JPH11299620A - Bowl-like tableware - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve draining efficiency without damaging the appearance and form this tableware comparatively simply even in the case of forming the tableware using resin material. SOLUTION: A cylindrical or trapezoidal pedestal part 14 is formed to be integrated with the bottom of a bowl-like food storing part 12 where food is dished up. The inside of the pedestal part 14 is provided with a closing surface 30 for closing a lower end opening part 32 of the pedestal part 14 in the state of being recessed inward from the lower end part 28 of the pedestal part 14, and notched parts 34 of such a depth as to reach the closing surface 30 are intermittently provided in the circumferential direction on the lower end part of the pedestal part 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bowl-shaped tableware, and in particular, a cylindrical or trapezoidal pedestal is integrally formed on a bottom lower surface portion of a bowl-shaped food container having a gradually increasing diameter upward. The present invention relates to an improved structure of a bowl-shaped tableware formed in a uniform manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In daily life, rice and soup are formed into a bowl-like shape in which a food container on which the food is placed has a gradually increasing diameter toward the top, and at the bottom of the food container, A cylindrical or trapezoidal pedestal portion was integrally provided for placing the food container on a table,
Served and eaten on so-called bowl-shaped tableware. Also,
As such bowl-shaped tableware, those formed from various materials have been used, and those made of pottery, wood, synthetic resin, and the like are generally used.

[0003] By the way, such bowl-shaped tableware is usually placed in a drain basket or the like with the opening side of the food storage unit facing downward in order to be quickly dried after being washed after use. Then, the drainage of the surface and the like of the food container is performed.

However, in the conventional bowl-shaped tableware, as described above, when the tableware is placed face down, the pedestal portion integrally formed at the bottom of the food storage portion is opened upward. However, water droplets adhering to the inner surface of the pedestal portion are accumulated on the outer surface of the bottom of the food container inside the pedestal portion, and therefore, the drainage inside the pedestal portion may be successfully performed. There was a disadvantage that there is no.

Accordingly, the applicant of the present application has filed Japanese Patent Application No. 8-275.
No. 637 proposes a bowl-shaped tableware in which a water drainage hole penetrating inward and outward is formed in a food container side base of a base. In such a bowl-shaped tableware, when the food container is placed with the opening side of the food container facing downward, water drops adhering to the inner surface of the pedestal portion cause the food container portion inside the pedestal portion to fall. After being guided to the outside of the pedestal portion through the drain hole provided in the food storage portion side base of the pedestal portion without remaining on the bottom outer surface of the pedestal portion, it can flow down along the outer surface of the food storage portion. As a result, not only the surface of the food container but also the inside of the pedestal can be drained well.

[0006] However, in such a characteristic bowl-shaped tableware, a drain hole is provided at a base of the pedestal on the side of the food container.
Since it is provided so as to penetrate inside and outside, such a drainage hole is conspicuous, and it was not so good in appearance, and in particular, in a synthetic resin bowl-shaped tableware, Attempting to form a drain hole with a certain shape at the same time as molding not only complicates the mold shape, but also complicates the operation of forming such a drain hole and, consequently, the operation of forming a bowl-shaped tableware. It was inevitable, and there was still room for improvement in those respects.

[0007]

The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and the object of the present invention is to improve the water drainage property without impairing the external appearance, and furthermore, it is possible to improve the composition. An object of the present invention is to provide a bowl-shaped tableware that can be formed relatively easily even when it is formed using a resin material.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a bottom of a food container on which food is placed, which has a bowl-like shape having a gradually increasing diameter upward, is provided.
In a bowl-shaped tableware in which a cylindrical or trapezoidal pedestal portion is integrally formed, the lower end of the pedestal portion is placed inside the pedestal portion in a state in which the pedestal portion is more inward than the lower end portion of the pedestal portion. It is characterized in that a closing surface for closing the opening is provided, and a cutout having a depth reaching the closing surface is provided intermittently in a circumferential direction at a lower end portion of the pedestal portion.

That is, in the bowl-shaped tableware according to the present invention, a closing surface for closing the lower end opening is provided inside the pedestal portion so as to enter the lower end portion of the pedestal portion. In addition, when the lower end of the pedestal is provided with a notch having a depth reaching the closing surface, the pedestal is placed with the opening side of the food storage unit facing downward. Water drops adhering to the inner surface of the part, inside the pedestal part,
The water collected on the obstruction surface, and collected on the obstruction surface, is guided to the outside of the pedestal portion through the cutout portion, and then flows down along the outer surface of the food container. Therefore, the inside of the pedestal can be drained well.

