Instant Food Package

Abstract

The present invention relates to an instant food package, and an instant food package is provided which includes an instant food cooked by hot liquid, a heat-resistant container holding the instant food inside and having an opening on one side, and a stopper coupled to the opening and configured to allow the opening and closing of the opening, where the instant food moves in correlation with the flow of the liquid and is consumed while poured out through the opening in an opened state, and the liquid is prevented by the stop-per in a closed state from spilling out of the container when it is turned or shaken. Turning or shaking the container may facilitate the heat transfer by convention between the instant food and the hot liquid, to reduce the cooking time. The present invention contains noodles of limited lengths, so that a user may consume the cooked noodles by gulping the broth like a drink a mouthful at a time without using a separate eating utensil (chopsticks, spoon, and fork), so that the consumption of the instant food is made easy for foreigners, the handicapped, or patients, who cannot use an eating utensil with ease.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to an instant food package.BACKGROUND ART[0002]The demand for instant food is continuously increasing, since it reduces the time spent on cooking for the busy people of modern times. Where the instant food is instant noodles in the form of noodles in a pouch or noodles in a bowl, the buoyancy generated as the hot liquid rises in the convection process causes the instant noodles to generally rise, whereby the upper portions of the noodles are put in contact with the atmosphere and the lower portions of the noodles are put in contact with the hot liquid, so that the noodles are cooked beginning from the lower portions.[0003]Thus, with conventional instant noodles, there is the inconvenience of having to turn the upper and portions of the noodles using chopsticks while cooking, in order to cook the noodles uniformly and reduce the cooking time.[0004]Also, as a separate eating utensil, such as a pair of chopsticks, a fork, or a spoon, e...

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Benefits of technology

[0018]As described above, with an instant food package according to a certain aspect of the present invention, a user may consume an instant food mixed in a liquid broth by gulping it as a drink or by using a catching member coupled to the container packaging the instant food to separate the solid foods from the liquid broth, just as in the case of using a conventional eating utensil such as chopsticks, a fork, or a spoon, etc., so that the consumption of the instant food is made easy for foreigners, the handicapped, or patients, who cannot use an eating utensil with ease.

[0019]Also, since the instant food is held inside a container having a shape that is easy for a user to hold with one hand, and the opening on one side of the container is coupled and sealed with a stopper, the liquid broth inside the container is not leaked to the outside for improved portability, whereby a user may readily consume the instant food while moving.

[0020]In addition, when the instant food is instant noodles, the noodles of short length may be reused, which are regarded as loss in conventional instant noodle manufacturing processes, to provide the economical benefit of reducing losses in materials.

Problems solved by technology

Thus, with conventional instant noodles, there is the inconvenience of having to turn the upper and portions of the noodles using chopsticks while cooking, in order to cook the noodles uniformly and reduce the cooking time.

Also, as a separate eating utensil, such as a pair of chopsticks, a fork, or a spoon, etc., is required to separate the solid pieces of the cooked instant food from the hot liquid broth for consumption, there is the inconvenience of having to carry a separate eating utensil together with the conventional instant food package, and the consumption of the instant food may be a difficulty for foreigners, the handicapped, or patients, who are not adept at using a particular eating utensil.

Also, since the liquid broth of the instant food may leak to the outside to be in contact with clothing, etc., when the instant food is carried or moved, a user cannot consume the instant food containing broth in a safe and easy manner while moving.

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