JP5802844B1 - Container and container manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The container (10) has an opening (11), a side surface (12), and a bottom surface (15). The side surface portion (12) includes an outer side surface portion (13) provided so as to share the bottom surface portion (15), and an inner side surface portion (14) provided inside the outer side surface portion (13). Accordingly, a container having a simple configuration is provided while having a plurality of storage units capable of storing foods such as noodles.

Description

  The present invention relates to a container capable of storing food such as noodles and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a container having a plurality of storage portions and a method for manufacturing the same.

  Conventional containers having a plurality of storage units capable of storing food are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-72071 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-1426 (Patent Document 2). According to Patent Document 1, the container includes an inner cylinder formed by dividing a bottomed cylindrical body into a plurality of parts, a cap portion that closes the opening of the beverage storage portion, and an outer portion that integrates the beverage storage portion. It consists of a cylinder. The cap part has a structure that closes the opening of the beverage storage part so that the contents of the divided inner cylinders are not mixed with each other. According to Patent Document 2, the first container 1 and the second container having an opening, a side surface, and a bottom surface, and having a substantially tapered shape toward the bottom surface, including the bottom surface of the first container. Disclosed is a composite container in which a first container 1 and a second container 2 are integrated in two upper and lower stages by inserting a side part from an opening of a second container and fitting with an upper side part of the second container. ing. The lower side surface portion of the first container has a multistage shape in the container inner direction, and the upper side surface portion of the second container has a shape that can be fitted to the multistage shape.

  According to Patent Document 1, there is disclosed a container having a plurality of storage portions each of which is divided substantially equally in the circumferential direction. This configuration is basically provided to accommodate food and drink for a plurality of people.

  On the other hand, according to Patent Document 2, a container having a two-stage container divided in the vertical direction is disclosed. This configuration is intended for tsukemen and the like.

JP 2001-72071 A JP 2013-01426 A

  The container which has the some accommodating part which can accommodate the conventional foodstuff was comprised as mentioned above. According to Patent Document 1, the plurality of storage units are basically completely separated from other storage units. Therefore, there is a problem in that the cost increases because the bottom surface portion and the adjacent members are provided separately. Also in Patent Document 2, since it is necessary for the two storage portions to be completely overlapped in the vertical direction, there is a problem in that the size must be managed in the manufacturing process and the cost is similarly increased.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a container and a container manufacturing method capable of reducing costs while having a plurality of storage units capable of storing foods such as noodles. The purpose is to do.

  The container according to the present invention has an opening, a side surface, and a bottom surface. The side surface portion includes an outer side surface portion provided so as to share the bottom surface portion, and an inner side surface portion provided inside the outer side surface portion.

  The outer side surface portion may have a tapered shape extending from the bottom surface portion toward the opening portion, or may be cylindrical.

  The inner side surface portion may be tapered, cylindrical, or rectangular.

  The opening preferably has a circular outer side surface and a rectangular or polygonal inner side surface.

  In another aspect of the present invention, the container has an opening, a side surface, and a bottom surface. The opening includes an arcuate part having a central angle of 180 ° or more and a rectangular part provided adjacent to the arcuate part. The side part of the part having the arc-shaped opening is tapered or semi-cylindrical extending from the bottom part toward the opening, and the side part of the part having the rectangular opening is rectangular parallelepiped, The portion having the arc-shaped opening and the portion having the rectangular opening are partitioned by a wall that is one surface of a rectangular parallelepiped forming the rectangular opening, and the portion having the rectangular opening and the arc-shaped opening The bottom part is shared with the part having the opening, and the connecting part between the side part of the part having the rectangular opening and the side part of the part having the arc-shaped opening is smoothly connected to each other. .

  Preferably, the bottom surface portion of the portion having the arc-shaped opening has a first bottom portion and a second bottom portion provided below the first bottom portion, and the wall includes the first bottom portion and the second bottom portion. A through-hole for connecting the space between the bottom of the base and the bottom of the portion having the rectangular opening.

