JP2000014342A - Rice ball pack - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice ball pack intended to quickly serve a rice ball in its warm condition and prevent wastefulness due to being left unsold as well. SOLUTION: This rice ball pack has a container 1 with a design compliant with the external shape of a rice ball and a lid 2 to be fitted on the inner periphery of the opening of the container 1. By closing the lid 2, the underside of the lid 2 acts so as to press cooked rice into the container and form the cooked rice to rice ball shape.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to rice balls,
In particular, the present invention relates to an onigiri pack that uses an onigiri pack to quickly provide onigiri in a warm state and further prevents waste due to unsold rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, supermarkets, department stores,
In food stores such as convenience stores, prepared foods, lunch boxes, rice balls, and the like are sold, and various types are sold in accordance with recent social circumstances and diversification of food culture. These prepared foods, lunch boxes, rice balls, and the like are sold in a refrigerated state or a cooled state after production, or are cooked quickly when an order is received, and sold in a fresh state.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For a bento, a freshly prepared warm one can be stored in a container and provided. However, in the case of a rice ball, it has to be processed into a predetermined shape by hand, which is problematic. In addition, since rice balls are usually produced in large quantities at a processing plant, there is a risk that the rice balls will be unsold, and there will be a problem of wasteful disposal. The present invention has been made in order to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rice ball quickly in a warm state by using a rice ball pack, and to prevent waste due to unselling. To provide a rice ball pack.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in the rice ball pack according to the first aspect of the present invention, a container along the outer shape of the rice ball and a lid fitted to the inner periphery of the opening of the container are provided. The rice ball pack has a feature that, by closing the lid, the lower surface of the lid press-fits the material and shapes the material into a rice ball shape. 3. The rice ball pack according to claim 2, wherein the rice ball pack has a container along the outer shape of the rice ball and a lid of the container, and an insertion portion of a packaging material is formed on an outer periphery of the rice ball pack. It is characterized in that nori is inserted and held together with the packaging material. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the rice ball pack according to the first or second aspect, the lid is hinged to one end of the container. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the rice ball pack according to the second aspect, the insertion portion forms a cut in a peripheral edge of the lid, and inserts and holds the seaweed wrapped between the edge separated by the cut and the lid main body. It is characterized by doing. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the rice ball pack according to the fourth aspect, the edge separated by the cut is formed annularly along the periphery of the lid, and the seaweed wrapped between the edge and the lid body is inserted. The edge is moved to the container side and held. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the rice ball pack according to the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth aspect, a plurality of recesses are formed on a bottom surface of the container.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an onigiri pack according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where the lid is separated. Onigiri Pack A according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
Is configured to include a container 1 for rice ball molding and packaging, and a lid 2 fitted into an opening of the container 1. The container 1
Has a shape of a substantially triangular prism having a height of about 3 cm, one side of the triangle has a length of 7 cm to 10 cm, and has a shape in which a general triangular rice ball can be stored. The material is made of a translucent, flexible synthetic resin with a thickness of about 0.5 mm, has a hardness that can hold the shape of the rice ball, and the inner surface is formed smoothly to prevent the adhesion of rice I have. As the synthetic resin, polyethylene, polypropylene, vinyl chloride resin, polystyrene, AS resin, ABS resin, melamine resin, and other synthetic resins can be used.

The bottom and side surfaces of the container 1 are respectively enclosed, and only the top surface is open. Then, the side surface of the container 1 is gradually widened upward, and has a shape that is easy to pack and easily put out rice. A band-shaped step 3 having a step of 1.2 mm and a width of 5 mm is formed on the upper part of the container 1, and the inner circumference is spread outward by about 1.2 mm by the step 3.
A fitting portion with the lid 2 is formed. Further, the side surface of the step 3 is gradually inclined inward toward the upper side, the upper part is slightly converged, and the edge of the lid 2 is fitted into the part of the step 3 so as to be hard to come off. A side surface is bent obliquely outward from the upper end of the band-shaped step 3, and the end is further bent outward in the horizontal direction to form a side having a width of 4 mm.
Contact surface 4 is formed.

