US20200290786A1 - Environment protected starch container device - Google Patents
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- the present invention is related to starch containers, and in particular to an environment protected starch container device.
- the starch material in the prior art mainly comprises 50 wt % ⁇ 90 wt % (weight percentage) starch; 5 wt % ⁇ 25 wt % fiber enhancer; 0.2 wt % ⁇ 3 wt % steady agent; and 5 wt % ⁇ 40 wt % filling powders; preferably, 0.5 wt % ⁇ 5 wt % foaming material is added thereto.
- the environment of forming the starch material is high humidity environment (the humidity is about 80%).
- the starch material is formed as blocks so as to mix with water. To cause water is uniformly distributed in the starch material, the starch material is rubbed many times until the hardness of the surface of the starch material is between 10 HA ⁇ 20 HA.
- the starch of the starch material is selected from potato starch, corn starch, wood starch, or other plant starch. Because the particles of these starches are not preferred so that water is used to concrete the structure of the starch material. When the starch material is placed in a shaping space and then compressed and heated to temperature of about 100° C., water therein will evaporate to be formed with a plurality of holes in the porous starch container.
- the wastes of starch foaming material and the manufacturing products thereof can be biologically decomposed after unused and may be further used in other fields so as not to pollute the environment.
- the starch foaming material can be processed by burning. Furthermore after burning, the product of CO2 for general used plastics is 3.13 tons, while it is 0.6 tons for starch foaming material, which has a reduction of 80-90%. Furthermore in the burning process, the products are harmful and the residue may be used as fertilizer.
- paper is used as material for making food containers, however, paper is not preferred biological material.
- the prior paper cup is coated with a layer of PP or PE for waterproof, but PP and PE are plastic material which is harmful to human bodies and cannot be decomposed naturally so as to pollute the environment.
- the inventor has developed starch material for many years and uses these materials in food container.
- the starch material has no function of waterproof. It is easy to resolve and deform and thus is not suitable to receive liquid. Therefore, the usage of the starch container is greatly confined.
- the starch material has many advantages as above said and thus the inventor is desired to improve this defect in the starch material to provide a novel starch container which is suitable for receiving liquid.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a environment protected starch container device, wherein
- the function of the silicon layer 20 is to cause the starch container 10 to be waterproof.
- the silicon layer 20 and the starch container 10 are capably of decomposition naturally without polluting the environment. Therefore, it is better than the prior art used paper cups made of the PP or PE.
- the silicon layer 20 is endurable to temperatures higher than 250° C. and capable of suffering from high temperature and has the function of killing bacteria in high temperature.
- the conventionally containers made of PE or PU only suffer from temperatures not over than 20° C.
- the starch container 10 of the present invention is coated with a silicon layer 20 which can suffer from temperatures over than 250° C. Therefore, the medical instruments made of the material of the present invention are useable for killing bacteria on high temperature, while this effect cannot be achieved by the conventional container.
- the present invention provides an environment protected starch container device; comprising; a starch container mainly made of starch material for holding solid or liquid foods or other objects; a silicon layer adhered to a surface of the starch container; and wherein the function of the silicon layer is to cause the starch container to be waterproof; originally, the starch container is not waterproof; furthermore in natural environment, the silicon layer and the starch container are capably of decomposition naturally without polluting the environment; therefore the container is capable of holding water therein and is reusable for many times.
- the starch material comprises 50 wt % ⁇ 90 wt % (weight percentage) starch; 5 wt % ⁇ 25 wt % fiber enhancer for enhancing a structure of the starch material; and 3 wt % ⁇ 30 wt % CaCO3 for hardening the structure of the starch material.
- the starch material may further comprise 0.02 wt % ⁇ 5 wt % foaming material.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a cup of a starch container according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross section view of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the present invention being used as a food disk.
- FIG. 4 is a cross section view of FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 5 is another schematic view showing another example for the food disk of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a cross section view of FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the starch container being a bowl according to the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a cross section view of FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing that the starch container is a food box according to the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a cross section view of FIG. 9 .
- FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a box of a starch container of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is cross section view of FIG. 11 .
- FIG. 13 is another schematic view about a box made of starch container according to the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a cross section view of FIG. 13 .
- the starch container with a silicon layer according to the present invention is illustrated.
- the present invention includes the following elements.
- a starch container 10 is mainly made of starch material for receiving solid or liquid foods or other objects.
- a silicon layer 20 is adhered to a surface of the starch container 10 .
- the silicon layer 20 is adhered to an inner surface of the starch container 10 .
- the silicon layer 20 is adhered to a whole surface of the silicon layer 20 .
- the silicon layer 20 is adhered to the surface of the starch container 10 by spraying or other ways.
