JPH08431A - Drinking/eating utensils - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide drinking/eating utensils which allow folding to be made convenient in housing. CONSTITUTION:A set of long claw parts 12 different in length is formed on a side end face of a connection handle 11 positioned at one end side of a fork body 10 and a short claw 13 is arranged protruding facing it to form a mating groove 14 while a guide slot 15 is formed to be located on the same shaft of the mating groove 14. A guide shaft 24 is formed protruding on one end side of a handle 20 to be fitted into the guide slot 15 of the fork body 10 free to slide and free to turn while a jutting part 25 for engagement is formed protruding to be fitted into the mating groove 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to food and drink appliances such as forks and spoons.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as eating and drinking utensils such as forks and spoons, for example, a device body and a handle, which are separate bodies, are arranged on the same straight line and are integrally connected. There is.

However, such eating and drinking appliances are
Due to its long length, it was not possible to fit it in a small space inside a portable lunch box. For this reason, it has been proposed to divide the instrument body and the handle and insert them into each other at the time of use to integrate them, but with this one, it is easy to lose one of them and it is inconvenient. there were.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a food and drink device that is foldable and convenient to store.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the eating and drinking utensil according to the present invention has a device handle having a connecting handle at one end and a handle arranged on the same straight line and integrally connected. In the eating and drinking utensil formed as described above, a pair of engaging claw portions having different lengths are provided to protrude from one end surface of the connecting handle and the grip of the utensil body so as to face each other to form an engaging groove. On the other hand, an engaging projection that fits into the engaging groove is projected on the other end side, and a guide long hole is located on the axial center of the engaging groove on either one end side. On the other hand, a guide shaft that slidably and rotatably fits in the elongated guide hole is provided at the other end of the guide shaft. In addition, in the eating and drinking utensil formed by arranging an appliance main body having a connecting handle at one end and a handle having a substantially U-shaped cross section having an upper surface portion and a lower surface portion on the same straight line and integrally combining them, One of the connecting handle and the handle is provided with a pair of engaging claw portions having different lengths so as to be opposed to each other to form an engaging groove, and the same axial center as the engaging groove. While providing a guide elongated hole so as to be located above, a guide shaft that slidably fits into the guide elongated hole of the instrument body and is rotatably fitted is provided at the other end of the other end so as to project. A configuration may be employed in which an engaging protrusion that fits in the engaging groove is provided in a protruding manner. further,
The engaging groove and the elongated hole may be communicated with each other, and the upper surface and the lower surface of the handle have a fork, a spoon,
It may have a planar shape capable of covering a folded instrument body such as a knife.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, by pulling the instrument body and the handle along the elongated guide hole, the guide shaft is slid in the elongated guide hole, and then the instrument body or The handle can be rotated to fold it. Further, according to claim 3, the engagement groove and the elongated hole have a single groove shape. Further, according to claim 4, the instrument body is covered with the handle.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 12, the eating and drinking tool according to the first embodiment is applied to a fork, and includes a fork main body 10 having a connecting handle 11 on one end side and a handle 20. There is.

The fork body 10 is engaged with the axial center of the fork body 10 by projecting a pair of long and short claws 12 and 13 from the side end surface of the connecting handle 11 so as to face each other. The groove 14 is formed and the engaging groove 1 is formed.
The elongated guide hole 15 communicating with the No. 4 is provided on the same axis. The engagement groove 14 is slightly narrower than the elongated guide hole 15. In addition, in order to obtain a so-called click feeling at the time of storage in the vicinity of the guide long hole 15,
A protrusion 16 is provided. Furthermore, the fork body 10
An extrusion protrusion 17 is provided on the side surface near the short claw portion 13.

The handle 20 has an upper surface portion 21 that vertically opposes,
A resin molded product having a substantially U-shaped cross-section having a lower surface portion 22, and a storage portion 23 for storing the fork main body 10 is formed between the upper surface portion 21 and the lower surface portion 22. A guide shaft 24 is integrally formed at one end of the handle 20 so as to connect the upper surface portion 21 and the lower surface portion 22. The guide shaft 24 is located on the axis of the handle 20. In addition, on the inner surfaces of the upper surface portion 21 and the lower surface portion 22 facing each other, the engaging projections 25, 25 located on the axis of the handle 20.
Project to face each other. However, the engaging projection 25 of the upper surface portion 21 is not shown.

