CN1914100A

CN1914100A - Container with gyro unit

Info

Publication number: CN1914100A
Application number: CNA2005800031827A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖恩·休姆
Original assignee: 肖恩·休姆
Current assignee: Fillaball Holdings Ltd
Priority date: 2004-01-27
Filing date: 2005-01-21
Publication date: 2007-02-14
Anticipated expiration: 2025-01-21
Also published as: CN100545053C; US20070256955A1; GB0501265D0; GB0401682D0; MXPA06008462A; JP2007519577A; CA2554593A1; WO2005070784A1; GB2410491A; EP1727743A1; AU2005206371A1; GB2410489A

Abstract

A container comprises a hollow tubular body (12), closed at one end (16) and open at the other (18), and a platform (14) in the body gimbal mounted on gimbals (24) and (26) to remain horizontal irrespective of the orientation of the body. A handle is provided at the closed end of the body (12).

Description

The container that has gyroscope equipment

The present invention relates to a kind of container, thus relate in particular to a kind of enough gently can be by child as lunch box or or be used to take to the material of school or the container of toy.

The present invention is a kind of container, and this container comprises: a hollow tubular body, and this main body one end is closed and is opened at the other end; One platform, this platform is installed in the direction that need not consider main body in the main body equalizer bar with the maintenance level; And one handle, this handle is fixed in the closing end of main body.

Preferably, the equalizer bar that main body is installed on it comprise pivotal mounting in outer gimbal ring on the inside face of main body and pivotal mounting the inner gimbal ring on this outer gimbal ring, two pivotal axis are orthogonal, and platform is installed on the inner gimbal ring.

Under encircling in platform can be installed in, and by peripheral wall installation.

Platform can have a fixing with it biasing counterweight.

Preferably, main body is barrel-shaped, and the wall of erecting stage also is barrel-shaped.

Handle can be flexible.

That handle can be rigidity and be pivotally mounted on the main body.

Restraining device can link to each other with handle engaging with inside subject, and is in to make when it carries the position at handle and suppresses its motion with respect to outer body.

Now with reference to accompanying drawing, with formal description one embodiment of the present of invention of example, in these accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates first embodiment according to container of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional drawing in the container shown in Figure 1, modified inside subject;

Fig. 3 A and 3B are the cross sectional drawings that passes an alternative embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 illustrates the modification to Fig. 3 A and 3B illustrated embodiment; And

Fig. 5 shows a detail section to modification embodiment illustrated in fig. 4.

Referring now to Fig. 1,, container 10 has a tub-shaped body 12, and the platform 14 that is installed on the equalizer bar is arranged in this main body, and this platform forms the part of an inside subject 15.In the accompanying drawings, container 10 is shown as bevelled, thereby can see its some detail section.In this embodiment, main body 12 is a section of spheroid, and its end 16 is closed and its other end 18 is opened, and all is provided with a periphery flange 20 on each end.

The equalizer bar that platform 14 is installed on it comprises outer gimbal ring and inner gimbal ring 24 and 26, and outer shroud 24 pivotal mounting are on the lug on the inside face of main body 12 28, and interior ring is installed on the lug 30 on the inside face of outer shroud 24.Lug 28 and 30 axis separately is orthogonal, and in this embodiment, lug 28 and two end parts parallel.In this embodiment, platform 14 is circular and is positioned under the ring 26.Platform 14 is fixed in interior ring by peripheral wall 34, and this peripheral wall cross section is that arc is complementary with the bending with main body 12.

The center of gravity ring that comprises platform 14 and the inside subject 15 of the combination of peripheral wall 34 still, if they are made by lighter materials such as plastics material, just need add a counterweight it is biased to a level attitude below 26 on platform.

Flexible handle 40 is fixed in the outside face of main body at the closing end of main body, thereby serves as handle or shoulder belt.

In use, the platform 14 of present embodiment keeps horizontality always.When carrying this container by handle, the closing end of main body 12 is in the top, and all article in the platform 14 all are arranged in closed containers effectively.In order to get the article in the container, container is turned, thereby the opening end that makes main body 12 in the top because the cause of equalizer bar device, platform 14 still keeps level, can the article in the container be taken out by opening end then.

Fig. 2 is the cross sectional drawing of modified inside subject 15, and this inside subject has that cross-sectional plane with outer body 12 is complementary is essentially the ball-shaped cross-sectional plane, and platform 14 is in an end closure of main body 15, and the other end is opened.Modified inside subject 15 has the motion with all article of restriction on the platform 14 of the flange 42 of a reversing and many annular gauffers 44 at its opening end.One counterweight 46 is arranged under the platform 14, and a discharge port 48 is arranged in the platform.

Fig. 3 A and 3B are the cross sectional drawings by an alternative embodiment of the invention, and wherein handle is provided with two relative axles 50, by these two axle handles externally the closing end of main body be installed on this main body.A pair of supporting leg 52 is fixed on the axle 50 with along with handle 40 pivots, and engages to limit its motion with respect to outer body with inside subject 15 when handle is positioned at shown in Fig. 3 B its and carries the position.

In the embodiment of Fig. 4, supporting leg 52 is substituted by lid 54, and lid is removed when handle is packed up, but when handle is in when carrying the position lid opening end of inside subject is closed, thereby opening end is sealed and limit its motion.As shown in Figure 5, lid 54 can rotate on the crank shaft 56 that is fixed with handle, thus when handle from its carry the position when moving to its stowed position lid move up and shift on one side, thereby limitation ot it is opened and untied to internal tank.Wish that lid engages with outer body 12 inwalls when handle is positioned at its stowed position, thereby can avoid interference the motion of inside subject on equalizer bar.

Supporting leg 50 and lid 54 can be used for suppressing inside subject by other and substitute with respect to the device of the motion of outer body when handle is positioned at it and carries the position.

Claims

1. a container comprises: a hollow tubular outer body, and an end closure of this outer body and the other end are opened; Platform in the main body equalizer bar, and though this platform be installed into be used for maintenance level and main body towards how; And one handle, this handle is fixed in main body at the closing end of main body.

2. container as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the equalizer bar that main body is installed on it comprises: an outer gimbal ring, this outer gimbal ring are pivotally mounted on the inside face of main body; And an inner gimbal ring, this inner gimbal ring is pivotally mounted on the outer gimbal ring; Their two pivot axis are orthogonal, and platform is installed on the inner gimbal ring.

3. container as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, platform is installed in the below of inner gimbal ring and installs by a peripheral wall, and platform and peripheral wall form an inside subject.

4. container as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, inside and outside main body is barrel-shaped.

5. as each described container in the claim 2 to 4, it is characterized in that platform has and is fixed in this flat-bed one biasing counterweight.

6. as the described container of above each claim, it is characterized in that handle is flexible.

7. as each described container in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that handle is a rigidity.

8. maybe ought be subordinated to each described container claim 3, in the claim 4 to 7 as claim 3, it is characterized in that restraining device links to each other with handle and is incorporated in handle and is positioned at and suppresses the motion of this inside subject with respect to outer body when it carries the position to connect with inside subject.

9. container as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, restraining device is a pair of supporting leg.

10. container as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, restraining device is the lid that inside subject is closed.

11. one kind basically at container above described and as shown in the figures in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.