JP2000312615A - Compact case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the quality of stored cosmetics from being degraded by surely obtaining the airtightness of a refill vessel in a compact case. SOLUTION: Concerning the compact case with which a refill vessel 17 storing and holding cosmetics K is attachably and detachably assembled with a case 1, the refill vessel 17 is tightly closed by tightly fitting a refill lid 24 coupled by a hinge to a body 18 of refill and the body 18 of refill is tightly closed by this refill lid 24 completely and maintained surely by pressure from a closed case lid 11 to the refill lid 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a compact container which is used in a portable manner by detachably assembling a refill container, which is a small container in which cosmetics are densely opened and closed, in a cassette. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional compact container constructed by detachably attaching a refill container as an inner plate having an inner lid as an opening / closing lid to a cosmetic container as an outer case in a cassette shape. As a representative example of JP-A-10-03325,
No. 9 is known.

[0003] In the compact container shown in this prior art, a case body in which a container body and a lid body are hinged so as to be openable and closable is opened and closed by a partition wall. It is divided into a detachable storage section for detachable storage and a makeup storage section, and the detachable storage section has a cylindrical structure without a bottom wall so that the thickness of the entire compact container can be made as small as possible. , The hinge part of the refill container,
By facing the notch formed on the side wall of the container body and operating the hinge portion of the refill container to attach and detach the refill container, the refill container can be safely and smoothly attached and detached. Processing is available.

[0004] The refill container is hermetically sealed by closing a refill lid hinged to the refill main body with a short cylindrical annular convex portion provided on the peripheral edge of the lower surface of the refill lid when closing the refill lid. The packing is tightly attached to the outside of the opening at the upper end of the wall, and the refill cover is engaged with the refill main body so as to achieve and maintain the refill lid.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, the refill container must be made sufficiently small and thin, and must be attached to and detached from the case as the outer container. Since it is necessary to assemble freely, it will be molded from a relatively soft synthetic resin material.However, since the entire refill container is molded from a soft synthetic resin material, the stability of the joint positional relationship of the hinge joints will be reduced. There is a problem that there is anxiety, the locking force of the closing and holding function portion and the stability of operation are not always sufficient, and the hermetic holding of the refill container tends to be unstable.

Further, even if the connection position of the hinge connection portion of the refill container and the locking force and operation of the closing and holding function are stabilized, the refill lid is entirely curved and deformed due to insufficient thickness. Easily occur, and this deformation easily loses the seal of the refill container.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and it is a technical object of the present invention to reliably maintain the airtightness of a refill container in a compact container for a long period of time. An object of the present invention is to prevent deterioration of the quality of the cosmetics stored therein.

[0008]

Means for solving the above-mentioned problems are solved by the present invention, in which a case lid is hinged to a rear end of a case body having a storage portion so as to be freely opened and closed and rotatable. A case provided with an open / close locking function for achieving and holding a closed state at the tip of the case body and the case lid, and a detachably fitted assembly is provided in the case body storage portion of the case in a detachable manner. A refill container in which a refill lid is integrally connected to a refill main body for storing cosmetics by a hinge, and a plurality of refill containers are provided at the upper peripheral edge of the refill main body of the refill container and at the upper end of the outer peripheral surface. A locking cylinder piece provided with a locking projection is erected, and a flange collar piece is erected inside the locking cylinder piece. The lower edge of the lower surface of the refill lid of the refill container has an inner peripheral surface lower end. A plurality of locking projections that can be locked to the locking projections of the refill main body. An engaging cylinder piece that externally engages with the cylinder piece is suspended, and a seal cylinder piece that closely fits into the flange collar piece of the refill body is suspended inside the engagement cylinder piece. -A plurality of receiving projections are erected on the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the casing lid, and a pressing projection which is in contact with the receiving projection of the refill lid in a closed state from above is provided on the inner surface of the case lid. That is in.

[0009] The refill lid is attached to the refill body,
When the hinge is rotated in the closing direction with the hinge as the rotation axis and closed, the seal tube piece of the refill lid is tightly fitted to the mouth collar piece of the refill body to seal the refill body. The engagement cylinder piece is fitted to the engagement cylinder piece of the refill main body, so that the engagement between the engagement protrusion and the engagement convex portion ensures the holding.

