JP5387916B2 - Cooking aids - Google Patents

Description

  This invention is safe and easy for people who can use only one hand, such as hemiplegia, amputation due to accidents, illness, etc. The present invention relates to an auxiliary tool for cooking that can cut foods or peel skins.

  When cooking, when trying to cut a food placed on a cutting board with a kitchen knife, a healthy person holds the kitchen knife in a dominant hand and cuts the food while holding the food with the other hand. Similarly, when stripping food, while holding a kitchen knife or peeler with a dominant hand, the other hand is turning the food while holding it. However, those who can use only one hand cannot hold or hold food with the other hand, which is very inconvenient. In particular, round and columnar vegetables and fruits are easy to roll and difficult to cut as they are.

  However, those who can use only one hand have a strong spirit of self-reliance and strongly hope to be able to cook alone. For this reason, some people make their own so-called nail-cutting board with 3 nails protruding on a wooden cutting board, stab the food into this nail, hold it with a normal knife, hold the food It was cut and peeled.

  This nail-cutting board has sharp nails protruding from the surface, so it is necessary not to hurt fingers during preparation and clean-up, as well as during use. The

  For this reason, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a substrate in which a plurality of nails are implanted is separately provided, and this substrate is fitted in a storage hole provided in a cutting board so as to be reversible. Attempts have been made to increase sex.

  Prior to this, as disclosed in Patent Document 2 to Patent Document 4, various cooking self-help tools and cutting boards for people who can use only one hand have been proposed.

  For example, the cooking self-help tool disclosed in Patent Document 2 is such that a knife is supported on a crank rod, and a large number of needles are arranged on a cutting board, and food is stabbed into the needles and fixed to be cut. It is.

  In addition, the cooking cutting board disclosed in Patent Document 3 has, as a basic configuration, a holding arm support post attached to a cutting board main body, an attachment hole fitted to the support post at one end, and the other end. Is composed of a pressing arm provided with a pressing member for ingredients, cooking utensils or tableware, detachably attached to the column via the mounting hole and fixed to a selected one in the vertical direction along the column. It is. Furthermore, it has various attachments connected rotatably through a rotation drive device. This makes it possible to easily and efficiently perform the work necessary for cooking, such as washing food, peeling, cutting, and washing dishes with just one hand.

  Further, the cooking cutting board disclosed in Patent Document 4 has a support pillar for projecting a frame supported on the cutting board, and a frame having at least a guide bar and a support member is provided on the support pillar via the support member. Fixed, the holder is fixed to the frame, and an arm provided with a nut at one end is detachable from the guide bar and slidable along the guide bar, and the length of the guide bar is selected. A screw rod having a handle at one end is screwed onto the nut, and a holder is connected to the other end of the screw rod. The foodstuff is sandwiched and fixed between the holders directly or via a pressing unit or a holding device so that it can be washed with one hand, cut, or peeled off.

JP 2010-63870 A JP 2002-291626 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-21201 JP 2006-43317 A

  However, the cutting board disclosed in Patent Document 1 is designed to be able to store the nail portion. However, in use, the cutting board is eventually fixed by sticking food into the nail. The risk of injury remained. In addition, the cooking self-help tool described in Patent Document 2 is also for fixing food by arranging needles, so there is a risk of damaging fingers, and there is also a problem of taking up space for storage. .

  In addition, those disclosed in Patent Documents 3 and 4 have various usage methods other than cutting food, etc., and are multifunctional. However, since the structure is complicated, the manufacturing cost is increased. It requires a large storage space and is difficult for healthy people to use. In addition, regarding the function of fixing the ingredients, the ingredients were stabbed and held in the combs and pins, and thus there was a risk of damaging the fingers as described above.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of such conventional devices, and in particular, focusing on the function of holding ingredients, providing a safer and easier cooking aid The purpose is to do.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides, as a cooking aid, a first portion having a depth approximately half of the height of the auxiliary tool body at a central portion along one side of the auxiliary body having a flat hexahedron. The concave groove and the second concave groove are formed so as to intersect each other at right angles, and the upper edge corner of one of the second concave grooves is notched so as to spread upward on both sides in the length direction. A body holding part is formed, and the four upper edge corners at the center where the first groove and the second groove intersect are notched into a curved shape extending upward to form a first curved body holding part. The method was adopted.

  Furthermore, a means of forming a second curved body holding portion by cutting out a curved surface smaller than the curved surface at a central plane portion where the first concave groove and the second concave groove intersect is employed.

  And the means of making the planar view of the said auxiliary tool main body become a square was employ | adopted.

  Furthermore, the means of cutting off the four corners of the auxiliary tool body to form an octagonal plan view was adopted.

  Moreover, the means of providing a non-slip member on the bottom surface of the auxiliary tool body was adopted.

  And the said auxiliary | assistant tool for cooking employ | adopted the means of forming the whole with antimicrobial polyethylene.

  The cooking aid of the present invention according to the above configuration is provided with a cylindrical body holding part and a curved body holding part corresponding to the shape of vegetables etc. on the intersecting grooves, so that it is stable only by holding vegetables etc. there. It can be expected to have an excellent effect of being able to cut vegetables with only one hand without moving hands. In particular, since food is not pierced and fixed to a needle or nail as in the prior art, it is extremely safe and simple.

  That is, since the cylindrical body holding part is spread upwards on both sides in the length direction, if it is placed along the shape, cylindrical vegetables such as radishes and carrots are stably held in the part. Can be made. Therefore, by cutting vegetables so that the blades of the kitchen knife fit into the orthogonal first concave grooves, it is possible to easily cut vegetables with only a kitchen knife held in one hand without attaching a hand to the vegetables Become.

  Moreover, since the 1st curved body holding | maintenance part has spread in the curved surface upwards, spherical vegetables and fruits, such as an apple, can be hold | maintained stably along the shape. Therefore, like the above, it can be easily cut with a knife using only one hand. Moreover, the peeling work can be easily and safely performed.

  The small second curved surface body holding portion can stably hold small-sized vegetables such as small tomatoes and kiwi and can be easily cut.

  And it makes it stable at the time of a cutting | disconnection by making the planar view of a hexahedron into a square or an octagon.

  Further, since the anti-slip member is provided on the bottom surface, stable installation can be performed, and there is no inadvertent movement during cutting.

  And by forming with antibacterial polyethylene, it can be used safely in food hygiene.

  Further, since the overall structure is not so complicated and only has a large groove, it is easy to clean and can always maintain a clean state.

It is a perspective view which cuts off and shows a part of embodiment of the cooking utensil concerning the present invention. (A) is a top view of the cooking aid, (B) is a front view. (A) is a right view of a cooking aid, and (B) is a bottom view. (A) is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. 1, (B) is the sectional view on the BB line. It is a top view of other embodiments. It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage example in the case of cut | disconnecting a cylindrical foodstuff. It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage example which cut | disconnects a spherical foodstuff or peels. It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage example used together with a cutting board.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a cooking aid according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The cooking aid shown in FIG. 1 holds vegetables, fruits, and the like, and can be cut and peeled safely and easily with one hand.

  In FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 is an auxiliary tool body made of a flat hexahedron having a substantially square shape with a side of about 12 cm and a height of about 4 cm, and 2 is along one side of the auxiliary tool body 1. In addition, the first concave groove is recessed at a depth approximately half the height of the auxiliary tool body 1 over the entire length of the upper surface of the central portion. Reference numeral 3 denotes a second concave groove which intersects the first concave groove 2 at a right angle and is provided at the same depth. The upper edge corner portion of the second groove 3 is cut out in a V shape in a side view on both sides in the length direction to form a cylindrical body holding portion 4 that spreads upward.

  Further, the four upper edge corners at the center where the first concave groove 2 and the second concave groove 3 intersect with each other are notched into a curved shape extending upward to form a first curved body holding portion 5. . Further, the plane portion where the bottom surfaces of the first concave groove 2 and the second concave groove 3 intersect is similarly cut out into a curved surface having a smaller diameter than the curved surface to form the second curved body holding portion 6. Yes. And the through-hole 7 penetrated to the bottom face is penetrated in the bottom part of this 2nd curved body holding | maintenance part 6. As shown in FIG.

  Further, anti-slip members 8 are disposed at the four corners of the bottom surface of the auxiliary tool body 1.

  In the above-described configuration, the groove widths of the first groove 2 and the second groove 3 are each a width having a sufficient margin when a knife is inserted, as described below. Moreover, the opening angle of the V-shaped notch of the second concave groove 3 forming the cylindrical body holding part 4 is not particularly limited. For example, these can be stably formed along the shape of a cylindrical vegetable such as a radish. To a size that can be held in Furthermore, the 1st curved-surface holding | maintenance part 5 provided in the center is taken as the magnitude | size which can hold | maintain these stably along the shape of vegetables and fruits which have spherical curved surfaces, such as an apple and a potato, for example. Moreover, the 2nd curved-surface holding | maintenance part 6 with a small diameter is taken as the magnitude | size which can hold | maintain smaller vegetables and fruits, such as a cherry tomato and kiwi. Thus, since the holding parts 4 and 5 having a shape corresponding to the shape of the vegetable or fruit are formed, unlike the conventional means for piercing and fixing a nail or the like, it is extremely safe and simple.

  Further, it is preferable that the cooking aid as a whole is formed of a material having a hardness that does not spill even when the knife of the knife hits it. In consideration of hygiene, this embodiment uses antibacterial polyethylene. Yes. However, it is not limited to this, A suitable raw material can be selected freely as needed. In addition, a certain amount of weight is necessary for stable installation.

  Then, the usage method of the cooking assistance tool of this invention is demonstrated. First, this auxiliary tool is installed on a cooking table or cutting board. At this time, since the anti-slip member 8 is disposed on the bottom surface, it does not move carelessly during the cutting operation. And when cutting a cylindrical vegetable (V) like a radish or a carrot, for example, as shown to FIG. 6 (A), along the 2nd ditch | groove 3 which formed the cylindrical body holding | maintenance part 4, vegetables (V ) And hold the knife (N) straight so that the blade of the knife (N) fits into the first concave groove 2. Thereby, vegetables (V) can be easily cut into round pieces with one hand. When the vegetable (V) cut into a cylindrical shape is cut in the vertical direction, the vegetable (V) is held in the cylindrical body holding portion 4 as shown in FIG. The knife (N) is pressed so as to be inserted into the knife and cut. As a result, the vegetables can be halved. The half-cut vegetables can be cut with one hand even if a normal cutting board is used as long as it is placed with the flat surface at the bottom.

  In addition, when cutting a vegetable or fruit (F) having a curved surface such as an apple, as shown in FIG. 7 (A), the first curved body holding part 5 provided at the center holds the fruit (F). In the same manner as described above, the knife is pushed straight down so that the blade of the knife (N) is inserted into the first groove 2. Thereby, fruits (F), such as an apple, can be halved with one hand. Furthermore, when peeling a fruit (F) such as an apple, the apple or the like (F) will not move stably if the first curved surface holding part 5 is similarly held by the apple or the like (F). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3B, if the knife (N) or peeler is applied to the surface and rotated, the skin can be peeled off. In addition, about small vegetables etc., a cutting | disconnection is attained by making it hold | maintain in the 2nd curved body holding | maintenance part 6 with a smaller diameter.

  Furthermore, this cooking aid can be used in combination with a normal cutting board as shown in FIG. That is, in the case of a long cylindrical vegetable (V) such as a radish, one end thereof is held by the cylindrical body holding portion 4 of the cooking aid and the other end is placed on a normal cutting board (P). . And the vegetable (V) on a cutting board (P) is cut | disconnected with a knife (N). At this time, since the vegetables (V) are held by the cylindrical body holding part 4 and do not move, it is possible to easily cut the vegetables (V) even on the cutting board (P).

  In short, according to the cooking aid according to the present invention, the cylindrical body holding portion 4 or the foodstuff can be used regardless of whether the food has a cylindrical shape or a spherical curved surface, or has a slightly different size. By selecting and holding the curved body holding portions 5 and 6 as appropriate, the food can be stably fixed, so that the knife can be operated with one hand to easily cut and peel.

  In the above-described embodiment, the shape having a substantially square shape in plan view has been described. However, the shape can be changed within a range in which the same action is achieved. That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the four corners of the square may be further cut out to form a substantially octagonal shape in plan view. These shapes are for stable placement during cutting. Although not shown, even if the plan view is circular, an equivalent effect can be obtained by providing two orthogonal grooves and curved notches. Further, the length of the second concave groove 3 forming the cylindrical body holding portion 4 can be made longer so that the plan view can be rectangular or elliptical, and the shape can be arbitrarily selected. It is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Auxiliary tool main body 2 1st ditch | groove 3 2nd ditch | groove 4 Cylindrical body holding | maintenance part 5 1st curved surface body holding | maintenance part 6 2nd curved surface body holding | maintenance part 7 Through-hole 8 Non-slip member

Claims (6)

In the central part along one side of the auxiliary tool body consisting of a flat hexahedron, the first groove and the second groove having a depth approximately half the height of the auxiliary tool body are recessed so as to intersect each other at a right angle. Set up
The upper edge corner of one second concave groove is cut out on both sides in the length direction so as to spread upward, forming a cylindrical body holding portion,
The upper four corners at the center where the first and second grooves intersect are notched into a curved shape extending upward, thereby forming a first curved body holding portion. Auxiliary tool.   2. The cooking aid according to claim 1, further comprising a second curved body holding portion formed in a center plane portion where the first concave groove and the second concave groove intersect to form a curved surface smaller than the curved surface. .   The cooking aid according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the auxiliary tool body has a square shape in plan view.   Furthermore, the cooking aid of Claim 3 which cut off the four corners of the said auxiliary tool main body, and made the planar view octagonal.   The cooking aid according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an anti-slip member is provided on a bottom surface of the auxiliary tool body.   The cooking aid according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the cooking aid is entirely formed of antibacterial polyethylene.

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