JP2002101946A - Closable vessel having sound eliminating material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an closable vessel usable comfortably by reducing a closing sound when closing the vessel. SOLUTION: This opening/closing vessel 10 comprises a vessel body 11 for storing contents, a cover 12 turnably journaled to the vessel body 11 for opening or closing the vessel 10, and a lock mechanism for preventing undesired opening between the vessel body 11 and the cover 12. The lock mechanism comprises a hook part 16 disposed in the cover 12, a hook engaging part 17 disposed in the vessel body 11 for opening or closing the vessel 10 by turning the cover 12 by engagement with or removal from the hook part 16, and a sound eliminating material E3 for eliminating the closing sound occurring in closing the vessel 10 between the hook part 16 and the hook engaging part 17. Therefore, the opening/closing vessel 10 can be used more comfortably by reducing the uncomfortable closing sound occurring in closing the vessel.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an openable / closable container provided with a lock mechanism comprising a first engaging portion provided on a cover and a second engaging portion provided on a container body.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an openable / closable container for reducing a sound generated when a container body is closed by a cover.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Containers having a cover rotatably mounted on a container body and opening and closing the container are, for example, compact containers for storing cosmetics such as foundations, and lipsticks and eye lines together with cosmetics. It is used as a case for accommodating a makeup tool used for pulling and the like.

[0003] Such a container is provided with a first cover provided on a cover.
An engagement portion, and a second opening and closing the container by rotating the cover by engagement and disengagement with the first engagement portion provided on the container body.
A lock mechanism including an engaging portion is provided, and the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion generally include a hook portion and a hook fitting portion. For this reason, when sealing the container, by fitting the hook portion to the hook fitting portion,
The container can be transported with the cover locked to the container body. When the cover is opened and the contents are taken out, the hook portion on the container body side or the vicinity of the hook fitting portion is pushed toward the inside of the container, thereby releasing the hook portion from the hook fitting portion and locking. To release.

However, in the conventional lock mechanism, when the hook portion is engaged with the hook fitting portion to seal the container, a sealing sound is generated by the engagement or disengagement of the container. There was the inconvenience of giving discomfort.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has been made by reducing unpleasant sound generated when sealing a container.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an openable container that can be used more comfortably.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an openable / closable container provided with a sound deadening material. The container includes a container body for storing contents, and is rotatably connected to the container body to open and close the container. And a lock mechanism for preventing an undesired opening between the container body and the cover.

The lock mechanism includes a first engagement portion provided on the cover, and a second engagement portion for opening and closing the container by rotating the cover by engaging and disengaging the first engagement portion provided on the container body. A sound deadening material is provided between the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion to eliminate a sealing sound generated when the container is sealed.

In this case, the muffler provided between the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion engages the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion when closing the container. By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the unpleasant sealing sound that is generated.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an openable / closable container that can be used more comfortably by eliminating an unpleasant sealing sound generated when the container is closed.

[0010]

In the embodiment of the present invention, the muffler presses the first engaging portion against the second engaging portion in a state where the container is closed, and the first engaging member in a state where the container is opened. It is preferable that the joining portion is made of an elastic member that generates an urging force in a direction away from the second engaging portion.

According to this embodiment, when the container is closed, the cover and the container body can be firmly held, while when the container is opened, the cover is opened between the cover and the container body. Since the biasing force acts, the cover can be automatically opened.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an openable / closable container provided with a sound deadening material according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a partial sectional view showing the container from the side, and FIG. FIG. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
Is an enlarged sectional view showing the sound deadening material of FIG. 2, and FIG.
It is -B sectional drawing.

The container 10 is a compact container, and as shown in FIG.
1 has a cover 12 pivotally attached to the container 1 for opening and closing the container 10. The cover 12 is attached to the container body 11 by, for example, an axis as shown in FIGS. It is pivotally mounted by a pin H. The container 10
The container body 11 is provided with a locking mechanism described below for preventing an undesired opening between the container body 11 and the cover 12. It is arranged and fixed using means such as an agent and an undercut.

