JP2016199274A - Food product container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food product container in which a medium-sized plate is not detached when a lid is detached from a container body, and in which the medium-sized plate can be easily taken out during taking-out of the plate.SOLUTION: A food product container 100 comprises: a container body 1; a lid 3; and a medium-sized plate 2 disposed between the container body and the lid. The lid is provided so as to close an upper end opening part of the container body, a step part 12 extending inward is provided on a lower side container body peripheral wall 11 on the upper end opening part of the container body. The medium-sized plate is mounted and stored on the step part, and the medium-sized plate comprises a handle 22 projecting upward. The lid comprises: a lid peripheral wall 32 extending downward on inside of the peripheral end edge; and a lid flat plate 33 extending inward of a lower end of the lid peripheral wall. An outer face of the lid peripheral wall is fitted to an inner face of the container body peripheral wall, and the lower face of the lid flat plate is disposed so as to press the medium-sized plate from an upper side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a food container.

  There are curry rice, Chinese rice bowl, tempura soba and udon noodles that are eaten by putting or putting ingredients on the staple food, but you can save time and effort to cook these. There are foods that are packaged in juice, frozen and refrigerated for distribution, heated in a microwave, and then eaten together with staple foods and ingredients.

  In such food packaging, a staple food is put in a container body, ingredients are put in an inner dish placed on the container body, and a cover for covering them is put.

  For example, in a container for heating microwaves by putting frozen foods, an upper chamber and a lower chamber are provided, an ingredient tray portion is provided in the upper chamber, a rice tray portion is provided in the lower chamber, and the upper chamber and the lower chamber are provided. There is a frozen food container in which a vent for allowing steam to pass is provided, a knob is provided on the ingredient tray portion, and an inclination is provided on the tray portion facing the knob (Patent Document 1).

  Also, a container body provided with an opening portion that is open on one side and a first food container portion that contains the first food, and disposed on the opening portion so as to open a part of the opening portion of the container body, The middle dish part provided with the 2nd food storage part which accommodates the 2nd foodstuff, and the lid arranged so that the opening and the middle dish part may be covered, and a lid from the 1st foodstuff by heating The steam from the second food by heating is provided in the lid separately from the first steam discharge part and the first steam discharge part so as to discharge the steam to the outside so as not to go to the second food in the middle dish part There is a container for frozen foods having a second vapor discharge part that discharges to the outside (Patent Document 2).

  In these containers, the rice tray and the lid that covers the container main body also cover the ingredients tray and the end of the inner plate part and are fitted together. Therefore, when the lid is opened after cooking with a microwave oven, the middle dish portion moves together, and there is a possibility that ingredients stored from the middle dish taken out halfway will be spilled.

  Known documents are shown below.

Utility Model Registration No. 3033406 JP 2008-271891 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a food container that can be easily taken out when taking the middle dish without removing the middle dish when removing the lid from the container body. It is said.

This invention is made in view of the subject which concerns, and invention of Claim 1 consists of a container main body, a lid | cover, and the inner plate located between the said container main body and the said lid | cover,
The lid is provided so as to close the upper end opening of the container body, the inner dish is stored below the upper end opening of the container body, and a handle protruding upward is provided on the inner dish. It is a food container characterized by having.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a container main body peripheral wall is provided below the upper end opening of the container main body, a stepped portion extending inward is provided on the container main body peripheral wall, and the inner plate is disposed on the stepped portion. The food container according to claim 1, wherein the food container is placed on the food container.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food container according to the first or second aspect, wherein the handle is provided at a position opposite to a peripheral portion of the inner dish.

  The invention according to claim 4 of the present invention is the food container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the space between the inner plate and the container main body can be ventilated. .

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a container main body recess that is recessed in the stepped portion, and a recessed middle dish recess is provided in a peripheral portion of the inner tray, and the container main body recess and the inner plate. The food container according to claim 4, wherein the recess is provided at the same position in the circumferential direction so as to be ventilated.

  The invention according to claim 6 of the present invention is the food container according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the position where the ventilation can be performed is provided at a position different from the handle.

  The invention according to claim 7 of the present invention is characterized in that the inner dish has an inner dish peripheral wall that rises outwardly from the peripheral edge of the inner dish bottom surface and the inner dish bottom surface, and a part of the inner dish peripheral wall is inclined. Is a food container according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the food container is gently provided.

  The invention according to claim 8 of the present invention is characterized in that a part of the slope provided gently is provided in a direction substantially orthogonal to a handle provided oppositely. This is a food container.

  The invention according to claim 9 of the present invention is the food container according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the lid is provided with a steam vent.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the lid is provided with a lid peripheral wall extending inwardly at a peripheral edge of the lid and a lid flat plate extending inward from a lower end of the lid peripheral wall. The outer surface is fitted to the inner surface of the container body peripheral wall of the container body, and the lower surface of the lid plate is provided so as to press the inner plate from above. It is a food container as described in.

  The food container of the present invention can be easily taken out when the middle dish is removed without opening the lid together.

It is explanatory drawing which showed typically an example of the food container of this invention with the plane. It is XX sectional drawing of FIG. It is YY sectional drawing of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which showed the container main body of an example of the food container of this invention typically with the plane. It is explanatory drawing which showed the container main body of an example of the food container of this invention typically on the front. It is explanatory drawing which showed the inner dish of an example of the food container of this invention typically with the plane. It is explanatory drawing which showed typically the dish in an example of the food container of this invention with the front. It is explanatory drawing which showed typically the side dish of an example of the food container of this invention by the side surface. (A) (b) (c) It is explanatory drawing which showed typically the other example of the intermediate dish of the food container of this invention with the plane. It is explanatory drawing which showed typically the lid | cover of an example of the food container of this invention with the plane. It is ZZ sectional drawing of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view schematically showing an example of a food container of the present invention in a plan view. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

  The food container 100 of this example consists of the container main body 1, the middle plate 2, and the lid | cover 3, as shown in FIG.1, FIG.2, FIG.3. The container body 1, the middle dish 2, and the lid 3 of the food container 100 of this example are made of plastic and are molded by sheet molding or injection molding.

  As the plastic, in the case of heating in a microwave oven, the container body 1 and the inner tray 2 are preferably those having relatively heat resistance such as C-PET and polypropylene. The lid 3 may be made of polystyrene or the like because the contents are not touched directly and the temperature does not rise easily. In FIG. 1, the lid 3 is made of transparent plastic, and the lower container body 1 and the inner dish 2 are seen through.

  The food container 100 is provided with a lid 3 so as to close the upper end opening of the container body 1. And the step part 12 extended inward is provided in the container main body surrounding wall 11 below the container main body 1 upper end opening part.

  Further, the intermediate tray 2 is provided with an intermediate tray flange portion 21 so as to surround the upper end opening, and the intermediate tray flange portion 21 is placed on the step portion 12. And the handles 22 and 22 which protruded upwards are provided in a part of the intermediate dish flange part 21 of the intermediate dish 2.

  In the food container 100 of this example, the handles 22, 22 are provided at positions facing the middle dish flange portion 21 of the peripheral edge of the middle dish 2. The intermediate dish 2 is provided with an intermediate dish peripheral wall 23 inclined inward from the inner end of the intermediate dish flange portion 21, and an intermediate dish bottom surface 24 is provided at the lower end of the intermediate dish peripheral wall 23.

  A part of the inclined inner dish peripheral wall 23 is provided with a gently inclined portion 25 whose inclination is gentler than other portions. The gentle inclined portion 25 is provided in a direction substantially orthogonal to the positions of the handles 22 and 22 provided at positions facing the peripheral edge.

  In addition, a container body hollow portion 13 that is recessed in a part of the step portion 12 of the container body peripheral wall 11 of the container body 1 is provided, and an outer edge is formed on the middle dish flange portion 21 of the peripheral edge portion of the middle dish 2. An inner dish recess 26 that is recessed inward is provided.

  If this container main body recessed part 13 and the middle dish recessed part 26 overlap, a clearance gap will be made, and with this clearance gap, the storage part below the step part 12 of the container main body peripheral wall 11 used as the storage part of the container main body 1 The storage part of the inner tray 2 can be ventilated.

  Therefore, the water vapor | steam etc. which generate | occur | produced from each accommodating part can come and go freely. Moreover, if the vapor | steam venting part 34 is provided in the lid | cover 3, when heating with a microwave oven etc., an internal pressure will not rise too much and the effect of steaming can also be anticipated.

In addition, unlike the positions of the handles 22, 22 provided at the opposing positions, the position of the gap that can be ventilated is provided in a substantially orthogonal direction, so that after cooking in a microwave oven, the middle dish 2
When the container is taken out from the container main body 1, the hand holding the handles 22, 22 is not burned by the steam that has come out of the gap. Note that a gap formed by the container body depression 13 and the middle dish depression 26 is a position facing the above-described gentle inclination portion 25.

A lid flange portion 31 is provided at the peripheral edge portion of the lid 3, a lid peripheral wall 32 extending downward from the inner edge thereof, and a lid horizontal plate 33 extending inward from the lower end of the lid peripheral wall 32 are provided. The outer surface is fitted to the inner surface of the container body peripheral wall 11 of the container body 1, and the lower surface of the lid horizontal plate 33 is provided so as to hold the inner tray 2 from above.
The lid 3 is provided with a steam vent 34. In the food container 100 of this example, the steam vent 34 is provided with a batten-shaped cut. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be provided with straight or corrugated cuts, or a through hole may be provided as a vapor vent.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory view schematically showing a container main body of an example of the food container of the present invention on a plane. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view schematically showing the container body of an example of the food container of the present invention on the front.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the container main body 1 is provided with a container main body flange portion 14 at a peripheral edge portion around the upper end opening, and the container main body peripheral wall 11 extends downward from the inner peripheral edge of the container main body flange portion 14. And a step portion 12 extending inward is provided in the middle of the peripheral wall 11 of the container body. The intermediate dish flange 21 of the intermediate dish 2 is placed on the stepped part 12 and stored. A container body bottom 15 is provided at the lower end of the container body peripheral wall 11.

  And the container main body hollow part 13 which became depressed seeing from the inner side from the level | step-difference part 12 to the container main body surrounding wall 11 is provided in the specific position of the circumferential direction. By providing the container body depression 13 and the middle dish recess 26 in the middle dish 2 at the same position in the circumferential direction, a gap is formed between the container body 1 and the middle dish 2 so that ventilation can be performed. become.

  In this example, the position where the gap is formed is provided at one place and one side of the substantially square. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a gap may be formed at a plurality of places. May be provided.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory view schematically showing a middle dish of an example of the food container of the present invention on a plane. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view schematically showing the middle dish of an example of the food container of the present invention on the front. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a side dish of an example of the food container of the present invention on the side surface. FIGS. 9A, 9B and 9C are explanatory views schematically showing a plan view of another example of the middle dish of the food container of the present invention.

  As shown in the plan view of FIG. 6, the front view of FIG. 7, and the right side view of FIG. 8, the middle tray 2 is provided with a middle tray flange portion 21 around the upper end opening, and the inner peripheral edge of the middle tray flange portion 21. A middle dish peripheral wall 23 is provided downward from the middle dish, and a middle dish bottom surface 24 is provided at the lower end of the middle dish peripheral wall 23. The middle dish peripheral wall 23 is provided so as to be inclined outwardly from the peripheral end portion of the middle dish bottom surface 24.

  Handles 22, 22 protruding upward are provided on the intermediate dish flange portion 21 so as to face each other up and down in the plan view of FIG. 6. Since the handle 22 is provided so as to protrude upward, it is easy to hold, and is less likely to become hotter than other portions after being heated in the microwave oven.

  A part of the middle dish peripheral wall 23 has a gentle slope, which is a gentle slope 25. The gentle inclination part 25 is provided in the direction (right side of FIG. 6, FIG. 7) substantially orthogonal to the handles 22 provided oppositely.

