JPH10273180A - Hot water discharging lid for food container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an instant noodle from jamming in a hot water discharging hole when the hot water is discharged by a method wherein a diagonally recessed part is provided from the top surface to a hot water discharging part of a hot water discharging lid which is provided on a container housing an instant food, and at the same time, a plurality of protruding lines are provided on an extended part on the inner rim of the hot water discharging part, and in addition, protuberances are provided on the tongue pieces of the hot water discharging part and a vent part. SOLUTION: For a lid 2 which closes the opening of a container 1, a hot water discharging part 5 is provided on the peripheral edge part 4, and at a location which is confronted with the hot water discharging part 5, a vent part 6 is formed so that air may be taken into the container 1. On the hot water discharging part 5, an extended part 10 which extends from the peripheral edge part 4 to the inner rim, is provided, and on the extended part 10, a plurality of protruding lines 11 in the vertical direction are provided. Also, the hot water discharging part 5 is closed by a tongue piece 7 which is provided on the upper surface of the hot water discharging part 5, and by bending the tongue piece 7 upward, the hot water discharging hole is opened. For this reason, on respective tongue pieces 7, protuberances 14 which rise upward, are provided from the bending location of the tongue piece 7 to the vicinity of the leading end. In addition, a diagonally recessed part 13 which is diagonally dropped down from the vicinity of the outer rim of the top surface 12 to the hot water discharging part 5, is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lid for a container containing ready-to-eat food that needs to be drained after pouring.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, among instant foods such as cup noodles and the like, hot water is poured into a container containing the instant noodles, and hot water is required to be drained after a predetermined time. A drain portion and a ventilation portion each having a tongue piece are provided on a peripheral portion of the lid of the container, and a drain hole is opened by bending the tongue piece upward, and the container is tilted to discharge hot water from the drain hole. Had been exhausted. 62-2158
As shown in No. 1, a large number of projections are intermittently formed along a location separated from the inside of the drainage part so that noodles are not clogged in the drainage hole when draining. Some were arranged.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, when a large number of convex portions are not intermittently arranged along a location separated from the inside of a hot water discharge portion, a drain hole is formed at the time of hot water discharge. There has been a problem that the noodles are clogged and the flow path is blocked, so that the drainage of hot water is delayed and the draining time becomes extremely long. On the other hand, if the convex portions are intermittently arranged, characters or pictures printed on the top surface of the lid cannot be identified at the convex portions, so that the printable area on the lid is reduced. There was a problem.

[0004] When draining hot water, the tongue provided in the drainage section must be bent in advance, but since the tongue is flat and has no place to be hooked on a finger, the tongue can be lifted as desired. Work was very troublesome.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is adapted to fit into a container side edge to close a container opening, and to discharge water from a drain hole provided in a peripheral portion. In the drainage lid of a food container capable of supplying hot water, an inclined recessed portion is obliquely dropped from the top surface toward the drainage portion, and a plurality of ridges are provided on an overhanging portion on the inner periphery of the drainage portion. And a drain lid for a food container provided with a projection on the tongue piece of the ventilation part.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The lid of a food container according to the present invention has a slanted recess formed as a gentle slope from the top surface of the lid toward the drainage portion. Can be identified as well as the top surface, and the printable area does not decrease. In addition, since the movement of the noodles to the hot water discharge portion is suppressed by the oblique concave portions, it is possible to prevent the noodles from being clogged in the hot water discharge hole, and to drain the hot water in a short time.

[0007] Further, since the lid is provided with a plurality of ridges at the overhanging portion on the inner periphery of the drainage portion, the noodles that cannot be completely suppressed by the inclined recesses are stopped by the ridges, and the noodles are inserted into the drainage holes. In addition to preventing clogging, the gap between the ridges serves as a flow path, so that hot water can be efficiently drained.

Further, since the lid is provided with a projection on the tongue piece of the hot water discharge section, the tongue piece can be easily bent upward by pulling up the projection with a fingertip.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The lid 2 closes the opening of the container 1 by fitting the peripheral edge 4 to the container side edge 3. A hot water discharging section 5 for discharging hot water in the container 1 is provided on the peripheral portion 4,
A ventilation section 6 is provided at a position opposite to this so as to take in air into the container in order to supplement the volume of the discharged hot water. A tongue piece 7 cut in a tongue shape closes the ventilation part 6 on the upper surface of the ventilation part 6, and the ventilation hole 8 is opened by bending the tongue piece 7 upward. On the other hand, the drain 5
Is provided with a projecting portion 10 projecting from the peripheral edge portion 4 toward the inner periphery in order to increase the flow path at the time of draining the hot water. The projecting portion 10 has a plurality of longitudinal projections 11. Is provided. A tongue piece 7 cut in a tongue shape closes the drainage section 5 on the upper surface of the drainage section 5, and the drainage hole 9 is opened by bending the tongue piece 7 upward. On each tongue 7
From the bending position of the tongue piece 7 to the vicinity of the tip, a projection 14 that protrudes upward is provided. On the inner side of the peripheral portion 4, there is a top surface 12 on which various characters and pictures are printed. Is provided.

When cooking instant noodles, the lid 2 is opened, hot water is poured into the container 1 containing the instant noodles 15 and the lid 2 is closed. Tongue piece 7
Is bent upward to open a drain hole 9 and a vent hole 8,
While sucking air from the vent 8, the container 1 is discharged from the drain hole 9.
Drain only the hot water inside, reopen the lid and seasonings, ingredients,
It is completed by adding hot water.

Here, when the tongue pieces 7 provided on the hot water discharge part 5 and the ventilation part 6 are bent upward to open the drain water holes 9 and the ventilation holes 8, each of the tongue pieces 7 has a projection 14 thereon. Since the protrusion is provided, the tip of the tongue piece 7 can be easily lifted by pulling up the protrusion 14 with a fingertip.
Since the rising portion of the projection 4 is located at the bent portion of the tongue piece 7, the projection 14 can be easily bent along the thin portion where the projection 14 rises.

The oblique concave portion 13 which is obliquely dropped from the outer periphery of the top surface 12 toward the hot water discharge portion 5 can be connected to the top surface even if characters and pictures are printed on the oblique concave portion 13. Similarly, the area that can be identified and printed and displayed does not decrease, and the instant noodles 15
To prevent the water from moving to the hot water discharge section 5,
The instant noodle 15 can be prevented from being clogged.

Further, since a plurality of ridges 11 are provided on the overhang portion 10 which protrudes from the peripheral edge portion 4 toward the inner periphery, the instant noodles 15 which cannot be completely suppressed by the inclined recesses 13 are provided.
1, not only does not prevent instant noodle 15 from clogging in hot water discharge hole 9, but also a gap between adjacent ridge 11 serves as a flow path, so that hot water can be efficiently discharged.

The inclined recess 13 extends not only in the vicinity of the hot water discharge portion 5 but also from the outer periphery of the top surface 12 to the peripheral edge portion 4.
It is also possible to adopt a shape that is obliquely dropped over the entire circumference, and the shape of the projection 14 is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be arbitrarily formed.

[0015]

According to the present invention, since each tongue has a projection, the tongue can be easily and quickly bent upward by pulling up the projection with a fingertip. In addition, at the time of draining the hot water, the instant noodles are prevented from being clogged in the drain hole by suppressing the movement of the instant noodles to the drainage portion by the inclined recesses and the ridges, and the gap between the ridges and the ridges is reduced. Since the hot water can be efficiently discharged as a flow path, the hot water can be discharged in an extremely short time. Moreover, the oblique concave portions can be printed in the same manner as the top surface, and the printable area does not decrease. Therefore, the hot water drainage lid of the present invention can easily and easily drain hot instant noodles without hindering the effect of displaying or advertising a product.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a food container showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a hot water discharge mechanism of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Lid 3 Container side edge 4 Peripheral edge 5 Drainage part 6 Vent part 7 Tongue piece 8 Vent hole 9 Drainage hole 10 Overhang part 11 Ridge 12 Top surface 13 Slanted concave part 14 Projection 15 Instant noodle

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A drain cover for a food container fitted to a side edge of a container to close an opening of the container and to discharge hot water from a drain hole provided in a peripheral portion of the lid. A hot water discharge lid for a food container, comprising a slanted concave portion which is obliquely dropped toward the container. 2. A drainage cover for a food container, which is fitted to a side edge of the container to close an opening of the container and allows hot water to be drained from a drainage hole provided in a peripheral portion of the container. A hot water lid for a food container, wherein a plurality of ridges are provided on an outlet portion. 3. A hot water discharge portion and a ventilation portion of a food container drain cover which is fitted to a container side edge portion to close a container opening portion and allows hot water to be drained from a drain hole provided in a peripheral portion. A drainage lid for a food container, wherein a projection is provided on a tongue piece of the food container.