Patent Grant
12077917
The present invention relates to an absorbent sheet, an absorbent sheet roll, and an oil absorption method, and more particularly to an absorption sheet or the like for removing droplets or liquid films attached to the surface of an object.
As the health-oriented increases, a laying plate or the like for reducing the oil content of deep-fried food such as fried chicken for a consumer has been developed.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a paper-made laying plate for fried food such as port cutlet, menchi katsu, croquette, fried chicken, tempura, french-fried potato, and the like, which makes the oil-cutting of fried food easier (Patent Document 1). In addition, it has been proposed to place a plurality of kitchen paper under a parchment paper with a cut to wrap meat and fish (Patent Document 2).
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-107695
Patent Document 2: Japanese Utility Model Registration 3163077
However, the laying plate disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used to prevent the cut oil from adhering again to the fried food. This method is an inactive (i.e., passive) oil draining method in a sense that the oil is left to fall naturally.
In addition, the technique described in Patent Document 2 discloses the method in which meat and fish are wrapped by the parchment paper which “does not pass water and oil” (paragraph 0006) and the oil adhered to the meat and fish is absorbed by the kitchen paper via the cut of the parchment paper. This method is also inactive as the method disclosed in Patent Document 1.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an absorbent sheet which is capable of positively removing droplets attached to the surface of an object more positively than a conventional technique used for oil cutting, and which can be used for foods.
A first aspect of the present invention is an absorbent sheet for removing a droplet or a liquid film attached to a surface of an object, comprising a sheet portion in sheet form, a plurality of first cuts provided in the sheet portion, a plurality of second cuts shorter than the first cuts provided in a direction intersecting the first cuts, an edge portion provided near an edge of the sheet portion, in which the first cuts are not provided, and a reed shape portion having a plurality of loose end aggregation portions, the portion which is an area sandwiched between a couple of the first cuts in line segment-like cut in a direction normal toward the edge portion, leaving the edge portion uncut, wherein the plurality of loose end aggregation portions are connected at a plurality of the edge portions which face each other across the reed shape portion, wherein the plurality of the second cuts are provided between the first cuts, and wherein a plurality of loose ends are formed by connection of a plurality of the second cuts with a line segment portion between two edge points of the first cut.
A second aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to the first aspect, wherein the plurality of the second cuts are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the sheet portion spreads in a net-shape when the sheet portion is pulled in a direction perpendicular to the second cuts.
A third aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to the second aspect, wherein the plurality of the second cuts reach a side of the sheet portion in a direction intersecting the second cuts.
A fourth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to any one of the first through the third aspects, further comprising a third cut provided in the edge portion in a direction intersecting the first cuts.
A fifth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to any one of the first through the fourth aspects, wherein the sheet portion has a plurality of sheets, that is, a first sheet and a second sheet with more rigidity than that of the first sheet, wherein the first sheet has higher absorbency than the second sheet, wherein at least a portion of the first cuts or the second cuts penetrate the first sheet and the second sheet.
A sixth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to the fifth aspect, wherein a plurality of the first sheets are stacked so as to sandwich the second sheet.
A seventh aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to any one of the first trough the sixth aspects, wherein a shape of the sheet portion is square, rectangular, trapezoidal, parallelogram, or other polygonal shape, or circular or elliptical shape.
A seventh aspect of the present invention is an absorbent sheet roll in which a plurality of absorbent sheets in the first through the sixth aspects are connected by a cutting line.
An eighth aspect of the present invention is an oil absorption method for absorbing an oil droplet or an oil film attached to a surface of a deep-fried food, including, a three-dimensional configuration step of grabbing the absorbent sheet, according to any one of the first through the sixth aspects, to make the absorbent sheet into a three-dimensional form with at least a portion of the second cuts is hooked to another part of the sheet portion, and a placing step of placing a deep-fried food on the absorbent sheet in the three-dimensional form made in the three-dimensional configuration step.
