JPH0551794U - Containers for ice cream, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Ice cream, etc. can be served on a small plate or a cone-shaped edible container without using a dressing device that requires a large amount of strength and grip. (EN) Provided is a container of ice cream or the like which can be reduced in number and can be easily and easily separated from an ice cream or the like filled inside. [Structure] An outward flange portion 7 is provided at an opening-side end of a container body 2 in which a content 20 such as ice cream is filled. A linear weakened portion 10 that is easier to cleave than other portions is formed in the flange-shaped portion 7 toward the center of the container body 2. A pair of gripping portions 11 for tearing the weakened portion 2 on both sides of the weakened portion 2. , 12 are provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is for transporting, storing, selling, and assembling semisolid substances such as ice cream, pudding, yokan, mashed potatoes, and jellies that can be taken out while maintaining a substantially constant outer shape along the inner surface of the container. A container suitable for temporary storage in a container.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Generally, a semi-solid material (hereinafter abbreviated as ice cream) that can hold a certain shape but is relatively fragile, such as frozen desserts such as ice cream and mashed potatoes, when filled in a small container or the like, Since the outer surface of the container adheres to the inner surface of the container, it is difficult to take out the entire structure without losing its shape. Therefore, when serving ice cream or the like in a small plate or cone-shaped edible container while holding a predetermined shape (for example, hemisphere), a serving device called a disher or the like is used.

A dishing device called a disher or the like usually has a scraping portion similar to a hemispherical spawn on the front end side, and a pair of springs biased by a spring in a direction in which the rear side is separated from each other. The gripping portion is a gripping portion, and the scraping portion is provided with a scraping lever having a semicircular cross section along the inner surface of the scraping portion for taking out ice cream or the like in a hemispherical shape. When the pair of gripping grips are closed against the biasing force of the springs, the movement of the scraping lever is transmitted via a rack-pinion mechanism or the like, and along the inner surface of the hemispherical scraping part. It is designed to rotate 180 degrees while sliding.

When serving ice cream or the like using such a serving device, the ice cream or the like stored in a block in a freezer or a heat-retaining container is scraped by scooping at the scraping portion of the serving device. Raise to the extent that it protrudes from the take-up part, then scrape off the protruding part with a spatula etc. to adjust the shape to a hemispherical shape, then, with the opening side of the scraping part facing toward a small plate or cone-shaped edible container, etc. Grip to close the grip handle. As a result, the scraping lever rotates and the ice cream or the like in the scraping portion is scraped off by the lever, and the hemispherical shape is held and the ice cream or the like is placed on the small plate or cone-shaped edible container.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, as mentioned above, when placing ice cream etc. using a dishing device called a disher, etc., scrape the ice cream etc. into the scraping part, scrape off the protruding part with a spatula etc. to adjust the shape and quantify. To obtain a small amount of ice cream, etc., to close the grip handle to scrape off ice cream, etc., mainly manual work that requires a large amount of physical strength and grip strength, etc. Although it is simple, it requires a lot of labor and labor for the sales staff at a store with a large number of dishes, and if such a work is continued for a long time, it may lead to muscle aches and tendonitis.

It is to be noted that, without using the above-mentioned arranging device, a cup-shaped lid-shaped container is filled with ice cream or the like in advance, and the ice-cream or the like with the lid-shaped container is put into a cone-shaped edible container. Some of them are commercially available with the opening edge fitted and fixed, but in such a case, the lid-shaped container is firmly fitted to the opening edge of the cone-shaped edible container, and As described above, since ice cream etc. sticks to the lid-shaped container, when removing the lid-shaped container, it is easy for the ice cream etc. to collapse or drop from the cone-shaped edible container. Can not be easily attached and detached.

Further, in a container filled with pudding or the like, the outer surface of which is relatively slippery, a protrusion is provided in advance on the bottom or the like in order to facilitate the removal of the pudding or the like. There are some cases in which the protrusions are bent and bent to form a through hole for introducing air at the bottom, so that the contents such as purines are slid off from the container. The object cannot be applied to the inner surface of the container or is viscous, for example, the above ice cream or mashed potato, and the shape of the container is also limited to a truncated cone.

In view of such a point, the present invention can put ice cream or the like on a small plate, a cone-shaped edible container, or the like without using a placing device that requires a large arm strength and gripping force, and the labor required for the work can be performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a container for ice cream or the like which can reduce labor and can be easily and easily separated from the ice cream or the like filled inside.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a container for ice cream or the like according to the present invention is provided with an outward flange-like portion at an opening side end portion of a container main body portion filled with contents such as ice cream. A linear weakened portion that is easier to cleave than other portions is formed in the linear portion toward the center of the container body, and a pair of grips for tearing the linear weakened portion are provided on both sides of the linear weakened portion. Consists of

The container according to the present invention is not particularly limited in the content to be filled therein, and may be anything other than a fluid, but in particular, it can be taken out while maintaining a substantially constant outer shape along the inner surface of the container. Ice cream, pudding, yokan, mashed potatoes, jelly, and other frozen, coagulated, hardened, jelly-like, and semi-solid substances that can be easily broken but are relatively easily broken are preferred. , It is convenient to put them temporarily for transportation, storage, sale, arrangement, etc.

The container of the present invention can be mass-produced by injection molding or the like using a synthetic resin such as polystyrene, particularly high-impact polystyrene, but paper or a composite material may be used and filled. In order to improve the separability from the contents, a release layer made of a material such as one kind or a mixture of two or more kinds of resins such as polyethylene, acrylic, melamine, urethane, polyester, aminoalkyd and epoxy is previously formed on the inner surface. It is desirable to form or to apply or add a release agent such as silicone or fluororesin.

The entire shape of the container is preferably a hemispherical shape or a truncated cone whose cross-sectional area gradually increases from one end side (bottom side) to the other end side (open side), but is not limited thereto. However, the shape may be such that the opening side is recessed, and the cross-sectional shape thereof is not limited to a circle, and may be a rectangle or a polygon. If necessary, a step or the like may be provided, and the whole may be colored, or may be transparent or translucent.

The linear weakened portion provided in the container of the present invention may be formed by, for example, making the thickness of the brittle portion thinner than that of the other collar-shaped portion at the time of molding or perforating after molding. However, the point is that the strength is weaker than the other portions. Further, it is preferable that the knob portion provided on the container of the present invention is connected to the collar-shaped portion and is difficult to separate from it, and further, at least one of the knob portions is large enough to be grasped by a human finger. Although it is preferable that there be some, there may be a single uneven portion or a locking projection that can catch a finger.

[0014]

[Work]

 The container of ice cream or the like according to the present invention configured as described above is transported, stored, sold, or arranged with the ice cream or the like filled therein. Then, for example, when serving ice cream or the like on a small plate or the like, a pair of knob portions provided on the outer periphery of the container are pulled so as to be separated from each other. As a result, the linear fragile portion is torn from the outer peripheral edge toward the inside and cleaves, the flange-shaped portion expands, and depending on the pulling condition at that time, the flange-shaped portion extends from the flange-shaped portion approximately in the center direction of the container body. A crack is formed toward the edge, and this portion is also cleaved and split into a V shape. At this time, even if the contents such as ice cream adhere to the inner surface of the container, the inner surface of the container is substantially expanded, so that the container and the contents such as ice cream are reliably separated, and the contents are shaped. It can be taken out into a small plate or the like while maintaining the shape along the inner surface of the container without breaking.