The guide shaft 24 of the handle 20 is fitted into the engaging groove 14 of the fork body 10 and then pressed to fit the guide shaft 24 into the long hole 15 and to engage the fork body 10. The protrusion 25 of the handle 20 is press-fitted into the groove 14, and the long claw portion 12 and the short claw portion 13 are pressed against the protrusion 25 of the handle 20, respectively. Therefore, the fork body 1
0 is integrated with the handle 20 without rattling (FIG. 9). Since the engagement groove 14 is slightly narrower than the elongated hole 15, the fork body 10 will not fall out of the handle 20.

Next, when folding the fork according to the present embodiment, the fork body 10 shown in FIG. 9 is pulled in the axial direction, and the guide shaft 24 is slid from one end side to the other end side of the elongated hole 15. Afterward (FIG. 10), when the fork body 10 is bent downward, the short claw portion 13 is shorter than the long claw portion 12, so that the fork body 10 rotates without the short claw portion 13 engaging with the protrusion 25. (FIG. 11). When the fork main body 10 is rotated, the pushing projection 17 has a small wall thickness, and therefore passes between the projections 25 and 25 without being locked. Further, when the fork body 10 is rotated, the protrusion 16 provided on the fork body 10 is locked to the protrusion 25.
Therefore, when the fork body 10 is rotated with a stronger pressing force, a desired click feeling is obtained when the projection 16 gets over the projection 25, and then the fork body 10 is stored in the storage portion 23 of the handle 20. (FIG. 12), the upper surface portion 21
The lower surface portion 22 is covered with the fork body 10.

When the fork body 10 is to be used, the fork body 17 is partially pushed out from the handle 20 by pressing the push-out projection 17 of the fork body 10 and then the reverse operation to the above is performed. The usage state shown in FIG. 9 may be used.

Although the fork body 10 is provided with the engaging groove 14 and the elongated hole 15 communicating with this in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the first embodiment shown in FIG. As in the application example, the connection shaft 11 of the fork main body 10 may be provided with the guide shaft 18, while the notched elongated hole 26 that fits into the guide shaft 18 may be provided at one end of the handle 20. To assemble this application example, the guide shaft 18 of the fork main body 10 may be press-fitted from the cutout portion of the long hole 26 provided in the handle 20.

Further, in the first embodiment, the fork main body 10
The engaging groove 14 and the long hole 15 communicating with the connection handle 11 of
While the handle 20 is provided with the guide shaft 24 and the engaging projection 25 on the handle 20, the present invention is not limited to this. The guide shaft and the engaging projection are provided on the inner surfaces facing each other in a V shape, while the handle 20
In addition, a long hole and an engaging groove that are fitted to the guide shaft and the engaging protrusion may be provided. In this case, if the connecting handle 11 having a substantially U-shaped cross section divided into upper and lower parts is formed in a plane shape capable of storing the rotating grip 20, it is convenient for storage. The connection handle 11 of the fork body 10
Has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the handle 20 rotatably supported therein is accommodated in the application example of the first embodiment described above,
Further, it may be applied to the second and third embodiments described later.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, the engaging groove 14 and the slot 15 which do not communicate with the connecting handle 11 of the fork body 10 are formed on the same axis, while the handle 20 of the handle 20 is provided. This is a case where the upper surface portion 21 and the lower surface portion 22 are provided with the engaging projections 25, 25 and the guide shaft 24, which are fitted into the engaging groove 14 and the elongated hole 15, respectively, on the same axis. In the present embodiment, the upper surface portion 21 of the handle 20 that is vertically divided into two,
The fork main body 10 may be assembled so as to be held by the lower surface portion 22, or a separate guide shaft 24 may be attached later for assembly. The rest is almost the same as the above-described first embodiment, and thus the description is omitted. According to this embodiment, the engagement groove 1
Since the 4 and the long hole 15 do not communicate with each other, it is not necessary to elastically deform the fork body 10 during assembly, and the material of the fork body 10 is suitable for a material having a high rigidity such as metal.

In the second embodiment described above, the fork body 10 is used.
The engaging groove 14 and the elongated hole 15 are formed in the
Although the case where the engaging projection 25 and the guide shaft 24 are provided in the above is described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the engaging projection and the guide shaft are provided in the fork body 10 while the handle 2
An engaging groove and an elongated hole may be formed at 0.

