JP3773045B2 - Subdivision container for liquid food and extruder - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention relates to a subdivided container for fluid food such as soft cream and an extruder thereof.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-19273, Utility Model Registration No. 2568808, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-247333 have been disclosed as subdivided containers for fluid food. These are integrated by putting a disc-shaped lid on the truncated cone-shaped container body, and forming a parallel stepped portion or a threaded stepped portion on the outer periphery of the truncated cone-shaped container body, or engaging with the lid. The rib is formed with an engagement recess covering the engagement rib on the peripheral edge of the container body to improve the extrusion efficiency. However, in the case where the stepped portion is formed, fluid food is likely to remain in the stepped portion, and in the case where the engagement rib and the engagement concave portion are formed, the compression deformed portion is in the process of collapsing the container body, There is a problem in that fluid food is left in the corners with the inner surfaces of the engaging ribs of the lid and the corners of the flat top plate. In addition, extrusion efficiency means the ratio of the quantity of the fluid food with which a subdivided container is filled, and the amount of extraction.
[0003]
Further, as an extruder, there are extruding apparatuses for fluid foods disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication Nos. 7-19274 and 2001-231459. These are composed of an upper jaw body, a lower jaw body, and a drive unit that drives them up and down. And on the lower jaw body, put a container body filled with fluid food and a small container fitted with a lid, and move the upper jaw body, lower jaw body by driving part, one of them fixed, Alternatively, the fluid food is extruded by moving both to crush the subcontainer. However, these devices are only characterized by a mechanism that moves the upper and lower jaws up and down, and there is no ingenuity for extruding fluid foods, and a large amount of fluid food remains in subdivided containers. The container main body and the lid of the subdivided container are deformed when compressed, the sealing performance is weakened and a gap is formed, and the fluid food leaks out from the gap, resulting in a low extrusion efficiency.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention is for a fluid food with high extrusion efficiency that does not cause a gap between the container main body and the lid when compressing the small extrusion container in order to improve the extrusion efficiency of the fluid food small container and the extruder. It aims at providing a subdivision container and its extruder.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The subdivided container for fluid food according to claim 1 of the present invention has a large-diameter opening, a horizontal portion that protrudes horizontally outward, a concave groove continuous to the upper end of the outer periphery of the horizontal portion, and a fluid food inside. A frustoconical container main body filled with, a discharge port provided in the center, a concave groove provided in the outer periphery, a horizontal part provided inwardly from the upper end of the inner peripheral wall of the concave groove, and the horizontal It consists of a lid consisting of a gradient part provided from the inner end of the part to the vicinity of the discharge port,
In the subdivided container in which the concave groove portion of the lid is integrated with the concave groove portion of the container main body and the horizontal portion of the lid is overlapped and integrated with the horizontal portion of the container main body by covering the container main body with the lid, The inner width in the diameter direction of the horizontal portion was made wider than the outer width in the diameter direction of the horizontal portion of the lid.
[0006]
The extruder for fluid food according to claim 2 of the present invention comprises an upper jaw body, a lower jaw body having a through hole, and a drive unit that moves the lower jaw body and the upper jaw body up and down. In an extruder that extracts fluid food from the outlet of the extrusion container through the hole of the lower jaw by compressing the upper and lower jaws by moving the upper and lower jaws up and down, the lower jaw is passed through. In the hole, an edge provided on the outer periphery, an upper convex portion and a bottom convex portion protruding at the upper side and the bottom side center of the central portion, a through hole provided through both the convex portions, and the upper side The bottom projection of the installation tool comprising a slope portion formed from the outer periphery of the convex portion through the horizontal portion toward the through hole from the horizontal portion, and a concave portion formed between the outer peripheral end portion of the upper surface convex portion and the edge portion. Is fitted on the upper jaw, formed on the outer periphery of the spherical top and the spherical top that protrudes from the lower surface of the disc-shaped presser body. It was fitted with a pusher comprising a gradient portion.
[0007]
The extruder for fluid food according to claim 3 of the present invention is configured such that the gradient angle of the gradient portion of the installation tool is substantially the same as the gradient angle of the gradient portion of the lid of the subdividing container, and the gradient portion of the pressing tool. The angle was smaller than the gradient angle.
[0008]
In the extruder for fluid food according to claim 4 of the present invention, the pressing tool is detachable from the upper jaw of the take-out machine, and the installation tool is detachable from the lower jaw.
[0009]
In the fluid food extruder according to claim 5 of the present invention, a flexible insertion piece projects from the upper surface of the main body of the pressing tool, a locking projection is provided on the outer periphery of the insertion piece, and the lower end surface of the upper jaw body. A mounting hole is provided, and the insertion piece is fitted into the mounting hole, and the locking projection is locked to the step portion of the mounting hole to be detachable.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The inner width in the diameter direction of the horizontal portion of the container body of the subdivided container is made wider than the outer width in the diameter direction of the horizontal portion of the lid. The extruder is provided with an installation tool for preventing deformation of the overlapping portion of the container body and the lid by compressive deformation of the container body when extruding the fluid food from the subdivided container. The installation tool is provided with an overlapping portion of the container main body and the lid, that is, a concave portion for storing the concave groove portions of the container main body and the lid, a horizontal portion of the large-diameter opening of the container main body, and a lid overlapping the horizontal portion. An upper convex portion that fits into the horizontal portion is formed. Further, the compression deformation portion is accommodated in a gap generated by changing the angle of the gradient portion between the installation tool and the pressing tool. In addition, a spherical top is provided on the pressing tool so that the flowable food can be extruded to the end at the outlet provided in the center of the lid during compression. Furthermore, the pressing tool is detachably attached to the upper jaw body and the installation tool is detachably attached to the lower jaw body.
[0011]
【Example】
First, an example of a subdivided container for fluid food will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire extrusion container. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing an overlapping state when a cover is put on the truncated cone-shaped container body of the extruded container. The container body 26 has a truncated cone shape and is filled with fluid food. In the large-diameter opening 27 of the container body 26, a horizontal portion 30 protrudes outward, and a concave groove portion 28 is provided which is continuous with the outer peripheral upper end of the horizontal portion 30. In the present embodiment, the lid 32 is provided with a star-shaped outlet 33 in the center. A concave groove 37 is provided on the outer periphery. A horizontal portion 35 is provided inwardly in succession to the upper end of the inner peripheral wall 3 of the concave groove portion 37. A gradient portion 36 is provided from the inner end of the horizontal portion 35 to the vicinity of the discharge port 33. The diametrical inner width H of the horizontal portion 30 of the container body 26 is made wider than the diametric outer width h of the horizontal portion 35 of the lid 32. Then, by covering the container main body 26 with the lid 32, the concave groove portion 37 of the lid 32 overlaps the concave groove portion 28 of the container main body 26, and the horizontal portion 35 of the lid 32 overlaps the horizontal portion 30 of the container main body 26. Integrate. The discharge port 33 of the extrusion container 25 is sealed with a seal (not shown). The material of the container body 26 and the lid 32 is preferably a material such as polypropylene that does not generate environmental hormones.
[0012]
Next, an embodiment of the extruder will be described. FIG. 3 is a side view showing an embodiment of the fluid food extruder of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a principal part showing a state in which the extrusion container is installed on the installation tool. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing a state of the extruded container during compression. 1 is an extruder, 2 is an upper jaw body, 3 is a lower jaw body, and 4 is a drive unit. In this embodiment, it is composed of a rack, a pinion and the like housed in the upper jaw body. It was set as the structure which moves to. 6 is the base. 7 is a support | pillar and ensures the extraction space of the upper jaw body 2, the lower jaw body 3, and the lower jaw body 3 lower part. A through hole 8 is provided in the lower jaw body 3, and an attachment hole 9 is provided in the lower end surface of the upper jaw body 2. A step portion 10 is provided in the mounting hole 9 of the upper jaw 2.
[0013]
Reference numeral 11 denotes a pressing tool, which protrudes the spherical top portion 13 on the lower surface of the disk-shaped pressing tool main body 12. A gradient portion 14 is formed on the outer periphery of the spherical top portion 13. On the upper surface of the pressing tool main body 12, a plurality of flexible insertion pieces 15 provided with locking projections 16 on the outer periphery protrude. The insertion piece 15 is fitted into the mounting hole 9 of the upper jaw body 2, and the locking projection 16 is locked to the step portion 10 of the mounting hole 9 and attached to the upper jaw body 2.
[0014]
Reference numeral 17 denotes an installation tool, which has an edge 18 on the outer periphery. An upper convex portion 19 and a bottom convex portion 20 project from the upper side and the bottom side center of the central portion, respectively. A through hole 21 is provided through both convex portions. A horizontal portion 22 is provided from the outer periphery of the upper convex portion 19 so as to have substantially the same width as the inner width of the horizontal portion 35 of the sub-container lid 32. A gradient portion 23 is formed from the horizontal portion 22 toward the through hole 21. The gradient angle of the gradient portion 23 is set to be substantially the same as the gradient angle of the gradient portion 36 of the lid 32 of the sub-container 25 and is set to be smaller than the gradient angle of the gradient portion 14 of the pressing tool 11. A concave portion 24 is formed between the outer peripheral wall of the upper surface convex portion 19 and the inner wall of the edge portion 18. The bottom convex part 20 is fitted into the through hole 8 of the lower jaw body 3 and installed. The material of the pressing tool 11 and the installation tool 17 is a material that does not generate environmental hormones such as polypropylene.
