Method for removing a partition component from a package of processed confectionery products.

Abstract

To provide a processed water-based sweets package that allows you to enjoy water-based sweets such as three-dimensional agar, three-dimensional kudzu, mizuyokan, jelly, and nata de coco while enjoying a raw flavor and texture, and a method for taking out a partition member easily from this package.SOLUTION: A processed water-based sweets package A of the present invention includes a partition member 20 that separates processed water-based sweets a, a... housed in a container 10 into three-dimensional shapes, the partition member 20 having partition portions 23 and 23 in which a large number of processed water-based sweets are partitioned into three-dimensional shapes by partition walls 21 and 22, in which an opening 13 of the container 10 is sealed by adhering or welding a peelable film-like lid 30 to an upper surface of a flange portion 11 of the container 10 and an upper surface of a central portion of the partition member 20. A method for taking out the partition member 20 from the package A is such that when the film-like lid 30 is peeled off and separated, the partition member 20, which is integrated with the film-like lid 30 by adhesion or welding, is also removed from the package A at the same time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a processed water-based confectionery package that allows three-dimensional agar such as dice-shaped, rectangular parallelepiped-shaped agar used for water-based confectionery such as mitsumame, anmitsu, and other water-based confectionery such as three-dimensional kuzu, mizu yokan, jelly, nata de coco, etc. to be eaten when desired in ordinary households while enjoying the flavor and texture of fresh water-based confectionery Body ra method of taking out the partition member How .

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, as a package that allows people to easily eat mitsumame and anmitsu at home, it is known that agar that has been edible processed into a dice shape or the like is sealed in a resin bag, and when eating, the dice-shaped agar or the like is taken out from the bag, can or the like, transferred to tableware or the like, and eaten by pouring honey or the like over it.

[0003] However, these dice-shaped agar and the like are obtained by cutting gelled agar into dice, then stored and transported in bags, cans, etc. that are contained in water or a water-based preserving solution. When opening the package, fresh dice-shaped agar cannot be eaten, and there is room for improvement in that the flavor, texture, and the like are not satisfactory.

[0004] On the other hand, there are known a container for bite-sized jelly characterized in that a partition member for dividing the opening into a plurality of take-out ports is provided at the opening of the container (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and a divided take-out container including a cup-shaped container molded of a flexible material, a separating member for separately storing filled food accommodated inside the container, and a sealing lid member (see, for example, Patent Document 2), which have a shape retaining property when eaten. However, these are single-serving containers, and a problem exists in that they do not allow people to enjoy the flavor and texture of fresh agar-agar or other water-based sweets in a typical home setting, as they are not designed to be eaten in one bite. Furthermore, there are currently challenges in transferring the sweets to a plate or other container. [Prior art documents] [Patent Documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 10-86991 (Claims, Figure 1, etc.) [Patent Document 2] Utility Model Registration No. 3037578 (Claims for Utility Model Registration, Figure 1, etc.) [Overview of the Initiative] [Problems that the invention aims to solve]

[0006] This invention aims to address the problems and current situation of the past, and to provide a package for processed agar confectionery that allows ordinary households to enjoy the flavor and texture of raw agar confectionery, such as cube-shaped or other three-dimensional agar confectionery used in desserts like mitsumame and anmitsu. Furthermore, it aims to provide a package for processed agar confectionery that maintains its shape while allowing consumers to enjoy the pleasure of taking it out and to enjoy the flavor and texture of raw agar confectionery, and to provide a method for easily removing a partition from the package for processed agar confectionery. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] As a result of diligent study on the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present inventors have succeeded in obtaining a package for processed water-based confectionery that can be easily removed from the package for processed water-based confectionery, by providing at least a container with an open top and a flange portion on its outer circumference into which processed water-based confectionery is filled, and a partition member that separates the processed water-based confectionery contained in the container into a three-dimensional shape, and by giving the partition member a specific structure, and by giving the peelable film-like lid material and the partition member a specific structure, the present inventors have succeeded in obtaining a package for processed water-based confectionery that can be easily removed from the package for processed water-based confectionery that achieves the above objective, and have completed the present invention.

[0008] In other words, the present invention provides packaging for a water-based confectionery product, comprising at least a container with an open top and a flange portion on its outer circumference into which the water-based confectionery product is filled, and a partition member that separates the water-based confectionery product contained in the container in a three-dimensional manner, wherein the partition member has a plurality of partition walls at predetermined intervals in the width direction and the longitudinal direction, and each partition wall divides the water-based confectionery product into numerous three-dimensional sections, and the partition member has a partition handle integrally on the upper surface of the central part of the partition member, and the opening of the container is sealed by adhering or welding a peelable film-like lid material to the upper surface of the flange portion of the container and the upper surface of the central part of the partition member. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for easily removing a partition member from a package of processed confectionery products, characterized in that when the film-like lid material is peeled off and pulled away from the package of processed confectionery products with the above configuration, the partition member, which is integrated with the film-like lid material by adhesion or welding, is also removed from the package at the same time. When peeling off and separating the film-like lid material, if the partition member, which is integrated with the film-like lid material by adhesion or welding, separates from the film-like lid material, it is preferable to hold the handle provided on the upper central part of the partition member with your fingers and remove the partition member from the package. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] According to the present invention, a package for processed water-based confectionery products having a partition member that separates the processed water-based confectionery products into a three-dimensional shape is provided. The film-like lid material can be tightly sealed to the container without wrinkles, and the partition member can be easily removed together with the film-like lid material simply by peeling it off the container. This provides a package for processed water-based confectionery products that can be easily made in a home setting, where it is desired to enjoy the flavor and texture of freshly made, raw, three-dimensional water-based confectionery products, such as those in a hexahedron shape, which have a good appearance. The present invention also provides a method for easily removing the partition member from this package for processed water-based confectionery products. Furthermore, when separating the partition member from the packaging of the processed confectionery product by peeling off the film-like lid material, if the partition member, which is integrated with the film-like lid material by adhesion or welding, separates from the film-like lid material (i.e., the unity between the partition member and the film-like lid material is broken), it is preferable to remove the partition member from the packaging by holding the handle portion provided on the upper central part of the partition member with your fingers. The object and effect of the present invention are recognized and obtained, in particular, by using the components and combinations indicated in the claims. Both the general description above and the detailed description below are illustrative and descriptive, and do not limit the present invention as described in the claims. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0010] [Figure 1] This is an exploded perspective view of a packaged water-based confectionery product, illustrating an example of an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] (a) and (b) are a plan view and a front view of the partition member used in the packaging of the water-based confectionery product shown in Figure 1. [Figure 3] (a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams illustrating a method for removing a partition member from a package of processed confectionery products, where (a) is a perspective view showing an example of peeling off a film-like lid from a package of processed confectionery products, and (b) is a perspective view showing an example of removing a partition member, which is attached to or welded to the film-like lid, from the package of processed confectionery products at the same time as the film-like lid is peeled off and pulled away. [Figure 4] Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the usage state of the partition handle portion of a partition member used in packaging for processed confectionery products. [Figure 5] Figures 1 and 3 show another example of an embodiment for removing a partition member from a package of processed confectionery products. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0011] Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. However, it should be noted that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments detailed below, but extends to the invention described in the claims and its equivalents. Furthermore, the present invention can be implemented based on the contents disclosed herein and common technical knowledge in the art (including design matters and obvious matters).

[0012] Figures 1 to 5 are drawings illustrating an example of an embodiment of the present invention, showing a package for a water-based confectionery product, a partition member used, and an example and other examples of an embodiment for removing the partition member from the package for the water-based confectionery product. As shown in Figures 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention, the water starter confectionery product packaging A, comprises a container 10 with an open top into which the water starter confectionery product is filled, a partition member 20 that separates the water starter confectionery product contained in the container 10 into a three-dimensional shape such as a hexahedron, and a film-like lid material 30.

[0013] The top-opening container 10 is made of a material that has heat resistance, shape retention, and strength that prevents distortion or warping. For example, it can be made of thermoplastic resins such as polyethylene resin (PE), polypropylene resin (PP), or polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET), or paper (including paper with increased strength, the same applies hereinafter), biomass plastic, biodegradable plastic, or aluminum metal (foil). In this embodiment, it is made of aluminum. As shown in Figure 1, the container 10 is a rectangular container with an open top, and a flange 11 is formed on its outer periphery. In addition, a reinforcing step 12 is formed on the lower circumferential surface of the flange portion 11 to reinforce the flange portion 11.

[0014] The partition member 20 separates the water-based confectionery products into three-dimensional shapes such as hexahedrons. In this embodiment, the partition member takes the form of a grid (well-frame) structure, and has multiple (two) partition walls 21, 21 erected at predetermined intervals in the width direction (vertical direction), and multiple (two) partition walls 22, 22 erected at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction (horizontal direction). These partition walls 21, 21 and 22, 22 form a grid-like partition member, and when placed in the container 10, it has nine compartments 23, 23, ... that divide the water-based confectionery products into multiple hexahedrons. A square-shaped ring-shaped partition handle 25 is integrally formed on the upper central surface of the partition member 20 (the upper surface of the central compartment 23a) via a foldable connecting piece 24. In this embodiment, the partition handle portion 25 is configured to be positioned on the upper surface of one central partition portion 23a, as shown in Figures 1 and 2(a). The partition member 20, like the container 10 described above, is made of a material that has heat resistance, shape retention, and strength that prevents distortion or warping. For example, it can be made of thermoplastic resins such as PE, PP, or PET, paper, biomass plastic, biodegradable plastic, or aluminum metal (foil). In this embodiment, it is made of PP.

