JP7016014B2 - Slit clip - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a sealing aid capable of resealing an opened bag such as food enclosed in a bag and suspending and storing the bag.

Although many techniques for sealing and sealing bags that have performance suitable for the object to be sealed have been developed, the technique for simply sealing and storing the bag again after opening is immature. Therefore, there are some products that are supposed to be used up once they are opened, but the technology is uncomfortable because the amount used is pressed, and its use is limited. In addition, many bags with built-in lightweight items are not designed to stand on their own, and are stored with the bag lying down. If you simply roll and store the remaining bag, the contents may spill, change in quality due to humidity, the odor may be reflected on other substances, the odor may be absorbed from other substances, or it may spoil. Occurs. In addition, when stored in shelves, drawers, etc., bag-wrapped products are often in a storage state in which they are naturally stacked, making it difficult to distinguish what is underneath, making it unsuitable for orderly storage.

As shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-185817, there is a technique for crimping and sealing the opening bag opening 5a so as to minimize the trouble in storage. However, in particular, one of the characteristics of lightweight bags is that they are naturally stacked and stored, which remains the same as before.

There is a bag with a zipper. After opening, it can be tightly sealed with a fastener when resealing, so it is used for foods and other things that value flavor. However, although such high-performance bags have been increasing in recent years, they are still used only for some articles.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-185817

Provided is an auxiliary tool that reseals an opened bag of food or the like and easily realizes hanging storage in a predetermined place.

A tubular main body 1, an installation auxiliary portion 2 provided in the main body 1, a hollow portion 3 inside the main body 1, and a slit portion 4 provided in the main body 1 extending in the axial direction of the hollow portion 3. The hollow portion 3 is a slit clip characterized in that it becomes narrower from at least one end toward the center of the hollow portion, and is attached to the lower surface of a wall or a shelf by an installation assisting portion 2. ..

The opened bag of food etc. was resealed, and it was possible to suspend and store it in a predetermined place.

Slit clip assembly drawing for explaining the first embodiment Parts diagram explaining the main parts and main parts that make up the slit clip Cross-sectional view explaining the internal structure and main parts of the slit clip Illustration of using a slit clip with the mouth of an opened bag rounded Slit clip assembly drawing with iron and magnet Assembly drawing for explaining the hook body 2e of the metal wire The figure explaining the attachment to the T-shaped body 2f and the U-shaped rail body. Enlarged view of the main parts of the T-shaped 2f and the U-shaped rail The figure explaining the dowel 2k and the dowel receiver 10g Enlarged view of the main part of the zipper bag Slit clip diagram for zippered bags Circular rotation mechanism assembly drawing Rotating parts diagram One-sided insertion type slit clip diagram Rotating parts layout Illustration of application example to a water bath cooker Illustration of an example of a pot lid with mounting rails

FIG. 1 is a slit clip according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the components of the slit clip. The main body 1 is composed of two main body parts 1a and 1b. The main body parts 1a and 1b are fitted to each other by the slide portion 1d and the slide guide portion 1e. It is press-fitted to a predetermined position to be engaged by the engaging claw 1f and the claw receiving portion 1g, engaged and fixed. The tip portion 1h of the engaging claw 1f locked to the claw receiving portion 1g protrudes from the claw receiving portion 1g by a predetermined amount so that it can be easily removed by a finger. As a result, the fingertip can easily push up the tip portion 1h of the locking claw 1f, and the fixed state can be quickly released. The suction cup 2a has a suction cup press-fitting portion 2b, and is press-fitted into a side pocket portion 1m created on the back surface of the main body 1. As shown in FIG. 3, a cylindrical space is provided inside the main body parts 1a and 1b, and this becomes the hollow portion 3. Both end portions 3a and 3b of the hollow portion 3 are wider than the central portion. A convex portion 1c is provided inside the main body parts 1a and 1b, whereby a desired bending is obtained in the hollow portion 3. The lower facing portions of the main body parts 1a and 1b are provided, and the slit portion 4 has a desired bent portion 4c. Both ends 3a and 3b of the hollow portion and both ends 4a and 4b of the slit portion 4 are gently opened so that the bag can be easily sandwiched.

A method of storing the bag 5 using the slit clip of the present invention when the bag 5 is opened and the contents remain will be described. The opened bag mouth 5a is rolled as shown in FIG. 4 (a). The diameter 5c of the cylinder with the bag mouth 5a rounded should be the same as or smaller than the diameter 3d of the hollow portion. Since the ends 3a and 3b of the hollow portion 3 and the ends 4a and 4b of the slit portion 4 are wide, the rounded bag opening 5a can be easily inserted into the main body 1 of the slit clip. When the rolled bag mouth 5a is inserted to the center of the bag and the restraint of the hand is released, the rolled bag mouth 5a stops trying to become larger than the hollow portion as shown in FIG. 4 (b).

As shown in the cross-sectional view of the main body 1 of FIG. 3, since the hollow portion 3 of the main body 1 is provided with the bent portion 3c, the rolled bag mouth 5a is forcibly bent, and the resistance force for pulling out the bag 5 is that much. growing. Since the slit portion 4 of the main body 1 is also provided with the corrugated bent portion 4c, the resistance to pull out the bag 5 is similarly increased accordingly. As a result, if it is a lightweight object, the main body 1 can hold the bag even if the bag item 5 is hung. That is, the main body 1 can be attached to the wall which is the auxiliary portion 10 to be installed via the suction cup 2a, and the bag 5 can be hung and stored. The suction cup 2a functions as an auxiliary unit 2 at the time of installation.
The problem of multiple bags stored in the drawers of the storage shelves, where the bags overlap each other, making it difficult to grasp the lower bag and becoming cluttered, can be solved by using a slit clip.

Although the method realized by the suction cup 2a as the installation assisting tool 2 is shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the method of using the magnet 2c instead of the suction cup 2a is also effective. That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 5A, the magnet 2c may be attached to the flat surface portion 1i on the upper part of the main body 1 to be used as the installation assisting tool 2. The slit portion does not have to be directly below the main body 1, and may be laterally displaced as shown in FIG. 5A. Thereby, for example, as shown in FIG. 5B, it can be detachably attached to the ferromagnetic metal plate 10d, which is the auxiliary portion 10 to be installed such as iron attached to the lower surface of the top bag.

The positional relationship between the magnet and the metal plate may be reversed. That is, a metal plate 2d that sticks to the magnet may be attached to the side flat surface portion 1j of the main body 1, a magnet band 10e that serves as an auxiliary portion 10 to be installed may be attached to the wall, and the metal plate 2d may be attached to the wall. ..

It may be used as an installation assisting tool 2 by attaching the hook body 2e to the main body 1. That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the press-fitting portion 2f of the hook body 2e formed of a metal wire is press-fitted into the pocket portion 1m provided on the side surface of the main body 1 and attached. As a result, it can be detachably engaged with a shelf board or a pipe at a high place, which is the auxiliary portion 10 to be installed.

A method may be used in which a hole 1n is provided in the main body 1 and the hole 1n is engaged with a protrusion 10b such as a nail provided on the wall. That is, the hole 1n provided in the main body 1 works as the installation assisting portion 2. This method has an advantage that it can be a minimum component because it is sufficient that the main body 1 of the slit clip has a hole 1n. On the other hand, there may be a disadvantage that it is necessary to provide the protrusion 10b at the place where the auxiliary portion 10 is to be installed.

A method using a U-shaped rail body 10f and a T-shaped body 2g may also be used. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the U-shaped rail body 10f is attached to a high place such as under a fishing cupboard having the installed auxiliary portion 10. The space under the U-shaped rail body 10f is the storage space for hanging. By inserting the head portion 2i of the T-shaped body 2g into the groove of the U-shaped rail body 10f and rotating it, the T-shaped body 2g engages with the U-shaped rail body 10f. By connecting the T-shaped body 2g to the upper part of the main body 1 of the slit clip, the slit clip can be attached and detached very quickly. The T-shaped body 2g attached to the main body 1 works as the installation auxiliary part 2.

