JP4863037B2 - container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is an instant food in which instant noodles such as dry noodles and raw noodles are stored in a cup-shaped or bowl-like container by pouring hot water into the noodle body by pouring hot water and then draining the water. And so on.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, instant noodles such as baked buckwheat and raw noodle types drain hot water and become a suitable food, so a hot water draining operation is required. For this reason, a plastic lid is used as a container for storing these instant noodles, and when the hot water is cut off, a notch provided in the lid is raised to secure a through hole, and then this passage is made. Hot water was discharged from the hole and drained.
[0003]
However, the container comprising the plastic lid as described above has the following problems. That is, (1) The problem that the operation of attaching and detaching the lid to the container body is troublesome, (2) The problem that the operation of raising the notch provided in the lid and securing the through hole is quite troublesome, (3) Fingers The container must be drained by holding the container, etc., but because there is a large amount of hot water required for blanching (returning hot water) relative to the container capacity, there is a risk that hot water may be spilled and careful attention must be paid, When spilled, there is a problem of light burns. Furthermore, when the hot water is drained, the container must be tilted and the hot water must be discharged from the hole, but a considerable weight of noodles containing hot water is unevenly distributed on one side. , There is a problem that the container body and the lid must be pressed with a predetermined force or more so that the lid does not come off from the container body, and there are also problems such as spilling noodles that have been boiled (reconstituted) from the container. these Container such as instant food has been demanded to solve the problem.
[0004]
Therefore, in recent years, a container 100 such as an instant food as shown in FIG. 11 has been used to solve the above problem. As this usage, first, the pouring part 114 for forming the pouring gate formed on the lid 110 is rolled up, hot water is poured from the pouring spout formed there, and then the pouring spout is closed and then poured for a predetermined time. This time, the hot cut forming knob 113 is lifted up and peeled off. The lid body 110 is composed of two layers, and when the hot water cut forming knob 113 is peeled along the break line 115, the lower layer 116 is exposed. A plurality of small holes 117 are formed in the lower layer 116, and hot water is discharged from the small holes 117.
[0005]
However, in the container for instant foods and the like as described above, the lid body 110 has a two-layer structure, and the lower layer 116 is provided with a small hole 117, and only the upper layer provided with the hot water cut forming knob 113 is broken. The structure is complicated because it must be configured, and it cannot be said that it is advantageous in terms of processing man-hours and costs.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container that can reliably perform a hot water draining operation with a simple configuration.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present inventors, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention is claimed in claim 1, a bottomed container body having an opening with a flange portion of the flush, the plucking water cut formed projecting outward And a lid having substantially the same outer shape as the opening of the bottomed container body provided with a pouring part for forming a pouring gate, and the flange part and the lid of the bottomed container body can be peeled off In the container for storing instant foods sealed with a thermal bonding part, a front half cut is formed in a deformed perforation in the vicinity of the hot cut forming knob, and the front half cut is The bottomed container main body is formed so as to cross one end edge of the opening on the side of the hot cut opening forming knob . By configuring in this way, the pouring part for forming the pouring gate provided on the lid is picked with fingers, the lid is opened to a predetermined position to provide a pouring spout, and an appropriate amount of hot water is poured from the pouring spout. Then, after the lid has been opened, the lid is removed, and after the hot water has been reheated, the lid is peeled off by gripping the hot cut forming knob provided on the lid with fingers. A hot water cut formed by the lid and the flange portion of the container body is formed along the half cut, and hot water is discharged from the hot water cut. In this way, it is configured to form the hot water cut in cooperation with the front half cut by picking and peeling the hot water cut forming knob with fingers, so that anyone can ensure the same size hot water cut. And can be easily obtained. Further, it is not necessary to adopt a complicated configuration in which the lid itself has a double structure that can be separated from each other as in the conventional example shown in FIG. 11 or a small hole is provided only in one layer.
[0008]
Further, the present invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the container according to claim 1, the hot cut forming knob is formed on one end side of the front half cut. is there. By comprising in this way, it can peel more smoothly along a front half cut by picking the knob part for hot-water cut opening formation with fingers, and peeling a cover body.