[0015] The flange 11 on the outer circumference of the container 10, and a portion of the upper surface where the partition walls 21, 21 and 22, 22 that constitute the central compartment 23a of the partition member 20 intersect, are sealed with a film-like lid material 30 by adhesive, welding, or the like. This film-like lid material 30 is a thin film made of thermoplastic synthetic resin such as PE, PP, or PET (including biomass plastics and biodegradable plastics), and is peelably sealed to the upper surface of the flange 11 and a portion of the compartment 23a by adhesive means such as adhesive bonding, heat fusion, or high-frequency welding. In FIG. 2(a), cross-shaped black portions 26, 26 near the intersection of partition walls 21 and 22, which show the top surface (flat surface) of the partition member 20, are portions indicating sites for adhesion, welding or the like with the film-shaped lid member 30. Through adhesion, welding or the like at these portions, the film-shaped lid member 30 forms a packaged watery confectionery processed product that does not generate wrinkles even after high-temperature heat treatment as described later and has a good appearance, and provides the unique functional effect that no wrinkles are generated even when the opening area of the opening 13 of the container 10 is increased.

[0016] Next, the manufacturing procedure of the packaged watery confectionery processed product A of the present embodiment, the method of taking out the partition member 20 from the package, and the like will be described below with reference to FIG. 3, FIG. 5, and the like. In the present embodiment, for the watery confectionery, for example, hexahedral agar used for watery confectioneries such as mitsumame and anmitsu is produced, and the raw material blending composition can be prepared by appropriately combining raw materials such as seaweed (Gelidium amansii) extract and sugar and their amounts. First, after injecting an appropriate amount of liquid raw watery confectionery material into the container 10 having an open top surface by a nozzle or the like, the partition member 20 is inserted. Next, after sealing the film-shaped lid member 30 to the outer peripheral upper surface of the flange 11 provided on the outer periphery of the container 10 and the cross-shaped black portions 26, 26 shown in FIG. 2(a) by adhesion, welding or the like, the container 10 is subjected to high-temperature heat treatment by an appropriate method such as boiling treatment or retort treatment, so that the liquid raw watery confectionery material is gelatinized to be edible processed and sterilized at the same time. Then, the watery confectionery material in the container 10 is processed into a semi-solid processed watery confectionery product and gelatinized. Thereafter, the container cooled to normal temperature is formed into a packaged watery confectionery processed product, and is distributed and sold in a bag, a box or the like together with an enclosure bag enclosing other ingredients such as processed products like red beans and roasted soybean flour, processed fruit products like oranges and processed products like tomatoes, a spoon and the like.

[0017] When eating the aqueous confectionery processed product package A of the present invention, for example, after taking out the partition member 20 in the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, agar or the like a, a... can be taken out. For example, as shown in Fig. 3(a), among the unsealed outermost four corners of the lid member 30 hermetically sealed to the flange 11 of the container 10, one (right side) 31 of, for example, two corner portions (left and right) is pinched with fingers to peel off a part of the welded (or bonded) portion, then after the other (left side) 32 is pinched with fingers to peel off a part of the welded (or bonded) portion, the left and right corners 31, 32 of the lid member 30 are pinched with fingers to peel off the film-shaped lid member 30 from the flange 11 of the container 10, the partition member 20 integrated with the film-shaped lid member 30 by bonding or welding. In this embodiment, the film-shaped lid member 30 is integrated with each cross-shaped black portion 26, 26 shown in Fig. 2(a) by bonding, welding or the like, so as shown in Fig. 3(b), simultaneously with the peeling of the lid member 30 from the container 10, the partition member 20 can also be easily taken out from the container 10. Thereby, a processed aqueous confectionery product package that allows a user to easily eat a three-dimensional aqueous confectionery such as a hexahedral aqueous confectionery which has a good fresh appearance and a beautiful shape while enjoying its flavor and texture when desired in ordinary households, and a method for easily taking out the partition member 20 from the processed aqueous confectionery product package are obtained.

