JP2002128117A - Granule case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a granule case having simple structure which is capable of maintaining a consistently lid-closed condition when the case is not in use, opening the lid in a simple operation when the case is in use, and reliably maintaining the lid-open condition. SOLUTION: This granule case comprises a case body 2 with a window hole 6 cut in a top, and a bottomed lid body 3 which is fitted between upper ends of a side wall 4 of the body to close the window hole 6 in an opening/ closing manner and provided with a lower end communicated with the case body and a dish-like outlet 7 with an opening on one end in a side part. A slidable projection 15 projected from a lower part of the side surface of an elastic plate 14 perpendicularly provided from the lid body 3 is fitted to a guide groove 16 of special configuration formed in side wall 4 of the case body in a slidably elevating manner so that the elastic plate 14 is not deformed when the lid is closed or opened, and the elastic plate is deformed via the slidable projection 15 while the lid is opened, and the open condition of the outlet is maintained when the lid is opened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a granular material case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a granular material case, a pair of side plate peripheral edges are connected by a band-like connecting wall to form an internal granular material storage portion, and a band-like window hole is formed in a top connecting wall portion. A case body and a connecting wall at a rear edge portion of the window hole, the rear edge of the case body being rotatably connected thereto, and being fitted between respective upper ends of the window hole portion to close the window hole so as to be openable and closable; 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a device provided with a bottomed lid having a lower end communicating with the inside and a dish-shaped outlet with one side end opening.

[0003]

According to the present invention, in such a granular case, a stable closed state can be maintained when not in use, and the lid can be opened with a simple operation when in use. In addition, the present invention proposes an excellent granular material case that can reliably maintain the lid open state and has a simple structure.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a granular material case according to the first aspect of the present invention is configured such that a pair of side walls 4 is connected by a band-shaped connecting wall 5 and the inside thereof is connected to a granular material storage portion A. At the same time, the case body 2 in which a band-shaped window hole 6 is formed in the connection wall 5 at the top, and the rear edge is rotatably connected to the connection wall 5 at the rear edge of the window hole 6. A window hole 6 is fitted between the upper ends of the side walls 4 of the six portions so as to be openable and closable, and a dish-like outlet 7 having a lower end and a side end opening communicating with the inside of the case body is provided on the side. And a sliding protrusion 15 protruding from a lower portion of a side surface of an elastic plate 14 vertically suspended from the lid 3 so that the sliding protrusion 15 can slide up to a guide groove 16 formed in the side wall 4 of the case body. The elastic plate 14 is not deformed in the closed state and the open state, and elastically moves through the sliding protrusions 15 during the opening. Guide groove 16 such that plate deformation occurs
Is formed, and the opening state of the outlet 7 can be maintained in the open state.

Further, in the granular material case according to the second aspect of the present invention, the guide groove 16 rises in a meandering manner from a lower end corresponding to a hanging position of the sliding projection 15 in a closed state, and slides on the upper end. The granular material case according to claim 1 is located on the virtual rotation locus of the moving projection 15.

In the granular material case according to the third aspect of the present invention, an outlet 7a is formed in the upper portion of the side wall 4 of the case body 2 in place of the outlet 7, and is removably fitted to the outlet 7a. 2. The granular material case according to claim 1, wherein the engaging projections 19 are provided so as to protrude from the side surface of the lid 3, and the edges of the engaging projections 19 are engaged with the upper surface of the case body when the lid is opened. .

[0007]

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

FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of a granular material case 1 according to the present invention, which comprises a case body 2 and a lid 3.
And

In the case body 2, a pair of side walls 4 are connected to each other by a band-shaped connecting wall 5 to form a granular material storage section A, and a band-shaped window hole 6 is formed in the connecting wall 5 at the top. are doing. In the present embodiment, the side wall 4 has a vertically long rectangular shape, forming rounds at two lower corners, and two upper corners are inclined sides. Then, the case body 2 is connected by the connection wall 5 having a relatively small width to form a thin, hollow, rectangular parallelepiped case body 2 as a whole. In addition, the window hole 6 is formed in a strip shape in the portion of the connecting wall 5 from the lower end of the front inclined side to below the lower end of the rear inclined side via the upper side.

The lid 3 has a rear edge rotatably connected to a connection wall 5 at a rear edge of the window hole 6 and a side wall 4 of the window hole 6 portion.
Fitted between the upper ends to close the window hole 6 so that it can be opened and closed, and
It is a bottomed one provided with a dish-like outlet 7 having a dish-like lower end and one side end opening communicating with the inside of the case body.