In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, the engaging groove 14 and the guide shaft 18 are formed on the connecting shaft 11 of the fork main body 10 on the same axis, while the upper surface portion 21 of the handle 20 is provided. The engaging groove 14 and the guide shaft 1 are provided on the lower surface portion 22.
This is a case where the engaging projections 25, 25 and the elongated hole 27 which are respectively fitted to 8 are provided on the same axis. According to this embodiment, the guide shaft 18 may be integrally formed with the fork main body 10, and the guide shaft 18 may be forcibly press-fitted into the elongated hole 27 of the handle 20 to be fitted thereto. After the connection handle 11 of the fork main body 10 is inserted into the handle 20 as a separate body, the guide shaft 18 is press-fitted into the through hole (not shown) of the fork body 10 from the long hole 27 of the handle 20 to form the long hole. The guide shaft 18 may be slidably and rotatably fitted to the member 27. The rest is almost the same as the above-described first embodiment, and thus the description is omitted.

In the third embodiment described above, the fork body 10
The case where the engaging groove 14 and the guide shaft 18 are formed in the connecting handle 11 and the engaging projections 25, 25 and the elongated hole 27 are provided in the handle 20 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The engaging groove and the guide shaft may be formed on the handle 20 while the engaging protrusion and the elongated hole are provided on the handle.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case of applying to a fork has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to, for example, a spoon or a knife. In addition, the projection provided on the fork body may be provided on the handle in order to obtain a click feeling at the time of operation, but it is not always necessary to provide it.
It may be provided if necessary. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the guide shaft is integrally formed with the instrument main body 10 or the handle 20 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a separate guide shaft may be attached later.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the eating and drinking tool according to claim 1 or 2 of the present invention, the guide shaft is slid in the elongated guide hole by pulling the tool body and the handle. After this, the device body or the handle can be rotated to fold it, so that it can be made smaller. Further, according to the third aspect, since the engaging groove and the elongated guide hole are communicated with each other to form a single groove, the guide shaft can be forcibly pressed into the elongated hole from the outside. For this reason, the guide shaft can be integrally formed, and it is not necessary to form the guide shaft separately, so that the number of parts and the number of assembling steps are reduced and the productivity is improved. Further, according to the fourth aspect, since the instrument body is housed and covered in the handle accommodating portion, dust and the like are unlikely to adhere to the instrument body, which is hygienic.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of a eating and drinking appliance according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the eating and drinking apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the eating and drinking appliance shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged end view taken along line AA of FIG.

5 is an enlarged end view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged end view taken along line CC of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged end view taken along line DD of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged end view taken along line EE of FIG.

9 is a front sectional view showing a usage state of the eating and drinking appliance shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a front cross-sectional view showing the middle of folding of the eating and drinking tool shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a front cross-sectional view showing the middle of folding of the eating and drinking tool shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a front cross-sectional view showing a folded state of the eating and drinking equipment shown in FIG.

FIG. 13 is an exploded view showing an application example of the first embodiment of the eating and drinking appliance according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an exploded view showing a second embodiment of the eating and drinking appliance according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an exploded view showing a third embodiment of the eating and drinking appliance according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Fork main body, 11 ... Connection handle, 12 ... Long claw portion,
13 ... Short claw portion, 14 ... Engagement groove, 15 ... Guide long hole, 1
7 ... Extrusion projection, 20 ... Handle, 21 ... Top surface part, 22
... Lower surface part, 23 ... Storage part, 24 ... Guide shaft, 25 ... Engaging projection part.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An instrument body having a connection handle at one end,
In a food and drink appliance that is arranged integrally with the handle by combining them, a pair of engaging claws of different lengths are opposed to either end face of the handle and the handle of the tool body. While forming an engaging groove so as to project, an engaging projection that fits into the engaging groove is projected on the remaining one end side, and a guide elongated hole is formed on either one end side. Is provided so as to be located on the axial center of the engagement groove, and on the other end side of the other,
A food and drink appliance characterized in that a guide shaft is provided so as to be slidably and rotatably fitted in the elongated guide hole. 2. An instrument body having a connecting handle at one end,
In a food and drink instrument in which a handle having a substantially U-shaped cross section having an upper surface portion and a lower surface portion is arranged on the same straight line and integrated, a connection handle of the appliance body and a handle are provided on one end surface of the handle. While a pair of engaging claw portions having different lengths are provided so as to be opposed to each other to form an engaging groove, and a long guide hole is provided so as to be located on the same axis as the engaging groove, A guide shaft that slidably and rotatably fits into the elongated guide hole of the instrument body is provided on the other end of the other end, and an engaging projection that fits into the engaging groove is projected. A food and drink device characterized by being installed. 3. The eating and drinking tool according to claim 1, wherein the engaging groove and the elongated hole are communicated with each other. 4. The eating and drinking utensil according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface portion and a lower surface portion of the handle have a planar shape capable of covering the folded instrument body.