A ninth aspect of the present invention is the oil absorption method according to the eighth aspect, further including, before the three-dimensional configuration step, a net-shape making step of pulling the sheet portion of the absorbent sheet, according to any one of the third through the sixth aspects, in a direction perpendicular the second cuts to spread the sheet portion into a net-shape.
A tenth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet that removes droplets and liquid films attached to the surface of an object, and is provided with a sheet part that is a sheet-like form and a plurality of cuts.
An eleventh aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to the tenth aspect, further comprising an edge portion that does not have the cut around at least a portion of the edge of the sheet portion.
A twelfth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to the eleventh aspect, wherein whole the sheet portion is connected in spite of all the cuts.
A thirteenth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the shape of the absorbent sheet is rectangular or square shape, wherein the edges provided near all four sides, and a plurality of the cuts are arranged in a region surrounded by the edge.
A fourteenth aspect of the present invention is the absorption sheet according to the thirteenth aspect, wherein the gap between adjacent cuts is at least 2 mm at the narrowest point, and is not more than 9 cm at the widest point.
A fifteenth aspect of the present invention is the absorption sheet according to the thirteenth or fourteenth aspect, wherein the edge is a length of 33% or less with respect to a length of one side.
A sixteenth aspect of the present invention is the absorption sheet according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the shape of the absorbent sheet is rectangular or square shape, and at least one side of two opposing sides is the edge not having the cut, and the other one side has a cut to the edge.
A seventeenth aspect of the present invention is an absorbent sheet roll in which a plurality of absorption sheets according to the tenth through sixteenth aspect are connected by a cutting line.
An eighteenth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet roll according to the seventeenth aspect, wherein the cutting line is formed linearly in a direction intersecting the cutting line.
A nineteenth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent sheet of any of the tenth to twelfth and sixteenth aspects is connected by a cutting line, and the cut line is an absorption sheet roll extending to the cutting line.
A twentieth aspect of the present invention is an absorbent sheet for removing droplets or liquid films attached to the surface of an object, comprising a sheet portion that is in a sheet-like form, a sheet portion that is in a sheet-like form, a plurality of first cuts provided in the sheet portion, a plurality of second cuts shorter than the first gap provided in a direction intersecting the first cut, an edge portion in which the first cut is not entered, located at the edge of the sheet portion, and a split portion including a plurality of end collection portions. The end collection portion is a region sandwiched between two lines segment-like first cuts that are provided toward the edge portion, without being provided into the edge portion, in the vertical direction with respect to the edge portion. The plurality of end collection portions are connected at the edge portions existing across the split portion. A plurality of second cuts are provided between a plurality of the first cuts. At least a plurality of second cuts are connected to a line segment portion sandwiched between the end points of a first cut, to form a plurality of strips.
A twenty-first aspect of the present invention is an absorbent sheet (31) for removing droplets or liquid films attached to the surface of an object, comprising a sheet portion (33) which is a sheet-like form having two opposing sides, a plurality of first cuts (35) lines provided in the sheet portion, a plurality of second cuts (41) which are provided in a direction intersecting the first cuts and which are shorter than the first cuts, an end portion (37) in which the first cut and the second cut are not formed, provided on the opposite two sides of the sheet portion, and a split portion (39) including a plurality of strips. The strip is a region sandwiched between two lines segment-like first cuts that are provided toward the edge portion, without being provided into the edge portion, in the vertical direction with respect to the edge portion. The plurality of the strips are connected at the edge portion. A plurality of second cuts are provided between a plurality of the first cuts. At least a plurality of second cuts are connected to a line segment portion sandwiched between the end points (44) of a first cut, to form a plurality of strips (42).
According to each aspect of the present invention, in the case of carrying and setting the absorbent sheet, it is possible to save the place in a planar manner. And in use, by grabbing the absorbent sheet, the reed shape portion is entangled to form a three-dimensionally expanded shape. In addition, the loose ends formed by a plurality of first cuts and a plurality of second cuts are hooked to a part of the sheet part such as a first cut, a side of the sheet part, or another second cut, so that a three-dimensionally expanded shape can be stabilized. As a result, it becomes possible to provide an absorbent sheet in which an object is inserted into a three-dimensionally expanded shape which is hard to collapse, so that a contact area with the absorbent sheet is dramatically increased to positively remove droplets or liquid films attached to the surface of the object.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, it becomes possible to provide an absorbent sheet having a more swollen shape because the reed shape portion is extended by expanding the second cut formed in a staggered manner into a net shape. In addition, it is easier for the second cuts to be entangled with a part of the sheet part to hold the three-dimensionally expanded shape more easily.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to more easily expand because of more area to expand, and to easily spread all the second cuts in a net-like manner.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by inserting the edge of the opposite side into the third cut, it is possible to wrap the object like a mat without grabbing or rubbing repeatedly the absorbent sheet. As a result, it is easier to remove droplets or liquid films attached to the surface of the object.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an absorbent sheet having both high absorbency and high rigidity without using a special sheet having both high absorbency and high rigidity.
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to use an absorbent sheet having both absorbency and high rigidity without being worried about the front and back of the absorbent sheet by the user.
According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, cuts are formed in the absorption sheet, so that it can be easily brought into a three-dimensionally expanded state by being entangled with each other. As a result, the contact between the absorption sheet and the object can be increased to efficiently absorb droplets of the surface of the object. Therefore, it becomes possible to provide an absorbent sheet that achieves both convenience in transportation and storage due to being sheet-like, and high absorption efficiency due to a three-dimensional structure during use.
According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, at least one side of the absorption sheet is provided with an edge having no cut. Therefore, in the case where the object is a food, it is easy to reduce the risk that the absorbent sheet becomes torn and the torn piece is erroneously eaten together with the object.
Furthermore, according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, since the entire absorbent sheet is connected as one, it becomes possible to provide an absorbent sheet that achieves both a three-dimensional and high absorption efficiency and a simplicity in disposal.
Further, according to the thirteenth through the sixteenth aspects of the present invention, it becomes possible to provide an absorbent sheet which enables a user to easily and stably obtain a three-dimensional structure by repeatedly grabbing the absorbent sheet.
According to the eighteenth aspect of the present invention, when the user separates and uses the individual absorbent sheets from the absorbent sheet roll, when the cutting line and the cuts are parallel to each other, the breaking force also acts on the cuts of the absorbent sheet. Then, the break of the absorbent sheet may also result in a break of the edge or the like without cuts. Therefore, it is easy to prevent the individual absorbent sheets from being damaged by providing the cuts in the direction crossing the cutting lines.
Further, according to the nineteenth aspect of the present invention, after the individual absorbent sheets are cut off, one end of the cut is up to the edge, so that it is easy to cut off the cut. Therefore, the user can more easily form a three-dimensional shape.
The embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
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Here, the three types of oil absorbent paper were the oil absorbent paper according to the present embodiment to which the three-dimensional process is applied, flat-placed oil absorbent paper, and flat-placed kitchen paper. “Flat-placed” means a planar state without passing through the three-dimensional process (three-dimensional process).
As the measurement, the weight of the oil absorbent paper before the oil is sucked, the weight of the oil absorbent paper after the oil is sucked, and the weight of the fried chicken are measured and recorded. Three types of oil absorption methods are measured for three times, respectively, and the average values thereof were used as the measurement results. The measurement results are shown in Table 1.
As shown in Table 1, by applying a three-dimensional process to the oil absorbent paper, oil absorption of more than twice as compared with the case of flat placement becomes possible. It may be because of increased contact with the object, such as fried chicken, because the oil absorbing paper is three-dimensional resulting in the increased number of capillary action.
In addition, by having cuts in the oil absorbent paper, the degree of freedom in the three-dimensional coordination of the oil absorbent paper is increased, thereby increasing the spatial extent of expansion of the oil absorbent paper. As a result, it is considered that the object such as fried chicken is more easily buried in the oil absorbent paper, and the contact with the oil absorbent paper is increased.
