JPH08317848A - Drinking/eating tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To individually partition and pack drinking/eating tools such as expendable simple spoons or forks in parallel or stack and pack them without requiring the labor for setting the longitudinal direction or selecting the surface and back face. CONSTITUTION: A plate-like body 12 is extended in one direction, is made narrower in width at a middle section 12 a than at both end sections, and has a constant thickness or below. It is formed symmetrically with the reference lines bisecting it longitudinally and on the right and left.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simple disposable food and drink tool which can be used as a spoon for scooping ice cream or pudding, or as a fork when eating fruits and cakes.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Commercially available ice creams and the like contained in small containers usually use spoons for scooping. However, since such spoons are disposable, they are generally inexpensive. Which can be molded into a piece of wood (hegi) or plastic, for example (a) of FIG.
A simple shape having a scooping portion 2 formed at one end of a plate-shaped handle 1 as shown in (b) and (c) is used. Also, as forks, the scooping portion 2 having a claw shape is used.

[0003]

As for the conventional simple food and drink tools, for example, spoons described above, it is customary not to pack one spoon for each ice cream container for one person. The method of sale at a retail store is as follows: One section of the bag portion 5 that is cut by the perforations 4 from the band-sealing bag 3 that stores a large number of spoons in parallel as shown in FIG. The means of selling it in addition is taken. Furthermore, when a plurality of the above ice creams are put in a packaging container for sale,
As shown in (b), a plurality of spoons are stacked vertically and enclosed in a transparent bag 6 so that they can be added.

By the way, the above-mentioned spoon of this kind has an asymmetric shape in which the scooping portion 2 is provided at one end of the handle 1 as shown in FIG. When the spoons are individually partitioned and stored in parallel in the band-sealing bag 3, or when a plurality of spoons are stacked and stored as shown in FIG. 7 (b), the scooping portion 2 faces in one direction. However, even if the alignment and packaging operations can be automated, the equipment becomes expensive. Especially when the whole spoon is flat, in the case of the one that has a scooping part with a bottom bulging on one side, it is necessary to sort the front and back of each spoon at the same time, so in the latter stacked packaging etc. The reality is that

It is an object of the present invention to provide a food and drink tool in which the above-mentioned spoons, forks and the like can be arranged and stored, or a plurality of sheets can be packaged together in a simple manner.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The eating and drinking tool of the present invention is a planar contour of a plate-like body which is elongated in one direction and whose width in the longitudinal middle portion is narrower than the width at both ends and within a certain thickness. The outer shape is formed symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal bisector of the plate and a virtual line that bisects the width of the intermediate portion at right angles to the bisector and the bisector. Characterize.

In addition, at least one end of the plate-like body is formed with a recessed portion having a depth within the thickness of the plate-like body,
Alternatively, at least one end portion may be formed with a claw portion that fits within the contour outline of the plate-shaped body and has a pointed portion facing outward in the longitudinal direction.

[0008]

The eating and drinking tool of the present invention can use one of the plate-like bodies as a handle portion and the other for eating and drinking. However, the eating and drinking tool has a plate-shaped body having a thickness within a certain thickness, and the contour outline of the plate-shaped body in plan view is formed symmetrically with respect to a reference line that bisects each of the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. When storing a large number of sheets in parallel as individual compartments or stacking a plurality of sheets and packing them, simply align them in one direction without aligning the front and back or the trouble of front and back sorting. It can be packaged in a uniform state only by itself.

If at least one end of the plate-like member is formed with a recess or protrusion, it is convenient to eat and drink ice cream or pudding in the former case, and cake in the latter case. You can do it.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 5 show a food and drink tool 11 according to the present invention.
The plate-shaped body 12 of the eating and drinking tool 11 is shown in one direction (see FIG.
The width (w) of the longitudinal intermediate portion 12a is equal to the width (w ') of the both end portions 12b, 12c so that they can be stacked in parallel with each other. ) Is narrower, and the overall contour outline of the plate-shaped body in plan view is a line (x) that bisects the plate-shaped body 12 into the left and right in the longitudinal direction, and a right angle with the bisector. None, and the left and right and front and rear parts are formed symmetrically with respect to each virtual line (y) that divides the intermediate portion 12a into two equal parts in the width direction.

Both ends 12b, 12c of the plate-like body 12
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, including the intermediate portion 12a, the whole is formed into a flat plate shape having the same thickness.
A part having a small thickness within the range of the thickness (t) can be provided in a part of the plate-shaped body 12. That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a scooping concave portion 13 having a depth (t ′) within the thickness (t) of the plate-shaped body is formed on one surface of at least one end 12b. Further, the intermediate portion 12a may be formed with a slip groove 14 as shown in FIG. 3, or a corrugated continuous unevenness may be formed on both side edges of the intermediate portion 12a (not shown). .

Further, at least one end 12b of the plate-like body 12 is formed with a claw portion 15 in which a sharpened portion 15 'which fits within the contour outline surrounding the plate-like body is directed outward in the longitudinal direction, and Although not shown, the concave portion 13 as shown in FIG. 3 may be formed at one end of the plate-like body 12, and the claw portion 15 may be formed at the other end.

In the case of the food and drink utensil having the above structure, one of the arbitrary parts can be used as a handle portion and the other can be used for appropriate food and drink. Furthermore, the tool is within a certain thickness of the plate-shaped body 12,
Moreover, since the plate-shaped body is formed as a plane symmetrically with respect to a reference line that bisects each of the front and rear, and right and left, a large number of such eating and drinking utensils are sequentially sealed in parallel in a band-sealing bag. Or, when stacking multiple sheets on top of each other and packing them in a single package, they can be packed in a uniform state by simply aligning each one in one direction without aligning the front and back or the trouble of front and back sorting. is there.

Further, if a concave portion having a depth within a predetermined range is formed in a part of the plate-like body 12 or a required claw portion is formed, eating and drinking can be more conveniently performed.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, any one of them can be used for eating and drinking, and a large number of food and drink utensils can be placed in parallel in a band-sealing bag at regular intervals or a plurality of them can be laminated. Since it is not necessary to sort the front and back and the front and back in the work of packing as a state, it is possible to perform these packing works promptly and reasonably efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of the above.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of still another embodiment.

6A, 6B and 6C are plan views of a conventional spoon.

7A is a partially cutaway plan view of a band-sealing bag in which spoons are packed in parallel, and FIG. 7B is a perspective view in which spoons are stacked and packed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 plate-like body 12a middle part 12b, 12c both ends

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plane contour outline of a plate-shaped body which is elongated in one direction and has a width of an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction narrower than a width of both end portions and is within a certain thickness, is defined by two in the longitudinal direction of the plate-shaped body. A eating and drinking tool characterized in that it is formed symmetrically with respect to left and right and front and back with respect to an bisector and a virtual line that bisects the width of the intermediate portion at right angles to the bisector. 2. The eating and drinking tool according to claim 1, wherein at least one end of the plate-shaped body is formed with a recessed portion having a depth within the thickness of the plate-shaped body. 3. The plate-shaped body according to claim 1, wherein at least one end of the plate-shaped body is formed with a claw portion that fits within the contour outline of the plate-shaped body and has a sharpened portion facing outward in the longitudinal direction. Food and drink equipment.