JP2000025854A - Tablet-like chewing gum dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To take out individual tablet-like chewing gums one by one without being in pieces by pushing up the chewing gums stored in a box-like cylinder by a spring mounted on a bottom of a storage part, and pushing it out by a hook mechanism provided on an upper end of the storage part. SOLUTION: When tablet-like chewing gums 1 are stored in a storage part 20, a push-up spring 30 mounted between a bottom of the storage part 20 and a back side of a movable bottom part 40 lifts the chewing gum on the highest stage so as to be located at a tablet-like chewing gum push-out port of a hook mechanism 50. In the hook mechanism 50, when a head part is turned horizontally, a chewing gum discharge port is opened, and an internal projecting piece presses the other end part of a chewing gum pressing piece not abutted on the chewing gum to turn the chewing gum pressing piece. As a result, an end part of the chewing gum pressing piece abutted on the chewing gum is simultaneously turned, and one chewing gum tablet on the highest stage pushed up by the movable bottom part 40 is discharged forward from an opening.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gum dispenser comprising a vertical box from which a plurality of stored gums can be taken out one by one, and more particularly to a gum dispenser capable of storing a plurality of gums at a time. The present invention relates to a gum dispenser having a configuration in which a gum is extruded one by one from a mouth portion of a head (face) by rotating a head.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gum dispenser that extrudes a sheet gum one by one in a sliding manner has been developed. Most of the composition of the plate gum dispenser refills several commercially available plate gums in the storage part of the dispenser, and presses the spring from the bottom of the storage part to slide the top plate gum. And the like. In addition, as a gum dispenser for round gum,
There was a structure in which a round gum storage section was provided at the upper part, and the round gums were dropped one by one toward a lower outlet.

[0003] There are two types of crushable gums: fine gums and gums about the size of a thumb nail. The fine-grained gum was originally sold in a removable storage container, and the storage container was simultaneously structured as a fine-gum gum dispenser so that an appropriate amount was spouted from the outlet. On the other hand, crushed gum about the size of a thumb nail is sold in the state of being wrapped in a stick-shaped wrapping paper in the same manner as plate gum, and the wrap is cut open appropriately and taken out one by one. I have. At the time of removal, the cutting band provided on the head of the package consisting of a rod is rotated along the rod and pulled.
In this configuration, the tip of the package is cut out to take out the gum. When taking out, the first one can be taken out relatively easily, but when it comes to the second or third, open the tubular bag upright or apply force such as pressing the sides from both sides to remove the gum at the top It is moved to the outlet which is an opening and taken out. Nevertheless, the third and fourth parts can be pressed out without any problem.

[0004] There are 14 normal gums in the gum, and the gums in the bottom are different from the plate gums in that they are not partially visible, but are entirely hidden. However, since the mouth after taking out the pre-bubble gum is closed and narrowed, it is often in a state where it cannot be easily taken out. Therefore, it was necessary to break the package vertically to remove the gum at the bottom. However, there is a drawback that once the entire package is broken, it is difficult to store the remaining gum. Further, after the entire package is broken, there has been a problem that the package easily falls out of the package and falls apart in the pocket. Even a slide-type gum dispenser used for plate gum and a drop-type gum dispenser used for round gum etc. cannot be used as a dispenser for crush gum. Therefore, at present, there is no gum dispenser having an appropriate structure for a granular gum having a nail size.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned inconveniences. By storing the gums, the gums are not disintegrated. It is intended to provide a compact and easy-to-use gum dispenser that can be taken out.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a crushing gum dispenser according to the present invention comprises a storage section comprising a vertically long box-shaped cylindrical body for storing a crushed gum, and comprising the storage section. Slide back plate that makes one side surface of the box-shaped cylindrical body movable, a push-up spring body attached to the bottom of the housing part that pushes up the housed gum, and a movable bottom plate provided at the tip of the spring body And a hook mechanism provided at the upper end of the storage section for pushing the gum out of the storage section to the outside. The hook mechanism includes a rotating shaft provided at an upper portion of the housing portion, a U-shaped gum pushing piece whose center is rotatably fitted to the shaft, and presses and pushes and moves the pushing piece. A projection is provided inside and a head is opened and closed around a rotation axis.

[0007] The extruded gum-shaped piece is formed by pressing the other end of the gum extruded piece, which is not in contact with the gum, by rotating the head in the vertical direction so that the protruding piece provided on the inside presses against the gum. By rotating, the end of the gum extruded piece that is in contact with the gum rotates and presses one crushed gum pushed up by the movable bottom plate, and the crushed gum is removed from the opening of the head. It is a mechanism to discharge to the front. The head with the protruding piece on the inside is formed in the shape of the face of an animal such as a frog or a duck, and rotates around the axis provided at the upper end of the accommodation part and corresponds to the mouth of the animal It is pivoted so that the gum is discharged from the opening.

In another embodiment of the hook mechanism, a hook-shaped gum extruded piece whose center is pivotally supported by a rotating shaft provided at an upper portion of the housing portion is mounted on a position opposed to a back plate. A long plate having an opening which moves along the side surface of the storage section provided with a protrusion for pressing and rotating the gum extruded piece at an upper portion thereof. In this example, the chevron shaped gum extruded piece is:
When the long plate is slid upward, the opening of the long plate overlaps the opening of the storage portion, and the upper protruding piece presses the other end of the gum extruded piece that does not come into contact with the gum to rotate the extruded piece. A state in which the end of the gum extruded piece that is in contact with the gum is rotated to press one of the gums pushed up by the movable bottom plate toward the opening, and the gum is overlapped with the opening of the storage section. Is discharged forward from the opening of the long plate, and when the long plate is slid down to the original position, the protrusion at the upper part of the long plate pushes down the protrusion 84c of the U-shaped gum extrusion to push the gum extrusion. It is a structure that rotates clockwise to return to the original state and closes the opening.

[0009]

The bubble gum dispenser having the above-described structure has the above-described structure. First, a plurality of bubble gums are taken out from a rod-shaped wrap and stored in a box-shaped cylindrical housing. For storage, first, the movable slide back plate on one side (back surface) of the box-shaped cylinder is pushed down against the spring body together with the movable bottom plate. At the time of pressing down, the movable bottom plate engaged by sliding down the knob convex portion provided on the outside of the movable slide back plate is also pressed down. A plurality of gums are stacked and loaded on the movable bottom plate of the storage section. Since the movable bottom plate that has been pushed down by the rebound of the spring attempts to return to the upper portion, the piled up gums are stored in a state of being pushed upward. The knob convex portion is opened by loading the gum, and the movable slide back plate is slid upward to be fixed by the upper locking portion.
Gum gum stored in a state of being pushed upward is pushed out one by one by a hook mechanism by rotating the head open / close or by sliding a long plate upward.

A hook-shaped gum extruded piece, which is a hook mechanism,
By rotating the head in the shape of the face of an animal such as a frog or a duck in the vertical direction, the protruding piece provided on the inside presses the other end of the gum extruded piece that does not come into contact with the gum to form the extruded piece. By rotating, the end contacting the gum is rotationally moved, and the spring presses one crushed gum pushed up by the movable bottom plate.

In another embodiment of the hook mechanism, an opening for discharging the gum is provided on the side wall of the housing section 20, and a slide plate with an opening is attached to the side of the housing section instead of the head. Structure. The protrusions 92 provided on the upper portion of the long plate slide the raised G-shaped extruded piece from the bottom along the side of the storage portion so that the opening of the long plate overlaps the opening of the storage portion and simultaneously extrudes the gum. When the extruded piece is rotated by pressing the other end of the piece that is not in contact with the gum, the end that is in contact with the gum is rotated to press one piece of gum 1a into the opening and store the piece of gum. When the long plate is slid down to its original position when the long plate is slid down to its original position, the protrusion at the top of the long plate is replaced with the protrusion 84c of the U-shaped gum extruded piece. Press down and rotate the gum extruded piece clockwise to return it to its original state.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a structure of a gum dispenser according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a gum dispenser, FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of a storage unit and a head, FIG. 1B is a side view of a slide back plate, and FIGS. )
FIG. 3 is a plan view and a side view of a movable bottom plate. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a head mechanism that opens and closes around a hook mechanism and a rotation shaft.
The crushing gum dispenser 10 includes a storage unit 20, a push-up spring body 30, a movable bottom plate 40, and a hook mechanism 50 provided at an upper end of the storage unit for pushing out gum from the storage unit to the outside. The structure is such that the gums 1 are stored in the storage section, pushed up from below by the push-up spring body 30, and the hooks are rotated to be taken out one by one.

The housing section 20 is composed of a vertically long box-shaped cylinder 21 for accommodating the crushed gum 1, and has a structure in which a slide back plate 22 on one side of the box-shaped cylinder slides to open and close the back side. . In the center of the upper surface of the outer surface of the back plate, a knob convex portion 24 for raising and lowering the back plate is provided. A groove 18 for sliding the back plate is formed on the inner wall surface of the housing portion 20, and an engaging projection 19 is provided on the upper portion. When the knob convex portion 24 is pinched down and pushed down, the slide back plate 22 is inserted into the vertical groove 18 formed in the inner wall of the box as shown in FIGS.
Descends along. As shown in FIG.
Protrusions 28 are provided on both sides of the slide back plate 22 on both sides, and the protrusions 28
And the back plate is slid and moved up and down.

When the slide back plate 22 rides on the peak of the engagement convex portion and is pushed down against the push-up spring body 30, the projection 26 provided on the upper portion of the slide back plate becomes the engagement projection 46 on the movable bottom portion. , And simultaneously pushes down the movable bottom part 40. The crushing gum 1 is loaded into the box-shaped cylinder 21 with the movable bottom part being pushed down. In loading the gum, the box-shaped cylindrical body 21 is laid down sideways, and a plurality of gums are sequentially packed while keeping the movable bottom part pressed down against the push-up spring body 30. When the movable bottom is released after the packing is completed, the plurality of the gums packed by the push-up spring body 30 are pushed upward, and the head of the gums is stored in the storage section 2.
It is in a state of being pressed on the top of 0.

[0015] The slide back plate stops at the same position as the movable bottom portion determined by the amount of the stored gum.
Further, when the knob protrusion 24 on the rear surface is lifted upward, the engagement with the movable bottom portion is lost, so that it is possible to freely slide upward and lift. As a result, the back plate of the box-shaped tubular body whose back is open is slid and closed. An engagement protrusion 19 is provided on the upper part of the slide back plate, and the slide back plate fits into the engagement recess 29 of the slide back plate at a position where the lid is closed. As a result, once the slide back plate is closed, it does not move because the engagement convex portion and the engagement concave portion are engaged, but when the slide back plate is pushed down against the peak of the convex portion of the engagement portion, the slide is opened. It is.

The push-up spring body 30 is a spring body that pushes up the stored gum. In this embodiment, a spiral ring spring body is used. The push-up spring body 30 is mounted between the bottom 20 a of the housing section 20 and the back surface of the movable bottom 40. When the gum 1 is stored in the storage unit 20,
It is configured to be pushed down to provide a force for constantly pushing the gum upward, so that the gum at the uppermost stage is lifted so as to be located at the gum extrusion port of the hook mechanism 50. By pressing from below, the hook mechanism ensures that one gum 1
a can be moved to the extrusion port.

The movable bottom plate 40 is a movable bottom which is slidably moved up and down and is installed in the housing portion 20. The movable bottom plate 40 is mounted with the stored gum and is pushed upward from the bottom by a spring body. It is a moving bottom plate. FIG. 2C is a plan view of the movable bottom plate, which is housed in the housing. FIG. 2 (d)
Is a side view of the movable bottom plate, and the spring body 30 is pushed up to the back side.
This is a structure for accommodating the tip of the camera.

The hook mechanism 50 is a device provided at the upper end of the housing section 20 for pushing the gum from the housing section to the outside. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the hook mechanism 50 includes a rotating shaft 52 provided at an upper portion of the housing portion and an L-shaped gum extruded piece 54 whose center is pivotally supported. The end 54b of the extruded piece is arranged so as to come into contact with one of the top gums pushed by the movable bottom plate.
The pushing piece 54 rotates and moves counterclockwise in this figure by raising the protruding piece 62 provided on the rotating head 60. As shown in FIG. 3B, the head 60 is
1 is rotated in the vertical direction, the gum outlet 64 at the front is rotated.
As soon as is opened, the protruding piece 62 provided inside presses the other end portion 54a of the gum extruded piece that is not in contact with the gum to rotate the extruded piece 54. Thus, the end 54b of the extruded piece that is in contact with the gum also rotates simultaneously. As the end 54b of the extruded piece moves, one top gum 1a that has been pushed up by the movable bottom plate is discharged forward from the opening.