The case 1 in the present embodiment can integrally form the case main body 2 and the lid 3 with a synthetic resin with the lid opened about 180 ° (not shown). A side plate 10 extends from an edge of an arch-shaped top plate 9 having a rear edge rotatably connected to a connecting wall 5 at a rear edge portion of the window hole 6 via a thin hinge 8 so as to extend through the edge portion of the window hole 6. A finger hook that fits between the upper ends of the side walls 4 and protrudes in the form of a horizontal triangular prism on the front surface
The window hole 6 is openably opened and closed by projecting and locking 11 sides on the side walls 4 on both sides of the front end of the window hole 6. Further, the outlet 7 is provided at the front end of the side portion and has a dish shape with the lower end surface and the right side surface opened. Partition plate 12 and partial left side plate
The bottom plate 13 extends from the lower edge of the right side plate 10 in a portion other than the outlet 7, and the left side plate other than the outlet portion is not formed due to the integral molding. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, when the lid 3 is opened, the outlet 7 is configured to open above the case main body 2 while communicating with the inside of the case main body 2.

In the present invention, the elastic plate 14 suspended from the lid 3 is provided.
The sliding protrusion 15 protruding from the lower part of the side surface of the case body side wall 4
The guide groove 16 is formed so as to be slidable up.
The elastic plate 14 can be elastically deformable in the front-rear direction. In the present embodiment, a shielding plate 17 is provided to cover a front portion of the window hole 6 which is opened when the lid is opened. It is formed side by side. The elastic plate 14 is formed to be narrow and thin in consideration of the amount of elastic deformation caused by the shape of the guide groove. However, an elastic plate also serving as a shielding plate can be provided vertically from the lower surface of the front part of the lid. It is. It is preferable that the shielding plate 17 be vertically provided so as not to hit a connecting wall or the like when the cover is opened.

The guide groove 16 has an elastic plate in the closed state and the open state.
There is no deformation of 14 and elastic plate via sliding protrusion 15 during opening
14 is shaped to cause deformation. Specifically, the lower end of the guide groove 16 is provided at a position corresponding to the hanging position of the sliding projection 15 in the closed state, and the elastic plate is
14 is configured to be in a stable state without deformation without load, and the upper end of the guide groove 16 is provided on a virtual rotation locus of the sliding protrusion, and the sliding protrusion 15 is in the highest position. Similarly, the elastic plate 14 is configured so that a load is not applied and a stable state without deformation occurs. The virtual rotation locus referred to here is a rotation connection portion (thin hinge) between the lid 3 and the case body 2.
The rotation locus of the sliding projection 15 when the lid 3 is rotated by a predetermined angle from the hanging position of the sliding projection 15 in the closed state around the center 11), and as shown in FIG. It exists on the curved line. Further, the intermediate portion of the guide groove 16 is located at a position deviating from the virtual rotation trajectory described above so that the elastic plate is deformed.

The specific shape of the guide groove 16 can be variously selected as long as the above conditions are satisfied. In this embodiment, a vertically long meandering guide groove is provided, and the sliding projection 15 in the open state is provided. A guide groove 16 is provided extending in a meandering manner above the lower end corresponding to the hanging position. Note that the guide groove 16 in this embodiment is
Is formed as a cut groove penetrating the case body side wall 4, but is not limited to this, and may be formed as a concave groove provided on the inner surface of the side wall. However, in the case of a concave groove shape, it is difficult to integrally mold the case body and the lid. Further, in the case of the present embodiment in which a kerf-shaped guide groove is provided, the guide groove is exposed to the outside, but can be covered, for example, by attaching a label 18 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

When the lid 3 is opened by pushing up the finger hook 11 from the state shown in FIG. 1, the sliding projection 15 is guided by the guide groove 16 and rises to the upper end thereof. The opening 7 opens. While the lid is being opened, the sliding protrusion 15 slides in the meandering guide groove to change the amount of elastic deformation of the elastic plate 14 so that a click feeling can be obtained. 14 is no longer deformed and becomes stable. Then, the stored particulate matter can be taken out from the outlet 7. Even if the lid 3 is to be closed from the open state, a load is applied to the elastic plate from the uppermost bent portion of the guide groove 16, so that the lid is not further closed by its own weight. The lid is kept open by the frictional force with the side wall, and the lid 7 is kept open. After use, if the lid 3 is forcibly pressed, the sliding protrusion 15 also slides in a meandering manner, the lid 3 closes, and the lower end of the guide groove 16 where no load is applied to the elastic plate 14. The sliding projection 15 shifts to maintain a stable lid-closed state.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the side wall 4 of the case body 2 is replaced with the above-described outlet 7 in the embodiment of FIG. An outlet 7a is formed in the upper part, and an engaging projection 19 which is detachably fitted to the outlet 7a is protruded from the side of the lid 3, and the edge of the engaging projection 19 in the open state is the case body. 2 so as to engage with the upper surface.

The outlet 7a in this embodiment is formed in a circular shape at a front position on the upper side wall 4 of the case body 2. still,
The shape of the outlet 7a is not limited to a circle, and various shapes can be adopted.

The engagement projection 19 is a dome-shaped projection having substantially the same size as the outlet 7, and is fitted to the outlet 7a in the open state to maintain the closed state, and pushes the finger hook 11 up. When the lid is opened, it is relatively easily detached from the opening, and further, the edge is engaged with the upper surface of the case body side wall 4 when the lid is opened, so that the opening state of the outlet is more reliably maintained. I have.
The shape of the engaging projection 19 can be variously adopted according to the shape of the outlet as long as it can be disengaged from the fitting state of the outlet 7a. The one formed is preferable in that the fitting with the outlet can be released relatively easily. Also, in this embodiment, the lid does not need an outlet, and a right side plate 10 having a bottom connecting the front and rear lower edges from the right edge of the arched top plate 9 extends from the right edge of the arched top plate 9.
The bottom plate 13 extends from the lower edge, and the left plate is not provided because it is integrally formed. Other configurations and operations are basically the same as those of the embodiment of FIG.

When the lid 3 is opened by pushing up the finger hook 11 from the state shown in FIG.
The engaging projection 19 comes off from the outlet 7a and the sliding projection 15
Is guided by the guide groove 16 and rises to the upper end thereof to take out the outlet 7
Opens. At this time, the engaging projection 19 moves upward from the upper surface of the case main body 2 and engages its edge with the upper surface of the case main body 2 to maintain the open state. After use, if the lid 3 is forcibly closed, the engagement projections 19 are disengaged and the lid 3 is closed.
Are fitted in the outlet 7 and the sliding projections 15 are
The guide shifts to the lower end of the guide groove 16 in a state where no load is applied to the guide groove 16 to maintain a stable closed state.

[0020]

As described above, the granular material case of the present invention can maintain a stable closed state when not in use and can be opened with a simple operation when not in use by using the above-described structure. And the lid can be reliably opened.

Further, the granular material case according to the second aspect of the present invention has an advantage that a click feeling can be obtained when the lid is opened and closed.

In the granular material case according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the engaging projections engage with the case body in the open state, the open state can be maintained more reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment in a cover opened state.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of a lid portion of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the embodiment in an open state.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... case body, 3 ... lid, 4 ... side wall, 5 ... connection wall, 6
... window holes, 7, 7a ... outlets, 14 ... elastic plates, 15 ... sliding protrusions,
16: Guide groove, A: Granular material storage

Continuation of the front page F term (reference) 3E084 AA05 AA12 AA24 AB07 BA01 CA03 CC03 DA03 DB08 DC03 FA03 GA07 GB07 LA18 LB02 LB07 LD01

Claims (3)

[Claims] A pair of side walls (4) are connected by a band-shaped connecting wall (5) to form a granular material storage portion (A), and a band-shaped window hole (6) is formed in the top connecting wall (5). Case body 2
The rear edge is rotatably connected to the connection wall 5 at the rear edge of the window hole 6, and the window hole 6 is fitted between the upper ends of the side walls 4 of the window hole 6 so that the window hole 6 can be opened and closed. A bottomed lid 3 provided on the side with a dished outlet 7 having a lower end and a side end opening communicating with the inside of the case body, and a side surface of an elastic plate 14 vertically provided from the lid 3. A granular case in which a sliding protrusion 15 protruding from a lower portion is slidably fitted into a guide groove 16 formed in the case body side wall 4, wherein the elastic plate 14 is closed and opened in a closed state. A guide groove 16 is formed so that there is no deformation, deformation of the elastic plate occurs through the sliding protrusion 15 during opening of the lid, and the opening state of the outlet 7 can be maintained in the opened state. And the granular material case. 2. The guide groove 16 rises in a meandering manner from a lower end corresponding to a hanging position of the sliding projection 15 in a closed state,
2. The granular material case according to claim 1, wherein an upper end portion is located on a virtual rotation locus of the sliding protrusion. 3. In place of the outlet 7, an outlet 7a is formed in the upper part of the side wall 4 of the case body 2, and an engaging projection 19 which is detachably fitted to the outlet 7a is formed from the side of the lid 3. Protruding,
2. The granular case according to claim 1, wherein the edge of the engaging projection is engaged with the upper surface of the case main body when the lid is opened.