JPS6016307Y2 - food press tool - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a food pressing tool suitable for pickling pickles at home, rehydrating dried foods with water, and pressing down pickles, rakkyo, etc. that float to the top and spoil their flavor. .

Conventionally, a simple pickle maker has consisted of a container for storing vegetables for pickling, a lid of the container, a threaded rod that is screwed onto the lid of the container and can move forward and backward into the container, and a screw rod attached to the lower end of the threaded rod. A device consisting of a pressure plate and a pressure plate is known.

Then, after putting vegetables in a container and coating the vegetables with seasonings, a lid is attached to the container, a threaded rod is rotated against the lid, and a pressing plate is used to press the vegetables. It is designed to press down and pickle pickles.

As mentioned above, such a conventional simple pickle maker has a lid to which a threaded rod is screwed together, and a container to which this lid is attached and fixed, so the containers are not compatible. Therefore, if the amount of pickles is too large, it has to be pickled in several batches.

In addition, in the case of this conventional product, if the container or lid broke, it could not be replaced with another product, so it was necessary to purchase a new one of the same type.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional ones and to provide a food press that can be applied to a variety of existing containers, and can also be applied to containers ranging in size from small to large. It has an adsorption member that can be adsorbed to the back surface of the lid of the container, and the upper end is fixed to this adsorption member, and at least the lower part bulges outward to increase the radius, and the lower end has a spiral shape. The coil spring is provided with a coil spring that converges on the coil spring, and a press plate with a variable outer diameter that is detachably attached to the lower end of the coil spring.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

In the figure, the food pressing tool 1 has a coil spring 2, and the lower part 3 of the coil spring 2 bulges outward to increase the radius, so that it can stably press the food. There is.

The lower end of the coil spring 2 converges into a spiral shape, and a linear support portion 4 extending radially inward is formed at the inner end of the coil spring 2. This support portion 4 extends to the center of the coil spring 2. has reached.

The tip of the support portion 4 is inserted into a laterally open lower portion formed on the circumferential surface of the knob 6 of the press plate 5, and the coil spring 2 supports the press plate 5 in a detachable manner.

The pressing plate 5 is formed by sequentially pivoting the corners of a plurality of fan-shaped plates 8, 8, . A nut forming the knob 6 is loosely screwed onto the bolt 10 so that the outer diameter can be changed.

The outer diameter of the pressing plate 5 has a minimum diameter equal to that of the coil spring 2.
is set larger than the maximum diameter at the bottom of the

In addition, a through hole 11 is bored at the outer peripheral edge of the extended portion of the long groove 9 of each fan-shaped plate 8 of the pressing plate 5, and a stick such as chopsticks is inserted into the through-hole 11 of the two fan-shaped plates 8. By rotating the fan-shaped plate 8, the outer diameter of the pressing plate can be changed within the container B.

The details of this configuration in which the outer diameter is changed are described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1983-4915, which the present inventor has already filed, so further explanation will be omitted in this specification.

Further, a suction cup 12 as an example of a suction member is removably attached to the upper end of the coil spring 2,
The suction surface 13 of this suction cup 12 faces upward.

Note that a magnet may be used instead of this suction cup 12.

Next, the operation of the above-described embodiment will be explained.

If the inner diameter of the container B is small, remove the pressing plate 5 from the coil spring 2, and attach the suction cup 12 to the center of the back of the lid C of the container B to prevent the coil spring 2 from shifting. The lid C is attached to the container B by inserting the coil spring 2 into the container B.

Then, the spiral at the lower end of the coil spring 2 hits the vegetables, and the spring force of the coil spring 2 presses the vegetables, making it possible to pickle pickles or reconstitute dried foods with water.

When the inner diameter of the container B is large, the tip of the support part 4 at the lower end of the coil spring 2 is inserted into the open lower part of the knob of the press plate 5, and the press plate 5 is supported by the coil spring 2. The outer diameter of the plate 5 is made to match the inner diameter of the container B.

Then, the lid C can be attached to the container B by inserting the pressure plate 5 and the coil spring 2 into the container B.

Furthermore, if the diameter of the container B is significantly smaller than the inner diameter of the container B, the outer diameter of the pressing plate 5 should be made smaller than the diameter of the container B, and the two rods should be inserted into the container B. The outer diameter of the pressing plate 2 is expanded by inserting it into the through hole 11 of the fan-shaped plate 8, fixing one rod, and moving the other rod to rotate the fan-shaped plate 8.

After the rod is taken out of the container B, the lid C is attached to the container B.

In addition, in order to take out the pressing plate 5 out of the container B, it can be taken out by reducing the outer diameter of the pressing plate 5 with a rod in the opposite manner to the above-described operation.

As explained above, the food pressing tool according to the present invention includes an adsorption member that can be adsorbed to the back surface of the lid of a container, an upper end portion of which is fixed to the adsorption member, and at least a lower portion of which has an increased outer radius. It has a coil spring that bulges out and its lower end converges in a spiral shape, and a press plate with a variable outer diameter that is detachably attached to the lower end of the coil spring.
By removing the pressure plate from the coil spring and using it,
It can be applied to small-diameter containers, and can be easily applied to various diameters by attaching the pressing plate to the coil spring and changing the outer diameter of the pressing plate.

It goes without saying that the food pressing device according to the present invention can be used not only for the above-mentioned pickles but also for preventing vegetables such as pickles from floating above the water surface.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the food pressing tool according to the present invention. 1... Food pressing tool, 2... Coil spring, 5... Pressing plate, 8... Fan-shaped plate, 12
...Sucker.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An adsorption member that can be adsorbed to the back surface of the lid of the container, and a coil whose upper end is fixed to the adsorption member, whose at least lower part bulges outward to increase the radius, and whose lower end is spirally converged. A food pressing tool comprising a spring and a pressing plate with a variable outer diameter detachably attached to the lower end of the coil spring.