  Yet another aspect of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a container as described above. The container manufacturing method includes an arc-shaped portion having a central angle of 180 ° or more, a rectangular opening provided adjacent to the arc-shaped portion, each side surface portion, a second bottom portion, and a rectangular opening portion. And a step of preparing a third small container including a bottom surface portion corresponding to the above, and a tapered or semi-cylindrical shape corresponding to an arcuate portion having a central angle of 180 ° or more that can be accommodated in the third small container A side surface portion corresponding to the side surface portion and the rectangular opening, a wall continuously provided on the side surface portion, a first bottom portion connected to the wall in the vicinity of the lower surface of the wall, Providing a first small container having legs that hold the bottom with a predetermined spacing relative to the second bottom, and between the first bottom of the wall and the second bottom, A through hole is provided, and the container is manufactured by accommodating the first small container in the third small container.

  According to this invention, since the inner member and the outer member share the bottom surface portion of the container, the same member is not provided redundantly.

  In addition, according to the container manufacturing method of the present invention, the opening of the arcuate portion and the rectangular opening provided adjacent to the opening, the side surface provided at each lower portion, and the shared opening are provided. A third small container having a bottom portion and a first small container that can be accommodated in a portion having an arc-shaped opening are prepared in advance, and the first small container having the first bottom portion in the third container is prepared. Since the container is produced by housing it, it can be easily produced while having a plurality of housing parts.

  As a result, it is possible to provide a container capable of reducing costs while having a plurality of accommodating portions, and a manufacturing method thereof.

It is a figure which shows the container which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the container which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the container which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the further modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the further modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of an inner side part and an outer side part. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the modification of a container. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of a container. It is a figure which shows the container which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the manufacturing method of the container shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of the container which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which accommodated the noodles etc. in the container.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view showing a container according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1A is a perspective view, and FIG. 1B is a plan view (a view taken in the direction of an arrow IB-IB in FIG. 1A).

  Referring to FIG. 1, a container 10 has an opening 11, a side surface portion 12, and a bottom surface portion 15 having a predetermined diameter, and has a tapered shape having a diameter that increases from the bottom surface portion 15 to the upper portion. The side surface portion 12 includes an outer side surface portion 13 that forms the outside of the side surface portion 12 and a cylindrical inner side surface portion 14 that is provided on the inner side so as to share the bottom surface portion 13. The diameter of the upper end portion of the inner side surface portion 14 is equal to or larger than the diameter of the bottom surface portion 15. Further, the upper end portion of the outer side surface portion 13 and the upper end portion of the inner side surface portion 14 are substantially at the same position, and the inner side surface portion 14 can be commonly covered with a lid having a diameter of the outer side surface portion not shown.

  As a result of the above configuration, the container 10 has a central space 16 formed by the bottom surface portion 15 and the inner side surface portion 14, and an end space 17 sandwiched between the tapered outer side surface portion 13 and the inner side surface portion 14. And have.

  In this embodiment, since the container 10 is intended to be used as a cup noodle container, the noodles are accommodated in the central space 16 and the end space 17 is soaked in the soup, ingredients, and condiments. Other than noodles can be accommodated.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, the outer side surface portion 13 and the inner side surface portion 14 are provided so as to share the bottom surface portion 15. Since the same member is not provided redundantly, a container having a simple configuration can be provided while having a plurality of accommodating portions.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. 2A is a perspective view, and FIG. 2B is a plan view (a view taken in the direction of arrows IIB-IIB in FIG. 2A).

  Referring to FIG. 2, also in this embodiment, outer side surface portion 23 and inner side surface portion 24 provided inside outer side surface portion 23 are provided so as to share bottom surface portion 25. Here, the central space portion 26 has a cylindrical shape having the same inner diameter, and an outer peripheral space 27 that becomes narrower in the downward direction is formed around the central space portion 26. The central space portion 26 may be tapered.

