JP5816447B2 - Packaged rice chunk and method for unpacking the package - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaged rice cake obtained by packaging a rice cake with a packaging sheet formed by sandwiching a sheet-like food between an inner film and an outer film, and a method for unpacking the packaged rice cake.

So-called packaged rice chunks in which rice chunks such as triangular rice balls are wrapped with a packaging sheet are sold at convenience stores and the like.
As the packaging sheet, a triple-structured packaging sheet formed by sandwiching a sheet-like seaweed between an outer film and an inner film is widely known.
For example, in Patent Document 1, an outer film having a splittable portion for dividing a packaging sheet in the longitudinal direction at the center in the width direction is provided with an inner film made of two vertically long film pieces, respectively. It heat-welds to each edge part of a direction, and overlaps and comprises the inner ends of a film piece on the part which can be cut | disconnected of an outer film.

  To wrap the triangular rice cake with the packaging sheet having the above configuration, place the rice cake in the center in the longitudinal direction of the packaging sheet, and cover the rice cake so that one end side of the packaging sheet covers the rice cake. Bend the corners along the triangular faces of the triangle rice ball rice, and cover the corners on the other end of the packaging sheet so that they cross over the outer film on one end, and then overlap the end of the outer film Is sealed by adhesion or welding.

In order to eat the packaged rice lump, the outer film located at the top of the triangular rice lump is picked up, the outer film is divided into two in the longitudinal direction, and one of the package sheets divided into the left and right is outside. pull. Thus, the outer film half and the inner film piece are pulled together.
Next, by pulling the remaining half of the outer film and the other film piece of the inner film to the outside on the opposite side, the rice cake remains directly covered with the sheet-like seaweed and can be eaten. .

JP 2002-159271 A

  As described above, the packaged rice lump of Patent Document 1 has a step of dividing the outer film by the severable portion, a step of pulling out one half of the outer film and the film piece of the inner film, and the other when unwrapping the package. Three steps of pulling out the half of the outer film and the film piece of the inner film are required.

  In particular, children and the elderly have difficulty in performing the above three steps in order and smoothly, and there is a demand for a packaged rice cake that can be unpacked more easily.

  The present invention clarifies a packaged rice lump that can unpack the rice lump by a simpler method and a method for unpacking the packaged rice lump.

The packaged rice lump of the present invention is
A packaged rice cake obtained by wrapping a rice cake (6) with a packaging sheet (1),
In the unfolded state, the packaging sheet (1) sandwiches the sheet-like food (4) between the rectangular outer film (2) and the inner film (3) arranged on the back side of the outer film (2). The outer film (2) has a severable portion (21) extending in the width direction substantially at the center in the length direction, and the inner film (3) is composed of two film pieces (31) (31). Is laminated on the outer film (2) at substantially the center in the length direction and welded to the outer film (2) at the periphery of the sheet-like food (4).
The rice cake (6) is formed in a flat shape,
The rice cake (6) is placed on the inner film (3) of the packaging sheet (1), and the peripheral surface of the rice cake (6) passes through the inner film (3) and the sheet-like food (4). ) Is wrapped with the wrapping sheet (1) so as to face the separable part (21), and the end of the wrapping sheet (1) is sealed by the fastening means (5).

  Desirably, the separable portions (21) are formed in two rows at approximately the same interval as the width of the rice chunk (6).

  Moreover, the method of unwrapping the packaged rice lump according to the present invention is that the outer film (2) is divided in the width direction by pulling the severable portion (21), and the outer film (2) is divided by dividing. By making the formed cut end (25) face downward, the rice lump (6) pulls out the sheet-like food (4) from between the outer film (2) and the inner film (3) by its own weight, while the sheet-like food ( 4) It is made to fall in the state where the rice lump (6) was wrapped.

As described above, the packaged rice lump of the present invention is a sheet by its own weight only by pulling the severable portion (21) to sever the outer film (2) in the width direction and making the formed cut end (25) downward. A lump of rice (6) wrapped in a food (4) can be taken out.
Therefore, it is possible to unwrap the packaged rice cake very easily without requiring complicated steps as in the prior art.
As described above, since the method of unwrapping is easy to understand, children and the elderly can easily unpack and eat the packaged rice lump.

