KR200447444Y1

KR200447444Y1 - Container with function for pressing down

Info

Publication number: KR200447444Y1
Application number: KR2020090007551U
Authority: KR
Inventors: 민승기
Original assignee: 민승기
Priority date: 2009-06-11
Filing date: 2009-06-11
Publication date: 2010-01-26

Abstract

The present invention relates to a container having a pressing function to allow fermented foods such as kimchi to ferment together in the broth without floating on the broth.

The container with a pressing function of the present invention, the container body for holding the fermented food and the top is open, the cover for opening and closing the open top of the container body, the rotating means is screwed to the cover to move up and down by rotation, And a pressing part rotatably coupled to the lower portion of the rotating means and pressing the fermented food by the lowering of the rotating means.

According to the container with a pressing function of the present invention, the kimchi contained in the container can be sufficiently immersed in the soup and less exposed to the air so that the kimchi taste can be maintained for a long time.

Kimchi, fermented food, container, cover, pressing part, rotating means, gas discharge valve

Description

Container with function for pressing down

The present invention relates to a container having a pressing function, and more particularly, to a container having a pressing function so that when the fermented food such as kimchi is stored after storage, the fermented food can be fermented together in the soup without rising above the soup. will be.

Fermented foods such as kimchi (hereinafter referred to as 'kimchi') may be soaked with broth from the beginning, but even if there is no broth at first, broth or radish is gradually produced from ingredients such as cabbage or radish.

Therefore, the kimchi stored in the container gradually floats over the salty broth, and it is exposed to the air, so that the broth that is easily fermented or mixed with various seasonings is not sufficiently infiltrated, resulting in a difference in taste and color of the kimchi in the broth. .

For this reason, conventionally, when soaking kimchi, the kimchi was pressed into the jar and pressed again with a heavy stone so that the kimchi does not float on the broth, and is not exposed to the air to maintain the taste of kimchi for a long time.

On the other hand, in recent years, due to changes in living environment, jars are not used except in rural areas and some specialty restaurants, so each household generally uses kimchi at a suitable temperature in a refrigerator or kimchi refrigerator (hereinafter referred to as 'kimchi refrigerator'). It is kept.

In this case, since the size and shape of the kimchi refrigerator is limited, it is usually stored in a kimchi refrigerator after putting kimchi in a container dedicated to the kimchi refrigerator or a commercial container suitable for the size or shape of the refrigerator.

However, the containers currently used to store kimchi do not have a function to hold only kimchi and store kimchi so that it is locked in the broth, so when you take out the container from the kimchi refrigerator and open it, part of the kimchi is placed on the broth. It can be seen that the kimchi exposed above the broth has a slightly different taste and color from the kimchi that is immersed in the broth.

In this case, although the kimchi is carefully soaked in some parts, the broth is fermented in a state in which it is not sufficiently cultured so that it does not taste sufficiently, or the kimchi in the broth has been frequently exposed to the air and ripened easily.

The present invention is to solve this problem, the purpose of the present invention is to keep the taste and color uniformly and to preserve for a long time by allowing the fermented food to be fermented in the broth without the fermented food, such as kimchi when stored in the broth It is to provide a container having a pressing function.

As a specific means for solving the above problems, the container with a pressing function of the present invention, the container body containing the fermented food and the top is open, the cover for opening and closing the open top of the container body, the screw on the cover It is characterized in that it comprises a rotating means coupled to the ascending and descending by rotation, and a pressing portion for rotatably coupled to the lower portion of the rotating means and pressing the fermented food by the lowering of the rotating means.

As another feature, the container with a pressing function of the present invention, the cover is formed with a screw hole, the rotating means is a rotating body formed with a screw portion on its outer peripheral surface to be screwed to the screw hole of the cover, and the rotating body It includes a rotary knob provided at the top.

The recess is formed around the threaded hole of the cover, the recess having a diameter larger than that of the rotary handle or the rotating body of the rotating means.

And, the lower surface of the rotating body is formed with a receiving groove, the pressing portion is formed with a rotating shaft protruding upward, the head provided on the upper portion of the rotating shaft, while supporting the head of the pressing portion while the rotating shaft is wrapped in the rotation It characterized in that it comprises a fixing member fixed to the lower surface of the body.

A spring is built in the receiving groove, and the spring elastically supports the head of the pressing part.

In addition, the fixing member is formed by dividing the circular plate-like member into two, characterized in that the inner side of each of the divided plate-like member is formed a coupling groove having a radius of curvature slightly larger than the diameter of the rotating shaft.

In addition, as another feature of the container with a pressing function of the present invention, one side of the cover is formed with a gas discharge hole, the gas discharge hole is provided with a gas discharge valve for discharging the gas in the container.

The gas discharge valve has a diameter smaller than that of the gas discharge hole formed in the cover and moves up and down within the gas discharge hole, and is provided on an upper portion of the stem passing through the gas discharge hole. With a larger diameter, the lower surface of the head is in contact with the upper surface of the cover to open and close the gas discharge hole, a spring support provided in the lower portion of the stem, and a spring interposed between the cover and the spring support with the stem wrapped Characterized in that made.

On the other hand, in the container with a pressing function of the present invention, the lower surface of the container body is formed in the position corresponding to the rotary knob, the first lower recess portion larger in diameter than the rotary knob or the rotary body and concave upward. It is done.

In addition, the lower surface of the container body is characterized in that the upper recessed second lower recess is formed in a size that can accommodate the head of the gas discharge valve in a position corresponding to the gas discharge valve.

In addition, in the container with a pressing function of the present invention, the pressing portion is characterized in that formed by a plurality of wings spread radially, or formed in a circular or square.

And, the pressing portion is characterized in that a plurality of through-holes are formed or projections formed on the lower surface.

According to the container with a pressing function of the present invention, the kimchi housed in the container can be sufficiently immersed in the soup, so that the soup can be matured in the state soaked into the soup so that the taste of the kimchi is improved.

In addition, when the kimchi is taken out of the container so that the kimchi is kept in the soup soaked, so that less exposure to the air there is an effect that can maintain the kimchi for a long time.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the container with a pressing function according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is an external perspective view of a container having a pressing function of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the container having a pressing function of the present invention as viewed in the direction AA of FIG. 1. 3 is an exploded view illustrating an exploded view of a rotating body and a pressing part of a container having a pressing function of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a container having a pressing function of the present invention, and 5 to 7 are Modified embodiments of the pressing portion of the container with a pressing function of the present invention.

First, the container 10 having a pressing function according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, the container body 11, the top of which is open to receive kimchi therein, the opening of the container body 11 Cover 12 for opening and closing the upper portion, the container body 11 or the coupling means 20 is formed on any one side of the cover 12, the two or both sides of the container body 11, The handle 30 is provided on the top of the cover 12.

1 and 2, a screw hole is formed in the cover 12, and the rotating means 40 for vertically moving the pressing part 43 is screwed into the screw hole.

The rotating means 40 includes a rotating body 41 having a screw portion formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof and a rotating knob 42 provided above the rotating body 41 so as to be screwed into the screw hole of the cover 12. The lower part of the rotating body 41 is installed in a state in which the pressing portion 43 is rotatable.

As the rotary means 40 rotates the rotary knob 42 in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, the rotary body 41 is lowered up or down from the screw hole of the cover 12, and the cover 12 Periphery of the screw hole of the rotational handle 42 or a larger diameter than the rotary body 41 to form a recessed recessed portion 13 concave down so that the rotary handle 42 in the normal use state is the cover 12 It is preferable to position the recess 13 in the recess 13 without protruding above the top surface.

On the other hand, as described above, the pressing portion 43 is rotatably installed on the lower surface of the rotating body 41, for this purpose, the receiving groove 47 is formed on the lower surface of the rotating body 41, the receiving groove ( 47, the upper side of the pressing part 43 is inserted.