The locking of the locking projections and the locking projections at all of the plurality of locations, that is, the close fitting of the sealing cylinder piece to the flange flange piece, is performed at the tip end of the refill cover (on the side opposite to the hinge connection part). ) Is only incompletely pressed against the refill main body, which is incomplete due to slight deformation of the refill lid. However, when the case lid is closed, the pressing projection presses the receiving projection of the refill lid, Thereby, the tight fitting between the seal cylinder piece and the flange cylinder piece is completed, and is ensured.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the compact container of the present invention, the refill container 17 for holding and holding the cosmetic K in a state where the cosmetic K can be freely opened and closed and easily used for application is detachably attached to the case 1 having the mirror 16 (see FIG. 1). Case 1 is composed of
Case body 2 to which refill container 17 is removably mounted
And the case lid 11 are hingedly connected to each other.
The container 17 includes a refill main body 18 and a refill lid 24.
And are integrally hinged.

The case body 2 of the case 1 has a ring structure in which a central space partly opened up and down is a storage part for a refill container 17, and a refrigerating member attached to a lower end of an inner peripheral surface. A bottom inner flange piece 3 for preventing the lower container 17 from coming out downward, an opening / closing recess 4 of the opening / closing locking function part L at a front end, a hinge recess 7 at a rear end, and both right and left sides. Review on top
The mounting notches 8 are respectively provided for assembling the container 17, and further, on the inner peripheral surface, the assembling locking pieces 9 of the
, And a locking piece 10 for preventing locking of the locking function portion N.

The case lid 11 of the case 1 has a thin plate structure in which the whole shape is laid down, and has an opening / closing locking piece 12 of an opening / closing locking function portion L at a front end portion and a rear end portion. The hinge pieces 13 are respectively hung down, four pressing protruding pieces 14 are hung on the inner surface avoiding the mirror 16 to which the hinges 13 are fixed, and the hook pieces 15 are hung down on both left and right ends.

Refill body 18 of refill container 17
Constitutes a storage section for the cosmetic K by combining the refill bottom 30 and the inner container 32, and the refill main body 18
On the outer peripheral surface of the combination of the combination and the refill bottom 30, there are provided a locking piece 22 of the locking function part M and a concave part 23 of the locking part N. The lower peripheral edge of the bottom 30 of the refill is locked to the inner flange 3 of the case body 2 from above while the hinge 29 is positioned in the notch 8 for mounting. It is fitted and assembled into the storage portion of the case body 2 so that it cannot be pulled out from above.

The refill main body 18 has a flanged tubular piece 19 erected from the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the ring-shaped main body portion, and a locking tubular piece 20 erected outside the flanged tubular piece 19. And
Further, a fitting cylinder piece 21 is formed by hanging down on the lower surface of the main body portion, and is fitted to the fitting cylinder piece 21 firmly (in the case of the illustrated embodiment, the fitting cylinder piece 21 is interposed therebetween). A double-cylinder structure that has a double-cylinder structure that fits tightly) is assembled with a refill bottom body 30 erected on the peripheral end of the upper surface of the flat plate to form a short-topped cylindrical sheet. The lower end portion of the inner wall of the inner container 32 is firmly clamped between the fitting cylinder piece 21 and the fitting cylinder piece 31, and the inner container 32 and the bottom of the refill are held by the holding assembly of the inner container 32. It is assembled in a state where the cosmetic K is accommodated in the combination with 30.

At four equally-spaced portions of the outer peripheral surface of the locking tubular piece 20 of the refill main body 18, ie, at the upper end portions of the front and rear portions and both side portions, horizontal rib-shaped locking projections 20a are respectively formed. (See FIGS. 3, 4, 7, and 8).

Refill lid 24 of refill container 17
Is provided on the peripheral edge of the flat plate-shaped main body portion with an engaging cylindrical piece 26 which is fitted to the locking cylindrical piece 20 of the refill main body 18 and on the lower surface portion inside the engaging cylindrical piece 26, Refill body 18
In the form in which seal cylinder pieces 25 closely fitting to the flange collar piece 19 are respectively suspended and a part of the engagement cylinder piece 26 is extended upward, four receiving projections 27 (FIG. 1) And Figure 5)
And a catching piece 28 (see FIGS. 1 and 4) is projected, and the lower end of the rear end of the engaging cylinder piece 26 is integrally connected to the refill main body 18 by a hinge 29 (see FIG. 4). Have been.