  Also in this embodiment, noodles can be accommodated in the central space 26, and things other than noodles such as soup and condiments can be accommodated in the outer peripheral space 27.

  Here, although the central space part 26 is arrange | positioned so that it may be located in the center of an outer side part, it may shift | deviate from not only this but a center.

  Note that the central space 26 and the outer peripheral space 27 described above may be divided into a plurality of parts. If it does so, a different seasoning etc. can be accommodated in the divided | segmented part.

  Next, still another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. 3A is a perspective view, and FIG. 3B is a plan view (a view taken in the direction indicated by arrows IIIB-IIIB in FIG. 3A).

  Referring to FIG. 3, in this embodiment, rectangular bottom surface portion 35 b and four sides 34 extending from the four sides to the upper end portion in circular bottom surface portion 35 a and cylindrical outer side surface portion 33. A rectangular parallelepiped inner space 36 is formed. On the other hand, four outer spaces 37 having the same shape, which are sandwiched between arcs and strings, are provided around the periphery.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the outer side surface portion 33 is not tapered, but may be tapered so that the lower end portion is aligned with the rectangular bottom surface portion 35b.

  Next, still another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following embodiments, as shown in FIG. 3, an inner space 46 having a different bottom surface shape is formed in a circular bottom surface portion 35 a and a cylindrical outer side surface portion 33. Therefore, in the following embodiments, only a plan view of the opening of the container is shown.

  FIG. 4 is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, in this embodiment, the rectangular bottom surface portion shown in FIG. 3 has a shape in which the central portion of its four sides has a recess. As a result, four outer bottom surface portions 45a and one central bottom surface portion 45b provided at the center thereof are provided, and the outer side surface portion 43 and the inner side surface portion 44 extending vertically upward from each bottom surface portion. Side portions 42 are formed.

  FIG. 5A is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5 (A), in this embodiment, a pair of straight bottom-divided wide bottom surface portions 55a basically extending in the vertical direction at the center portion of the bottom surface, and provided on both sides thereof. And arc-shaped narrow bottom portions 55b and 55c. Also in this case, the side surface portion 52 is formed by the outer side surface portion 53 and the inner side surface portion 54 extending vertically upward from the respective bottom surface portions.

  Next, a modification of this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 5B, an 8-shaped inner bottom surface portion 55a is provided as a wide portion at the center portion, and a pair of outer bottom surface portions 55b and 55c are provided so as to surround the portion.

  FIG. 5C is a plan view showing a further modification. Referring to FIG. 5C, in this modification, a wide portion at the center has an oval shape in which the upper and lower ends share an arc of the outer diameter of the bottom surface. Specifically, a “0” -shaped inner bottom surface portion 56 a is provided in the cylindrical outer bottom surface portion.

  FIG. 5D is a plan view showing a further modification. Referring to FIG. 5D, in this modified example, the shape of the pair of walls defining a wide portion of the central portion is centered at the central portion, contrary to the case of FIG. A bottom surface portion 57a having a convex shape and extending outward in the vertical direction is provided.

  FIG. 6 is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, in this embodiment, hexagonal inner bottom surface 61b is provided in circular outer bottom surface 61a. The outer side surface portion and the inner side surface portion are provided vertically upward from these bottom surface portions as in the other embodiments.

  FIG. 7A is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7A, in this embodiment, a cylindrical outer bottom surface portion 65a is partitioned by one wall 65b to form two accommodating portions. Here, the wall 65b is provided as a straight line passing through the center of the cylinder, but this position may be offset from the center, may be a curved line, a broken line, or a plurality of broken lines. May be. Such an example is shown in FIGS. 7B to 7D.

  In FIG. 7D, the arc-shaped narrow portion 66 is further divided into a plurality of portions by a wall 67. Similarly, in FIGS. 7A to 7C, the narrow portions are also divided into a plurality of portions. It may be divided.

