Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J36/00—Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels
  • A47J36/02—Selection of specific materials, e.g. heavy bottoms with copper inlay or with insulating inlay
  • A47J36/022—Cooking- or baking-vessels or supports thereof for using only once

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a paper pot.
• a pot is cookware used for heating, frying, boiling and roasting food. Such a pot is usually round and deep and has a handle or handles fixed thereto and is configured to often a lid. Most pots are made of metals, and glazed earthenware is also used.
• a pot is used as a cooking container for receiving food to be heated for boiling, steaming, or the like.
• a pot is mainly made of a metal having a high thermal conductivity, such as aluminum, iron, enamel, copper, stainless steel, etc.
• a tempered-glass pot for allowing a user to observe a cooking degree of food without opening a lid, or a glazed earthenware pot having superior thermal conductivity and heat retention.
• the pot In use, once food to be cooked is received in a pot, the pot is heated using a certain heating means such as a gas burner while the user pays attention to prevent the food, more particularly, liquid-phase food from boiling over. Since the pot comes into direct contact with a heat source, the pot is not made of permeable or inflammable materials.
• the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a paper pot, wherein paper, having a light-weight and being able to be folded for storage, is processed to increase a percentage of pulp thereof so as to achieve a remarkably enhanced non-inflammability and a coating layer is provided throughout the pot to reduce permeability of the paper pot, whereby a noninflammable light-weight paper pot with improved convenience in carrying can be accomplished and used without a risk of leakage of food received therein.
• a paper pot comprising: a body part including a body composed of pulp as a paper raw material, the body being covered with a coating layer and being externally formed with front and rear and left and right body folding-lines to define a receiving space; a lid part including a pair of lid bodies bound to the left and right body folding-lines of the body part and having lid folding-lines and a pair of coupling lids bound to the lid folding-lines, the coupling lids being opened away from or closed to each other about the lid folding-lines so as to open or close an open upper side of the body; and a discharge part including a pair of discharge bodies bound to the front and rear body folding lines of the body part and each having a pair of discharge- body folding-lines obliquely extending from an upper center apex to both lower apexes of the discharge body, and lateral bodies bound to the oblique discharge-body folding- lines to thereby be located at corners of the
• the coating layer of the body part may be formed by thermally bonding molten impermeable polyethylene resin to adhere the molten polyethylene resin to the body, so as to prevent adsorption of moisture.
• One of the coupling lids of the lid part may have a coupling piece defined by a coupling-piece folding-line and a coupling-piece cutting-line and adapted to be lifted, and the other coupling lid having no coupling piece may be inserted below the lifted coupling piece once the pair of coupling lids are closed toward each other.
• the discharge part may further include reinforcing couplers located at the upper side of the corresponding discharge body and bound to the lateral bodies via reinforcing folding-lines so as to be located aside the lid bodies, and the reinforcing couplers may be folded to the lateral-body folding lines and are inserted below the lateral bodies to reinforce the discharge-body folding-lines.
• the discharge part may include a reinforcing insert located at the upper side of each discharge body, the reinforcing insert may include a pair of oblique reinforcing portions having an inclination angle consistent with an inclination angle of the lateral- body folding lines, and reinforcing insert pieces provided at distal ends of the oblique reinforcing portions and adapted to be inserted between the lateral bodies and the discharge body upon folding of the discharge part, and the reinforcing insert pieces may be inserted between the lateral bodies and the discharge body when the reinforcing insert is folded onto the discharge body, thereby serving to reinforce the lateral bodies and discharge body.
• the discharge part may include an adhesive reinforcing piece located at the upper side of each discharge body and attached to the corresponding lateral body by being folded onto the discharge body along the lateral-body folding-line so as to reinforce the lateral body.
• Each coupling lid may be provided with a grip portion to grip the lid part when opening or closing the same
• the grip portion may include a grip body located at a distal end of the coupling lid and having a grip folding-line bound to the coupling lid, a grip coupling piece defined in the center of the grip body by a center cutting-line, and a fixing slit formed at the center of the grip coupling piece to keep the grip coupling piece at a fixed position when the coupling lid is closed, and the grip folding-line may be formed at either end thereof with a coupling slit, into which the discharge piece is fixedly inserted.
• Each lateral body of the discharge part may include a lateral-body cutting-line formed at a part of the lateral-body folding-line, and a pair of oblique folding-lines provided at opposite sides of the lateral-body folding-line to adjust an inclination angle of the lid body, and the lateral body, which is divided by the lateral-body cutting-line, may be folded about the oblique folding-lines so as to adjust the inclination angle of the lid body located aside thereof.
• a light-weight paper pot can be fabricated, which is foldable for storage and can achieve enhanced non-inflammability because it is composed of an increased content of pulp. Further, the entire paper pot is provided with a coating layer to achieve impermeability.
