JP2005271941A - Delivery container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delivery container in which the number of parts for replacing a cartridge can be reduced. <P>SOLUTION: The delivery container 1 comprises an outer cylinder 2, a cartridge 3 attachably/detachably provided in the outer cylinder 2, and an operation member 4 to advance/retract solid paste 31 in the cartridge 3. The operation member 4 is movable with respect to the outer cylinder 2 between first and second positions. When the operation member 4 is at the first position, the cartridge 3 is engaged with an inner cylinder 10 to hold the cartridge in the outer cylinder 2. When the operation member is at the second position, the cartridge is disengaged from the inner cylinder 10 to take out the cartridge from the outer cylinder 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a feeding container using, for example, a bar-shaped solid glue as a material to be accommodated, and more specifically, a feeding container in which the solid glue accommodated in a cylindrical main body case can be refilled with a simple structure. Related to the structure.

  Conventionally, there has been known a feeding container in which a bar-shaped solid paste is accommodated in a main body case having a substantially cylindrical appearance, and the solid paste is provided so as to be able to appear and retract at a loading / unloading port formed at the upper end of the main body case. (Patent Document 1). FIG. 15 schematically shows a structure substantially the same as the feeding container described in Patent Document 1. In the figure, a feeding container 50 is provided with an inlet / outlet port 51 at its upper end and an outer cylinder 54 constituting a main body case having a bottom wall 52 at its lower end, and is detachably provided in the outer cylinder 54. The cartridge 56 is configured to include a solid paste 55 and an operation member 57 that is rotatably attached to the lower end side of the outer cylinder 54.

  The cartridge 56 supports the inner cylinder 60 whose upper end is open and the lower part of the solid glue 55 accommodated in the inner cylinder 60 and is kept in a state in which the rotation along the circumferential direction of the inner cylinder 60 is restricted. The receiving member 63 is provided with a shaft member 65 that is provided so that the receiving member 63 can be moved up and down in the inner cylinder 60 to allow the solid paste 55 to be taken in and out of the inlet / outlet 51. Here, the lower end side outer peripheral portion of the inner cylinder 60 is provided with a protrusion 60 </ b> A that engages with the inner peripheral portion of the outer cylinder 54, whereby an unintentional removal after the cartridge 56 is accommodated in the outer cylinder 54 is provided. Stopping is prevented.

The operating member 57 is provided in a cylindrical shape having an open lower end, and a standing cylinder 67 that passes through the bottom wall 52 of the outer cylinder 54 and fits into the bottom wall 52 at the center of the top wall 66. Is formed. The outer periphery of the upright cylinder 67 is provided so as to be able to mesh with the lower inner peripheral surface of the shaft member 65, whereby the shaft member 65 is rotated by rotating the operation member 57, and the shaft member 65 is screwed. The joined receiving member 63 can be moved up and down.
The operation member 57 accommodates a pressing member 70 having a pin shaft 68 that passes through the upright cylinder 67 and whose upper end abuts against the shaft member 65. The pressing member 70 is prevented from dropping downward by a projection 69 formed on the inner peripheral surface portion of the operation member 57.

  In the above configuration, the feeding container 50 releases the engagement between the outer cylinder 54 and the inner cylinder 60 by pressing the pressing member 70 from below when the solid paste 55 is used up, and the cartridge 56 is It can be taken out from the outer cylinder 54 and refilled with a separate cartridge.

European Patent Publication No. 0757525

  However, in the known feeding container 50, the pressing member 70 used when the cartridge 56 is taken out from the outer cylinder 54 is required as an essential part, and the number of parts increases and the assembly of the feeding container 50 is performed. There is an inconvenience that man-hours are also increased.

[Object of invention]
The present invention has been devised by paying attention to such inconveniences, and an object of the present invention is to provide a feeding container capable of reducing the number of parts for exchanging cartridges.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a main body case in which a loading / unloading port for a material to be stored in a rod shape is formed at an upper end portion, and is accommodated in the main body case, and the material to be accommodated is accommodated therein. A feeding device provided with a cartridge and an operation member that is rotatably provided at a lower end portion of the main body case and allows the material to be contained in and out of the inlet / outlet port,
The operating member is provided to be movable between the first and second positions with respect to the main body case,
When the operation member is in the first position, the cartridge is held in the main body case, and when the operation member is moved from the first position to the second position, the cartridge is removed from the main body case. The configuration is such that it can be removed.

