JP4842465B2 - Individual food containers for bulk food - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002]
The present invention relates to an individual food container for bulk food for containing a single piece of bulk food that can be eaten as it is, such as a hamburger or croquette.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003]
When a bulk food such as a hamburger or a hot dog is purchased at a fast food store, the bulk food is provided by being wrapped in a packaging material. And in order to eat the block food which purchased, the block food is taken out from a packaging material, and the block food is directly eaten in the hand in most cases.
[0004]
In recent years, bulk foods such as croquettes and minced cutlets have been easily eaten as single items, not as “side dishes” of meals.
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
[0005]
By the way, it is not preferable in terms of hygiene to take out lump food such as a hamburger or hot dog from the packaging material and hold it directly in the hand. Also, when eating the lump food directly in the hand, the sauces added to the lump food may adhere to the hands and clothes and become dirty. Even in the case of lump foods such as croquettes and minced cutlets, holding them directly in the hand is not preferable in terms of hygiene, and the hands and clothes are soiled with oil or the like and are inconvenient to carry.
[0006]
In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an individual food container for bulk food that can be eaten while being put in a packaging material (container) such as snacks that can be easily eaten like snacks. It is an object.
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[0007]
The present invention has the following configuration as means for solving the above problems. The present invention is directed to an individual food container made of a sheet material that can accommodate a single piece of lump food that can be eaten as it is, such as a hamburger or croquette.
[0008]
The individual food container of the present invention is formed by forming a sheet material such as paper (thick paper or thin paper) or plastic into a container shape. The individual food container uses a container body having a side peripheral wall and a bottom wall and provided with an opening for inserting a lump food at the top. In addition, the container body has a depth that can accommodate almost the entire bulk food. In addition, the size and shape of the container main body are appropriately designed according to the size and shape of the bulk food contained therein.
[0009]
And in the individual food container of this invention, the tearing process part which can tear a strip | belt piece continuously from the upper end of this side peripheral wall spirally is formed in the side peripheral wall. As the tearing portion, one perforation for cutting formed in a spiral shape with a height width of, for example, 10 to 20 mm can be adopted. Further, the end side of the tearing portion is formed in an annular shape having the same height at a height position of 15 mm to 20 mm from the bottom surface of the container body.
[0010]
The individual food container for bulk food of the present invention is used to store the bulk food (single item) when selling bulk food such as hamburgers and croquettes. In addition, what is necessary is just to insert this block food from an upper opening, in order to accommodate a block food in a container main body. In a state where the lump food (single item) is accommodated in the container body, the lump food is almost completely packaged, and hands and external articles do not directly contact the lump food inside.
[0011]
And when eating the block food accommodated in this individual food container, the spiral tearing process part currently formed in the side peripheral wall is torn from the upper end part of a side peripheral wall, and a strip | belt piece is appropriately cut | disconnected only by the circumference | surroundings. Then, in a state where the lower half of the bulk food is accommodated in the lower residual container, the upper half of the bulk food is exposed on the residual container, and the upper exposed portion of the bulk food is covered and eaten. Can do. When the upper half of the bulk food is eaten to some extent, the strip can be further torn by a predetermined number of times to expose the upper portion of the remaining bulk food, and the remaining bulk food can be eaten with the remaining container. Furthermore, when the tearing portion is torn to the final stage, a residual container having the same height remains at a height of 10 mm to 15 mm from the bottom surface, and the residual container is left in the vicinity of the lower end of the bulk food in the residual container. Can be held (pinch).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0012]
The individual food container for bulk food according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The single food container of this embodiment accommodates a single piece of the bulk food F that can be eaten as it is. In this embodiment, croquettes are used as the bulk food F contained in the individual food containers. However, in addition to the croquettes, the individual food containers can be used for minced cutlets, hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. Can be molded in a size and shape that suits the application.
[0013]
The individual food container of this embodiment is made of cardboard, has a side peripheral wall 2 and a bottom wall 3, and uses a box-shaped container main body 1 provided with an opening 4 for inserting a lump food F at the top. In other embodiments, a thin paper or a plastic sheet can be used as the sheet material of the container body 1.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 3, the container body 1 is formed into a box shape by assembling a single sheet of material cut into a predetermined shape. In addition, the line shown with the dashed-dotted line in FIG. 3 is a crease processing part.
[0015]
The side peripheral wall 2 of the container body 1 is formed in a rectangular cylindrical shape in plan view by a front wall 21, a rear wall 22, and left and right side walls 23, 24. In addition, this side peripheral wall 2 is shape | molded in the cylinder shape by adhere | attaching the adhesive margin piece 25 in one side wall 24 part.
[0016]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bottom wall 3 is formed by overlapping the bottom pieces 31 and 32 that are continuous with the lower ends of the front wall 21 and the rear wall 22, respectively. The bottom wall 3 maintains the shape retaining property by inserting the insertion piece 33 of one bottom piece 31 into the slit-like cut line 34 of the other bottom piece 32.
[0017]
The container body 1 has a space (accommodating chamber) having a width of about 65 to 70 mm, a depth of about 80 to 90 mm, and a depth of about 20 to 24 mm. The void in the container body 1 is designed to be slightly larger than the outer shape of the bulk food F accommodated therein, and can accommodate the entire bulk food F almost without excess or deficiency. In addition, each dimension of the container main body 1 is designed in conformity with a croquette having a general size as the lump food F, and of course, the design can be changed depending on the type and size of the lump food F.
[0018]
