Container for fermented foods

Abstract

The present invention provides a container for fermented foods that temporarily gathers gas, generated by fermented foods contained in the container, and allows the gas to be discharged to the outside at an appropriate time. The fermented food container includes a container body having a plurality of locking protrusions provided around the container body. The fermented food container further includes an inner lid to close the open top of the container body, with an inner valve unit provided on the inner lid. The fermented food container further includes an outer lid coupled to the container body and spaced apart from the inner lid by a predetermined distance, thus defining a gas storage space between the inner lid and the outer lid, with an outer valve unit provided on the outer lid. The fermented food container further includes a plurality of locking flaps provided on at least one of the inner lid and the outer lid. The fermented food container can slow down the oxidization of fermented foods, thereby maintaining the freshness and taste of the fermented foods. Furthermore, the fermented food container lets a user know an appropriate time to discharge the gas from the gas storage space, using the gas volume gauge rod, thus preventing a refrigerator in which the fermented food container is stored from absorbing the bad food smell.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to containers for fermented foods and, more particularly, to a container for fermented foods which temporarily holds gas, generated from fermented foods in the container, and allows the gas to be discharged to the outside at an appropriate time, thus slowing down the oxidization of the fermented foods, thereby maintaining the freshness and taste of the fermented foods, and preventing a refrigerator in which the fermented food container is stored from absorbing the bad food smell. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Generally, containers to contain therein foods are made of materials such as synthetic resin, heat resistant glass, heat resistant ceramic material, etc. Particularly, container products made of synthetic resin are easily adapted for mass production to reduce production costs thereof, and can be easily handled. Thus, containers made of synthetic resin ha...

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Benefits of technology

[0012] Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container for fermented foods which isolates fermentation gas from fermented foods, thus maintaining freshness and taste of the fermented foods.

[0013] Another object of the present invention is to provide a container for fermented foods which lets a user know an appropriate time to discharge fermentation gas, generated from fermented foods contained in the container, to the outside.

[0022] In the present invention, the fermented food container has a double lid structure so that fermentation gas generated from fermented foods contained in the container body is temporarily stored in the gas storage space. As such, because the fermentation gas is isolated from the fermented foods, the freshness and taste of the fermented foods are maintained. Furthermore, the fermentation gas container of the present invention lets a user know the appropriate time to discharge the fermentation gas stored in the gas storage space. Therefore, the user can easily determine the time to discharge the gas, so that a refrigerator in which the fermented food container is stored is prevented from absorbing the bad food smell due to the fermentation gas which is undesirably discharged in the refrigerator.

Problems solved by technology

As a result, the freshness and taste of the kimchi are deteriorated.

Furthermore, as the fermentation of foods stored in the container progresses, the container gradually swells, thus deforming the container.

However, if the user is not experienced, it is very difficult to determine when the fermentation gas must be discharged.

In addition, if the fermented food is contained in the container over a long period without discharging fermentation gas to the outside, when the user opens the lid, part of the fermented food may be expelled with an explosion from the container.

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