More specifically, as shown in Figure 3, the receiving groove 47 formed in the lower surface of the rotary body 41, the rotary shaft 44 and the rotary shaft 44 formed to protrude substantially in the center of the pressing portion 43 The head 45 provided at the top of the screw is inserted, and the fixing member 46 is screwed to the lower surface of the rotating body 41 in a state in which two semi-circular fixing members 46 face each other with the rotating shaft 44 facing each other. The head 45 of the pressing part 43 is maintained in a rotatable state in the space between the fixing member 46 and the receiving groove 47 by fixing with the back and the like.

Here, the fixing member 46 is preferably formed by dividing the circular plate-like member into two, and each of the divided fixing members 46 has a coupling groove having a radius of curvature slightly larger than the diameter of the rotation shaft 44. To form.

In addition, it is preferable to install a gas discharge valve 50 on one side of the cover 12 so that the gas in the container 10 is automatically discharged when the pressure is higher than a predetermined pressure.

To this end, a gas discharge hole 14 is formed in one side of the cover 12, and a gas discharge valve 50 is installed in the hole, and the gas discharge valve 50 is generally used for gas discharge. Although the valve 50 may be used, in the embodiment of the present invention, the stem 52 which is smaller in diameter than the gas discharge hole 14 and moves up and down within the gas discharge hole 14 and the gas It is provided in the upper part of the stem 52 which penetrated the discharge hole 14, and has a diameter larger than the gas discharge hole 14, and the lower surface contacts the upper surface of the cover 12, and opens and closes the gas discharge hole 14. The head 51, the spring support portion 53 coupled to the lower portion of the stem 52, and the spring support portion 53 elastically pushes down the cover 12 from the outside of the stem 52. It is preferable to use the gas discharge valve 50 including the spring 54.

In addition, since the container 10 of the present invention is usually stacked to store a plurality of overlapping in the refrigerator of the kimchi refrigerator, the rotary knob 42 of the container 10 positioned below protrudes higher than the upper surface of the cover 12. If it does, it will be difficult to stack properly and the efficient use of space will be greatly hampered.

Accordingly, the first lower recess 15 has a size that can accommodate the rotary knob 42 or the rotary body 41 at a position corresponding to the rotary knob 42 on the bottom surface of the container body 11. When the plurality of containers 10 are stacked, a first portion of the container body 11 positioned upwards may be formed even if a part of the rotation knob 42 of the lower container 10 protrudes from the cover 12. It is preferable to be accommodated in the lower recess 15 so that the lower surface of the container body 11 of the upper container 10 overlaps with the upper surface of the cover 12 of the lower container 10.

In addition, although not shown in the drawing, a second lower lid recessed upward in a size that can accommodate the head 51 of the gas discharge valve 50 on the lower surface of the container body 11 at a position corresponding to the gas discharge valve. It is preferable to form a recess. Therefore, when stacking a plurality of containers 10, even if the head 51 of the gas discharge valve 50 protrudes from the lower container 10, the second provided on the lower surface of the container body 11 of the upper container 10 As the head 51 is accommodated in the lower recess, the containers 10 may be stacked to overlap each other in surface contact with each other.

And, Figure 4 is another embodiment of the container with a pressing function of the present invention, there is a difference in the configuration of the rotating means 40 compared to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the other configuration is the same, In the description, the same reference numerals are used for the same components, and the description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, a spring 48 is interposed between the rotating body 41 and the pressing portion 43 of the rotating means 40, and the pressing portion 43 is connected to the spring 48. There is a feature in the structure that is elastically supported by the.

In detail, the receiving groove 47 is formed in the lower surface of the rotating body 41 along the axial direction, and the head 48 of the spring 48 and the pressing part 43 is formed in the receiving groove 47. 45 is inserted, the upper end of the spring 48 is in contact with the inner end surface of the receiving groove 47, the lower end of the pressing member 43, the head 45 of the pressing portion 43 is installed in the fixing member as described above By fixing the 46 to the lower surface of the rotating body 41, the fixing member 46 and the receiving groove (the head 45 of the pressing portion 43 is elastically supported by the spring 48) 47) rotatably maintained within the space between.

