JPS5813127B2 - How to store fruit - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Fruits tend to lose their freshness and rot easily, and are also perishable.
Traditionally, it has been extremely difficult to package, preserve, and transport fruits.

Conventionally, when transporting and packaging (packing) fruit, the fruit was stored in a container and a filling of seeds was stuffed between the fruits to prevent them from spoiling, but long-term storage was not possible. However, it had the disadvantage that it quickly lost its freshness and spoiled.

For this reason, for long-term storage, the fruit itself was iced and frozen.

However, once fruits are frozen, their freshness and taste are significantly reduced.

The present invention solves these conventional drawbacks and provides a fruit preservation method that allows fruits to be preserved for a long period of time without reducing their freshness or damaging them, and in which the preservation work can be easily carried out. This is what I am trying to do.

Hereinafter, an example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A container 1 is formed watertight using a heat insulating material 2 such as styrofoam, and an appropriate number of fruits 3 such as apples are stored inside. At the same time, water 4 is injected.

Water 4 is poured to the extent that the fruit 3 stored in the container 1 floats or does not float (see Figure 1).Then, the water 4 is cooled to around 0°C to ice the surface 5. .

When the surface 5 of the water 4 becomes frozen, the fruit 3 such as an apple is fixed to some extent, and then water 6 cooled to near 0° C. is poured on top of it.

Then, fruit 3 does not float and is submerged in water 6A.

Cooling water 6 is injected to the extent that the fruit 3 fixed with ice 5 is completely submerged (see Figure 2), and then the remainder of the first water 4 and the water 6 added later are heated to 0°C to -1°C. Gradually freeze at a temperature of around ℃.

In this way, since the water in the container 1 is constantly cooled at around 0°C to -1°C, the waters 4 and 6 freeze directly 5 and 7, but the fruit 3, such as an apple, does not freeze. It is fixed embedded in the ice 7 (see Fig. 3).

Incidentally, it is obvious that the water to be put into the container 1 does not necessarily have to be divided into two parts.

In addition, to take out the fruit 3 in the container 1, the ice can be melted or crushed, but if the fruit 3 is taken out from the container 1 while still packed with ice, the ice 7 can be easily crushed. , fruit 3
can be taken out quickly.

For this purpose, it is conceivable to form the shape of the container 1 as shown in FIG. 5, or to provide a peelable vinyl film or the like on the inner surface of the container 1.

In this way, the present invention stores fruits in a container, injects water, freezes the water, and fixes the fruits embedded in the ice, so that the fruits stay fresh for a long period of time. In addition, the fruit can be stored for a long period of time without the risk of damaging the fruit during transportation.

What's more, the fruit in the box is always cold without ice, so it's always delicious to eat.

In addition, when packaging for preservation, all you have to do is fill the container with enough water to submerge the fruit and freeze the water, making the packaging process easy and hassle-free. , the fruit can be completely fixed with ice.

Moreover, after eating the preserved fruit, the ice can be used for drinking water as needed, and it is easy to dispose of as it turns into water even if it is not used. It can also be used as a simple cold storage even after it is taken out, so there is no need to generate excess waste.

Therefore, the present invention can achieve its intended purpose.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing shows one embodiment of the preservation method of the present invention.
3 to 3 are vertical side views showing the manufacturing process sequentially, FIG. 4 is a plan view with the lid removed, and FIG. 5 is a vertical side view showing another embodiment of the container. In the figure, 1: container, 2: cold storage material, 3: fruit, 4, 6: water,
5,7: Ice.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Storing the fruit in a container, pouring water to the extent that the fruit is submerged, cooling the water to an extent that the fruit does not freeze, and storing the fruit by fixing it in the water. A method for preserving fruits characterized by: