JPH0636464U - Folding spoon structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] In order to make the notch of the integral hinge of the folding line spoon made by embossing of paper-like composite material along the longitudinal direction have sufficient strength and rigidity. . [Structure] The scooping part 2 and the handle part 3'of the folding type spoon 1'are integrally molded by the connecting part 4 in the longitudinal direction, and the cross section of the integral hinge of the folding lines 5, 8 and 8 has a notch 9 '. It is U-shaped to increase the density during stamping and molding, so that it will not repeatedly open and close due to the fact that it is not V-shaped, and breaks or breaks will not occur in the fold line during use. [Effect] It is possible to sufficiently maintain the shape function as a folding spoon by repeatedly opening and closing the folding lines 5, 8 and 8 and not cutting during feeding.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The disclosed technology is a technology of flexible plastics and a simple spoon structure made of paper that is easy to use and fully functions when eating food such as ice cream in a cup, sorbet, yogurt, and pudding. Belong to the field.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As is well known, the improvement of civic life depends largely on the prosperity of various industries. Especially, in the eating habits, not only the development of various foods themselves, but also the research on improvement of containers, appliances, etc. is extremely important. Is.

[0003] Although various forms of food have been developed in accordance with various changes in life, such as a mode of being served on a table at home and a mode of eating out at a restaurant, etc., food at such a home or restaurant However, on the one hand, it has been developed based on morphological variations and simple usability due to the gourmet orientation, but on the other hand, simple foods such as fast foods and instant foods have been developed due to the complicated relationship between life and business. Also, there is a strong way of eating, and it has become firmly established.

Particularly, as the effective use of leisure time by housewives at home becomes common, the convenience of eating and drinking outside the home is becoming more pervasive, and the convenience of eating and drinking such as instant foods is becoming more penetrating. There is a growing demand for easily eating foods stored in such containers.

[0007] Accordingly, ice cream, sorbet, yogurt, pudding, etc., which are deeply popular in adults and children, and which are deeply popular in the full season, are still supported by a health-oriented healthy boom and still support wide demand. There is.

With respect to such food in a cup, as a matter of course, a spoon, a cup, or the like is used as a set attached to the cup in view of ease of eating and prevention of stains on clothes. There are many modes.

[0007] In consideration of the instant production of food, it is absolutely necessary that such an instrument be easy to handle, safe, hygienic, and mass-produced at a low cost. Therefore, an instrument made of metal or the like has a large weight. Since it is large, it is not used in combination with a cup because it may cause damage to the cup, damage the food and is expensive, so there is a mode in which a spoon made of wood or the like is combined and set. Although it is becoming widespread, it has the disadvantage of not being hygienically compatible and of being expensive to manufacture.

[0008]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 To cope with this, spoons made of plastics are becoming popular due to their low production costs, but because of their ease of manufacture, they are bulkier than the cups due to their shape, which makes packaging easier. It is difficult to do.

Therefore, for example, a predetermined fold line is formed by embossing using a paper-like composite material or a material made of soft plastics devised by the applicant as disclosed in the Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-1498. However, a folding spoon that can be expanded and contracted through the fold line, combined with a cup, bent so that it does not become bulky when set, and opened when used for eating is devised and put to practical use. It's starting to happen.

The mode of the spoon 1 will be briefly described with reference to the drawings shown in FIG. 9 and subsequent figures. Calcium sulfate, talc, etc., which are paper-like composite materials, are uniformly dispersed, or a soft plastic is used to scoop the tip. The part 2 and the handle part 3 are integrally formed in the longitudinal direction at the connecting part 4, and in the scooping part 2, the bottom part 6 having a substantially flat shape and the smooth of the peripheral part thereof are curved through the folding line 5 by the embossing. A flange portion 7 which is inclined by a predetermined angle is integrally formed, the handle portion 3 has a substantially linear edge, and a fold line 8 is provided in the center, and the bottom portion 6 of the scooping portion 2 is also formed. A folding line 8 is formed along the vertical direction so as to maintain the strength and rigidity in the vertical direction, and in order to avoid becoming bulky when packaging in a cup (not shown), it is a foldable package through the folding line 5. However, when eating, open through the fold line 5 When food is eaten by the scooping section 2 while gripping the section 3 and ice cream, sorbet and the like are frozen, the scooping is performed through the folding lines 8 and 8 with sufficient strength and rigidity in the longitudinal direction. The part 2 is designed to be able to dig out food at the tip.

The bent spoon 1 has sufficient water resistance due to its material, can be repeatedly used, and has a sufficient rigidity due to the folding lines 5 and 8 to form a spoon. Although all functions are fully achieved, the following problems have been encountered in actual use.

That is, as described above, the handle portion 3 has a disadvantage that it is inconvenient to handle because it has a straight edge.

That is, the linear handle 3 is hard to fit to the convex curved surface of the palm, and although it is compact by matching with the cup, it has a demerit that it is difficult to hold.

In terms of design, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, when the folding lines 5 and 8 are bent at the time of molding so that the spoon 1 can be smoothly opened and closed when folding and opening. The notches 9 and 9 are formed.

Therefore, at the bottoms of the fold lines 5 and 8, the notch 9 is not so strong that the notch 9 is cut like a groove by a cutter, and the notch 9 is fragile at the time of opening and closing. However, there is a drawback that the three-dimensional structure of the handle portion 3 is lost, and the strength and rigidity of the spoon are lost, and that the handle portion 3 does not function when used on frozen ice cream, sherbet, and the like.

Therefore, as a result, various merits of the paper-like composite material and merits of use are not balanced, and there is an inconvenience that a complaint from the user is brought about.

[0017]

[The purpose of the device]

 The purpose of the invention of this application is to match various actual use conditions while making full use of the merits of a simple spoon made by embossing a compact type made of paper-like composite material that is set by combining it with a cup based on the above-mentioned conventional technology. Then, the function as a spoon can be sufficiently maintained until the end of eating, thereby providing an excellent folding spoon structure which is useful for the utilization field of the technology for utilizing the ware in the food industry.

[0018]

[Means and actions for solving the problem]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the composition of the invention of this application, which is based on the scope of the above-mentioned utility model registration request, is to store predetermined food in a cup made of paper or plastics. Then, a foldable spoon made of embossed paper-like composite material is combined on the outside so that it can be distributed as a set food. At that time, in the spawn, as in the conventional mode, the handle and the scoop are scooped. The part is united in the longitudinal direction at the connecting part and is folded along the fold line along the longitudinal direction.When eating, it opens through the fold line to form a tapered spoon, in which the handle part extends from the connecting part to both ends. The taper is enlarged to make it flat, or it is shaped so that it fits easily on the fingertips for improved usability. Function of Sufficiently retained, and through other fold lines along the lengthwise direction as a whole, to have sufficient strength and rigidity in the lengthwise direction, and at the bottom of the fold line, a conventional V-shaped A U-shaped notch is used instead of the notch to increase strength and rigidity by increasing the density by embossing, and the notch will not be damaged by repeated opening and closing, and will function sufficiently as an integral hinge. However, the technical measures have been taken to ensure that the spoon function is sufficiently retained for eating (even if it is repeated).

[0019]

【Example】

 Next, one embodiment of the invention of this application will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8 as follows.

It should be noted that the same aspects as those in FIG. 9 and subsequent figures will be described using the same reference numerals.

Reference numeral 1'denotes a bent spoon that forms the center of the gist of the present invention, and its material is calcium sulfate, talc, and other fine inorganic powders similar to the conventional embodiment shown in FIGS. Is formed by embossing using a material having a thickness of about 0.3 to 0.7 mm, which is made of a thermoplastic and synthetic resin uniformly dispersed, and has a scoop part 2 at the front part in the longitudinal direction. The rear handle 3'is integrally formed via a neck-shaped connecting portion 4 in the middle, and the hook 2 has a substantially flat bottom 6 and a flat surface smoothly curved to the side. A flange portion 7 that is substantially U-shaped at a predetermined angle and is slanted at a predetermined angle is integrally connected via a fold line 5, and the fold line 5 is extended to a handle portion 3'and the handle portion 3 ' The edge 31 of the is formed in an enlarged taper shape rearward from the connecting portion 4 so that it can be held in the hand when eating. Itaru, usability familiar with the finger is so good.

Further, in the handle portion 3 ′ and the scooping portion 2, other fold lines 8 and 8 are formed at the centers thereof along the longitudinal direction.

In the embossing process, these notches 9 ′ are different from those of the conventional modes shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 in the fold lines 5, 8 and 8 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8. The U-shaped integral hinge is formed instead of the V-shaped cross section.

Therefore, at the time of embossing, the integral hinge 9 is different from the conventional V-shaped excavation mode by a cutter, and is a pressing type. Therefore, the integral hinge 9 is in a contracted state at the notch 9 ′, that is, Since the density is increased and the strength and rigidity are increased, therefore, it does not lead to repeated opening and closing as an integral hinge, or cutting or separating state against push-resisting force. The functions of the part 2 and the handle part 3'can be sufficiently fulfilled.

