ES1064314U - Thermal container for food products (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Thermal container for food products, consisting of a container (1) having a bottom and vertical walls and a lid (2) that can be coupled with the upper part of the container (1), characterized in that the lid (2), the container (1) or both (1, 2) have means that allow to house a product for freezing for a better conservation of the foods located in the container. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Thermal container for products food

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a container  thermal for food and, more particularly, refers to a thermal container of the type comprising at least one container that It has a bottom and vertical walls and a lid that can be attach to the top of the container.

Characterize the thermal container object of the invention that the lid, the container or both have means that allow to house a product for freezing, so that enable better preservation of food located in the container without the need to resort to cooling elements external

Background of the invention

Different types of containers for food products, for example, containers produced by TUPPERWARE, which typically They consist of a container to contain the product food and a lid that is arranged closed on top of the container with in order to prevent any entry of air into the interior of the same, thus increasing the possibility of preserving the product food by not being exposed to the air, ensuring its hygiene.

This type of product container foodstuffs are normally made of aseptic materials, for example, glass, plastic or similar, while the lid is normally made of plastic material since it must be flexible to be installed on the container.

The typical application of these containers provides  that the food product once stored inside, it keep in a refrigerated place, as the container structure does not thermally isolates its contents from the outside.

Therefore, there is an obligation to have to keep the container in a refrigerated environment during the time in which the food product is contained in it. This problem is even more evident in the case where necessary transport the product for later consumption, and above all when in an environment of high temperatures such as It occurs, for example, in summer, on beaches or gardens, etc.

In fact, usually at a summer picnic, the  food is placed inside bags or thermal fridges in the which refrigerated elements have been previously arranged. This results in the fact that it is always necessary to transport a volume significantly higher than the volume occupied by the simple food container, due to the need to insulate thermally the latter with respect to temperature Exterior.

The present invention solves the previous one problem by means of a refrigerated container, thus guaranteeing a container temperature lower than the medium temperature Exterior.

Description of the invention

The present invention consists of a container thermal for food products.

The thermal container object of the invention It consists of a container that has a bottom and walls vertical and by a cover that can be attached to the top of the container

The container has means that allow to house a product, for example, a liquid, for freezing. These means may be located either in the container or in the cover, or even in both elements.

In this way the conservation of the food products located inside the container, maintaining a temperature lower than the surrounding temperature and without the need to make use of external elements to the container itself To achieve this effect.

The object of the invention guarantees  the thermal stability of the food product during transport, thus eliminating the need for cooling elements Attachments and thermal bags or refrigerators.

Description of the drawings

This descriptive report is complemented, with a set of drawings, illustrative of the preferred example and never Limitations of the invention.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the  container according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 shows the container of the container corresponding to figure 1.

Figure 3 shows the lid of the container corresponding to figure 1.

Figure 4 shows a section of the lid of the container according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In the preferred embodiment of Figures 2, 3  and 4 is the cover (2) that has the means that allow house a liquid for freezing, although it is also subject of this invention that these means were in the container (1) or in both (1, 2) elements.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 2, the container is constituted by a container (1) in usual material for this use, that is, plastic or glass, which has a typically square or rectangular shape with four vertical walls, since it is the form that guarantees the best ratio internal volume / external volume to contain pro
ducts.

In more detail, the lid (2), once filled of the maintenance liquid, it will constitute a panel of refrigeration which, once placed on top of the container, goes maintain a temperature inside the container that will be lower than the temperature of the external medium to it.

In this way, the cover (2) can be used as a cooling element of the type already known. The same lid (2) can be stored in the home freezer and can be used when necessary to cover the container and transport the food product inside.

Other objects of this invention are also geometric shapes of the container according to the use to which it is intended, for example, circular, cylindrical shapes, Binoculars, or the like.

The top of the container is open and It is suitable for receiving the cover (2) that must guarantee closure airtight once it (2) is coupled with the top of the container (1).

With reference to figures 3 and 4, the cover (2) It is constituted as follows: it presents a main body (2.1) that It has a hole (2.2) inside it being its outer shape analogous to the shape of the container (1) on which it must be coupled.

At the edges of the main body (1), the cover (2) presents a coupling guide (2.3) throughout the entire edge that is sized to receive the edges of the walls container verticals (1) blocking tightly over the same.

The outer surface of the lid (2) has a hole (2.4) for communication with the inner part (2.2) of the same. The function of the hole (2.4) is to allow filling the inside (2.2) of the lid (2) with a liquid or product that allows its freezing

The cover (2) thus constituted can be used advantageously also as a refrigerated tray, to present the food product on a refrigerated surface.

They do not alter the essentiality of this invention variations in materials, shape, size and arrangement of component elements, described in a non-limiting manner, sufficient this one to proceed to its reproduction by an expert.

Claims (6)

1. Thermal container for food products, consisting of a container (1) that has a bottom and vertical walls and a lid (2) that can be coupled with the top of the container (1), characterized in that the lid (2) , the container (1) or both (1, 2) have means that allow a product to be frozen for a better preservation of the food placed in the container. 2. Thermal container for food products according to claim 1, characterized in that the lid (2) is constituted by a main body (2.1) having a hollow (2.2) inside occupied by a product that allows freezing. 3. Thermal container for food products according to claim 2, characterized in that the outer surface of the lid (2) has a hole (2.4) for communication with the inner hollow (2.2) thereof (2) to allow filling of the lid (2) with a product that allows freezing. 4. Thermal container for food products according to claim 1, characterized in that the edges of the main body (2.1) of the lid (2) have a coupling guide (2.3) that is sized to receive the edges of the vertical walls of the container (1) for hermetic blocking on them. 5. Thermal container for food products according to claim 1, characterized in that the material of the container (1) is plastic or glass. 6. Thermal container for food products according to claim 1, characterized in that the lid (2) externally has the same contour as the container (1).