JPH0848374A - Food storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a flowable material from moving to the other storage part while a cutout of a sufficient size is formed in a partition wall partitioning a storage part of a container body. CONSTITUTION:In a food storage container formed by fitting a cover 30 to a container body 10 having a first storage part 14 and a second storage part 15 partitioned by a partition wall 16 having a cutout 17, a projection 37 corresponding to the cutout 17 is formed on the cover, thereby preventing a content from flowing between the storage parts 14 and 15 through the cutout 17.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for separately storing foods, particularly curry-like soup and cooked rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A soup containing curry or the like is stored in a container together with cooked rice so that it can be provided instantly.

However, in this type of container, since the storage portion for the soup stock and the storage portion for the cooked rice are completely separated by the partition wall, it takes time and effort to transfer the soup stock onto the cooked rice. At that time, there was a problem that the juice was scattered and soiled the clothes.

[0004]

Therefore, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-46718, it has been proposed to provide a notch in the partition wall to facilitate the movement of the soup.

However, if the above-mentioned notch is provided, on the contrary, there arises a problem that curry or the like moves through the notch to the cooked rice storing section. In order to prevent the movement, it is necessary to form the cutout as small and shallow as possible, which would not be useful for moving curry or the like.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to prevent the movement of the contents while forming a notch of a sufficient size in the partition wall.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a container comprising a container body having a notch in a partition wall for partitioning a plurality of storage portions, and a lid fitted to the container body. The lid is provided with a protrusion corresponding to the cutout.

A small gap can be provided between the notch and the protrusion.

[0009]

As described above, since the projections corresponding to the cutouts of the partition wall are provided on the lid, it is possible to prevent the contents from flowing from one storage section to the other storage section through the cutouts. it can.

If a small gap is provided between the notch and the protrusion, for example, cooked rice is crushed in this gap and densely filled to fulfill the function of packing. It is possible to almost completely prevent the movement of the contents to.

[0011]

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

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the food storage container of the present invention comprises a container body 10 and a lid 30, and a flange 11 provided at the periphery of the opening of the container body 10 has a tapered cross section. A ridge 12 having a shape is provided, and a skirt portion 13 is provided on the outer periphery of the flange 11. On the other hand, the lid 30
A taper groove 32 into which the protrusion 12 is press-fitted is provided on the outer periphery of the container, and a skirt portion 33 is provided on the outer edge of the taper groove 32 so as to be in pressure contact with the outer surface of the skirt portion 13 of the container body 10. That is, this food storage container is a double fitting container.

The container body 10 has a first storage portion 14 for storing a soup and a second storage portion 15 for storing cooked rice.
Are provided and are separated by a partition wall 16. The partition wall 16 has a substantially inverted V-shaped cross section, and a notch 17 is provided at a substantially central portion thereof. The notch 17 has a substantially V-shaped cross section taken along the chain line in FIG.
Or U-shaped, and the bottom surface 18 (on the left side of the chain line in FIG. 2) on the side of the first storage portion 14 forms a gentle slope and is continuous with the bottom wall 14a of the first storage portion 14, The bottom surface 19 (on the right side of the chain line in FIG. 2) on the side of the storage portion 15 is the second
It bulges into the storage portion 15 (see FIG. 2).

It should be noted that, if necessary, the concavity storage recess 2
It is possible to provide shallow recesses 21 and 21a for holding the outflow of 0 or sprinkle soup into the second storage portion 15. In addition, the tab 2 is provided so that the lid 30 can be easily removed.
2 may be provided.

The lid 30 has, as shown in FIGS.
The 1st convex part 34 and the 2nd convex part 35 corresponding to the said 1st accommodating part 14 and the 2nd accommodating part 15 are provided, respectively,
These protrusions 34 and 35 are separated by a groove 36. The bottom of the groove 36 and the top surface of the partition wall 16 are in close contact with each other.

The notch 17 is formed substantially in the center of the groove 36.
Corresponding to the above, a protrusion 37 is provided. This protrusion 37
Has a substantially V-shaped or U-shaped longitudinal section, as shown in FIG. The protrusion 37 and the notch 17 may be in close contact with each other, but as shown in FIG. 4, a small gap A, for example, a gap A of about 1 to 3 mm is provided.
It is preferable that the tip end surface 38 of the projection 37 also be inclined along the bottom surface 18 of the notch 17 to provide a similar gap A as shown in FIG. The function of this gap A will be described later.

The container body 10 is provided on the outer periphery of the lid 30.
It is convenient to remove the lid by providing a tab 39 corresponding to the tab 22 of FIG.

FIG. 5 shows the back surface of the container body 10. As shown in the figure, the first storage portion 14 and the second storage portion 15 have a constricted shape at the notch 17. Therefore, as compared with a normal container in which the first storage portion 14 and the second storage portion form one storage portion without distinction, each storage portion 1
The distance from the peripheral walls of 4 and 15 to the center is much shorter,
When heating in a microwave oven, microwaves easily reach the central portion of the contents, so that the heating efficiency is good.

The overall shapes of the container body 10 and the lid 30 are not limited to the oval shape shown in the figure, but may be various shapes such as a circle, an ellipse, and a polygon. Also, the number of the first storage units 14 and the second storage units 15 can be arbitrarily selected. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, two first accommodating parts 14 may be provided, and the notches 17 may communicate with the second accommodating part 15, respectively. Of course, the structure of the lid 30 also needs to be changed according to the structure of the container body 10.

In order to fill the above food storage container with, for example, curry rice, first, the second storage portion 15 is filled with substantially the entire amount of cooked rice. Then, the cooked rice is the second cutout 17
It is also heaped up on the bottom 19 of the storage side. At this time,
The larger the bottom surface 19 on the side of the second storage section is bulged into the second storage section 15, the more naturally the rice will be heaped up when the rice is put into the second storage section 15. Next, place the curry roux in the first storage unit 1.
Put in 4. At this time, it is preferable that the container body 10 is slightly tilted so that the first storage portion 14 is located downward.

Then, the lid 30 is put on the container body 10.
At this time, the protrusion 37 of the lid 30 is notched in the notch 1 of the container body 10.
Although it is fitted in 7 to prevent curry roux from flowing into the second storage portion 15 from the notch 17, in particular, when the gap A as described above is provided, it rises on the bottom surface 19 of the notch 17. The protrusion 37 of the lid 30 crushes the cooked rice, and the cooked rice is densely filled in the gap A to serve as a packing, and the inflow of the curry roux into the second storage portion 15 can be almost completely prevented.

When eating curry and rice, the lid 30 may be removed and the curry roux in the first storage portion 14 may be transferred from the notch 17 to the cooked rice in the second storage portion 15 with a spoon or the like.
At this time, since the bottom surface 18 of the notch 17 is a gentle slope, the curry roux can be smoothly moved.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, as described above, since the notch is provided in the partition wall that divides the storage portion of the container body, and the projection that fits into the notch is provided in the lid that fits into the container body. Since this projection can prevent the inflow of juice etc. from one to the other storage part, a notch with a sufficient size can be formed, and a slight gap is provided between the notch and the projection. If this is done, for example, cooked rice is filled in the gap in a state of being crushed, so that it fulfills the function of packing and can more effectively prevent the inflow of sprinkled juice or the like into other storage portions.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing an example of a food storage container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the container body of the above.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the lid.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing fitting of a notch of a partition wall and a protrusion of a lid.

FIG. 5: Back view of container body

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing another example of the container body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Container Main Body 11 Flange 12 Protrusion 13 Skirt 14 First Storage 14a Bottom Wall 15 Second Storage 15a Bottom Wall 16 Partition Wall 17 Notch 18, 19 Bottom 20 Recess 21, 21a Shallow Recess 22 Tab 30 Lid 32 Recessed Line 33 Skirt 34, 35 Convex 36 Groove 37 Projection 38 Tip Surface A Gap

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A container body comprising a container body having a notch in a partition wall for partitioning a plurality of storage parts and a lid fitted to the container body, wherein the lid is provided with a protrusion corresponding to the notch. A food storage container characterized by the above. 2. The food storage container according to claim 1, wherein a small gap is provided between the notch and the protrusion.