JP4958436B2 - Instant food container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an instant food container for storing instant food such as noodles, and more particularly to an instant food container having an inner dish in a container body.

  As an instant food container of this type, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, noodles can be stored in the container body 30, and various ingredients, liquid or powdered soup materials, etc. can be stored above the noodles. In addition, there is a container in which an intermediate dish (lid body) 31 having a soup container function is accommodated. The inner tray 31 is formed with a fitting flange 32 having a hot water cutout (not shown) on the outer periphery, and the fitting flange 32 is detachably fitted to a flange 33 formed on the upper opening edge of the container body 30. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP-A-9-99982

However, in the above-mentioned instant food container in which the hot plate is provided in the intermediate plate 31 and the hot plate is cut in the intermediate plate 31, the noodles are hot-cut while being stored in the container body 30. In the inner plate 31, an accommodation recess 34 is provided so as to bulge downward, and the presence of the accommodation recess 34 reduces the volume of hot water stored in the container body 1. The container body 1 needs to be deepened, which causes a problem that the container body 30 increases in size.
Therefore, as a countermeasure against this problem, a hot water outlet is provided in the outer lid 35 that covers the inner tray 31, and when the hot water is cut off, the inner tray 31 is once taken out and the outer lid 35 is put on the container body 30 to cover the outer lid 35. It is conceivable to drain hot water from the hot water outlet.
However, in such a case, by removing the inner tray 31, a gap is generated between the flange 33 of the container body 30 and the outer lid 35 so that the fitting flange 32 of the inner tray 31 does not exist, and thereby the outer lid 35. Because of the rattling, hot water may be leaked from a location other than the hot water outlet of the outer lid 35, that is, from the upper surface of the flange 33 of the container body 30 and the outer lid 35 that overlaps with a gap above this. Sexual problems arise.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and in the instant food container comprising the container body, the inner plate, and the outer lid as described above, the outer lid has a hot water draining function. When the hot water is drained with the outer lid, the hot water leaks out of the area other than the hot water drainage part. It is an object to provide an instant food container that can reliably prevent safety and ensure safety.

The instant food container of the present invention is formed in a bowl shape with the upper surface open by raising the peripheral wall upward from the entire circumference of the bottom wall, and a container main body with a flange projecting outward from the entire upper edge of the peripheral wall; The inner tray accommodated inside the container body and the outer peripheral wall from the outer peripheral edge of the top plate are continuously connected along the outer peripheral edge of the flange of the container main body to be connected to the open upper surface of the container main body. In an instant food container comprising an outer lid that is detachably fitted, the container body is located below the flange and around the upper edge of the inner surface of the peripheral wall, from the inner surface of the peripheral wall to the inner side. A bulging middle tray supporting step is provided, the outer lid is provided with a hot water drainage portion on the top plate, and the middle tray is raised from the entire circumference of the bottom wall upward to the depth of the container body. shallow formed in a bowl shape than is the front overhang towards the upper edge entire pressurized circumference et outside of the peripheral wall in said dish Stories In particular providing a flange Ru placed on the inner tray support step portion of the vessel body and has a characteristic.
In addition, the instant food container of the present invention is formed by increasing the thickness of the peripheral wall and bulging outward from the outer surface of the peripheral wall around the entire upper edge of the peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the inner plate. Providing a large-diameter bulge portion that is close to or in contact with the inner surface below the middle tray supporting step portion of the peripheral wall of the container body and that is placed on the flange of the lower middle tray when the middle plates are stacked. It has characteristics.

As a preferred aspect, the instant food container according to the present invention falls toward the inside of the container main body at a position near the outer periphery of the top plate of the outer lid corresponding to the upper side of the flange of the inner dish. After providing the depressed portion, the lower surface of the depressed portion is brought close to the upper surface of the flange of the intermediate plate with a gap, or the lower surface of the depressed portion is brought into contact with the upper surface of the flange of the intermediate plate without a gap. Can be made.

