JP4639774B2 - Retort pouch with steam vent - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a retort pouch with a steam vent for use as a pouch for cooking food to be sterilized by retort cooking with a microwave oven.

  Conventionally, as a pouch for storing cooked or semi-cooked food that has been retort sterilized, a retort pouch made of a heat-resistant multilayer film has been used. Due to the expansion of the generated steam and the air in the pouch, the volume in the pouch expands, the internal pressure increases, the pouch breaks, and the inside of the microwave oven may be contaminated with the scattered contents.

For this reason, before cooking with a microwave oven, a small hole was made in the pouch to prevent the pouch from being broken by cooking, or a pouch with a measure for preventing the breaking of the pouch was used. As a pouch with a measure for preventing bag breakage, a pouch formed with a plastic film is formed into a palm shape, and the easy-open joint, which is the palm portion, is formed by shifting it to one side of the pouch, and cooked. When the internal pressure of the pouch rises due to the above, it has been known that the easy-open joint, which is a palm portion, is peeled off and the internal gas is discharged to prevent the pouch from being broken (for example, Patent Document 1). reference.).
JP-A-9-150864

  However, if a small hole is made in the pouch before cooking with a microwave oven, the contents may spill during handling, contaminating the hands and the microwave oven, and the palm portion is made an easy-open joint. Since the opening part of the joint part is large, the pouch sometimes spills the contents during handling after cooking.

  The present invention solves the problems of pouches for cooking food with the above-described conventional microwave oven, and does not break the pouch when cooked with a microwave oven. The present invention provides a retort pouch with a steam vent that is easy to handle when taking it out of the container.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a folded portion that is horizontally folded into a Z-shaped cross section by a predetermined width is formed at a predetermined position below the rectangular heat-resistant laminated film on the front side. A side end seal is formed by heat-sealing the mating surfaces of the left and right edges of the heat-resistant laminate film on the front side and the left and right edges of the heat-resistant laminate film on the back side. The side end seal portion is formed by heat-sealing the mating surfaces of the inner and inner surfaces of the left and right side end portions of the folded portion of the front side heat resistant laminated film, and the lower end edge and the back side of the front side heat resistant laminated film are formed. The mating surface with the lower edge of the heat-resistant laminated film is heat-sealed to form a lower-end seal portion, and the front-side heat-resistant laminated film at the center position in the left-right direction of the folded portion of the front-side heat-resistant laminated film By heat-sealing the mating surface between the inner surface and the inner surface of the film, A vapor venting chamber is provided in contact with the folded portion of the recessed portion to form an easily peelable gate-shaped seal portion and sealed, and heat resistant laminated films on both sides before and after the steam venting chamber or heat resistance on one side A vapor vent is provided at the center of the laminated film, and a point seal is formed by partially heat-sealing the inner surface of the heat-resistant laminated film at the lower edge of the laminated film. It is the retort pouch with the steam release characterized by having performed.

A second aspect of the present invention is the retort pouch with steam vent according to the first aspect, wherein the steam vent hole of the steam vent chamber is formed by a cut line.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the side end seal portion at the left and right end portions of the folding portion has a shape in which a lower end edge portion is cut into the center side. A retort pouch with steam vent according to any one of the above.

  In the retort pouch with steam vent of the present invention, the cooked or semi-cooked food is stored from the upper end opening, and the upper edge of the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side and the upper edge of the heat-resistant laminated film on the back side are aligned. After heat sealing the surface to form a top seal and sealing, retort sterilization, put this pouch in a microwave oven with the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side, and cook the food to be stored. The volume in the pouch expands due to the expansion of the steam generated from the air and the air in the pouch, and the internal pressure of the pouch increases. By this internal pressure, the easily peelable portal seal part formed at the center position in the left-right direction of the folded part of the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side is gradually peeled from the inside, and the vapor venting chamber is opened, Vapor and expanded air flow into the vapor vent chamber, and are further discharged to the outside through the vapor vent hole. At the same time, a point seal part that partially heat-bonds the inner surface of the heat-resistant laminated film at the lower edge of the steam release chamber below the steam release hole acts to fold the pouch. As a result, the steam in the pouch and the expanded air are discharged to the outside through the steam vent hole, and when the cooking is finished and the pouch is taken out from the microwave oven, the pouch remains greatly expanded. It is easy to take out the pouch from the microwave oven, the pouch does not break due to internal pressure, the steam venting chamber is a separate chamber, and the steam venting hole is relatively small, so the food is pouched. There is no spilling out.

  In addition, when the steam vent hole in the steam vent chamber of the retort pouch with steam vent according to the present invention is formed by a cut line, the steam vent hole is opened when the steam is discharged in the microwave oven. In this case, the steam vent hole is in a closed state, and when the pouch is taken out from the microwave oven, food is not easily spilled from the steam vent hole and is easy to handle.

  In the following, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the retort pouch (100) with a vapor vent of the example has a rectangular [outside] silicon oxide-deposited polyethylene terephthalate film (12 μm) / stretched nylon film (15 μm) / unstretched polypropylene film (60 μm). A lower part of the heat-resistant laminated film (110) on the front side of the structure is horizontally folded into a Z-shaped cross section, and is superimposed on the heat-resistant laminated film (120) on the back side having the same shape and the same structure. The side end seal portion (101) is formed by heat-sealing the mating surfaces of the left and right side edge portions of the heat resistant laminated film (110) and the left and right side edge portions of the heat resistant laminated film (120) on the back side, The side end seal portion (112) is formed by heat-sealing the mating surfaces of the inner surfaces of the left and right side end portions of the folded portion (111) of the front side heat-resistant laminated film to form the side end seal portion (112). The mating surface of the lower end edge of the laminated film and the lower end edge of the heat-resistant laminated film on the back side is heat-sealed to form the lower end seal portion (102), and the front-side heat-resistant laminated film folded portion (111) ) At the center position in the left and right direction, an easy peel film is interposed between the inner surface of the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side and an easily peelable gate-shaped seal portion (113) is formed in a gate shape by heat fusion. A steam venting chamber (114) to be formed and sealed is provided, and the left and right ends are opened downwardly from the cut lines at the substantially central positions on the front and rear sides of the heat-resistant laminated film (110) on the upper side of the steam venting chamber. A steam vent hole (115) is formed so as to be opposed to each other, and the mating surface between the inner surface and the inner surface of the heat-resistant laminated film at the lower end edge of the steam vent chamber located below the steam vent hole is partially heat-sealed. Point seal (116) It is a pouch that form. In addition, the side end seal part (112) of the right-and-left side edge part of the folding part (111) was formed by biting the lower end edge part to the center side. This is to make the steam venting chamber of the point seal portion effective.

  Below, the comparative example of this invention is demonstrated.

<Comparative example>
As shown in FIG. 2, the retort pouch with vapor vent (200) of the comparative example has a rectangular [outside] silicon oxide-deposited polyethylene terephthalate film (12 μm) / stretched nylon film (15 μm) / unstretched polypropylene film (60 μm). A lower part of the heat-resistant laminated film (210) on the front side of the structure is horizontally folded into a Z-shaped cross section, and is overlapped with the heat-resistant laminated film (220) on the back side having the same shape and the same structure. A side end seal portion (201) is formed by heat-sealing the mating surfaces of the left and right side edge portions of the heat-resistant laminated film (210) and the left and right side edge portions of the heat-resistant laminated film (220) on the back side; The side end seal portion (212) is formed by heat-sealing the mating surfaces of the inner and inner surfaces of the left and right end portions of the folded portion (211) of the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side, and the heat resistance on the front side The mating surface of the lower end edge of the laminated film and the lower end edge of the heat-resistant laminated film on the back side is heat-sealed to form the lower end seal portion (202), and the folded portion (211 of the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side) ) At the center position in the left and right direction, an easy peel film is interposed between the inner surface and the inner surface of the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side, and an easily peelable gate-shaped seal portion (213) is formed into a gate shape by thermal fusion. A steam venting chamber (214) to be formed and sealed is provided, and the left and right ends are opened downward from the cut line at the substantially central positions on both the front and rear sides of the heat-resistant laminated film (210) on the upper side of the steam venting chamber. This is a pouch provided with opposing steam vent holes (215). That is, the difference from the retort pouch with steam vent of the embodiment is that a point seal portion is not formed at the lower end edge of the lower position of the steam vent hole of the steam vent chamber.

  After storing the same half-cooked food in the two types of retort pouches with steam vents of the examples and comparative examples described above, the upper end opening is heat-sealed and sealed, and then retort sterilized and cooled to room temperature. These pouches were put in a microwave oven with the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side facing up, and the food stored in the 500 W output range was cooked by heating. And the state of the pouch when it took out from the microwave oven after cooking was compared.

<Comparison result>
The state of the pouch when it is removed from the microwave oven after cooking is as shown in FIG. 3 (a) in the retort pouch with steam vent (100) of the embodiment. The pouches acted as if they were folded, and the discharge of the steam in the pouch and the expanded air from the steam vent hole (115) was good, and the pouch did not remain greatly expanded. For this reason, when taking out a pouch from a microwave oven, it was able to handle a pouch in comfort.

  On the other hand, in the retort pouch with steam vent (200) of the comparative example, the state of the pouch when it is taken out from the microwave oven after cooking, as shown in FIG. The appearance of the pouch seemed to explode, and when I took it out of the microwave, I had to handle it with worries.

It is a front view of the retort pouch with a steam vent of the Example of this invention. It is a front view of the retort pouch with a steam release of a comparative example. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the retort pouch with a steam release of the Example when taking out from a microwave oven after cooking with a microwave oven, (b) after cooking with a microwave oven It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the retort pouch with a vapor removal of the comparative example when taking out from a microwave oven.

Explanation of symbols

100, 200... Retort pouch with steam vent 101, 112, 201, 212 ...... Side end seal 102, 202 ...... Lower end seal 103, 203 ...... Upper end seal 110, 210 ...... Front side heat resistant laminated film 120, 220 ...... Heat-resistant laminated film on the back side 111, 211 ...... Folded parts 113, 213 ... Portal seal parts 114,214 ... Vapor venting chambers 115,215 ... Vapor vent holes 116 ... Point seal parts

Claims (3)

At the predetermined position below the rectangular heat-resistant laminated film on the front side, a folded portion that is horizontally folded into a Z-shaped cross section by a predetermined width is formed and superimposed on the heat-resistant laminated film on the back side of the same shape, and the heat resistance on the front side The side edges of the heat-resistant laminated film and the left and right edges of the heat-resistant laminated film on the back side are heat-sealed to form a side-end seal part, and the front-side heat-resistant laminated film folded-in part A side end seal is formed by heat-sealing the inner and inner surfaces of the left and right ends, and the bottom edge of the heat-resistant laminated film on the front side and the bottom edge of the heat-resistant laminated film on the back side are aligned. The surfaces are heat-sealed to form a lower end seal portion, and the mating surface of the inner surface of the front-side heat-resistant laminated film is heated at the center position in the left-right direction of the folded portion of the front-side heat-resistant laminated film. The gate is in contact with the folded part of the folding part by fusion. A steam venting chamber is provided in which an easily peelable gate-shaped seal portion is formed and sealed, and a steam venting hole is provided at a substantially central position of the heat-resistant laminated film on both sides of the steam venting chamber or on one side. A retort pouch with steam vent is formed by partially heat-sealing the mating surface of the heat-resistant laminated film at the lower edge of the steam venting chamber to form a point seal portion.
  The retort pouch with steam vent according to claim 1, wherein the steam vent hole of the steam vent chamber is formed by a cut line.   3. The retort pouch with steam vent according to claim 1, wherein the side end seal portion at the left and right end portions of the folding portion has a shape in which a lower end edge portion is cut into the center side. 4. .

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