KR20110061829A - Food receptacle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A food container is provided to simplify the manufacturing process thereof by sealing a cap of a molded product directly to a container body instead of using a lid of a thin plastic cover. CONSTITUTION: A food container comprises the following: a container body(10) to store food for instant cooking; and a cap(20) of a molded product sealed to the container body. The cap includes a container body sealing unit(30) attached to the container body by inserting an upper protrusion(12) of the container body, and more than one recessed unit for easily separating the container body from the cap. Printed paper(40) is attached to the cap.

Description

Food Container {Food Receptacle}

The present invention relates to a food container such as a cup ramen container in which food (for instant cooking), such as instant ramen, is accommodated, and more particularly, to reduce the manufacturing cost or the process of the container, while separating from the container body. The lid of the molded article relates to a food container which can easily support foods such as ramen or the like and can be recycled to a storage container, thereby improving container practicality as a whole.

Disposable fast food such as cup ramen is usually stored in a container, sealed and circulated, so that the user can remove the seal and pour hot water into the container to cook and eat immediately. It is known as a food container in which it is stored.

For example, FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate a conventionally known food container for instant cooking, that is, a disposable ramen container.

That is, as shown in Figures 1a and 1b, the known conventional container 100, instant noodles (ie, food) 102 and soup 104 made to pour hot water therein to eat immediately The container body 110 is accommodated in the back, the lead ring 120, the seal ring (attached) to the container body 110, printed products, companies and other advertising phrases, etc., and the container body over the lead paper The cover is composed of a thin plastic cover 130.

And, such a container 100 is finally wrapped so that the plastic wrapping paper 140 surrounds the entire container.

Meanwhile, the container illustrated in FIG. 1 is a cup ramen container, for example, and is a large-capacity container having a larger size than a cup-shaped ramen container called a king lid.

Therefore, the conventional food container 100, as shown in Figures 1a and 1b, sealing the lead paper 120 to the container body 110, and covers the lid 130 again, the plastic packaging body (Shrink film) It consists of four components whole as a package.

Accordingly, the applicant of the present invention has proposed the present invention to reduce the product cost by reducing the components of the conventional ramen container consisting of the at least four components, and to increase the productivity by reducing the number of manufacturing processes.

In particular, while reducing the components of the conventional container 100, instead of the lead paper 120 attached to the container body 110, to use a lid that can be used as a support when eating a real ramen as a lead paper Would be desirable.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the conventional problems as described above, the object of the present invention, in place of the lead paper and the thin plastic cover which is sealed in the existing container body, by directly sealing the lid of the molding to the container body, It is to provide a food container that can reduce the process.

In addition, another object aspect of the present invention, the lid of the molded product separated from the container body can easily support food, such as ramen, or other foods stored in the container body to cover the lid to enable recycling to storage containers Thus, it is an object to provide a food container with improved container practicality as a whole.

As a technical aspect for achieving the above object, the present invention, the container body that is accommodated for instant cooking food; And,

A lid of a molding to be sealed to the container body;

It provides a food container configured to include.

Preferably, the lid includes a container body sealing portion that is adhesively sealed while the upper jaw of the container body is inserted.

More preferably, the lid is a printing paper is attached or printed integrally.

More preferably, the lid further includes any one or both of a ventilation groove for aeration when the printing paper is attached, and a handle provided on the outer edge of the lid.

At this time, the protrusion provided on the bottom to form a food receiving space in the lid; And at least one or both of the protruding surfaces formed at least in the center portion to form the food accommodation space in the lid.

Preferably, it further comprises one or more depressions provided in the container body sealing portion of the lid to facilitate separation of the container body of the lid.

More preferably, the container body sealing portion of the lid is to have a smaller width than the upper end of the container body.

More preferably, it further comprises an adhesive accommodating groove formed in the upper end of the container body is in close contact with the container body sealing portion of the lid.

More preferably, it further comprises a printing paper insert provided on the lid.

According to the food container of the present invention, instead of the lead paper and the thin plastic cover sealed in the existing container body, the lid of the molded product is directly sealed to the container body to reduce the manufacturing cost or process of the container and ultimately increase productivity. It is to make it possible to raise.

In particular, the lid of the molded product separated from the container body can be easily supported by eating food such as ramen, or by storing other foods in the container body and covering the lid, it is possible to recycle to the storage container, thereby improving the practicality of the container as a whole. It is to provide a food container.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, FIGS. 2A and 2B show a food container 1 according to the present invention, that is, a disposable food container such as a cup ramen container in a schematic and exploded perspective view, respectively.

For example, as shown in Figures 2a and 2b, the food container 1 of the present invention, the container body 10 containing the food prepared to pour hot water to eat and the container body 10 is sealed It can be configured to include a lid 20 of the molding.

Therefore, the food container 1 of the present invention does not use the lead paper 120 sealed in the conventional container body 110 of FIG. 1 and the thin plastic cover 130 covered thereon, and the conventional lead paper is Since the plastic cover is combined with a single molded article 20, it is possible to reduce the actual number of components of the food container, thereby making it possible to reduce the manufacturing cost of the container or the number of manufacturing processes.

In particular, the lid 20 in the food container 1 of the present invention, instead of the conventional lead paper, as shown in Figure 2, a synthetic resin molding such as PP (polypropylene) or PS (polystyrene) to maintain a certain strength and form Because it is manufactured, it provides another advantage of providing a backing plate function to support the ramen or broth when eating real cup ramen, as described in detail below, while strengthening the overall strength of the container rather than the conventional lead paper.

On the other hand, in the food container 1 of the present invention, as shown in Figures 2a and 2b, the lid 20, the container is adhesively sealed while the upper jaw 12 of the container body 10 is inserted The main body sealing part 30 is included.

In this case, the lid 20 of the present invention corresponds to the shape of the container body 10, when the container body is a circular body as shown in the figure is formed in a circular shape, such a lid 20 is a flat central body 20a The container body sealing portion 30 is formed integrally with the outer edge of the.

Of course, although not shown in the drawing, when the container body has a rectangular shape, the lid is also a square shape, of course.

At this time, the container body sealing portion 30 is formed integrally with the outer edge of the flat circular container body 20a, specifically, the upper surface of the upper jaw is inserted into the top of the container main jaw (12) An upper surface 32 which is tightly sealed via a hot melt adhesive (for example, EVA) (heat curing adhesive), an inner surface 34 integral with the lid body to one side of the upper surface, and a container body to the outside of the upper surface While wrapping the upper jaw can be made of an outer surface 36 vertically integrated into a predetermined length.

Therefore, the container body sealing part 30 is a shape in which a space in which the container main upper jaw portion is inserted is provided while protruding in a rectangular shape in cross section integral with the lid body.

At this time, the outer surface 36 of the container body sealing portion is preferably formed to have a length longer than the inner surface 34 so as to completely cover the upper jaw as possible.

On the other hand, as shown in Figures 2a and 2b, the hot melt adhesive, such as EVA is applied to the entire bottom surface of the lid 20 or at least the bottom of the upper surface 32 of the container body sealing portion 30 After putting the ramen 2 and the soup 4 in the interior of the container body 10, the lid 20 is covered, and when pressed while applying heat, it is applied to the bottom of the upper surface of the container body sealing portion 30 By the adhesive, at least the bottom of the upper surface of the container body sealing portion and the upper end of the container body 12 are adhesively sealed.

In this case, since the inner surface 34 of the container body sealing part may be coated with an adhesive, the inner surface 34 may also be adhered to the upper inner surface of the container body 10.

However, since the lid 20 should be separated from the container body when eating the ramen, preferably, only the bottom of the upper surface 32 of the container body sealing part 30 and the upper part of the container body upper jaw 12 are adhered. It will be sealed, in which case it will facilitate the container body separation of the lid.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 2a and 2b, in the food container (1) of the present invention, the lid 20, that is, the printing paper on which the product name or company advertisement of a disposable ramen container is printed on the lid 20a 40 may be attached.

At this time, preferably, as shown in Figure 2b, to form a ventilation groove 22 in the main body 20a of the lid 20, such a ventilation groove 22, the printing paper 40 When attached to the lid body 20a, it will be formed as a passage through which air leaks out, which will facilitate the attachment of the printing paper 40.

Next, more preferably, the outer edge of the lid 20 may be a protrusion 24 integrally formed on the outer surface 36 of the handle 24, for example, the container body sealing portion 30.

Thus, the handle 24 will allow the lid 20 to be easily separated from the container body when the actual ramen is eaten.

Such a handle 24 may be integrally formed on both sides of the lid 20.

However, as shown in Figure 2a, the food container 1 of the present invention, since the lid 20 is sealed in the container body 10, can be packaged in a plastic package (shrink film) 50, preferably The handle 24 may be formed to have a length on the outside of the lid so as not to be too large and easy to hold.