[0009]
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in the container according to any one of claims 1 and 2, the front half-cut comprises a single zigzag line.
[0010]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the container according to the third aspect, the one zigzag line is discontinuous at the protruding portion.
[0011]
Further, the present invention according to claim 5 is the container according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the front half-cut is formed by alternately arranging a letter V and an inverted letter V in a horizontal row at equal intervals. An end portion of each of the V shape and the inverted V shape that extends between a line connecting the top portions of the V shape and a line connecting the top portions of the reverse V shape. It is formed so that there exists.
[0012]
Further, the present invention according to claim 6 is the container according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the front half-cut is formed by alternately arranging a letter C and an inverted letter C in a horizontal row at equal intervals. And between the line connecting the narrow ends of the C-shape and the lines connecting the narrow ends of the inverted V-shape respectively, Each wide end portion is formed so as to exist.
[0013]
Further, the present invention according to claim 7 is the container according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the front half cut is composed of at least two perforations, and the two perforations are formed in a staggered pattern. It is characterized by being.
[0014]
By adopting the structure according to any one of claims 3 to 7, the cut surface of the front half cut is formed in a zigzag shape, so that the noodles that have been reconstituted with hot water are easily caught, and the noodles from the hot water cut end Can be further prevented.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of a container for instant food according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of a container for instant food according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of the container of the present invention shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a third embodiment of a container for instant food according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a fourth embodiment of a container for instant food according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a fifth embodiment of a container for instant food and the like according to the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 9 showing a sixth embodiment of the container for instant food and the like according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3, FIG. 10 is a layer configuration diagram of the lid according to the present invention, and FIG. 11 shows a conventional container for instant foods, etc. 1 and 1 'in the figure are containers, 10 is a lid, 2 is a heat bonding part, 3 is a knob for forming a hot water inlet, 4 is a knob for forming a hot water inlet, 5, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55 are front half cuts, 10 is a lid, 11 is a base material, 12 is a heat-adhesive adhesive layer, 20 is a container body, 21 is a flange portion, and A is a pouring gate.
[0016]
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention, wherein a container 1 for instant food or the like has a bowl-shaped container body 20 having a circular opening on one side; A heat bonding portion 2 that includes a lid body 10 having substantially the same outer shape as the opening portion of the container body 20, and is capable of peeling the lid portion 10 from the flange portion 21 provided at the opening edge of the container body 20. Further, the lid 10 is formed with a hot water cut forming knob 3 and a pouring hole forming knob 4 projecting outwardly and substantially in the vicinity of the hot water cut forming knob 3. The front perforated surface cut 5 is formed in a straight line (band shape). In addition, the said front half cut 5 shown in FIG. 1 shows the positional relationship of the said front half cut 5 formed in the container 1. FIG.
[0017]
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention, and is a view of the container for instant food shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the lid side. The lid 10 of the container 1 ′ for instant food or the like is formed with a hot water cut forming knob 3 and a pouring hole forming knob 4 protruding outward, and a single line in the vicinity of the hot water cut forming knob 3. A front half-cut 50 made of a zigzag line is formed so as to cross one end edge of the opening of the container body 20 on the side of the hot cut forming knob 3 side. And the said hot cut end formation knob | pick part 3 is formed in the one end part side (FIG. 2, right end part side) of the table | surface halfcut 50 which consists of a single zigzag line. As shown in FIG. 3, the front half-cut 50 is made of a zigzag line in which the angle α of the protrusion is set to about 80 to 130 degrees, and the front half-cut 50 configured as described above forms the hot water cut end. When the handle 3 is picked up with fingers and is moved over the thermal bonding portion 2 and peeled off, the surface half cut 50 is reached, and the hot cut forming knob 3 side portion is cut along the table half cut. A hot water cut is formed. If the angle α of the protrusion is smaller than 80 degrees, the durability of the processing blade is poor, and if it is larger than 130 degrees, there is a high possibility that the effect of preventing the noodles from flowing out during hot water cutting is reduced.