The oil absorbent paper may be used to absorb water droplets of an object such as a fruit, or the like, other than oil absorption of frying oil. In addition, the absorbent paper may be used as an absorbent sheet for removing a droplet or a liquid film attached to the surface of the object.
Since the sizes and shapes of the fried chickens are different from each other, the variation of the data is considered to be large. Therefore, an experimental method in which the effect of the oil absorbent paper of the present embodiment is confirmed by the object having a standard shape is described. As the measurement contents, the total weight before the oil is sucked, the total weight after the oil is sucked, the weight excluding the fried object were measured and recorded. Further, in three kinds of objects, the weight of oil sucked by the oil absorbent paper is calculated, and the result of the comparison is shown in
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Next, an experimental method for confirming the effect of cut patterns which makes possible to form an absorbent sheet effectively into a three-dimensional shape when the oil absorbent paper is grabbed and rubbed is described. As shown in
For the reasons described above, it can be seen that the cut pattern of
Further, the cut pattern to the oil absorbent paper may be shaped as shown in
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The size of the oil absorbent paper may be standard size as commercially available general kitchen paper (horizontal 220 mm×vertical 230 mm) or may be other size.
The shape of the oil absorbent paper is not limited to square or rectangular, but may be circular, trapezoidal, parallelogram, or polygonal.
The oil absorbent paper may be an absorber other than paper. In view of the convenience of transportation, it is preferable to be in sheet shape with cuts so that strips can be easily entangled resulting in a three-dimensional shape.
In addition, the cut of the oil absorbent paper may be in different directions or different lengths.
In addition, the cuts of the oil absorbent paper is not limited to those to make a strip-shaped portion, but may be other cuts. It is preferable that the sheet parts are not separated even after the cut lines are cut off, it is easier to dispose the oil absorbent paper after use.
In addition, the oil absorbent sheet of the present embodiment may be provided as an oil absorbent sheet roll (one example of the “absorbent sheet roll” of the present application) connected by a cutting line. In addition, a plurality of oil absorbent sheets may be stored in one box without being connected like a general tissue paper.
The oil absorbent paper 31 further includes a second cut 41 (one example of the “second cut” of the claim of the present application) shorter than the first cut 35, and a third cut 43 (an example of the “third cut” of the claim of the present application). Specifically, the oil absorbent paper 31 is square, and a plurality of first cuts 35 having the same length in the vertical direction with respect to two sides of the edge 37 are provided, leaving edges 37 of about 1 cm in two opposite sides of the oil absorbent paper 31. At least a part of the plurality of second cuts 41 is provided between the first cuts 35, and is connected to the first cut, and is provided normal to the first cut 35 in a staggered manner. Further, at least a part of the plurality of second cuts 41 is shorter than the length of the interval of the first cuts or is connected to only one of the first cuts. Here, “staggered” refers to a state in which each of the plurality of second cuts 41 facing each other in a way displaced from each other. Therefore, when the sheet portion 33 is pulled in the vertical direction with respect to the second cut 41, the sheet portion 33 spreads into a net shape. A plurality of second cuts are connected to two sides, provided in directions intersecting the second cut, of the sheet portion. Therefore, a large part of the net-like spreading part can be formed into a more three-dimensional expanded shape, and all the second cuts can be easily expanded in a net-like manner. The third cut 43 is provided in the direction perpendicular to the first cut 35 at the edge 37 near the side, perpendicular to the first cut 35, of the oil absorbent paper 31. As shown in
The sheet portion 33 is pulled in the vertical direction with respect to the second cut 41 so that the sheet portion 33 is spread into a net shape (one example of the “net-shape making step” of the claims of the present application). Then, the absorbent sheet can be three-dimensionally expanded by grabbing and rubbing the sheet portion 33 to let the reed shape portion 39 entwine. Further, it is possible to stabilize the three-dimensionally expanded shape because at least a portion of the second cuts 41 is hooked to an arbitrary portion of the sheet portion 33 such as the first cut 35, the side of the sheet portion 33, or another second cut 41 (one example of the “three-dimensional configuration step” of the claims of the present application). In the three-dimensional configuration step, the first cut and the second cut are connected to form a plurality of strips, and therefore, three-dimensional configuration can be formed and facilitated because the second cuts are hooked to a part of the sheet part. As a result of forming a plurality of strips are formed by a plurality of first cuts 35 and a plurality of second cuts 41, the sheet portion 33 after being three-dimensionally shaped not only wraps the object from the outside but also comes into contact with the object even inside the three-dimensional shape. As a result, when the object is embedded in the expanded shape (one example of the “placing step” of the present application), the contact area with the oil absorbent paper 31 can be dramatically increased, and it is easy to remove the droplets and the liquid film attached to the surface. At the same time, the generation of a large number of strips promotes an irreversible change in the three-dimensional configuration with an increase in entropy. Therefore, it is easy to prevent the three-dimensional shape from being flattened.
