JP2597009Y2 - Cup with handle - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

The present invention relates to a cup with a handle,
More particularly, the present invention relates to a disposable cup with a handle for holding a beverage such as coffee.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent diversification of eating habits, the number of restaurants such as fast food restaurants and restaurants in large-scale amusement parks that provide cooked food almost at the same time as customer orders are increasing. These stores sell various foods such as hamburgers and fried chicken, as well as beverages such as coffee, sodas and juices.

[0003] As a cup with a handle for putting these drinks, a paper cup or EPS is used because of its easy handling.
Cups are widespread, and most of them are disposables that are discarded after use.

[0004] The above-mentioned stores adopt a style in which a beverage is put into a cup with a handle and sold, and the cup with the handle containing the beverage is often carried by a carrying carton (so-called carry carton).

8 to 10 are views showing a conventional cup with a handle, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a use state of the conventional cup with a handle, FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged perspective view of FIG. 8, and FIG. 8
It is a top view of the handle board which the cup with a handle has.

[0008] As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, an opening 3 is formed in an upper plate 2 of a carrying carton 1 made of paperboard or the like.
Is placed on top. Cup body 6 of cup 4 with handle
A handle plate 7 is adhered to.

As shown in FIG. 10, the outer peripheral edges of a pair of left and right grip portions 8 of the grip plate 7 are generally square in shape.
In particular, the lower outer peripheral edge 9 is provided with outwardly projecting portions 10, 1
It is formed in a step-like shape by 1 and a part 12 which is recessed inward. Incidentally, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 64-42215 also discloses
A cup with a handle having a handle plate having a similar shape is disclosed.

[0008]

Since the handle plate 7 of the conventional cup 4 with a handle has the above-described shape, if the user tries to put the cup 4 with the handle into the opening 3 of the carton 1 for carrying, the handle is not used. The stepped lower peripheral edge 9 of the portion 8 is
There is a problem that the cup 4 with a handle cannot be smoothly attached to the carrying carton 1.

Further, as for the mounting height of the handle plate 7 to the cup body 6, no consideration is given to the relationship between the height of the handle plate 7 and the structure of the carrying carton 1; In some cases, it was attached to a relatively lower position.

In such a case, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, when the cup with handle 4 is attached to the carrying carton 1, the handle plate 7 is located below the carton upper plate 2. In this case, the handle plate 7 opens almost flatly without following the roundness of the body of the cup body 6 due to its elasticity. Therefore, when the customer attempts to lift the cup 4 with the handle containing the beverage with one hand, the upper outer peripheral edge 14 of the handle plate 7 is caught on the edge 13 of the carton upper plate 2, so that the cup 4 with the handle can be smoothly moved. Can't lift.

Therefore, the customer needs to lift the cup body 6 containing the beverage with the other hand while pushing the handle plate 7 toward the body of the cup body 6 with one hand. As described above, handling with both hands is necessary, which is inconvenient to handle, and inadvertently spills the beverage inside.

By the way, empty cup 4 with handle before use
Are transported to the store and stored in a state of being superimposed in large numbers. Also, in a vending machine having a structure in which a beverage such as coffee is automatically poured into an empty cup 4 with a handle, a large number of empty cups 4 with a handle are stored in the machine in a state of being superposed.

However, the lower outer peripheral edge 9 of the handle plate 7 of the conventional cup 4 with a handle is formed in a stepped shape as described above. The lower outer peripheral edge 9 of the handle plate 7 having a substantially planar shape of the side cup 4 is caught on the cup edge 15 of the lower cup 4, so that empty cups 4 cannot be overlapped smoothly. There were challenges.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and the handle plate of the cup with a handle is provided with a carrying cap.
Cart smoothly without getting caught
Can be attached to and detached from the carton,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a handle-equipped cup that can be easily operated with only one hand .

[0015]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a cup with a handle according to the present invention comprises a tubular body having a bottom and a vertically long sticking portion attached to a wall plate of the cup body. And a handle plate having a pair of handle portions having a curved shape in which substantially the entire outer peripheral edge connected to the upper end portion and the lower end portion thereof bulges outward and a gripping hole is formed inward. is there.

The cup with handle is placed on the bottom plate of the carton through an opening formed in the top plate of the carrying carton. The cup body is placed on the carton bottom plate. Preferably, the handle plate is attached to the cup body at a height such that an upper outer peripheral edge of the handle portion is located above the carton upper plate.

It is preferable that the angle of elevation of the outer peripheral edge of the handle portion at the lower end portion of the sticking portion is 10 ° to 50 °.

[0018]

In the present invention, since almost the entire outer peripheral edge of the handle portion has a curved shape bulging outward, one empty handle cup is inserted into the other empty handle cup. When overlapping, the outer edge of the handle plate of one cup is
The other cup bends along the edge of the cup and the inner surface while being in contact with the edge and the inner surface of the cup. Thereby, both cups can be overlapped smoothly.

Further, when the beverage is put in the carrying carton with the beverage in the cup with the handle having the above-mentioned configuration,
The handle plate curves toward the wall plate of the cup body while sliding on the edge of the opening of the carton.

When the cup is detached from the carton, the outer peripheral edge of the handle is located above the upper plate of the carton. It moves while contacting the edge, and the handle plate gradually returns to a flat shape due to its elasticity.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a cup with a handle according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a handle plate of the cup of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a handle plate having another shape, and FIG. It is a top view of the handle board which has another shape. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a use state of the cup with a handle of FIG. 1, and FIG.
5 is a partially enlarged perspective view of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state where the empty cups with handles of FIG. 1 are overlapped.

As shown in FIG. 1, a paper cup 20 with a handle as a cup with a handle is made of paperboard made of wood pulp or the like, and has a bottomed cylindrical cup body 21.
Has a circular bottom plate 22 and a cylindrical wall plate 23 which is attached to the circular bottom plate 22 in close contact therewith. A handle board 24 made of paperboard made of elastic wood pulp or the like is attached to the wall board 23. The cup body 21 is filled with a hot beverage such as hot coffee, cocoa, hot chocolate or soup, or a cold beverage such as iced coffee, sodas or juices.

The wall plate 23 has a circular cross section as a whole, and is formed in a tapered shape in which the upper portion is widened. The cup edge 25 formed on the entire periphery of the upper end portion of the wall plate 23 has a shape that is swirled radially outward and swells.
By forming the cup rim 25 in such a shape, the strength of the upper end of the cup is increased, so that the cup main body 21 is hardly deformed even if it is held by hand. Also, the cup rim 25
Has a smooth curved surface such that when a lid (not shown) is attached to the cup main body 21, the lid is in close contact with the surface.

On the inner surface 26 of the cup body 21, a film of a synthetic resin having a softening point such as polyethylene or polypropylene having a heat resistance exceeding 100 ° C. is integrally laminated by laminating or the like.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Is a vertically long rectangular shape and the wall plate 23 of the cup body 21.
And a pair of grips 28 which are integrated with the vertically elongated glue 27 and are disposed on both sides of the glue 27. Has a symmetrical heart shape. On both sides of the sticking portion 27, bendable portions 29 are formed by pressing the paperboard into linear grooves.
Are formed in the vertical direction.

The outer peripheral edge 30 of the handle 28 is connected to the upper end 31 and the lower end 32 of the vertically long sticking portion 27, and almost the entire outer peripheral edge 30 has a curved shape bulging outward. ing. A grip hole 33 for gripping the grip portion 28 through a finger is formed inside the grip portion 28. When drinking the beverage in the paper cup 20, the grip portion 28 is folded up along the bendable portion 29 as shown by a chain line in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the angle formed by the outer peripheral edge 30 of the handle portion with respect to the reference line C _{2 at} the lower end 32 of the sticking portion 27 perpendicular to the longitudinal center line C ₁ of the handle plate 24 ( That is, the elevation angle α is formed in the range of 10 ° to 50 °.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a handle plate 24a having a handle portion 28a when the elevation angle α is set to 10 °, and an elevation angle α of 5 degrees.
And a handle plate 24b having a handle portion 28b at 0 °. The outer peripheral edges 30a, 30b of the handles 28a, 28b are connected to the upper end 31 and the lower end 32 of the vertically long sticking portions 27a, 27b.
Almost the entirety of a and 30b has a curved shape bulging outward. Grip holes 33a and 33b are formed inside the grips 28a and 28b, respectively. The outer edges 30, 30a, 30b of the grips 28, 28a, 28b
Is preferably a rounded curved shape having no inwardly retracted portion and entirely bulging outward.