  FIG. 8 is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, in this embodiment, a cylindrical outer bottom surface portion 75a is partitioned by four cross-shaped walls 75b to form four accommodating portions 75c. Here, the center of the cross is provided so as to coincide with the center of the cylinder, but the center of the cross is not limited to this and may be shifted.

  FIG. 9 is a plan view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 9A, in container 80a in this embodiment, the shape of bottom surface portion 85 is a rectangle close to a substantially square. Referring to FIG. 9A, bottom surface portion 85 includes a circular bottom surface portion 86 provided at the center thereof and a bottom surface portion 87 provided outside thereof. The wall surfaces are provided in the vertically upward direction of the respective bottom surface portions 86 and 87, as in the previous embodiment.

  Next, a modified example in this case will be described. In the above description, the bottom surface portion of the central portion is circular, but in this embodiment, the shape of the central portion is a rectangular shape or an octagonal shape. Referring to FIG. 9B, a container 80b according to this modification includes an octagonal bottom surface portion 88 including four sides 88a to 88d, and four triangular portions 89a to 89d provided on the outside thereof. Including. Here, the inner bottom surface portion 88 has an octagonal shape, but the inner bottom surface portion 88 can be formed into a rectangular shape by connecting the four sides 88a to 88d at the respective end portions.

  Next, a further modification of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the container 80c according to this embodiment, the bottom surface portion 90 is divided into one side and the other side, a rectangular wide portion 91 is provided on one side, and the other side is divided into a plurality of small rectangular accommodating portions. Here, although it has divided | segmented into the three accommodating parts 92a-92c, you may divide | segment into arbitrary numbers and may be made into arbitrary magnitude | sizes.

  Next, still another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the above embodiment, the shape of the opening (or the bottom surface) is a rectangle close to a substantially square shape. However, in this embodiment, the bottom surface of the container is a polygon of four or more squares. A hexagonal case is shown in FIG. 10, and an octagonal case is shown in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 10, in this embodiment, hexagonal bottom surface 93 is divided into two parts so that the areas are substantially equal, and a large bottom surface portion 94 for a large accommodating portion is provided on one side, and the other A plurality of bottom surface portions 95a to 95c for small accommodating portions are provided on the side. Here, the small accommodating parts 95a-95c are three triangular shapes arranged in the opposite direction mutually. In this case as well, as in the above-described embodiment, the overall shape of the container is a polygonal column having a wall surface extending vertically upward continuously from each side of the bottom surface.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, it is the same even if a bottom face part is another polygonal shape (here, octagonal shape). In addition, a plurality of small accommodating portions are indicated by dotted lines in the figure.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a further modification of the inner side surface portion in this embodiment. In this embodiment, as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 12A, the inner side surface portion does not reach the bottom surface portion of the outer side surface portion. Moreover, it is a figure which shows the case where the inner side surface part 96 occupies about half (180 degrees) of the outer side surface part 97 seeing planarly. FIG. 12B is a diagram illustrating a case where the inner side surface portion 98 occupies a large portion of the outer side surface portion 99 as viewed in a plan view, as illustrated in FIG. Here, as shown by the dotted line in the figure, the bottom surface of the inner side surface portion 98 is extended to the outer side surface portion 99 so that the container itself has a double bottom. In addition, the top view of the opening part in this case may be as showing to FIG.7 (A)-(D).

  FIG. 12C is a diagram showing a further modification of this embodiment. In this modification, in FIG. 12A, a small container 97a is provided in the space formed by the outer side surface portion 97 and the inner side surface portion 96 along the shape of this space. It is preferable that the bottom of the small container 97a be at substantially the same level as the bottom 96a of the inner side surface 98. The small container 97a contains ingredients and the like. In this case, before accommodating the small container 97a, ice water or hot water is poured from the upper opening of the outer side surface part 97 to the bottom surface of the inner side surface part 98 indicated by the horizontal dotted line at the lower part of the container. 97a is accommodated. In this way, it is possible to keep the noodles and ingredients warm and cold.

  In addition, when a double bottom is used as shown in FIG. 12B, a cold insulating agent or a heat insulating material may be accommodated in the double bottom portion. In this case, the double bottom portion may be simply provided with an opening, and if necessary, the cold bottom or heat insulating material may be accommodated in the double bottom portion through the opening.

  Next, still another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 13 is a plan view of this embodiment (a view taken along arrow XIIIA-XIIIA in FIGS. 13A and 13B) and a side view (in FIGS. 13B and 13A). FIG. Referring to FIGS. 13A and 13B, in this embodiment, container 101 is provided adjacent to a portion 102 having a rectangular opening and a portion 102 having a rectangular opening. And a portion 104 having an arcuate opening. Here, the central angle of the opening of the portion 104 having the arc-shaped opening is larger than 180 ° and larger than a semicircle.

  A small container 103 that does not reach the bottom of the container 101 can be accommodated in the portion 102 having a rectangular opening. The small container 103 may be accommodated by providing a ridge on the top of the small container 103 or fixing the rectangular portion 102 so as to become narrower in the downward direction. Further, the small container 103 may be omitted.

  Here, a partition may be put in the lower part of the small container 103 of the rectangular part 102, and this part may be separated into upper and lower parts, and a heating material and a cooling material may be accommodated in the separated lower part. Then, according to the season, the noodles and soup can be maintained at a desired temperature.

  Moreover, this part is good also as a structure which can provide only a recessed part and can attach a heating material and a cooling material there.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 13A showing a modification of FIG. Referring to FIG. 14, in this embodiment, container 111 includes a rectangular portion 112 and a polygonal portion 113 provided adjacent to rectangular portion 112. As the polygonal portion, an octagon is shown here, but the present invention is not limited to this. Further, the rectangular portion 112 may or may not be provided with a small container.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 13A, showing a further modification of FIG. Referring to FIG. 15, in this embodiment, container 121 has a portion 122 having a rectangular opening and an arc-shaped opening provided adjacent to portion 122 having a rectangular opening. Part 123. In the previous embodiment, the rectangular part was small and the area of the arcuate part and the polygonal part adjacent to the rectangular part was larger, but in this embodiment, the rectangular part is more than the adjacent part. Is also big. In this case as well, the adjacent portion may be a polygon. In this embodiment, the arcuate portion may be a semicircle.

  In addition, in FIGS. 13-15, although the shape which has a rectangular-shaped part and the arc-shaped part adjacent to it, or a polygon-shaped part was demonstrated, it is not restricted to this, A rectangular-shaped part is arc-shaped or Alternatively, a polygonal shape may be used.

  Next, still another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the container 130 in this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 16, in this embodiment, container 130 has a bottomed inverted truncated cone shape, and has a tapered shape whose diameter decreases from the upper end portion toward the lower end portion. The container 130 is divided into a housing portion 131 on one side and a housing portion 132 on the other side by a wall 134 inside.

  The size of the storage portion 131 on the one side and the storage portion 132 on the other side may be the same or different. It is different in this figure. A small container 133 with a bottom is accommodated in the smaller accommodating portion 132.

  In this embodiment, noodles are stored in the storage part 131, and juice, ingredients, etc. are stored in bags in the lower part of the smaller storage part 132, and the juice is put in the small container 133 when eating. it can. In addition, the holding method in the small container 133 accommodating part 132 is possible by the method similar to having demonstrated in FIG.

  Although the case where the small container 133 is provided in the accommodating portion 132 has been described here, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the small container may not be provided.

  Next, still another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 17 is a view showing still another embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) is a plan view (in FIG. 17 (B), an arrow XVIIA-XVIIA view), and (B) is a view. FIG. 17A is a side view (indicated by arrows XVIIB-XVIIB in FIG. 17A), and FIG. 17C is an arrow view indicated by arrows XVIIC-XVIIC in FIG. 17B.

