JP2005145530A - Dispenser container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dispenser container from which its contents can securely be taken out one at a time and which is not bulky when packaged in a paper box or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The dispenser container comprises a container main body having a bottom wall and surrounding walls along all the sides of the bottom wall, and a lid having the top wall that is similar in shape to the bottom wall and having surrounding walls along all the sides of the top wall. With the engaging means provided for the container main body and the lid, the container main body and the lid are integrated into the dispenser container for storing solid masses of contents. In the dispenser container, the cross-section of the container main body, which continues from the inside of one of surrounding walls and has recesses in its top, slopes such that the oblique face continuing from the top of a right-angle-including trapezoidal base inclines towards the opposite surrounding wall. In addition, the lid has in it guide plates which continue from the surrounding wall that corresponds to the one surrounding wall to which the base of the container main body continues when they are integrated into the dispenser container, and which guide the contents into the recesses of the container main body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable shakeout container that dispenses and uses contents such as tablet-like pharmaceuticals and foods such as granular refreshing agents.

  Conventionally, as a dispensing container for storing tablet-shaped pharmaceuticals, granular refreshing agents, and the like for dispensing, for example, a dispensing outlet provided in the container body is opened and closed by a slidable lid. What has been known is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In the portable case disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the dispensing outlet for contents and the storage portion communicate with each other, the lid is slid in the opening direction to open the dispensing outlet. When taking out the contents from the dispensing outlet, if the outlet is directed downward, a plurality of contents will come out. For example, if you want to take out only one piece of contents, be sure to remove the contents. Taking out only one was quite difficult.

  Therefore, as a solution to the above problem, a dispensing container has been proposed in which only one content is reliably taken out from the dispensing outlet (see, for example, Patent Document 2). The dispensing container disclosed in Patent Document 2 is provided with a protruding portion protruding to the inside of the container body between the dispensing outlet provided in the container body and the content storage portion, and a position corresponding to the protruding portion of the lid body. A plurality of types of contents are reliably taken out one by one by forming a bulging portion protruding outward.

However, the dispensing container described in Patent Document 2 has a bulging portion on the lid, and therefore, when packed in a paper box or the like, it cannot be packed in an aligned state (because it is bulky). However, there was a problem that the cost of paper boxes for the number of items increased, and there was a problem that it was difficult to display when selling at the store.
JP-A-11-105949 JP 2001-240158 A

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is possible to reliably take out the contents one by one and to provide a dispensing container that does not become bulky when packed in a paper box or the like. Is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the inventor of the present invention described in claim 1 includes a bottom wall, a container body having a peripheral wall at the periphery thereof, a top wall similar to the bottom wall, and a peripheral wall at the periphery thereof. A pair of parallel first peripheral wall and eleventh peripheral wall, and the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall, each of which is formed at a position where the container body and the peripheral wall of the lid are opposed to each other. Connecting one end of each of the second peripheral wall and the twelfth peripheral wall having the same height as the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall, and connecting the other end of each of the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall. The third peripheral wall and the thirteenth peripheral wall are lower than the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall, and the sum of the heights is substantially equal to the height of the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall. The first outer peripheral edge of the first peripheral wall of the container main body has the first An engagement groove formed parallel to the peripheral wall and an engagement protrusion piece slidably engaged with the engagement groove formed parallel to the eleventh peripheral wall at the free end of the eleventh peripheral wall of the lid And having the top surfaces of the third peripheral wall and the thirteenth peripheral wall face each other and engaging the container body and the lid body with the engaging groove and the engaging protruding piece In the container body, the container body has an inclined surface connected to the third peripheral wall, and a trapezoidal pedestal having a concave section at the top and having a right-angled cross section is connected to the top. The lid is provided so as to incline toward the second peripheral wall, and the lid is provided with a guide plate connected to the thirteenth peripheral wall to guide the contents into the concave portion of the container body. First stop means for stopping free sliding of the lid body in a closed state and the front And it is characterized in that it comprises a second stop means in a state in which the exposed recesses of the container body to slide the lid in the opening direction stops sliding of the lid. By comprising in this way, the content can be taken out one by one reliably, and it can be set as the shakeout container which does not become bulky also when packing.

  Further, the present invention according to claim 2 is the shakeout container according to claim 1, further comprising a fourteenth peripheral wall portion having the same height as the thirteenth peripheral wall on a side where the eleventh peripheral wall is connected to the thirteenth peripheral wall. The first peripheral wall includes a fourth peripheral wall portion having the same height as the third peripheral wall corresponding to the fourteenth peripheral wall portion on a side connected to the third peripheral wall. With this configuration, since the end of the eleventh peripheral wall on the thirteenth peripheral wall side of the lid body is not positioned at the corner portion of the swing container in the state where the swing container is closed, It is possible to prevent damage by force majeure at the end of the 11 circumferential wall.

  The shakeout container of the present invention having the above-described configuration exhibits an excellent effect that the contents can be taken out one by one and is not bulky when packed in a paper box or the like.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a dispensing container according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an inner surface showing an embodiment of a container body of the dispensing container according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a side perspective view of a lid body corresponding to FIG. 3 of the dispensing container according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a method of taking out the contents of the dispensing container according to the present invention. Among them, 1 is a shaking container, 2 is a container body, 3 is a lid, 4 is a recess, 5, 51 and 52 are guide plates, 6 and 7 are stopping means, 20 is a bottom wall, 21 is a first peripheral wall, and 22 is The second peripheral wall, 23 is the third peripheral wall, 24 is the fourth peripheral wall, 25 is the pedestal, 30 is the top wall, 31 is the 11th peripheral wall, 32 is the 12th peripheral wall, 33 is the 13th peripheral wall, 34 is the 14th peripheral wall, S2 , S3 is a peripheral wall, M2 is an engaging groove, and T3 is an engaging protruding piece.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a shaker container according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XX of FIG. 1, and the shaker container 1 has a bottom wall 20 and a peripheral wall S2 on its periphery. The container body 2 includes a top surface wall 30 similar to the bottom wall 20 and a lid body 3 having a peripheral wall S3 at the periphery thereof. The engagement groove M2 provided in the container body 3 and the lid body 3 are provided. The container main body 2 and the lid 3 are integrated with each other by engaging with the engaging protruding piece T3. 1, the dispensing container 1 is in a closed state, but the dispensing outlet is opened by sliding the lid 3 in the right direction (upper side in FIG. 1).

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the inner surface of the container body of the shake-out container according to the present invention. The container body 2 includes a peripheral wall S2 at the periphery of the bottom wall 20, and the peripheral wall S2 is formed as a set formed at opposing positions. The parallel first peripheral wall 21 and one end of the first peripheral wall 21 are connected to each other, the second peripheral wall 22 having the same height as the first peripheral wall 21 and the other end of the first peripheral wall 21 are connected to each other. A third peripheral wall 23 having a height lower than that of the first peripheral wall 21, and a part of the first peripheral wall having the same height as the third peripheral wall 23 on the side where the first peripheral wall 21 is connected to the third peripheral wall 23. A trapezoidal pedestal 25 having a right-angled cross section having a fourth peripheral wall 24 configured to be wider than the dimension between 21 and having a recess 4 at the top central portion connected to the third peripheral wall 23. And an inclined surface connected to the second peripheral wall 22 is provided so as to be inclined toward the second peripheral wall 22 side. The engagement groove M2 parallel to the first wall 21 at both the base outer edge is provided one wall 21. In addition, the said recessed part 4 becomes a takeout outlet for taking out the granular content one by one.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the inside surface of the lid corresponding to FIG. 3 of the dispensing container according to the present invention. The lid 3 is provided with a peripheral wall S3 at the periphery of the top wall 30, and the peripheral wall S3 is formed at an opposing position. A pair of parallel eleventh peripheral walls 31, one end of the eleventh peripheral wall 31, the twelfth peripheral wall 32 having the same height as the eleventh peripheral wall 31, and the other of the eleventh peripheral wall 31 The container main body at the same height as the thirteenth peripheral wall 33 on the side where the end portions are connected to the thirteenth peripheral wall 33 on the side where the eleventh peripheral wall 31 is connected to the thirteenth peripheral wall 33. 14 and a fourteenth peripheral wall 34 provided so as to be flush with the outer surface of the wide portion of the fourth peripheral wall 24 provided in the second peripheral wall 24, and a free end of the eleventh peripheral wall 31 on the eleventh peripheral wall 31. An engagement protrusion T3 that is slidably engaged with the engagement groove M2 is provided in parallel. Further, two first guide plates 51 having a height substantially the same as the height of the thirteenth peripheral wall connected to the thirteenth peripheral wall 33 and extending in parallel to the eleventh peripheral wall 31 on the eleventh peripheral wall 31 side, A guide plate 5 comprising a second guide plate 52 that is connected to the first guide plates 51 of the two strips and in a direction that deviates from each other and that has an inclined surface whose height continuously increases as it deviates. The lid 3 is provided and stopped from sliding freely with the lid 3 closed. For example, the lid 3 is slid by sliding the lid 3 with first stop means 6 made of a substantially hemispherical projection. A second stop means 7 made of, for example, a half-moon-like protrusion is provided to stop further opening of the lid 3 with the recessed portion 4 exposed. The first stopping means 6 of the lid 3 stops the free sliding of the lid 3 with the lid 3 closed by getting over the top of the second peripheral wall 22 of the container body 2, or , Provided to allow sliding. Further, the second stopping means 7 of the lid 3 is further opened when the top of the second peripheral wall 22 of the container body 2 abuts when the lid 3 is slid to the right in FIG. It is provided to stop. The first guide plate 51 provided on the lid 3 has an inner edge substantially coincident with an outer edge of the recess 4 provided on the container body 2 and substantially coincides with the top of the pedestal 25. The second guide plate 52 is provided so as to reach the vicinity of the eleventh peripheral wall 31 and the inclined surface of the second guide plate 52 substantially coincides with the inclined surface of the pedestal 25 provided in the container body 2. It is provided as follows.

  Next, how to use the shaker container 1 of the present invention will be described. For example, dozens of flat cylindrical contents A are accommodated in the container main body 2 shown in FIG. 3 and then the third peripheral wall 23 of the container main body 2 and the thirteenth peripheral wall 33 of the lid 3 are included. The container main body 2 and the lid 3 are integrated with each other by engaging the engagement projecting piece T3 of the lid 3 with the engagement groove M2 of the container main body 2 as shown in FIG. It becomes the shakeout container of this invention shown in below. Next, when the shaker 4 is shaken lightly with the concave portion 4 side down, the contents are flattened by the effect of the inclined surface of the pedestal 25 provided on the container body 2 with respect to the top wall of the lid 3. The flat surface is aligned so as to contact the pedestal 25 and is guided to the first guide plate 51 by the second guide plate 52 provided on the lid 3 so as to accommodate one content. One content N is accommodated in the recess 4. Thereafter, when the lid 3 is slid to the right in FIG. 1, the contents N other than the contents N accommodated in the recess 4 are returned to the container body 2 by the effect of the thirteenth peripheral wall 33 of the lid 3. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 5, the concave portion 4 in which one content N is accommodated is exposed. Thereafter, one content is taken out from the recess 4 and the lid 3 is slid to the left in FIG. 5 to be in the closed state shown in FIG. N can be reliably taken out from the shaker container 1 one by one. In addition, although the container main body 2 and the lid 3 of the shakeout container 1 are formed by injection molding, acrylic-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS), polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene are used as the resin used for this. Examples of the thermoplastic resin can be given.

  Although not described, the distance between the top of the pedestal 25 of the container body 2 and the top wall 30 of the lid 3, the inclination angle of the pedestal 25, or the shape, size, and depth of the recess 4. Alternatively, the dimensions of the guide plate 4 such as the interval and height of the first guide plate 51 and the spread angle of the second guide plate 52 may be appropriately determined depending on the shape and size of the contents. In addition, the shape of the contents is not limited to the flat cylindrical shape described above, and is a shape of a well-known medicine or a refreshing agent such as a spherical shape or a flat polygonal column shape. In addition, the shape of the dispensing container 1 is not limited to the illustrated flat rectangular shape, and a category shape that does not depart from the spirit of the present invention, that is, a pair of parallel peripheral walls may be formed at opposing positions. For example, the shape may be a polygonal shape having an even number of sides such as a hexagonal shape or an octagonal shape, or an elliptical shape such as a raceway in an athletic field. In the embodiment, the contents can be reliably taken out one by one. However, from the category not departing from the gist of the present invention, the concave portion 4 on the container main body 2 side is formed on the first peripheral wall 21. It is also possible to provide a plurality in a direction orthogonal to the.

It is a perspective view which shows one Example of the shake-out container concerning this invention. It is the XX sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is an inner surface side perspective view which shows one Example of the container main body of the shakeout container concerning this invention. It is an inner surface side perspective view of the cover body corresponding to FIG. 3 of the shakeout container concerning this invention. It is a figure explaining the taking-out method of the content of the shakeout container concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shaking container 2 Container main body 3 Cover body 4 Recessed part 5,51,52 Guide plate 6,7 Stop means 20 Bottom wall 21 First peripheral wall 22 Second peripheral wall 23 Third peripheral wall 24 Fourth peripheral wall 25 Base 30 Top surface wall 31 11th Peripheral wall 32 12th peripheral wall 33 13th peripheral wall 34 14th peripheral wall S2, S3 peripheral wall M2 engaging groove T3 engaging protruding piece

Claims (2)

The container body is provided with a bottom wall, a container body provided with a peripheral wall at the periphery thereof, a top wall similar to the bottom wall and a cover body provided with a peripheral wall at the periphery thereof, and the container body and the peripheral wall of the cover body are opposed to each other. A pair of parallel first peripheral wall and eleventh peripheral wall formed at each position and one end of each of the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall are connected to each other and the same height as the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall. The second peripheral wall and the twelfth peripheral wall of the first peripheral wall and the other end portions of the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall are connected to each other, the height is lower than the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall, and the sum of the respective heights. Has a third peripheral wall and a thirteenth peripheral wall substantially equal to the heights of the first peripheral wall and the eleventh peripheral wall, and is formed in parallel to the first peripheral wall at both base outer edges of the first peripheral wall of the container body. Free engagement groove and the eleventh peripheral wall of the lid The container has an engaging protrusion that is slidably engaged with the engaging groove formed in parallel with the eleventh peripheral wall, and the top surfaces of the third peripheral wall and the thirteenth peripheral wall are opposed to each other. In the shakeout container for accommodating the granular contents integrated by engaging the main body and the lid body with the engagement groove and the engagement protrusion piece, the container main body has the third peripheral wall inside the container. A trapezoidal pedestal having a right-angled cross section having a concave portion at the top thereof is provided so as to incline an inclined surface connecting from the top to the second peripheral wall side, and the lid body includes the above-mentioned inside. A guide plate that is connected to the thirteenth peripheral wall and guides the contents into the concave portion of the container body, and further, a first stop means that stops free sliding of the lid body with the lid body closed, and the lid The body is slid in the opening direction and the concave portion of the container body is exposed. Drawer container, characterized in that a second stop means for stopping the sliding of the body. The eleventh peripheral wall includes a fourteenth peripheral wall portion having the same height as the thirteenth peripheral wall on the side connected to the thirteenth peripheral wall, and the first peripheral wall is connected to the third peripheral wall on the fourteenth peripheral wall portion. The dispensing container according to claim 1, further comprising a fourth peripheral wall portion having the same height as the corresponding third peripheral wall.