WO2011021747A1

WO2011021747A1 - Container which enables checking of water height

Info

Publication number: WO2011021747A1
Application number: PCT/KR2009/007137
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김인규
Original assignee: Kim In-Gyoo
Priority date: 2009-08-17
Filing date: 2009-12-02
Publication date: 2011-02-24

Abstract

The present invention provides a container which enables the checking of water height in which the height of the water poured therein can be easily checked in disposable containers such as a paper cup or a container of instant cup noodles. The container capable of checking water height according to the present invention comprises a main body (20) and a color indication member (40), wherein the main body (20) is formed to enable the holding of water. In addition, the color indication member (40) is installed at a determined height at the inner part of the main body (20), and the color of the color indication member changes by reaction with water, thereby expressing the determined color when the water poured into the main body (20) reaches the same.

Description

Water level container

The present invention relates to a container capable of confirming the water height, and more particularly, to a container capable of confirming the height of water, which makes it easy to check the height of water poured in a container used for single use, such as a paper cup or a cup ramen container.

Disposable containers such as paper cups and cup noodle containers are being spread in various forms due to their ease of use. In particular, the disposable container made of paper material has increased hygiene and its usage is increasing.

Regarding such disposable containers, Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2001-0034901 "Insulation Container", 2003-0037530 "Disposable Starch Container and Manufacturing Method thereof", Registration No. 10-0875104 "Laminating coating on paper Biodegradable resin composition for food and food packaging paper using the same ", and the Utility Model Publication No. 20-0374229" Integral disposable cup of a straw "has been proposed and used.

On the other hand, a container mainly used as a disposable container is very usefully used for drinking tea, coffee, etc., or easily eating instant foods (typically cup noodles) such as ramen. At this time, tea, coffee, cup ramen and the like is known to have a good taste or a user's taste when using a certain amount of water.

In general, however, disposable containers (particularly, containers formed of paper material) are difficult for a user to control an appropriate amount of water. For example, when drinking tea using a disposable cup, it is known that a certain amount of disposable coffee mix or tea bag is used so that a certain amount of water is poured to give the best taste. It is virtually impossible. In addition, when drinking alcohol from the outside, a paper cup is mainly used, in the case of a liquor, when the alcohol is poured into the paper cup of the other party, the amount of alcohol is misjudged by the wrong amount of drinking occurs in the case of the other party.

In this regard, Korean Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0318331 "Paper Cup with Line", No. 20-0347128 "Disposable Cup", No. 20-0420692 "Food Container for Cooking", etc. It is expected that the user can recognize the height of the water by printing lines or forming protrusions.

However, such a prior art is substantially inconvenient due to low visibility (visiblility) that allows the user to easily recognize the height of the water. For example, such a height display of the water according to the prior art can be easily made by the user in the beverage, such as color is given, there is a problem that is difficult to recognize easily if the user does not pay attention to the colorless water or alcohol.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed to solve the problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container capable of identifying a new height of water so that the height of water can be checked when pouring water into the container.

In particular, the present invention is the height of the water that the user follows when it is necessary to manage the amount of water not to overflow or to maintain a constant height even in a container that is difficult to check the height such as a paper container for a single use, such as a paper cup, cup noodle container It is an object of the present invention to provide a container with a new height of water level to ensure the change of visibility so that the visibility can be easily recognized.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention and the main body 20 is formed to contain water; It is installed at a predetermined height inside the main body 20, and is formed to change to a predetermined color in response to water, so that a predetermined color is generated when water falling along the main body 20 reaches, thereby changing the visibility. It includes a color indicating member 40 to recognize the height of the water that the user follows.

The main body 20 in the container can be confirmed the height of the water according to the present invention is coupled to the bottom surface 22, the circumference of the bottom surface 22 is formed to a predetermined height to the upper side, the top 26 is And a side surface 24 for opening a space 21 for receiving water around the inner surface 28, wherein the color indicating member 40 has the side surface at a predetermined height from the bottom surface 22. It may be installed to form a band around the inner surface 28 of the 24.

In the container capable of confirming the water height according to the present invention, the color indicating member 40 may be sequentially disposed from the bottom surface 22 and may be formed of a plurality of color indicating bands that generate different colors.

In the container capable of confirming the water height according to the present invention, the main body 20 may be formed of a paper material, and the color indicating member 40 may be printed on the main body 20.

According to the container which can confirm the water height according to the present invention, when water is poured into the container, when the water reaches the color indicating member 40 installed in a predetermined height, a predetermined color is generated, so the visibility is very high. The height of the pouring water can be easily recognized. In particular, in a product that satisfies the user's preferences when drinking by putting a certain amount of water, such as tea drinks, cups, coffee, etc., the user can follow the water at the most appropriate height to further increase the user's satisfaction. There are advantages to it. In addition, when using a paper cup as a cup, even if you drink colorless liquor, such as shochu, jongjong, the user can easily recognize that the difference in color due to the change of color, the liquor caused by overflowing, The misalignment can be prevented beforehand.

