JP6774791B2 - Seasoning liquid storage container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a seasoning liquid storage container. More specifically, the present invention relates to a seasoning liquid storage container capable of easily and appropriately taking out olive oil or the like, which is a kind of seasoning liquid.

Vegetable edible oils such as olive oil and sesame oil are often used in dressings, etc., taking advantage of their unique flavor. The flavor of edible oil is lost as the edible oil is oxidized and the acid value inside increases. For this reason, in order to provide food that makes the best use of the flavor of edible oil in restaurants and homes, it is immediately stored in an oil server or the like after opening. Patent Document 1 discloses a storage container for a seasoning liquid containing edible oil.

In the storage container disclosed in Patent Document 1, seasoning liquids such as soy sauce and edible oil are stored, and the user of this storage container tilts the storage container when pouring the seasoning liquid inside, and the main body Pour the seasoning liquid from the spout provided at the top. However, in such a storage container, when the storage container is tilted, the seasoning liquid remaining inside is shaken back, contact with air increases, oxidation progresses, and the acid value inside increases. There is a problem that it is easy to go up.

Therefore, for edible oil and the like, an outlet for the seasoning liquid is provided at the bottom of the oil server, which is a storage container. That is, a conventional oil server can hold 200 to 500 cc of edible oil, has a bottomed cylindrical body, is shaped like a small pail, and has a faucet-like shape at the bottom of the oil server. Provide an outlet. By providing the outlet at the bottom of the oil server, it is possible to prevent the oil from being shaken back and to suppress an increase in the acid value of the edible oil.

However, in order to let the edible oil flow out by twisting the handle of the faucet, it is necessary to provide an air hole for sending air inside the storage container, and the edible oil is constantly flowing in through the air hole. There is a problem that the acid value inside rises. There is also a problem that it is difficult to adjust the outflow amount of edible oil only by the handle of the faucet.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-8054

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention is a seasoning liquid storage container capable of blocking the inflow of air into the inside in order to suppress an increase in acid value and adjusting the outflow amount of the seasoning liquid by a simple method. The purpose is to provide.

The seasoning liquid storage container of the first invention is provided with a bottomed tubular container body, a lid that closes and seals the upper opening of the tubular container body, and a lower portion of the tubular container body. A seasoning liquid storage container provided with a seasoning liquid outlet, for blocking the inflow of air into the tubular container body or the lid of the tubular container body. An air shutoff mechanism is provided, and the air shutoff mechanism includes a communication hole for communicating the inside and the outside of the seasoning liquid storage container, a packing arranged so as to surround the communication hole, and the seasoning liquid storage. The packing is crushed and the handle is loosened by screwing the handle screwed into the male thread portion, which is composed of a male thread portion protruding outward from the container. in, wherein the Rukoto drained seasoning liquid of the cylindrical container body.
The seasoning liquid storage container of the second invention is provided with a bottomed tubular container body, a lid that closes and seals the upper opening of the tubular container body, and a lower portion of the tubular container body. A seasoning liquid storage container provided with a seasoning liquid outlet, for blocking the inflow of air into the tubular container main body or the lid body. An air shutoff mechanism is provided, and the air shutoff mechanism includes a communication hole for communicating the inside and the outside of the seasoning liquid storage container, a packing arranged so as to surround the communication hole, and the seasoning liquid storage. The packing is crushed by screwing the handle screwed into the male threaded portion, which is configured to include the male threaded portion protruding outward from the container, and the male threaded portion is crushed. , It is provided at one end of a support rod that passes through the communication hole and is arranged so as to coincide with the axis of the tubular container body, and the other end of the support rod is the end of the tubular container body. A positioning piece for vertically positioning the male threaded portion by contacting the inner circumference is provided.
The seasoning liquid storage container of the third invention has, in the second invention, that the positioning piece is three leaf springs provided from the support rod toward the inner circumference of the tubular container body. It is a feature.