Here, the spring 48 is to press the kimchi to the pressing portion 43 at a suitable contact pressure, after holding the kimchi in the container to rotate the rotary knob 42 of the rotating means 40 in the clockwise direction pressing portion The lower portion until the 43 reaches the kimchi, and then rotates the rotary knob 42 a little more clockwise, the pressing portion 43 to press the kimchi, the contact pressure acting on the pressing portion 43 is a spring When the elastic force of 48 is greater than the elastic force of 48, the head 45 of the pressing portion 43 compresses the spring 48 in proportion to the difference between the contact pressure and the elastic force, so that the contact pressure acting on the kimchi is adjusted accordingly. For example, it is possible to prevent the kimchi from being damaged by excessive contact pressure due to carelessness of the user such as housewife.

Meanwhile, the pressing part 43 may be made in various forms as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7. For example, the pressing portion 43a is formed with a plurality of wings centered around the heads 45a to 45c in a radially unfolded state like a fan or a helicopter wing (see FIG. 5), or the pressing portions 43b and 43c in a circular or square shape. ) May be formed (see FIGS. 6 and 7).

In this case, however, when the pressing portions 43b and 43c are formed in a circle or a square, the soups below the pressing portions 43b and 43c are easily communicated upwards so that the kimchi is sufficiently submerged in the soup. It is preferable to form a plurality of through holes.

Moreover, it is preferable to form a processus | protrusion in the lower surface of the said press part 43-43c, and to enlarge the contact area with kimchi.

Hereinafter, an example of use of the container with a pressing function according to the present invention will be described.

First, the kimchi dipped with seasoning is divided into appropriate amounts and placed in the container body 11.

When the container body 11 and the cover 12 are coupled to each other, the pressing portions 43 to 43c may come in contact with the kimchi, thereby rotating the rotary knob 42 provided in the cover 12 in a counterclockwise direction. After the rotary body 41 and the pressing portions 43 to 43c are moved upwards, that is, close to the lower surface of the cover 12 in advance, the cover 12 is placed on the open upper portion of the container body 11. Put it on the coupling means 20 and the container body 11 is coupled.

Next, the rotary knob 42 is rotated in a clockwise direction until the pressing portions 43 to 43c touch the kimchi, and the rotary knob 42 is slightly pressed while the pressing portions 43 to 43c touch the kimchi. It rotates further clockwise so that kimchi may be appropriately pressed by the press parts 43-43c. At this time, the rotary body 41 is lowered while rotating as the rotary knob 42 rotates, but since the pressing portions 43 to 43c are rotatably installed on the rotary body 41, they rotate by contact pressure with the kimchi. If you do not have to press kimchi.

Here, the spring 48 is embedded in the receiving groove 47 of the rotating body 41 so that the heads 45 to 45c of the pressing parts 43 to 43c are elastically supported by the springs 48. According to the second embodiment of the present invention, even if the user inadvertently rotates the rotary knob 42 more than necessary, the contact pressure between the pressing portions 43 to 43c and the kimchi is appropriately adjusted.

Thereafter, the container 10 is piled up and stored in the refrigerator of the kimchi refrigerator. At this time, the lower container 10 is in a state in which the rotary knob 42 is inserted into the recess 13 provided in the cover 12, and if the rotary knob 42 or the gas discharged from the lower container 10 When a part of the valve 50 protrudes above the upper surface of the cover 12, the first lower recess 15 or the second lower recess 15 (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the container body 11 of the upper container 10 (not shown). C) stacking the containers 10 so that the protruding rotation knob 42 or the gas discharge valve 50 is accommodated.

On the other hand, as the kimchi is fermented over time, the gas is filled in the container 10. At this time, when the gas pressure in the container 10 is greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure, the gas is spring-supported 53 under the cover 12. Spring 54 to force elastically to push the gas and push the gas up the head 51 of the gas discharge valve 50 through the space between the gas discharge hole 14 and the stem 52 To be discharged. When the gas in the container 10 is discharged by an appropriate amount so that the elastic force of the spring 54 is greater than the gas pressure in the container 10, the spring 54 is again provided under the cover 12 with the spring support ( 53 is pushed so that the head 51 of the gas discharge valve 50 blocks the gas discharge hole 14.

When the container with a pressing function of the present invention is used, fermented foods such as kimchi are ripened in a state soaked in broth so that the taste can be maintained for a long time, and thus can be usefully used in homes and restaurants.

1 is an external perspective view of a container with a pressing function of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the container with a pressing function of the present invention viewed from the A-A direction of FIG.

Figure 3 is an exploded view of the rotating body and the pressing portion of the container with a pressing function of the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the container with a pressing function of the present invention.

5 to 7 are modified embodiments of the pressing portion of the container with a pressing function of the present invention.

Claims

A container body for holding fermented food and having an open top

A cover for opening and closing the open upper portion of the container body,

Rotating means screwed to the cover to move up and down by rotation, and

Rotatably coupled to the lower portion of the rotating means includes a pressing portion for pressing the fermented food by the lowering of the rotating means,

The cover is formed with a screw hole,

The rotating means includes a rotating body formed with a screw portion on the outer circumferential surface thereof so as to be screwed to the screw hole of the cover, and a rotating handle provided on the rotating body,

A receiving groove is formed on the lower surface of the rotating body,

The pressing portion has a rotating shaft protruding upward, and a head provided on the upper portion of the rotating shaft,

A holding member fixed to a lower surface of the rotating body while supporting the head of the pressing unit while the rotating shaft is wrapped;

The spring is built in the receiving groove,

The container with a pressing function, characterized in that the spring elastically supports the head of the pressing portion.

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The method of claim 1,

A container with a pressing function, characterized in that a recess is formed around the screw hole of the cover, the recess having a larger diameter than the rotation handle or the rotating body of the rotating means.

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The method of claim 1,

The fixing member is formed by dividing the circular plate-like member into two,

A container with a pressing function, characterized in that a coupling groove having a radius of curvature slightly larger than the diameter of the rotating shaft is formed inside each of the divided plate members.

The method according to claim 1 or 3 or 6,

On one side of the cover to form a hole for gas discharge,

And a gas discharge valve for discharging the gas in the container to the gas discharge hole.

The method of claim 7, wherein

The gas discharge valve has a stem smaller in diameter than the gas discharge hole formed in the cover and moves up and down within the gas discharge hole;

A head provided at an upper portion of the stem passing through the gas discharge hole and having a diameter larger than that of the gas discharge hole to contact the upper surface of the cover to open and close the gas discharge hole;

A spring support provided at the bottom of the stem;

Container with a pressing function, characterized in that consisting of a spring interposed between the cover and the spring support in the state of wrapping the stem.

The method according to claim 1 or 3 or 6,

The lower surface of the container body has a pressing function, characterized in that for forming a first lower recess in the position corresponding to the rotary knob and larger than the rotary knob or the rotary body concave upward.

The method of claim 7, wherein

And a lower function recess formed on the bottom surface of the container body to form a second recessed recess which is concave upward in a size that can accommodate the head of the gas discharge valve at a position corresponding to the gas discharge valve.

The method according to claim 1 or 3 or 6,

The pressing portion container with a pressing function, characterized in that consisting of a plurality of wings spread radially.

The method of claim 11,

A container with a pressing function, characterized in that a projection is formed on the lower surface of the pressing portion.

The method according to claim 1 or 3 or 6,

The pressing portion is a container having a pressing function, characterized in that formed in a circular or square.

The method of claim 13,

The pressing portion container having a pressing function, characterized in that a plurality of through-holes are formed.

The method of claim 13,

A container having a pressing function, characterized in that a projection is formed on the lower surface of the pressing portion.