1 is a view for explaining a container capable of confirming the water height according to the spirit of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a change in color indicating member when water is poured into a container capable of checking the water height of FIG. 1; FIG.

3 is a perspective view for explaining an example of a paper cup according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a cross-sectional view of the paper cup shown in FIG. 3;

5 is a perspective view for explaining an example of a cup noodle container according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, FIGS. 3 to 5, and like reference numerals refer to like elements in FIGS. 1 to 5. Meanwhile, in each drawing, a method of manufacturing a general container, a paper cup, a method of manufacturing a container made of a disposable such as a cup noodle container, a material and a characteristic of a test paper related to changing to a certain color by reacting with water, such as a litmus test paper, etc. Illustrations and detailed descriptions of constructions, operations and effects thereof which can be easily understood from related art in the art are briefly or omitted, and are illustrated based on the parts related to the present invention.

3 is a perspective view for explaining an example of a paper cup according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the paper cup shown in FIG.

3 and 4, the paper cup 10 according to the present embodiment includes a main body 20 and a color indicating member 40. At this time, the body 20 is formed to contain water in a paper material. And, the color indicating member 40 is installed at a predetermined height inside the main body 20, and is formed to change to a predetermined color in response to the water so that a predetermined color is generated when the water pours along the main body 20, Be aware of the height of water you follow.

Such a paper cup 10 is preferably formed in the same manner as a general paper cup. That is, the main body 20 is coupled to the periphery of the bottom surface 22 to be formed at a predetermined height upwards, so that the upper end 26 is opened and a space 21 is formed around the inner surface 28 to receive water. It is configured in the form having a side surface 24. Then, the bottom side 22 is formed with a support rim 30 so that the bottom surface 22 is spaced apart from the ground by a certain height, and the outer rim of the upper end 26 is formed with a round rim 32.

In addition, in this embodiment, the color indicating member 40 is installed to form a band around the inner surface 28 of the side surface 24 at a predetermined height from the bottom surface 22, so that the height of the water regardless of the user's position Make it easy to see the change in color.

At this time, the color indicating member 40 is preferably formed by printing on the inner surface 28 of the side surface 24 through the printing process during the printing of the pattern forming the side surface 24 of the paper cup 10. For example, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2007-0001142 "Printing Method for an Edible Substrate" proposes a technique for printing on a sensitive surface such as a flowable food product, which is a water according to the present invention. It is useful to apply the color indicating member 40 in the printing method in the manufacturing of the container 10 capable of confirming the height.

In addition, the color indicating member 40 used in the present embodiment should be applied to the detection material harmless to the human body in consideration of being located in the space 21 containing the drinking water. Of course, such a detection material can be made by applying the technology proposed in the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0124570 "water detection composition and water detection knowledge drug".

On the other hand, in the paper cup 10 according to the present embodiment, the color indicating member 40 is sequentially arranged from the bottom surface 22, and a plurality of

color indicating bands

41, 42, 43, 44, 45). For example, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2006-0124570 "The composition for detecting water and the knowledge drug for detecting water" proposes a water detecting material that generates various colors such as reddish brown, brown, green, pink, and the like. By selecting a more stable element to avoid the first designated chemicals, it is disclosed that it is a high safety indicator with less adverse effects on human health and ecosystem. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the color indicating member 40 which generates color by reacting with water is selected and applied within the range of the detection material which is harmless to the human body.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the uppermost color indicating strip 45 is formed to have a wider height than the plurality of lower

color indicating strips

41, 42, 43, and 44, thereby increasing the visibility to the user, thereby making it easier to use. Will be able to increase. In the same principle, when the paper cup 10 is to be used for various water heights, the height of the

color indicating bands

41, 42, 43, 44, and 45 may be adjusted according to the needs of the designer and the user. For example, the uppermost color indicating strip 45 and the second color indicating strip 43 positioned from the uppermost side are formed to be wider or narrower than other

color indicating strips

41, 42 and 44. By allowing users to recognize parts, different capacities can be used for different purposes.

According to the container 10 capable of confirming the water height of the present embodiment, when water is poured into the container, when water reaches the color indicating member 40 provided with a predetermined height, a predetermined color is generated, so that visibility is improved. It is so high that you can easily see the height of the water you follow. Therefore, a paper cup or cup, such as a container, is very useful when the user needs to drink water at a constant height (volume) or when the user needs to be aware of the amount of water (or alcohol) that is being poured. Can be.

Referring to FIG. 5, the cup noodle container 10 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes the main body 20 and the color indicating member 40 in the same manner as the paper cup described above. At this time, the body 20 is preferably formed to contain water in a paper material. And, the color indicating member 40 is installed at a predetermined height inside the main body 20, and is formed to change to a predetermined color in response to the water so that a predetermined color is generated when the water pours along the main body 20, Be aware of the height of water you follow.

Such cup noodle container 10 is generally preferably formed in the same shape as the container formed of paper or plastic material. That is, the main body 20 is coupled to the circumference of the bottom surface 22 is formed to a predetermined height, the upper side 26 is opened, the side surface to form a space for receiving water around the inner surface 28 ( 24). And, such a cup noodle container 10 is coupled to the container cover 36 to the upper end 26 to allow the contents (ramen and soup) to be stored.

Since the color indicating member 40 in the cup noodle container 10 according to the present embodiment is formed to form a strip around the inner surface 28 of the side surface 24 at a predetermined height from the bottom surface 22, Regardless of the user's location, it is easy to see the color change according to the height of the water.

As described above, the container capable of confirming the water height according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown in accordance with the above description and the drawings, but this is merely described, for example, and variously within the scope without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes and variations are possible.

1 is a view for explaining a container capable of checking the water height according to the technical idea of the present invention, Figure 2 is a view for explaining the change of the color indicating member when pouring water in the container capable of checking the water height of FIG. to be.

Referring to FIG. 1, the container 10 capable of checking the water height according to the present invention includes a main body 20 and a color indicating member 40. At this time, the body 20 is formed to contain water. And, the color indicating member 40 is installed at a predetermined height inside the main body 20, and is formed to change to a predetermined color in response to the water so that a predetermined color is generated when the water pours along the main body 20, Be aware of the height of water you follow.

According to the container 10 capable of confirming the water height according to the present invention, when pouring water in the container, when the water reaches the color indicating member 40 installed in a predetermined height, a predetermined color is generated, visibility (visiblility) This very high makes it easy to see the height of the water you follow. Therefore, it is very useful to apply when the user needs to drink water at a certain height (amount) or to make the user recognize the amount of water (or alcohol) that follows. Of course, the container 10 according to the present invention may be usefully applied to the paper cup or cup if the container shown in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but in addition to the wine glass, container, etc. under the technical spirit of the present invention It is applicable.

Such a representative application of the container 10 capable of checking the water height according to the present invention may be a paper cup. That is, such a container 10 is the main body 20 is coupled to the circumference of the bottom surface 22 is formed to a predetermined height, the upper end 26 is opened, the water is received around the inner surface 28 And a side surface 24 to allow the space 21 to be formed, and the color indicating member 40 extends from the bottom surface 22 around the inner surface 28 of the side surface 24 at a predetermined height. It can be configured to be installed to form a shape.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the main body 20 of the container 10 will be formed according to the manufacturing method of each container, the color indicating member 40 is printed so that the water contained in the main body 20 is in contact with the manufacturing process of the container. Or it will be installed in the portion forming the inner surface 28 of the main body 20 in the form of attachment (a form that is formed separately, such as litmus test paper attached to the inner surface 28 of the main body 20).

At this time, the color indicating member 40 may be applied to various types of detection material to generate a constant color by reacting with water. For example, a humidity indicator that can determine the degree of absorption (absorption) may be applied to such a detection material. These humidity indicators include silica gel carrying cobalt chloride called blue gel ("Silica Gel Test Method JIS K 1150-1994", established August 1, 1994, Japanese Industrial Standards Review, Japanese Standard). Published by the Association, "5.13 Blue Gel Discoloration," In addition, Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0124570 "a composition for detecting water and a knowledge drug for detecting water" {Japanese Patent Application Nos. JP-P-2005-00159815 and JP-P-2005- It can be achieved by applying the technique proposed in 00334203 priority application.

Referring to FIG. 2, when the user puts water into the container 10, the container 10 capable of checking the water height according to the present invention, when the water reaches the color indicating member 40, the color indicating member 40. By changing to a predetermined color, the user can easily recognize the height (or amount) of the water 11. Therefore, the user can adjust his / her preference by adjusting the water to the desired height based on the color indicating member 40.

According to the present invention, a container capable of confirming the height of the water is to make the user follow the water at the most appropriate height in a product that can satisfy the user's taste when putting a certain amount of water, such as a tea beverage, a cup ramen or coffee. Can be. In addition, when using a paper cup as a cup, even if you drink colorless liquor, such as shochu, jongjong, the user can easily recognize that the alcohol is different by the change in color.

Claims

A main body 20 formed to contain water;

It is installed at a predetermined height inside the main body 20, and is formed to change to a predetermined color in response to water, so that a predetermined color is generated when water falling along the main body 20 reaches, thereby changing the visibility. A container capable of confirming the height of water, including a color indicating member 40 for recognizing the height of water following the user.
The method of claim 1,

The main body 20 has a bottom surface 22,

The side surface 24 which is coupled to the circumference of the bottom surface 22 and is formed at a predetermined height upward, the upper end 26 is opened, and a space 21 for receiving water around the inner surface 28 is formed. Equipped,

The color indicating member (40) is a container capable of confirming the water height, characterized in that it is installed to form a band around the inner surface (28) of the side surface (24) at a predetermined height from the bottom surface (22).
The method of claim 2,

The color indicating member 40 is disposed sequentially from the bottom surface 22, the container capable of checking the water height, characterized in that consisting of a plurality of color indicating bands that generate different colors.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

The main body 20 is formed of a paper material, the color indicating member 40 is a container capable of confirming the water height, characterized in that formed on the main body 20 is printed.