As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the lock mechanism includes a slide piece 15 disposed in a space 14 formed between an inner surface 11f of an outer wall of a container body 11 and an opposing surface 13f of a tray 13. Equipped. In detail, as shown in FIG. 2, the cover 12 is provided with a hook portion 16 as a first engagement portion, while the slide piece 15 is rotated by engaging / removing the hook portion 16 with the slide piece 15. Let's container 1
A hook fitting portion 17 is provided as a second engaging portion that opens and closes 0.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the lock mechanism is further disposed at two locations substantially symmetrical from the center of the hook fitting portion 17 between the slide piece 15 and the facing surface 13f of the tray 13. It comprises an elastic member _{E 1} and the elastic member _{E 2.} The elastic member E ₁ and the elastic member E ₂ have a shape obtained by bending a bar or a plate, and these elastic members E ₁ and E 2
Sliding piece 15 by _2, in which a portion 15p is elastically held so as to be exposed from an opening formed in the outer wall of the container body 11 with a predetermined exposure length L _1.

Furthermore the sliding piece 15, as shown in FIG. 3, further comprising a second elastic member _{E 3,} the second elastic member E
Numeral ₃ protrudes from the slide piece 15 to the hook portion 16 by a thickness δ ₁ as a sound deadening material for eliminating a sealing sound generated when the container 10 is sealed. Thus, the second elastic member E ₃ is in the state of sealing a container 10 hook 16
Is pressed against the hook fitting portion 17, and when the container 10 is opened, an urging force is generated in a direction in which the hook portion 16 is separated from the hook fitting portion 17.

FIG. 5 is a model diagram showing a force acting on the slide piece 15 when the cover 12 is opened. Hereinafter, the operation of the slide piece 15 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In order for the user to open the container 10, as shown in FIG.
When pressed with the position P close to the elastic member E ₁ as compared with the elastic member E ₂ from the vicinity of, the elastic holding portion with respect to the slide piece 15, the elastic member E arranged from the center O of the hook fitting part 17 into two symmetrical portions since ₁ and an elastic member E _2, the pressing force acting on the exposed portion 15p of the slide piece 15, as compared to the elastic holding portion (elastic member E ₂₎ which is farther from the pressing point P, the pressing point P Greatly affects the elastic holding portion (elastic member E ₁ ) located at a position close to the elastic member. Therefore, the elastic member clearance C ₂ large clearance C ₁ in comparison with that generated in the elastic member E ₂ by sliding of the sliding piece 15 is an elastic retaining portion by E ₁
Can be secured.

[0020] Therefore, when the sealed container 10, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the hook fitting part a hook portion 16 by the urging force of the elastic member E ₁ and the elastic member E ₂ applied to the sliding piece 15 The cover 12 is locked to the container main body 11 by fitting the cover 12 into the cover 17.

[0021] In this case, the second elastic member _{E 3} provided therebetween hook portion 16 and the hook fitting part 17, the container 10
When sealing, the hook portion 16 and the hook fitting portion 17
Eliminates the unpleasant sealing sound caused by fitting.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide an openable container which can be used more comfortably by eliminating an unpleasant sealing sound generated when the container 10 is sealed.

Further, in this embodiment, one second elastic member E ₃ provided on the slide piece 15 is in the state of sealing a container 10 for pressing the hook portion 16 with respect to the hook fitting part 17, the container 10 In the open state, the urging force is generated in the direction in which the hook part 16 is separated from the hook fitting part 17, so that when the container 10 is closed, the container body 11 and the cover 12 can be firmly held.
Is opened, the urging force acts to open the container 10 between the container body 11 and the cover 12, so that the cover 12 can be automatically opened.

[0024] Note that when the open container 10, is pressed at any position on the exposed portion 15p of the slide piece 15, the inner against the slide piece 15 to the elastic force of the elastic member E ₁ and the elastic member E ₂ The hook part 16 is disengaged from the hook fitting part 17 by sliding in the direction.

FIGS. 6A and 6B show an openable / closable container provided with a sound deadening material according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6A is a partial cross-sectional view showing the container from the side, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.
Is an enlarged sectional view showing the vicinity of the sound deadening material in FIG. 7, and FIG.
It is DD sectional drawing of.