The side peripheral wall 2 is formed with a tear processing portion 6 that can continuously tear the strip 62 in a spiral form from the upper end of the side peripheral wall. The tearing portion 6 of this embodiment employs a single perforated cut line (hereinafter simply referred to as a perforated line) formed in a spiral shape. A width of about 10 to 20 mm is appropriate for the strip 62 to be cut at the spiral perforation line.
[0019]
An auxiliary perforation line 61 for taking out the start end portion of the strip 62 is formed at the start end portion 6 a of the tear processing portion 6. The auxiliary perforation line 61 is formed from the starting end portion 6a of the tearing portion 6 toward the upper edge of the side peripheral wall 2. By tearing the auxiliary perforation line 61, the starting end portion of the strip 62 is easily taken out. To be able to. Further, the end side of the tearing portion 6 is formed in an annular shape having the same height at a height position of 15 mm to 20 mm from the bottom surface of the container body 1 as indicated by reference numeral 6b, and is formed in a band shape along the spiral perforation line. When the piece 62 is excised to the end, a small depth container 1B remains as shown in FIG.
[0020]
The individual food container of this embodiment is provided in a state in which one bulk food F is accommodated as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 when the bulk food F is sold. Thus, in the state where the bulk food F (single item) is accommodated in the container main body 1, almost the entire bulk food F is packaged. Therefore, hands and external articles do not come into direct contact with the internal lump food F, which improves hygiene. Moreover, since the internal lump food F can be seen from the opening 4 of the container main body 1, the content confirmation is easy.
[0021]
When eating the bulk food F accommodated in the individual food container, the tearing portion 6 is torn from the starting end portion 6a while holding the lower half of the container body 1, and a chain line is shown in FIG. The strip 62 is cut from the starting end so that the strip 62 is peeled off to a height of about half as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper half Fb of the bulk food F is exposed in a state where the lower half Fa of the bulk food F is accommodated in the residual container 1A, and the residual container 1A is touched by a finger from the opposite side. If picked up, the bulk food F can be pinched via both side walls 21 and 22, and the bulk food F can be held without touching the bulk food F. And in the state of FIG. 4, it can eat by holding the remaining container 1A and covering the upper exposed part Fb of the lump food F. In the original state (large state) before the bulk food F is eaten, the bulk container F can be stably stored when the height of the residual container 1A is high to some extent as shown in FIG. F does not accidentally spill from the remaining container 1A).
[0022]
In addition, when the upper half Fb of the bulk food F is eaten in the state of FIG. 4, the strip 62 is further torn by a predetermined number of rounds to expose the upper part of the remaining bulk food as shown in FIG. You can eat the remaining bulk food. At this time, the remaining container 1B is in a container state of the same height at a height position of 10 mm to 15 mm from the bottom surface .
【The invention's effect】
[0023]
The present invention is an individual food container made of sheet material that can accommodate a single piece of bulk food F that can be eaten as it is, and has a depth that can accommodate almost the whole of the bulk food F. A tearing portion 6 that can continuously tear the strip 62 from the upper end of the peripheral wall 2 is formed, and the end side of the tearing portion 6 is 10 mm to 15 mm high from the bottom surface of the container body 1. It is formed in an annular shape having the same height at the position .
[0024]
Therefore, the individual food container of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) In a state where the bulk food F is stored in the container body 1 at the time of sale, since almost the whole of the bulk food F is packaged in the container body 1, hands and external articles are directly applied to the internal bulk food F. No contact, hygienic and dirty.
(2) Since the bulk food F accommodated inside can be seen from the opening 4 of the container main body 1, the contents can be easily confirmed.
(3) Even if the whole of the bulk food F is packaged as in (1) above, when the inner bulk food F is eaten, the tear processing part 6 is torn and the strip 62 is required. The upper half Fb of the lump food F can be exposed by cutting it by the length (predetermined height of the side peripheral wall 2). Therefore, since the lump food F can be eaten with the remaining container 1A (without touching the lump food F directly), it is good in terms of hygiene and the hands and clothes are not soiled (source of lump food F) No oil or oil).
(4) When eating the bulk food F in the container body 1, the strip 62 can be cut by the required length (predetermined height of the side peripheral wall 2), the ease of holding the bulk food container and the eating of the bulk food The side peripheral wall 2 can be peeled off sequentially while taking into account ease. That is, since the side peripheral wall 2 can be peeled off at a height corresponding to the amount of food consumed, the food containing the food containing the food, the portability in the car and outdoors, and the ease of eating the food can be satisfied. The bulk food can be eaten.
(5) Since the end side of the tearing portion 6 is formed in an annular shape having the same height at a height position of 10 mm to 15 mm from the bottom surface of the container body 1 as indicated by reference numeral 6b, the tearing portion 6 is When tearing to the final stage, a residual container 1B (see FIG. 5) of the same height remains at a predetermined small height, and the residual container 1B is opposed to the residual container 1B while the vicinity of the lower end of the lump food is stored in the residual container 1B. It can hold (pinch) both sides.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an individual food container according to an embodiment of the present application.
2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a material development view of the individual food container of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram when eating the inner lump food in the individual food container of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a state change diagram from FIG. 4;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 is a container main body, 2 is a side peripheral wall, 3 is a bottom wall, 4 is an opening, 6 is a tear processing part, 62 is a strip, F is a lump food.

Claims (1)

A single meal container made of sheet material that can contain a single piece of bulk food (F) that can be eaten as it is,
Using a container body (1) having a side peripheral wall (2) and a bottom wall (3) and having an opening (4) for insertion of the bulk food (F) at the top,
The container body (1) has a depth that can accommodate almost the entire bulk food (F),
The side peripheral wall (2) is formed with a tearing portion (6) capable of continuously tearing the strip (62) spirally from the upper end of the side peripheral wall (2).
The end side of the tearing portion (6) is formed in an annular shape having the same height at a height position of 15 mm to 20 mm from the bottom surface of the container body (1).
An individual food container for bulk foods.

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