JPH08108682A - Marking pen - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a marking pen that can be eaten as it is by writing characters and pictures directly on the surface of food and edible substances. [Structure] An edible ink composed of a natural pigment and a food additive is stored in an ink storage unit in a pen shaft.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is capable of directly writing characters or patterns on the surface of food or edible substance and edible as it is.
The present invention relates to a marking pen that can be used for teaching materials, toys, hobbies and cooking.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, edible films (for example, pullulan film, carrageenan film, etc.), foods (for example, fruit, bread, biscuits, chocolate, gum, eggs, etc.), packaging materials that come into direct contact with foods, etc. Letters and pictures were printed using edible ink by various printing methods such as gravure, flexo, screen, and pad.

[0003]

However, there has been no conventional means for consumers to freely write characters and pictures directly on foods and edible films using edible ink.

The present invention provides a marking pen in which characters and pictures can be freely written directly on the surface of food or edible substance and eaten as it is.

[0005]

The first invention, as shown in FIG. 1, is an ink storage portion (13) in a pen shaft body (11).
The marking pen (10) is characterized in that the edible ink is absorbed by the absorber (14) and stored.

A second invention is a marking pen characterized in that the edible ink according to the first invention is composed of a natural pigment and a food additive.

The above edible ink is composed of raw materials in accordance with the Food Sanitation Law and the standards for use of food additives. Specific examples include natural dyes such as anthocyanin and
Monascus, red koji, curcumin, gardenia, cochineal, chlorophyll, polyphenol, melanin, etc. can be used, and the solvent of the ink is propylene glycol,
Glycerin, ethyl alcohol, water, etc. can be used.

A porous material such as felt, sponge, sponge, and pulp is used for the absorber that absorbs and holds the edible ink.

The pen shaft is made of plastic, metal,
It is a cylindrical container made of glass or the like.

[0010]

With the marking pen of the present invention, the characters and patterns written on the surface of foods and edible substances are formed by ink composed of natural pigments and food additives. As it conforms to the standards, eating it together with food and edible substances does not cause any hygiene problems.

[0011]

【Example】

<Embodiment 1> First, the pen shaft body (11), the ink storage portion (13), the sealing lid (15), and the pressing fixing plate (1) shown in FIG.
6) was made of polypropylene, and the pen tip (12) and the absorber (14) were made of felt. Next, the pen tip (1
2) is protruded from the hole at the lower end of the pen shaft body (11) and is clamped and fixed to the pen shaft body (11).
The lower end of a felt-made absorber (14) containing edible ink inserted in the ink storage section (13) is brought into contact with the upper end of the inside, and the ink storage section (13) is moved to the pen shaft body (11). )
The pen shaft body (11) is provided inside, and the ink storage portion (13) is provided with a pressing fixing plate (16) and a sealing lid (15) in this order.
The marking pen (10) of the present Example 1 was manufactured by inserting and fixing it on the upper end. The composition of the edible ink was 84.8% by weight of cochineal dye and 1 propylene glycol.
It was 5.0% by weight and 0.2% by weight of citric acid.

Characters and patterns were written on the surface of the biscuit using the above-mentioned marking pen. With edible ink, I could freely write red letters and patterns.

<Embodiment 2> As an edible ink, the composition is
Red bean paste 72.0% by weight, gardenia blue 8.0% by weight, propylene glycol 18.0% by weight, ethanol 2.0
A marking pen of the present Example 2 was prepared by absorbing the ink in an amount of wt% in the absorber of the ink storage unit of the marking pen similar to that of the Example 1.

Characters and patterns were written on the surface of the pullulan film using the above-mentioned marking pen. With edible ink, I could freely write green letters and pictures.

[0015]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the ink of the marking pen of the present invention is composed of natural pigments and food additives, it is possible to freely write letters or pictures on the surface of food or edible substance and eat it as it is. You can

Therefore, the marking pen of the present invention can be used as a teaching material or a toy for infants in combination with food or an edible substance, and can also be used for hobbies or cooking.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a marking pen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Marking pen 11 ... Pen shaft 12 ... Pen tip 13 ... Ink storage unit 14 ... Absorber 15 ... Seal lid 16 ... Pressing and fixing plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A marking pen characterized in that an edible ink is absorbed in an absorber and stored in an ink storage section in a pen shaft. 2. A marking pen, characterized in that the edible ink according to claim 1 is composed of a natural pigment and a food additive.