According to the present invention, while providing the hot water cutting part on the outer lid, the intermediate dish supporting step is provided at a position below the flange of the container body and near the upper edge of the inner surface of the peripheral wall, A structure was adopted in which the inner dish was stored in the container body by placing the flange. Therefore, when the hot water is cut off, the outer lid is once removed, the middle dish is taken out, hot water is poured into the container main body, and the outer lid is put on the open upper surface of the container main body again. Since the hot water is drained by removing the dish, there is no problem of reducing the volume of hot water stored in the container body as in the conventional case where the hot water is drained with the middle dish in place. Can be planned.
In addition, the inner plate is a container having a large-diameter bulge that is bulged outwardly from the outer surface of the peripheral wall by increasing the thickness of the peripheral wall on the entire periphery near the upper edge of the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall. It approaches or abuts the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the main body below the intermediate plate support step. Combined with this proximity or abutment and the fact that the intermediate plate is supported by the flange being placed on the intermediate plate support step of the container body, it is possible to reliably prevent the intermediate plate from moving loosely. Even when oysters, liquid soups, various sauces, etc. are placed in large quantities, it can sufficiently handle the weight, and the inner plate unexpectedly falls on noodles such as noodles contained in the container body Thus, it is possible to prevent the instant food from being deformed or crushed.
Further, the large-diameter bulging portion that is bulged outward by increasing the wall thickness is such that when the middle dishes are stacked on the production line, the diameter of the upper middle dish is large as shown in FIG. The bulging part rests on the flange of the lower intermediate tray and can be stacked low in bulk.

Also, as described above, once the outer lid is removed, the outer lid is removed, the inner pan is taken out, hot water is poured into the container body, and the outer lid is placed on the open upper surface of the container body again to perform the draining operation. However, at this time, since the intermediate tray is taken out by removing the flange from the intermediate tray support step, the fitting flange 32 is connected to the flange 33 of the container body 30 as in the conventional intermediate tray 31 shown in FIG. The problem which arises by removing from, ie, the flange 33 and outer cover of the container body 30 by removing the fitting flange 32 of the inner tray 31 interposed between the flange 33 and the outer cover 35 of the container body 30 A gap is generated between the inner plate 31 and the fitting flange 32 of the inner tray 31 so that hot water leaks out from a portion other than the hot water cutout of the outer lid 35. However, the open upper surface of the container body is securely closed by the outer cover that is put on again, so that hot water can be safely drained without any risk of leaking out of the outer lid other than the hot water outlet. Is called.
In addition, since the intermediate tray has only a flange placed on the intermediate tray support step, it is easy to put in and out of the container body by holding the flange near the upper end of the inner surface of the peripheral wall and easily using it. .

  At the location near the outer periphery of the top plate of the outer lid corresponding to the upper side of the flange of the inner tray, a recessed portion that falls toward the inside of the container body is provided, and the lower surface of the recessed portion is placed on the upper surface of the flange of the inner tray. In addition to obtaining a reinforcing effect that suppresses deformation of the outer lid by forming the depressed portion by bringing the lower portion of the depressed portion into contact with the upper surface of the flange of the intermediate dish without gaps, by making the gap close to each other, Because the flange of the inner pan can be controlled to move up and down between the lower surface of the recessed portion of the outer lid and the middle tray support step of the container main body, the intermediate pan is lifted in the container main body during transportation, etc. It can be prevented from tapping. In particular, by allowing the lower surface of the depressed portion to abut the upper surface of the flange of the middle dish without any gap, it is possible to reliably prevent the detachment of the middle dish and to improve the blockage of the container body by the middle dish so that instant food such as noodles can be used. It is advantageous to prevent deterioration and insect invasion.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a plan view of an instant food container showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion B in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the stacked state of the container main bodies of the container, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the stacked state of the middle dishes of the instant food container, and FIG. 6 is a stacked state of the outer lids of the instant food container. It is sectional drawing shown.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the instant food container according to the present invention includes a synthetic resin container body 1 having an open top surface and a synthetic resin middle dish housed in the container body 1. 2 and an outer lid 3 made of synthetic resin that is detachably fitted to the open upper surface of the container body 1.

The container body 1 includes a bottom wall 4 made of a foamed resin material such as foamed polystyrene or a non-foamed resin material, a peripheral wall 5 raised upward from the entire periphery of the bottom wall 4, and the peripheral wall 5. It is formed in a bowl shape with an open top surface having a flange 6 projecting outward from the entire circumference of the upper edge. Thus, the container main bodies 1 formed in a bowl shape with an open upper surface can be stacked on the production line with a low bulk as shown in FIG.
An intermediate tray support step 7 bulging inward from the inner surface of the peripheral wall 5 is provided on the entire periphery near the upper edge of the inner surface of the peripheral wall 5 below the flange 6 of the container body 1. In addition, an index step portion 8 corresponding to a line for instructing the depth of pouring of hot water is provided at the intermediate portion in the depth direction below the inner tray support step portion 7 on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 5.

The intermediate dish 2 has a bottom wall 9 made of a foamed resin material such as foamed polystyrene or a non-foamed resin material, and a peripheral wall 10 raised upward from the entire circumference of the bottom wall 9 to form a container. It is formed in a bowl shape with an open top surface that is shallower than the depth of the main body 1, and a flange 11 is projected outwardly from the entire upper end edge of the peripheral wall 10, and this flange 11 is placed on the tray support step 7 of the container main body 1. to Ru Citea.

As shown in FIG. 2, the inner tray 2 is housed in a state of being stably supported in the container body 1 by placing the flange 11 on the middle tray support step 7 of the container body 1. In order to support , a large-diameter bulging portion 13 bulging outward from the outer surface of the peripheral wall 10 by increasing the thickness of the peripheral wall 10 on the entire periphery near the upper edge of the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 10. The diametrically bulging portion 13 is provided so as to be brought close to or in contact with the inner surface of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body 1 below the middle tray support step 7 to restrict the radial movement of the middle tray 2. As a result, the intermediate dish 2 accommodates the accessory 14 such as the liquid soup or the liquid soup, and even when the weight increases, the flange 11 is placed on the intermediate dish support step 7 without moving loosely in the container body 1. Combined with the loading, it will be supported stably. Further, the intermediate dishes 2 formed in a bowl shape having an open upper surface can be stacked in a low volume as shown in FIG. If necessary, an index step portion 12 corresponding to a line for instructing the depth of the pouring amount of hot water is provided at an intermediate portion in the depth direction of the peripheral wall 10.

By the way, since the intermediate tray 2 has only the flange 11 placed on the intermediate tray support step 7, the container body 1 can be easily removed by placing the hand near the upper end of the inner surface of the peripheral wall 10 and grasping the flange 11. Although it is easy to put in and out, as shown in FIG. 2, the angle formed with the bottom wall 9 of the peripheral wall 10, i.e., the upward expansion angle θ <b> 1, is set to the height of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body 1. The angle formed with the bottom wall 4, that is, larger than the upward expansion angle θ <b> 2, and as shown in FIG. 3, is lower than the middle tray support step 7 and the middle tray support step 7 of the container body 1. R1 is attached to the intersection with the inner surface of the peripheral wall 5 and R2 is attached to the large-diameter bulge 13. In that case, it is preferable to set the radius of curvature of the radius R1 of the middle tray support step 7 to be larger than that of the radius R2 of the large-diameter bulge portion 13.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the state in which the middle dish 2 is accommodated in the container body 1, the middle dish 2 is accommodated so that the bottom wall 9 is positioned below the index step portion 8 of the container body 1. Thus, even if the middle dish 2 is accommodated, the middle dish 2 is removed from the container body 1 when the hot water is drained, so that no problem occurs, and the middle dish 2 can be accommodated in the container body 1 in a compact manner. Thus, the container body 1 can be miniaturized.
As shown in FIG. 2, the intermediate dish 2 is accommodated so as to form a gap t between the bottom wall 9 thereof and the upper surface of the instant food S such as noodles accommodated in the container body 1. The gap t is to absorb variations in the undulation height on the top surface of the instant food S such as noodles, and to prevent the instant food S such as noodles from being broken by the bottom wall 9.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the outer lid 3 is formed by forming a thin synthetic resin sheet such as a polystyrene-based resin on a top plate 16 provided with a hot water cutting portion 15 on the outer periphery of the top plate 16. The container body 1 is formed into a shallow dish shape that matches the outer shape of the flange 6 of the container body 1 by the outer peripheral wall 17 continuously provided so as to elastically contact with the outer peripheral edge of the flange 6 of the container body 1. It can be detachably fitted to the open upper surface. The hot water cut portion 15 formed on the top plate 16 can be cut and raised at a U-shaped hot water cut opening 18 so that the piece 19 can be bent, and the hot water cut opening 18 can be closed by the cut piece 19 before use. I am doing so.

A recessed portion 20 that falls toward the inside of the container main body 1 is provided at a location near the outer periphery of the top plate 16 of the outer lid 3 corresponding to the upper side of the flange 11 of the inner tray 2. The lower surface of the depressed portion 20 is brought close to the upper surface of the flange 11 of the intermediate plate 2 with a gap therebetween, or the lower surface of the depressed portion 20 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the flange 11 of the intermediate plate 2 without a gap.
The top plate 16 of the outer lid 3 is formed in a cross-sectional shape having the recessed portion 20 to obtain a reinforcing effect for suppressing the deformation of the outer lid 3, and the bottom surface of the recessed portion 20 of the outer lid 3 and the inside of the container body 1. Since the flange 11 of the middle tray 2 can be restricted from moving up and down between the tray support step 7 and the middle tray 2 is lifted up or rattled in the container body 1 during transportation. Can be prevented. In particular, by causing the lower surface of the depressed portion 20 to contact the upper surface of the flange 11 of the intermediate dish 2 without any gap, it is possible to reliably prevent the middle dish 2 from becoming loose, and to improve the obstruction of the container body 1 by the intermediate dish 2. It is possible to prevent deterioration of the instant food S such as noodles and insect invasion.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the outer lid 3 is provided with a suction port 22 that is cut and raised on the top plate 16 and has a piece 21 at a location facing the hot water cut portion 15. Further, the top plate 16 is formed with a pair of raised portions 23 in an arc shape so as not to give a heat feeling to the hand pressed when the hot water is cut. Further, in order to increase the prevention of deformation of the outer lid 3, a reinforcing concave groove 24 is concentrically added to the intermediate portion in the radial direction of the top plate 16. It should be noted that the outer lids 3 formed in a shallow dish shape can be stacked low on the production line as shown in FIG.

  Regarding the display of the cooking method, it is difficult to see even if the curved surface is printed on the outer surface of the peripheral wall 5 of the container body 1, and it is printed on a separate paper from the container body 1 and the outer lid 3, and this is put in the inner dish 2. Enclosing is expensive. Therefore, as a simple and low-cost display method of the cooking method, the cooking method is printed by direct gravure printing or the like in the region surrounded by the groove 24 on the outer surface of the outer lid 3. As a result, fine characters and designs can be displayed.

  Next, a method of cooking noodles, which is a representative example of a cooking method, using the instant food container having the above configuration will be described.

First, the outer lid 3 is removed from the flange of the container body 1 in which instant noodles (Chinese noodles, udon, bear noodles, etc.) are accommodated, and the medium dish 2 in which the soup is accommodated is taken out from the container body 1.
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  Next, the container body 1 is covered with the outer lid 3 to reconstitute the noodles in the container body 1, and the soup is made with the medium dish 2. That is, in order to return the noodles to hot water, the cut and raised pieces 19 of the hot water cut opening 18 of the outer lid 3 and the cut and raised pieces 21 of the air inlet 22 are raised, and hot water is poured to the index step 8 of the container body 1. The outer lid 3 is fitted on the open upper surface of the container body 1. In this state, after returning the hot water for several minutes (for example, 5 minutes), the raised portions 23 and 23 of the outer lid 3 are pressed with both hands, the container body 1 is tilted, and hot water is cut off from the hot water outlet 18. At that time, the outer cover 3 to be covered again is returned to the original closed state in which the portion near the outer peripheral edge of the top plate 16 is covered on the upper surface of the flange 6 of the container body 1 without any gap. Therefore, by removing the fitting flange 32 of the intermediate tray 31 interposed between the flange 33 of the container body 30 and the outer lid 35 as in the conventional case shown in FIG. There is no problem that a gap is generated between the lid 35 and the fitting flange 32 of the inner tray 31 so that hot water does not leak from a portion other than the hot water cutout 18 of the outer lid 3 when the hot water is cut off. Hot water draining is performed safely.

After the hot water is drained, add the kneading oil and loosen the noodles well. On the other hand, break the bag soaked liquid soup and put the liquid soup in the medium dish 2. Pour hot water up to the index step 12 of the middle plate 2, stir well, add baked seaweed and finish the soup. Thus, eat noodles in soup.
It is a trick to eat the soup soup about 2 minutes before the noodles are made, but for instant foods, a hot water cutout is provided in the middle plate 31 as shown in FIG. While the noodles are steamed in the container, it is impossible to cook the soup using the middle dish 31. However, in the present invention, the noodles can be reconstituted and drained by the outer lid 3 and the container body 1 and the soup can be made simultaneously by the intermediate dish 2. Since the soup can be made in the middle dish 2 while the noodles are steamed with hot water in the container body 1, cooking can be performed to make the soup several minutes before the noodles are completed.

  As other usage variations, instant fried noodles can be made with the outer lid 3 and the container body 1, and Chinese soup can be made with the middle dish 2. That is, the instant yakisoba is returned with hot water in the container main body 1 that is closed with the outer lid 3, then drained, seasoned with the sauce to make yakisoba, and the Chinese soup can be made in the inner dish 2. Also, instant udon can be made with the outer lid 3 and the container body 1, and a bowl can be made with the middle dish 2.

  In addition, although the said embodiment illustrated and demonstrated what the container for instant foods was formed circularly in planar view, ellipse shape, polygonal shape, etc. other than circular shape may be sufficient.

It is a top view of the container for instant foods which shows one example of the present invention. It is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the B section in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the stacked state of the container main bodies of the container for instant foods. It is sectional drawing which shows the stacked state of the middle dishes of the same instant food container. It is sectional drawing which shows the lamination | stacking state of the outer lids of the same instant food container. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the container for instant foods of a prior art example.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container body 2 Middle dish 3 Outer lid 4 Container body bottom wall 5 Container body peripheral wall 6 Container body flange 7 Middle dish support step 9 Middle dish bottom wall 10 Middle dish peripheral wall 11 Middle dish flange 13 Large diameter Swelling portion 15 Hot water cutting portion 16 Top plate 17 Outer peripheral wall 20 Depressed portion

Claims (3)

The peripheral wall is raised from the entire circumference of the bottom wall and formed into a bowl-like shape with an open top surface, and the container body with the flange projecting outward from the entire periphery of the upper end edge of the peripheral wall, and is housed inside the container body An outer lid that is detachably fitted on the open upper surface of the container body by continuously connecting the outer peripheral wall from the outer periphery of the top plate and the outer peripheral edge of the flange of the container body along the outer peripheral edge of the flange. In an instant food container consisting of
The container body is provided with an intermediate tray support step that bulges inward from the inner surface of the peripheral wall on the entire periphery of the portion near the upper edge of the inner surface of the peripheral wall below the flange of the container body,
The outer lid is provided with a hot water cutting part on the top plate,
Entire circumference launch the wall upward from forming a shallow bowl shape than the depth of the container body, prior SL container protrudes outward upper edge entire pressurized circumference et al wall in said tray in said tray bottom wall A flange to be placed on the middle tray support step of the main body is provided.
Supporting the inner dish of the peripheral wall of the container body by increasing the thickness of the peripheral wall and bulging outward from the outer surface of the peripheral wall on the entire periphery of the portion near the upper edge of the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the inner tray Immediate food container characterized by having a large-diameter bulging portion that is close to or in contact with the inner surface below the stepped portion and that is placed on the flange of the lower intermediate plate when the intermediate plates are stacked. .   A recessed portion that falls toward the inside of the container main body is provided at a location near the outer periphery of the top plate of the outer lid corresponding to the upper portion of the flange of the intermediate tray, and the lower surface of the recessed portion is the upper surface of the flange of the intermediate tray. The container for instant food according to claim 1, wherein the container is placed close to the container.   A recessed portion that falls toward the inside of the container main body is provided at a location near the outer periphery of the top plate of the outer lid corresponding to the upper portion of the flange of the intermediate tray, and the lower surface of the recessed portion is the upper surface of the flange of the intermediate tray. The instant food container according to claim 1, wherein the instant food container is in contact with the gap without any gap.

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