JPH04121832U - Improvements to hot spring egg bowls for single people - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] <Industrial application field>
This invention is primarily intended to contribute to the improvement of technology for producing hot spring eggs in a simple, stable manner using heating cooking appliances such as microwave ovens.

<Conventional technology>
Jitsugan Sho 62-1552, which the inventor had previously claimed
The single person's hot spring egg ware from 1979 to the application Heisei 1-107794 and the single person's hot spring egg ware using a metal net, which was applied for a patent on February 28, 1997, are based on the specific heat effect and far-infrared radiation effect of ceramics, etc. We have focused on the appropriate and effective use of extremely small amounts of water using heating methods such as microwave ovens. In particular, the hanging convection basket of Utility Model Application No. 63-156728, the metal net basket and the composite basket of convection basket and metal net basket of Patent Application No. 156,728 of Heisei 63-156728, respectively, are used for half-boiled eggs and hot spring eggs, and their production status and energization. Significant improvements have been shown in time and improved handling techniques. However, these methods can also be called original forms that have been improved through the accumulation of basic techniques that have been built up using familiar materials, repeated experiments, and inferences.

〈Problems that the idea aims to solve〉
Technology always moves forward with the aim of improvement.

We should strive to further refine the technique, simplify handling, explore new materials, and develop techniques that will suggest improvements in the future. A familiar example is the metal net mentioned above, where the density of the mesh has a considerable effect on various conditions including convection during microwave heating. Furthermore, it can be replaced with non-woven fabrics other than metal nets, printing effects such as conductive materials and far-infrared materials, conductive materials such as carbon fiber, and various materials such as ceramics exhibiting various properties. It is inevitable that various ideas for improvement are expected, such as expecting other benefits through application or mixing, or whether it is possible to make the composite basket effect more efficient in a single layer. In that case, we know from experience that progress requires not only mental thinking but also repeated experiments and feedback from the conclusions of actual use, as well as accumulation and leaps in thinking. . Therefore, we should not only change the material, but also discover new characteristics and consider added value to derive new and useful themes.

〈Means and actions for solving problems〉
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention first creates a material that can act as a composite basket on its own, and a material that can exhibit various characteristics even more than a metal net basket, and also brings out even more potential possibilities. In order to achieve this goal, we aim to take a step forward in exploring the effects and methods of combining and using these materials. Examples of its means and effects will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the patent application for "
This is a reproduction of an example shown in Fig. 8 in "A hot spring egg holder for single people using a basket and a metal net basket used therein" (hereinafter tentatively named Patent Application No. N). Reproduced for comparison. Of course, this is just a cited example, and the shape is not limited to this. This composite basket is a composite of the metal net basket and the thin heat-resistant non-metallic convection basket described in Claim 10 of the patent application No. N, and the single structure of this basket is shown in Figure 2. . That is, this is an example of what is tentatively called an extra basket according to Items 1 to 4 of the present application. However, the difference between this extra basket and Paragraph 10 of the No. N patent application is that it is not only equivalent to a composite basket by itself, but also has a single effect as described in Paragraph 9 of the N patent application due to the ingenuity of the structural materials. It is a matter of choice. This will be discussed later.

For the record, each item of Items 5, 6, and 7 of the present application refers to the part of the metal net basket in Figure 1 quoted from the patent application No. N, that is, the metal of Items 1 to 9 of the patent application No. It is intended to contribute to the improvement of the materials for net baskets, and by investigating the characteristics of each material from all aspects, it is hoped that it will have features that exceed those of metal net baskets. Examples include printing a conductive material on the front side of the material and printing or coating a far-infrared emitting material on the back side (i.e., the inner side of the basket), using fabric containing conductive material, or using nylon mesh or non-woven fabric. I can think of something like that. Therefore, paragraph 6 of the present application corresponds to paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of the patent application No. N, and paragraph 7 of the present application corresponds to paragraph 9 of the patent application No. N, but furthermore, It includes the features and possibilities of

Let me now turn to Figure 2 again. As mentioned above, one example is an extra basket whose outer surface is printed with a conductive mesh or dot pattern to make it opaque to microwaves, and whose inner surface is coated with a far-infrared radiator. There are various materials for the basket body (if it is transparent to microwaves). If a conductive material is used for the basket body, a different design will be required. For convection, a small circulation hole 4a in FIG. 2 and a cover 6 (small hole cover) which is placed over the circulation hole 4a in the form of a canopy are provided. With this, the effect alone is equivalent to or greater than that of the Composite Basket in Section 10 of the No. N patent application. Since the small hole cover 6 is molded from the same printed material as the basket body, the small hole does not allow microwave wire to pass through. As mentioned above, the basket body can be made of many materials such as nonwoven fabric, natural fiber, synthetic fiber, synthetic resin, etc., and can be easily and inexpensively mass-produced using methods such as pressure molding and injection molding. Prints and coatings can be applied to the material before processing, or they can be mixed into the raw material before processing.