When the head is rotated back in the vertical direction again,
As shown in FIG. 3A, the opening is closed, and at the same time, another protruding piece 63 abuts on the other end 54a of the extruded piece to rotate the extruded piece 54 in the opposite direction. Thereby, the end 54b of the extruded piece is
It is pulled back and returns to the original position, and at the same time, the next gum that is being pushed up by the movable bottom plate 40 is pushed up to the top. By repeating the operation of rotating the head in the vertical direction again, the sequentially stored gum can be discharged to the outside. In addition, even when only one gum is left, the opening is closed, so that the gum does not fall even if it is turned downward.

The head 60 is pivotally supported such that the gum is discharged from a discharge port 64 which is an opening corresponding to the animal's mouth by rotating about a shaft 61 provided at the upper end of the container. Structure. Further, it is necessary and sufficient condition that the protruding pieces 62 and 63 are provided on the inner side. The outer shape does not matter, but the head can be formed in the shape of an animal face such as a frog or a duck. In addition, by using the mouth 64 of the animal as the outlet 64 that rotates and pushes the gum, the structure can be such that the gum is pushed out of the mouth of the animal. In addition, by attaching the legs 70 to the bottom of the accommodating portion of the crushing gum dispenser, the crushing gum dispenser itself can stand independently and stably.

As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, another hook mechanism 80 according to the present invention has a crushing gum pushing-out structure having substantially the same mechanism as the hook mechanism 50 described above. In addition, the accommodation portion 20 of this embodiment is provided with an opening 74 for discharging the gum on a side wall opposite to the slide back plate. This is a mechanism in which the top gums 1a pushed up from below by the push-up spring body 30 are pushed out one by one by rotating the hooks from the opening 64 of the housing section 20 to the outside. The F-shaped gum extruded piece 84 is rotatably mounted on the rotating shaft 82 and has a shape similar to the Hiragana “Ni” character obtained by adding one hand to the F-shape. The other end 84a of the extruded piece that does not come into contact with the gum, the end 84b of the extruded piece that extrudes the gum at the lower left, and a projection 84c that inverts the extruded piece is provided at a position opposing the upper end 84a. I have. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the long plate 90 is a movable plate having a protrusion 92 at the upper part which lifts and rotates a hook mechanism and an opening 94 at the center for discharging the gum. , And a sliding projection 96 is provided on the outside.

As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the hook mechanism 80 includes a rotating shaft 82 provided at the upper portion of the housing portion and an L-shaped gum extruded piece 84 whose center is fitted to the shaft. The end portion 84b of the extruded piece is arranged so as to rotate in the counterclockwise direction and come into contact with one of the top gums 1a pushed up by the movable bottom plate. As shown in FIG. 5B, the pushing piece 84 is lifted by the protruding piece 92 provided on the upper portion of the long plate 90 that slides along the side of the housing section, and is rotated counterclockwise. When the long plate 90 slides upward, the opening 94 provided at the center of the long plate 90 for discharging the gum reaches the position of the uppermost gum. At the same time,
The end 84b of the extruded piece that comes into contact with the gum also rotates to the right in the figure at the same time. As the end portion 84b of the extruded piece moves, one top gum 1a, which has been pushed up by the movable bottom plate, is discharged forward from the opening 94 through the opening 74.

After extruding one piece of gum, FIG.
The long plate is slid down to the state shown in FIG. In this state, the opening 74 of the storage portion does not overlap with the opening 94 of the long plate, so that there is no opening and the state is closed. Therefore, the gum does not fall from the gum dispenser when being carried or carried. When the long plate 90 is lowered, FIG.
As shown in (a), the protruding piece 92 is joined to the projection 84c and pushes it down. As a result, the end portion 84b of the extruded piece that comes into contact with the gum also moves to the left end, and the next-order gum that has been pushed up by the spring body then rises to the top.