In the above-mentioned configuration, similarly to the conventional mode, when the folding spoon 1 ′ is combined with a cup (not shown) containing ice cream, sorbet, yogurt, and pudding, and packaged as a set product, In the same manner as in the conventional mode, the handle portion 3'is wrapped along the folding line 5 as shown in FIG. 5 in a folded state so as not to be bulky, and is packaged in the secondary market for consumption by the consumer. The folding lines 5 and 5 are opened, and the handle portion 3'is gripped to feed as prescribed.

In this case, for example, even when the ice cream and the sherbet are in a frozen state, the folding lines 5, 8 and 8 make the longitudinal strength of the spoon 1 ′ for the scooping action of the scooping part 2 to dig up. The digging can be carried out smoothly without any difficulty because the rigidity of the handle 3'is sufficiently retained, and the handle portion 3'becomes the rearward tapered state of the edge 31 of the user during this period. Therefore, it is possible to fit the palm or finger and hold the gripped state surely, and the feeding action can be performed without any inconvenience.

During this time, even if the folding and opening / closing through the folding line 5 such as removal from the cup or actual use is repeated, the notch 9 ′ of the integral hinge at the bottom of the folding lines 5, 8 and 8 9'and U-shaped cross-section, and the density of that part is high, so it has structural strength and rigidity, does not break, break, etc., and retains the function as a spoon sufficiently. You can do it.

It is also possible to use the rear end of the handle 3 ′ as a cutter for an aluminum wheel or the like by stacking the handle 3 ′ in multiple layers via the fold line 8 for use over time. Is the same as the conventional mode.

As described above, the folding line 8 does not cut or break along the longitudinal direction even if the handle 3'is frequently opened and closed according to various purposes.

The embodiment of the invention of this application is of course not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the backing plate is lined at the edge portion to further increase the strength and rigidity in the longitudinal direction. Various modes such as the above can be adopted.

Further, it is also possible to employ printing of advertisements or advertising texts on the whole.

[0032]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the invention of this application, a folding spoon made of a paper-like composite material by a stamping process, which is basically attached as a set to a cup for storing ice cream, sorbet, yogurt, pudding and the like. It has sufficient strength and rigidity in the integrated longitudinal direction and is sufficiently guaranteed to be used when eating. In addition, it is lightweight and cost-effective due to the paper-like composite material. It has an excellent effect that it can be performed.

Since the edge of the handle portion is formed in an enlarged taper toward the rear, it easily fits on the palm and fingers during eating, is easy to grasp, and is easy to eat. Excellent effect is achieved.

Further, the fold line along the longitudinal direction not only can be formed as a scooping part by defining the bottom part and the flange part in the scooping part, but is also excellent in assuring the integral strength and rigidity of the handle part. The effect is played.

The notch of the polygonal line forming the handle is not U-shaped as in the conventional mode, but is U-shaped to increase the density of notches during appearance molding, thereby increasing strength and rigidity, It has an excellent effect that it is water resistant, and that it does not break or break and can fully exhibit its function as a spoon.

Since the notch can be formed by the pressing action at the time of embossing, there is an advantage that a complicated device is not particularly used as a manufacturing device and an initial cost is not increased.

Since a paper-like composite material, plastics, or the like is used as a material, there is an effect that the cost is low and mass productivity is guaranteed.

As a modified application of the invention of this application, it can be used for a fork or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the invention of this application.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.

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

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG.

7 is a partially enlarged sectional view of FIG.

8 is a partially enlarged sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a folding spoon according to the related art.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of the handle portion of the same.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the scooping portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Scooping part 3'Stem part 4 Connecting part 6 Bottom part 7 Flange part 5,8 Folding line 1'Folding spoon 9'Notch 11 Edge part

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A scoop part and a handle part are integrally provided, and the scoop part is composed of a bottom part and an inclined flange part which is integral with the bottom part and has a fold line that defines the flange part and the bottom part. Bending spoon structure in which the handle is formed in a valley shape in cross section, and the fold line is formed in an integral hinge having a U-shaped notch in cross section. . 2. The folding spoon structure according to claim 1, wherein the edge of the handle is formed in an enlarged taper shape toward the rear. 3. The folding spoon structure according to claim 1, wherein the edge of the scooping portion is formed into a U-shape that is smoothly curved. 4. The folding spoon structure according to claim 1, wherein another folding line is formed between a pair of folding lines extending in the longitudinal direction of the handle portion.