JP2007075542A - Compact container with shock-absorbing function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact container with shock-absorbing function in which only a middle plate can be separated for replacement and the shock absorption is much more improved than conventional one. <P>SOLUTION: A compact container 1 is equipped with a container body 3 where a middle plate storage section 2 which places an exchangeable middle plate 7 is formed and a lid body 5 which is hinged on the container body movably. A sheet-like shock absorber 14 which covers from a bottom face 2a to an inner peripheral face 2b of the middle plate storage section continuously and consists of a gel raw material is fixed on the middle plate storage section. The internal surface of the shock absorber has tackiness which can hold the middle plate detachably, and tightly adheres and holds the middle plate placed in the middle plate storage section detachably. A fixing film 15 is fixed on the lateral surface of the shock absorber. The shock absorber is fixed on the bottom face and the inner peripheral face of the middle plate storage section through the fixing film. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a compact container with an impact absorbing function, which can be replaced by removing only the inner tray and which is more excellent in impact absorption than before.

  Conventionally, in a compact container in which an inner dish filled with cosmetics is stored in the container body, in order to prevent the cosmetic from cracking when it is impacted by dropping it, 2. Description of the Related Art A compact container with an impact absorbing function that absorbs an impact applied to an inner dish is known.

For example, in the “compact container” of Patent Document 1, a lid is pivotally attached to the container body, one side wall and the bottom wall of the container body are cut out, an opening is provided, and a sliding bottom is provided in the opening so as to be able to enter and exit. A compact container is disclosed in which an inner dish (refill container) containing a solid cosmetic is provided on an inner bottom surface of a sliding bottom portion and is supported by a cushioning material smaller than the bottom area of the inner dish. Examples of the buffer material include polyurethane and synthetic rubber. Further, the cushioning material is bonded to the inner bottom surface of the sliding bottom portion and the bottom surface of the inner dish.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-13908

  By the way, in the technique of patent document 1, since the inside plate, the buffer material, and the sliding bottom part are integrated by adhesion, when changing the inside plate to use a new cosmetic, the buffer material is used. And the entire sliding bottom had to be replaced. That is, it was not possible to replace only the middle dish.

  In addition, cushioning materials made of polyurethane, synthetic rubber, etc. are actually not very flexible and relatively hard. Specifically, they have a very good shock absorption in terms of maximum deceleration and damping rate. Did not demonstrate.

  The present invention was devised in view of the above-described conventional problems, and can be replaced by detaching only the inner tray, and is compact with a shock absorbing function that is superior in shock absorption than before. The purpose is to provide a container.

  A compact container with an impact absorbing function according to the present invention includes a container main body in which an intermediate dish storage portion in which a replaceable intermediate dish is stored, and a lid that is hinged to the container main body so as to be freely opened and closed. A compact container, wherein the inner tray storage portion is provided with a sheet-like shock absorbing member made of a gel material that continuously covers the inner peripheral surface from the bottom surface of the inner tray storage portion. The inner surface has adhesiveness that can detachably hold the inner tray, and holds the inner tray stored in the inner tray storage portion in a detachable manner, and is fixed to the outer surface of the shock absorbing member. A film is provided, and the impact absorbing member is fixed to the bottom surface and the inner peripheral surface of the inner tray storage portion via the fixing film.

  In the compact container with an impact absorbing function according to the present invention, it is possible to remove only the inner pan and replace it, and it is more excellent in impact absorbing than the conventional one.

  Preferred embodiments of a compact container with an impact absorbing function (hereinafter simply referred to as a compact container) according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the compact container 1 according to the first embodiment includes a container body 3 in which a concave inner tray storage portion 2 is formed, and a lid body 5 in which a mirror 4 is provided. Consists mainly of. In the middle dish storage portion 2, the middle dish 7 filled with the cosmetic 6 is accommodated so as to be exchanged, whereby the cosmetic 6 can be replaced (refilled). A concave cosmetic tool storage 8 is formed on the front side of the container body 3 relative to the inner tray storage 2, and a cosmetic such as a brush is stored here.

