JPH11255209A - Vacuum packing device with label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] In long-term storage in a vacuum pack, it becomes impossible to know what has been stored as the types and number of stored foods increase. If the type and date and time of the preserved food are unclear, they may become worried about eating it and eventually have to discard it. However, when preserving foods in ordinary households, a vacuum packing device having a structure suitable for achieving the above-mentioned purpose has not been proposed. Information had to be filled in with an oil pen or the like. SOLUTION: When vacuum-packing food, at the same time as inputting and storing the name, quantity and storage date and time of the product from an input device, the label is printed by a label printer and directly attached to the vacuum-packed food to identify the vacuum-packed food. It becomes possible. Furthermore, read out the stored food information as needed,
You can know food information without looking inside the refrigerator.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vacuum packing apparatus provided with a device capable of inputting and outputting information on food in a general household.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the prevalence of vacuum packaging has been remarkable.
It is a well-known fact that food storage is facilitated.
In particular, it is widely used for long-term storage of vacuum-packed foods in refrigerators. However, on the other hand, as the type and number of preserved foods increase for long-term preservation, it becomes impossible to know what has been preserved. If the type or date and time of stored food is unclear,
Eating is anxious, and as a result they have to be thrown away.

[0003]

However, there has been no proposal of a vacuum packing apparatus having a structure suitable for achieving the above-mentioned object when food is stored at home. For this reason, the user has no other means than filling in simple information on the vacuum-packed food with an oil-based pen or the like as necessary.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and inputs an item name, a quantity, and a storage date and time (may be a expiration date) from an input device when vacuum-packing food. At the same time, the label is printed by a label printer and directly attached to the vacuum-packed food, so that the vacuum-packed food can be identified.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a vacuum packing apparatus which can read out information on food without reading the inside of a stored refrigerator by reading stored food information as needed.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a vacuum packing apparatus for maintaining the freshness of food according to the first aspect of the present invention stores information on food to be vacuum-packed and food already vacuum-packed. An input / output device capable of outputting is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the input / output device of the vacuum packing device comprises an input / output keyboard, a display device, and a label printer device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input / output device for a vacuum packing apparatus, which reads a bar code corresponding to food to be vacuum-packed from a bar code list corresponding to food prepared separately in advance. Read with
It is characterized by including a storage device that replaces and stores the corresponding food name in the internal control circuit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the input / output device of the vacuum packing device has a clock function inside the device, and stores the date and time of vacuum packing in an internal control circuit in association with the food to be vacuum packed. 4. The vacuum packing device according to claim 1, further comprising a device.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a vacuum packing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the figure, a display unit 1 composed of an LCD and an operation unit 2 composed of a keyboard are provided on the upper part of the vacuum packing device main body 3. The display unit 1 usually shows the current time, and the operator can view a list of foods that have already been vacuum-packed. In the food list, you can see the date and time of vacuum packing, product name, quantity, and memo items. By the input operation of the operator, the information on the food and the current time information are stored in the main unit, and at the same time, the operation of the vacuum pack is commanded. In the figure, reference numeral 6 shows a state in which the food is vacuum-packed. By setting of the operation unit 2,
Bell printing can be performed simultaneously with the operation of the vacuum pack. The printed label 4 can be output from the label issuing port on the side of the main body. All of the input items can be input by the input operation of the operation unit 2, but a barcode reader can be used to facilitate the input of the items. By using the barcode reader 5 to appropriately select and read the items on the barcode reading sheet 7 prepared in advance, the item input operation is simplified. FIG. 2 shows an example 8 of label printing.

[0011]

As is apparent from the above description, in the vacuum packing apparatus for maintaining the freshness of food according to claim 1, information on food to be vacuum-packed and food already vacuum-packed can be input and output. The vacuum packing device provided with various input / output devices
The stored food can be managed without opening the refrigerator door and looking at the stored food.

Further, the input / output device according to claim 2 comprises an input / output keyboard, a display device and a label printer device. Since it is possible to input data while checking it on the keyboard and the display and print it with the label printer device, the label can be directly attached to the vacuum-packed food and managed.

Further, the input / output device according to claim 3 reads a barcode corresponding to the food to be vacuum-packed from a barcode list corresponding to the food prepared separately in advance by a barcode reading device, Since the internal control circuit includes a storage device for replacing and storing the corresponding food name, the input operation of the food information can be simplified.

Further, the input / output device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention includes a storage device having a clock function inside the device and storing the date and time when vacuum packing is performed in an internal control circuit in association with the food to be vacuum packed. Therefore, the input operation of the items related to the date and time of the food can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a vacuum packing device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of label printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 LCD display unit 2 Keyboard operation unit 3 Vacuum packing device main body 4 Printed label 5 Barcode reader 6 Food is vacuum-packed 7 Barcode reading sheet 8 Label printing example

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A vacuum packing device for maintaining the freshness of food, wherein an input / output device capable of inputting and outputting information on food to be vacuum-packed and food already vacuum-packed is provided. Packing device. 2. The vacuum packing device according to claim 1, wherein said input / output device comprises an input / output keyboard, a display device, and a label printer device. 3. The input / output device reads a barcode corresponding to the food to be vacuum-packed from a barcode list corresponding to the food prepared separately in advance by a barcode reader, and reads the barcode by an internal control circuit. 3. The vacuum packing device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage device for replacing and storing the name of the food to be stored. 4. The input / output device includes a storage device having a clock function inside the device and storing a date and time when vacuum packing is performed in an internal control circuit in association with a food to be vacuum packed. The vacuum packing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vacuum packing apparatus is used.