According to the first invention, the tubular container body or the lid of the seasoning storage container is provided with an air blocking mechanism for blocking the inflow of air into the tubular container body. It is possible to prevent air from constantly flowing into the seasoning storage container. As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in the acid value of edible oil such as olive oil stored in the seasoning liquid storage container, and it is possible to prevent the flavor from being deteriorated. In addition, the air shutoff mechanism can adjust the amount of air flowing into the seasoning liquid storage container, so the amount of seasoning liquid flowing out from the seasoning liquid outlet provided at the bottom of the tubular container body can be adjusted. It becomes easy.
In addition, the air shutoff mechanism is configured to include a packing arranged so as to surround the communication hole and a male threaded portion, and by screwing the handle screwed into the male threaded portion, the packing can be released. Since the structure is crushed, the amount of air flowing into the inside of the tubular container body can be adjusted by the strength of tightening the screw, so the amount of seasoning liquid flowing out from the seasoning liquid outlet can be adjusted. , Will be easier.
According to the second invention, the male thread portion is provided at one end of a support rod that passes through the communication hole and is arranged so as to coincide with the axial center of the tubular container body, and is provided at the other end of the support rod. Is provided with a positioning piece that positions the male threaded portion up and down by contacting the inner circumference of the tubular container body, so that the male threaded portion can be positioned without any processing on the tubular container body. Up and down positioning can be performed.
According to the third invention, the positioning piece is three leaf springs provided from the support rod toward the inner circumference of the tubular container body, whereby the air shutoff mechanism is provided in the tubular container body. Can be removed from. That is, it is possible to disassemble the seasoning liquid storage container for storing food into each part and maintain each part.

It is a front view of the seasoning liquid storage container which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front sectional view of the seasoning liquid storage container of FIG. It is a bottom sectional view of the seasoning liquid storage container of FIG.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a front view of the seasoning liquid storage container 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a front sectional view of the seasoning liquid storage container 10. Here, the seasoning liquid 30 is a term that includes the entire liquid used for food such as soy sauce, sauce, vinegar, and olive oil, and the seasoning liquid storage container 10 according to the present invention uses these seasoning liquids. It is a storage container that can be stored for several days to several months (about one and a half to two years in the case of olive oil).

As shown in FIG. 1, the seasoning liquid storage container 10 according to the present invention includes a bottomed tubular container main body 11, a lid 12 that closes and seals the upper opening of the tubular container main body 11, and a cylinder. A seasoning liquid outlet 13 provided at the bottom of the container body 11 is provided. An air blocking mechanism including a packing 17 and the like is provided in the center of the lid 12 to block the inflow of air into the tubular container body 11.

The tubular container body 11 has a cylindrical shape with a bottom. The material is ceramic. However, the material is not limited to ceramics, and may be made of a metal such as stainless steel. The bottom is integrally molded, but is not limited to this, and a separable configuration can be adopted.

The lid 12 is provided to close the upper opening of the tubular container body 11. A lid packing 13 is provided between the lid 12 and the tubular container body 11, and by closing the handle 18 described later, the lid packing 13 is crushed and the tubular container body 11 and the lid are closed. The body 12 can be brought into close contact with the body 12, and the inside of the container body 11 can be normally sealed by this configuration. The material of the lid 12 is the same ceramic as the material of the tubular container body 11, but the material is not particularly limited to this. Further, the lid packing 13 needs to be selected according to the properties of the seasoning liquid 30 to be stored inside.

The seasoning liquid outlet 13 has a faucet shape, and the user of the seasoning liquid storage container 10 can cause the seasoning liquid 30 to flow out from the tip of the outlet by gravity by twisting the outlet handle 13a. it can. The material of the seasoning liquid outlet 13 is stainless steel. Further, the seasoning liquid outlet 13 can be detachably provided from the tubular container main body 11. When it is detachable, the seasoning liquid storage container 10 can be easily maintained. Further, although the seasoning liquid outlet 13 according to the present embodiment is provided on the side surface of the tubular container main body 11, it can also be provided on the bottom of the tubular container main body 11. When storing the seasoning liquid, in consideration of hygiene, cover the tip of the outlet with a silicon or Teflon (registered trademark) cap 13b.

The air shutoff mechanism provided on the lid 12 will be described. A fitting hole 12a into which the packing receiver 16 can be tightly fitted is provided in the center of the disk shape of the lid body 12 having a substantially disk-like shape. A plastic packing receiver 16 is fitted into the fitting hole 12a. A communication hole 16a is provided in the center of the packing receiver 16, and the inside and the outside of the seasoning liquid storage container 10 are communicated with each other through the communication hole 16a.

A groove for fixing the position of one packing 17 is provided on the upper surface of the packing receiver 16, and the packing 17 is inserted into the groove so as to surround the communication hole 16a of the packing receiver 16. Is placed. Further, the male screw portion 19a at the upper end of the stainless steel support rod 19 is loosely fitted into the communication hole 16a of the packing receiver 16. A handle 18 having a female screw that can be screwed with the male screw portion 19a is provided above the lid body 12. The handle 18 is made of plastic, and the surface in contact with the packing 17 which is the lower surface is flat.

The axis of the support rod 19 is arranged so that the axis of the support rod 19 coincides with the axis of the tubular container body 11, and a positioning piece 19b made of a leaf spring is provided at the lower end thereof. FIG. 3 is a bottom sectional view of the seasoning liquid storage container 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention in the III-III cross section. As shown in FIG. 3, the positioning piece 19b is provided radially from the support rod 19 toward the inner circumference of the tubular container body 11, and the tip of the positioning piece 19b is the inner circumference of the tubular container body 11. Is in contact with. The positioning piece 19b is three leaf springs, and is warped upward from the support rod 19 toward the inner circumference of the tubular container body 11. The positioning piece 19 is made of stainless steel, but is not limited thereto. Further, depending on the nature of the seasoning liquid 30, surface treatment such as Teflon (registered trademark) processing may be performed.

The method of assembling the air shutoff mechanism will be described. The user of the seasoning liquid storage container 10 first inserts the support shaft 19 to which the positioning piece 19b is attached into the tubular container main body 11. At this time, since the positioning pieces 19b are arranged at equal angles of 120 degrees by three leaf springs, they can be easily inserted into the tubular container body 11 by tilting the support rod 19. Also, the vertical position can be arbitrarily selected. Then, the user puts the support rod 19 in a vertical position at a vertical position so that the screw portion 19a of the support rod 19 protrudes from the lid body 12 by an appropriate amount. Since the positioning piece 19b is a leaf spring, the adhesion between the positioning piece 19b and the tubular container body 11 can be improved.

Secondly, the user covers the lid 12 to which the packing receiver 16 is fixed so as to close the upper opening of the tubular container body 11 while sandwiching the lid packing 13. At this time, the threaded portion 19a of the support rod 19 projects from the upper part of the packing receiver 16.

Third, the user places the packing 17 in the groove of the packing receiver 16 and then screwes the handle 18 into the male thread portion 19a. Then, by turning the handle 18, the packing 17 is crushed by the lower surface of the handle 18 and the packing receiver 16, which can block the inflow of air into the tubular container body 11.

A method of using the seasoning liquid storage container 10 will be described. For the seasoning liquid storage container 10 assembled by the above assembly method, the user loosens the handle 18, removes the handle 18, and then removes the lid 12. In this state, the seasoning liquid 30 such as olive oil is poured into the seasoning storage container 10. At this time, the seasoning liquid outlet 13 is closed. Then, the user covers the lid 12 on the tubular container body 11 and crushes the packing 17 and the lid packing 13 with the handle 18 so that air does not flow into the seasoning liquid storage container 10. , Store the seasoning liquid 30.

When the seasoning liquid 30 is discharged, the user first opens the seasoning liquid outlet 13. However, at this time, since air does not flow into the seasoning liquid storage container 10, the seasoning liquid 30 hardly flows out from the seasoning liquid outlet 13. In this state, the user loosens the handle 18 little by little. By loosening the handle 18, a gap is created between the packing 17 and the lower surface of the handle 18. Further, since the support rod 19 is loosely fitted with the packing receiver 16, there is a gap between them. When air flows in through these gaps, the seasoning liquid 30 flows out from the seasoning liquid outlet 13.

The lid 12 of the seasoning storage container 10 is provided with an air blocking mechanism for blocking the inflow of air into the tubular container body 11, so that air constantly flows into the seasoning storage container. Can be prevented. As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in the acid value of the cooking oil such as olive oil stored in the seasoning liquid storage container 10, and it is possible to prevent the flavor from being deteriorated. Further, since the amount of air flowing into the seasoning liquid storage container 10 can be adjusted by the air shutoff mechanism, the seasoning liquid 30 flows out from the seasoning liquid outlet 13 provided in the lower part of the tubular container main body 11. It becomes easy to adjust the amount.

The air shutoff mechanism is configured to include a packing 17 arranged so as to surround the communication hole 16a and a male threaded portion 19a, and by screwing a handle 18 screwed into the male threaded portion 19a. Since the packing is crushed, the amount of air flowing into the tubular container body 11 can be adjusted by the strength of tightening the screws, so that the seasoning liquid 30 flows out from the seasoning liquid outlet 13. It will be easier to adjust the amount

The male screw portion 19a is provided at one end of the support rod 19 which passes through the communication hole 16a and is arranged so as to coincide with the axial center of the tubular container body 11, and the other end of the support rod 19 By providing a positioning piece 19b that positions the male screw portion 19a up and down by contacting the inner circumference of the tubular container main body 10, the male screw is provided without any processing on the tubular container main body 10. The upper and lower parts of the portion 19a can be positioned.

Since the positioning piece 19b is three leaf springs provided from the support rod 19 toward the inner circumference of the tubular container body 11, the air blocking mechanism can be removed from the tubular container body 11. .. That is, the seasoning liquid storage container 10 for storing food can be disassembled for each part and maintained for each part.

The seasoning liquid storage container 10 according to the present invention is particularly effective when used for cooking oil such as olive oil, which emphasizes flavor. For example, when tasting olive oil or the like, the person performing the tasting can let the olive oil flow out little by little while keeping the flavor, and the oil that is wasted can be reduced. Further, when the seasoning liquid storage container 10 is deployed in each household, it can be appropriately stored after making a small purchase from an olive oil maker using my bottle for each household. By constructing such a system, it becomes possible to eliminate the need to use expensive retail bottles, reduce the environmental load, and reduce the price of olive oil.

In the present embodiment, the air shutoff mechanism is provided on the lid body 12, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and for example, the air shutoff mechanism may be provided on the side surface of the tubular container body 11.

Further, the upper opening of the tubular container body 11 includes a configuration in which all the ends of the cylindrical shape are open and a configuration in which the lower portion is partially open.

10 Seasoning liquid storage container 11 Cylindrical container body 12 Lid 13 Seasoning liquid outlet 16a Communication hole 17 Packing 18 Handle 19 Support rod 19a Male thread 19b Positioning piece

Claims (2)

The bottomed tubular container body and
A lid that closes and seals the upper opening of the tubular container body,
A seasoning liquid storage container provided with a seasoning liquid outlet provided at the bottom of the tubular container body.
The tubular container body or the lid body is provided with an air blocking mechanism for blocking the inflow of air into the tubular container body.
The air shutoff mechanism is
A communication hole that communicates the inside and outside of the seasoning liquid storage container,
A packing arranged so as to surround the communication hole and
It is configured to include a male screw portion that protrudes outward from the seasoning liquid storage container.
By screwing the handle screwed into the male thread portion, the packing is crushed and
The male threaded portion
It is provided at one end of a support rod that passes through the communication hole and is arranged so as to coincide with the axis of the tubular container body.
At the other end of the support rod, a positioning piece for vertically positioning the male screw portion by contacting the inner circumference of the tubular container body is provided.
A seasoning liquid storage container characterized by this. The positioning piece is
Three leaf springs provided from the support rod toward the inner circumference of the tubular container body.
The seasoning liquid storage container according to claim 1 .

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