There are five conditions that allow the slit clip to be quickly attached and detached using the enlarged view of the main part shown in FIG.
Condition 1) The horizontal cross section of the neck 2h of the T-shaped 2g is the inside of a circle whose diameter is the rail opening width L14.
Condition 2) The length L23 of the neck portion 2h of the T-shaped body 2g is larger than the plate thickness L15 of the rail opening.
Condition 3) The horizontal dimension L25 of the head 2i of the T-shaped 2g is smaller than the rail opening width L14.
Condition 4) The vertical dimension L24 of the head 2i of the T-shaped 2g is larger than the rail opening width L14.
Condition 5) The height dimension L26 of the head 2i of the T-shaped body 2g is smaller than the rail inner dimension height L13.
If all of the above five conditions are satisfied, the T-shaped body 2g can be quickly attached and detached by inserting the T-shaped body 2g into the U-shaped rail body 10f and rotating the T-shaped body. The conditions for obtaining 360-degree free rotation are:
Condition 6) The vertical dimension L24 of the head 2i of the T-shaped body 2g is smaller than the rail inner dimension width L12.
If all the above 6 conditions are satisfied, the T-shaped body 2g can be inserted into the rail and rotated 360 degrees.

The method of attaching the T-shaped body 2g to the main body 1 has been described, but when the main body parts 1a and 1b are molded products, an integral molding method in which the T-shaped body 2g is also molded at the same time is effective. The material of the molded product is the same as the slit clip main body 1 and the T-shaped body, which limits the selection of the material, but has the advantage that the number of parts does not increase and the mounting work is unnecessary.

As shown in FIG. 9, the main body 1 may be provided with a dowel 2k as an installation auxiliary portion 2 and may be sandwiched between the dowel receiver 10 g as the installed portion 10. The dowel receiver 10 g has a predetermined flexibility and easily sandwiches the slit clip.

As described above, an example in which the installation auxiliary portion 2 of the main body 1 is made of a suction cup 2a, a magnet 2c, a ferromagnetic plate 2d, a wire hook body 2e, a T-shaped body 2g, a dowel 2k, etc., including a hole 1n provided on the main body 1. I've raised it. Since the slit clip main body 1 can be attached and detached extremely easily in any of these, it is effective for applications in which periodic cleaning and sterilization and disinfection treatment are required for the slit clip. On the other hand, when the slit clip is required to be firmly fixed, it is effective to screw or bond the slit clip to a predetermined place.

When the bag 5 is sealed with a slit clip and hung, the bottom 5b of the bag 5 may come into contact with the bottom. When the bag bottom 5b comes into contact with each other, it supports the weight of the bag and the force applied to the slit clip can be reduced accordingly. As a result, the range of utilization of the slit clip, which is the application of lightweight materials, can be greatly expanded. As a method of utilizing this, a method of providing a slit clip and a predetermined bag as a set is also effective. When the height of the bag is fixed and it is hung and stored, the bottom of the bag can always reach the bottom of the storage space, and as a result, non-lightweight items can be hung and stored.

In recent years, various types of zippered bags have been increasing as a sealing method for preventing the transfer of odors and the absorption of moisture, and they are becoming widespread mainly for high-quality articles. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a main part of a bag with a zipper. The uppermost part of the bag is tightly closed by the welded portion 5d. It can be opened by cutting from the notch 5e below it. A fastener portion 5f is provided below the fastener portion 5f, and by applying a predetermined pressure to the fastener portion 5f after opening, the bag mouth 5a can be hermetically sealed again. General-purpose empty bags with zippers are also becoming common. As shown in the side view of FIG. 10, the thickness t1 of the bag of the fastener portion 5f provided inside the bag opening 5a of the bag is several times or more larger than the thickness t0 of the bag in the portion without the fastener.

FIG. 11 shows a slit clip 20 for a bag with a zipper. Since the slit portion 4 of the slit clip 20 can hold a bag with a zipper as long as it does not spread from t0 to t1, it is a slit clip that takes advantage of this feature. The slit portion 4 of the slit clip may be a straight portion 4d. That is, the corrugated shape 4c of the slit portion 4 seen in the slit clips shown in Examples 1 and 2 may not be present. For the same reason, the bent portion 3c of the hollow portion 3 may be omitted. Since there is no bent part, the insertion of the bag mouth becomes smoother.