At the four lower ends in the front, rear, left and right directions on the inner peripheral surface of the engaging tubular piece 26 of the refill cover 24, the refill main body 18 is provided.
Horizontal rib-shaped locking projection 26 capable of locking with the locking projection 20a
a are formed respectively (see FIGS. 3, 4, and 7).

The refill lid 24 seals the opening of the refill main body 18 by closely fitting the seal cylinder piece 25 to the flange flange piece 19 of the refill main body 18. The tight fitting of the seal tube piece 25 to the flange tube piece 19
The engagement of the locking tubular piece 20 of the handle body 18 and the engaging tubular piece 26 of the refill cover 24 is assembled on both sides (a hinge 29 is located on one side, see FIG. 4). At both front and rear portions (see FIG. 3), the locking projections 20a and the locking projections 26a are locked to each other more securely, and the locking projections 20a and the locking projections 26a are further securely held. The locking of all the portions is more secure by the pressing of the pressing projections 14 of the case lid 11 against the receiving projections 27 on the upper surface of the refill lid 24 (see FIG. 5).

The catch piece 28 of the refill lid 24 is
The upright piece protrudes from the upper end of the outer surface of the upright piece, which is provided at the side opposite to the hinge 29 (see FIG. 4). When the case 1 is in the closed state, the hook piece 15 of the case lid 11 is closed. When the case lid 11 is opened and rotated since it is opposed from below, the hook piece 15 of the case lid 11 is hooked on the hook piece 28 from below and is pulled upward, so that the case lid 11 is raised.
The opening of the refill container 17 is achieved together with the opening of the container.

A hinge piece 13 is fitted in the hinge recess 7 and an opening / closing locking function portion L formed between the tip of the case body 2 and the case lid 11 hinged by a hinge shaft (see FIG. 3). )
Mainly composed of a locking projection 5 provided on the bottom surface of the opening / closing recess 4 formed at the front end of the case body 2 and an opening / closing locking piece 12 provided at the front end of the case lid 11 in a hanging manner. The locking projection piece 5 and the opening / closing locking piece 12 are locked by utilizing the backward displacement of the opening / closing piece 6 assembled in the opening / closing concave portion 4 so as to be able to move back and forth. I am trying to release it.

The refill container 17 contains the refill main body 1.
The fitting of the refill bottom body 30 to the fitting 8 achieves the storage of the cosmetic K at the same time as the assembly of the inner container 32, but a large number of ejections of the inner container 32 directly storing the cosmetic K. On the top wall where the slit is opened, there is provided a mesh body 33 for appropriately controlling the pouring form of the cosmetic K.
Further, on the upper peripheral surface of the collar piece 19, a peelable sealing seal for firmly and reliably achieving the sealed storage of the cosmetic K is provided.
G is attached.

Refill container 17 containing cosmetic K
Is assembled and held on the case body 2 by the assembling locking section M in a posture in which the hook pieces 28 and the hinges 29 face the mounting notches 8.

The assembling locking section M includes an assembling locking piece 9 provided on the inner peripheral surface of the case main body 2 in a protruding piece shape,
The tongue piece formed on the outer peripheral surface of the main body 18 is combined with a locking piece 22 with a projection protruding from the lower end of the outer surface (see FIG. 6). reference)
It is arranged and configured.

The detachment-preventing locking function portion N is provided at the boundary between the combination of the detachment-preventing locking piece 10 protruding from the inner peripheral surface of the case body 2 and the refill main body 18 and the refill bottom body 30. 5 is formed in combination with the detachment preventing recess 23 formed in the portion (FIG. 5).
This combination is arranged at two places (see FIG. 2) on both sides of the front end.

The mounting notches 8 of the case body 2 are provided symmetrically with respect to the left and right, and the assembling locking function portions M are arranged symmetrically with respect to a virtual straight line passing through the center in the left and right direction. Further, the detachment prevention recess 23 of the detachment prevention locking function part N
Are provided at symmetrical positions before and after the refill container 17, and a pair of hook pieces 15 are further provided on the left and right (see FIG. 4). The attachment is possible even if the right and left are reversed,
Thus, the assembling posture of the refill container 17 with respect to the case 1 can be selectively set to one of easy handling.

