produced by a conventionally known method, and it is preferable that the thermoplastic resin sheet is integrally formed by a conventionally known thermoforming means such as vacuum forming or pressure forming, and the transport holder 1 Alternatively, 11 can be obtained. In addition, it can also shape | mold also by the method of forming a side wall with a corrugated resin sheet, adhere | attaching or heat-seal | fitting the butting part of a bottom part and a side wall, and the method of combining these.

The conveyance holder of the food container according to the present invention configured as described above is used as follows.
The food storage container in which the transport holder according to the present invention can be used may be a food storage container having a bottom smaller than the upper end opening of the storage part of the transport holder, for example, a shape of a cup, wine glass, cocktail glass, etc. The container is exemplified. In particular, cup products using containers such as wine glasses and cocktail glasses with a cup part that is a food storage part, a stem part that is a thin leg part, and a plate part that is the bottom part that supports the whole, The conveyance holder according to the present invention can be suitably used.

5A and 5B are diagrams of the transport holder 11 shown in FIG. 3, wherein FIG. 5A is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state before the cup product that is a food storage container is stored, and FIG. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which showed the state after having performed. The illustrated cup product 50 is like a wine glass or a cocktail glass provided with a cup portion 51a that is a food storage portion, a stem portion 51b that is a thin leg portion, and a plate portion 51c that is a bottom portion that supports the whole. A container with a simple shape is used.
As shown in the figure, the entire transport holder 11 according to the present invention is integrally formed of a flexible resin material, and therefore does not require assembly when used. Then, when the plate portion 51 c that is the bottom portion of the cup product 50 is pushed into the storage portion 12 of the transport holder 11, the flexible protrusion 14 a formed in the storage portion 12 becomes the plate of the cup product 50. Since the deformed protrusion 14b clamps the plate portion 51c of the cup product 50 in accordance with the size and shape of the portion 51c, the cup product 50 stored therein is stably stored in the storage portion 12. Can be held. At this time, since the flexible protrusion 14 is flexibly deformed according to the size of the plate portion 51c of the cup product 50, etc., it can be adapted to cup products of various sizes and shapes. .
Further, in the container having the plate portion 51c, since the peripheral shape of the plate portion is generally plate-like, the protrusion is pushed outward and the side wall of the surrounding storage portion is bent outwardly and deformed. At this time, according to the entire plate-like thickness (side surface) of the plate portion, the protrusion and the surrounding storage portion side wall are in contact with the entire side surface of the plate portion so that the plate portion is sandwiched and transported more stably. It becomes possible to do.
In addition, the food storage container such as the cup product 50 can be changed by changing the inward inclination angle of the ridge 14 of the carrier holder 11, the degree of curvature forming the ridge 14, the type of resin, the thickness, and the like. It is also possible to change the force for holding the.

  Since the transport holder 11 shown in FIG. 3 has a configuration in which two storage units 12 and 12 are connected, the cup product 50 is placed in each of the storage units 12 and 12 as shown in FIG. Can be stably stored. Subsequently, the transport holder 11 containing the cup product 50 is lifted by using the knob 16 formed on the transport holder 11 and the other transported products 60 and the like as shown in FIG. It puts in the conveyance case 70, and the cup product 50 etc. can be conveyed to each convenience store by a car etc. in this state.

  Since the cup product 50 thus transported is stably held in the storage portion 12 of the transport holder 11, the cup product 50 is transported to each convenience store without falling down and without breaking complicated toppings. Is done. The transported cup product 50 is taken out from the transport holder 11 according to the present invention and arranged in a storefront. The transport holder 11 according to the present invention is collected together with the transport case 70, and again a food storage container such as a cup product. Used for transporting When collecting and storing the transport holder 11 according to the present invention, the transport holders 11 can be stacked (stacked) in a stacked state, and the stock space can be reduced.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of the holder for conveyance of the food storage container concerning this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment at all, It described in the claim of the utility model registration Needless to say, within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention, it is possible to provide a holder for transporting food storage containers with various modifications and changes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holder for conveyance of food storage container 2 Storage part 2a Circumferential wall 2b Bottom part 3 Projection 4 Circular convex part 5 Flange 6 Trapezoidal concave part 7 Knob part 8 Edge part 11 Holder for conveyance of food storage container 12 Storage part 12a Peripheral wall 12b Bottom part 13 Flange 14 ridge 14a ridge (before deformation)
14b Projection (after deformation)
15 Circular convex part 16 Knob part 17 Edge part 20 Holder for conveyance piled up in L shape 50 Cup product 51a Cup part
51b Stem part 51c Plate part (bottom part of cup product)
60 Other products 70 Carrying case

Claims (7)

  The storage unit has a configuration in which two or more storage units are continuously provided, and the storage unit includes a bottom portion and a peripheral wall rising from a peripheral edge of the bottom portion, and the peripheral wall of the storage unit protrudes at least inwardly. A holder for transporting a food storage container, characterized in that a single flexible protrusion is formed so as to incline in the vertical direction and downward inward.   The holder for transporting a food container according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion is formed by curving the peripheral wall of the storage portion inward.   The holder for transporting a food container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein three or more protrusions are formed on the peripheral wall.   The said protrusion is formed in the said surrounding wall at equal intervals by 4 * N piece (N is an integer), The conveyance container for foodstuffs in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. holder.   The holder for transporting a food storage container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the storage part has a substantially truncated cone shape with a diameter expanded upward.   6. The holder for transporting a food storage container according to claim 1, wherein the two or more storage portions are continuously provided via a flange formed at an upper end thereof.   The said holder for conveyance is integrally shape | molded by the resin material which has flexibility, The holder for conveyance of the food storage container of any one of Claims 1-6 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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