JP6624621B1 - Fan-shaped processed food containers - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a fan-shaped processed food container in which pieces can be reduced in size and the pieces hardly lose their shape due to vibration during transportation. A fan-shaped processed food container (10) is a container body (20) for accommodating even-numbered fan-shaped processed food pieces, of which a circular processed food is equally divided from a center in a fan shape, in a staggered direction. have. The container main body 20 is formed in a square shape, and is formed in a box shape with an open upper surface. The upper surface of the container body 20 is covered by the lid. The peripheral wall of the container body 20 has a pair of parallel first side walls 21a and 21b, and a pair of parallel second side walls that are shorter than the first side walls 21a and 21b and that are inclined with respect to the first side walls 21a and 21b. 21c and 21d form a parallelogram. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a fan-shaped processed food container for storing pieces obtained by equally dividing a circular processed food such as a pizza into a fan shape from the center.

Circular processed foods such as pizza are eaten in pieces that are radially equally divided from the center. When equally dividing a pizza, a pizza cutter having a disk portion having a blade portion formed on an outer peripheral portion rotatably attached to a handle is advanced and cut in a diametrical direction of the pizza.
For example, a pizza delivered to a home is generally divided into six equal parts for an S size, eight equal parts for an M size, and twelve equal parts for an L size.

S and M size pizzas can be eaten by one person or by a small group of people, but the L size has a diameter of 30cm to 36cm, which leaves a few pieces when eaten by family or alone. Sometimes.
In that case, each piece left over from the meal is wrapped in a film wrap and stored in the refrigerator for eating the next day, or put in a bag and brought to the workplace for lunch. However, wrapping each piece in a wrap consumes a large amount of wrap, so if there is a storage or transport container, it can be washed and reused, contributing to environmental conservation and transport. The convenience is high because the shape is small.

  A container for storing the pizza thus divided is disclosed in Patent Document 1. Further, although the shape of the piece is rectangular, the one described in Patent Document 2 is known.

The rice pizza storage container described in Patent Literature 1 has a substantially fan-shaped planar shape in order to store two divided pieces of a disk-shaped rice pizza in parallel.
Further, the pizza in a container described in Patent Document 2 is a heat-resistant container in which a pizza previously divided into several small pieces is closed with a lid plate made of a heat-resistant synthetic resin film, and has a planar shape. It is stored in a container formed in a rectangular shape.

JP 2000-168759 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-36695

  However, in the rice pizza storage container described in Patent Document 1, the fan-shaped pieces are stored in such a manner that the acute angle portions on the opposite side of the arc portion are aligned, so that the distance between both ends of the arc portion in the container is large. Therefore, in the case of the L size, the height of the container is increased when the container is stored in a bag in a vertical state, so that a large bag is required. In addition, when storing the container with the bottom plate facing the bottom of the bag, the width of the bottom of the bag is required to be as large as the radius of the L size, so that a large bag is also required.

  Further, in the pizza in a container described in Patent Document 2, the pizza is formed in a rectangular shape, so that the pizza can be stored in a rectangular container without any gap. However, when storing pizzas divided in a fan shape, a large gap is created between the arc portion of the piece and the side wall of the container, even if the direction of the pieces is staggered, and the pieces move inside the container when the container shakes There is a possibility that the shape will be lost.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a fan-shaped processed food container that can be reduced in size and that does not easily lose its shape due to vibration during transportation.

  The fan-shaped processed food container of the present invention is a container body for storing even-numbered pieces of the fan-shaped processed food out of which the circular processed food is equally divided from the center in a fan shape, with its orientation staggered, The container body is formed in a square shape, and has a box-shaped container body with an open top surface, and a lid portion that covers the top surface of the container body. The peripheral wall portion of the container body has a pair of parallel first side walls, It is characterized by being formed in a parallelogram by a pair of parallel second side walls facing each other and inclined with respect to one side wall.

  According to the fan-shaped processed food container of the present invention, the second side wall is inclined with respect to the first side wall. When the piece is stored, the position of the contact point between the arc portion of the piece and the second side wall can be shifted toward the center of the arc portion of the piece. Therefore, the gap between the arc portion of the piece and the second side wall can be reduced.

The container main body stores two pieces, and extends from one obtuse angle to the container main body toward the other corner that is diagonal to the one corner. A partition plate passing through a center point where diagonal lines intersect can be formed.
Since the partition plate passes through the center point, the space inside the container body can be divided into two in a line-symmetric manner. Even when one of the two pieces having the same shape is stored, the partition plate regulates the movement of the piece in the container body, so that the shape of one piece can be prevented.

The partition plate may be formed so that an angle between the partition plate and the first side wall is larger than an angle of a tip portion of the piece and the first side wall is directed from one first side wall to the other first side wall.
The user can visually recognize that the piece is stored in a state in which the tip portion and the arc portion are displaced from each other, and can be guided to the user.

  It is preferable that a gap is formed between the partition plate and the first side wall. Even when the pieces vary in size from the equally-divided size and are slightly larger, the pieces can be stored by being inserted into the area of the adjacent piece through the gap.

  The length of the first side wall is 19.5 cm, the length of the second side wall is 10 cm, and the length of the second side wall is 10 ° with respect to the first side wall. It can be formed to be inclined. By doing so, two pieces obtained by dividing a pizza having a diameter of 36 cm into 12 equal parts can be stored in the container body.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the fan-shaped processed food container of this invention, when the radius part of a piece is accommodated according to a 1st side wall, the clearance gap between the arc part of a piece and a 2nd side wall can be narrowed, and size reduction is achieved. In addition to this, it is possible to make the piece hard to lose its shape due to vibration during transportation.

It is a perspective view showing the fan-shaped processed food container concerning an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which two pizza pieces are stored in the container body of the fan-shaped processed food container shown in FIG. 1.

A fan-shaped processed food container according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The fan-shaped processed food container 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a resin for accommodating two pieces P1 and P2 of which the circular processed food is equally divided from the center in a fan shape with their directions alternated. Container. Hereinafter, the fan-shaped processed food container 10 is simply referred to as the container 10. It is desirable that the container 10 has a sealing property and can withstand heating by a microwave oven.

The container 10 includes a box-shaped container main body 20 that is formed in a square shape and has an open upper surface, and a lid 30 that covers the upper surface of the container main body 20.
The container main body 20 includes a peripheral wall portion 21 including four side walls (first side walls 21a and 21b and second side walls 21c and 21d), and a bottom plate 22 on which the peripheral wall portion 21 stands upright from the peripheral edge portion. The peripheral wall 21 of the container body 20 is formed in a parallelogram in plan view.

The peripheral wall portion 21 is a pair of first long side walls 21a and 21b, which are a pair of parallel long side walls, and a pair of parallel short sides which are shorter than the first side walls 21a and 21b and are inclined with respect to the first side walls 21a and 21b. It is formed of second side walls 21c and 21d which are side walls.
In the present embodiment, the first side walls 21a and 21b are formed with a length (between AB and CD) of 19.5 cm and a height of 2.5 cm.
The second side walls 21c and 21d (between AC and BD) are shorter than the first side walls 21a and 21b, are 10 cm in length and 2.5 cm in height. The inclination angle θ1 of the second side walls 21c and 21d with respect to the first side walls 21a and 21b (the angle θ1 between the AC line and the GC line) is 10 degrees. Therefore, the distance between the first side walls 21a and 21b (between CG) is 98.43 mm.

On the bottom plate 22 of the container body 20, a partition plate 23 that is located between the two pieces P <b> 1 and P <b> 2 and divides the internal space of the container body 20 is provided upright. The partition plate 23 extends from one corner 24a, which is an obtuse angle, toward the other corner 24b, which is diagonal to one corner, and passes through a center point O where diagonal lines L1, L2 intersect. Is formed. That is, the partition plate 23 extends so as to connect the point E on the first side wall 21a and the point F on the first side wall 21b opposite thereto.
The partition plate 23 has an angle θ2 formed with the first side wall 21a (point E) and an angle θ2 formed with the first side wall 21b (point F) larger than the angle of the tip end t of the pieces P1 and P2. , 21b from one side wall 21a to the other side wall 21b.
In the present embodiment, a gap s is provided between the partition plate 23 and the first side walls 21a and 21b. The gap s (the distance from the partition plate 23 to the point E, the distance from the partition plate 23 to the point F) is 1.5 cm. The positions (points E and F) of the first side walls 21a and 21b extending the partition plate 23 are at a distance of 1.5 cm from the ends (points A and D) of the first side walls 21a and 21b. Therefore, the angle θ2 formed between the partition plate 23 and the first side walls 21a and 21b is about 34 degrees, which is larger than 30 degrees obtained by dividing the pizza into 12 equal parts.

  The lid portion 30 is formed on the top surface portion 31 that covers the opening of the container body 20, and formed on the peripheral edge of the top surface portion 31, and has a groove formed on the lower end portion 32 d for tight fitting with the upper end portion 21 u of the peripheral wall portion 21. And a section 32.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the container 10 thus configured, the second side walls 21c and 21d are inclined with respect to the first side walls 21a and 21b. Therefore, when the two pieces P1 and P2 whose directions are staggered are stored with the radial portions of the pieces P1 and P2 aligned with the first side walls 21a and 21b, the arc portion a of the pieces P1 and P2 and the second side wall 21c, The position of the contact point with 21d can be shifted toward the center of the arc portion a of the pieces P1 and P2. Therefore, the gap between the arc portion a of the pieces P1 and P2 and the second side walls 21c and 21d can be reduced.

By configuring the container 10 in this manner, the gap between the arc portions a of the pieces P1 and P2 and the second side walls 21c and 21d can be narrowed, so that downsizing can be achieved. Further, the pieces P1 and P2 are stored in close contact with the container main body 20, and the movement in the container main body 20 is regulated. P1 and P2 can be made hard to lose shape.
In the present embodiment, each size and angle of the container body 20 are determined in order to store the pieces P1 and P2 obtained by dividing the L-size pizza into twelve equal parts. By determining each size and angle of the container body 20 based on the length and the even fraction, the container body 20 that fits the shape of each piece can be obtained. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the container body 20 and prevent the pieces from being out of shape.

  Further, since the partition plate 23 passes through the center point O, the space inside the container body 20 can be divided into two in a line-symmetric manner. Therefore, even when one of the two pieces P1 and P2 having the same shape is stored, the partition plate 23 restricts the movement of the piece in the container body 20, so that the shape of one piece is prevented. can do.

The angle between the partition plate 23 and the first side walls 21a and 21b is greater than the angle of the tip end portion t of the pieces P1 and P2, and one of the first side walls 21a and 21b from the first side wall 21a (point E) to the other. The first side wall 21b (point F) is formed. Therefore, it is possible for the user to visually recognize that the pieces P1 and P2 are stored in a state in which the distal end portion t and the arc portion a are shifted (the arc portion a is shifted radially inward with respect to the distal end portion t). Yes, it can guide the user.
When the pieces P1 and P2 are stored in the container body 20 in this state, the space between the first side walls 21a and 21b can be approached, so that the height can be suppressed when the container 10 is set up and stored in a bag. it can.

  Since the gap s is formed between the partition plate 23 and the first side walls 21a and 21b, the size of the pieces P1 and P2 varies from the size at the time of equal division. When t enters the area of the adjacent piece from the gap s, it can be stored.

When 12 pieces of equally divided L-size pizza having a diameter of 36 cm are stored in such a container 10 two by two, the pieces can be stored in a state in which the pieces are perfectly fitted to the container body 20.
Therefore, the containers 10 each containing two pieces are stacked in a stack, or the first side wall 21a or the first side wall 21b is set upright and stored in a refrigerator, or the container 10 is stored in a bag. The pieces P1 and P2 can be taken out and eaten by heating as it is stored in a microwave oven.

  Although the container 10 according to the present embodiment accommodates two pieces P1 and P2, by increasing the length of the second side walls 21c and 21d while maintaining the inclination angle θ1, A fan-shaped processed food container that houses four or more even-numbered pieces with their orientations staggered can be provided.

  Although the container 10 according to the present embodiment has been described as an example in which a piece of pizza is stored, the present invention relates to a cake in which a hole is equally divided, a confectionery such as an okonomiyaki, a hot cake, a cheesecake, and a quiche. The present invention can be applied to any container that stores foods obtained by equally dividing a circular food into a fan shape from the center, such as a kind, a circular bread, and a circular cheese.

  The fan-shaped processed food container of the present invention is suitable for storage containers and transport containers for fan-shaped processed foods formed by equally dividing a circular processed food from the center, and is particularly suitable for storing pizza. is there.

10 Fan-shaped processed food containers (containers)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Container main body 21 Peripheral wall part 21a, 21b 1st side wall 21c, 21d 2nd side wall 21u Upper end part 22 Bottom plate 23 Partition plate 24a, 24b Corner part 30 Cover part 31 Top surface part 32 Fitting part 32d Lower end part θ1, θ2 Angle P1, P2 piece a Arc part t Tip part s Gap L1, L2 Diagonal line

Claims (4)

Fan-shaped processing having a container body for accommodating a plurality of fan-shaped pieces , each of which is divided through a center of a circular processed food and formed of a circular arc connecting two radial portions and the radial portion , with their directions alternated. A food container,
The container body has a box shape with an open upper surface,
The peripheral wall portion of the container body, a pair of first side wall parallel, said parallel pair of second side wall and the fan-shaped processed food container formed in a parallelogram consisting of facing each other which is inclined with respect to the first side wall . The container body stores two pieces,
In the container body, a partition plate extending from one obtuse corner to the other diagonal to the one corner and passing through a center point where diagonal lines intersect was formed. The fan-shaped processed food container according to claim 1.   3. The partition plate, wherein an angle between the partition plate and the first side wall is larger than an angle of a tip portion of the piece, and the partition plate is formed so as to extend from one first side wall of the first side wall to the other first side wall. The fan-shaped processed food container according to the above.   The fan-shaped processed food container according to claim 3, wherein a gap is formed between the partition plate and the first side wall.

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