  Referring to FIG. 17, the container according to this embodiment has a structure close to that shown in FIG. Here, the thickness of the member which comprises a container is also shown. The container 141 according to this embodiment includes a portion 142 having a rectangular opening (hereinafter, also referred to as “rectangular portion 142”) and an arc shape provided adjacent to the rectangular portion 142. Part 144 (hereinafter, may be referred to as “arc-shaped part 144”), and the arc-shaped part 144 has a truncated cone shape whose diameter decreases toward the bottom. The central angle of the opening of the arc-shaped portion 144 is greater than 180 ° and close to 270 °.

  The arcuate portion 144 has a double bottom and includes an upper bottom 145 and a lower bottom 146. The lower bottom portion 146 is in common with the bottom portion 143 of the rectangular portion 142 and is at the same level. The rectangular portion 142 and the portion having the arc-shaped upper end portion 144 are partitioned by a wall 147 that is one surface of a rectangular parallelepiped that forms the rectangular portion 142. A through hole 148 communicating with the rectangular portion 142 is provided at a lower end portion of the wall 147 and between the two bottoms 145 and 146.

  As a result, the liquid injected into the rectangular portion 142 can be held between the portion 149 sandwiched between the double bottoms of the arc-shaped portion 144 and the lower portion of the rectangular portion 142. Further, as described in FIG. 13, a small container can be accommodated in the upper portion of the rectangular portion 142.

  In such a configuration, the noodles are accommodated on the upper bottom 145 of the arc-shaped portion 144, and a drink like tea is sandwiched between the double-bottom of the arc-shaped portion 144 and the rectangular shape. By holding between the lower part of the part 142 and accommodating the ingredients in a small container, everything necessary for a meal can be accommodated in the container 141. In addition, if necessary, a straw (not shown) may be accommodated in a portion that does not accommodate ingredients of a small container (not shown).

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where one through-hole was provided in the lower end part of the wall 147 was demonstrated, you may provide not only this but two or more.

  Next, a method for manufacturing the container 141 according to this embodiment will be described. 18 is a view showing a method for manufacturing the container 141 shown in FIG.

  First, as constituent elements of the container 141, a first small container 151 shown in FIG. 18A, a second small container 152 shown in FIG. 18B, and a third small container 153 shown in FIG. 18C. Is molded in advance.

  The third small container 153 includes an arcuate opening 144a having a central angle of 180 ° or more, a rectangular opening 142b provided adjacent to the arcuate opening 144a, and downward extending from the respective openings. A side surface portion, a second bottom portion 146, and a bottom surface portion corresponding to the rectangular opening.

  The second small container 151 is an arcuate opening having a central angle of 180 ° or more, which can be accommodated in the third small container 153, a tapered side surface provided in the lower portion thereof, and FIG. Side wall corresponding to the wall 147.

  Each of the first small container 151 and the second small container 152 has a shape that can be accommodated in the arc-shaped opening 144 and the rectangular opening 142 of the third small container 153. In order to accommodate in this way, the partitions 157a and 157b are provided at the upper part of the connection portion between the arc-shaped opening 144 and the rectangular opening 142 of the third small container 153, and the partitions 158a and 158b are provided at the lower part, respectively. It has been. The shape of the partitions 157a, 157b, 158a, 158b is arbitrary, but here, a rectangular plate is projected inward.

  Here, the first small container 151 has an arcuate opening 144a and an opening composed of a straight line 142a connecting both ends of the arcuate opening 144a, and an inverted truncated cone extending below the opening. And a rectangular wall surface 142c. The rectangular wall surface 142c includes a rectangular first leg 155a that extends from the opening formed by the straight line 142a to a lower portion and protrudes in the lower direction of the upper base 145 with the same width. The upper base 145 is provided with a second leg 155b that is provided at a position 180 ° away from the first leg 155a, has an arc of a predetermined length, and projects downward from the upper base 145. .