The lid 2 is made of the same material as the container 1 and has a central triangular flat portion 5, a 4 mm high edge 6 bent upward from the outer periphery of the flat portion 5,
Side surface 7 that is bent obliquely outward from
And has a contact surface 8 that is bent outward in the horizontal direction. One end of the corner of the contact surface 8 is formed wide, and a handle 9 for removing the lid 2 is formed.
In addition, the side surface of the rim 6 is gradually inclined inward upward.
The upper part converges slightly, the lower part is slightly wider than the upper part,
The edge 6 is fitted into the step 3 so that the side surface of the edge 6 and the side surface of the step 3 are obliquely in contact with each other and do not come off.

(Embodiment 2) Next, a packaged rice ball according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The packaged rice ball according to the present embodiment is obtained by packaging a hot rice ball using the rice ball pack according to the first embodiment.

[0009] In the case of manufacturing a wrapped rice ball, first, a suitable amount of warm rice is spread over the container 1 by rice scooping so as to spread the rice to the corners of the container 1, and a suitable amount of salt is shaken while applying appropriate pressure. Stuff, add umeboshi, okamo, konbu, and other ingredients to the center and close the lid. Here, container 1
Since the rice balls are shaped like rice balls, they can be shaped into rice balls simply by stuffing rice with rice scoops, and can be processed quickly in a hot state without the need for complicated manual processes. Furthermore, when the lid 2 is closed, the flat portion 5 of the lid 2 presses the rice in the container 1 and the rice is compressed in the container 1, so that the rice balls that do not collapse when taken out of the container 1 are formed. be able to. Further, the edge 6 of the lid 2 is fitted to the step 3 of the container 1, so that the rice balls can be packed tightly. After the lid 2 is placed, the packed rice balls are packed in a bag together with the seaweed in a plastic package, and a sticker indicating the type of ingredients is put on the surface for sale.

[0010] A person who purchases a wrapped rice ball peels off the outer wrapping paper and takes out the inner seaweed packaged with vinyl and the packed rice ball. Then, seaweed is wrapped around the outer periphery of the rice ball in accordance with the procedure shown in FIG. First, the plastic-wrapped laver 10 is spread (a), the vinyl 11 is peeled off in half, and the laver 10 is half exposed.
Then, the handle 9 of the lid 2 is pulled, the lid 2 is removed, and the rice ball 12 inside is taken out. Here, the rice ball 12 can be taken out of the container 1 by bending the container 2 by hand or applying a slight impact. The extracted rice ball 12 is placed on the half-exposed laver 10 (b), the laver 10 is wound around the rice ball 12, and the other half of the vinyl 11 is peeled off to expose the entire laver 10 (c). Then, the remaining approximately half of the laver 10 is wound around the rice ball 12 (d).

Third Embodiment Next, an onigiri pack according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the rice ball pack according to the third embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the rice ball pack according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD in FIG.
The rice ball pack C according to the present embodiment is formed by integrally molding a container body 21 for rice ball molding and packaging and a lid 22 via a hinge portion 23, and is similar to the container 1 according to the first embodiment. Similarly, it is formed of a translucent flexible synthetic resin having a thickness of about 0.5 mm.

The container body 21 has a substantially triangular prism shape having a height of about 3.5 cm, and one side of the triangle is 7 cm to 10 cm.
cm in length and has a shape that can accommodate a common triangular rice ball inside. The bottom and side surfaces of the container body 21 are respectively enclosed, and only the upper surface is open. The side surface of the container body 21 is gradually widened upward, so that the rice can be easily packed and put out.
In addition, a number of recesses 24 are provided inside the bottom surface of the container body 21. The upper part of the container body 21 has a step of 1.2.
A belt-like step 25 having a width of 7 mm and a width of 7 mm is formed, and the upper end thereof is bent outward in the horizontal direction to form a side having a width of 5 mm, and a contact surface 26 with the lid 22 is formed.
At the corner of the contact surface 26 facing the side of the hinge portion 23 side,
A handle 27 protrudes outward. A fitting recess 28 is formed on the upper surface of the handle 27 so that the opening gradually narrows upward.

The lid 22 has a central triangular flat portion 29.
And an edge 30 having a height of 6 mm bent upward from the outer periphery of the flat portion 29, and a contact surface 31 having a width of 6 mm bent outward from the edge 30 in the horizontal direction. A handle 32 projects outward from a corner of the abutment surface 31 facing the side of the hinged portion 23, and a lower surface of the handle 32 is fitted into the fitting recess 28 to cover the cover 22.
A projection 33 is provided for maintaining the closed state. A cut is made in the outer periphery of the contact surface 31 except for the hinged portion 23 side, along the peripheral edge of the lid 22, and the cut is separated from the lid 22 by an annular edge having a width of 5 mm (tightening portion). 34 are formed. This edge 34
A portion between the cover 22 and the lid 22 is an insertion portion for inserting and holding the seaweed packaged with vinyl, and a handle 35 protrudes from a portion of the cover 22 located outside the handle 32.