• the paper pot according to the present invention can prevent unwanted leakage of contents received therein, and improve convenience in carrying and storage.
• the paper body of the paper pot being made of an increased content of pulp and the coating layer being formed by thermally bonding molten polyethylene resin to the pulp body, the paper body can achieve enhanced fire retardancy and prevent unwanted permeation of moisture through the paper pot.
• the paper pot can be easily folded upon carrying and storage, and then, can be unfolded when in use. After being heated using a heater to heat contents, such as food, received therein, the paper pot can be again folded for convenient storage thereof. Accordingly, the light-weight paper pot of the present invention can be easily carried and stored, resulting in an improvement in the convenience of use.
• the paper pot includes a lid part consisting of a pair of lid bodies, which are provided at left and right sides of the body of the paper pot and are adapted to open or close an open upper side of the body.
• the lid part With provision of the lid part, the body of the paper pot can be selectively opened or closed during cooking if necessary, resulting in an improvement in the convenience of cooking.
• the body of the paper pot according to the present invention is further provided at front and rear sides thereof with a discharge part consisting of a pair of discharge bodies, and the discharge bodies are centrally provided with discharge pieces.
• the lid part of the paper pot is provided with grip bodies having grip coupling pieces to allow a user to easily open or close the body of the paper pot. Furthermore, the grip body is formed at both ends thereof with coupling slits for insertion of the discharge pieces, resulting in enhanced grip efficiency and closing efficiency.
• the discharge part further includes a pair of lateral bodies, and each lateral body has an upper lateral-body cutting-line and a lateral-body folding line provided to reinforce the corresponding discharge-part folding-line.
• the lateral body has oblique folding-lines provided to adjust an inclination angle of the corresponding lid body.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a paper pot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating an opened state of a lid part of the paper pot
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the use of a discharge part of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 30 FIG.
• FIG. 5 is a development view of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating an opened state of a lid part of the paper pot;
• FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
• FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating the use of a discharge part of the paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
• FIG. 10 is a development view of the paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of the portion A shown in FIG. 10;
• FIG. 12 is a perspective view illustrating the use of a discharge part of a paper pot according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 13 is a perspective view illustrating the use of a discharge part of a paper pot according to a further alternative embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a paper pot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating an opened state of a lid part of the paper pot
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a paper pot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating an opened state of a lid part of the paper pot
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a paper pot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating an opened state of a lid part of the paper pot
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a paper pot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating an opened state of a lid part
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the use of a discharge part of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 5 is a development view of the paper pot according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating an opened state of a lid part of the paper pot
• FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating the use of a discharge part of the paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 10 is a development view of the paper pot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of the portion A shown in FIG. 10.
• FIG. 12 is a perspective view illustrating the use of a discharge part of a paper pot according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 13 is a perspective view illustrating the use of a discharge part of a paper pot according to a further alternative embodiment of the present invention.
• the paper pot of the present invention which is designated by reference numeral 100, includes: a body part 110 including a body 111 provided with a coating layer 112; a lid part 120 including a pair of coupling lids 122 provided at left and right sides of the body 111 of the body part 110 and adapted to open or close an open upper side of the body 111; and a discharge part 130 including a pair of discharge bodies 131 provided at front and rear sides of the body 111 of the body part 110 and each defined by oblique discharge-body folding-lines 132.
• the body 111 of the body part 110 is composed of pulp as a raw material of paper, and the coating layer 112 is provided throughout the body 111.
• An outer surface of the body 111 is formed with left and right and front and rear body folding-lines 114. As the body 111 is folded along the body folding-lines 114, a rectangular or square inner receiving space 113 of the body 111 is defined.
• the coating layer 112 of the body part 110 is formed by thermally bonding molten polyethylene, an impermeable resin, to the body 111 to adhere the polyethylene to the body 111, so as to prevent absorption of moisture.
• the lid part 120 includes a pair of lid bodies 121 at one sides thereof bound to the left and right body folding-lines 114 of the body part 110, and in turn, the other sides of the coupling lids 122 are bound to lid folding-lines 123 of the lid bodies 121.
• the coupling lids 122 are adapted to be opened away from each other or to be closed toward each other about the lid folding-lines 123, so as to open or close the open upper side of the body 111.
• one of the coupling lids 122 of the lid part 120 is integrally provided with a coupling piece 124.
• the coupling piece 124 is formed by cutting in such a way that one side of the coupling piece 124, which has a rectangular form in the exemplary embodiment, is integrated at the coupling lid 122 via a coupling-piece folding-line 125 and the remaining sides of the coupling piece 124 are separated from the coupling lid 122 via a coupling-piece cutting-line 126. With this configuration, the coupling piece 124 can be lifted and separated from the coupling lid 122 while being fixed to the coupling lid 122 via the coupling-piece folding-line 125. Once the pair of coupling lids 122 are closed toward each other, the other coupling lid 122 having no coupling piece 124 can be inserted below the separated coupling piece 124, whereby stable coupling of both the coupling lids 122 can be accomplished.
• the discharge part 130 includes the pair of discharge bodies 131 bound to the front and rear body folding lines 114, and each discharge body 131 is defined by the pair of discharge-body folding-lines 132 obliquely extending from an upper center apex to both lower apexes of the triangular discharge body 131.
• the discharge part 130 further includes lateral bodies 133 bound to the oblique discharge-body folding-lines 132 and located at corners of the body 111 between the discharge bodies 131 and the lid bodies 121.
• the lateral bodies 133 are formed with lateral-body folding-lines 134 symmetrical to the discharge-body folding-lines 132.
• each discharge body 131 is provided at the upper center apex thereof with a discharge piece 137.
• the discharge part 130 further includes reinforcing couplers 135 to reinforce the discharge-body folding-lines 132.
• a pair of the reinforcing couplers 135 are located at the upper side of the corresponding discharge body 131 and are bound to the lateral bodies 133 via reinforcing folding- lines 135a thereof.
• the reinforcing couplers 135 are folded to the lateral-body folding lines 134 and are inserted therebetween and are coupled to the respective lateral bodies 133 while being located aside the lid bodies 121.
• the reinforcing folding-lines 135a of the reinforcing couplers 135 overlap with the discharge-body folding-lines 132, thereby reinforcing the discharge-body folding-lines 132.
• the discharge part 130 may include a reinforcing insert 136 located at the upper side of each discharge body 131.
• the reinforcing insert 136 consists of a pair of oblique reinforcing portions 136a having an inclination angle consistent with an inclination angle of the lateral-body folding lines 134, and reinforcing insert pieces 136b provided at distal ends of the oblique reinforcing portions 136a and adapted to be inserted between the lateral bodies 133 and the discharge body 131 upon folding of the discharge part
• the reinforcing insert pieces 136b are inserted between the lateral bodies 133 and the discharge body 131, thereby serving to reinforce the lateral bodies 133 and discharge body 131.
• the discharge part 130 may include an adhesive reinforcing piece 136c to reinforce the discharge body 131.
• the adhesive reinforcing piece 136c is located at the upper side of each discharge body 131 and is adapted to be attached to the discharge body 131 along the lateral-body folding line 134. For this, the adhesive reinforcing piece 136c is folded onto the discharge body 131 to thereby be attached to the corresponding lateral body 133.
• each coupling lid 122 may be provided with a grip portion 127, to allow a user to easily grip the lid part 120 when opening or closing the same.
• the grip portion 127 consists of a grip body 127a located at a distal end of the coupling lid 122 and having a grip folding-line 127b bound to the coupling lid 122, a grip coupling piece 127c defined in the center of the grip body 127a by a center cutting-line 127d, and a fixing slit 127e formed at the center of the grip coupling piece 127c to keep the grip coupling piece 127c at a fixed position when the coupling lid 122 is closed.
• the grip folding-line 127b is formed at both ends thereof with coupling slits 127f, into which the discharge pieces 137 are fixedly inserted.
• each lateral body 133 of the discharge part 130 may include a lateral-body cutting-line 138 formed at a part of the lateral-body folding-line 134, and a pair of oblique folding-lines 139 provided at opposite sides of the lateral-body folding-line 134 to adjust an inclination angle of the corresponding lid body 121.
• the lateral body 133 can be folded about the oblique folding-lines 139 so as to adjust the inclination angle of the lid body 121 located aside thereof.
• the paper pot of the present invention is provided with the coating layer 112 that is prepared by thermally bonding molten polyethylene resin that is suitable not only to improve impermeability, but also to prevent unwanted structural weakness due to moisture absorption.
• the body 111 of the paper pot is made of pulp as a raw material of paper, to achieve enhanced fire retardancy sufficient to prevent ignition of the paper pot due to a heat source.
• the body 111 is externally formed with the body folding-lines 114, to allow the paper pot to be folded upon storage and carrying for the sake of a reduction in volume.
• the pulp content of the body 111 is in a range of 85% to 90%, and can exhibit enhanced fire retardancy.
• the lateral-body folding-lines 134 of the lateral bodies 133 provided at opposite sides of the discharge bodies 131 of the discharge part 130 are folded to the respective corners of the body 111 such that the lateral-body folding-lines 134 are bound to the lid bodies 121.
• the lid bodies 121 are upright to define opposite left and right sidewalls of the body 111.