In addition, in the bowl-shaped tableware, as described above, the water inside the pedestal is guided to the outside of the pedestal through the cutout provided at the lower end of the pedestal. Therefore, unlike the conventional product, there is no need to provide any drainage hole for guiding such water to the outside of the pedestal portion, and therefore, a reduction in appearance due to the formation of such a drainage hole is advantageously avoided. Not only can it be obtained, but also when it is molded using a synthetic resin material, since the drainage hole is formed with a certain shape at the same time as molding, the mold shape becomes complicated or the molding operation becomes complicated. It can be effectively eliminated completely.

Therefore, in the bowl-shaped tableware according to the present invention, a good appearance can be ensured, and excellent drainage properties can be extremely advantageously exhibited. Further, when the bowl-shaped tableware is formed using a synthetic resin material, Even if it is, it can be formed relatively easily as compared with a conventional product in which a drain hole is provided for improving drainage.

In addition, in such a bowl-shaped tableware, as described above, the closing surface for closing the lower end opening of the pedestal portion is provided in a state in which it is provided in a state in which it is more inward than the lower end portion of the pedestal portion. When the user places the thumb on the upper end of the food container and the remaining fingers on the pedestal, the fingertips of the remaining fingers are held at the lower end of the pedestal when being gripped by the user. Can be securely gripped without slipping off from the fingers of the user, and in addition, when placed on a table or the like, the table surface and the closing surface A predetermined space may be formed between them, and even if there are some protrusions on such a table surface, it is possible to effectively prevent such protrusions from contacting with the closing surface. Etc. are more stably mounted Rutoitta is the various advantages.

[0013] In the bowl-shaped tableware according to the present invention, advantageously, the closing surface is provided inside the lower end of the pedestal portion, and the lower opening of the pedestal portion is provided. It is constituted by the lower surface of the bottom cover member that covers the portion.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, in order to clarify the present invention more specifically, a bowl-shaped tableware according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, FIGS. 1 and 2 schematically show a rice bowl made of a synthetic resin as an example of a bowl-shaped tableware having a structure according to the present invention. As is clear from these drawings, the rice bowl 10 has a food storage section 12 in which food such as rice is served.

More specifically, the food accommodating portion 12 of the rice bowl 10 is made of a predetermined synthetic resin material such as polypropylene or polycarbonate, and has a bowl shape having a diameter gradually increasing upward as a whole. And is configured. In addition, in the food container 12, a flange 16 protrudes radially outward from the upper outer peripheral surface by a predetermined dimension in the horizontal direction and continuously extends in the circumferential direction.
Are provided integrally. The flange portion 16 has different thicknesses at an outer peripheral portion and an inner peripheral portion. The outer peripheral portion is a thin portion 18, while the inner peripheral portion is the thin portion. The thick portion 20 is formed to have a predetermined thickness lower than that of the thick portion 20. Also, the thin portion 18 of the flange portion 16
In the first embodiment, the outer diameter is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the upper end peripheral portion 22 of the food storage portion 12 by one turn, and further, in the thick portion 20, the outer diameter is set to the upper end peripheral portion 22. Is smaller than the inside diameter by one turn.

On the lower surface of such a flange portion 16, four recesses 24 are provided with a phase difference of 90 ° from each other. And those four recesses 24
Is formed at a radially intermediate portion of the thick portion 20 of the flange portion 16 with a side wall extending a predetermined dimension along the circumferential direction thereof.
And two side walls extending toward the outer peripheral edge of the rim. That is, each recess 24 has a predetermined circumferential length and a radial length extending across the outer peripheral portion of the thick portion 20 and the thin portion 18 in the flange portion 16, , Are formed so as to open outward in the radial direction of the flange portion 16.

Thus, in the rice bowl 10 of this specific example, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality (two in FIG. 3) of the rice bowl 10 has the opening side of the food storage unit 12 facing downward. When the rice bowls 10 are stacked in the state, the upper rice bowl 10 is located at the upper peripheral edge 22 of the food container 12, and the thicker wall 2 at the flange 16 of the rice bowl 10 located below.
0 and the thin portion 1 of the flange portion 16
8 while being in contact with the lower surface thereof. Then, in such an arrangement state, between the upper end peripheral portion 22 of the rice bowl 10 located on the upper side and the flange portion 16 of the rice bowl 10 located on the lower side, the rice bowls 10, 10 located above and below are located. A communication portion 27 that allows a space 25 formed between the food storage portions 12 to communicate with the outside is formed in a recess 24 provided in the flange portion 16 of the lower rice bowl 10.
It is formed by.

On the other hand, as is apparent from FIGS. 1 and 2, the pedestal 1 made of the same material as the resin material for providing the food container 12 is provided on the bottom outer surface 29 of the food container 12.
4 are integrally formed. Also, the pedestal portion 14
Has a cylindrical shape having a truncated conical outer shape whose diameter gradually increases toward the bottom.
It is configured to be stably placed on a table or the like.