(Embodiment 4) Next, a packaged rice ball according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, the same components as those of the third embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. The packaged rice ball according to the present embodiment is obtained by packaging a hot rice ball using the rice ball pack according to the third embodiment.

First, an appropriate amount of salt is sprinkled into the container body 21.
Pack rice in a container. Then, after the rice has spread to the corners of the container body 21, the salt is shaken again, and the central portion of the rice is filled with ingredients such as umeboshi, okamo, and konbu.
Next, the protrusion 33 of the lid 22 is connected to the fitting recess 2 of the container body 21.
8 and the lid 22 is closed. Here, since the container body 21 has the shape of an onigiri, it is molded into the shape of an onigiri just by stuffing rice with rice scoops and the like, and it is possible to quickly process it in a hot state without the need for a complicated manual process. Can be. Furthermore, when the lid 22 is closed, the flat portion 29 of the lid 22 presses the rice in the container main body 21 and the rice is compressed in the container main body 21, so that the rice ball that does not collapse when taken out from the container main body 21. Can be formed. In addition, since the projections 33 of the lid 22 are fitted into the fitting concave portions 28 of the container body 21, the rice balls can be packed tightly, and the lid 22 can be prevented from coming off during transportation. Further, since a large number of concave portions 24 are provided on the bottom surface of the container body 21, when the salt is shaken inside, the salt does not fall into the concave portions 24 and is not offset to a part of the bottom surface. Therefore, when packing the rice later, the salt can be evenly attached to the surface of the rice. Further, since the lid 22 is integrally formed with the container body 21 via the hinged portion 23, the labor for searching for the lid can be omitted, and the above-mentioned operation can be performed quickly.

After the rice balls are manufactured in the above-described manner, a method of fixing the laver 10 wrapped in the vinyl 11 to the rice ball pack C and making the wrapped rice balls will be described. First, the vinyl 11 containing the laver 10 is folded in half from the longitudinal direction, and inserted between the lid 22 and the edge 34 (insertion portion). Next, the handle 35 of the rim 34 is moved toward the container body 21 as shown in FIG. Then, vinyl 1
1 are pressed against the periphery of the lid 22 by the edges 34, and the edges 34 are prevented from being returned to the original state by the handles 27, 32, so that the vinyl 11 is fixed to the rice ball pack C. Becomes

In the packaged rice ball of the present embodiment, the lid 22
5 mm wide edge 34 formed along the outer circumference of
Since the laver 10 wrapped with the vinyl 11 is fixed to the rice ball pack, the wrapped rice ball can be quickly made without using wrapping paper, tape, rubber bands, or the like. As is apparent from the figure, the front side of the lid 22 is made of vinyl 11.
, The product name or trade name is printed on this portion, or a sticker indicating the type of the ingredient is attached to the portion, so that a good-looking packaged rice ball can be provided.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and there may be design changes within a scope not departing from the gist of the invention. This is also included in the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, a container having a substantially triangular prism has been described, but the shape of the container is arbitrary, such as a square, a circle, a polygon,
Containers of other shapes and the like can be used. Also,
The material of the container of the first embodiment is also arbitrary, and paper,
It is also possible to use wood, metal or the like, and the present invention includes a case where the lid is replaced with wrap, vinyl or the like.

In the third embodiment, the case where the container body and the lid are integrally formed via the hinged portion as a rice ball pack has been described. However, the container body and the lid may be formed separately. These materials are also optional. Further, in the third embodiment, a configuration is adopted in which a portion between the lid and the edge formed in an annular shape having a width of 5 mm along the outer periphery of the lid is the insertion portion, but the insertion portion can be arbitrarily provided. For example, a band having both ends fixed to the lid or the container body may be provided, and the band may be inserted between the band and the lid or the container, and the seaweed packaged with vinyl may be inserted and held therein, or the lid or A cut may be made in the container body to form one or a plurality of tongue-shaped protrusions, and a portion between the tongue-shaped protrusion and the lid may be an insertion portion. Further, the projection of the lid is fitted to the fitting recess of the container body, but the fitting method between the container body and the lid can be other configurations.