In the closed state of the compact container, the case lid 11 comes into contact with the pressing projection 14 to cause the case to close.
The receiving protruding piece 27 for securing the closed state of the refill container 17 by utilizing the closing holding force of the opening / closing locking function part L of the base 1 is a case.
A puff storage portion for stably storing the puff P is formed between the lid 11 and the refill lid 24.

[0028]

Since the present invention has the above-described structure, the following effects can be obtained. When the compact container is not used, the refill lid is closed and the seal tube piece is fitted tightly with the flange tube piece of the refill body to seal the opening of the refill body. The close fitting of the seal cylinder piece to the flange collar piece is achieved by fitting the engagement cylinder piece of the locking cylinder piece of the refill body and the engagement cylinder piece of the refill lid at a plurality of locations. By locking the locking projection and the locking projection, respectively, the locking projection and the locking projection are securely held, and the locking of the locking projection and the locking projection at all of a plurality of locations is performed by closing the case lid. Since the pressing projection presses the receiving projection on the upper surface of the refill lid, it can be achieved completely and reliably.
As a result, the refill lid can be prevented from being detached from the refill main body, whereby the airtightness of the refill container can be maintained for a long time, and the quality of the cosmetic can be prevented from deteriorating. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention in a separated state.

FIG. 2 is an overall plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in a case opened state.

FIG. 3 is an overall vertical cross-sectional side view in a closed state taken along a line AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an overall longitudinal sectional front view in a closed state taken along a line BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a partial longitudinal sectional view in a closed state taken along a line CC in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a partial longitudinal sectional view in a closed state taken along a line DD in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a main part of FIG. 4;

8 is an overall plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in a case and a refill container opened state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; Case 2; Case main body 3; Bottom inner flange piece 4; Opening / closing recess 5; Locking protruding piece 6; Opening piece 7; Hinged recess 8; Mounting notch 9; Reference Signs List 10: detachment prevention locking piece 11; case lid 12; opening / closing locking piece 13; hinge piece 14; pressing projection piece 15; hooking piece 16; mirror 17; refill container 18; refill main body 19; Flange tube piece 20; Locking tube piece 20a; Locking projection 21; Fitting tube piece 22; Assembling locking piece 23; Detachment preventing recess 24; Refill lid 25; Seal tube piece 26; Piece 26a; locking projection 27; receiving projection 28; catching piece 29; hinge 30; refill bottom 31; fitting cylinder piece 32; inner container 33; mesh body 34; sealing sheet K; P; Puff L; Opening / closing locking function section M; Locking machine with assembly Part N; detachment prevention locking function unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yoichi Harada 1050 Nippa-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Shiseido First Research Center Co., Ltd. No. 9 Yoshino Kogyosho Osaka Works (72) Inventor Tsutomu Kobayashi 1-6-9 Unobe Ibaraki-shi, Osaka Yoshino Kogyosho Osaka Works

Claims (1)

[Claims] A case lid (11) is hinged to a rear end of a case body (2) having a storage portion so as to be openable and closable so as to be openable and closable. A case (1) provided with an open / close locking function part (L) for achieving and holding a closed state at the tip of the lid (11);
A refill cover (24) is hinged to a refill main body (18) for storing a cosmetic (K), which is removably fitted to the storage portion of the case main body (2). A refill container (17) integrally joined, and a plurality of locking projections (29a) provided on the upper peripheral edge of the refill main body (18) at the upper end of the outer peripheral surface. ), And a collar piece (19) is erected on the inside, and can be locked to the locking projection (20a) at the lower edge of the inner peripheral surface at the lower peripheral edge of the refill lid (24). Multiple locking projections (2
6a), an engaging cylinder piece (26) that externally engages with the locking cylinder piece (20) is provided in a hanging manner, and a seat that closely fits inside the flange collar piece (19) inside. A plurality of receiving projections (27) are erected on the periphery of the upper surface of the refill lid (24), and a plurality of receiving projections (27) are provided on the inner surface of the case lid (11). A compact container having a pressing protruding piece (14) that presses and contacts the receiving protruding piece (27) from above in a closed state.