In the slit clip 20 for the bag with a zipper, the shapes required for the hollow portion 3 and the slit portion 4 have changed, but other than that, the same as in the first and second embodiments. In addition, the restrictions on the use of lightweight products have been greatly relaxed, and the range in which it can be applied even if it is not a lightweight product is expanding in applications that require tight-fitting rather than mere sealing.

When a large and heavy bag is hung by the slit clip 20, it shows sufficient resistance to the force of pulling down, but when it is deviated from the center of the slit clip, the force of pulling down is a force to slide sideways. It also works, and the slit clip is easy to come off sideways. In order to increase the resistance to pull out laterally, a method of providing bent portions 3c and 4c in the hollow portion 3 and the slit portion 4 is also a corresponding means.

As shown in FIG. 12, the circular rotating storage body 30 includes a support body 31 and a rotating body 32. As shown in FIG. 13, the support column 31 includes a shaft rod 31a and a base 31b vertically provided in the center thereof. The rotating body 32 includes a rotating upper plate 32a, a rotating lower plate 32c, a rotating tube 32b for connecting the two, and a slit clip 33 radially installed on the lower surface of the rotating upper plate 32a. The rotating body 32 is rotatably attached to the support body 31.

Since the bag opening 5a is inserted only from the outside of the slit clip arranged radially, the one-sided insertion type clip 34 is preferable as shown in FIG. The clip 34 is shown by a solid line, but the modified portion 34a of the double-sided insertion type slit clip is shown by a broken line. The one-sided insertion type slit clip can be designed in a narrower area than the broken line. As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, (a) the one-sided insertion type slit clip as shown in the right half is radially installed rather than (a) the bidirectional insertion type slit clip as shown in the left half is installed radially. Can be placed at high density.

When the bag 5 is sealed with a slit clip and hung, if the bag 5 is long in the vertical direction, the bottom 5b of the bag comes into contact with the rotating lower plate 32c, but when the rotating upper plate 32a rotates, the rotating lower plate 32c rotates. There is no problem because it rotates together with the upper plate 32a. When the bottom 5b of the bag comes into contact with the bottom of the bag, the rotating lower plate 32c takes charge of a predetermined ratio of the weight of the bag. It has spread.

The rotating lower plate 32c may be omitted in applications where the height when suspended does not reach the rotating lower plate 32c for lightweight bags.

There is a water bath cooking method that utilizes the temperature characteristics of hot water. That is, hot water does not reach 100 ° C. or higher at normal pressure, and requires more cooking time than the cooking method using direct heat, but it is used as a method of slowly heating the ingredients to the middle. In particular, it is useful as a cooking method for block-shaped foodstuffs having a surface area smaller than the volume, for example, block meat.
After baking the surface of the block meat, as shown in FIG. 16, the block meat is placed in a zipper bag, sealed, and placed in a pan filled with hot water. The bag may lie in the pot. Only the bag mouth is held above the surface of the water by the slit clip. After that, a method of cooking by heating the block meat over time is a water bath cooking method. By using the slit clip of the present invention in this way, the water bath cooking method can be easily executed.

FIG. 17 shows an example of a pot lid used in a water bath cooker. A U-shaped rail body 43 having the function shown in FIG. 8 is attached to the back side of the pot lid 42, and a slit clip 44 is detachably attached to the rail. The U-shaped rail body 43 and the slit clip 44 having a T-shaped body are required to have heat resistance that can be used at 100 ° C.

As described above, in Example 1, a slit clip that easily realizes sealing of a bag is described, in Example 2, a slit clip that can be used for an application for which a sealing function is desired is shown, and in Example 3, a method that realizes rotary storage is shown. In the fourth form, an effective utilization method for hot water cooking was mentioned. Both are categories of hanging storage and its applications, and can realize excellent access to bags and tidy storage.