[0018] In addition, when peeling and separating the film-shaped lid member 30 from the container 10 of the processed aqueous confectionery product package A, if the partition member 20 integrated with the film-shaped lid member 30 by bonding or welding is peeled off from the film-shaped lid member 30 by an external force exceeding the adhesive strength (adhesive force), that is, if the integration of the partition member 20 and the film-shaped lid member 30 is accidentally peeled off, the partition handle 25 provided on the upper surface of the central part of the partition member 20 is lifted upward, and as shown in Figs. 5(a) and (b), the handle 25 is held by fingers and lifted upward, so that the partition member 20 can be easily taken out from the container 10. The structure is configured to allow the partition member 20 to be taken out in two stages.

[0019] As described above, in this embodiment of the packaged water-based confectionery product, the partition member 20 can also be removed by peeling and separating the film-like lid material 30 from the container 10. Therefore, water-based confectionery products such as hexahedral agar or kudzu, water yokan, jelly, and nata de coco can be easily removed from the container 10. This provides a packaged water-based confectionery product that allows consumers to enjoy the fun of removing the product and to savor the flavor and texture of freshly made, hexahedral water-based confectionery products whenever they wish, as well as a method for easily removing the partition member from the packaged water-based confectionery product.

[0020] In the above embodiment, as shown in Figure 2(a), the cross-shaped black areas 26, 26 on the upper surface (plane) of the partition member 20 represent areas of adhesion, welding, etc., to the film-like lid material 30. However, the present invention only requires that when the partition member 20 is removed from the packaging (container 10), the partition member 20, which has become one with the film-like lid material 30 by adhesion or welding, can also be removed from the packaging (container 10) at the same time. Therefore, the location of adhesion or welding between the partition member 20 and the film-like lid material 30, the total area therein (for example, the total area of ​​the black parts 26, 26 in Figure 2(a) above), and the strength of these adhesions or welds (adhesive force / welding force) can be suitably set. Furthermore, the total area of ​​adhesion or welding to the flange portion 11 of the container 10, and the strength of these adhesions or welds (adhesive force / welding force) can also be appropriately set within a range that does not impair the effects of the present invention. For example, in Figure 2(a) above, the bonding points are set at two locations, the diagonal black sections 26, 26. However, they may also be set at four locations, which are the intersections of the upper surfaces of the partition walls 21, 22. Furthermore, the bonding strength at these locations may be increased to a greater extent than the bonding strength / welding strength of the flange 11 in order to minimize delamination between the lid material 30 and the partition member 20.

[0021] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, agar-agar that forms a hexahedron shape, such as that used in water-based sweets like mitsumame and anmitsu, was used as the base ingredient. However, the base ingredient may also be kudzu, mizuyokan, fruit jelly, nata de coco, or other liquid water-based sweet ingredients that are filled and gelled to form a hexahedron shape.

[0022] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the outer shapes of the container 10 and the partition members 20 are rectangular, but for example, their outer shapes may be circular, elliptical, or other rectangular shapes. In this case, the shape may be a deformed hexahedron, for example, a water-based confectionery product with a triangular outer surface. Also, although the partition walls 21 and 22 create nine 2x2 compartments 23, the compartments may be 1x2, 1x3, 2x3, 3x3, etc., and the number of water-based confectionery products such as agar, and the vertical volume of each may be increased or decreased. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0023] A Water type confectionery processed product packaging a. Agar-agar processed confectionery product. 10 containers 20 Partition members 21 (Width direction) Partition wall 22 (longitudinal direction) partition wall 23 Sections 25 Partition handle section 30 Film-like lid material

Claims

1. A method for removing a partition member from a package of processed water-based confectionery, comprising a container with an open top and a flange on its outer circumference into which processed water-based confectionery is filled, and a partition member for separating the processed water-based confectionery contained in the container in a three-dimensional manner, wherein the partition member has a plurality of partition walls at predetermined intervals in the width direction and longitudinal direction, and each partition wall divides the processed water-based confectionery into numerous three-dimensional sections, and the partition member has a partition handle integrally on the upper surface of the central part of the partition member, and the opening of the container is sealed by adhering or welding a peelable film-like lid material to the upper surface of the flange of the container and the upper surface of the central part of the partition member, wherein when the method for removing the partition member from the package is to peel off and pull away the film-like lid material, the partition member which is integrally attached to the film-like lid material by adhering or welding is also removed from the package at the same time.

2. A method for removing a partition member from a package of processed confectionery according to claim 1, characterized in that when the partition member, which is integrally attached to the film-like lid material by adhesion or welding, is peeled off from the film-like lid material, the partition member is removed from the package by holding the partition handle provided on the upper central part of the partition member with one's fingers.

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