Spoon for eating or drinking having food force-cutting mechanism and use method of spoon for eating or drinking having food force-cutting mechanism

Abstract

To provide a spoon for eating and drinking with which food housed in a container can be force-cut between an inside surface of the container and an outer peripheral edge of a scooping part and the food that has been force-cut, separated, and housed in the scooping part can be eaten with a desired amount of a liquid component.SOLUTION: A spoon for eating and drinking has a food force-cut mechanism including a substantially oval-shaped scooping part 5 in a lower end of a handle part 2. The spoon includes a drainage hole 10 in a portion on a root side of the scooping part with respect to the handle part. The food force-cut mechanism includes the handle part 2 and the scooping part 5 including an outer peripheral edge 6 sandwiching a solid component with an inside surface of a container housing food containing a solid component and a liquid component. The solid component can be force-cut by sandwiching the solid component between the inside surface and the outer peripheral edge and moving the scooping part in a desired direction. By bringing the scooping part 5 housing the force-cut solid component and liquid component into an inclined state where a portion having the drainage hole 10 is lowered, an appropriate amount of liquid is drained from the drainage hole 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a spoon for eating and drinking having a food push-off mechanism, and to a method for using a spoon for eating and drinking having a food push-off mechanism. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 describes an eating spoon that can push through food such as noodles contained in a container by sandwiching the food between the outer edge of the spoon's scooping part and the inner surface of the container and moving the scooping part in a circumferential direction relative to the inner surface.

[0003] As shown in Figure 20, the outer edge of the scooping portion of the eating and drinking spoon has a curved front edge in a plan view, and both side edges connected to both ends of the curved edge are straight edges.

[0004] When using such a spoon for eating and drinking to push off noodles contained in a cup, for example, as shown in Figure 20 ("Reference diagram showing the state in which the edge of the scooping part abuts against the inner circumferential surface of the container" in Patent Document 1), the straight edge of the scooping part and the curved edges connected to both ends of it are pressed against the inner surface of the container, and the scooping part is moved circumferentially or diagonally relative to the inner surface via the handle to push off the noodles.

[0005] However, as shown in the figure, if the inner surface of the container is arc-shaped, such as in a cup ramen container, the linear edge cannot be brought into contact with the arc-shaped inner surface of the container, and a gap d is created between the linear edge a and the arc-shaped inner surface c of the container b, as shown in Figure 20. Therefore, the noodles are sandwiched between the linear edge a and the inner surface c, and the scooping part e Even when the container was moved in the circumferential direction or diagonal direction relative to the inner surface c, the linear edge a could not reliably push through the noodles.

[0006] Therefore, when the scooping part containing the noodles is lifted to bring them to the mouth, there is a problem that even if the noodles have been scooped into the scooping part, the noodles that have not been completely pushed off are pulled downward and fall out of the scooping part.

[0007] Patent Document 2 discloses a drinking spoon with a pointed outer edge at the tip of the scooping part, eliminating the thick end surface. This spoon has a roughly egg-shaped scooping part with a tip that is arc-shaped with a small curvature at a suitable range from the front, and the tip gradually thins from the inside to the outer edge, sharpening the outer edge of the tip and eliminating the thick end surface, and the recess in the width direction of the tip is formed into a roughly flat shape.

[0008] The purpose of sharpening the outer edge of the tip of the scooping part of the eating and drinking spoon described in Patent Document 2 is to make it easier to scoop food from the tableware, and in order to make this easier, the outer edges of the tip and sides of the scooping part are formed in an arc shape with a small curvature of a quasi-linear shape.

[0009] Generally, a drinking spoon has a scooping part at the bottom end of the handle, and its function is to scoop up food with the scooping part. Therefore, the "sharp outer edge of the tip" configuration of the drinking spoon described in Patent Document 2, which is intended to make it easier to scoop up food from dishes, is merely an attempt to improve the general function of the drinking spoon. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0010] [Patent Document 1] Design Registration No. 1708660 [Patent Document 2] Utility Model Registration No. 3179576 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0011] The present invention focuses on the problem of incomplete pushing-off in the eating spoon described in Patent Document 1, and aims to provide an eating spoon with a food pushing-off mechanism that can reliably push out solid ingredients such as noodles to the required size between the outer edge of the scooping part and the inner surface of the container, allowing the food contained in the scooping part to be eaten together with a desired amount of liquid ingredients. [Means for solving the problem]