Further, by inserting the edge 37 of the opposite side into the third cut 43, the object can be wrapped around without grabbing and rubbing the oil absorbent paper 31. As a result, it is easier to remove droplets or liquid films attached to the surface of the object.
The pattern of the first cut, the second cut, and the third cut may be in the shape shown in (a)-(d) in
In the case where the second cut line is connected to the first cut line as shown in
Further, the second cut is not limited in the vertical direction with respect to the first cut but may be provided obliquely to the first cut, for example, as shown in
In addition, the third cut may be provided on the opposing edge portions as shown in
The sheet portion 53 of the oil absorbent paper 51 is a two-layer structure of a first sheet 55 (an example of the “first sheet” of the present application) having a high absorbency and a second sheet 57 having a high rigidity (one example of the “second sheet” of the present application). The first cut, the second cut, and the third cut pass through the first sheet 55 and the second sheet 57.
The oil absorbent paper 51 has high absorbency and high rigidity without the use of special sheets with both high absorbency and high rigidity.
The first cut, the second cut, and the third cut may be provided only on either the first sheet 55 or the second sheet 57.
The sheet part 63 of the oil absorbent paper 61 is a three-layer structure laminated so as to sandwich a second sheet 67 having high rigidity by two first sheets 65 having a high sheet absorption property.
The oil absorbent paper 61 has both absorptivity and high rigidity as well as the oil absorbent paper 51 of embodiment 3. Furthermore, since the surface of the oil-absorbent paper 61 in contact with the object is always the first sheet 65 having high absorptivity, the user can use the sheet without worrying about the front and back of the absorbent sheet.
The shape of the oil absorbing paper is not limited to a square, but may be rectangular, trapezoidal, parallelogram, other polygonal shapes, or circular or elliptical shapes or other shapes.
The first cut, the second cut, and the third cut are not limited to a simple straight line, but may be linear other than a straight line such as a curve, a wavy line or a zigzag line.
Further, the second cut may be weakly connected so as to form a perforation, for example, a perforation or the like so as to form a cut line when the user spreads into a net-shape.
The third cut may be provided on the oil absorbent paper as described in embodiment 2. For example, the third cut may be provided one by one so as to face each other across the strip.
1; Oil Absorbent Paper, 3; Sheet Portion, 5; Cut, 7; Edge Portion, 9; Reed Shape Portion, 11; the three-dimensional shape of
31; Oil Absorbent Paper, 33; Sheet Section 35; First Cut, 37; Edge Portion, 39; Reed Shape Portion, 40; End Collection Portion, 41; Second Cut 42; Strip, 43; Third Cut, 44; End Point, 45; Oil Absorbent Paper, 47; Second Cut, 49; Third Cut, 50; First Cut, 51; Oil Absorbent Paper, 53; Sheet Portion, 55; First Sheet, 57; Second Cut, 61; Oil Absorbent Paper, 63; Sheet Portion, 65; First Sheet, 67; Second Sheet.
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