[0024]

As described above, the gum dispenser according to the present invention has the following structure. (1-1) Although the conventional gum dispenser could not store the gum in the form of a gum, the gum gum dispenser according to the present invention can store the gum of the trend. (1-2) Since a spiral ring spring is used, the structure is simple, inexpensive, durable, and high in durability. (2) Since the hook mechanism is a simple mechanism consisting of only the rotating shaft and the extruded piece, the assembly is simple and hard to break. (3) By a simple operation of rotating the head in the vertical direction, it is possible to push simultaneously with the opening, so that the movement is simple and the operation is simple. (4) By using the head of the animal as the head and the opening of the animal as the mouth, a dream gum dispenser can be provided. (5) It is a gum dispenser without a head, has a rectangular parallelepiped, and has a neat design. (6) At the position where the two openings overlap, the top gum is discharged to the outside by rotation of the hook mechanism, so that it is easy to take out and when carrying, the openings are misaligned and stored inside. It does not mean that the chewing gum is falling down.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a gum dispenser according to the present invention.

2A is a cross-sectional view of a storage unit and a head, FIG. 2B is a side view of a slide back plate, FIG. 2C is a plan view of a movable bottom plate, and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a head that opens and closes around a hook mechanism and a rotation axis.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an accommodating portion and a long plate showing another embodiment of the gum dispenser according to the present invention.

5A is a cross-sectional view showing a housed state, and FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the gum is extruded.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Bulb-shaped gum 10 Bulb gum dispenser 18 Groove 19 Engagement convex part 20 Housing part 20a Housing part bottom 21 Box-shaped cylinder 22 Slide back plate 24 Knob convex part 26 Projection 28 Protrusion 29 Engagement concave part 30 Push-up spring body Reference Signs List 40 movable bottom 46 engaging projection 50, 80 hook mechanism 52, 82 rotating shaft 54, 84 pushing piece 54a, 84a other end of pushing piece 54b, 84b end of pushing piece 60 head 61 rotating shaft 62, 63 projecting piece 64 gum discharge port 70 legs 74,94 opening 84c protrusion of extruded piece 90 long plate 92 protruding piece 96 convex part

Claims (6)

[Claims] An accommodating portion comprising a vertically long box-shaped cylindrical body for accommodating a gum-like gum, a slide back plate in which one side of a box-shaped cylindrical body constituting the accommodating portion is movable, A push-up spring body mounted on the bottom of the housing, which pushes up the gum, a movable bottom plate provided at a tip of the spring body, and a rubber provided at an upper end of the housing to push out the gum from the housing to the outside. Gum gum dispenser consisting of hook mechanism 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the hook mechanism includes a rotating shaft provided at an upper portion of the housing portion, a U-shaped gum extruded piece whose center is rotatably fitted to the shaft, and presses the extruded piece. 2. A dispensing gum dispenser according to claim 1, wherein a protruding piece is provided on the inner side and rotatably moved about a rotation axis. 3. The extruded F-shaped gum is extruded by rotating the head in the vertical direction so that a protruding piece provided inside presses the other end of the gum extruded piece that does not contact the gum. By rotating the piece, the end of the gum extruded piece that is in contact with the gum is rotated to press one piece of gum that has been pushed up by the movable bottom plate, and the piece of gum is opened at the head. The gum dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the gum is dispensed forward. 4. A head provided with a protruding piece on the inner side is formed in the shape of a face of an animal such as a frog or a duck, and is rotated about an axis provided at an upper end of a housing portion. 2. The gum dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the gum is dispensed from the opening corresponding to the mouth so that the gum is discharged. 5. A hook-shaped gum extruding piece whose center is pivotally supported by a rotating shaft provided at an upper part of a housing part, and a gum-shaped gum extruding part mounted at a position opposed to a back plate. 2. A gum dispenser according to claim 1, wherein said long gum plate has an opening which moves along a side surface of said housing portion provided with a projection which presses and rotates said extrusion piece. 6. When the long plate is slid upward, the opening of the long plate overlaps with the opening of the storage portion, and the upper protrusion does not abut on the gum of the gum extruded piece. By pressing the other end and rotating the extruded piece, the end of the gum extruded piece that is in contact with the gum is rotated to move one piece of gum that has been pushed up by the movable bottom plate to the opening. To discharge the gum forward from the opening of the long plate in a state of overlapping with the opening of the storage portion, and when the long plate is slid down to the original position, the upper projecting piece of the long plate is 2. The gum dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the gum extruded piece is pushed down to rotate the gum extruded piece clockwise to return to the original state and close the opening.