JP5043994B2 - Juice bottle, bottled fruit juice and method of use - Google Patents

Description

    The present invention relates to a beverage bottle, mainly a juice bottle for filling and selling and providing a juice beverage, a juice containing the bottled pulp, and a method for using the same. It relates to containers that can be expected to be effective in promoting fruit juice or fruit juice-containing beverages containing grapes that are crushed or ground, and that can also lead to increased consumption of fruits. Focus on the fields related to sales and use, and there is no limit to other fields that are directly or indirectly related to, or expected to have, and include all fields. There are not so many technical fields that are not related.

(Points of interest)
There are a variety of products at the storefront, and consumers are given a wide range of choices that they had never expected before. Endless causes of daily life, the trend toward diversification of product preferences has not been stopped, and neither has any cause in the relationship between supply and consumption between producers and consumers The relationship between the suppliers and the consumers is that the consumers will try to assort the products to meet their insatiable demands, and consumers will move from the supplied products to new products. As a result, consumption of traditional fruits such as apples, mandarin oranges, grapes and strawberries, which are traditional fruits in Japan In order to maintain the production volume up to now and to improve it in the future, even though it is generally slowing down, it is a new trend that meets modern consumer needs. It is necessary to quickly find a product development method based on the viewpoint.

(Conventional technology)
Although Aomori Prefecture has a production capacity of more than 53% of Japan's apple production, which is about to reach the production volume of the United States, its cultivation area has been decreasing year by year. Although yields have been improved and the annual production volume has remained almost flat, the current situation is that the changes in the commodity market as described above are accelerating. Even if we continue to maintain the current production volume, we will continue to maintain the future production volume because there is a fact that there is a clear shadow of the trend toward apples due to the diversification of consumer needs. The implications, i.e., whether we can continue to guarantee the economic support of producers, will be very suspicious.

    In attracting consumers' preference for apples, other foods, for example, taking staple food as an example, eating food that had been rice staple foods in the past is a distant past. After a long time, instant noodles, hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, and spaghetti were added. As much as staple foods from all over the world are possible if you want to choose, as raw fruits, beside apples, peaches, grapes, grapes, pears, etc. that are common in Japan, Not only bananas and crepe fruits, lychee, avocado, kiwi fruit, mango, guava, durian, papaya, dragon fruit, etc., the world Since one of the rare and delicious fruits from the ground is lined up on a daily basis and sold at a relatively reasonable price range, there is no denying a tendency to disperse in the taste of the fruits that are eaten raw. Unless we try to find the value of apples and other traditional fruits as processed fruits as foreign countries do, we have to think that maintaining production will be extremely difficult. Don't be.

    Looking at the case of apples, although there is still a sense in proportion, it is not already used other than raw food, but locally, for example, from the canned baked apples and apples with syrup, dry apple addition A boiled boil without using anything, a compote-type processed apple that is used as a material for sweets such as desserts and apple pie. Apple hall of the type excluding the skin and core for use in confectionery, apple slices and paste (Bure) used for various ingredients, grated and sugared preservabe, and apple jam and apple juice And so on, processed apple foods that have been used as something other than raw food have appeared one after another. , Seen many others are gaining popularity, it is also a fact that the whole area have been made various attempts, which together including the apple growers.

    Among these processed apples as a measure to increase consumption of apples, apple juice has a high specific gravity. Moreover, for raw consumption, 43% of mandarin oranges and 37% of apples are popular. In the juice sector, 51% of apples surpassed oranges in the juice sector, and 38% of oranges are not allowed to follow (2007, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Safety Bureau, Consumption and Safety Countermeasures Section announced "Consumption of fruit and fruit drinks" From “About the same section”.) If there is a track record and wants to further expand consumption, measures that take consumer needs into account for the specific gravity of processed apples are the most effective. In order to achieve this, it is now under consideration to determine how much more consumer interest can be gained, and to further differentiate it from other juices Of course, it is indispensable to improve the quality of the juice itself that depends on the ingredients, but the other is that there remains a means of differentiation in the vessel itself to provide it. It is a spear.

Therefore, looking at the actual situation of containers that have been proposed so far, especially beverage containers, that is, bottles, glass bottles, which were once mainstream by material, topped can containers in 1987. In 1999, it was also pulled out into plastic bottles such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles, and its canisters also passed the top position to PET bottles in 1999. Since plastic bottles, especially PET bottles, have become the mainstream of beverage containers, the state of development regarding the appearance and outer shape of this plastic bottle, which seems to be most relevant to differentiation, is the conventional technology. For example, the raw material represented by the “biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate bottle” devised in Patent Document 1 (1), for example, Concerning the external shape effective to deal with decompression deformation for saving, or related to the effective shape for display and arrangement, which is taken up in the “Liquid container” device in (2), or (3) For the display of outline patterns and specific description as seen in the “container” invention of (4), such as those related to the shape that can be easily grasped by human hands, such as the “plastic bottle container” invention The shape is related to the integration with the shrink film, or is generally divided into the shape that leads to downsizing, such as the example disclosed in the “bottle” invention of (5), I couldn't find anything related to the appearance and shape that was designed to lead to differentiation from the contents.
(1) Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 06-69114 (2) Utility Model Registration No. 3002152 (3) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-168811 (4) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-77037 (5) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-513450

(Awareness of problems)
In view of the current state of Japanese traditional fruit production, especially apple production, we have already secured sufficient technical support for both cultivation techniques and processing techniques. However, as one of his hometowns in Aomori Prefecture, which accounts for more than 53% of Japan's apple production, while there is no way to expand consumption due to the diversification of consumer preferences, In the future, Aomori Apple has continued to maintain its position, and has continued to search for a solution that will allow it to be accepted and accepted as a delicious and cute “Aomori Apple” anytime in the future.

(Object of invention)
In view of this, the present invention is designed to increase the consumption of apples so that the demand for juice, which is the most processed apple among processed apples, will not decline in the future. It must be clearly distinguishable from other fruit juices and easily identified, and it must be an attractive juice that is accepted by consumers as adorable. For that purpose, the container itself is, for example, apple juice. I thought that it must be a unique fruit that tells me that it is a juice of a specific fruit, so I started developing and researching it quickly, and repeated trial and error over many years and many trials and experiments. As a result, we have finally succeeded in realizing a juice bottle with a novel structure, and in the following, an implementation that represents this invention shown in the drawings. Together, and it is described in detail the structure.

(Structure of the invention)
As can be clearly understood from the embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings, the juice bottle of the present invention basically comprises the following configuration.
That is, from the outer shape of the whole fruit with skin, the upper and lower ends of the whole fruit are made into a skinned outer shape, and all the parts in the range of 1/2 to 2/3 of the length of the bottle body are between them. The outer periphery with the upper skin, by the outer skin with the upper skin, or the bottom of the fogging trace or its corresponding part, and the lower part of the skin. Formed as a skinned outer part, which forms a bottle body made of plastic with a predetermined capacity, and the outline part of the fogging mark or its equivalent is transparent or translucent so that the color and properties of the contents can be seen through. The outer skinned part with the upper skin and the outer skin part with the lower skin shall be of opaque coloring depending on appropriate means such as electrodeposition coating, paint film coating, film exterior, opaque plastic, etc. The made structure is the bottle for juice to the subject matter of the present invention.

    From this basic configuration, the juice bottle of the present invention, in other words, from the outer shape of the whole fruit as it is with the skin, the upper end and the lower end of the bottle are made into a skinned outer shape, and the bottle is between them. The outer circumference with the upper skin is continuously formed under the outer skin by rubbing the whole circumference of the part in the range of 1/2 to 2/3 of the main body length, or by peeling the whole skin to expose the pulp. The outer shape of the fogging trace outer part or its equivalent part, the outer shape with the lower skin continuous below it, forming a bottle body made of plastic of a predetermined capacity, the fogging trace outer part or its equivalent part, Transparent or translucent to allow the color and properties of the contents to be seen through, and the outer skinned part and upper skinned part are either electrodeposition coating, paint film coating, film exterior, opaque plastic, etc., or That It becomes an opaque colored state depending on appropriate means, such as by a combination of the above, and there is no bottle gripping or content stirring part depending on the outline shape of the fogging trace or the corresponding recessed part, and its transparency or translucency Depending on the nature, it can be said that it is a juice-containing juice bottle depending on the configuration that is used as the content confirmation window portion.

(Related invention 1)
In relation to the “bottle for juice containing pulp” that forms the basis of the present invention described above, this invention includes “juice containing bottled pulp” using the same as described above.
That is, from a configuration in which the juice containing pulp and pulp fibers such as crushed pieces, grain pieces, and crushed pieces are filled, sealed, and sterilized and sterilized in the juice-containing juice bottle that forms the basis of this invention. That's the bottled fruit juice.

(Related invention 2)
Furthermore, in the present invention, when tasting the bottled fruit juice using the bottled fruit juice shown in the above related invention 1, at least once before the bottle stopper is removed. , By holding the juice bottle containing the pulp that forms the basis of the present invention, the container is inverted, and the pulp and pulp fiber content such as pulp fragments, grains, and crushed pieces that settle in the juice or have a tendency to settle The method for using the juice containing bottled pulp of the present invention, which is to be tasted after being uniformly dispersed efficiently, is also included.

    The fruit juice juice bottle of the present invention, which is characterized by the above-described configuration, has a novel configuration and, first of all, the fruit round bite state that has not been seen in any juice bottle so far, Because of its unique appearance, which is reflected in the shape of the bottle, it is inevitable that it will be noticed by consumers for the time being, and the probability of getting other juices in hand will be very high, Regardless of whether or not it is directly linked to subsequent purchases, the effect of asserting the existence of such juice and being memorable can be surely obtained, so the advertising effect on its production and sales is immeasurable It has the great feature of becoming something.

    Moreover, at the stage where it is put in the hand, the outline of the cover mark is different from that of the irregular appearance that is smoothly changed even if it fits like a regular bottle like most conventional bottles. The shape of the boundary between the outer part with a lip and the outer part with a lower skin and the outer part with a fogging mark is formed to have an angular shape that is regulated so that it approximates the appearance that appears as an outer shape when it bites into the actual fruit. By doing so, first of all, in addition to the advantage that it becomes easy to grip by hand by becoming a wide concave portion due to the outer shape with fogging, it has been cooled, so dew condensation, Even if it slips easily due to the drunk contents dripping down, even if it slips inadvertently, as a result of the angled boundary shape functioning as a stopper, it will drop out of careless hands It can be prevented with a high probability, or to waste the contents, shelf people and, in some cases is that the Xiu the effect is obtained that can be eliminated that would contaminate the neighborhood of people and goods.

    Furthermore, when deciding whether or not to proceed to purchase after being caught by the eyes of the consumer, hold it on the hand and hold the cover mark outline part over it. Regardless of the unique outline that is opaquely colored so that the part becomes the appearance of the target fruit itself, only the outline part with the fogging on the same site functions as a transparent or translucent transparent content confirmation window. Yes, the consumer confirms with natural eyes that it contains natural fruits (this confirmation has the effect of stirring the contents caused by this unique shape by reversing the bottle, as described below. Effectively acts, and the uniform dispersion tendency is remarkably excited and can be confirmed with certainty), confirms the usefulness of the contents, and at the same time acts as an incentive to purchase, and many lead to consumption Possible To become a thing with hidden, to become a thing that can greatly contribute to the long-sought increased consumption, exert hope not even effect.

And when consumers enter into the stage of eating and drinking, and the best taste with the above motivation, etc., it is well known that the top and bottom are flipped at least once before opening the bottle by opening a note, etc. Depending on the nature of the juice, the fruit part will inevitably sink due to the mass, if left undisturbed and left in the vending machine. Due to the shape of the bottle, it is possible to easily obtain a substantially homogeneous dispersion.
In other words, unlike conventional bottles with ribs and other irregularities for the purpose of simply increasing the structural strength, and deformed irregularities such as bottles with deformed irregularities for finger gripping with the aim of gripping effect, approximately half the bottle length. An outline portion with an upper skin and an outer shape with an upper skin are provided at the upper and lower ends of the bottle body, with an outline portion with a fogging mark provided with a fogging mark over a range of more than that. In addition to reducing the diameter of the portion and its inner diameter, the juice as the contents is complicated by causing an aggressive stirring effect depending on the presence of the corner, because it is angular at both boundary portions. So far, even if it is stirred, it will be enough evenly distributed, and it will be able to guarantee a satisfying taste to consumers as it has been restored to the juice with the pulp that should be. And thus to obtain a hardly expected Xiu the advantages that could not like to those.

In implementing the present invention having the configuration and characteristics as described above, the best or desirable mode will be described.
In addition to PET resin, the bottle body is mainly composed of ethylene terephthalate units and copolymer polyesters containing other polyester units, such as nylon resins and polyethylene terephthalate resins to improve gas barrier properties and heat resistance. It is also possible to use Examples of the component for forming the copolyester include dicarboxylic acid components such as isophthalic acid, naphthalene 2,6 dicarboxylic acid, and adipic acid, propylene glycol, 1,4 butanediol, tetramethylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, cyclohexane di Mention may be made of glycol components such as methanol and diethylene glycol.
There are no particular limiting factors for the material of the bottle body, and there is no problem even if it is a new material that will be developed in the future in addition to the above-mentioned material that can be considered at present.

    The whole bottle is most preferably targeted to the desired specific fruit, especially the apple from which the invention was conceived, and in addition, it does not give a sense of incongruity how to eat from the skin. It is also possible to target tomatoes, and in some cases, instead of a cover mark outline, the appearance of peeling off the outer skin, for example, the mandarin skin was left in a predetermined range at the upper and lower ends, and the space between them was peeled by hand Citrus and other fruits that do not have a sense of incongruity as such an appearance can also be targeted, and the appearance of peeling the outer skin and exposing the underlying fruit portion in that case also corresponds to the outline of the fogging mark in this invention These are also included in the technical idea corresponding to the outline of the fogging mark of the present invention, regardless of the description. The vertical width of the shape part or the equivalent part is 1/2 to 2/3 of the bottle body length in terms of functions such as internal transparency, gripping ability by hand, and stirring of contents. It is desirable to do so.

    In the bottle forming stage, a transparent plastic material is used at the bottle forming stage, and the parts corresponding to these parts are appropriately filled and colored. In addition to making it opaque, coloring, etc., it is possible to adopt any means such as electrodeposition coating, coating film coating, film exterior, etc. It is needless to say that any opaque and coloring means that will be proposed in the future can be adopted without any particular limitation on opaqueness and coloring.

The structure of the border between the upper skinned outer part and the lower skinned outer part and the fogging trace outer part or its equivalent is not the boundary structure that has been gently connected so far, but the actual fruit biting outline or its equivalent. It is preferable to form an angular shape so as to approximate the external appearance in order to ensure a uniform stirring effect, and an optimum boundary structure that does not hinder internal pressure durability is obtained. It goes without saying that we have to do this.
Below, based on the specific example taken up in drawing, the structure of the bottle for juice of this invention, its bottled fruit juice, and its usage method can be grasped | ascertained still more clearly.

    The drawings show some specific examples of juice bottles representative of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1 is an elevational view of the most representative one, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view in the middle of the same, FIG. 5 is an elevation view corresponding to FIG. 1, according to another embodiment, FIG. 6 is a plan view, and FIG. 7 is a bottom view. 8 is a cross-sectional view in the middle of the same, FIG. 9 is an elevational view corresponding to FIG. 1 according to another embodiment, and FIG. 10 is further equivalent to FIG. 1 according to another embodiment. It is an elevation view, and all show some typical examples of bottles intended for apple juice.