• the lateral-body folding-lines 134 of the lateral bodies 133 reinforce the discharge-body folding-lines 132 obliquely extending from the upper center apex to the lower apexes of the discharge body 131.
• the discharge bodies 131 are upright to define opposite front and rear sidewalls of the body 111, completing the receiving space 113.
• the lateral body 133 has the lateral-body cutting-line 138, and the pair of oblique folding-lines 139 are provided at opposite sides of the lateral-body folding-line 134 of the lateral body 133, more particularly, at coupling positions of the lid body 121.
• the lateral body 133 can function to adjust the inclination angle of the corresponding coupling lid 122 when being folded about the lateral-body folding-line 134 and oblique folding-lines 139, thereby providing the paper pot with an upwardly or downwardly tapered shape. This results in easy change in the shape of the paper pot.
• each coupling lid 122 is provided with the grip portion 127 consisting of the grip body 127a having the grip folding-line 127b formed with the coupling slits 127f and the grip coupling piece 127c defined in the center of the grip body 127a by the center cutting-line 127d, the grip coupling piece 127c having the fixing slit 127e.
• the discharge part 130 includes the discharge pieces 137.
• the grip coupling pieces 127c of both the coupling lids 122 are inserted into the fixing slits 127e of the opposite coupling lids 122, and the discharge pieces 137 are inserted into the coupling slits 127f formed at both ends of the grip folding-lines 127b. Accordingly, the grip portion 127 of the present embodiment can achieve not only enhanced closing efficiency, but also improved grip convenience.
• the body 111 made of high-content pulp can be heated with a lowered heating temperature due to the contents received in the receiving space 113, achieving enhanced fire retardancy. Further, with the provision of the coating layer 112, the contents can be cooked without a risk of moisture adsorption, and the cooked contents can be easily taken out by opening the lid part 120.
• the discharge part 130 is included in the paper pot. That is, as the user pulls out the discharge piece 137 to easily discharge the contents, the lateral bodies 133 connected to the discharge body 131 having the pulled discharge piece 137 are unfolded about the lateral-body folding-lines 134, thereby guiding the contents toward the discharge piece 137 while allowing the discharge piece 137 to be tilted outward and downward. Thereby, the residue of the contents can be easily taken out.
• the reinforcing insert 136 is provided at the upper side of the discharge body 131, and consists of the pair of oblique reinforcing portions 136a having an inclination angle consistent with an inclination angle of the lateral-body folding-lines 134, and the reinforcing insert pieces 136b provided at distal ends of the oblique reinforcing portions 136a so as to be inserted below the lateral bodies 133 when the lateral bodies 133 are folded onto the discharge body 131.
• the reinforcing insert pieces 136b can be inserted below the lateral bodies 133, thereby reinforcing the lateral bodies 133.
• the adhesive reinforcing piece 136c is provided at the upper side of the discharge body 131 and is adapted to be attached to the discharge body 131 along the lateral-body folding- line 134. As the adhesive reinforcing piece 136c is folded onto the discharge body 131 and is attached to the corresponding lateral body 133, the adhesive reinforcing piece 136c can reinforce the lateral body 133.
• the reinforcing insert 136 is provided at the upper side of the discharge body 131, and consists of the pair of oblique reinforcing portions 136a having an inclination angle consistent with an inclination angle of the lateral-body folding-lines 134, and the reinforcing insert pieces 136b provided at distal ends of the oblique reinforcing portions 136a so as to be inserted below the lateral bodies 133 when the lateral bodies 133 are folded onto the discharge body 131.
• the reinforcing insert pieces 136b can be inserted below the lateral bodies 133, thereby reinforcing the lateral bodies 133.
• the paper pot After completely discharging the contents from the paper pot, to facilitate disposal of the paper pot, the paper pot is folded about the body folding-lines 114 of the body part 110 to achieve a reduced volume suitable for easy carrying, storage or disposal.
• the paper pot 100 has a foldable configuration consisting of: the body 110 including the fire retardant body 111 composed of a high content of pulp and provided with the coating layer 112 for preventing moisture adsorption; the lid part 120 provided at the left and right sides of the body 111; and the discharge part 130 provided at the front and rear sides of the body 111, whereby the foldable paper pot 100 can achieve not only an improvement in the convenience of carrying and storage, but also easy discharge of contents received therein, and also, can eliminate a risk of environmental contamination.
• the present invention provides a light-weight foldable paper pot, which is composed of a high content of pulp and is provided with a coating layer to achieve remarkably enhanced non-inflammability and impermeability. Further, the paper pot according to the present invention is configured not only to prevent unwanted leakage of contents received therein, but also to improve conven ience in carrying and storage. Accordingly, the paper pot of the present invention is applicable to the field of cookware.

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