The container 20 is a case for accommodating cosmetics, makeup tools, and the like. As shown in FIG. 6 (a), a container body 21 and a container 2 which is pivotally attached to the container body 21 so as to be rotatable.
The cover 22 has a cover 22 for opening and closing the cover 0. The cover 22 is pivotally attached to the container body 22 by, for example, a shaft pin H as shown in FIG. In addition, the case 20 includes a lock mechanism described below that prevents an undesired opening between the container body 21 and the cover 22. The container body 21 integrally includes a receiving tray 23 that stores a foundation, a makeup tool, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 6 (b), the lock mechanism includes a slide piece 25 disposed in a space 24 formed between the inner surface 21f of the outer wall of the container body 21 and the opposing surface 23f of the tray 23. Equipped. In detail, as shown in FIG. 7, the cover 22 is provided with a hook fitting portion 16 which is a first engaging portion, while the slide piece 25 is provided with a hook fitting portion 26.
A hook portion 27 is provided as a second engaging portion that opens and closes the case 20 by rotating the cover 22 by engagement and disengagement.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the lock mechanism further includes a plurality of elastic members disposed substantially symmetrically from the center O of the hook portion 27 between the slide piece 25 and the facing surface 23f of the tray 23. E comprising ₅ and an elastic member _{E 6.}
Each elastic member _{E 5} and the elastic member _{E 6,} pan 23
Of the hook portion 2
7 are provided at equal intervals from the center O of the slide piece 25 along the end of the slide piece 25, and are attached to the slide piece 25. These elastic members E ₅ and the sliding piece 25 by the elastic member E ₆ are those portions thereof 25p is elastically held so as to be exposed from an opening formed in the outer wall of the container body 21 with a predetermined exposure length L ₂ It is.

Furthermore the sliding piece 25, as shown in FIG. 8, further comprising a second elastic member E _7, the second elastic member E ₇ is muffling material for erasing the closed sound emanating when sealing the case 20 as projects by the thickness [delta] ₂ from the slide piece 25 with respect to the hook fitting part 26. In addition, the cover 22 is provided with a second elastic member E ₈ on the inner surface thereof. The second elastic member E ₈ also serves as a sound-absorbing material for eliminating a sealing sound generated when the case 20 is sealed. protrudes by the thickness [delta] _3. For this reason, the second elastic member E ₇
The second elastic member E ₈ presses the hook portion 27 against the hook fitting portion 26 when the case 20 is sealed, and separates the hook portion 27 from the hook fitting portion 26 when the case 20 is opened. To generate a biasing force.

Here, the operation of the second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5 used in the first embodiment. In the following description, the symbols E ₁ showing a portion where an external force acts on the sliding piece 25 when a plurality of elastic members E ₅ generally by sliding piece 25 elastically held in FIG 5,
A portion external force to the code E ₂ shown in FIG. 5 for the sliding piece 25 when a plurality of elastic members E ₆ the sliding piece 25 by the overall elastically held.

In order for the user to open the case 20, the first
As in the embodiment, a slide piece 25 (corresponding to reference numeral 15)
Of the exposed portion 25p (corresponding to the symbol 15p) near its center O
When pressed with the position P close to the elastic member _{E 5} (corresponding to reference numeral _{E 1)} in comparison with the elastic member _{E 6} (corresponding to the code _{E 2)} from
Resilient retaining portion with respect to the slide piece 25, because it is more resilient members E ₅ and the elastic member E ₆ arranged symmetrically from the center of the hook portion 27, the pressing force acting on the exposed portion 25p of the slide piece 25, the pressing compared from the point P to the elastic holding portion located far (corresponding to reference numeral E _2), the elastic holding portion (reference numeral E ₁ at the position close to the pressing point P
). Therefore, a large clearance C _{5 (code} C as compared to the clearance C ₆ occurring in the elastic member E ₆ by sliding of the sliding piece 25 _{(corresponding} to the code C ₂₎ is an elastic retaining portion of the elastic member E ₅ side
₁ ).