  The container body 3 and the lid body 5 of the present embodiment are both made of synthetic resin, and the planar shape thereof is a substantially rectangular shape with four corners forming arcs. Similarly, the planar shapes of the inner tray storage portion 2 and the cosmetic device storage portion 8 formed in the container body 3 are also substantially rectangular with four corners forming an arc. The outer sides of the middle tray storage portion 2 and the makeup tool storage portion 8 of the container body 3 are surrounded by a peripheral wall 9, and the middle tray storage portion 2 and the makeup tool storage portion 8 are partitioned by a partition wall 10.

  A hinge mechanism 11 is provided between the container body 3 and the lid body 5 to hinge the lid body 5 with respect to the container body 3 in order to open and close the container body 3. In the hinge mechanism 11, a hinge piece 11b formed on the lid 5 is sandwiched between a pair of hinge blocks 11a provided on the peripheral wall 9 on the rear end side of the container body 3, and the hinge piece 11b is formed from the hinge block 11a. The hinge pin 11c is inserted therethrough, and the hinge piece 11b is rotated around the hinge pin 11c with respect to the hinge block 11a.

  A hook mechanism 12 for maintaining the closed state of the container body 3 is provided between the container body 3 and the lid body 5 on the side opposite to the hinge mechanism 11 (the front end side of the compact container 1). The hook mechanism 12 includes a hook recess 12a formed in the vicinity of the center of the peripheral wall 9 on the front end side of the container body 3, a hook protrusion 12b provided on the rear end side wall surface of the hook recess 12a, and a lid. And a hook 12c that protrudes from the front end of the hook 5 and is detachably engaged with the hook protrusion 12b.

  The middle tray 7 is also formed of synthetic resin, and its planar shape is substantially rectangular along the inner peripheral surface 2b of the middle tray storage portion 2. The middle dish 7 is pushed into the middle dish storage part 2 from above and stored. In the vicinity of one corner on the rear end side of the bottom surface 2a of the middle dish storage portion 2, a pointed object such as a ballpoint pen is inserted from the bottom of the container body 3 when the middle dish 7 is detached, and the bottom surface of the middle dish 7 A refill hole 13 for pushing up 2a is formed.

  The middle dish storage unit 2 is provided with a single sheet-like impact absorbing member 14 made of a gel material that covers the bottom surface 2a and the inner peripheral surface 2b of the middle dish storage unit 2. The intermediate tray 7 stored in the intermediate tray storage unit 2 is held in close contact with the inner surface of the shock absorbing member 14 so as to be detachable. The shock absorbing member 14 is integrally formed from a substantially cross-shaped bottom surface portion 14a and standing portions 14b in which four cross-shaped tip portions are raised along the respective inner peripheral surfaces 2b. The bottom surface portion 14 a is provided so as not to cover the portions near the four corners of the bottom surface 2 a, including the refill hole 13, so that the center thereof overlaps with the substantially central portion of the inner tray storage portion 2. The upper end of each standing portion 14b raised near the center of each inner peripheral surface 2b along each inner peripheral surface 2b reaches the vicinity of the upper end of each inner peripheral surface 2b.

  Specifically, for example, NAGFLEX (registered trademark) sold by Inoac Corporation can be used as the gel material and the sheet-like impact absorbing member 14. Since the gel-like sheet is generally superior in shock absorption such as maximum deceleration and attenuation rate compared to materials such as resin and rubber that are not gel-like, the shock-absorbing member 14 of the present embodiment In addition, it exhibits superior shock absorption compared to those conventional cushioning materials. As a result, an impact such as a drop applied from the outside when the compact container 1 is used or transported is highly absorbed by the shock absorbing member 14 and hardly transmitted to the intermediate dish 7. It is possible to more reliably prevent the filled cosmetic 6 from cracking.

  A fixing film 15 is provided on the outer surface side of the shock absorbing member 14, and the shock absorbing member 14 is fixed to the bottom surface 2 a and the inner peripheral surface 2 b of the inner tray storage portion 2 through the fixing film 15 by adhesion. Is done. The shock absorbing member 14 of the gel-like sheet having excellent flexibility can be difficult to adhere to the bottom surface 2a and the inner peripheral surface 2b of the inner tray storage portion 2 due to its flexibility. Thus, by using the type in which the fixing film 15 is provided integrally, an appropriate rigidity is given to the surface on which the fixing film 15 is provided, and workability and work efficiency such as bonding work are improved. Since it improves, it is preferable. In addition, the fixing film 15 is formed of, for example, PET or the like, but generally the adhesive is applied when the adhesive is applied to the film made of PET or the like rather than directly applying the adhesive to the gel material. This is preferable because the range of selection widens.

  When the NAGFLEX is used as the shock absorbing member 14, the type includes a type in which a protective film for protecting the surface of the shock absorbing member 14 is provided on both sides of the sheet so as to be peeled off at the time of distribution, There is a type that is provided so as to be peelable and is provided integrally on the other surface, but in this embodiment, the latter is used, and the peelable side is provided integrally on the inner surface side (inner tray 7 side). The protective film on the outer surface side can be used as the fixing film 15 as it is.

  Moreover, as a kind of the impact-absorbing member 14, there exist various types from the thing with the strong adhesiveness of the surface from which the fixing film 15 was peeled to the weak thing. In the present embodiment, it is only necessary to select one having appropriate adhesiveness for holding the inner tray 7 detachably. Specifically, when carrying the compact container 1 or using the cosmetic 6 filled in the inner tray 7, the inner tray 7 is detached from the impact absorbing member 14 or moved relative to the impact absorbing member 14. Therefore, it is only necessary to select a material that has moderately strong adhesiveness so that it does not shift (displace) and that is not excessively strong so that it can be easily removed when the inner tray 7 is replaced.

  Next, the operation of the compact container 1 according to this embodiment will be described. In order to use the compact container 1, the hook mechanism 12 is released, the lid 5 is opened, and the cosmetics in the inner tray 7 stored in the inner tray storage portion 2 by a cosmetic tool such as a brush or puff. 6 may be used.

  In order to replace the inner tray 7, for example, first, the bottom surface 2 a of the inner tray 7 is pushed up with a sharp object from below the compact container 1 through the refill hole 13 formed in the bottom surface 2 a of the inner tray storage portion 2, The inner plate 7 held on the inner surface of the shock absorbing member 14 is pulled away by the adhesive force of the surface of the absorbing member 14. Next, the intermediate tray 7 is further lifted from below, and the upper portion of the refill hole 13 of the intermediate tray 7 protrudes upward from the upper end of the intermediate tray storage portion 2. Next, the protruding portion of the intermediate plate 7 is grasped with fingers and lifted upward, and the intermediate plate 7 is detached from the intermediate plate storage unit 2. In order to attach another new intermediate tray 7 to the intermediate tray storage portion 2, the intermediate tray 7 is pushed into the intermediate tray storage portion 2 from above, and the outer surface 7 b of the intermediate tray 7 and the inner surface of the shock absorbing member 14 are brought into close contact with each other. The inner tray 7 is held by the adhesiveness of the surface of the shock absorbing member 14.

  As described above, in the compact container 1 with an impact absorbing function according to the present embodiment, the container main body 3 in which the middle dish storage portion 2 in which the replaceable middle dish 7 is stored is formed on the container main body 3. And a lid 5 that is hinged so as to be freely opened and closed, and the inner tray storage portion 2 has a sheet-like shock absorber made of a gel material that continuously covers the inner peripheral surface 2b from the bottom surface 2a of the inner tray storage portion 2. A member 14 is provided, and the inner surface of the shock absorbing member 14 has adhesiveness capable of detachably holding the inner tray 7, and holds the inner tray 7 stored in the inner tray storage portion 2 in a detachable manner. The fixing film 15 is provided on the outer surface of the shock absorbing member 14, and the shock absorbing member 14 is fixed to the bottom surface 2 a and the inner peripheral surface 2 b of the inner tray storage portion 2 through the fixing film 15. So, when using new cosmetics, leave only the inner plate 7 Then it is possible to exchange. Conventionally, when it is necessary to replace the inner tray 7 together with the cushioning material or the sliding bottom portion as in the above background art, the cost increases due to the cushioning material or the sliding bottom portion. Since the cushioning material and the sliding bottom part are discarded every time they are replaced, the environmental load is increased. However, in the compact container 1 of the present embodiment, only the inner plate 7 is detached and replaced. This is advantageous in terms of cost and environmental load.