  In particular, by forming the separable portion (21) in two rows at approximately the same interval as the width of the rice block (6), the cut end (25) after removing the separable portion (21) can be enlarged. The rice cake (6) can be dropped more smoothly.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the packaging sheet which packages the rice lump of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which mounted the lump of rice on the packaging sheet. It is sectional drawing of the packaging sheet which follows the line AA of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the procedure which packages a lump of rice with a packaging sheet. It is a perspective view which shows the procedure which packages a lump of rice with a packaging sheet. It is a perspective view of the packaging rice lump which packaged the rice lump with the packaging sheet. It is sectional drawing of the packaged rice lump along line BB of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the procedure which opens the packaging of the packaged rice lump of this invention, Comprising: The state which removed the part which can be cut | disconnected is shown. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the rice lump wrapped in the sheet-like food from the packaging sheet is falling. It is a perspective view in the state where the packaging was unwound and the sheet-like food covered the lump of rice. It is a perspective view of the packaged rice lump which the edge part of the cut tape was folded up and sealed with the fastening means. It is a perspective view of the packaged rice lump which packaged the lump of rice in a bag shape using the packaging sheet of the present invention. It is a different Example of this invention, Comprising: It is a perspective view of the packaging sheet which made the part which can be divided into 2 rows. It is a perspective view which shows the packaged rice lump which packaged the rice lump with the packaging sheet of FIG. FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a procedure for unwrapping the packaged rice chunk shown in FIG. 14, showing a state in which the separable portion is removed. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the Example from which the cutting of the packaging sheet which formed the part which can be divided | segmented in 2 rows is different. It is a perspective view of the packaged rice lump which packaged the lump of rice in the bag shape using the packaging sheet shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the other example of the rice lump used for the packaged rice lump packaged in the bag shape shown in FIG.12 and FIG.17.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the packaging sheet (1) is composed of a rectangular and transparent outer film (2), and a film piece (about half the length of the long side in the longitudinal direction of the outer film (2)). 31) A substantially rectangular sheet food (4) is sandwiched between the inner film (3) made of (31) and (31).

  In this embodiment, the outer film (2) is a vertically long film having a length in the longitudinal direction of about 24 cm and a length in the width direction of about 14 cm. The outer film (2) has a severable portion (21) that can sever the entire length of the outer film (2) in the width direction at the center in the longitudinal direction.

  The severable portion (21) of the example is obtained by bonding the cut tape (22) over the entire length in the width direction of the outer film (2). When one end of the cut tape (22) is pulled, the outer film (2) can be torn along the tape direction.

  At one or both ends of the outer film (2), cut outside the cut tape (22), close to the cut tape (22) and in parallel with the cut tape (22) (23) (23) It is desirable. Thereby, the outer film (2) can be divided by pinching the notches (23) and (23) and pulling the cut tape (22).

The inner film (3) is composed of two identical film pieces (31) (31), and the inner edges of the inner film (3) overlap each other on the severable part (21) of the outer film (2) by about 1 cm. It is piled up with.
That is, in this example, each film piece (31) (31) is about 12.5 cm in the longitudinal direction of the outer film (2), and the width direction is about 14 cm which is the same as the outer film (2).

  As the inner film (3), it is desirable to use a film made of a material to which rice grains do not easily adhere. For example, as the inner film (3) (film pieces (31) and (31)), an embossed film in which concave portions and convex portions are uniformly distributed can be used. By using the embossed film, it is possible to improve the detachability from the rice lump (6) and to prevent the rice grains from adhering to the inner film (3) or the like.

  The sheet-like food (4) is a sheet-like seaweed in the examples. The sheet-like food (4) is not particularly limited as long as it is a thin food such as those obtained by forming a rag kombu into a sheet, or a thinly stretched koji.