[0012] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means. That is, a first aspect of the eating and drinking spoon with a food pushing and cutting function according to the present invention (hereinafter also referred to as an eating and drinking spoon) is a spoon having a scooping portion at the lower end of the handle, and the scooping portion has a generally oval shape with each part of the outer periphery formed into a convex edge that curves outward, and a drainage hole is provided at the base side of the scooping portion relative to the handle. the law of nature, The food push-off mechanism includes a scooping part having an outer rim that sandwiches the solid ingredients between the scooping part and the inner surface of a container containing food consisting of solid and liquid ingredients, and a handle part that is held by hand to move the outer rim, which sandwiches the solid ingredients between the scooping part and the inner surface, in a required direction relative to the inner surface, so that the solid ingredients can be pushed off with the outer rim by moving the scooping part, which sandwiches the solid ingredients between the inner surface and the outer rim, in a required direction relative to the inner surface via the handle.The food push-off mechanism is characterized in that the scooping part, which contains the solid ingredients separated by the pushing-off and has its outer rim horizontal, can be tilted at a required angle so that the portion with the drain hole is lowered, allowing an appropriate amount of liquid to be drained through the drain hole.

[0013] A second aspect of the eating and drinking spoon of the present invention is characterized in that, when the outer periphery of the scooping part is horizontally positioned at the base side of the handle, five drainage holes are arranged in parallel along the outer periphery, with the lower ends of the drainage holes at approximately the same height from the lower end of the bottom of the scooping part. Also, two drainage holes are arranged symmetrically on each side of the drainage hole located in the center of the base side, with the adjacent drainage holes spaced approximately the same distance apart.

[0014] A third embodiment of the eating and drinking spoon according to the present invention has a scooping part at the lower end of the handle, and the scooping part has a generally oval shape with each part of the outer periphery formed into a convex edge that curves outward, and a drainage hole is provided only at the base of the scooping part relative to the handle. the law of nature, The food cutter has a food push-off mechanism. The food cutter has one drainage hole, which is a circular hole with a diameter of 4 to 5.5 mm and whose center is on an extension of the longitudinal centerline of the handle. The food cutter has the scooping part with the outer rim that sandwiches the solid ingredients between it and the inner surface of a container that holds food consisting of solid ingredients and liquid ingredients, and the handle is held by hand to move the outer rim, which sandwiches the solid ingredients between it and the inner surface, in a required direction relative to the inner surface. The food cutter is configured so that the solid ingredients can be pushed off with the outer rim by moving the scooping part, which sandwiches the solid ingredients between the inner surface and the outer rim, in a required direction relative to the inner surface via the handle. The scooping portion, which contains the solid component and the liquid component separated by the pushing-off and has its outer edge in a horizontal position, is characterized in that it can drain an appropriate amount of liquid component from the drain hole with its base portion lowered and its outer edge inclined downward from the horizontal position.

[0015] A fourth aspect of the eating and drinking spoon according to the present invention is the third aspect, wherein the drainage holes are circular holes having a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 mm, spaced 0.5 to 1.0 mm from the drainage hole on both sides of the drainage hole, and when the outer periphery of the scooping part is horizontal, the drainage holes are spaced 0.5 to 1.0 mm from the drainage hole. bottom The circular hole from the bottom hole The lower ends are set at the same height.

[0016] A fifth aspect of the eating and drinking spoon according to the present invention is a spoon having a scooping portion at the lower end of the handle, the scooping portion having a generally oval shape with each portion of the outer periphery formed into a convex edge that curves outward, and a drainage hole only at the base of the scooping portion relative to the handle. the law of nature, The food push-off mechanism includes a food push-off mechanism. The two drainage holes are circular holes with a diameter of 3 to 4 mm, spaced 2 to 6 mm apart on both sides of an extension of the longitudinal centerline of the handle, and the heights of the lower ends of the circular holes from the lower end of the scooping part are set to be approximately the same when the outer periphery of the scooping part is horizontal. The food push-off mechanism includes the scooping part, which has the outer periphery that sandwiches the solid ingredients between it and the inner surface of a container containing food consisting of solid ingredients and liquid ingredients, and the handle part that is gripped by hand to move the outer periphery, which sandwiches the solid ingredients between it and the inner surface, in a required direction relative to the inner surface. The scooping part, which sandwiches the solid ingredients between the inner surface and the outer periphery, is configured to push off the solid ingredients with the outer periphery by moving the scooping part, which sandwiches the solid ingredients between the inner surface and the outer periphery, in a required direction relative to the inner surface via the handle. The scooping portion, which contains the solid component and the liquid component separated by pushing and whose outer periphery is in a horizontal state, is characterized in that it can drain an appropriate amount of liquid component from the drain hole with the base portion lowered and the outer periphery inclined downward from the horizontal state.

