Food pack opener

Abstract

To provide a tool for opening a pack containing food, which can be easily opened from an opening even when a person has a weak grip for various reasons and finds it difficult to open the pack by peeling off a film, even though food is sold in various types of sealed packs on the market. [Solution] The tool for opening food packs consists of a tool for punching holes in film, two rings made by tying the ends of a string together, and two tubes with slits. Holes are punched in openings prepared at the ends of two sheets of film that have sealed food inside them, one of the rings is passed through each of the holes, and the part of the hole through which the ring passed is inserted into the slit. Each tube is rotated in opposite directions, and each film is wound around the outside of the tube, and the tightly adhered film is peeled off.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] Food products are sold in various types of sealed packs, but as people's grip strength weakens with age, some products become difficult to open by peeling the film.Even for products that are designed to be opened by peeling the film, tools have been devised that allow you to open them by making an incision, but this article concerns a tool that makes it easy to open the product from the "opening" as instructed by the manufacturer. [Background technology]

[0002] Food products are sold in various types of sealed packs, but as people's grip strength weakens with age, some products become difficult to open by peeling the film.Even for products that are designed to be opened by peeling the film, tools have been devised to open them by making an incision, but there were no tools that allowed them to be easily opened from the "opening" as instructed by the manufacturer. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Mito 3249776 [Non-patent literature]

[0004] [Non-Patent Document 1] Sanko Shoji Co., Ltd. (1-2-11 Tagawakita, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0021) Product Catalog Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Food products are sold in various types of sealed packs, but for various reasons people may have weak grip strength and find it difficult to open the packs by peeling off the film. We propose a tool that makes it easy to open the packs from the opening even in such cases. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] This tool consists of a tool for punching holes in film, two rings made by tying the ends of a string together, and two tubes with a slit. It punches holes in openings prepared at the ends of two pieces of film that have been sealed with food inside, passes one of the rings through each of the holes, inserts the hole part with the ring through the slit, and while rotating each tube in the opposite direction, winds each film around the outside of the tube, and peels off the tightly attached film to open the food pack. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] The food pack opener of this invention makes it easy to peel off the film, even if your grip strength weakens with age, etc. If the bottom of the food pack is a case, you can make a hole in one piece of film at the opening, pass one ring through it, pass the part with the ring through the slit in the tube, and rotate the tube to wind up the film with one hand. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a food pack that is the subject of the food pack opening tool of the present invention. [Figure 2] 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a food pack that is the target of the food pack opener of the present invention, with a hole opened at the opening. FIG. [Figure 3] 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a food pack that is the target of the food pack opening device of the present invention, showing the state just before a hole is opened at the opening and a ring is passed through the hole. [Figure 4] 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a food pack that is the target of the food pack opening device of the present invention, after a hole has been opened at the opening and a ring has been passed through the hole. [Figure 5] This is a perspective view of one embodiment of a food pack that is the target of the food pack opening device of this invention, showing the state after a hole has been drilled in the opening and a ring has been passed through the hole, but before it has been inserted into two tubes with slits. [Figure 6]This is a front view of one embodiment of a food pack that the food pack opener of this invention is intended for, with a hole drilled in the opening, a ring passed through the hole, and then inserted into two tubes with slits. [Figure 7] This is a front view of one embodiment of a food pack that is the target of the food pack opening device of this invention, showing a hole being drilled at the opening, a ring being passed through the hole, and then inserted into two tubes with slits, after which the two tubes are rotated and the film begins to be wound. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] The loop of the food pack opener of this invention can be made by cutting a polyester braided cord and tying the ends together, but the material is not limited to polyester. The slitted tube of the food pack opener of this invention can be made from bamboo, but the material is not limited to bamboo. The diameter of the hole to be drilled in the opening of the food pack intended for this food pack opener should be large enough for the loop of the food pack opener to pass through but not allow the knot to slip out. [Example]

[0010] A 3mm diameter polyester braided cord was cut, the ends knotted, and folded to create two 6cm long rings. Two pieces of bamboo, each 5cm in outer diameter and 15.5cm long, were prepared with a saw cutting a 1mm wide and 5cm long slit into one end. Two 6mm diameter holes were punched with a commercially available hole punch through the two overlapping films at the opening of a commercially available packaged fish paste product, measuring 6.5cm wide, 16.5cm long, and 3cm thick. One of the rings was passed through each hole, and one piece of film with a hole through the ring was passed through each of the slits. The two tubes were then rotated in opposite directions, and it was confirmed that the two bonded films could be peeled all the way off without tearing the holes. [Example]

[0011] A 3mm diameter polyester braided cord was cut, the ends knotted, and folded to create two 6cm long rings. Two pieces of bamboo, 5cm in outer diameter and 15.5cm long, were prepared with a saw cutting a 1mm wide and 5cm long slit into one end. Two overlapping sheets of film were used to open the opening of a commercially available package of boiled food, 16cm wide, 21cm long, and 1cm thick. 6mm diameter holes were punched with a commercially available hole punch, and one of the rings was passed through each hole. One piece of film with a hole through a ring was then passed through each of the slits. The two tubes were then rotated in opposite directions, and the two adhered films could be peeled apart until the opening was 10cm wide without tearing the holes, confirming that the contents could flow naturally into the container. [Industrial Applicability]

[0012] The food pack opening device of this invention is expected to be in demand in the homes of injured, disabled and elderly people, as well as in facilities for the disabled and elderly where simple self-cooking is possible.

Claims

[Claim 1] This tool consists of a tool for punching holes in film, two rings made by tying the two ends of a string together, and two tubes with a slit; it punches holes in openings prepared at the ends of two sheets of film that have food inside them and sealed, passes one of the rings through each of the holes, inserts the hole part with the ring through into the slit, and while rotating each tube in the opposite direction, winds up each film around the outside of the tube, and peels off the tightly adhered film, thereby opening a pack containing food.

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