JP2000135113A - Cosmetic container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of part items and man-hours for assembling by integrally forming a push piece with an inner frame and to secure the satisfactory operability of the push piece with a simple configuration even in the case of integrally forming the push piece. SOLUTION: A lid 16 is pivotally attached to the rear end of a container main body 12, which is fixed with the inner frame 14 housing cosmetic P, in the state of being freely openable and closable and a projecting piece 30e and a hook piece 16c for holding the lid 16 in a closed state are provided at the front end parts of the frame 14 and the lid 16. At the frame 14, the push piece 30 elastically supported in the state of being deflect-deformable at an end part to be joined with this and provided with the piece 30e is integrally provided and the pressurizing operation part 30c of the push piece is exposed from the notch part of the main body 12. In addition, a surface opposed to the push piece of the engaging projection of the lid with the piece 16c is inclined to convert the operating force of the push piece to the pushing up force of the lid 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a push-piece which is formed integrally with a middle frame, and which is integrally formed with one protruding piece of a hook means for keeping a lid closed. The present invention relates to a cosmetic container capable of reducing the number of points and the number of assembling steps, and having a simple structure and ensuring good operability of a push piece even when the push piece is integrally formed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a cosmetic container of this kind, for example, a container disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-36331 (Int. Cl. A45D 33/22) is conventionally known. This is the container body,
The rear ends of the inner frame and the lid are pivoted with a common hinge, and the puff is stored in the space between the bottom of the container body and the inner frame. Then, when using the cosmetic container, open the lid, open the inner frame and take out the puff,
Thereafter, the inner frame is closed, and the cosmetic contained in the inner frame is attached to a puff for use.

[0003] The front ends of the lid and the inner frame are open / close sides. A detachable projection is provided between the lid and the front end of the inner frame and between the inner frame and the front end of the container body. And these projections are configured as hook mechanisms. The closed state of the lid is maintained by engaging the hook mechanism. In particular, a push piece is provided for the hook mechanism, and the engagement of the hook mechanism can be released by operating the push piece.

[0004] The push piece is formed separately from the container body, the inner frame and the lid, is slidably fitted into the recess at the front end of the inner frame, and the front end of the push piece is connected to the front end of the container body. It is exposed from the part. Then, by pushing the front end of the push piece into the container body, the wedge-shaped slope formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the push piece pushes the container body and the lid open to release the engagement of the hook mechanism. It has become.

[0005]

However, in the conventional cosmetic container, the push piece is formed separately from the container body, the inner frame, and the lid as described above. The number of components has increased, and the work of assembling the push pieces has been complicated, resulting in poor productivity and increased costs for the cosmetic container.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a push piece integrally formed with a middle frame, and one push piece of a hook means for keeping a lid closed is integrally formed with the push piece, thereby reducing the number of parts and assembling. An object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic container capable of reducing man-hours and having a simple structure and ensuring good operability of a push piece even when the push piece is integrally formed.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cosmetic container comprising a container body having a storage portion, a lid pivotally attached to the container body to open and close the container body, and a storage portion of the container body. An inner frame that is fixed and accommodates cosmetics, and a push piece that is integrally formed with the inner frame, is elastically supported so as to be flexibly deformable at an end joined to the inner frame, and is exposed from the container body. And a push piece integrally formed on the push piece so as to be removably engaged with a hook piece formed on the lid body.

Further, in the cosmetic container according to claim 2, the push piece has a pair of arms having a base end joined to the middle frame and a free end opposite to the base, and And a pressing operation portion provided between the free ends and exposed from the container body.

Furthermore, in the cosmetic container according to claim 3,
Between the lid and the container body, the distance between the lid and the container body is sequentially reduced along the operation direction of the push piece abutting on the lid, and the operating force on the push piece is reduced. It is characterized in that an inclined surface that converts the force into the pushing force of the lid is formed.

The operation of the cosmetic container of the present invention will be described. In claim 1, when the cosmetic is used, the push piece, which is exposed from the container body and is elastically supported by the inner frame so as to bend and deform, is operated. . When the elastically supported push piece is operated, the protruding piece engaged with the hook piece of the lid body comes off therefrom. Thereafter, by opening the lid, the cosmetic contained in the inner frame can be used.

By the way, since the push piece is elastically supported by the middle frame so as to be able to bend and deform, when the push piece is operated, the push piece bends and deforms around the end joined to the middle frame. For this reason, the operating force of the push piece for releasing the engagement with the hook piece only needs to be set for its elasticity, and this elasticity can be adjusted with a high degree of freedom, and the operability can be improved. . Further, the push piece is integrated with the middle frame, and can be provided on the middle frame at the same time as the molding of the middle frame. As a result, the number of component parts of the cosmetic container can be reduced, and the work of assembling the push piece can be omitted, thereby making it possible to automate the operation of assembling the cosmetic container, thereby improving productivity and reducing costs. can do.