[0017] A sixth aspect of the eating and drinking spoon of the present invention is characterized in that, in any of the first to fifth aspects, when the outer periphery of the scooping portion is horizontal, the portion of the outer periphery of the scooping portion that has the function of pushing through the solid ingredients is formed as a tapered blade-like edge, and the underside of the blade-like edge is formed as an inclined surface so that the thickness of the outer periphery is thinned to about 0.3 mm.

[0018] Food press and cutter according to the present invention StructureThe method of using the eating spoon having the food pushing-off mechanism according to any one of claims 3 to 5 is a method of using the eating spoon having the food pushing-off mechanism according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the scooping part, which has the solid ingredients sandwiched between the outer circumferential edge as the convex edge of the scooping part and the inner surface of the container, is moved in a required direction relative to the inner surface via the handle, and the solid ingredients and liquid ingredients pushed off are contained in the scooping part, whose outer circumferential edge is in a horizontal state, by lowering the base part and tilting the outer circumferential edge downward at a required angle from the horizontal state, thereby pouring out an appropriate amount of liquid. component The liquid is discharged from the drain hole. [Effects of the Invention]

[0019] According to the present invention, solid ingredients such as noodles contained in a container can be easily and reliably pushed off between the inner surface of the container and the outer periphery of the scooping portion, and the food separated by the pushing and cutting is contained in the scooping portion. By tilting the scooping portion at a required angle so that the part with the drainage hole is lowered, an appropriate amount of liquid ingredients can be drained from the drainage hole, thereby making it possible to eat the food contained in the scooping portion together with the desired amount of liquid ingredients. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view showing a drinking spoon according to the present invention; [Figure 2] FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. [Figure 4] This is a front view. [Figure 5] FIG. [Figure 6] FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line AA in the plan view. [Figure 8] This is an enlarged view of the side view BB. [Figure 9] 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the food has been pushed off and separated by the scooping portion. FIG. [Figure 10]FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cutting edge portion abuts against the inner surface of the container. [Figure 11] FIG. [Figure 12] 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which food has been scooped by the scooping portion. FIG. [Figure 13] 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the base of the scooping part is lowered and the scooping part is tilted to drain the liquid after scooping food. FIG. [Figure 14] 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the scooping part, after scooping food, is tilted forward to drain the liquid. FIG. [Figure 15] 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the scooping part, after scooping food, is tilted away to drain the liquid. FIG. [Figure 16] FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the eating and drinking spoon according to the present invention. [Figure 17] 10 is a perspective view showing the state in which the spoon has scooped food and the base of the scooping part is lowered and the scooping part is tilted to drain the liquid. FIG. [Figure 18] FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the eating and drinking spoon according to the present invention. [Figure 19] FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the eating and drinking spoon according to the present invention. [Figure 20] 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating problems with a conventional eating and drinking spoon. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Example]