[0015]
Next, the process of extruding fluid food by compressing a small container with the fluid food extruder of the present invention will be described. In the concave groove portion 24 of the installation tool 17 of the extruder 1, the overlapping portion of the container body 26 and the lid 32 of the subdividing container 25, that is, the concave groove portion 28 of the container main body 26 and the groove-shaped concave portion 37 of the lid 32 are accommodated. Install. Then, when the liquid food serving container is held in the lower extraction space of the lower jaw body 3 and the handle 5 is lowered, the lower jaw body 3 moves upward, and the spherical top portion 13 of the pressing tool 11 of the upper jaw body 2 becomes the subdivided container 25. When the lever 5 is further lowered, the truncated cone-shaped container body 26 is gradually crushed, and the gradient portion 36 of the lid 32 is pressed against the gradient portion 23 of the installation tool 17, and the fluidity along the gradient portion 36. The food is pushed out from the discharge port 33. At this time, an attempt is made to release the overlap between the horizontal portion 35 of the lid 32 and the horizontal portion 30 of the container body 26 by the force pressing the gradient portion 36 of the lid 32 downward. Stop this.
[0016]
Moreover, it is installed that the inner peripheral wall 40 of the concave groove portion 28 of the container main body 26 and the inner wall portion 31 of the concave groove portion 37 of the lid 32 are about to fall outward, which is the overlapping portion of the container main body 26 and the lid 32 of the extruded container 25. The outer peripheral wall 39 of the upper convex portion 19 of the tool 17 prevents the outer peripheral wall 29 of the concave groove portion 28 of the container body 26 and the outer peripheral wall 34 of the concave groove portion 37 of the lid 32 from falling outward. Stop. The compression deformation portion 38 of the container body 26 is accommodated in the gap S due to the gradient angle difference between the gradient portion 23 of the installation tool 17 and the gradient portion 14 of the pressing tool 11. When the compression further proceeds, the spherical top portion 13 of the pressing tool comes into contact with the discharge port 33 of the extrusion container 25, and the fluid food is almost completely extruded. Further, since the inner width H of the horizontal portion 30 of the container main body 26 is wider than the outer width h of the horizontal portion 35 of the lid 32, no fluid food is stored in the large-diameter opening 27 of the container main body 26.
[0017]
Furthermore, when performing maintenance such as cleaning the pressing tool 11 and the installation tool 17, in the case of the pressing tool 11, the diameter of the disk-shaped pressing tool main body 12 is made larger than the width of the upper jaw body, thereby When the gap portion from the upper jaw is grasped and pulled downward, the flexible insertion piece 15 bends inward, and the locking state of the locking projection 16 to the step portion 10 of the mounting hole 9 is released and can be removed. it can. At the time of attachment, if the tip of the insertion piece 15 is inserted into the attachment hole 9 and the disc-shaped pressing tool main body is pushed in, the locking projection 16 hits the inner surface of the attachment hole 9, and the insertion piece 15 is bent inwardly. After passing through 9, the insertion piece 15 is restored and the locking projection 16 is attached to the stepped portion 10. In the case of the installation tool 17, it can be attached and detached by setting the diameter of the bottom-side convex portion 20 from the through-hole 8 of the lower jaw body 3 so that the gap fits. The sub-container used in the extruder of the present invention is not limited to the sub-container of the present invention, and can be used for containers having similar configurations.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
The subdivided container for fluid food of the present invention has high extrusion efficiency, and the extruder prevents deformation of the overlapping portion of the container main body and the lid due to compression deformation of the container main body, so that there is a gap between the container main body and the lid. Does not cause. Moreover, the space which accommodates the compression deformation part of a container main body was provided. Furthermore, the extrusion efficiency was increased by allowing the fluid food to be extruded to the end. In addition, there are advantageous effects such that the pressing tool can be removed from the upper jaw body and the installation tool can be removed from the lower jaw body to improve maintainability.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire contents of a fluid food dispensing container of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing an overlapping state of a container main body and a lid of a fluid food subdivision container of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a side view showing an embodiment of the fluid food extruder according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a state where the subdivided container of the present invention is installed in the fluid food extruder of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a compressed state of the sub-container of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Extruder 2 Upper jaw body 3 Lower jaw body 4 Drive part 8 Through-hole 9 Mounting hole 10 Step part 11 Pressing tool 12 Pressing tool main body 13 Top part 14 Gradient part 15 Insertion piece 16 Locking protrusion 17 Installation tool 18 Edge part 19 Upper convex part 20 Bottom convex part 21 Through hole 23 Gradient part 24 Concave part 25 Extrusion container 28 Concave groove part 30 Horizontal part 35 Horizontal part 37 Concave groove part 38 Compression deformation part H of container main body Horizontal dimension inner width of container main body
h Lid horizontal part outer diameter width S Clearance

Claims (5)

The large-diameter opening (27) includes a horizontal portion (30) projecting horizontally outward and a concave groove portion (28) continuous to the upper end of the outer periphery of the horizontal portion (30). A frustoconical container body (26) filled;
A discharge port (33) provided at the center, a concave groove portion (37) provided at the outer periphery, and a horizontal portion (35) provided continuously inward at the upper end of the inner peripheral wall (31) of the concave groove portion (37) ) And a lid (32) consisting of a slope portion (36) provided from the inner end of the horizontal portion (35) to the vicinity of the discharge port (33), the lid (32) being the container body (26). , The concave groove portion (37) of the lid (32) is formed in the concave groove portion (28) of the container main body (26), and the horizontal portion (30) of the container main body (26) is horizontally aligned with the horizontal portion (30) of the lid (32). In the subdivided container (25) in which the parts (35) are overlapped and integrated, the inner width (H) in the diameter direction of the horizontal part (30) of the container body (26) is the diameter of the horizontal part (35) of the lid (32). A subdivision container for fluid food, characterized by being wider than the outer width (h). Upper body ( 2 ) And through holes ( 8 ) Mandibular body with ( 3 ) And the mandibular body ( 3 ) And maxillary body ( 2 ) Drive unit that moves up and down ( 4 ) An extruding machine for a subdivided container for fluid food according to claim 1, comprising:
  The lower jaw ( 3 ) On top of the above sub-container ( 25 ) Install the upper jaw body ( 2 ) And lower jaw ( 3 ) The subdivided container is compressed by moving it up and down. ( 25 ) Mandibular body from the discharge port ( 3 ) Through hole ( 8 ) Extruder configured to extrude fluid food through ( 1 ) In
The lower jaw ( 3 ) Through hole ( 8 ) The following installation tools ( 17 ) Bottom convex part ( 20 ) The upper jaw body ( 2 ) The disk-shaped pressing tool body ( 12 ) Spherical top that protrudes from the bottom of ( 13 ) And the spherical top ( 13 ) The slope formed on the outer periphery of ( 14 ) Pressing tool consisting of ( 11 ) An extruding machine for flowable foods, which is configured by attaching.
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  Edge provided on the outer circumference ( 18 ) And the upper convex part which protruded to the upper part of the center part and the bottom side center respectively. ( 19 ) , Bottom convex ( 20 ) And the both convex parts ( 19 ) , ( 20 ) Through hole provided through ( 21 ) And the upper convex portion ( 19 ) The sub-container lid from the outer periphery ( 32 ) Horizontal part of ( 35 ) Horizontal part provided with approximately the same width as the inner width of ( 22 ) And the horizontal part ( 22 ) Through hole ( 21 ) The slope formed toward ( 23 ) And the upper convex portion ( 19 ) Outer edge and edge ( 18 ) Recesses formed between ( 24 ) Installation tool consisting of ( 17 ) The installation tool ( 17 ) Slope part ( 23 ) The sub-container lid for the gradient angle ( 32 ) Slope part ( 36 ) And the pressing tool at substantially the same angle as the gradient angle ( 11 ) Slope part ( 14 ) The extruder for fluid foods according to claim 2, characterized in that the angle is smaller than the gradient angle. The fluid food extruder according to claim 2, wherein the pressing tool (11) is detachable from the upper jaw body (2), and the installation tool (17) is detachable from the lower jaw body (3). A flexible insertion piece (15) protrudes from the upper surface of the disk-like pressing tool main body (12) of the pressing tool (11), and a locking projection (16) is provided on the outer periphery of the insertion piece (15) and the upper jaw. An attachment hole (9) is provided in the lower end surface of the body (2), the insertion piece (15) is fitted into the attachment hole (9), and the locking projection (16) is inserted into the attachment hole (9 The extruder for fluid foods according to claim 2, wherein the extruder is detachable by being engaged with a step portion (10) of the above-mentioned).

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