According to the experiment conducted by the present inventors, when the elevation angle α is less than 10 °, the grip portion 28a is used when the cups are lifted from the carton or when the empty cups are overlapped.
Cannot perform a smooth sliding operation to be described later. On the other hand, when the elevation angle α exceeds 50 °, the gripping hole 33 b
Becomes smaller. Conversely, if it is attempted to secure a large gripping hole 33b, the width dimension d between the gripping hole 33b and the outer peripheral edge 30b becomes small, and the strength of the grip portion 28b decreases. Accordingly, the angle range of the elevation angle α is as described above, and a particularly preferable angle is 30 ° to 40 °.
°.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a case where a beverage is put in a paper cup 20 with a handle and carried by a carrying carton (so-called carry carton) 1 will be described. The carton 1 is used by assembling a paperboard cut into a predetermined shape into a box shape, and has the same configuration as that described with reference to FIG. That is, the carton 1 includes a plate-shaped bottom plate 5, a pair of side plates 41 erected integrally from both sides of the bottom plate 5, and an upper plate 2 integrally connected to the side plates 41 and parallel to the bottom plate 5. A box-like shape is maintained by integrally providing a support plate (not shown) and the like.

The upper plate 2 is formed with a food storage section 42 for storing foods such as hamburgers and fried chicken, and an opening 3 for storing the paper cup 20 with a handle. In FIG. 5, two openings 3 are shown. The paper cup with handle 20 can be placed on the bottom plate 5 by being inserted into the opening 3.

The position where the handle plate 24 is attached to the cup body 21 is such that the upper outer peripheral edge 43 of the handle 28 is placed on the carton top plate 2 while the cup body 21 is placed on the carton bottom plate 5.
The height is set to be higher. Thereby, when the paper cup with handle 20 is mounted on the carton 1, the entire handle plate 24 does not sink below the carton upper plate 2, and its upper outer peripheral edge 43 always projects above the carton upper plate 2. ing.

Next, the operation will be described. Cup body 2
In the state where the beverage is put in 1, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
The handle plate 24 has a substantially planar shape due to its elasticity, and is open apart from the wall plate 23.

When the paper cup 20 with handle is inserted into the opening 3 of the carton 1, the outer peripheral edge 30 of the handle 28 in the opened state comes into contact with the edge 13 of the opening 3. However, no step (see FIG. 10) is formed on the outer peripheral edge 30 as in the prior art, so that when the paper cup 20 is further inserted into the inside of the opening 3, the outer peripheral edge 30 becomes Slide 13 while contacting. Then, the handle portion 28 is bent toward the wall plate 23 against the elastic force (see the arrow in FIG. 6), and the cup body 21 is eventually placed on the carton bottom plate 5 and the state shown in FIGS. Becomes

As described above, according to the present invention, almost the entire outer peripheral edge 30 of the grip portion 28 connected to the lower end portion 32 of the sticking portion 27 is formed into a curved shape which bulges outward, so that the outer peripheral edge 30 has an opening. The paper cup 20 with the handle can be smoothly mounted on the carton 1 by sliding freely with respect to the edge portion 13.

Next, a case in which the paper cup 20 with handle thus mounted is taken out of the carton 1 will be described.
In a state where the paper cup 20 is attached to the carton 1,
The upper outer peripheral edge 43 of the handle 28 protrudes above the upper plate 2 of the carton 1, and the outer peripheral edge 30 is in contact with the opening edge 13.

Therefore, even if the cup body 21 is lifted upward by hand, the handle plate 24 is not caught on the carton upper plate 2. That is, when the upper portion of the cup body 21 is lifted upward with one hand, the outer peripheral edge 30 of the grip portion 28 slides while contacting the opening edge portion 13. Then, the handle plate 24 curved toward the wall plate 23 of the cup body 21.
Gradually returns to its original planar shape due to its elastic force as shown by the arrow in FIG.

Thus, the entire paper cup 20 is put into the carton 1
After being pulled out from the container, the handle 28 opened in a planar shape is folded up along the bendable portion 29 and a finger is inserted into the gripping hole 33, and the beverage in the cup body 21 is held by the handle 28 by hand. You can drink. Thus, according to the present embodiment,
The operation of taking the paper cup 20 in and out of the carton 1 can be performed smoothly and easily with only one hand, which is very convenient in practice.

Next, a case where empty cups 20 with handles are overlapped will be described. In order to transport a large number of empty paper cups 20 with a handle, or to store a large number of empty paper cups 20 in the store or the inside of a vending machine,
An operation of overlapping the paper cups 20 is required.