[0021] 1 to 8, eating spoon 1 having food push-off mechanism A according to the present invention has scooping portion 5 at lower end 3 of handle 2, scooping portion 5 having a maximum width L1 (FIG. 2) in plan view located near lower end 3 of handle 2, and having a generally oval shape with each portion of outer periphery 6 formed into convex edges 7 that curve outward, and as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, drainage hole 10 is provided at part 9 of scooping portion 5 on the base side relative to lower end 3 of handle 2. Drainage hole 10 penetrates scooping portion 5 in a direction generally perpendicular to scooping surface 8. The food pushing-off mechanism A comprises the scooping part 5 having the outer rim 6 that sandwiches the solid ingredient 11 between it and the inner surface 16 of a container 15 that contains food 13 (FIG. 9) consisting of a solid ingredient 11 and a liquid ingredient 12, and the handle part 2 that is held by hand in order to move the outer rim 6, which is sandwiching the solid ingredient 11 between it and the inner surface 16, in a required direction relative to the inner surface 16. The food pushing-off mechanism A is configured so that the solid ingredient 11 can be pushed off by the outer rim 6 by moving the scooping part 5, which is sandwiching the solid ingredient 11 between the inner surface 16 and the outer rim 6, in a required direction relative to the inner surface 16 via the handle part 2. Then, by tilting the scooping part 5, which contains the solid ingredient 11 and the liquid ingredient 12 separated by the pushing and cutting and has the outer periphery 6 in a horizontal position, at a required angle so that the part where the drainage hole 10 is provided is lowered, an appropriate amount of liquid ingredient 12 can be drained from the drainage hole 10. The configuration of the eating and drinking spoon 1 will now be described in detail.

[0022] As described above, the eating and drinking spoon 1 has a scooping portion 5 at the lower end 3 of the handle 2. The dimensions of the spoon are shown in FIG. 2, where the total length L2 is about 190 mm, the length L3 of the scooping portion 5 is about 60 mm, and the length L4 of the scooping portion 5 is about 190 mm. 5 The maximum width L1 is set to about 40 mm.

[0023] In this embodiment, as shown in Figures 3 to 6, when the outer peripheral edge 6 of the scooping part 5 is in a horizontal position, the part of the outer peripheral edge portion 18 (Figures 3, 5, 7 and 8) of the scooping part 5 that has the function of pushing through the solid components 11 is formed as a tapered blade-like edge portion 19. As shown in Figure 7, the lower surface 21 of the blade-like edge portion 19 is formed into an inclined surface 24 so that the thickness of the upper edge (the outer peripheral edge 6) 22 of the outer peripheral edge portion 18 is reduced to about 0.3 mm.

[0024] As described above, the drain holes 10 are provided in a base portion 9 of the scooping portion 5 relative to the handle 2. The base portion 9 comprises a base portion 23 of the scooping portion 5 relative to the lower end 3 of the handle 2 and portions 25 extending to the left and right of the base portion 23 (portions extending 5 to 20 mm on each side, approximately 18 mm in this embodiment) (FIG. 1). In this embodiment, five drain holes 10 are provided, and the five drain holes 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 are arranged in parallel in the base portion 9 along the outer peripheral edge 6 of the scooping portion 5 when the scooping portion 5 is held horizontally, with the heights of the lower ends 27 (FIGS. 3 and 6) of the drain holes 10 being approximately the same height from the bottom lower end 26 (FIG. 3) of the scooping portion 5. The specific arrangement of the five drainage holes 10 in a plan view is, for example, as shown in Figure 2, with drainage hole 10a located in the center of the base side portion 9 and two drainage holes 10b and 10c on either side, arranged symmetrically and with approximately equal spacing between adjacent drainage holes.

[0025] In this embodiment, each drain hole 10 is configured as a circular hole, and its diameter is set to 2.5 to 5 mm, and in the figure, it is set to about 3.5 mm. The diameter of the drain holes 10 configured as circular holes is set to 2.5 to 5 mm in consideration of the fact that in this embodiment, five drain holes 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 are provided in the base side portion 9, and the hole diameter is such that the drainage of seasoning ingredients from the drain holes 10 can be made smooth.

[0026] Next, the manner of use of the eating and drinking spoon 1 having such a configuration will be described with reference to Figures 9 to 15, taking the case of eating instant ramen as an example. Figure 9 shows the relationship between the convexly curved blade edge 19 of the scooping part 5 and the inner surface of the container 15. 16 10 shows a state in which the noodles 11a (the solid ingredients 11) are sandwiched between the scooping portion 5 and the inner surface 16, and a required portion of the approximately oval outer edge 6 of the scooping portion 5 is moved appropriately in a required direction F, such as circumferentially or diagonally, relative to the inner surface 16 to push and cut the noodles 11a, and the noodles 11a separated by this pushing and cutting are placed in the scooping portion 5. Here, the required portion 6a of the outer edge 6 in FIG. 10 refers to the curved outer edge (the convex edge 7) 30 at the curved front end of the scooping portion 5, the curved middle outer edge (the convex edge 7) 31 at the curved middle of the scooping portion 5, and the curved rear end of the scooping portion 5 (the convex edge 7) 32 on the handle 2 side. FIG. 10 shows the state in which the middle curved outer edge 31 is in contact with the inner surface 16, and FIG. 11 shows the pushing and cutting action of the middle curved outer edge 31 on the noodles 11a in this contact state. 12 shows a state in which separated food 13a of a required size that has been pushed out and separated has been scooped up by scooping unit 5. Scooping unit 5 contains separated noodles 11a (solid component 11) and soup 12a (liquid component 12).

[0027] Figures 13 to 15 show the operation for adjusting the amount of liquid ingredient 12 to the desired amount. Figure 13 shows the state in which, with separated noodles 13a scooped as described above, the base portion 33 of the scooping part 5 is lowered and the scooping part 5 is tilted, causing liquid to drain from all or some of the five drainage holes 10. Figure 14 shows the state in which, with the separated food 13a scooped, the scooping part 5 is tilted toward the user, causing liquid to drain from the lower drainage hole 10A of the five drainage holes 10. Figure 15 shows the state in which, with the separated food 13a scooped, the scooping part 5 is tilted away, causing liquid to drain from the upper drainage hole 10B of the five drainage holes 7.

[0028] Other examples of noodles that can be eaten with the eating spoon 1 include Chinese noodles, soba, udon, kishimen, somen, yakisoba, hiyashimen, harusame, pasta, etc. The shape of the inner surface 16 of the container 15 that stores these noodles varies depending on the shape of the container 15. However, because the scooping portion 5 has a generally oval shape with each portion of its outer periphery 6 formed into a convex edge 7 that curves outward, as described above, the middle curved outer periphery 31, the front curved outer periphery 30, and the rear curved outer periphery 32 of the scooping portion 5 can be brought into appropriate contact with the inner surface 16. Therefore, by moving the scooping portion 5, which has the solid ingredient 11 sandwiched between the inner surface 16 and the outer periphery 6, in a required direction relative to the inner surface 16 via the handle 2, the solid ingredient 11 can be pushed off by the outer periphery 6. In particular, in this embodiment, the cutting edge 19 is provided on the scooping portion 5, which facilitates the pushing and cutting. [Example]

[0029] FIG. 16 shows another embodiment of the eating and drinking spoon 1 according to the present invention, in which a scooping portion 5 is provided at the lower end 3 of the handle 2. The maximum width L1 (FIG. 2) of the scooping portion 5 in plan view is located near the lower end 3 of the handle 2, and the scooping portion 5 has a generally oval shape with portions of its outer periphery 6 formed into convex edges 7 that curve outward. A drainage hole 10 is provided only at the base 23 of the scooping portion 5, which is connected to the lower end 3 of the handle 2, and a food pushing and cutting mechanism A is provided. In this embodiment, the scooping portion 5 does not have the cutting edge 19. There is only one drainage hole 10, which penetrates the scooping portion 5 in a direction generally perpendicular to the scooping surface 8. The drainage hole 10 has a center on an extension of the longitudinal centerline L of the handle 2 and is formed as a circular hole with a diameter of 4 to 5.5 mm. The diameter is set within this range in order to facilitate smooth drainage while minimizing the outflow of seasoning ingredients from the drain hole 10. In this embodiment, the drain hole 10 is formed as a circular hole with a diameter of 5 mm.

[0030] The food pushing-off mechanism A has a configuration similar to that described in Example 1, and comprises the scooping portion 5 having the outer edge 6 that sandwiches the solid component 11 between it and the inner surface 16 of the container 15, which contains food 13 consisting of solid components 11 such as noodles and liquid components 12 such as soup, and the handle portion 2 that is held by hand to move the outer edge 6, which is sandwiching the solid component 11 between it and the inner surface 16, in a required direction relative to the inner surface 16.The scooping portion 5 is configured so that, with the solid component 11 sandwiched between the inner surface 16 and the outer edge 6, it can be moved via the handle portion 2 in a required direction, such as circumferentially or diagonally, relative to the inner surface 16, thereby pushing off the solid component with the outer edge 6 (the convex edge 7).

[0031] Furthermore, when the scooping portion 5, in which the solid component 11 and the liquid component 12 separated by pushing and cutting are contained and the outer peripheral edge 6 is in a horizontal state, is lowered at the base portion 23, and the outer peripheral edge 6 is tilted downward from the horizontal state, for example, by 10 to 20 degrees, an appropriate amount of liquid component can be drained from the drain hole 10.

[0032] The liquid component 12 contained in the scooping part 5 can be drained only by intentionally lowering the base part 23 of the scooping part 5 as shown in FIG.

[0033] When the solid ingredient 11 contained in the scooping part 5 is carried to the mouth together with the desired amount of liquid ingredient 12, the scooping part 5 is held horizontally or with the front side (tip side) of the scooping part slightly lowered, and the scooping part 5 is not carried to the mouth with its base part 23 intentionally lowered. Therefore, during the carrying process, the liquid ingredient 12 contained in the scooping part 5 does not spill out of the drainage hole 10, and there is no risk of the spilled liquid staining the table surface or clothing. In cases where the drainage hole 10 is provided so that the liquid ingredient 12 contained in the scooping portion 5 can be drained from the drainage hole 10 by tilting the scooping portion 5 toward or away from you as shown in Figures 14 and 15 (Figure 1, etc.), there is a risk that the liquid ingredient 12 may spill out of the drainage hole 10 if the scooping portion 5 is inadvertently tilted toward or away from you while carrying the scooping portion 5 to your mouth with the scooping portion 5 in a horizontal position or with the front side of the scooping portion 5 slightly lowered. The eating spoon of this embodiment can prevent such a situation, which is one of the features of the eating spoon 1 of this embodiment. [Example]

[0034] 18 shows another configuration of the eating and drinking spoon 1 according to the present invention. In the eating and drinking spoon 1 shown in Example 2, in which the drainage hole 10 is provided only at the base portion 23 of the scooping part 5 at the lower end 3 of the handle part 2, two drainage holes 10 (10-1), 10 (10-2) are provided on both sides of the drainage hole 10. 2 The drain holes 10-1 and 10-2 on both sides are spaced apart from the drain hole 10 by 0.5 to 1.0 mm (for example, 0.8 mm), and are configured as circular holes with a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 mm, for example, 3 mm. These three circular drain holes 10, 10-1, 10- 2 The bottom end of the scooping portion 5 26 Bottom end of hole 27 The heights are set to the same height.

[0035] In this way, when three drainage holes 10, 10-1, 10-2 are provided only in the base portion 23, the liquid can be drained quickly while preventing the liquid components from spilling out of the drainage hole 10 when the scooping portion 5 is brought to the mouth, as described in Example 2. [Example]

[0036] 19 shows another configuration of the eating and drinking spoon 1 according to the present invention, in which a scooping portion 5 is provided at the lower end 3 of the handle portion 2, and the scooping portion 5 has a generally oval shape with each portion of the outer periphery 6 formed into a convex edge 7 that curves outward, and a drainage hole 10 is provided only at the base 23 of the scooping portion 5 relative to the handle portion 2. There are two drainage holes 10, and the drainage holes 10, 10 are formed as circular holes with a diameter of 3 to 4 mm, for example 3.5 mm, spaced 2 to 7 mm apart, for example 6 mm apart, on both sides of the extension line of the longitudinal center line L of the handle portion 2. The two drainage holes 10, 10 are formed at the bottom lower end of the scooping portion 5. 26 The heights of the lower ends 27, 27 of the holes are set to the same height.

[0037] The food pushing-off mechanism A comprises the scooping part 5 having the outer rim 6 that sandwiches the solid component 11 between the scooping part 5 and the inner surface 16 of the container 15 that contains the food 13, which consists of a solid component 11 such as noodles and a liquid component 12, and the handle part 2 that is held by hand in order to move the outer rim 6, which is sandwiching the solid component 11 between the scooping part 5 and the inner surface 16, in a required direction relative to the inner surface 16. 7 With the solid component 11 sandwiched between the scooping portion 5 and the outer peripheral edge 6 (the convex edge 7), the scooping portion 5 can be moved via the handle 2 in a required direction, such as the circumferential direction or the diagonal direction, relative to the inner surface 16, so that the solid component 11 can be pushed off by the outer peripheral edge 6 (the convex edge 7).

[0038] Furthermore, the scooping portion 5, in which the solid component 11 and the liquid component 12 separated by pressing are contained and whose outer peripheral edge 6 is in a horizontal state, can be configured in the same manner as shown in Figure 17, with the base portion 23 lowered and the outer peripheral edge 6 tilted downward from the horizontal state, allowing an appropriate amount of liquid component 12 to be drained from the drain hole 10. [Example]

[0039] The present invention is by no means limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various design modifications are possible within the scope of the claims. Examples of such modifications are as follows.

[0040] (1) The solid ingredients 11 that are pushed out by the food pushing-out mechanism A are not limited to the noodles 11a.

[0041] (2) The eating spoon 1 according to the present invention may also be used without pushing and cutting using the food pushing and cutting mechanism A. For example, food 13, such as miso soup, a mixture of flakes and milk, or anmitsu, which is contained in container 15 and consists of solid ingredient 11 and liquid ingredient 12, can be scooped with scooping portion 3, and an appropriate amount of liquid ingredient 12 can be drained through drainage hole 7 to be eaten together with the solid ingredient 11. In this case, too, with the eating spoon 1 according to Examples 2 to 4, the liquid ingredient 12 contained in scooping portion 5 does not spill out of drainage hole 10 while the solid ingredient 11 contained in scooping portion 5 is brought to the mouth together with the desired amount of liquid ingredient 12, eliminating the risk of the spilled liquid staining the table surface or clothing.

[0042] (3) In the food pushing-off mechanism A, the outer peripheral edge portion 18 of the scooping portion 5 may not have the tapered blade-like edge portion 19 as described above, as long as the scooping portion 5 can be moved in the required direction relative to the inner surface 16 via the handle portion 2 to push off the solid ingredients 11 with the outer peripheral edge 6.

[0043] (4) The eating spoon 1 according to the present invention is configured such that, with the solid ingredient 11 and the liquid ingredient 12 separated by pushing and cutting contained in the scooping part 5, the scooping part 3 is tilted at a required angle so that the part where the drainage hole 10 is provided is lowered, thereby allowing an appropriate amount of liquid ingredient 12 to be drained from the drainage hole 10, and the number of the drainage holes 7 can be set to a required number of 1 to 5. Furthermore, in the eating spoon 1 according to the present invention, the drainage hole 10 is not limited to being a circular hole, and may be semicircular, triangular, rectangular, elliptical, or any other shape in plan view, as long as it allows an appropriate amount of liquid ingredient to be drained. [Explanation of symbols]

[0044] 1 eating and drinking spoon 2 Handle 5 Scooping section 6 outer edge 7. Convex edge 8 Scooping surface 9 Base part 10 drain hole 11 Solid Ingredients 12 Liquid components 13 Food 15 Container 16 Inner surface 18 Outer edge 19 Cutting edge 23 Base 24 Slope 26 Bottom bottom edge 27 Lower end of hole 30 Front curved outer edge 31 Middle curved outer edge 32 Rear curved outer edge A Food push-off mechanism

Claims

1. A spoon for eating or drinking has a food pushing and cutting mechanism, in which a scooping part is provided at the lower end of a handle, the scooping part has a generally oval shape with each part of the outer periphery formed into a convex edge that curves outward, and a drainage hole is provided at the base side of the scooping part relative to the handle, The food pushing-off mechanism comprises the scooping part having the outer periphery that sandwiches the solid component between the scooping part and the inner surface of a container that contains food consisting of a solid component and a liquid component, and the handle part that is held by hand in order to move the outer periphery that sandwiches the solid component between the scooping part and the inner surface in a required direction relative to the inner surface, and is configured so that the solid component can be pushed off by the outer periphery by moving the scooping part that sandwiches the solid component between the inner surface and the outer periphery in a required direction relative to the inner surface via the handle part. The spoon for eating and drinking with a food push-off mechanism is characterized in that the scooping part, which contains the solid and liquid components separated by the push-off and has a horizontal outer edge, can be tilted at a required angle so that the part where the drainage hole is provided is lowered, thereby allowing an appropriate amount of liquid to be drained from the drainage hole.