- the function of the silicon layer 20 is to cause the starch container 10 to be waterproof in a short time period.
- the starch container 10 is not waterproof.
- the silicon layer 20 and the starch container 10 are capably of decomposition naturally without polluting the environment. Therefore, when the starch container 10 is coated with the silicon layer 20 , it is capable of holding water therein and is reusable for many times. It can reduce cost and destroy to the environment.
- the biological material and silicon has no pollution to the environment and does not affect the health of human body. Therefore, it is better than the prior art used paper cups made of the PP or PE.
- the silicon layer 20 is endurable to temperatures higher than 250° C. and capable of suffering from high temperature and has the function of killing bacteria in high temperature.
- the conventionally containers made of PE or PU only suffer from temperatures not over than 20° C.
- the starch container 10 of the present invention is coated with a silicon layer 20 which can suffer from temperatures over than 250° C. Therefore, the medical instruments made of the material of the present invention are useable for killing bacteria on high temperature, while this effect cannot be achieved by the conventional container.
- FIG. 1 shows that the starch container 10 is a cup 100 which is coated with the silicon layer 20 in the interior thereof as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- the cup 100 is used to hold water and thus is waterproof so as to increase the whole life time of the cup.
- the cup 100 may be used many times.
- the starch container 10 is used as a food disk 200 with a silicon layer 20 at an inner surface thereof as illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6 . Therefore, the whole disk 200 serves to hold foods and is waterproof. It has a longer lifetime and can be used many times.
- FIG. 7 shows that the starch container 10 is a bowl 300 . At least an inner surface of the bowl 300 serves to hold foods or soup and is waterproof so as to increase the lifetime thereof. It can be reused many times.
- FIG. 9 shows that the starch container 10 is a food box 300 . The inner side is coated with a silicon layer 20 as FIG. 10 shows.
- FIG. 11 shows that the starch container 10 is a hollow box 500 . At least inner surface of the hollow box 500 is coated with a silicon layer 20 as illustrated in FIG. 12 .
- FIG. 13 shows that the box 500 has a cover 520 . At least an inner side of the cover 520 is coated with a silicon layer 20 as FIG. 14 shows.
- the starch material of the present invention mainly comprises 50 wt % ⁇ 90 wt % (weight percentage) starch; 5 wt % ⁇ 25 wt % fiber enhancer (preferably, it is plant fiber or pulp fiber) for enhancing the structure of the starch material; 3 wt % ⁇ 30 wt % CaCO3 for hardening the structure of the starch material; preferably, 0.02 wt % ⁇ 5 wt % foaming material is added thereto, the foaming material is selected from yeast or generally used chemical foaming material. After forming, 40% ⁇ 60% of the volume of the porous starch container 30 is hollowed.
- the object of foaming is to increase the heat resistance, reduce the weight and material in manufacturing so as to reduce the cost.
- the environment of forming the starch material is high humidity environment (the humidity is about 80%).
- the starch material is formed as blocks so as to mix with water. To cause water is uniformly distributed in the starch material, the starch material is rubbed many times until the hardness of the surface of the starch material is between 10 HA ⁇ 20 HA.
- the starch of the starch material is selected from potato starch, corn starch, wood starch, or other plant starches. Because the particles of these starches are not preferred so that in the manufacturing process, water is used to concrete the structure of the starch material.
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An environment protected starch container device includes a starch container mainly made of starch material for holding solid or liquid foods or other objects; a silicon layer adhered to a surface of the starch container; and wherein the function of the silicon layer is to cause the starch container to be waterproof; originally, the starch container is not waterproof; furthermore in natural environment, the silicon layer and the starch container are capably of decomposition naturally without polluting the environment; therefore the container is capable of holding water therein and is reusable for many times. The starch material comprises 50 wt %˜90 wt % (weight percentage) starch; 5 wt %˜25 wt % fiber enhancer for enhancing a structure of the starch material; and 3 wt %˜30 wt % CaCO3 for hardening the structure of the starch material. The starch material may further comprise 0.02 wt %˜5 wt % foaming material.
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- The present invention is related to starch containers, and in particular to an environment protected starch container device.
- The starch material in the prior art mainly comprises 50 wt %˜90 wt % (weight percentage) starch; 5 wt %˜25 wt % fiber enhancer; 0.2 wt %˜3 wt % steady agent; and 5 wt %˜40 wt % filling powders; preferably, 0.5 wt %˜5 wt % foaming material is added thereto. The environment of forming the starch material is high humidity environment (the humidity is about 80%). The starch material is formed as blocks so as to mix with water. To cause water is uniformly distributed in the starch material, the starch material is rubbed many times until the hardness of the surface of the starch material is between 10 HA˜20 HA.