In this case, as shown in FIG.
Since the handle plate 24 of this embodiment is attached to the paper cup 20, when the paper cups are overlapped, the outer peripheral edge 30 of the handle plate 24 attached to one (upper in the figure) paper cup 20 is the other. The paper cup 20 (at the bottom in the figure) slides while making contact with the cup edge 25 and the cup inner surface 26. Thus, the handle plate 24 curves along the inner surface 26 of the lower paper cup 20 (see arrows and chain lines in FIG. 7), and both paper cups 20 overlap.

Further, it is also easy to remove the overlapping empty paper cups from each other.
Is flattened by its own repulsive force (see the arrow and solid line in the figure), so that the handle 28 can be folded up and held with a finger.

Although the above embodiment has been described with reference to the case of the paper cup 20, the cup is integrally formed by sheet molding or injection molding using the material of the cup body 21 as plastic, and a paper-made handle plate is formed on the wall plate. It may be a case of sticking. The same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same or corresponding parts.

[0043]

[Effect of the Invention] The cup with the handle according to the present invention is configured as described above, and the cart for carrying the cup with the handle is used.
When attaching the handle, almost all of the outer periphery of the handle is
That it has a rounded curved shape that bulges out toward you
The handle plate can be freely moved to the edge of the carton opening.
It slides and curves against elasticity. Also, close the cup
When mounted on a carton, the entire handle plate is
It does not sink below, and its upper outer edge always
Since the carton is above the upper plate, remove the cup
Pull cup body upwards to remove from ton
The handle plate can be attached without catching on the top plate of the carton.
Slide while touching the edge of the opening of the tongue. Cut
After pulling out the whole bag from the carton,
Fold up the handle that is open in a plane and insert your finger into the gripping hole.
If you hold the handle by hand, drink the beverage inside the cup body.
Can be. In this way, the handle plate of the cup becomes a carton
The cup can be smoothly attached to and detached from the carton without getting caught
Can also put cups in and out of cartons
Can be easily performed with only one hand .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1 to 7 show one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the cup with a handle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a handle plate included in the cup of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a handle plate having another shape.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a handle plate having still another shape.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a use state of the cup with a handle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged perspective view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which empty cups with handles in FIG. 1 are overlapped with each other.

8 to 10 are views showing a conventional cup with a handle, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a use state of the conventional cup with a handle.

9 is a partially enlarged perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a handle plate included in the cup with a handle of FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Carton for carrying 2 Top plate 3 Opening 5 Bottom plate 20 Paper cup with a handle (cup with a handle) 21 Cup main body 23 Wall plate 24, 24a, 24b Handle plate 27, 27a, 27b Vertical sticking part 28, 28a, 28b Handle Part 30, 30a, 30b outer peripheral edge 31 upper end part 32 lower end part 33, 33a, 33b gripping hole 43 upper outer peripheral edge α elevation angle

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A bottom plate and an opening parallel to the bottom plate and having an opening.
Opening of a carrying carton having a top plate formed
Handle that can be placed on the bottom plate by being inserted into the part
A cup body with a bottom and a cylindrical body having a bottom, and both sides of a vertically long sticking portion attached to a wall plate of the cup body.
A pair of grips are integrated with each other, and
Is formed with a gripping hole and is made of elastic material.
And a pair of handle portions , wherein the pair of handle portions are provided at an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the sticking portion.
It has a continuous outer edge, and almost all of the outer edge expands outward.
It has a rounded curved shape,
Before the operation of taking out and inserting the cup with handle, the elasticity
Open and separated from the wall plate in a substantially planar shape
The position of the handle plate attached to the cup body is
With the main body resting on the bottom plate of the carton
The upper outer peripheral edge of the handle is above the upper plate of the carton.
At the height position such that the handle-equipped cup is attached to the carton.
The handle plate with the handle portion opened is the opening
The cup against the elasticity while sliding on the edge of the cup
When bending the cup with the handle from the carton by bending toward the wall plate side of the main body
, The handle plate moves while contacting the edge of the opening
A cup with a handle, wherein the cup returns to its original planar shape by the elasticity . 2. The outside of the handle at the lower end of the sticking portion.
2. The cup with a handle according to claim 1, wherein an elevation angle of the peripheral edge is formed in a range of 10 ° to 50 ° . 3. The elevation angle range is from 30 ° to 40 °.
The cup with a handle according to claim 2, wherein: