BAG FOR COOKING CORN GRAINS IN A MICROWAVE

Abstract

The invention relates to a bag, based on the conventional structure of a bag of this type, characterised in that the free end vertices (7) thereof have a bevelled or rounded configuration, which, during the unfolding caused by the increase in volume due to the cooking of the corn grains inside said bag, prevents the bag from being able to remain blocked or held back against the lateral walls of the microwave, preventing the rotation thereof, which ensures a homogeneous distribution of heat over the corn grains, thereby preventing a large number of grains from not cooking properly, as occurs with the conventional popcorn bags.

Claims

1-3. (canceled)

4. A popcorn bag for cooking corn grains in a microwave, said bag having a tubular body enclosing the corn grains and forming a flat configuration with sealed ends that are folded over a bag central zone in a packaged configuration, said bag comprising free vertices provided on said ends and having a chamfered configuration with dimensions that prevent said side sealed ends from getting stuck against the inner walls of the microwave when extended.

5. The popcorn bag according to claim 1, wherein the free vertices have a rounded or polygonal configuration.

6. The popcorn bag according to claim 1, wherein said bag is configured to enclose food that when cooked increases the volume of said bag.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] To complete the description that is going to be made and to assist a better understanding of the invention's characteristics, according to a preferred practical exemplary embodiment thereof, accompanying as an integral part of said description, is a set sheet of drawings, where in an illustrative and non limiting way, the following is represented:

[0012] FIG. 1.shows an illustration corresponding to a plan view of a bag for cooking corn grains in a microwave made in accordance with the object of the present invention.

[0013] FIG. 2.shows an illustration corresponding to a profile view of the bag of the invention arranged for use, i.e. with its ends folded over the central sector of the bag, before being introduced into the corresponding microwave.

[0014] FIG. 3.shows a similar view to that of FIG. 2, but in an intermediate phase of unfolding thereof, when the cooking of the product contained within the bag takes place in a microwave.

[0015] FIG. 4.shows a plan view of a completely unfolded bag within a microwave, this being represented schematically, including arrows which indicate the rotation of the plate and, therefore, of the bag, without it becoming an obstacle with the microwave walls preventing its own rotation.

[0016] FIG. 5.shows, finally, a plan view of various configurations of the vertices of the bags.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

[0017] As can be seen in the mentioned figures, the bag of the invention is of the type of those intended to contain a foodstuff, preferably properly treated corn, intended for cooking in microwaves, so that said bag (1) has a central sector (2) in which is properly positioned the product to be cooked, and two side sectors (3) delimited relative to the central sector (2) through corresponding folding lines (4) in order to facilitate the increase in volume of the bag, necessary because of the volume increase that the corn grains undergo during cooking.

[0018] As is conventional, in the marketing of the package, the bag is arranged with its side sectors (3) folded and superimposed on the central sector (2), as shown in FIG. 2, wherein this assembly can be properly packaged for its protection, package which has not been shown in the figures as it is optional and conventional.

[0019] The bag is intended to be arranged on the rotating plate (5) of the corresponding microwave (6), with the particularity that the configuration of said bag makes does not make it necessary that it be arranged in a concrete and specific way on the plate, but rather it can be arranged in any way, since as its volume begins to increase it will centre itself allowing for the constant rotation thereof, and therefore, the uniform cooking of all the corn grains contained therein.

[0020] To this end, the essential feature of the bag is that the free vertices (7) of the side sectors (3) have a chamfered or rounded configuration that prevents the bag getting stuck on impacting said side sectors with the walls of the microwave, avoiding any kind of retention of the bag in its rotation on the plate (5).

[0021] FIG. 4 clearly shows the bag (1) with the central sector with its rectangular shape and its rounded vertices (7), located on the corresponding rotating plate (5) of the microwave (6), the arrows (8) indicating the direction of rotation of said plate (5) and, therefore, of the bag (1) that has been previously arranged on said plate with the side sectors (3) properly folded over the central area (2).

[0022] And finally, in FIG. 5 various configurations of the chamfered vertices are shown.