In this embodiment, a bottom cover 26 is arranged inside the pedestal portion 14 so as to face the bottom outer surface 29 of the food container 12 at a predetermined distance. The bottom cover 26 is formed of a disk having the same outer diameter as the inner diameter of a portion of the pedestal portion 14 which is deviated from the center in the height direction toward the lower end portion 28 by a predetermined dimension. The lower surface opposite to the surface facing the bottom outer surface 29 of the
A circular closed surface 30 having the same diameter as the inner diameter of the pedestal portion 14 near the lower end portion 28 is formed. The bottom cover 26 is provided with a predetermined adhesive on the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal portion 14 near the lower end portion 28 on the outer peripheral surface of the tapered surface shape corresponding to the inner surface of the pedestal portion 14. Is glued.

That is, in the rice bowl 10 of the present embodiment, the bottom cover 26 has the closed surface 30 formed of the lower surface inside the pedestal portion 14 inward of the lower end portion 28 of the pedestal portion 14. (The bottom outer surface 29 side of the food storage unit 12), the base 14
Is mounted so as to cover it, and thereby the lower end opening 32
Is closed at the closing surface 30 of the bottom cover 26, and when placed on a table or the like, there is a slight gap between the table surface and the closing surface 30 of the bottom cover 26. A space is formed.

The pedestal 1 of the rice bowl 10
A plurality of (five in this case) cutouts 34 are provided in the lower end 28 of the four. Each of the plurality of cutout portions 34 has a concave shape such that the lower end surface 29 of the pedestal portion 14 is recessed in a curved shape over a predetermined length in the circumferential direction of the pedestal portion 14, It is formed intermittently at an equal distance in the circumferential direction from the lower end portion 28 of the pedestal portion 14. And here, in particular,
Each notch 34 is formed at the deepest portion with a depth flush with the closed surface 30 of the bottom lid 26.

As described above, in the rice bowl 10 according to this specific example, the bottom cover 26 is attached to the inside of the pedestal portion 14 so that the lower end opening 32 of the pedestal portion 14 is The bottom surface 26 is closed by a closing surface 30 formed of a lower surface of the bottom cover 26 and positioned slightly inward of the lower end portion 28.
4, a plurality of cutouts 34 are formed in the lower end 28 at a depth flush with the closed surface 30 of the bottom lid 26, and the opening side of the food storage unit 12 faces downward. When placed, water droplets adhering to the inner surface of the base 14
Inside the pedestal portion 14, without being collected on the bottom outer surface 29 of the food container 12, the food is collected on the closing surface 30,
Then, the water collected there is guided to the outside of the pedestal portion 14 through the notches 34 so that the water does not collect on the closed surface 30 and overflows therefrom. The inner surface of the pedestal portion 14 can be drained favorably by flowing down the outer surface.

In the rice bowl 10, as described above, water droplets adhering to the inside of the pedestal portion 14 are passed through the plurality of notches 34 provided in the lower end portion 28 of the pedestal portion 14 so as to form the pedestal portion. Since the water is guided to the outside of the base 14, there is no need to provide any prominent drainage holes for guiding the water inside the pedestal portion 14 to the outside thereof. Unlike tableware with holes,
Deterioration in appearance due to formation of drain holes can be advantageously avoided.

Moreover, in the rice bowl 10, the notch 34 makes the lower end surface 29 of the pedestal portion 14
Over a predetermined length in the circumferential direction of the base portion, the base portion 14 in the mold used during molding.
If a projection having a constant shape corresponding to the notch 34 is provided at a portion providing the lower end surface 29 of the rice bowl 1,
The notch 34 having a predetermined shape can be easily formed at the same time as the forming of the mold 0, and thereby, the mold which is caused when the drainage hole is formed at the same time as the forming of the conventional tableware with the drainage hole. Various problems such as complicated shapes and complicated molding operations can be effectively eliminated.

Therefore, in the rice bowl 10 according to the present embodiment, excellent drainage properties can be imparted without deteriorating the appearance, and it can be formed relatively easily. It is.

Also, in the rice bowl 10, when a plurality of food bowls are stacked with the opening side of the food storage unit 12 facing downward, the upper peripheral portion 22 of the rice bowl 10 located above and Flange part 1 of rice bowl 10 located below
6, two rice bowls 10 located above and below them,
A plurality of cutouts of the pedestal portion 14 are formed in the rice bowl 10 located on the upper side from the place where the communication portion 27 that connects the space 25 formed between the food storage portions 12 of the food container 10 to the outside is formed. After water guided from the inside of the pedestal portion 14 to the outside through the portion 34 and water adhering to the outer surface of the food container 12 are caused to flow down along the outer surface of the food container 12, the space 25 The water can be reliably moved downward through the communication portion 27 without being accumulated in the inside, whereby more excellent drainage performance can be exhibited.

Further, in the rice bowl 10 of this embodiment, the closed surface 30 of the bottom cover 26 is
By placing it slightly inward than it is positioned, a small space is formed between the table surface and the closed surface 30 of the bottom lid 26 when placed on a table or the like. Therefore, even if there are some protrusions on the upper surface of the table, contact between such protrusions and the closing surface 30 of the bottom lid 26 can be effectively avoided,
Thus, it can be more stably placed on the table or the like. Also, when lifting from the table or the like, the user's finger can be securely hooked on the lower end portion 28 of the pedestal portion 14. Therefore, it is possible to securely grip the user without slipping off from the finger of the user, whereby good usability can be effectively exhibited.

Although the specific configuration of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited by the above description.

For example, in the above example, the food storage unit 12
Although the flange portion 16 is integrally formed, the flange portion 16 is not essential in the present invention.

In the specific example, the pedestal portion 14 has a cylindrical shape having a truncated conical outer shape whose diameter gradually increases as it goes downward. Is not particularly limited to this, and for example, may be a cylindrical shape such as a cylinder.

Further, in the specific example, the notch 34 provided in the lower end portion 28 of the pedestal portion 14 has a closed surface 3 for closing the lower end opening portion 32 of the pedestal portion 14 at its deepest portion.
The notch 34 is formed to have a depth flush with 0, but the notch 34 is formed so that water collected on the closing surface 30 can be guided from the inside of the base 14 to the outside.
It is only necessary that the lower end portion 28 of the pedestal portion 14 has a depth that reaches the lower limit. Therefore, it is of course possible to form the cutout portion 34 at the lowermost portion 28 of the pedestal portion 14 at a deepest portion with a depth deeper than the closed surface 30.

Further, it goes without saying that the shape and the number of such cutouts 34 are not particularly limited to those shown in the above-mentioned specific examples.

In the specific example, the closing surface 30 for closing the lower end opening 32 of the pedestal 14 covers the lower end opening 32 of the pedestal 14 disposed inside the pedestal 14. Although the lower surface of the bottom cover 26 is used, the closing surface 30 closes the lower end opening 32 of the pedestal portion 14 in a state in which the lower end portion 28 of the pedestal portion 14 extends inward from the lower end portion 28. If so, the structure is not limited at all. For example, a portion surrounded by the pedestal portion 14 at the bottom of the food storage portion 12 is thickened, and the thickness of the food storage portion 12 thus thickened is increased. The closed surface 30 may be constituted by the bottom outer surface.

In addition, in the above specific example, a specific example in which the present invention is applied to a rice bowl made of synthetic resin is shown. However, the present invention is also applicable to a bowl whose diameter gradually increases upward. It can be advantageously applied to any bowl-shaped tableware in which a cylindrical or trapezoidal pedestal portion is integrally formed at the bottom of a food container in which food is placed, which has a shape and shape. Some things are, of course.

In addition, although not enumerated one by one, the present invention
Based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, various changes, modifications, improvements, and the like can be made, and any of such embodiments can be implemented in the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is to be understood that they are included within the scope of the invention.

[0037]

As is apparent from the above description, in the bowl-shaped tableware according to the present invention, a good appearance can be ensured, and excellent drainage properties can be extremely advantageously exhibited. Even when molded using a resin material, unlike conventional products that are provided with a drainage hole to improve drainage, the mold shape becomes complicated or the molding operation becomes complicated. It can be relatively easily formed without performing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an example of a bowl-shaped tableware according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram viewed from an arrow II in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged explanatory view of a main part of a longitudinal section showing a state in which two bowl-shaped dishes shown in FIG. 1 are stacked face down.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Rice bowl 12 Food storage part 14 Pedestal part 16 Flange part 26 Bottom lid 28 Lower end part 30 Closure surface 32 Lower end opening part 34 Notch part

Claims (2)

[Claims] At the bottom of a food container, on which food is placed, having a bowl shape having a gradually increasing diameter upward.
In a bowl-shaped tableware in which a cylindrical or trapezoidal pedestal portion is integrally formed, inside the pedestal portion, in a state in which the pedestal portion is intruded inward from a lower end portion of the pedestal portion, A bowl-shaped dish provided with a closing surface for closing a lower end opening, and a cutout having a depth reaching the closing surface provided intermittently in a circumferential direction at a lower end of the pedestal portion. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the closing surface is formed by a lower surface of a bottom cover member disposed inside the pedestal portion and covering a lower end opening of the pedestal portion. The bowl-shaped tableware described in 1.