- The starch of the starch material is selected from potato starch, corn starch, wood starch, or other plant starch. Because the particles of these starches are not preferred so that water is used to concrete the structure of the starch material. When the starch material is placed in a shaping space and then compressed and heated to temperature of about 100° C., water therein will evaporate to be formed with a plurality of holes in the porous starch container.
- The wastes of starch foaming material and the manufacturing products thereof can be biologically decomposed after unused and may be further used in other fields so as not to pollute the environment. The starch foaming material can be processed by burning. Furthermore after burning, the product of CO2 for general used plastics is 3.13 tons, while it is 0.6 tons for starch foaming material, which has a reduction of 80-90%. Furthermore in the burning process, the products are harmful and the residue may be used as fertilizer.
- Conventionally, paper is used as material for making food containers, however, paper is not preferred biological material. Furthermore the prior paper cup is coated with a layer of PP or PE for waterproof, but PP and PE are plastic material which is harmful to human bodies and cannot be decomposed naturally so as to pollute the environment.
- The inventor has developed starch material for many years and uses these materials in food container. However, the starch material has no function of waterproof. It is easy to resolve and deform and thus is not suitable to receive liquid. Therefore, the usage of the starch container is greatly confined.
- However, the starch material has many advantages as above said and thus the inventor is desired to improve this defect in the starch material to provide a novel starch container which is suitable for receiving liquid.
- Accordingly, for improving above mentioned defects in the prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide a environment protected starch container device, wherein The function of the
silicon layer 20 is to cause thestarch container 10 to be waterproof. Furthermore in natural environment, thesilicon layer 20 and thestarch container 10 are capably of decomposition naturally without polluting the environment. Therefore, it is better than the prior art used paper cups made of the PP or PE. Furthermore thesilicon layer 20 is endurable to temperatures higher than 250° C. and capable of suffering from high temperature and has the function of killing bacteria in high temperature. The conventionally containers made of PE or PU only suffer from temperatures not over than 20° C. However, thestarch container 10 of the present invention is coated with asilicon layer 20 which can suffer from temperatures over than 250° C. Therefore, the medical instruments made of the material of the present invention are useable for killing bacteria on high temperature, while this effect cannot be achieved by the conventional container. - To achieve above object, the present invention provides an environment protected starch container device; comprising; a starch container mainly made of starch material for holding solid or liquid foods or other objects; a silicon layer adhered to a surface of the starch container; and wherein the function of the silicon layer is to cause the starch container to be waterproof; originally, the starch container is not waterproof; furthermore in natural environment, the silicon layer and the starch container are capably of decomposition naturally without polluting the environment; therefore the container is capable of holding water therein and is reusable for many times.
- The starch material comprises 50 wt %˜90 wt % (weight percentage) starch; 5 wt %˜25 wt % fiber enhancer for enhancing a structure of the starch material; and 3 wt %˜30 wt % CaCO3 for hardening the structure of the starch material. The starch material may further comprise 0.02 wt %˜5 wt % foaming material.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a cup of a starch container according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a cross section view ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the present invention being used as a food disk. -
FIG. 4 is a cross section view ofFIG. 3 . -
FIG. 5 is another schematic view showing another example for the food disk of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 is a cross section view ofFIG. 5 . -
FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the starch container being a bowl according to the present invention. -
FIG. 8 is a cross section view ofFIG. 7 . -
FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing that the starch container is a food box according to the present invention. -
FIG. 10 is a cross section view ofFIG. 9 . -
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a box of a starch container of the present invention. -
FIG. 12 is cross section view ofFIG. 11 . -
FIG. 13 is another schematic view about a box made of starch container according to the present invention. -
FIG. 14 is a cross section view ofFIG. 13 . - In order that those skilled in the art can further understand the present invention, a description will be provided in the following in details. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are only used to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects, features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to be used to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined in the appended claims.
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FIGS. 1 to 14 , the starch container with a silicon layer according to the present invention is illustrated. The present invention includes the following elements. - A
starch container 10 is mainly made of starch material for receiving solid or liquid foods or other objects. - A
silicon layer 20 is adhered to a surface of thestarch container 10. Preferably, thesilicon layer 20 is adhered to an inner surface of thestarch container 10. Preferably, thesilicon layer 20 is adhered to a whole surface of thesilicon layer 20. - The
silicon layer 20 is adhered to the surface of thestarch container 10 by spraying or other ways. - The function of the
silicon layer 20 is to cause thestarch container 10 to be waterproof in a short time period. Originally, thestarch container 10 is not waterproof. Furthermore in natural environment, thesilicon layer 20 and thestarch container 10 are capably of decomposition naturally without polluting the environment. Therefore, when thestarch container 10 is coated with thesilicon layer 20, it is capable of holding water therein and is reusable for many times. It can reduce cost and destroy to the environment. The biological material and silicon has no pollution to the environment and does not affect the health of human body. Therefore, it is better than the prior art used paper cups made of the PP or PE. - Furthermore the
silicon layer 20 is endurable to temperatures higher than 250° C. and capable of suffering from high temperature and has the function of killing bacteria in high temperature. The conventionally containers made of PE or PU only suffer from temperatures not over than 20° C. However, thestarch container 10 of the present invention is coated with asilicon layer 20 which can suffer from temperatures over than 250° C. Therefore, the medical instruments made of the material of the present invention are useable for killing bacteria on high temperature, while this effect cannot be achieved by the conventional container. - The embodiments of the present invention will be described herein.