[0018]
Next, a method of using the container for instant foods of the present invention will be described. First, the pouring port forming knob 4 is picked up with fingers, and the lid body 10 is peeled from the container body 20 to about 1/3, and a pouring port A is provided as shown in FIG. After pouring a required amount of hot water into the inside from the gate A and then covering the peeled portion of the lid body 10 on the container body 20 again and cooking for the required time in this state (after the noodles have been reconstituted in hot water), the lid body The hot-cut forming knob 3 provided in 10 is picked up with fingers to peel off the heat-bonding part 2, and the hot-cut forming knob-side portion is cut along the front half-cut 50 to remove the hot-cut opening. The container 1 'is tilted so that the hot water outlet is on the lower side, and the remaining hot water in the container 1' is discharged from the hot water outlet as shown in FIG. is there. In this way, the hot water outlet that discharges the remaining hot water can always be a constant size hot water outlet, so that (1), (2), (3), and (4) described in the section of the prior art are used. There is no problem, and the container 1 ′ of the present invention is also in terms of the number of processing steps as compared with the container 100 composed of the lid body 110 that must be configured so that only the upper layer can be broken as described in the conventional example. Also, it is advantageous in terms of cost.
[0019]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention corresponding to FIG. 3, and the front half-cut 51 has a discontinuous protrusion of the front half-cut 50 shown in FIG. 3. It is what has become. By comprising in this way, the process of the cutting blade for forming the table | surface halfcut 51 becomes easy, and durability of a cutting blade improves.
[0020]
FIG. 6 is a view showing a third embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention corresponding to FIG. 3, and the table half cut 52 is a modification of the table half cut 50 shown in FIG. The letter U is continuously arranged in a horizontal row. Further, although not shown, the protruding portion may be discontinuous as in the front half cut 51 shown in FIG.
[0021]
FIG. 7 is a view showing a fourth embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention corresponding to FIG. 3, and the front half-cut 53 has a V shape and an inverted V shape alternately at equal intervals. The V shape and the inverted V shape are arranged between a line i connecting the tops of the V characters and a line ii connecting the tops of the inverted V characters. Are formed so that there is an end portion of each end.
[0022]
FIG. 8 is a view showing a fifth embodiment of a container for instant foods or the like according to the present invention corresponding to FIG. 3, and the front half-cut 54 has horizontal and reverse square shapes alternately at equal intervals. Arranged in a row and between the line iv connecting the narrow ends of the letter C and the line v connecting the narrow ends of the inverted V, respectively. And a wide end portion of each of the inverted C-shapes.
[0023]
FIG. 9 is a view showing a sixth embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention corresponding to FIG. 3, and the front half-cut 55 is composed of two perforations, and the two perforations are staggered. Is formed. Although not shown, the front half-cut 55 may be configured such that three or more perforation lines are staggered.
[0024]
Each of the front half cuts 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 configured as described above picks up the hot water cut forming knob 3 provided on the lid 10 with the fingers and peels off the thermal bonding part 2. Accordingly, the hot water cut forming portion can be easily cut along the front half cuts 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 to form the hot water cut and the hot water formed. Since all the cut ends are formed in a saw shape or a comb shape, it is possible to prevent the noodles from flowing out when the hot water is cut.
[0025]
Examples of the container body 20 used for the container 1 (1 ′) as described so far include polystyrene paper, high impact polystyrene sheet, polypropylene sheet, laminated sheet of polyamide and polyethylene or polypropylene, laminated sheet of polyethylene and polypropylene, and the like. Is formed into a container by a known vacuum forming method or pressure forming method, or a container is formed by injection molding a resin for injection molding such as polypropylene or polystyrene, or a container made of foamed styrene or a paper container Or the well-known thing used as a container for instant foods cooked with hot water, such as a double container consisting of these, can be mentioned.