    First, the first case shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is an outer part 2 with an upper skin and an outer part with a lower skin, which correspond to the body part of the bottle body 1 so as to have an appearance in which a cover mark is briefly revealed. 4 and a plurality of places are provided over the entire circumference h of about 1/2 to 2/3 of the length H of the bottle body 1, and marks 31, 31,... The transparent outline portion 3 having a fogging pattern is formed, and the outer portion 2 with the upper skin and the outer portion 4 with the lower skin, which are hatched in the figure, are red or light green depending on the electrodeposition coating. The bottle itself imitates the apple with the color and shape of the upper skinned outer part 2 and the lower skinned outer part 4. Yes, and that it ’s a whole round bite apple It is that to be able to intake.

As a result, as clearly shown in FIG. 4, the inner space of the bottle has a smooth boundary structure between the outer portion 2 with the upper skin and the outer portion 4 with the lower skin above and below the outline portion 3 with the cover. Unlike the conventional structure, which is reduced for a while, the juice bottle is filled with the contents. Even if the product forcibly induces a complicated flow and the pulp of the juice containing the pulp is accumulated at the bottom inside the temporary bottle, this operation can easily shift to an evenly distributed tendency Will be.
In the figure, 5 is a bottle mouth, 6 is a cap for screwing and crowning the bottle mouth 5, and L is a label used for sales promotion, product identification display and the like.

    The following examples shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 have the same basic structure as that of the first embodiment, but the shape of the fogging trace outer shape portion 3 is the same as that of the apple in the vertical direction of the apple (in the core). In this case, it is said that a plurality of fogging marks appear clearly around the entire core by covering the direction of the teeth (in other words, the direction in which the tooth alignment direction is in a state of being orthogonal to the core). Then, in the case of the fogging trace outer shape part 3 which is made to appear in a state of being fogged over the entire circumference of the apple trunk so that the tooth arrangement direction is a direction parallel to the core by 90 degrees. is there.

    Even according to this example, as shown in the central cross-sectional view of FIG. 8, as in the case of FIG. The boundary structure with each of the parts 4 becomes an angular structure, and the same function as the above embodiment is demonstrated, and an effective bottle for fruit juice can be realized. Similarly, the example of FIG. The appearance of the fogging mark outer shape part 3 is different from that of the above-described Example 1 and those shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 in this Example, and the appearance of a messy fogging mark as if a child was fogged at first glance. In addition, in the case of the example taken up in FIG. 10, the shape of the container body 1 is a fruit that does not cause a sense of incongruity even if it is long and fogged, rather than an apple. Adopted In addition, in this example, the eyes 21 and 21 are printed on the outer skin 2 with the upper skin so as to be anthropomorphic. An additional appearance display that does not break down the basic technical idea can be freely adopted and is not subject to any restrictions.

(Effect of Example)
Needless to say, in some of the above-described embodiments representing the present invention, the extremely wide fogging outline 3 can be seen by anyone at first glance. Because it will be different from the shape of every bottle that has been put to practical use, it has been impressed by consumers as having an extremely strong product identification function. Even if it is a bottle with a hand that naturally fits into the outline 3 of the cover and the surface is slippery due to provisional dew condensation, etc. It does not drop and functions as a product with high gripping ability.

    In addition, when you hold the hand gripped with your hand, the place is different from the opaque outer skinned portion 2 and lower skinned outer shape portion 4 and is made of a transparent material. The inside of the bottle can be easily seen through, making it very easy to check the properties of the juice, i.e. the color and viscosity, the contents, i.e. the presence or absence of the pulp and the shape of the pulp. When it cannot be visually checked, the contents are forcibly agitated to make it evenly dispersed due to the characteristic shape of the present invention even if the top and bottom of the bowl is turned upside down only once. Consumers who have confirmed the purchase will be motivated to purchase the juice and be motivated to purchase the juice, resulting in a sales promotion effect, such as apples that are worried about sales. A great advantage that leads to extending the consumption of fruit produced becomes to be expected.