In addition, the present invention provides an outer cylinder in which a loading / unloading port for a material to be stored in a rod shape is formed at an upper end portion, a cartridge that is accommodated in the outer cylinder, and contains the material to be accommodated therein, In a feeding device provided with an operation member that is rotatably provided at a lower end portion of an outer cylinder and causes the material to be contained to enter and exit from an inlet / outlet port,
The cartridge is located in the outer cylinder and is engaged with the operating member in a state of being rotatable relative to the operation member, a shaft member rotatably supported inside the inner cylinder, and a position around the shaft member. And a receiving member for the material to be accommodated provided to be movable up and down in the inner cylinder by the rotation of the shaft member,
The operation member is provided movably between a first position and a second position along the axial direction of the outer cylinder,
When the operation member is set at the first position, the operation member and the cartridge are engaged with each other and the cartridge is held in the outer cylinder,
When the operation member is moved from the first position to the second position, the engagement is released and the cartridge is provided so as to be removable from the outer cylinder.

  The feeding container may have a configuration in which a gear for rotating the shaft member by rotation of the operation member is provided between the shaft member and the operation member.

  In addition, the operation member includes a holding cylinder portion that receives the lower end portion of the inner cylinder and engages with the inner cylinder in a relatively rotatable state, and the holding cylinder portion has a slot extending in the axial direction. Preferably, it is formed at predetermined intervals in the direction, and is provided so that the holding cylinder portion is displaced in the radial direction and the engagement is released when the operating member is moved from the first position to the second position. .

  According to the present invention, since the cartridge can be taken out from the main body case simply by relatively moving the operation member and the main body case, the necessity of providing a dedicated pressing member as in the past can be eliminated. The number of parts can be reduced. In addition, since the operation of assembling the pressing member becomes unnecessary, the assembly of the feeding container becomes easy.

  In the present specification, the “upper end” is used on the side where the inlet / outlet is formed, and the “lower end” is used on the opposite side. Further, the “tubular shape” includes a square tube other than a cylinder.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a feeding container using a bar-shaped solid paste as a material to be accommodated will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a feeding container according to this embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view thereof. FIG. 3 shows an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of FIG. In these drawings, the feeding container 1 includes an outer cylinder 2 as a main body case, a cartridge 3 (see FIG. 2) accommodated in the outer cylinder 2, and a lower end portion of the outer cylinder 2 that is rotatable and axially relative to each other. The operation member 4 is provided so as to be movable, and the cap 5 is provided at the upper end of the outer cylinder 2.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 6 and 7, the outer cylinder 2 is provided in a substantially cylindrical shape with the upper end serving as a loading / unloading port 2A and the upper and lower ends opened. In the outer cylinder 2, a constant region along the axial direction (vertical direction) is formed on the lower end side as a constricted region 6 with the outer peripheral surface position slightly depressed, and in the circumferential direction on the upper outer surface side of the constricted region 6. A ridge portion 7 extending in the direction is provided. Here, a plurality of split grooves 8 extending from a substantially middle portion in the vertical direction of the throttle region 6 to the lower end of the outer cylinder 2 are formed at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. When the outer cylinder 2 is mounted, the lower end region of the outer cylinder 2 is reduced in diameter so that the operation member 4 can be easily attached. Further, in the substantially middle portion in the vertical direction of the aperture region 6, inner peripheral teeth 9 are formed on the inner periphery of the outer cylinder 2 along the circumferential direction.

  The cartridge 3 includes an inner cylinder 10 positioned in the outer cylinder 2, a shaft member 11 rotatably supported inside the inner cylinder 10, and a receiving member 12 positioned around the shaft member 11. It is configured. As shown in FIGS. 2, 8, and 9, the inner cylinder 10 includes a peripheral wall portion 13 provided in a substantially cylindrical shape that opens both upper and lower ends, and a shaft member holding portion 14 formed inside the peripheral wall portion 13. It consists of. The peripheral wall portion 13 is connected to the lower peripheral wall 13A, the intermediate peripheral wall 13B connected to the upper side of the lower peripheral wall 13B and having a larger diameter than the lower peripheral wall 13A, the upper end of the intermediate peripheral wall 13B, and a larger diameter than the intermediate peripheral wall 13B. And an upper peripheral wall 13C positioned above the upper end of the outer cylinder 2. A concave groove 15 is formed on the outer peripheral surface side along the circumferential direction at the intermediate position in the vertical direction of the lower peripheral wall 13A, and the outer peripheral surface between the upper end of the lower peripheral wall 13A and the lower end of the intermediate peripheral wall 13B has an outer periphery. The teeth 16 are formed, and the outer peripheral teeth 16 mesh with the inner peripheral teeth 9 of the outer cylinder 2, whereby relative rotation between the outer cylinder 2 and the inner cylinder 10 is restricted. Further, on the inner surface side of the intermediate peripheral wall 13B and the upper peripheral wall 13C, a ridge portion 17 extending along the axial direction of the inner cylinder 10 is formed at a position spaced apart by approximately 120 degrees in the circumferential direction. A guide for raising and lowering the receiving member 12 in a state in which the rotation of the receiving member 12 is regulated using the above is configured.

  The shaft member holding portion 14 is provided on the inner peripheral side of the boundary region between the lower peripheral wall 13A and the upper peripheral wall 13B. The shaft member holding portion 14 includes a stepped flange surface portion 18 that is continuous with the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder 10, and a tapered portion 19 that is continuous with the inner periphery of the flange surface portion 18 and whose upper portion is provided with a smaller diameter than the lower portion. It is comprised by. The tapered portion 19 is provided in a shape provided with a vertical groove 19A at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction on the upper side thereof.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 10, and 11, the shaft member 11 includes a screw shaft portion 20, a base shaft 22 provided at the lower end of the screw shaft portion 20 via a flange portion 21, and the base portion. And a downward substantially U-shaped skirt-like portion 23 connected to the lower end of the shaft 22. A gear 24 for transmitting the rotation of the operation member 4 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the skirt-like portion 23 along the circumferential direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 12, and 13, the receiving member 12 is formed in a substantially dish shape that receives and supports the lower end of the solid paste 25 as a rod-shaped member having a substantially cylindrical outer shape. ing. The receiving member 12 is a substantially cylindrical peripheral wall 26, and a screw cylinder that is positioned on the inner side of the peripheral wall 26 and is substantially concentric with the peripheral wall 26, and is screwed around the screw shaft portion 20 of the shaft member 11. 27, a tapered cylindrical portion 28 that continues downward from the lower end of the screw cylinder 27, and a connecting bottom wall 29 that extends between the lower end of the tapered cylindrical portion 28 and the lower end of the peripheral wall 26. On the outer peripheral side of the peripheral wall 26, concave grooves 30 are formed in the vertical direction at positions spaced approximately at the interval in the circumferential direction 120 so that the ridges 17 of the inner cylinder 10 are received in these concave grooves 30. It has become. A claw portion 32 is formed on the inner peripheral side of the upper end of the peripheral wall 26, and the claw portion 32 bites into the lower outer peripheral surface of the solid paste 25 to prevent the solid paste 25 from falling off.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 14, the operation member 4 includes a bottomed cylindrical tube 34 attached to the outer peripheral surface of the lower end of the outer tube 2, and an inner periphery of the knob tube 34. A holding cylinder portion 35 which is provided on the side and receives the lower peripheral wall 13A serving as the lower end portion of the inner cylinder 10 and engages with the inner cylinder 10 in a state of being rotatable relative to the inner cylinder 10; And a gear cylinder 37 having a gear 36 formed on the outer peripheral side. A claw-like hook 38 is formed on the inner peripheral upper end portion of the knob tube 34 at a position spaced apart by approximately 90 degrees in the circumferential direction, and the hook portion 38 is formed on the outer periphery of the lower end portion of the outer cylinder 2. It engages with the said protrusion part 7 in the state which is located in the high-order side and can rotate.

  The holding cylinder portion 35 is constituted by eight holding cylinder forming pieces 35A and 35B which are divided by providing a slot 40 extending in the vertical direction at a predetermined position along the circumferential direction. Of these holding cylinder forming pieces 35A and 35B, the holding cylinder forming piece 35A located immediately inside the area where the hook 38 of the knob cylinder 34 is formed has a recess formed on the lower peripheral wall 13A of the inner cylinder 10. A protrusion 42 that is engaged with the groove 15 and that allows relative rotation with the inner cylinder 10 is formed. In addition, on the base side of the holding cylinder forming piece 35A, a slot hole 44 is formed in the bottom wall 43 portion of the operating member 4, whereby each holding cylinder forming piece 35A provided with the protrusion 42 is deformed in the radial direction. It is easy.

  The operation member 4 has a position where the hook 38 is engaged with the protrusion 7 as a first position, and moves downward from the first position so that the hook 38 is hooked on the lower end of the throttle region 6. It is provided so as to be capable of relative movement in the axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder 2 with the stroke as the second position.

  Next, a method for assembling the feeding container 1 and a method for replacing the cartridge 3 in the present embodiment will be described.

  The shaft member 11 is inserted into the inner cylinder 10 from the lower end, and the shaft member 11 is integrated with the inner cylinder 10. This integration is performed by inserting the flange portion 21 of the shaft member 11 to a position that penetrates the tapered portion 19 of the inner cylinder 10, and thereby the upper surface of the flange portion 21 of the shaft member 11 and the skirt portion 23. The tapered portion 19 of the inner cylinder 10 is sandwiched between the shaft member 11 and the shaft member 11 from being pulled out upward and downward. Next, the assembly of the cartridge 3 can be completed by accommodating the solid paste 25 in the receiving member 12 and inserting the receiving member 12 into the inner cylinder 10.

  On the other hand, the operating member 4 is mounted on the lower end side of the outer cylinder 2. At the time of mounting, since the split groove 8 is formed in the mounting region of the operating member 4 in the outer cylinder 2, the lower end portion of the outer cylinder 2 is slightly deformed in the diameter reducing direction due to the pressing of the operating member 4, and the pressing operation is performed. Will be promoted. And the hook 38 of the operation member 4 can be pushed in to the position which gets over the protrusion 7 of the outer cylinder 2, and the operation member 4 can be made into the 1st position by engaging the hook 38 with the protrusion 7 concerned. At the same time, since the slot 40 is formed in the holding cylinder part 35 as described above, the holding cylinder part 35 is deformed in a direction in which the radial dimension is slightly enlarged with respect to the lower peripheral wall 13A of the inner cylinder 10, and the lower peripheral wall 13A is The protrusion 42 is engaged with the concave groove 15 of the lower peripheral wall 13A while being received.

  In this way, the cartridge 3 is inserted from the insertion / removal port 2A of the outer cylinder 2 in a state where the operation member 4 is mounted on the outer cylinder 2. This insertion is performed up to a position where the lower end of the inner cylinder 10 substantially contacts the bottom wall 43 of the operating member 4, and at this time, the outer peripheral teeth 16 of the inner cylinder 10 just mesh with the inner peripheral teeth 9 of the outer cylinder 2, The gear 24 formed on the inner peripheral surface of the skirt portion 23 in the shaft member 11 meshes with the gear 36 on the operation member 4 side, whereby the assembly of the feeding container 1 can be completed.

  When the feeding device 1 is used, the operation member 4 may be rotated. This rotation is accompanied by rotation of the shaft member 11, and the receiving member 12 screwed to the shaft member 11 is restricted in rotation within the inner tube 10, and the inner tube 10 extends along the axial direction of the shaft member 11. As a result, the inside of the solid paste 25 can be put in and out of the inlet / outlet 2A.

  When the solid glue 25 is used up and replaced with a new cartridge 3, the operation member 4 may be picked and an operation force directed downward is applied and moved to the second position (see FIG. 5). By this movement, the engagement between the lower peripheral wall 13A of the inner cylinder 10 and the holding cylinder part 35 is also released, and the lower peripheral wall 13A comes out of the holding cylinder part 35. In this state, since there is no structure for holding the cartridge 3 in the outer cylinder 2, it is possible to remove the outer cylinder 2 from the outer cylinder 2 simply by grasping the upper outer peripheral side of the cartridge 3 and pulling it upward in FIG. 5. The cartridge 3 can be taken out. Then, a new cartridge 3 may be inserted into the outer cylinder 2 again.

  Therefore, according to such an embodiment, the cartridge 3 can be taken out and replaced only by moving the operation member 4 in the axial direction, and the necessity of providing a separate pressing member for the removal can be eliminated. It becomes.

The best configuration, method and the like for carrying out the present invention have been disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited to this.
That is, the invention has been illustrated and described with particular reference to certain specific embodiments, but the embodiments described above are within the scope of the technical idea and scope of the invention. On the other hand, those skilled in the art can make various modifications in the detailed configuration such as shape, position, quantity, and the like.
Accordingly, the description limited to the shape, position, quantity, etc. disclosed above is an example for easy understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The description by the name of the member which remove | excluded the limitation of one part or all of such is included in this invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the solid paste is targeted as the rod-shaped member, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the solid lip balm or the like can also be targeted.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the inner cylinder 10 is held at a predetermined position in the outer cylinder 2 by the engagement between the operation member 4 and the inner cylinder 10 has been illustrated and described. 2 may be configured to be engaged with each other, and the engagement may be released by moving the operation member 4. In short, the present invention suffices if the cartridge 3 can be replaced by moving the operation member 4.

The schematic perspective view of the feeding container which concerns on this embodiment. The schematic exploded perspective view of the said delivery container. The expanded longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. Cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where a cartridge is taken out. Vertical section of outer cylinder The bottom view of FIG. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of an inner cylinder. The bottom view of FIG. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of a shaft member. FIG. 11 is a bottom view of FIG. 10. The top view of a receiving member. The bottom view of FIG. (A) is a top view of an operation member, (B) is an arrow directional cross-sectional view which follows the BB line of (A), (C) is a bottom view of an operation member. The schematic sectional drawing which shows the conventional delivery container.

Explanation of symbols

1 Feeding container 2 Outer cylinder (main body case)
3 Cartridge 4 Operation member 10 Inner cylinder 11 Shaft member 12 Receiving member 24 Gear 25 Solid paste (contained material)
35 Holding cylinder part 36 Gear 40 Slot

Claims (4)

A main body case in which a loading / unloading port for a material to be formed in a rod shape is formed at the upper end, a cartridge accommodated in the main body case, and the material to be accommodated therein, and a lower end of the main body case In a feeding device provided with an operation member that is provided so as to be rotatable and allows the material to be accommodated to enter and exit from an inlet / outlet,
The operating member is provided to be movable between the first and second positions with respect to the main body case,
When the operation member is in the first position, the cartridge is held in the main body case, and when the operation member is moved from the first position to the second position, the cartridge is removed from the main body case. A feeding container for a rod-shaped member, which is provided so as to be removable. An outer cylinder in which a loading / unloading port for a material to be formed in a rod shape is formed at the upper end, a cartridge that is accommodated in the outer cylinder, and in which the material to be accommodated is accommodated, and a lower end of the outer cylinder In a feeding device provided with an operation member that is provided so as to be rotatable and allows the material to be accommodated to enter and exit from an inlet / outlet,
The cartridge is located in the outer cylinder and is engaged with the operation member in a relatively rotatable state, a shaft member rotatably supported inside the inner cylinder, and a position around the shaft member. And a receiving member for the material to be accommodated provided to be movable up and down in the inner cylinder by the rotation of the shaft member,
The operation member is provided movably between a first position and a second position along the axial direction of the outer cylinder,
When the operation member is set at the first position, the operation member and the cartridge are engaged with each other and the cartridge is held in the outer cylinder,
The rod-shaped member feeding container is provided so that the engagement is released and the cartridge can be taken out from the outer cylinder when the operation member is moved from the first position to the second position. . The bar-shaped member feeding container according to claim 2, wherein a gear for rotating the shaft member by rotation of the operation member is provided between the shaft member and the operation member. The operation member includes a holding cylinder portion that receives the lower end portion of the inner cylinder and engages with the inner cylinder in a state of being rotatable relative to the inner cylinder, and the holding cylinder portion has a slot extending along the axial direction in a predetermined circumferential direction. 3. The holding cylinder portion is formed at intervals and is displaced in the radial direction when the operating member is moved from the first position to the second position, so that the engagement is released. Or the delivery container of the rod-shaped member of 3 description.

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