JP5020791B2 - Food container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a food container, and more particularly to a food container having an inner lid provided with an auxiliary material container containing auxiliary materials such as soup, sauce and ingredients and provided with a hot water cut-out hole.

In an instant food container in which instant noodles such as dried noodles and fried noodles are stored in a container together with ingredients, soup stock, etc., a base material (5) and a surface material (6) on the flange part (3) of the container (1) The lid material (2) laminated in a peelable manner is heat-sealed, and the base material (5) is formed with a half-cut (13) to form a hot water cutting hole (14). Part of the container is peeled off from the flange part (3) of the container (1), hot water is poured, and after a certain period of time, the tab on the side of the hot water cut hole (14) is pulled to open the surface material (6), A container in which hot water is discharged, ingredients and sauce are mixed with instant noodles, and eaten is conventionally known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2007-97018 A

However, in the container described in Patent Document 1, since the sauce and ingredients are stored in the container together with the instant noodles in the sachet, put the fingers before pouring the hot water when the hot water inlet is opened. There was a problem that it had to be taken out and handling was troublesome.
In addition, the cover material is laminated so that the surface material and the base material can be peeled off, and the hot water cutting hole is formed by performing a half cut on the base material, and the structure of the cover material itself is complicated. There was a problem.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a food container having an inner lid provided with a hot water cut-out hole for allowing an auxiliary material container to be attached and discharging hot water poured into instant food. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a food container in which an inner lid with an auxiliary material container attached thereto is attached to a container body as a food container, and is sealed by an upper lid. The support portion of the auxiliary material container comprising the bottom wall and the side peripheral wall is provided , and the peripheral portion is provided with the flange and the side peripheral wall, and supports the support portion of the auxiliary material container from the lower end of the side peripheral wall of the peripheral portion. A pair of support plates are connected in series, vertical plates are erected on both sides of the support plate, an arc plate is erected along the side peripheral wall of the support portion, a peripheral portion, a flange, an upper end of the vertical plate and the arc plate A configuration is adopted in which an upper plate in which a hot water inlet is perforated and an upper plate in which a plurality of hot water cutting holes are formed are formed .

In order to align the inner lid, a configuration characterized in that a convex portion and a concave portion for alignment are provided between the container main body and the inner lid .

The food container of the present invention has an inner lid with an auxiliary material container attached to the container body, and the inner lid is provided with a hot water inlet and a hot water cutting hole. Can pour hot water.
After pouring, the pouring spout is closed, and after a certain period of time, the upper lid is opened to a predetermined position and a hot water cutting hole is opened so that the hot water can be cut off easily.
Further, since the auxiliary material container is attached to the inner lid, it can be warmed by hot water injected into the container body.

Next, the food container of this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings.
In FIG. 1, A is a container body, B is an inner lid, C is an auxiliary material container, and D is an upper lid.
The container body A, the inner lid B, the auxiliary material container C and the like are made of synthetic resin and are formed by thermoforming.
The upper lid D is a single layer or a laminated synthetic resin sheet, or a laminated sheet of a synthetic resin film and paper.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the container main body A includes an enlarged diameter portion 2 having an upper end as an open end 1, a step portion 3 formed at the lower end of the enlarged diameter portion 2, a body portion 4, and a bottom portion 5. In addition, a concave groove 6 for alignment is provided at a predetermined position of the enlarged diameter portion 2.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the inner lid B includes a side peripheral wall 7 that engages with the enlarged diameter portion 2 of the container main body A and a flange 8 around the entire periphery. A convex portion 9 that engages with the concave groove 6 of the side peripheral wall 7 is provided.
In the embodiment, the concave groove 6 is provided in the container body A. However, instead of the concave groove, a protrusion may be provided, and the concave groove may be provided on the side of the inner plug B.

  A support portion 12 of the auxiliary material container C composed of the bottom wall 10 and the side peripheral wall 11 is formed at the center portion of the inner lid B, and is in a range of about 90 degrees centering on the alignment convex portion 9. Are provided with a pair of left and right support plates 13a, 13b that are arranged so that the lower end of the side peripheral wall 7 and the upper end of the side peripheral wall 11 are connected to each other.

At the ends of the support plates 13a and 13b, vertical plates 14a and 14b are erected on the front side, and vertical plates 15a and 15b are erected on the rear side. The inner ends of the vertical plates 14a and 14b are on the support 12 side. An arc plate 14c standing along the peripheral wall 11 is continuously provided, and an arc plate 15c standing along the side peripheral wall 11 is continuously provided at inner end portions of the vertical plates 15a and 15b.
An opening is formed between the flange 8 and the vertical plates 14a and 14b and the circular arc plate 14c, and a hot water inlet 16 is formed.
An upper plate 17 is formed between the flange 8 and the vertical plates 15a and 15b and the arc plate 15c, and a plurality of hot water cutting holes 18 are formed in the upper plate 17.

  In forming the hot water cutting hole, instead of the upper plate 17, a plate body provided with a hot water cutting hole may be insert-molded when the inner lid B is formed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the auxiliary material container C includes a side peripheral wall 20 and a bottom wall 21 provided with a flange 19 at an upper end, and a seal lid 22 is bonded to the flange 19.
Although the wall thickness of the container main body A, the inner stopper B, and the auxiliary material container C is thick in the drawing, it is sufficient if the container has a shape retaining property at the time of pouring hot water, and can be made thinner.

As shown in FIG. 6, the upper lid D is a circular sheet 23 that covers the upper surface of the inner lid B, and an opening knob 24 is provided on the hot water inlet 16 side of the inner lid B. On the 18 side, a hot water cut hole knob 25 is provided.
In order to easily open the hot water inlet 16 and the hot water cut hole 18, a folding line 26 and a weakening line 27 are provided at predetermined locations, and an area between the folding line 26 and the weakening line 27 is an adhesive region. The outside of both lines is an easily peelable area.
In addition, a plug that closes the hot water cut hole 18 may be provided on the upper lid D by adhesion or the like outside the weakening line 27.
The container body A and the upper lid D to which the inner lid B is attached are covered with a shrink film and packaged.

Next, usage modes and effects of the food container of the present invention will be described.
The container body A contains instant noodles N. As instant food, yakisoba, ramen, spaghetti, udon, cooked rice and the like can be used.
Next, the soup or sauce, ingredients, etc. are separately accommodated, the auxiliary material container C to which the seal lid 22 is bonded is attached to the support portion 12 of the inner lid B, and the inner lid B is closed to the container main body A. The upper lid D is attached from above, and the flange 8 of the inner lid B, the upper plate 17, the hot water inlet 16, and the hot water cut hole 18 are covered.

Further, soy sauce or sauce may be put in the auxiliary material container C, and a sachet containing seasonings and ingredients may be stored on the upper surfaces of the support plates 13a and 13b.
Alternatively, the seasonings and ingredients may be stored directly in the space formed by the support plates 13a, 13b, the vertical plates standing at both ends thereof, and the side peripheral wall 7.

At that time, since the concave groove 6 for alignment of the container main body A and the convex portion 9 of the inner lid B are engaged and fitted, the hot water cutting hole 18 can be positioned at a certain place.
Next, the opening knob 24 of the upper lid D is positioned so as to coincide with the hot water inlet 16, and the whole is wrapped with the shrink film.
As described above, the food container of the present invention is formed.

Next, the usage method will be described.
First, the packaging film is peeled off to expose the upper lid D, and the upper lid D is peeled off so as to open the hot water inlet 16 with the opening knob 24.
Next, hot water is poured into the container body A, the upper lid D is pressed again, and the hot water inlet 16 is closed.
At that time, since the auxiliary material container C is mounted on the inner lid B, it is not necessary to remove it from the container main body A, and hot water can be injected from the hot water inlet 16 simultaneously with opening.
At that time, the soup and sauce in the auxiliary material container C and the auxiliary material on the support plates 13a and 13b are warmed with hot water.

When the instant food has been steamed after a certain period of time, the upper lid D is peeled off to the weakening line 27 so that the hot water cut hole 18 is opened with the hot water cut hole knob 25, and the hot water is discharged.
Thereafter, the upper lid D is peeled off and removed from the inner lid B.
Next, the auxiliary material container C is removed, the seal lid 22 is opened and the inner lid B is opened to take out the instant food, and the food with the warm auxiliary material is eaten, but the auxiliary material is mixed with the instant food and eaten. be able to.

  The food container of the present invention is easy to use because it can open and close the hot water inlet and open the hot water cut hole by peeling a predetermined portion of the upper lid D while the auxiliary material container C is attached to the inner lid B. Thus, since the auxiliary material container C is warmed by the hot water injected into the container body A, it becomes possible to mix warm or soy sauce with instant food.

  The food container of the present invention is provided with a hot water inlet and a hot water cutting hole in the inner lid to which the auxiliary material container is attached, and hot water can be injected and discharged by simply peeling the upper lid to a predetermined position. First, it can be widely used as a container for any instant food.

It is a partial cross section elevation view of the food container of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of a container main body, (a) is a top view, (b) is a partial cross section elevation view. It is explanatory drawing of an inner cover, (a) is a top view, (b) is a partial cross section elevation view. It is explanatory drawing of an inner lid, (a) is a side elevation, (b) is a bottom view. It is a sectional elevation view of an auxiliary material container. It is a top view of an upper lid.

Explanation of symbols

A Container body B Middle lid C Auxiliary material container D Top lid N Instant noodle 1 Open end 2 Expanded part 3 Step part 4 Body part 5 Bottom part 6 Groove 7, 11, 20 Side peripheral wall 8, 19 Flange 9 Convex part 10, 21 Bottom wall 12 Support portion 13a, b Support plate 14a, b, 15a, b Vertical plate 14c, 15c Arc plate 16 Hot water inlet 17 Upper plate 18 Hot water cut hole 22 Seal lid 23 Sheet 24 Opening knob 25 Hot water cut hole knob 26 Bending line 27 Weakening line

Claims (2)

A food container in which an inner lid with an auxiliary material container attached is attached to the container body and sealed by an upper lid,
The inner lid is provided with a support part for an auxiliary material container consisting of a bottom wall and a side peripheral wall in the center part,
The peripheral edge is provided with flanges and side walls,
A pair of support plates for supporting the support part of the auxiliary material container from the lower end of the side peripheral wall of the peripheral part are continuously provided,
Vertical plates are erected on both sides of the support plate, arc plates are erected along the side peripheral wall of the support portion,
A food container comprising a peripheral plate, a flange, an upper plate having a vertical plate and an arc plate connected to each other at the upper end thereof and having a hot water inlet formed therein, and an upper plate having a plurality of hot water cutting holes formed therein. . The food container according to claim 1 , wherein a convex portion and a concave portion for alignment are provided between the container main body and the inner lid .

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