The sheet-like food (4) can have a length of about 19 cm in the longitudinal direction and a length of about 9 cm in the width direction.
The sheet-like food (4) can be of a substantially rectangular shape, but as shown in the figure, a rectangular shape with a chamfered corner or a shape with a rounded chamfered end in the longitudinal direction is used. By using a thing, as will be described later, the rice cake (6) can be easily dropped from the packaging sheet (1).

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, laver (41) is placed in the approximate center of the outer film (2), from which the film pieces (31) (31) constituting the inner film (3) can be divided. In (21), the outer film (2) and the inner film (3) are linearly welded along the periphery of the outer film (2) so as to surround the sheet-like food (4). 11) The packaging sheet (1) is formed by (11). Note that no welding is performed on the overlapping portions of the film pieces (31) and (31).

  In addition, it is desirable to prevent welding of the sheet-like food (4) by applying welding (12) to one end or the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the sheet-like food (4).

The lump (6) is packaged on the packaging sheet (1) having the above-described configuration.
As shown in FIG. 2, the rice lump (6) packaged in the packaging sheet (1) is a lump that is flattened by hardening white rice, rice, etc. Preferably, both side surfaces are substantially parallel, and the both side surfaces are connected to each other by a flat or curved peripheral surface.
The rice lump (6) may be partially or entirely sprinkled with sprinkled food such as sesame, placed with ingredients, or sandwiched with ingredients.

  The illustrated rice cake (6) is a triangular rice ball having a height of about 7 cm and a width of about 4 cm, but can also be a round rice ball or a rectangular rice ball. In order to make the rice lump (6) slide well from the inner film (3) and drop it, the sides and corners of the rice lump (6) are preferably chamfered. The chamfering can be exemplified by round chamfering. R is preferably 5 mm or more, and more preferably approximately 8 mm.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rice cake (6) having the above configuration is placed on a packaging sheet (1) with the inner film (3) side facing upward. In the case of a triangular rice ball, the rice lump (6) is placed so that one of its peripheral surfaces (referred to as the bottom surface) faces the separable portion (21) when the packaging sheet (1) is folded.

  The packaging sheet (1) may be folded in advance in a U shape with the separable part (21) in between, and the rice cake (6) may be sandwiched between them.

  As shown in FIG. 2, after placing the rice cake (6) on the packaging sheet (1), as shown by the arrow C in the figure, one end of the packaging sheet (1) is wrapped around the rice cake (6) so as to wrap the rice cake (6). 6). At this time, the packaging sheet (1) is covered so that the bottom of the rice cake (6) and the severable portion (21) of the packaging sheet (1) are opposed to each other through the inner film (3) and the sheet-like food (4). .

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the end of the packaging sheet (1) is placed along the peripheral surface of the rice chunk (6) as indicated by the arrow D (in FIGS. 4 to 6, the inner film (3 ) And sheet-like food (4) are not shown). Subsequently, as shown by an arrow E in FIG. 5, one corner of the other end of the packaging sheet (1) is covered so as to wrap the rice cake (6), and further, as shown by an arrow F in FIG. Put the horn over the rice block (6).

  Finally, as shown in FIG. 6, the crossed end of the packaging sheet (1) is sealed by the fastening means (5), whereby a packaged rice lump can be obtained. Although the illustrated fastening means (5) is a tape, it can be sealed by using a label on which the date of manufacture and contents are described, or by welding.

  FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. As shown in the figure, the lump (6) is covered with film pieces (31), (31), sheet food (4), and outer film (2) constituting the inner film (3) from the inside, The bottom surface of the rice lump (6) is opposed to the overlapping portion of the film pieces (31) and (31) and the cut tape (22) which is the severable portion (21).

The packaged rice lump having the above configuration can be unpacked in the following manner.
First, by cutting the cut tape (22) which is the severable part (21) (between the cuts (23) and (23), the severable part (21) is formed as shown in FIG. 8). Pull the outer film (2) in the width direction along the severable part (21). Thereby, a cut end (25) is opened and formed in the outer film (2).

  Next, by turning the cut end (25) of the packaged rice cake downward, as shown in FIG. 9, the rice cake (6) removes the sheet-like food (4) from the outer film (6) by its own weight. Drop while pulling from between 2) and the inner film (3). As the rice lump (6) falls, the inner film (3) opens when the film pieces (31) and (31) are unoverlapped.

  At this time, as described above, by chamfering the sides and corners of the rice cake (6), the contact resistance with the inner film (3) can be reduced, and the rice cake (6) is deformed. And can be dropped smoothly.

  Further, as described above, the sheet-like food (4) is bent between the outer film (2) and the inner film (3) by chamfering the corners of the sheet-like food (4) or rounding the edges. Since the sheet-like food (4) is not torn between the outer film (2) and the inner film (3), it is not sandwiched between the parts (for example, indicated by reference numeral (15) in FIG. 4). It can be pulled out from between.

  FIG. 10 shows a state in which the rice cake (6) is completely detached from the packaging sheet (1). As shown in the figure, the rice cake (6) is directly covered with the sheet-like food (4). It is taken out from the packaging sheet (1) in a state.

  The rice lump (6) unwrapped and covered with the sheet-like food (4) can be eaten by winding the end of the sheet-like food (4) around the rice lump (6).

  That is, the packaged rice lump of the present invention can be obtained by dividing the outer film (2) at the severable portion (21) and directing the cut end (25) downward (6). ) Can be obtained, the packaging of the packaged rice lump can be unpacked as simple as possible compared to the conventional packaged rice lump.

  In addition, when the rice lump (6) does not fall well from the packaging sheet (1), the rice lump (6) can be easily dropped by gently shaking downward.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the above-mentioned packaged rice lump is bent upward at both ends of the cut tape (22) that becomes the separable portion (21) and sealed with fastening means (51) such as a tape or a seal. be able to. As a result, when unpacking, the fastening means (51) is grasped, and the fastening means (51) is peeled off from the outer film (2) and pulled downward to cut integrally with the fastening means (51). The tape (22) can be pulled out, and the outer film (2) can be opened by simply pulling the fastening means (51) along the separable portion (21).

  By bending both ends of the cut tape (22) that becomes the separable part (21) upward, the appearance is not impaired, and the bottom surface on which the separable part (21) is formed faces downward at the store. When displaying, etc., the packaged rice lump can be sat down well.

In the above description, dimensions and desirable shapes are illustrated as appropriate for easy understanding of the description, but it is obvious that the present invention is not limited to the above dimensions and shapes. For example, what is necessary is just to produce the magnitude | size of a packaging sheet (1) according to the magnitude | size of a rice lump (6).
Further, the severable portion (21) is not limited to the cut tape (22). For example, the outer film (2) is formed by a directional film that is easily torn in the severing direction, and is formed at one end of the outer film (2). By giving the above-mentioned short parallel cuts (23) and (23) to the central portion, it is possible to form a separable portion (21) that can divide the outer film (2) into two.

  FIG. 12 shows an embodiment in which the packaging sheet (1) shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is formed in a bag shape. In this case as well, the outer film (2) is divided at the severable part (21), and the formed cut is directed downward, so that the rice block (6) falls by its own weight, and in the same manner as above, a sheet shape A lump of rice (6) directly wrapped with food (4) can be obtained.

  Also for the bag-shaped packaged rice lump shown in FIG. 12, it is desirable to bend both ends of the cut tape (22) upward and seal it with fastening means (51) such as a tape or a seal. As a result, when unpacking, the fastening means (51) is grasped, and the fastening means (51) is peeled off from the outer film (2) and pulled downward to cut integrally with the fastening means (51). The tape (22) can be pulled out, and the outer film (2) can be opened by simply pulling the fastening means (51) along the separable portion (21).

  By bending both ends of the cut tape (22) that becomes the separable part (21) upward, the appearance is not impaired, and the bottom surface on which the separable part (21) is formed faces downward at the store. When displaying, etc., the packaged rice lump can be sat down well.

  FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a packaging sheet (1) showing a different embodiment of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the severable portion (21) formed on the packaging sheet (1) is in one row, but in this embodiment, the severable portion substantially matches the width (thickness) of the rice lump (6). Are formed in two rows (21) and (21) with a gap (W) between them. In addition, the same code | symbol as the said Example shows the same member, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The cuts (23) and (23) formed on the sides of the splitting start ends of the splittable portions (21) and (21) are formed only outside the splittable portions (21) and (21) as shown in FIG. To do.

  The packaging method of the rice chunk (6) by the packaging sheet (1) shown in FIG. 13 is the same as that of the said Example, and as shown in FIG. 21) (21) wraps the rice cake (6) with the wrapping sheet (1) so that it is along both sides of the rice cake (6) in the width direction. Bend upward and seal with fastening means (51) such as tape or seal.

The packaged rice lump packaged as described above can be unwrapped by grasping the fastening means (51), peeling the fastening means (51) from the outer film (2) and pulling it downward.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, by pulling out the fastening means (51), the outer film (2) bonded to the fastening means (51) is separated from the cuts (23) and (23). Then, the severable portions (21) and (21) and the outer film (2) having a width (W) existing therebetween are integrally drawn out. In this state, an opening having a wider cut end (25) than that in FIG. 8 can be formed simply by further pulling the fastening means (51) along the separable portions (21) and (21). .

  Next, by turning the large cut end (25) of the packaged rice cake downward, the rice cake (6) is self-weighted, and the rice cake (6) turns the sheet-like food (4) into the outer film (2). It falls while being pulled out from between the inner films (3).

  In this embodiment, there is a gap (W) between the separable portions (21) and (21), and the cut end (25) is wide open. The rice cake (6) can be easily dropped.

  In addition, when forming the separable portions (21) and (21) shown above in two rows with a gap (W), the outer film (2) serving as the end of the separable portions (21) and (21) As shown in FIG. 16, the cuts (23) and (23) may be greatly cut so as to reach between the separable parts (21) and (21) to the outside of the separable parts (21) and (21). . In this case, it is desirable to form the cuts (23) and (23) after forming the packaging sheet (1), and the cuts (23) and (23) are also formed in the film pieces (31) and (31) of the inner film (3). The cuts (23a) and (23a) are formed at a position corresponding to.

  By forming large cuts (23) and (23) in the packaging sheet (1) as described above, the rice cake (6) is packaged with the packaging sheet (1), and then along the rice cake (6). When bent upward, the bulk of the bent portion can be suppressed.

  Even in this case, when the outer film (2) between the separable parts (21) and (21) is grasped and pulled, the notches (23) and (23) extending to the outside of the separable parts (21) and (21) The outer film (2) can be divided along the severable portions (21) and (21) in the same manner as described above.

  The large cuts (23) and (23) can also be formed with rice cake or the like after the lump (6) is packaged with the packaging sheet (1).

  FIG. 17 shows an embodiment in which the packaging sheet (1) shown in FIG. 13 is formed in a bag shape. Also in this case, packaging is performed so that the separable parts (21) and (21) are along the width of the rice lump (6). As in the case of FIG. 15, the packaged rice lump is provided with the severable parts (21) and (21) with an interval (W), so that the outer film (2) of the severable parts (21) and (21). Can be formed into a large cut, and the rice lump (6) can be more easily dropped by its own weight, and the lump (6) directly wrapped with the sheet-like food (4) in the same manner as above. ) Can be obtained.

  Also for the bag-shaped packaged rice lump shown in FIG. 17, it is desirable to bend both ends of the cut tape (22) upward and seal it with fastening means (51) such as a tape or a seal. As a result, when unpacking, the fastening means (51) is grasped, and the fastening means (51) is peeled off from the outer film (2) and pulled downward to cut integrally with the fastening means (51). The tape (22) can be pulled out, and the outer film (2) can be opened simply by further pulling the fastening means (51) along the separable portions (21) and (21).