According to the second aspect, the operating force applied to the pressing operation portion is input to the free ends of the pair of arms, and the pair of arms can ensure an appropriate and sufficient amount of flexural deformation. it can. Therefore, even if the rigidity of the push piece including the pressing operation portion and, consequently, the entire inner frame is set high, the amount of bending deformation of the arm portion, and hence the operation amount of the pressing operation portion, can be sufficiently obtained, and the operational feeling is improved. Can be adjusted appropriately. Further, since the pressing operation unit is supported by the pair of arms, it is possible to prevent the pressing operation unit from being tilted during the operation, and it is possible to improve the operational feeling of the pressing operation unit.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, by operating the push piece, the push piece abutting on the inclined surface can enter between the container body and the lid to push up the lid against the container body. . Thereby, the opening operation of the lid after the engagement between the hook piece and the protruding piece is released can be facilitated.

[0014]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, basically, a container body 12 having a storage portion 12c, a lid 16 pivotally attached to the container body 12 to open and close the container body 12, and fixed to the storage portion 12c of the container body 12, A middle frame 14 for accommodating the material P, and formed integrally with the middle frame 14;
A push piece 30 elastically supported by the end joined to the inner frame 14 so as to be flexibly deformable and exposed from the container body 12;
Further, a projection 30e is formed integrally with the hook 16c formed on the lid 16 so as to be removably engaged with the hook 16c. In particular, the push piece 30 includes a base end 30f joined to the middle frame 14 and a free end 3f opposite to the base end 30f.
It comprises a pair of arms 30b and 30d having 0 g, and a pressing operation portion 30c provided between the free ends 30g and 30g of the arms 30b and 30d and exposed from the container body 12.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the cosmetic container 1
Reference numeral 0 designates a container main body 12, a middle frame 14, and a lid 16 as main components, and the container main body 12 has a bottom surface 12a and a peripheral wall 12b.
Are formed in the shape of a dish, with the inside surrounded by and as the storage portion 12c of the middle frame 14. In particular, a notch 12d for exposing the push piece 30 to the outside is formed on the peripheral wall 12b at the front end of the container body 12.

The middle frame 14 is also formed in a dish shape with the inside surrounded by the bottom surface 14a and the peripheral wall 14b as a housing portion 14c, and is fixed to the housing portion 12c. Housing part 14c of middle frame 14
Accommodates a cosmetic P filled in a gold plate or the like. The outer peripheral portion of the upper end of the middle frame 14 is extended outward to form a flange portion 1.
4d is formed, and the flange portion 14d is
Is in contact with the upper end of the peripheral wall 12b. Also, a hook portion 16 of the lid 16 is attached to the flange portion 14d at the front end of the middle frame 14.
groove 14e for guiding c under flange 14d
Are formed.

The lid 16 is formed along the outer shape of the container body 12, and covers the entire upper surface of the container body 12 when closed. The makeup mirror 2 is provided on the back of the lid 16.
0 is attached.

The lid 16 and the container body 12 have their rear ends pivotally connected via hinges 24. Hinge 2
4 is a projecting portion 24b projecting from the rear end of the lid 16 in a recess 24a formed in the center of the peripheral wall at the rear end of the container body 12.
And projecting portions 24b from both sides of these concave portions 24a.
And a pin 24c is inserted. As a result, the lid 16 is rotatably attached to the container main body 12 so as to open and close the container main body 12. In particular, the lid 16 is formed with an engagement projection 16b which is suspended downward from the front end thereof, and a hook piece 16c is formed on the engagement projection 16b toward the rear of the container body 12.

Incidentally, a push piece 30 is formed integrally with the middle frame 14. The push piece 30 is integrally formed below the flange 14 d at the front end of the middle frame 14. This push piece 30
Is a hollow cylindrical pressing operation part 30c penetrated in the vertical direction to insert the hook piece 16c, and a pair of left and right arms 30b and 30d formed on both sides of the pressing operation part 30c.
The left and right ends of the arms 30b and 30d are joined to the lower surface of the flange 14d. More specifically, each of the pair of arms 30b and 30d is formed in a band shape along the peripheral wall 12b at the front end of the container body 12, and the outer portions thereof are joined directly below the flange 14d to form the arms 30b.
b, 30d are formed as base ends 30f, 30f for elastically supporting the entire body so that they can be flexibly deformed.
The free end portions 30g, 3 whose center portions opposite to 0f are freely bent and displaced using the base ends 30f, 30f as support points.
The pressing operation portion 30c is joined between the free ends 30g, 30g. Further, the pressing operation portion 30c is located in the notch portion 12d and is exposed to the outside. The pressing piece 30c of the push piece 30 having the above-described configuration has a protrusion 30 that is engaged with the hook piece 16c of the lid 16 in a detachable manner.
e are integrally formed. The protruding piece 30e is provided on the inner wall on the rear side of the hollow cylindrical pressing operation portion 30c so as to be engageable with the hook piece 16c facing the rear of the container body 12.
2 Projected forward.

The hook piece 16c and the protruding piece 30
The closed state of the lid 16 is maintained by the engagement with e. On the other hand, push piece 3
No. 0 is such that, when this is operated, the protruding piece 30e is disengaged from the hook piece 16c and the lid 16 can be opened. The push piece 30 can be moved in the front-rear direction of the container body 12 by the bending and deforming action of the arms 30b and 30d elastically supported by the middle frame 14, and is moved rearward by being pressed to move the protruding piece 30e. Hook piece 1
6c, the arm 30b, 30d is moved forward by the elastic return action of the arm 30b, and the projection 30e is engaged with the hook 16c. Further, the pressing operation portion 30c is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape and has a higher rigidity than the arm portions 30b and 30d.

With the above configuration, the cosmetic container 10 according to the present embodiment is configured such that the inner frame 14 is housed in the container body 12 and the lid 1
In a state where the cover 6 is closed, the protruding piece 30e is engaged with the hook piece 16c, and the closed state of the lid 16 is maintained. At this time, the push operation part 30 c of the push piece 30 is located forward from the notch part 12 d of the container body 12.

Then, when using the cosmetic P, the pushing operation part 30c of the push piece 30 is pushed in so that the projection 3
0e and the hook piece 16c are released from engagement with the lid 16c.
Is opened via the hinge 24, so that the cosmetic P stored in the middle frame 14 can be exposed. When closing the lid 16 after the makeup, when the engaging projection 16b is inserted into the pressing operation portion 30c, the hook 16c pushes the projection 30e slightly backward through the arms 30b and 30d. As a result, the hook piece 16c is engaged with the protruding piece 30e, and the closed state of the lid 16 is ensured.

Here, in this embodiment, the push piece 30 has base ends 30f, 30f joined to the middle frame 14 and free ends 30g, 30g on the opposite side, and is elastically supported to bend and deform. Pair of arms 30b, 30d
, The pressing force when the pressing operation unit 30c is pressed is input to the free ends 30g and 30g of the arms 30b and 30d, and the arms 30b and 30d are pressed. 30d can be easily bent and deformed. Therefore, the arm 30 with a relatively small force is used.
Since the b and 30d can be flexibly deformed, the operation force of the push piece 30 when the engagement between the hook piece 16c and the protruding piece 30e is released, that is, the pushing force of the pressing operation portion 30c is reduced to improve the operability. Can be improved. Then, even when the rigidity of the push piece 30 including the pressing operation unit 30c and, consequently, the entire inner frame 14 is set to be high, the amount of bending deformation of the arms 30b and 30d, that is, the pressing operation unit 30
Since the operation amount of c can be sufficiently obtained, the operation feeling can be appropriately adjusted. Further, since the pressing operation unit 30c is supported by the pair of arms 30b and 30d, it is possible to prevent the pressing operation unit 30c from being tilted during the operation, and to improve the operational feeling of the pressing operation unit 30c.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the hook pieces 16
The operation force of the push piece 30 for releasing the engagement with the c is only required to set its elasticity, and this elasticity can be adjusted with a high degree of freedom, and the operability can be improved. In addition, the push piece 30 is integrated with the middle frame 14 and can be provided on the middle frame 14 at the same time as the formation of the middle frame 14. For this reason, the number of components of the cosmetic container 10 can be reduced, and the assembling operation of the push piece 30 can be omitted, whereby the assembling operation of the cosmetic container 10 can be automated, and the productivity can be improved and the cost can be improved. Down can be achieved.