Further, the method of suspending and storing is also advantageous in terms of effective use of the storage space. In many cases, the space occupied by the items is the required storage space. That is, the space from the floor to the height of the stored items is the exclusive space, and the space above it is not used. On the other hand, since the suspended storage has a predetermined length from the ceiling as an exclusive space, it leads to the use of the unused space, which is advantageous for realizing a more efficient storage space. As a method of taking advantage of this, it is useful to use the slit clip of the present invention in the storage for storing things and to add a hanging storage function for the ceiling of the storage, the underside of the shelf board, and the wall surface. Often.

1 Slit clip body
1a Main body front part 1b Main body back part 1c Convex part on the inner wall of the main body 1d Slide part inside the main body 1e Slide guide part inside the main body 1f Engagement claw inside the main body 1g Claw receiving part inside the main body 1h Engagement inside the main body Tip of claw 1i Flat surface formed on the upper surface of the main body 1j Flat surface created on the side surface of the main body 1k Pocket part created on the upper surface of the main body 1m Pocket part created on the side surface of the main body 1n Provided on the side surface of the main body Hole 1p T-shaped part created on the upper surface of the main body 1q Neck part which is the vertical bar part of the T-shaped part created on the upper surface of the main body 1r Head 2 which is the horizontal bar part of the T-shaped part created on the upper surface of the main body Main body installation auxiliary part 2a Sucker attached to the main body 2b Sucker press-fitting part pressed into the main body pocket 2c Magnet attached to the main body 2d Metal plate that sticks to the magnet attached to the main body 2e Wire hook body 2f Main body pocket part 2g T-shaped 2h T-shaped neck 2i Head above the neck of the T-shaped 2j Adhesive part applied to the bottom of the T-shaped 2k Dowel 3 Hollow part 3a One of the hollow parts End 3b The other end of the hollow 3c The bent part of the hollow 3d The diameter of the hollow 4 Slit 4a One end of the slit 4b The other end of the slit 4c The corrugated part of the slit 4d The straight part of the slit 5 Bags 5a Bag mouth 5b Bag bottom 5c Diameter value when the bag mouth 5a is rolled 5d Welding part where the bag mouth is cut off 5e Notch for removing the welding part of the bag mouth 5f Bag mouth Fastener part provided inside
10 Installation part 10a Shelf board to install the slit clip 10b Projector to install the slit clip 10c Pipe to install the slit clip 10d Ferromagnetic metal plate to install the slit clip 10e Permanent magnet body to install the slit clip 10f T-shaped U-shaped rail body to engage
10g Dowel receiver 20 Slit clip for bag with fastener 30 Rotating storage body 31 Strut body 31a Shaft rod 31b Base 32 Rotating body 32a Rotating upper plate 32b Rotating tube 32c Rotating lower plate 33 Slit clip 34 installed on rotating body One side insertion Type slit clip 34a Deformed part of double-sided insertion type slit clip 40 Pot cooker 41 Pot 42 Pot lid 43 U-shaped rail body attached to the inside of the pot lid 44 Slit clip with a T-shape attached to the U-shaped rail body L1 Rail dimensions L11 Rail total length L12 Rail inner width L13 Rail height L14 Rail mouth inner dimensions L15 Rail mouth plate thickness L2 T-shaped dimensions L21 T-shaped neck vertical dimensions L22 T-shaped Horizontal dimension of the neck L23 Height dimension of the neck of the T-shaped body L24 Vertical dimension of the head of the T-shaped body L25 Horizontal dimension of the head of the T-shaped body L26 Height dimension of the head of the T-shaped body t0 Thickness of the bag mouth t1 Bag mouth Thickness of the part where the fastener is provided

Claims (3)

The main body, which is composed of two main body parts and has a cylindrical shape ,
The installation auxiliary part provided on the main body and
The hollow part inside the main body and
A slit portion provided in the main body extending in the axial direction of the hollow portion , at least one end of which is gently open and capable of sandwiching a bag .
A bent portion provided in the hollow portion and bent so as to be narrowed as the hollow portion advances from both ends toward the center of the hollow portion.
A slit clip characterized by having . The slit portion sandwiches the bag inserted from the one end of the slit portion.
The bent portion provided in the hollow portion bends the rounded mouth of the bag in the hollow portion.
The slit clip according to claim 1. The slit portion is corrugated.
The slit clip according to claim 1 or 2.

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