However, in this case, the question arises as to whether or not it is possible to obtain another effect by the combination as described in Item 10 of Patent Application No. 1, namely, whether it is possible to make soft-boiled eggs by using the golden net basket alone and hot spring eggs by combining them.

However, the first method is to use a structure as described in Item 6 or 7 of the present application, such as a nylon net containing metal particles and carbon particles, or a similar coarse non-woven fabric for semi-cooked cooking, such as in Item 1 of the present application. The second method is to use the extra basket separately for hot spring eggs and fully utilize the advantages of each.The second method is to investigate the processing of the constituent materials of the extra basket, such as non-woven fabric, so that it can be used alone for both purposes. There is a possibility of finding a condition setting that can be used.

Although the latter method will have to be developed in the future, it can be superior to the composite formula of Patent Application No. N in that it can improve the first method characteristic. Rather, due to the wide range of materials and the vast room for improvement, we will be able to deal with complex conditions in various fields in the future, such as responding to the production of multiple eggs (in this case, the inevitable conditions such as the individual positions of eggs, differences in top and bottom due to convection heat, etc.) This has the advantage that it is easy to design a corresponding shape.

Item 8 is for inducing profits that can be generated by combining the extra basket with the convection basket.

To add a few details here, for example, one side of a nylon film is coated with metal vapor deposition, the other side is coated with a far-infrared emitting material, and countless dot holes are formed on the film body. This basket body falls under Paragraph 7 of the present application, and when making multiple soft-boiled eggs (for example, two at the same time) using this, the eggs are placed vertically in the container (Public Application No. 1-107794). (Refer to Figure 1) Experiments have also shown that convection inside the container causes differences in the ripeness and ripening speed of the upper and lower eggs. Adjustment is also possible, and it is possible to uniformly ripen the upper and lower eggs at the same time. The influence of the dot hole density and hole size can be easily inferred from experiments to see what kind of results are produced when the fineness of the gold-tinted basket is changed under the same conditions.

<Effects of Examples and Ideas>
As an individual who does not have corporate testing facilities, it is difficult to create the prototype, but examples include strong non-woven Japanese paper such as coffee filter paper, thin sheets of polyethylene or polystyrene, etc. use it. For microwave use, commercially available aluminum foil has a thickness of 15 microns, and there is also paint containing aluminum foil fine powder.

In order to comply with the extra basket described in Paragraphs 1 to 5 of this application, countless dot holes are made in aluminum foil and it is pasted on the above-mentioned main body material, and fine powder of china clay mixed with adhesive is applied to the back side. . Since china clay powder emits far infrared rays, and the rate of far infrared radiation is proportional to the surface area of the material, in this extra basket method there are only a few holes for convection, and for ceramics outside the basket, specific heat is important. Therefore, the entire coating of china clay on the inside of the basket has a great effect on far-infrared radiation. Furthermore, water can be said to be translucent to far infrared rays, so applying china clay inside the basket has the advantage of keeping it in close contact with the eggs. Of course, if available, the basket body may be made of a material containing far-infrared radiation. As a result, a basket of the shape shown in Fig. 2 (a basket having a small circulation hole 4a for circulation and its cover 6) is formed, and has a similar configuration as the composite basket of the "N patent application" mentioned above. If used under the conditions and as described, the effects and benefits of making hot spring eggs are almost the same.

For soft-boiled eggs, there is Section 6, Section 7 of this application which corresponds to a single metal net, and an example of the test specimen is a prototype in which aluminum foil is pasted on the base material constituting the basket body described above. A countless number of small dot holes can be punched in it for hot water flow and far infrared rays to pass through.

It is difficult to make these by hand, but in the case of industrialized mass production, printing methods and processing and molding are extremely easy, and the unit price per piece is extremely low. Not only is it more suitable for mass production than metal net, but as mentioned earlier, the material properties allow for free processing and shaping, making it possible to apply a variety of materials and processing techniques.

Industrialization data will be provided later. In addition, a wide variety of shapes and formats are expected depending on combinations of materials, processing, and other factors, so in the future it will be necessary to purchase not only pre-combined containers but also basket bodies that are compatible with arbitrary containers. If this were the case, it would be possible to open up a situation where anyone could easily make high-quality soft-boiled eggs or hot spring eggs using the same method, and furthermore, a disposable method could be considered.

<Effect of the invention>
In this way, the Extra Basket does not simply replace the material of the metal net basket or composite basket of the previous patent application No. N, but has opened up the possibility of seeking an effect equal to or better than that of the previous patent application. Furthermore, not only the convenience of industrialization and improved performance, but also the idea of the extra basket itself was uniquely combined with various ceramic equipment and materials, paving the way for the development of a wide variety of uses.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

E...Egg, W...Water surface, M...Cup, 1
...Metal net, 1'...Metal net lid part, 2...
...metal net basket basket, 2'...lid brim of metal net basket, 2a...extra basket hanging part, 2a'...lid brim of extra basket, 2a''...extra basket lid, 3... Hanging part of convection basket, 3'...Brim of convection basket, 4...Circulation hole, 4a...
Circulation pore, 5... Wide brim, 6... Cover of pore. FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of the composite basket in use (patent application filed February 28, 1999), which is referred to as No. N patent application No. 10 in the present application, and FIG.

Claims (8)

[Scope of utility model registration request] [Claim 1] Containers such as tableware food containers made of ceramics such as ceramics having a capacity that is normally used, have an electromagnetic wave (particularly microwave) shielding effect, and have a far-infrared transmission effect and a far-infrared generation effect. In addition, a covered basket with a structure that also has a convection effect is combined, and the container has an appropriate volume and capacity derived from many complicated rules such as the required effective heat amount. Tools for making soft-boiled eggs and hot spring eggs, which are made up of weight. 2. A structure that has the electromagnetic wave (particularly microwave) shielding effect as described in item 1 above, has both a far-infrared transmission effect and a far-infrared generation effect, and also has a convection effect. A container such as tableware as set forth in item 1 above, into which a lidded basket (hereinafter tentatively referred to as an extra basket) having a lidded basket (lidded basket hereinafter tentatively referred to as an extra basket) is inserted, has heat resistance that covers the outer periphery of the container. Is it integrated with an insulating material, or is it provided with an accessory such as a cover that surrounds the outer periphery of the container, or does the outer wall of the container itself have a two-layer hollow structure? Tools for making soft-boiled eggs and hot spring eggs that have a heat-retaining structure, such as . [Claim 3] A two-layer or multi-layer structure in which the container for tableware, etc. in item 1 above is used as an inner cup, and the slightly larger container that fits on the outside with an appropriate interval is used as an outer cup. A tool for making soft-boiled eggs or hot spring eggs, comprising an extra basket to be inserted into and fitted into an inner cup of the tool. [Claim 4] Whether the outer wall of the two-layer or multi-layer structure container equipped with the extra basket according to item 3 above, which is the outermost layer, is integrally formed with a heat-resistant thermally insulating material, or is not otherwise Soft-boiled eggs and hot spring eggs that have a heat-retaining structure, such as having an accessory such as a cover that surrounds the outer periphery of the container, or having a two-layer hollow structure on the outer wall of the container itself. Making tools. [Claim 5] The extra basket in items 1 to 4 is a fine mesh metal net, or a metal powder, metal strip, or carbon-based metal fiber having a microwave opaque effect, which is slightly different in concept from the above. Fibers such as non-woven filter cloth containing fine powdered carbon fiber, etc., mesh nets made of carbon fiber, or heat-resistant natural fibers or chemical fibers containing, impregnated with, or attached with various substances that have a microwave opaque effect. Nets that have undergone processing such as, or nets that are molded by injection or other methods using heat-resistant plastic synthetic resin, and which contain substances that have various microwave opaque effects as described above in their materials, or have microwave opaque effects. This accessory for a hot spring egg bowl for a single person is made of a material treated with a material on its surface, etc., and has a structure that can be easily divided and combined into upper and lower parts. 6. The extra basket in items 1 to 5 is opaque to microwaves but transparent to far infrared rays (whether it is net or cloth-like); (Regardless of structure) Accessory tools and appliances for single-person hot spring egg bowls. Claim 7: The extra basket in items 1 to 6 is opaque to microwaves but transparent to far infrared rays (whether it is net-like or cloth-like). (regardless of the above), accessories and appliances for single-person hot spring egg cookers that are structured to have the effect of generating far infrared rays. 8. An accessory for a hot spring egg maker for a single person, which improves the stability of flow control by combining the various extra baskets with a basket made of a non-conductive heat-resistant material.