Next, a modification of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, the distance between the lid 16 and the container main body 12 is gradually reduced along the operation direction of the push piece 30 abutting on the lid 16 and the container main body 12, and the push piece Inclined surface 34 for converting the operating force applied to 30 to the pushing force of lid 16
Has been formed. More specifically, as shown in the figure, the front surface of the engaging projection 16b facing the pressing operation portion 30c to be pressed is the inclined surface 34. With this configuration, in the closed state of the lid 16 in which the projection 30e and the hook 16c are engaged, the inclined surface 34 and the pressing
0c is at a distance from each other. And lid 1
When the push operation unit 30c is pushed in when opening 6,
First, the protruding piece 30e moves rearward and comes off the hook piece 16c. After that, when the pressing operation portion 30c is further pressed, the pressing operation portion 30c comes into contact with the inclined surface 34, and the pressing operation force causes the engaging protrusion 16b to move. The force is converted into a pushing force, whereby the lid 16 can be slightly opened, so that the slightly opened lid 16 can be easily opened thereafter. Further, even if the hand is released from the push piece 30 after the push piece 30 is pressed, the arms 30b, 30
The protruding piece 30e returned by the elastic return operation of the hook piece 16c
And the lid 16 is not opened again while pressing the push piece 30, and the operation can be easily performed with one hand.

[0026]

As described above, in the cosmetic container according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the cosmetic is used, the cosmetic container is elastically supported by the inner frame, which is exposed from the container body, so as to bend and deform. The push piece. When the elastically supported push piece is operated, the protruding piece engaged with the hook piece of the lid body comes off therefrom. Thereafter, by opening the lid, the cosmetic contained in the inner frame can be used.

By the way, since the push piece is elastically supported by the middle frame so as to be able to bend and deform, when the push piece is operated, the push piece bends and deforms with the end joined to the middle frame as a fulcrum. For this reason, the operating force of the push piece for releasing the engagement with the hook piece only needs to be set for its elasticity, and this elasticity can be adjusted with a high degree of freedom, and the operability can be improved. . Further, the push piece is integrated with the middle frame, and can be provided on the middle frame at the same time as the molding of the middle frame. As a result, the number of component parts of the cosmetic container can be reduced, and the work of assembling the push piece can be omitted, thereby making it possible to automate the operation of assembling the cosmetic container, thereby improving productivity and reducing costs. can do.

According to the second aspect, the operating force applied to the pressing operation portion is input to the free ends of the pair of arms, so that the pair of arms can ensure an appropriate and sufficient amount of flexure deformation. it can. Therefore, even if the rigidity of the push piece including the pressing operation portion and, consequently, the entire inner frame is set high, the amount of bending deformation of the arm portion, and hence the operation amount of the pressing operation portion, can be sufficiently obtained, and the operational feeling is improved. Can be adjusted appropriately. Further, since the pressing operation unit is supported by the pair of arms, it is possible to prevent the pressing operation unit from being tilted during the operation, and it is possible to improve the operational feeling of the pressing operation unit.

Further, according to the third aspect, by operating the push piece, the push piece abutting on the inclined surface can enter between the container body and the lid to push up the lid against the container body. . Thereby, the opening operation of the lid after the engagement between the hook piece and the protruding piece is released can be facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a cosmetic container showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which a lid is opened according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing an enlarged main part of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a main part showing a state of a push piece in a lid closed state according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view of a main part showing an operation state of the push piece according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing an engagement state between a hook piece and a protruding piece according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a disengaged state between a hook piece and a protruding piece according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing an engaged state between a hook piece and a protruding piece of an embodiment provided with a lid pushing-up means of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a state in which a hook piece and a projecting piece are disengaged from each other in an embodiment provided with a lid pushing-up means of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cosmetic container 12 Container main body 12c Storage part 12d Notch part 14 Middle frame 14c Storage part 16 Lid 16b Engagement protrusion 16c Hook piece 24 Hinge 30 Push piece 30b, d Arm part 30c Press operation part 30e Protrusion piece 30f Base end Part 30g free end 34 slope P cosmetic

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container body having a storage part, a lid pivotally attached to the container body to open and close the container body, a middle frame fixed to the storage part of the container body and storing cosmetics, A push piece that is formed integrally with the frame and is elastically supported so as to be flexibly deformable at an end joined to the inner frame and is exposed from the container body. A cosmetic container, wherein a protruding piece which is detachably engaged with the formed hook piece is integrally formed. 2. The container body, wherein the push piece is provided between a pair of arms having a base end joined to the middle frame and a free end opposite thereto, and between the free ends of the arms. 2. The cosmetic container according to claim 1, comprising a pressing operation portion exposed from the container. 3. The distance between the lid and the container body is gradually reduced along the operating direction of the push piece abutting on the lid between the lid and the container body. The cosmetic container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an inclined surface for converting the operation force of (1) into a pushing force of the lid is formed.