Since the handles 22, 22 and the gently inclined portion 25 are positioned in this way, the handle 22, 22 is held with both hands, and the gently inclined portion 25 is inclined downward and stored in the inner tray 2. The contents can be easily put on or placed on the contents stored in the container body 1. The inclination angle of the gentle inclination portion 25 is preferably 30 ° to 60 °, and the inclination angle of the portion other than the gentle inclination portion 25 is preferably 70 ° to 90 °, and more preferably 80 ° to 90 °.

  In addition, the middle dish flange portion 21 at the position where the gently inclined portion 25 faces is provided with a middle dish recess 26 whose outer end edge is recessed inward. As described above, the inner dish recess 26 is located at the same position in the circumferential direction as the container body recess 13 so that a gap is formed between the container body 1 and the inner dish 2 so that air can be vented. Become.

  And since the position which ventilates where the inner dish dent part 26 is provided differs from the position where the handles 22, 22 are provided, the steam generated when the hands 22, 22 are lifted after being heated in the microwave oven. There will be no burns.

  And the container main body hollow part 13 which hung on the container main body surrounding wall 11 from the level | step-difference part 12, and was depressed seeing from the inner side is provided in the specific position of the circumferential direction. By positioning the container body depression 13 and the middle dish recess 26 of the middle dish 2 so as to overlap with each other in the circumferential direction, a gap is formed between the container body 1 and the middle dish 2 to allow ventilation.

  You may provide the handle 22 only in one place like the inner dish 2a of Fig.9 (a). In this case, it is preferable to provide the handle 22 at a position facing the gently inclined portion 25. In this way, after heating, the handle 22 is held and tilted while being shifted from the container body 1, so that the contents of the inner dish 2 a can be put on or placed on the contents of the container body 1. . In addition, it is preferable to provide two intermediate dish recesses 26 facing the handle 22 and the gently inclined portion 25 facing each other and at positions substantially orthogonal to each other.

  Moreover, the handle 22 can also be provided in the corner | angular part of a substantially square inner plate like the inner plate 2b of FIG.9 (b). Furthermore, you may each provide in the corner part which opposes like the inner tray 2c of FIG.9 (c).

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory view schematically showing a lid of an example of the food container of the present invention in a plan view. 11 is a ZZ cross-sectional view of FIG.

  As shown in the plan view of FIG. 10 and the cross-sectional view of FIG. 11, the lid 3 is provided with a lid peripheral wall 32 extending downward from the inner edge of the lid flange portion 31 provided at the peripheral edge portion. A lid horizontal plate 33 extending inward from the lower end is provided. In this example, the second lid peripheral wall 35 rises from the inner edge of the lid horizontal plate 33, and the top plate 36 is provided inward from the upper end thereof.

  For this reason, the lid peripheral wall 32, the lid horizontal plate 33, and the second lid peripheral wall 35 form a groove shape. Since it has become like this, the part of the top plate 36 can be made high, and even if there are the handles 22 and 22 which protruded upwards in the inner tray 2, the height of the container main body 1 can be suppressed. In the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this, and the second lid peripheral wall 35 may be eliminated, and the lid horizontal plate 33 may be the top plate 36.

  The lid 3 is provided with a steam vent 34. In the food container 100 of this example, the steam vent 34 is provided with a batten-shaped cut. Since the steam vent 34 is provided, even if the food container 100 of this example is used and heated in a microwave oven, the generated steam does not escape from the steam vent 34 and the internal pressure does not increase, In addition, if a steam vent 34 having an appropriate size is provided, a steaming effect can be expected.

Since the container body 1, the inner dish 2, and the lid 3 are formed in the shape as described above, contents such as staple foods are stored in the container body 1, and contents such as food ingredients are placed inside. The dish 2 is stored, the middle dish flange portion 21 of the middle dish 2 is placed on the stepped portion 12 of the container body 1, and the lid 3 is fitted to the inner surface of the container body circumferential wall 11 of the container body 1 with the outer surface of the lid peripheral wall 32. Thus, the lid horizontal plate 33 can be packaged such that the lower surface of the lid horizontal plate 33 presses the middle dish flange portion 21 of the middle dish 2 from above.

  And if the food container 100 which stored this content is heated with a microwave oven etc., the temperature of the content stored in the container main body 1 and the content stored in the inner tray 2 will rise, but the temperature rises. Even if there is a difference, there is a gap between the container main body 1 and the inner tray 2 so that air can be vented, so that the generated steam can move and approach a uniform temperature.

  Moreover, since the vapor | steam vent part 34 is provided in the lid | cover 3, the water vapor | steam etc. which generate | occur | produce when the inside of the food container 100 is heated are discharge | released outside from the vapor vent part 34, and an internal pressure hardly raises.

  And after heating with a microwave oven etc., the lid | cover 3 is removed from the container main body 1. FIG. Since the lid 3 only presses the middle plate 2 from above, the middle plate 2 does not move when it is removed and cannot be taken together, and the contents are not spilled outside.

  Next, when the contents of the inner tray 2 are put into the container main body 1, the handle 22 protrudes upward from the inner tray 2, so that this portion is not heated so much during heating. It doesn't get hot, it's easy to hold because it sticks out, and it's easy to take it out.

  Then, by holding the handle 22, the inner tray 2 can be detached from the container body 1 and tilted, and the contents stored in the inner tray 2 can be put on or placed on the container body 1. At this time, since the gently inclined portion 25 is provided, if the contents are dropped from the gently inclined portion 25, the contents of the inner tray 2 can be put into the container body 1 without being inclined greatly. it can.

  Since the food container of the present invention can be used as described above, it can be suitably used as a container for cooked food that has been frozen or refrigerated.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Food container 1 ... Container main body 11 ... Container main body surrounding wall 12 ... Step part 13 ... Container main body hollow part 14 ... Container main body flange part 15 ... Container main body bottom part 2. ·················································· 21 · Lid 31 ··· Lid flange portion 32 ··· Lid peripheral wall 33 ··· Lid horizontal plate 34 ··· Vapor venting portion 35 ··· Second lid peripheral wall 36 · · · Top plate

Claims (10)

It consists of a container body, a lid, and an intermediate pan located between the container body and the lid,
The lid is provided so as to close the upper end opening of the container body, the inner dish is stored below the upper end opening of the container body, and a handle protruding upward is provided on the inner dish. A food container characterized by being.   A container main body peripheral wall is provided below the upper end opening of the container main body, a step part extending inward is provided on the container main body peripheral wall, and the inner plate is placed on the step part. Item 14. A food container according to Item 1.   The food container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the handle is provided at a position facing a peripheral portion of the inner dish.   The food container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a ventilation can be provided between the inner plate and the container main body.   A container main body hollow portion recessed in the stepped portion is provided, a hollow inner dish recess portion is provided in a peripheral edge portion of the inner tray, and the container main body hollow portion and the inner pan recess portion are located at the same position in the circumferential direction. The food container according to claim 4, wherein the food container is configured to be ventilated.   The food container according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the ventable position is provided at a position different from the handle.   The middle plate has a middle plate bottom wall and a middle plate peripheral wall that rises outwardly from the peripheral edge of the middle plate bottom surface, and a part of the middle plate peripheral wall is gently inclined. The food container according to any one of claims 1 to 6.   The food container according to claim 7, wherein a part of the slope provided gently is provided in a direction substantially orthogonal to a handle provided opposite to the handle.   The food container according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the lid is provided with a steam vent.   The lid is provided with a lid peripheral wall that extends downward inward of a peripheral edge thereof, and a lid flat plate that extends inward from the lower end of the lid peripheral wall, and the outer surface of the lid peripheral wall is the container main body peripheral wall of the container main body. The food container according to any one of claims 2 to 9, wherein the food container is fitted to an inner surface, and is provided so that a lower surface of the lid flat plate presses the inner plate from above.

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