Therefore, when the container according to the present invention is used, the labor and labor required for the work of serving ice cream or the like on a small plate can be reduced without using a serving device that requires large arm strength and grip strength. In addition, it becomes possible to easily and easily separate the ice cream and the like filled inside. In addition, the container according to the present invention may be fixed by fitting it into the opening edge of a cone-shaped edible container with ice cream or the like filled therein, or simply as a lid for covering the ice cream or the like. In this case as well, in this case as well, the pair of knobs are pulled apart from each other to tear the linear weakened portion, and the cleaving portion formed on the collar-shaped portion and the container main body is expanded to expand the entire container. It can be separated and removed from ice cream, etc. As a result, ice cream or the like can be obtained while maintaining the shape along the inner surface of the cone-shaped edible container.

[0016]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a container according to the present invention together with an ice cream and a lid filled therein. In the figure, a container 1 is integrally manufactured by injection molding using a semitransparent material such as polystyrene as a raw material, and has a hemispherical container body portion 2. A release layer 3 (FIG. 3) of about 50 μm thick made of polyethylene film or the like is formed or coated on the inner surface. At the opening-side end of the container body 2, a disk-shaped lid mounting surface portion 4 that projects outward along the opening surface, a rising portion 5 that rises from the peripheral edge of the lid mounting surface portion 4, and this rising portion. A brim-shaped portion 7 is formed so as to be continuous with the upper end of 5.

The collar-shaped portion 7 is formed seamlessly around the opening of the container body 2 to reinforce the entire container, and as shown in detail in FIGS. It is composed of a horizontal surface portion 7a which is bent outwardly and projects horizontally, and a downward piece portion 7b which is bent obliquely downward from the outer peripheral end of the horizontal surface portion 7a. Further, the rising portion 5 is formed with a total of eight lid locking portions 9 projecting inward at equal angular intervals. As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the lid engaging portion 9 is bent from the upper inclined surface portion 9a connected to the horizontal surface portion 7a of the collar portion 7 and the upper inclined surface portion 9a to reach the lid mounting surface portion 4. It is a character-shaped protrusion to a cross section composed of the lower inclined surface portion 9b.

Then, in the collar-shaped portion 7, a thin concave portion which is a linear fragile portion is formed in a portion located between two adjacent lid locking portions 9, as clearly understood by referring to FIG. 10 is formed so as to cross the brim-shaped portion 7 toward the center of the container main body 2. The thin-walled concave portion 10 is formed, for example, by providing a linear convex portion on an injection molding die, and has a smaller wall thickness than other portions of the collar-shaped portion 7 and is viewed from the opening side. It is recessed downward. Therefore, when a stress is applied to this vicinity, stress concentration occurs in the thin-walled concave portion 10 and the portion becomes easier to be cleaved than other portions. Further, since the thin recessed portion 10 is formed toward the center of the container body 2, when the portion is broken, the breaking line runs toward the center of the container body 2 and Make the fall even more secure.

On both sides of the thin-walled concave portion 10, a pair of grip portions that are integrally connected to the downward-facing piece portion 7b of the collar-shaped portion 7 so as to sandwich the thin-shaped concave portion 10 and project in a substantially horizontal direction (direction along the opening surface). 11 and 12 are provided. The grips 11 and 12 are used when tearing the thin-walled recess 10, and are of a size that can be gripped by a human finger, and two non-slip recesses 15 are formed so as to cross the grip. Has been done.

In the container 1 according to the present invention having such a structure, the ice cream (stock solution thereof) 20 is filled therein and frozen, and if necessary, a knob on a disk portion as shown in FIG. It is transported, stored, sold, arranged, etc. with the lid body 30 provided with 32 being covered. The lid body 30 has an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the lid mounting surface portion 4, is pushed from the opening side of the container 1 so as to get over the lid locking portion 9, and is placed on the lid mounting surface portion 4 and the lid engaging portion. It is locked so as to be sandwiched by the stopper 9. It is not always necessary to cover the lid body 30. For example, a film-like sheet or the like may be attached so as to cover the opening of the container 1 without providing the lid locking portion 9. Further, as described below, the ice cream may be fixed to a cone-shaped edible container or the like without being covered with the lid body 30 while the container 1 is filled with the ice cream.