  The first leg portion 155a and the second leg portion 156b have the same height, and hold the first small container 151 in a predetermined position on the lower bottom 146. In addition, a through hole 148 is provided in the center of the first leg portion 155 in the width direction. Regardless of the shape and position of the second leg 155b, an arbitrary number of arbitrary shapes can be provided as long as the first small container 151 can maintain the upper base 145 horizontally in the third small container 153. May be.

  The second small container 152 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a rectangular opening 152a, and is accommodated in a portion of the third small container 153 having the rectangular opening 142b. The dimension of the second small container 152 in the height direction is smaller than the dimension from the rectangular opening 142b of the third small container 153 to the upper base 145.

  The second small container 152 is not limited to a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a part of the side surface may be tapered in a downward direction. Moreover, the opening 152a of the second small container 152 may be divided into a plurality of parts in the longitudinal direction.

  In addition, although the example which provided the partition for positioning of a 1st small container was demonstrated here, not only this but the upper bottom of a 1st small container is located in the predetermined place of a 3rd small container These partitions may be omitted by adjusting the taper angle of the wall surface of the first small container to be larger than the taper angle of the third small container.

  Next, a modification of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 19 is a view showing a modification of the embodiment shown in FIG. 17, and FIG. 19A is a plan view (a view taken in the direction of arrows XIXA-XIXA in FIG. 19B). ) Is a side view (indicated by arrows XIXB-XIXB in FIG. 19A).

  Referring to FIG. 19, in this embodiment, the opening shown in FIG. 17 is semicircular rather than arcuate, and the long sides of the rectangular opening are adjacent to each other. The partial side surface having a dimension equal to the diameter of the semicircle and having the semicircular opening is cylindrical.

  That is, the container 161 according to this embodiment includes a semicircular opening 162 and a rectangular opening 163.

  In this embodiment, stoppers 165a and 165b are provided for supporting the second small container 164 held in the rectangular opening 163 in the vertical direction. This stopper may also be provided below the second small container 152 in the previous embodiment.

  Since the other part is the same as that of FIG. 17, the description is abbreviate | omitted. Further, the container 161 can be manufactured in the same manner as the method shown in FIG.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, the example in which one second small container 152, 164 is provided has been described. The second small container may be provided in the vertical direction. In this way, a plurality of ingredients can be accommodated.

  Next, a specific usage example of the containers 141 and 161 in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 17 to 19 will be described. FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a specific usage example of the containers 141 and 161, with a part thereof broken. Referring to FIG. 20, container 141 includes a first small container 151 and a second small container 152 housed in a third small container. Here, the case where noodles are stored in the container 141 will be described.

  In the state shown in FIG. 18A, noodles are stored in the first small container 151, and ingredients are stored in the second small container 152. These are accommodated in the third small container 153 as shown in FIG. Before the second small container 152 is accommodated, the first small container is inserted from the rectangular portion of the third small container 153 through the through hole 148 between the upper bottom 146 and the lower bottom 145 of the third small container 153. Tea 146 is poured into the lower part of the upper bottom of 151. The second small container 152 further contains a straw.

  A person who eats the noodles stored in the container 141 can suck the tea 146 with a straw as needed while adding the ingredients 182 to the noodles 181 and eating the noodles. The contents stored in the container are not limited to noodles, and may be rice. That is, if this container is used, liquids such as staple foods, side dishes, juice and tea can be accommodated in one container. Therefore, this container can also function as a kind of lunch box.

  Here, the description of the lid is omitted, but the lid is naturally provided. It is preferable that the lid has a sealing action.

  In the said embodiment, desired noodles and ingredients may be accommodated in arbitrary parts in each divided | segmented part. However, it is preferable that noodles are accommodated in the widest portion, and ingredients and condiments are accommodated in other portions.

