Method of assembling frozen dessert container, method of packaging frozen dessert, frozen dessert container, frozen dessert product, and method of preparing drink

• US 10,231,470 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Akagi Nyugyo Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Akagi Nyugyo Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Inoue, Sota
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Erik
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Chaim A
• Application Number:
  US15/789,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035690A1
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/04 Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/045 of slush-ice, e.g. semi-frozen beverage
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/221 Moulds
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 7/28 by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0018 of the 43-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0028 of the 51-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0081 of the 43-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/009 of the 51-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/18 Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures B65D51/247 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/28 with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials B65D51/247 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/78 for ice-cream

Abstract

A molding container including a lid that can be smoothly pulled out of a molded frozen dessert with no damage to the molded frozen dessert is provided. A frozen dessert container assembling method of assembling: a main body capable of containing a frozen dessert; a first lid including a first peripheral edge portion and a protrusion that forms an inner space on the inner radius side of the first peripheral edge portion; and a second lid including a second peripheral edge portion and a cover portion is provided. This method includes the steps of: feeding the main body; causing the protrusion of the first lid to be contained in the main body and fitting the first peripheral edge portion and an opening of the main body to each other; and covering the inner space of the first lid with the cover portion of the second lid and fitting the first peripheral edge portion and the second peripheral edge portion to each other.

Claims

1. A frozen dessert packaging method of enclosing a frozen dessert in a container including:

a main body capable of containing a frozen dessert;

a first lid including a first peripheral edge portion and a protrusion that forms an inner space on an inner radius side of the first peripheral edge portion; and

a second lid including a second peripheral edge portion and a cover portion, the frozen dessert packaging method comprising the steps of;

providing the main body;

causing a frozen dessert to be contained in the main body;

causing part of the protrusion of the first lid to be immersed into the frozen dessert and attaching the first peripheral edge portion to an opening of the main body so that the first peripheral edge portion can be removed from the opening of the main body with a first force; and

covering the inner space of the first lid with the cover portion of the second lid and attaching the second peripheral edge portion to the first peripheral edge portion so that the first peripheral edge portion can be removed from the second peripheral edge portion with a second force larger than the first force.

2. The frozen dessert packaging method according to claim 1, wherein

the first peripheral edge portion is fit to the opening to be attached thereto, and

the second peripheral edge portion is fit to the first peripheral edge portion to be attached thereto.

3. A frozen dessert container comprising:

a main body capable of containing a frozen dessert;

a first lid including a first peripheral edge portion and a protrusion that forms an inner space on an inner radius side of the first peripheral edge portion; and

a second lid including a second peripheral edge portion and a cover portion, wherein

the first lid is configured such that the first peripheral edge portion can be attached to an opening of the main body so that the protrusion is contained in the main body, and

the second lid is configured such that the cover portion covers the inner space of the first lid and the second peripheral edge portion can be attached to the first peripheral edge portion in a state in which the first peripheral edge portion is separable from the opening more easily than from the second peripheral edge portion.

4. The frozen dessert container according to claim 3, wherein the first peripheral edge portion and the opening are fitted to each other in a first fitted portion, the second peripheral edge portion and the first peripheral edge portion are fitted to each other in a second fitted portion, and the second fitted portion is positioned closer to a bottom portion of the main body than the first fitted portion.

5. The frozen dessert container according to claim 4, wherein the first peripheral edge portion and the second peripheral edge portion overlap each other at respective ends thereof in a unified manner.

6. The frozen dessert container according to claim 5, wherein a flexural deformation amount of the main body under application of an external force is larger than at least one of a flexural deformation amount of the first lid and a flexural deformation amount of the second lid.

7. A frozen dessert product frozen with a recess formed in a central portion thereof by being contained in the frozen dessert container according to claim 3.

8. The frozen dessert product according to claim 7, wherein information suggesting to apply an external force to the main body from the outside thereof toward the recess after removal of the first lid from the main body is shown on the frozen dessert container.

9. A drink preparation method of preparing a drink by defrosting at least part of a frozen dessert frozen with a recess formed in a central portion thereof by being contained in the frozen dessert container according to claim 3, the drink preparation method comprising the steps of:

removing the first lid from the main body to expose the said recess in the central portion of the frozen dessert;

applying an external force from an outer surface of the main body toward the recess to crush the frozen dessert into a desired shape; and

injecting a liquid into the frozen dessert to defrost at least part of the frozen dessert.

10. A frozen dessert container capable of containing a frozen dessert and a liquid, comprising:

a main body capable of containing a frozen dessert; and

a removable lid having at center portion a protrusion for forming a recess in a frozen dessert contained in the main body, wherein

the removable lid are removably disposed on the main body so that after removing the lid from the main body, the frozen dessert remained in the main body can be crushed into a desired shape by applying an external force from an outer surface of the main body toward the recess and a liquid are accommodated in the main body, and

a flexural deformation amount of the main body when the external force is applied to the main body is larger than a flexural deformation amount of the removable lid when the external force is applied to the removable lid.

11. A frozen dessert contained in the frozen dessert container of claim 10.

12. The frozen dessert of claim 11, wherein

the frozen dessert has at a central portion a recess formed by removing the removable lid from the main body of the frozen dessert container.

13. The frozen dessert of claim 11, wherein

a frozen state of the frozen dessert contained in the main body is softer than that of the shaved ice at the same temperature.

14. The frozen dessert of claim 11, wherein

the frozen dessert contained in the main body has a freezing point lower than that of the shaved ice.

15. The frozen dessert of claim 11, wherein

the frozen dessert contains sugar in such an amount that a freezing point of the frozen dessert is lowered than that of the shaved ice, and

the frozen dessert is obtained by freezing a mixture of the shaved ice containing the sugar.

16. A drink preparation method of preparing a drink by using the frozen dessert of claim 11, the method comprising the steps of:

forming the recess at the central part of the frozen dessert by removing the removable lid from the main body of the frozen dessert container, prior to drinking the drink,

applying an external force from an outer surface of the main body toward the recess to crush the frozen dessert into a desired shape; and

injecting a liquid into the frozen dessert to defrost at least part of the frozen dessert.

17. The drink preparation method of claim 16, wherein

the liquid is injected into the frozen dessert which is crushed by applying the external force.

18. The frozen dessert container of claim 10, wherein

the main body comprises a material having a first tensile elastic modulus,

the removable lid comprises a material having a second tensile elastic modulus, and

the second tensile elastic modulus is greater than the first tensile elastic modulus.