FIG. 18 shows another embodiment of the rice chunk (6) that can be accommodated in the bag-shaped packaged rice chunk shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 18, the rice chunk (6) is shaped so as to be split (61) into a plurality of chunks (60) and (60). Thereby, since the rice lump (6) can be divided into each lump (60) (60), it can be made easy to eat.
Although not shown in the figure, the sheet food (4) that wraps the rice chunk (6) is also provided with notches such as perforations along the divided portion (61) of the chunk (60) (60). Thus, when the lump (60) (60) is broken, the sheet-like food (4) is also cut into one body, and a rice lump directly wrapped by the sheet-like food (4) can be obtained.

  In addition, a plurality of tastes can be enjoyed with one packaged rice lump by placing or putting different ingredients (62), (63), (64) on each lump (60) (60).

  The above description of the embodiments is for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the invention described in the claims or reducing the scope thereof. In addition, the configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims.

(1) Packaging sheet
(2) Outer film
(21) Dividable part
(22) Cut tape
(3) Inner film
(31) Film piece
(4) Sheet food
(41) Sheet nori
(5) Fastening means
(51) Fastening means
(6) Rice chunk

Claims (10)

A packaged rice cake obtained by wrapping a rice cake (6) with a packaging sheet (1),
In the unfolded state, the packaging sheet (1) sandwiches the sheet-like food (4) between the rectangular outer film (2) and the inner film (3) arranged on the back side of the outer film (2). The outer film (2) extends in the width direction substantially at the center in the longitudinal direction, and is formed by two rows of severable parts formed with the same interval (W) as the width of the rice chunk (6). (21) (21) , and the inner film (3) has two film pieces (31) and (31) overlapped at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the outer film (2) to obtain a sheet-like food (4 ) And welded to the outer film (2) at the periphery,
The rice cake (6) is formed in a flat shape,
The rice cake (6) is placed on the inner film (3) of the packaging sheet (1), and the peripheral surface of the rice cake (6) passes through the inner film (3) and the sheet-like food (4). ) Wrapping the rice cake (6) with the wrapping sheet (1) so as to face between the separable parts (21) and (21), and sealing the end of the wrapping sheet (1) with the fastening means (5) A packaged rice lump characterized by being made.   The packaged rice lump according to claim 1, wherein the sheet-like food (4) has a shape in which rectangular corners are chamfered.   The packaged rice lump according to claim 1, wherein the sheet-like food (4) has a shape in which a longitudinal end is rounded and chamfered.   The packaged rice chunk according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rice chunk (6) has a shape with chamfered sides and corners.   The packaged rice chunk according to claim 4, wherein the side and corner of the rice chunk (6) are rounded and chamfered by 5 mm or more. Each severable part (21) is formed by adhering a cut tape (22) to the inner side of the outer film (2) over the entire length in the width direction. The outer film (2) has a severable part (21). near one or both ends of the (21), sandwiching the division can portion (21) is divided can section cut (23) (23) for easily performing division of (21) (21) (21) The packaged rice lump according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is formed on the outside as described above. Each severable part (21) is constructed by adhering a cut tape (22) to the inner side of the outer film (2) in the width direction, and the outer film (2) has notches (23) and (23). , reach the outside of the split can portion a side edge of the outer film (2) (21) dividing possible portion from between the (21) (21) (21), according to any one of claims 1 to 5 Packaged rice lump. The packaged rice according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein both ends of the severable portion (21) (21) are bent upward and secured to the outer film (2) by the sealing means (51). mass.   The packaged rice lump according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the film pieces (31) and (31) of the inner film (3) are embossed films provided with unevenness in a uniform distribution. The packaged rice lump according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the outer film (2) is divided in the width direction by pulling the outer film (2) between the severable parts (21) (21) , and divided. By making the cut surface (25) formed in the outer film (2) downward, the mass of rice (6) pulls the sheet-like food (4) between the outer film (2) and the inner film (3) by its own weight. A method of unwrapping a packaged rice cake, wherein the package is dropped while the rice cake (6) is wrapped in the sheet-like food (4) while being pulled out.

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