FIG. 1 shows that thestarch container 10 is acup 100 which is coated with thesilicon layer 20 in the interior thereof as illustrated inFIG. 2 . Thecup 100 is used to hold water and thus is waterproof so as to increase the whole life time of the cup. Thecup 100 may be used many times. - Referring to
FIGS. 3 to 5 , it is illustrated that thestarch container 10 is used as afood disk 200 with asilicon layer 20 at an inner surface thereof as illustrated inFIGS. 4 to 6 . Therefore, thewhole disk 200 serves to hold foods and is waterproof. It has a longer lifetime and can be used many times.FIG. 7 shows that thestarch container 10 is abowl 300. At least an inner surface of thebowl 300 serves to hold foods or soup and is waterproof so as to increase the lifetime thereof. It can be reused many times.FIG. 9 shows that thestarch container 10 is afood box 300. The inner side is coated with asilicon layer 20 asFIG. 10 shows. -
FIG. 11 shows that thestarch container 10 is ahollow box 500. At least inner surface of thehollow box 500 is coated with asilicon layer 20 as illustrated inFIG. 12 .FIG. 13 shows that thebox 500 has acover 520. At least an inner side of thecover 520 is coated with asilicon layer 20 asFIG. 14 shows. - The starch material of the present invention mainly comprises 50 wt %˜90 wt % (weight percentage) starch; 5 wt %˜25 wt % fiber enhancer (preferably, it is plant fiber or pulp fiber) for enhancing the structure of the starch material; 3 wt %˜30 wt % CaCO3 for hardening the structure of the starch material; preferably, 0.02 wt %˜5 wt % foaming material is added thereto, the foaming material is selected from yeast or generally used chemical foaming material. After forming, 40%˜60% of the volume of the porous starch container 30 is hollowed. The object of foaming is to increase the heat resistance, reduce the weight and material in manufacturing so as to reduce the cost. Preferably, the environment of forming the starch material is high humidity environment (the humidity is about 80%). The starch material is formed as blocks so as to mix with water. To cause water is uniformly distributed in the starch material, the starch material is rubbed many times until the hardness of the surface of the starch material is between 10 HA˜20 HA.
- The starch of the starch material is selected from potato starch, corn starch, wood starch, or other plant starches. Because the particles of these starches are not preferred so that in the manufacturing process, water is used to concrete the structure of the starch material.
- The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
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1. An environment protected starch container device; comprising;
a starch container mainly made of starch material for holding solid or liquid foods or other objects;
a silicon layer adhered to a surface of the starch container; and
wherein the function of the silicon layer is to cause the starch container to be waterproof; originally, the starch container is not waterproof; furthermore in natural environment, the silicon layer and the starch container are capably of decomposition naturally without polluting the environment; therefore the container is capable of holding water therein and is reusable for many times.
2. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the silicon layer is adhered to an inner surface of the starch container.
3. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the silicon layer is adhered to a whole surface of the starch container.
4. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the starch container is a cup and at least one inner side thereof is coated with the silicon layer.
5. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the starch container is a food disk and at least one inner side thereof is coated with the silicon layer.
6. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the starch container is a bowl and at least one inner side thereof is coated with the silicon layer.
7. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the starch container is a box.
8. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the starch material comprises
50 wt %˜90 wt % (weight percentage) starch;
5 wt %˜25 wt % fiber enhancer for enhancing a structure of the starch material; and
3 wt %˜30 wt % CaCO3 for hardening the structure of the starch material.
9. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 9 wherein the fiber enhancer is selected from plant fibers and pulp fibers.
10. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the starch material further comprises 0.02 wt %˜5 wt % foaming material.
11. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the foaming material is selected from yeast and generally used chemical foaming material; and after forming, 40%˜60% of the volume of the porous starch container is hollowed.
12. The environment protected starch container device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein starch of the starch material is selected from potato starch, corn starch, wood starch, and other plant starch.
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