[0026]
Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the lid body 10 is a laminated material having a configuration in which a heat-adhesive adhesive layer 12 is provided on one surface of a base material 11, and the base material 11 includes a paper Examples thereof include a metal foil such as aluminum, or an olefin resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, or a laminate made of a synthetic resin sheet (including synthetic paper) such as polyester or polyamide, or a combination thereof. The heat-adhesive adhesive layer 12 includes polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-propylene copolymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ionomer resin, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, acrylic acid resin, and methacrylic acid resin. , Ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer, ethylene-acrylic acid ester copolymer, ethylene-methacrylic acid ester copolymer, polyester resin and the like. These resins may be appropriately selected and used depending on the structure of the container body. The base material 11 is usually provided with a printing layer.
[0027]
Further, the front half-cut 5 (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55) provided on the lid 10 is provided so as to leave at least the heat-adhesive adhesive layer 12 from the substrate 11 side, The inside of the container is hermetically sealed, and there is no risk of dust or dust entering the container, which is extremely hygienic. If one specific example of the lid 10 is given, the substrate 11 is composed of a biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film 12 μm / adhesive / bleached craft 50 g / m ² / polyethylene 15 μm / aluminum foil 7 μm. The heat-adhesive contact layer 12 is made of an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer having a thickness of 20 μm provided on the back surface of the aluminum foil of the substrate 11, and has a front half-cut 5 (50, 51, 52, 53, 54 55) is provided on the substrate 11.
[0028]
【Effect of the invention】
As has been frequently described so far, the container of the present invention is provided with a cut half-shaped surface half-cut in a substantially straight line (band shape) in the vicinity of the hot-cut forming knob of the lid. By picking up the picking part with fingers and peeling off the heat-bonding part, the hot cut forming part on the side of the hot cut forming part is easily cut along the front half-cut to always form a constant size hot cut. The hot water discharge operation can be performed simply, quickly, reliably and safely. Moreover, since the formed hot water cut-out is formed in a saw shape or a comb-like shape, it is possible to prevent the noodles from flowing out during hot water cutting. In addition, the container of the present invention is advantageous in terms of processing man-hours and cost as compared with a container made of a lid that must be configured so that only the upper layer can be broken as described in the conventional example.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of the front half cut shown in FIG. 2;
4 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the container of the present invention shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a second embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a third embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a fourth embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a fifth embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a sixth embodiment of a container for instant food or the like according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a layer configuration diagram of a lid member according to the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a conventional container such as instant food.
[Explanation of symbols]
1, 1 'container 2 heat bonding part 3 hot water cut forming knob 4 pouring hole forming knob 5, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 table half cut 10 lid 11 base material 12 heat bonding adhesive Layer 20 Container body 21 Flange part A Pouring gate

Claims (7)

A bottomed container body having an opening with a flange portion of the flush, and the opening of the bottomed container body that includes a water cut forming tab portion and the sprue forming knobs protruding outward A container for storing instant food or the like sealed with a heat-bonding part capable of peeling the flange part and the lid body of the bottomed container body, the lid body having substantially the same outer shape, A front half cut is formed in a deformed perforation in the vicinity of the hot water cut forming knob, and the front half cut crosses one end edge of the opening of the bottomed container body on the hot cut forming knob side. A container formed so as to be.   The container according to claim 1, wherein the hot cut forming knob is formed on one end side of the front half cut.   The container according to claim 1, wherein the front half-cut consists of a single zigzag line.   4. The container according to claim 3, wherein the one zigzag line is discontinuous at the protruding portion.   The front half-cut is formed by alternately arranging V-shaped and inverted V-shaped characters in a horizontal row at equal intervals, and each line of the top of each of the V-shaped characters and each of the inverted C-shaped 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein an end portion of each of the V shape and the inverted V shape exists between the lines connecting the top portions. container.   The table half-cut is formed by alternately arranging a letter C and an inverted letter C in a horizontal row at equal intervals, and a line connecting the narrow ends of the letter C and the inverted letter H A wide end portion of each of the letter C and the inverted letter C is formed between the lines connecting the narrow ends of each of the two. A container according to any one of the above.   The container according to claim 1, wherein the front half cut is composed of at least two perforations, and the two perforations are formed in a staggered pattern.

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