  In the above embodiment, when the outer side surface is cylindrical or rectangular, the inner side surface is similarly cylindrical or rectangular. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the inner side surface is polygonal. It is good.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where an inner side surface part was made into the rectangular shape when the outer side surface part was polygonal shape was demonstrated, not only this but an inner side surface part is good also as a cylindrical shape or a polygonal shape.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the outer side surface portion has a tapered shape in FIGS. 1 and 2 has been described, and the case where the outer side surface portion has a tapered shape has not been described in FIGS. Not only this but corresponding to all the above-mentioned top views, an outside side part may have a taper shape. Further, the cross-sectional shape of the outer side surface portion may or may not be line symmetric with respect to the center axis.

  Further, the inner side surface portion may have a cross-sectional line symmetry with respect to the central axis as shown in FIG. 2A, or only partly with the outer side surface portion as shown in FIG. The shape may be in line contact.

  In the said embodiment, although the case where the height of an outer side surface part and an inner side surface part was the same was demonstrated, not only this but the height with an inner side surface part may be low.

  In the above embodiment, the case where a partition or a stopper is provided when another small container is accommodated inside the container has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. Positioning may be performed by any method, such as providing a protruding portion to the outside on the side surface or bottom surface of the container, and providing a concave portion in the external container so that they engage with each other.

  In addition, the material of the container in the above embodiment is not particularly limited, but a material having a low density such as expanded polystyrene, a large thickness, and good heat retention is preferable.

  Since the container which concerns on this invention has a simple structure, having a some accommodating part, it is utilized advantageously as a container.

  10, 101, 141, 161 Container, 11 Opening part, 12, 42 Side part, 13, 43 Outer side part, 14, 44 Inner side part, 15.25, 35 Bottom part, 16, 26, 36, 46 Center part (Inside) space, 17, 27 End (outside) space, 103, 151, 152, 153a Small container, 148 Through-hole.

Claims (5)

A container having an opening, a side surface, and a bottom surface,
The opening includes an arcuate part having a central angle of 180 ° or more and a rectangular part provided adjacent to the arcuate part,
The side surface portion of the portion having the arc-shaped opening portion is a tapered shape or a semi-cylindrical shape extending from the bottom surface portion toward the opening portion,
Side portion of the portion having the rectangular openings Ri rectangular parallelepiped der,
Bottom portion of the front Symbol rectangular portion and the arcuate portion having an opening having an opening is shared,
First and second small containers are accommodated in each of the portion having the arc-shaped opening and the portion having the rectangular opening,
The first small container accommodated in the portion having the arc-shaped opening has an arc-shaped opening, an inverted frustoconical or cylindrical wall and trapezoid extending below the arc-shaped opening. Alternatively, a rectangular wall surface and a first bottom portion that connects the inverted frustoconical or cylindrical shape and the lower end of the trapezoidal or rectangular wall surface ,
A container containing the first and second small containers has a second bottom located below the first bottom;
The trapezoidal or rectangular wall surface extends below the first bottom,
The trapezoidal or rectangular wall surface extending below the first bottom portion includes a space between the first bottom portion and the second bottom portion, and a bottom surface portion of the portion having the rectangular opening portion. Has a through hole for connecting
The first small container has a leg portion that is provided near the lower surface of the trapezoidal or rectangular wall surface at the first bottom portion and holds the first bottom portion with respect to the second bottom portion. container. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the portion having the arc-shaped opening and the portion having the rectangular opening are separated by a partition. The container according to claim 2 , wherein the partition is provided at a boundary between the arc-shaped opening and the rectangular opening.   The container according to claim 1, wherein a stopper that supports the second small container from below is provided on a side surface portion of the portion having the rectangular opening. It is a manufacturing method of the container in any one of Claims 1-4 ,
Preparing a third small container including an arc-shaped portion having a central angle of 180 ° or more, a rectangular opening provided adjacent to the arc-shaped portion, each side surface portion, and each bottom surface portion. Steps,
Preparing a first small container that can be stored in an arcuate opening having a central angle of 180 ° or more of the third small container;
Preparing a second small container that can be accommodated in the rectangular opening of the third small container;
A container manufacturing method for manufacturing a container by accommodating the first small container and the second small container in the third small container.

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