2. 2. The spoon for eating and drinking with a food push-off mechanism according to claim 1, wherein, when the outer periphery of the scooping part is horizontally positioned at the base side of the handle, five drainage holes are arranged in parallel along the outer periphery with the lower ends of the drainage holes at approximately the same height from the lower end of the bottom of the scooping part, and two drainage holes are arranged symmetrically on each side of the drainage hole located in the center of the base side, with the spacing between adjacent drainage holes approximately equal.

3. A spoon for eating or drinking with a food pushing and cutting mechanism, comprising: a scooping part provided at the lower end of a handle; the scooping part has a generally oval shape with each part of the outer periphery formed into a convex edge that curves outward; and a drainage hole provided only at the base of the scooping part relative to the handle, The drainage hole is one, and the drainage hole is formed as a circular hole having a diameter of 4 to 5.5 mm and a center on an extension of the longitudinal center line of the handle portion, The food pushing-off mechanism comprises the scooping part having the outer periphery that sandwiches the solid component between the scooping part and the inner surface of a container that contains food consisting of a solid component and a liquid component, and the handle part that is held by hand in order to move the outer periphery that sandwiches the solid component between the scooping part and the inner surface in a required direction relative to the inner surface, and is configured so that the solid component can be pushed off by the outer periphery by moving the scooping part that sandwiches the solid component between the inner surface and the outer periphery via the handle in a required direction relative to the inner surface, Furthermore, the eating and drinking spoon with a food push-off mechanism is characterized in that the scooping portion, which contains the solid and liquid ingredients separated by the push-off and has a horizontal outer edge, is capable of draining an appropriate amount of liquid ingredient from the drainage hole when the base portion is lowered and the outer edge is inclined downward from the horizontal state.

4. The eating and drinking spoon according to claim 3, characterized in that two circular drainage holes, each having a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 mm, are provided on both sides of the drainage hole, spaced 0.5 to 1.0 mm from the drainage hole, so that when the outer periphery of the scooping part is horizontal, the height of the lower ends of the circular holes is the same as the height of the lower end of the scooping part.

5. A spoon for eating or drinking with a food pushing and cutting mechanism, comprising: a scooping part provided at the lower end of a handle; the scooping part has a generally oval shape with each part of the outer periphery formed into a convex edge that curves outward; and a drainage hole provided only at the base of the scooping part relative to the handle, The number of the drain holes is two, and the drain holes are formed as circular holes with a diameter of 4 to 5 mm, spaced 0.5 to 1.0 mm apart on both sides of an extension of the longitudinal center line of the handle portion, and when the outer circumferential edge of the scooping portion is in a horizontal position, the heights of the lower ends of the circular holes from the lower end of the scooping portion are set to be approximately the same. The food pushing-off mechanism comprises the scooping part having the outer periphery that sandwiches the solid component between the scooping part and the inner surface of a container that contains food consisting of a solid component and a liquid component, and the handle part that is held by hand in order to move the outer periphery that sandwiches the solid component between the scooping part and the inner surface in a required direction relative to the inner surface, and is configured so that the solid component can be pushed off by the outer periphery by moving the scooping part that sandwiches the solid component between the inner surface and the outer periphery in a required direction relative to the inner surface via the handle part. Furthermore, the eating and drinking spoon with a food push-off mechanism is characterized in that the scooping portion, which contains the solid and liquid ingredients separated by pushing and cutting and has its outer edge in a horizontal position, can drain an appropriate amount of liquid ingredient from the drainage hole when the base portion is lowered and the outer edge is inclined downward from the horizontal position.

6. 6. A spoon for eating and drinking with a food pushing-off function as described in any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that when the outer periphery of the scooping part is in a horizontal position, the part of the outer periphery of the scooping part that has the function of pushing off the solid ingredients is formed as a tapered blade-like edge, and the underside of the blade-like edge is formed as a sloped surface so that the thickness of the outer periphery is thinned to about 0.3 mm.

7. 6. A method for using an eating spoon having a food push-off mechanism according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the scooping part, which holds the solid ingredients between the outer periphery of the scooping part as the convex edge and the inner surface of the container, is moved in a required direction relative to the inner surface via the handle, and the scooping part, which contains the pushed-off solid ingredients and the liquid ingredients, is lowered at its base to tilt the outer periphery downward from the horizontal state by a required angle, thereby draining an appropriate amount of liquid from the drain hole.

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