When the ice cream is taken out from the container 1 and placed on a small plate or the like with the above-described configuration, the pair of knob portions 11 and 12 protruding on the outer periphery of the container 1 should be grasped with fingers and separated from each other. Pull to. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the thin-walled concave portion 10 is torn from the outer peripheral edge side toward the inside to be cleaved, the collar-shaped portion 7 is expanded, and the collar-shaped portion 7 is expanded depending on the tension at that time. A crack surface V is formed from the container toward the substantially central direction of the container body 2, and this portion is also cleaved and split into a V shape. At this time, even if the ice cream of the contents adheres to the inner surface of the container, the inner surface of the container is substantially expanded, so that the container 1 and the ice cream are reliably separated, and the ice cream does not lose its shape. It can be taken out on a small plate while keeping the shape along the inner surface of the container.

Therefore, when the container of the present embodiment is used, the ice cream can be placed on a small plate without using a placing device that requires large arm strength and grip strength, and the labor required for the work can be reduced. The labor can be reduced, and the separation from the ice cream filled inside can be performed easily and easily. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the container 1 is fitted with an ice cream in the container 1 and fixed to the opening edge portion of the corn-shaped edible container 40 by simply fixing the ice cream or the like. It can also be used as a cover.

In this case, the cone-shaped edible container 40 includes, for example, a cone-shaped cone portion 41 and a cylindrical portion 42 provided on the opening side thereof, and as shown in FIG. A locking projection 45 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the upper end of 42, and a plurality of partition-shaped pieces 47 for receiving the ice cream 20 are provided inside thereof. Therefore, by pushing the container 1 upside down and pushing it into the opening side of the cone-shaped edible container 40, the lid locking portion 9 is fitted and locked to the locking convex portion 45 of the cylindrical portion 42, and the ice cream 20 is filled. The thus-formed container 1 is fixed to the cone-shaped edible container 40.

Also in this case, similarly to the above, as shown in FIG. 9, the pair of knob portions 11 and 12 are pulled so as to be separated from each other to tear the thin-walled recessed portion 10 and the collar-shaped portion 7 and the container body portion. The entire container can be separated and removed from the ice cream 20 by expanding the cleaved portion while leaving the crack surface V in 2. Thereby, the ice cream 20 having the shape along the inner surface of the cone-shaped edible container 40 maintained is obtained.

In the above-mentioned example, the thin-walled concave portion 10 is provided as the linear weakened portion, but the linear weakened portion is not limited thereto, and for example, the perforated portion as shown in FIG. 50 or the like may be provided, and the linear weakened portion may be formed not only at the time of molding the container but also after molding.

[0026]

[Effect of the device]

 As is clear from the above description, the ice cream container according to the present invention should be placed on a small plate, a cone-shaped edible container, etc. without the use of a mounting device that requires a large amount of strength and grip. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor and labor required for the work, and moreover, it is possible to easily and easily separate the ice cream and the like filled inside, which is an excellent effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a container for ice cream or the like according to the present invention, together with an ice cream filled therein and a lid.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view provided for explaining when the ice cream is taken out of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which an embodiment of a container for ice cream or the like according to the present invention is fitted and fixed in a cone-shaped edible container.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a main part of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view provided for explaining a case of removing the container in the embodiment of FIG.

10 is a perspective view showing another example of the linear weakened portion in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 7. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1-Container 2-Container main body part 3-Release layer 4-Lid mounting surface part 5-Rising part 7-Flange part 9-Lid locking part 10-Thin-walled concave part (linear weak part) 11,12-Grip part 15-non-slip recess 20-ice cream 30-lid 50-perforations (linear weakened part)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An outward flange-like portion is provided at an opening-side end of a container main body filled with contents such as ice cream.
A linear weakened portion that is easier to cleave than other portions is formed in this flange-shaped portion toward the center of the container body, and a pair of gripping portions for tearing it apart on both sides of the linear weakened portion. A container for ice cream etc. provided.