  In addition, since a gel-like sheet is generally superior in shock absorption such as maximum deceleration and damping rate compared to materials such as resin and rubber that are not gel-like, the gel-like sheet is suitable for the shock absorbing member 14 of the present embodiment. As a result, it exhibits better shock absorption than those of the conventional cushioning materials. As a result, when the compact container 1 is used or transported, it is possible to more reliably prevent the cosmetic 6 filled in the inner dish 7 from being cracked by an impact such as a drop applied from the outside. It becomes.

  Next, 2nd Embodiment of the compact container concerning this invention is shown. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the compact container 1 according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of recesses 16 are formed on the lower surface 7 a of the inner tray 7, that is, the surface of the inner tray 7 that is adhesively held by the shock absorbing member 14. Is formed. Even in the present embodiment, the same operations and effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, but the following operations and effects are particularly obtained.

  Since the inner tray 7 and the shock absorbing member 14 are separated from each other at the positions where the concave portions 16 are formed, when the impact is applied from the outside, the bottom surface portion 14a of the shock absorbing member 14 and the inner tray 7 Between the lower surface 7a, a force is applied by being concentrated at a place other than the concave portion 16. In the first embodiment, a force is applied uniformly in the surface direction between the bottom surface portion 14a of the shock absorbing member 14 and the bottom surface 7a of the inner tray 7, so that the thickness of the bottom surface portion 14a is reduced uniformly. The shock was absorbed by deformation. In contrast to this, in the present embodiment, a force is partially applied in the surface direction. Therefore, the bottom surface portion 14a has a thickness direction between a portion where the force is applied and a portion where the force is not applied. Shear deformation occurs. As a result, the impact absorbability due to the deformation of the gel material and the sheet-like impact absorbing member 14 is further enhanced, and it is possible to more reliably prevent cracking of the cosmetic 6 filled in the inner dish 7. Become. Further, the adhesive force between the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 14a of the shock-absorbing member 14 having adhesiveness and the lower surface 7a of the inner tray 7 can be adjusted by adjusting the area and shape of each of the recesses 16. It becomes possible.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows 1st Embodiment of the compact container with an impact-absorbing function concerning this invention. It is a top view of the compact container of FIG. The inner plate is omitted. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the compact container of FIG. 1 with a lid closed. It is sectional drawing by the AA line shown in FIG. 2 of the compact container of FIG. It is sectional drawing by the BB line shown in FIG. 2 of the compact container of FIG. It is sectional drawing corresponding to FIG. 4 which shows 2nd Embodiment of the compact container concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Compact container with an impact-absorbing function 2 Middle tray storage part 2a Bottom surface (in the middle dish storage part) 2b Inner peripheral surface (in the middle dish storage part) 3 Container body 5 Lid body 7 Middle dish 14 Shock absorbing member 15 Fixing film

Claims (1)

A compact container comprising a container main body in which an intermediate dish storage portion in which a replaceable intermediate dish is stored, and a lid that is hinged to the container main body so as to be freely opened and closed,
The above-described inner dish storage unit is provided with a sheet-like shock absorbing member made of a gel material, which continuously covers the inner peripheral surface from the bottom surface of the inner dish storage part,
The inner surface of the impact absorbing member has adhesiveness capable of detachably holding the inner plate, and holds the inner plate stored in the inner plate storage part in a detachable manner,
A fixing film is provided on the outer surface of the shock absorbing member, and the shock absorbing member is fixed to the bottom surface and the inner peripheral surface of the inner tray storage portion via the fixing film. Compact container with shock absorption function.

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