Next, FIGS. 3A and 3B show another modified example of the food container 1 of the present invention shown in FIG. 2. For example, instead of the printing paper 40 of FIG. It is also possible to integrally form the print 40 'in the portion 20a).

Therefore, in the case of FIG. 3, since the printing 40 'is integrally formed on the lid, the printing process of the lid is necessary, but the use of a separate printing paper 40 can be reduced.

4A and 4B show another modification of the food container 1 of the present invention.

That is, as shown in Figures 4a and 4b, to provide a food receiving space (P) in the lid 20, to provide a projection 60 provided on the bottom of the lid.

Such a protrusion 60 may be integrally provided as an annular protrusion on the bottom surface of the main body 20a of the lid, as shown in FIG. 4B.

Therefore, as shown in Figure 4, when the food container is used to separate the lid 20 from the container body 10, when eating the ramen, flip the lid 20 of the present invention, the inner side of the protruding portion 60 Space (P) is formed to accommodate, such a protrusion 60 is to serve as a dam for storing the ramen and broth.

That is, when the container 1 of the present invention as shown in Figure 4 is a disposable cup ramen, it will be able to eat the ramen very easily using a lid.

5 shows another food container 1 of the present invention.

That is, as shown in Figure 5, the food container (1) of the present invention protruding to form a concave space inside the main body 20a of the lid 20, that is, at least in the central portion of the lid protruding outwards The surface 20a 'can be formed.

Therefore, the protruding surface 20a ′ also forms a receiving space P to support the ramen as if the lid 20 is separated from the container body and turned upside down, similarly to the protruding portion 60 of FIG. 4.

Of course, as shown in Figure 5, it will be more preferable to form the protruding surface (20a ') inside the protrusion 60 of the bottom of the lid described above.

After all, if the instant noodles container of the present invention is a disposable cup ramen container, it is easy and comfortable to eat the ramen.

On the other hand, since the protruding surface 20a 'protruding from the inside of the lid body to the outside will protrude upward when the printing paper 40 is attached thereon, it will visually facilitate further recognition.

Next, FIG. 6 may include one or more recesses 70 provided in the container body sealing part 30 formed on the lid 20 of the food container 1 according to the present invention.

That is, when the depression 34 is formed along the inner surface 34 of the container body sealing portion 30 of the lid 20 of the container body 10, the depression 34 is recessed inward, When the upper end of the container main jaw 12 is inserted into the container body sealing part 30 as shown in FIG. When the adhesive is applied to the inner surface 34 of the portion 30 and pressed against the container main upper jaw 12 while being pressed, the recess 70 reduces the adhesion area to separate the lid from the container body. Will facilitate.

That is, when the container body sealing portion 30 is heat-bonded by covering the container body upper jaw 12, when the container body sealing portion 30 is adhered to the inner surface 34 of the container body sealing portion 30 and the inner surface of the upper portion of the container body 10. Since only the recessed portion is in close contact with the upper inner surface of the container body, the sealing inner surface 34 except for the recessed portion is spaced apart from the container body, and thus all the hot melt adhesives are applied to the bottom of the lid 20 during the process. Even if the food container of the present invention facilitates the separation of the lid 20 from the container body.

Of course, the sealing of the sealing portion 30 and the upper jaw 12 of the container body 10 of the present invention will be maintained firmly.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, in the food container 1 of the present invention, the container main body upper jaw 12 in which the upper surface 32 of the container body sealing part 30 provided on the lid 20 is in close contact with each other. It is also possible to further form the adhesive accommodating groove 80.

That is, such an adhesive accommodating groove 80 is a lid 20 coated with an adhesive on the bottom surface of the lid 20 is covered with the container body 10, in particular the container body sealing portion 30 of the lid 20 When the upper surface 32 of the container body is pressed while being pressed by the upper jaw 12 of the container body, the applied hot melt adhesive is slightly received in the adhesive accommodating groove 80 while being melted by heat, thus the adhesive accommodating groove ( 80) actually becomes an adhesive line between the lid and the container body.

Therefore, when the lid 20 is separated from the container body 10, when there is no receiving groove, the container main upper jaw and the lid container body sealing portion 30 are face-bonded, but the adhesive receiving groove of the present invention is bonded. Since the adhesive line is formed instead of the face, since the container body of the lid only needs to be separated from the adhesive line, the container body of the lid will be easily separated.

Next, as shown in Figure 8, preferably in the container of the present invention, the container body sealing portion 30 of the lid is to have a smaller width than the upper end of the container body 12.

That is, as shown in Figure 8, the width of the container main body sealing portion 30 protruding in the shape of a rectangular cross-section that the upper jaw 12 of the container main body 10 of the present invention is inserted into the inside of the container main upper jaw When the container body upper jaw 12 is inserted into the lid container body sealing part 30 to be smaller than the width of (12) by both sides by 'D', the inner surface 34 of the container body sealing part and As the outer surface 36 is forcibly opened, the adhesion between the container body sealing portion and the upper end of the container body is further strengthened.

Therefore, the adhesive is bonded, but in the case of Figure 8 is in close contact between the container body sealing portion and the upper end of the container body is tight, even if the adhesion failure will be blocked foreign matters.

Next, as shown in Figure 9, preferably in the food container of the present invention may further include a printing paper inserting portion (90a) provided on the lid 20.

That is, as shown in Figure 9, by bending the boundary portion of the main body 20a and the container body sealing portion 30 of the lid 20 to form an insertion portion 90a into which the printing paper 40 is inserted. If the length of the printing paper 40 is longer than 'T' than the main body 20a of the lid as shown in FIG. 9, the printing paper 40 is not attached to the main body 20a of the lid 20 as shown in FIG. 2B. It may be made to press the printing paper on the lid body to be inserted into the inserting portion 90a.

At this time, as shown in Figure 9, in order to form the printing paper inserting portion (90a) is bent at the side of the container body sealing portion 30 of the lid 20 and the boundary of the lid body 20a protrudes at this time Since the portion 90a is in close contact with the inner surface of the container body 10, the container body is in close contact with the lid to facilitate sealing of the container.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments so far, it will be appreciated that the invention can be varied and modified without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated that those skilled in the art can easily know.

Figure 1a and 1b is a schematic view and exploded perspective view showing a conventional disposable ramen container

2a and 2b is a schematic view and an exploded perspective view showing a food container according to the present invention

3a and 3b is a schematic view and an exploded perspective view showing another form of the food container according to the present invention

4a and 4b is a configuration diagram and a perspective view showing another modified example of the lid provided in the food container according to the present invention

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing another modification of the lid provided in the food container according to the present invention

Figure 6 is a detailed view showing a recess formed in the container body sealing portion of the lid of the food container according to the present invention

7 is a structural view showing an adhesive receiving groove formed in the upper jaw of the container body of the food container according to the present invention

Figure 8 is a detailed view showing the structure of the container body sealing portion of the lid of the food container according to the present invention

Figure 9 is a detailed view showing the printing paper insertion portion provided on the lid of the food container according to the present invention

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1 .... food container 10 .... container body

12 .... top of the container body 20 .... lid

20a .... lid body 22 .... vent

24 .. Handle 30 .... Container body sealing part

32 .. Top surface of sealing section 34 .... Inside surface of sealing section

36 .... Outer side of seal 40 .... Printing paper

40 '.... integral print with lid 50 .... packaging vinyl

60 .... protrusion 70 .... depression

80 .... Adhesive slot 90a .... Printing sheet insert

Claims (7)

Container body 10 is accommodated for the instant food; And, A lid 20 of the molding to be sealed to the container body 10; Food container configured to include. The method of claim 1, The lid 20, the food container, characterized in that it comprises a container body sealing portion 30 is adhesively sealed while the upper jaw (12) of the container body 10 is inserted. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The lid 20 is a food container, characterized in that the printing paper 40 is attached or integrally printed (40 '). The method according to claim 1 or 2, The lid 20 has a ventilation groove 22 for ventilation when printing paper is attached; And, A handle 24 provided on the outer edge of the lid 20; The food container further comprises any one or both of them. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Further comprising any one or both of the protrusion (60) provided on the bottom of the lid and the protrusion surface (20a ') formed in at least the center portion of the lid to form a food receiving space (P) in the lid (20) Food container characterized in that. The method of claim 2, Food container characterized in that it further comprises one or more depressions (70) provided in the container body sealing portion 30 of the lid to facilitate separation of the container body of the lid. The method of claim 2, The container body sealing portion 30 of the lid has a width smaller than the upper end of the container body, At least one of an adhesive accommodating groove 80 formed in the container body upper jaw 12 in which the container body sealing part 30 of the lid is in close contact and the printing sheet inserting part 90a provided in the lid 20 Food container characterized in that it further comprises.

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