[0020]

As described above, in the onigiri pack according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the container is formed along the outer shape of the rice ball, the rice is simply packed with rice scoop and closed. Without the need for complicated manual work,
Onigiri can be manufactured easily and easily. In addition, since the lid is configured to be fitted to the inner periphery of the opening of the container, by closing the lid, the lower surface of the lid press-fits the material, and the material is compressed in the container. Onigiri can be molded without breaking. further,
Rice can be stuffed with rice scoops and rice is not touched directly, so rice balls can be manufactured hygienically. And because it can be quickly manufactured at the time of receiving the order, it can be provided in a warm and delicious state,
No material is wasted due to unsold, and material cost can be reduced. In the rice ball pack according to the second aspect, since the insertion portion is formed on the outer periphery of the rice ball pack, and the packaging material is inserted and held therein, the packaging material can be fixed quickly and easily. Moreover, since packaging bags and tapes are not required, the cost for packaging can be reduced. Further, similar to the rice ball pack according to the first aspect, a series of operations from packing the rice balls to molding the rice balls can be performed without directly touching the hands, which is excellent in hygiene. Claim 3
In the described rice ball pack, the lid is hinged to one end of the container, so it can be compactly packed at the time of storage compared to the case where the lid and the container are provided separately, and the lid can be Don't worry about losing it. In addition, the operation of filling rice balls and fitting the lid can be performed quickly. In the rice ball pack according to claim 5, a cut is made in a peripheral edge of the lid to form an annular edge along the peripheral edge of the lid, a packaging material is inserted between the edge and the lid main body, and the edge is formed into a container. Side, so that the packaging material can be quickly and securely held.
Moreover, it can be fixed with good appearance. In addition, since the packaging material is placed on the front side excluding the edge of the lid, the product name or trade name is printed on this part, or a sticker indicating the type of ingredient is attached, and the packaging rice ball with good appearance Can be provided. In the rice ball pack according to the sixth aspect, since a large number of concave portions are formed on the bottom surface of the container, when the salt is shaken in the container, the salt falls into the concave portions, thereby preventing the salt from shifting to a part of the bottom surface. It is possible to deposit salt evenly on the rice surface when rice is packed later.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an onigiri pack according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the rice ball pack according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a BB of the rice ball pack according to the first embodiment;
It is sectional drawing.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where a lid of the rice ball pack according to the first embodiment is separated;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing how to wind nori;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a rice ball pack according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the rice ball pack according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating DD of the rice ball pack according to the third embodiment.
It is sectional drawing.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a packaged rice ball according to a fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, C Onigiri Pack 1 Container 2 Lid 3 Step 4 Contact surface 5 Flat surface 6 Edge 7 Side 8 Contact surface 9 Handle 10 Nori 11 Vinyl 12 Onigiri 21 Container main body 22 Lid 23 Butterfly part 24 Concave 25 Step 26 Contact Surface 27 Handle 28 Fitting recess 29 Flat part 30 Edge 31 Contact surface 32 Handle 33 Projection part 34 Edge (tightening part) 35 Handle

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An onigiri pack comprising a container along the outer shape of an onigiri and a lid fitted on an inner periphery of an opening of the container, and the lower surface of the lid press-fits the material by closing the lid. An onigiri pack characterized in that the material is molded into the shape of an onigiri. 2. An onigiri pack having a container along the outer shape of an onigiri and a lid of the container, wherein an onset portion of a packaging material is formed on an outer periphery of the onigiri pack, and the insertion portion is provided together with the packaging material. A rice ball pack characterized by inserting and holding nori. 3. The rice ball pack according to claim 1, wherein the lid is hinged to one end of the container. 4. The rice ball according to claim 2, wherein the insertion portion forms a cut in a peripheral edge of the lid, and inserts and holds the seaweed wrapped between the edge separated by the cut and the lid main body. pack. 5. An edge separated by the cut is formed in an annular shape along a peripheral edge of the lid, a seaweed packaged between the edge and the lid body is inserted, and the edge is moved to the container side and held. The rice ball pack according to claim 4, characterized in that: 6. The rice ball pack according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of concave portions are formed on a bottom surface of the container.