(Conclusion)
As described above, the juice bottle of the present invention, the bottled fruit juice and the method of use thereof can achieve the intended purpose uniformly by the novel configuration, and are easy to manufacture. Compared to juice bottles from, the advertising effect of eye-catching with a unique appearance is outstanding, and once it is picked up, it is difficult to slide down and the contents should be in a very simple operation Since it has been confirmed that its properties can be confirmed, it will lead to purchase with sufficient confidence for consumers who have become more rigorous, and will greatly contribute to the expansion of fruit consumption. The fruit producers are highly valued by the processing industry that uses it as a raw material, as well as high-quality juices that are also characterized by consumers. Accepted Te, available across a wide range, is expected to be those that continue to spread.

1 is an elevational view of a bottle representing this invention. It is a top view of a bottle same as the above. It is a bottom view of a bottle same as the above. It is center center sectional drawing of a bottle same as the above. It is an elevational view of a bottle as another embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of a bottle same as the above. It is a bottom view of a bottle same as the above. It is center center sectional drawing of a bottle same as the above. It is an elevational view of a bottle as still another embodiment of the present invention. It is an elevational view of a bottle as still another embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bottle body 2 Outer part with upper skin 21 Anthropomorphic eyes 3 Outer part with cover mark 4 Outer part with lower skin 5 Bottle mouth 6 Cap H Bottle body length dimension h Vertical width of outer part with cover mark L Label

Claims (5)

    From the outer shape of the whole fruit with the skin, the upper end and the lower end of the whole are made into a skinned outer shape. Between them, the entire circumference of the place over the range of 1/2 to 2/3 of the bottle body length The outer skin with the upper skin, the outer skin with the continuous skin or its equivalent, and the lower skin with the lower skin. A bottle body made of plastic with a predetermined capacity is formed as an outer shape part, and the outline part of the fogging mark or its equivalent part is transparent or translucent so that the color and properties of the contents can be seen through, and the upper part The outer part with skin and the outer part with lower skin shall be of an opaque colored state depending on the appropriate means such as electrodeposition coating, paint film coating, film exterior, opaque plastic, etc. Bottle for pulp containing juice which is characterized.     From the outer shape of the whole fruit with the skin, the upper end and the lower end of the whole are made into a skinned outer shape. Between them, the entire circumference of the place over the range of 1/2 to 2/3 of the bottle body length The outer skin with the upper skin, the outer skin with the continuous skin or its equivalent, and the lower skin with the lower skin. A bottle body made of plastic with a predetermined capacity is formed as an outer shape part, and the outline part of the fogging mark or its equivalent part is transparent or translucent so that the color and properties of the contents can be seen through, and the upper part The skinned outer part and the lower skinned outer part should be either opaque or colored, depending on appropriate means such as electrodeposition coating, paint film coating, film exterior, opaque plastic, etc. According to the outline shape of the fogging mark or its equivalent, it is used as a part for gripping the bottle and stirring the contents, and as a part for the contents confirmation window depending on its transparency or translucency. A bottle for juice containing pulp.     The border between the outer skinned part with the upper skin and the outer skin part with the lower skin, and the fogging mark outer shape part or its equivalent part should have a shape that is rounded to approximate the appearance of the actual fruit biting outline or its equivalent. The juice-containing juice bottle according to any one of claims 1 and 2, which is formed.     Juice containing fruit pulp mixed with pulp and pulp fibers, such as crushed pieces, grain pieces, and crushed pieces, is filled in a juice-containing juice bottle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, sealed, and sterilized and disinfected. Bottled fruit juice.     When tasting the juice containing bottled fruit juice according to claim 4, at least once before removing the stopper of the bottle, with the juice bottle containing fruit juice according to any one of claims 1 to 3 in hand. The container was inverted, and it was tasted after efficiently and evenly dispersing the pulp and pulp fibers, such as pulp fragments, grains, and crushed pieces that settled in the juice or became settled. Item 4. A method of using the bottled fruit juice according to item 3.

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