Therefore, similarly to the first embodiment, the cover 22
When closing the can, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the elastic applied to the sliding piece 25 members E ₅ and the elastic member E ₆
The cover 22 is locked with respect to the container body 21 by fitting the hook fitting portion 26 to the hook portion 27 by the urging force of.

In this case, the hook portion 27 and the hook fitting
Elastic members E provided between the portions 26 ₇And elastic member E
₈When the case 20 is sealed, the hook portion 27 and
Sealing sound generated by fitting the hook fitting portion 26
To delete. In addition, the elastic member E which is a sound deadening material₇And ammunition
Sex member E₈Are arranged at two places in this embodiment,
Considering the hook fitting state, such as when the lid is difficult to close,
Member E₇Or elastic member E₈At least one of
Only one of them may be arranged.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, an uncomfortable sealing sound generated when the case 20 is sealed can be eliminated to provide an openable container that can be used more comfortably.

Further, in this embodiment, one second elastic member E ₇ provided on the slide piece 25 is in the state of sealing a container 20 for pressing the hook portion 27 with respect to the hook fitting part 26, the container 20 Hook 2
7 is generated in a direction away from the hook fitting portion 26, so that the container main body 21 is closed when the container 20 is closed.
When the container 20 is opened, a biasing force for opening the container 20 acts between the container body 21 and the cover 22 when the container 20 is opened. Can be opened to the public.

[0036] Note that when opening the container 20, and pressing at any position on the exposed portion 25p of the slide piece 25, the inner against the slide piece 25 to the elastic force of the elastic member E ₅ and the elastic member E ₆ The hook fitting portion 26 is disengaged from the hook portion 27 by being slid in the direction.

The foregoing merely illustrates preferred embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications without departing from the technical scope thereof. For example, the hook portion 16 provided on the container body 11 of the first embodiment may be a general compact container provided directly on the container body 11 instead of being provided on the slide piece 15. Similarly, in the second embodiment, the hook fitting portion 26 provided on the container main body 21 may be a general case directly provided on the container main body 21 instead of being provided on the slide piece 25.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a first embodiment of an openable / closable container provided with a sound deadening material according to the present invention, wherein (a) is a partial cross-sectional view showing the container from a side, and (b) is a part showing the container from above. It is sectional drawing.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing the sound deadening material of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a mechanical model diagram showing a force acting on a slide piece when a container is opened.

FIG. 6 is a second embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a partial sectional view showing the container from the side, and (b) is a partial sectional view showing the container from above.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view showing the sound deadening material of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Openable container (1st Example) 11 Container main body 11f Inner surface of outer wall of container main body 11fs Inner side wall of container main body 12 Cover 13 Receiving tray 13f Opposing surface of receiving tray 14 Slide piece arrangement space 15 Slide piece 15p Slide piece exposure part 15s Slide piece End 16 Hook portion 17 Hook fitting portion 20 Case (second embodiment) 21 Container main body 21f Inner wall inner surface of container main body 21fs Inner side wall inner surface of container main body 22 Cover 23 Receiving tray 23f Opposing surface of receiving tray 24 Slide piece arrangement space 25 Slide piece 25p sliding piece exposed portion 26 the hook fitting part 27 hook _{C 1, C 2, C 5} , C 6 clearance _{E 1, E 2, E 5} , E 6 elastic member _{E 3,} E 7, E ₈ second elastic member (Muffler)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A container body for storing contents, and a cover rotatably connected to the container body for opening and closing a container, and an undesired portion between the container body and the cover is provided. An openable / closable container provided with a lock mechanism for preventing the opening of the container, wherein the lock mechanism engages / disengages with a first engagement portion provided on the cover and a first engagement portion provided on the container body. And a second engaging portion for opening and closing the container by rotating the cover, and between the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion,
An openable / closable container provided with a sound deadening material, which is provided with a sound deadening material for eliminating a sealing sound generated when the container is closed. 2. The muffler according to claim 1, wherein the muffler presses the first engagement portion against the second engagement portion in a state in which the container is closed, and the first muffler in a state in which the container is opened.
A container comprising an elastic member for generating a biasing force in a direction in which the engaging portion is separated from the second engaging portion.