JP2008007135A - Container and sinker for container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent flowing out of a liquid content or damage of a container, which is caused by falling down, by making the container hardly fall down. <P>SOLUTION: In the container 10 consisting of a cylindrical neck part 1 with an opening part on its upper face and a body part 2 expanded into an approximately spherical body shape, the bottom face 21 of the body part 2 is made to be an approximately spherical face shape, and the thickness L2 of the bottom face 21 of the body part 2 is made thicker than the thickness L1 of the side face 22 so as to position the center of gravity on the bottom face 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a container, and in particular, to a container that can be suitably used for containing liquid contents, such as liquid seasonings such as soy sauce and sauce, and liquid cosmetics such as perfume and lotion.

  Conventionally, in containers in which liquid contents such as liquid seasonings are placed, it has been regarded as a problem that the liquid contents are likely to flow out when the container falls.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1, by providing a contact portion having a friction function for restricting the movement of the container on the bottom surface of the synthetic resin hollow container, the container is prevented from overturning and the liquid content is prevented from flowing out. Has been proposed.

  Moreover, even when the container falls, as a technique for preventing the liquid content from flowing out from the opening (pouring spout) provided on the upper surface of the container, it is described in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3. Technology has been proposed.

  In Patent Document 2, a weight is provided on the side opposite to the protruding direction of the spout provided on the upper surface of the container, and when the container falls, the spout is always positioned on the upper surface. It has been proposed to minimize the outflow of liquid contents from the spout even if the container falls.

In Patent Document 3, a spill-proof piece is provided on the outside of the container, and when the container falls, the spout is held higher than the liquid level of the liquid content placed in the container. It has been proposed to minimize the outflow of liquid contents from the spout even if the container falls.
JP 2006-16071 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-216056 JP-A-11-240548

  However, in the container described in Patent Document 1 described above, once the container is tilted by applying an external force exceeding the allowable range to the contact portion provided on the bottom surface, the container easily tilts as it is, so that the liquid content is prevented from flowing out due to the falling. There was room for further improvement.

  On the other hand, in the containers described in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3 described above, since both of them were made for the purpose of minimizing the outflow of the liquid contents when the container falls, There is room for further improvement in terms of preventing the outflow of the contents, and when a container is made of a material such as fragile glass or ceramics, there is a problem that it easily breaks due to falling.

  Then, this invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, and makes it a subject to provide the container which can prevent the outflow and damage of the liquid content by a fall.

  In order to solve such problems, the present invention provides a container having an opening on the top surface, the bottom surface being substantially spherical, and the center of gravity located on the bottom surface. provide.

  According to the container of the present invention, the bottom surface has a substantially spherical shape, and the center of gravity is positioned on the bottom surface, so that the bottom surface can swing freely and the top surface is always held in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the bottom surface. Therefore, even if the container is tilted, it rises so that the upper surface of the container is held in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the bottom surface without falling down.

Therefore, since the container of the present invention is not easily toppled, it is possible to prevent the liquid content from flowing out and the container from being damaged by the falling.
Therefore, the container of the present invention can be suitably used as a container for storing liquid contents such as soy sauce and sauce, and liquid cosmetics such as perfume and lotion, which easily flow out when the container falls. . In addition, the container of the present invention can be suitably made of a fragile material such as glass or earthenware.

  Here, in the container of the present invention, as a means for configuring the center of gravity to be positioned on the bottom surface, the bottom surface may be formed thicker than the side surface, and the bottom surface may be provided with a weight. Also good.

  The present invention also provides a container weight characterized by having a support portion for supporting the bottom surface of the container having an opening on the upper surface, and a substantially spherical bottom surface.

  According to the container weight of the present invention, the structure having the support portion that supports the bottom surface of the container having an opening on the upper surface and the substantially spherical bottom surface, for example, a container having a substantially flat bottom surface. Even if it exists, the effect similar to the container of this invention can be acquired by attaching this weight for containers. Therefore, according to the container weight of the present invention, the same effect as that of the container of the present invention can be obtained by attaching it to a known container, so that a container that does not easily fall can be provided at low cost.

  According to the container of the present invention, the bottom surface has a substantially spherical shape and the center of gravity is positioned on the bottom surface, so that the top surface of the container is held in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the bottom surface even when the container is tilted. Therefore, it is difficult to fall down, and it is possible to prevent the liquid content from flowing out and the container from being damaged due to the fall.

  According to the container weight of the present invention, by having a support portion that supports the bottom surface of the container having an opening on the upper surface, and a substantially spherical bottom surface, by attaching this container weight, A container that does not fall easily can be obtained.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<First embodiment>
1A and 1B show a configuration example of a container according to the present invention, FIG. 1A is a perspective view, and FIG. 1B is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the container 10 according to the first embodiment is a glass container including a cylindrical neck portion 1 and a barrel portion 2 that swells in a substantially spherical shape and has a substantially spherical bottom surface 21. The liquid content can be put into the inside through an opening provided on the upper surface of 1.

  Moreover, the thickness of the trunk | drum 2 is formed so that it may become thick gradually toward the bottom face 21 from the side surface 22, and the thickness L2 of the part which makes the bottom face 21 is formed thicker than the thickness L1 of the part which makes the side face 22. Yes. Thereby, it is comprised so that a gravity center may be located in the bottom face 21 of the container 10. FIG.

  Furthermore, the lid portion 3 having the spout 31 for the liquid contents put in the container 10 is detachably screwed to the neck portion 1.

  That is, since the container 10 is configured so that the bottom surface 21 is substantially spherical and the center of gravity is located on the bottom surface 21, the bottom surface 21 is swingable, and the neck 1 is always substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface 21. The holding force is applied so that For this reason, even if the container 10 is inclined as shown in FIG. 2A, the container 10 rises up itself as shown in FIG. 2B, and the neck 1 of the container 10 is positioned in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the bottom surface 21. To be held.

  Therefore, according to the container 10 in this embodiment, since it is hard to fall down, the outflow of the liquid content by the fall and the damage of the container 10 can be prevented.

In the present embodiment, the container 10 having the cylindrical neck portion 1 and the barrel portion 2 having a substantially spherical shape has been described. However, if at least the bottom surface 21 of the container 10 is substantially spherical, The shape is not limited to this.
For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the body 2 of the container 10 may be formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, or as shown in FIG. It may be formed in a cylindrical shape, or as shown in FIG. 3 (c), the body portion 2 of the container 10 may be formed in a substantially hemispherical shape, or as shown in FIG. 3 (d), You may form the trunk | drum 2 of the container 10 in the solid shape which planar view has a heart shape.

<Second embodiment>
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another configuration example of the container according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the container 10 </ b> A in the second embodiment has a substantially constant thickness between the portion forming the side surface 22 and the portion forming the bottom surface 21 in the trunk portion 2 in the container 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 described above. The concave weight 4 is attached to the bottom surface 21 of the container 10A.

  The weight 4 has a support portion 42 that supports the bottom surface 21 of the container 10A inside the concave shape, and the concave bottom surface 41 has a substantially spherical shape.

  That is, the container 10 </ b> A is provided with the weight 4 on the bottom surface 21, so that the bottom surface 21 is swingable and the neck 1 is substantially the same with respect to the bottom surface 21 as in the case of the container 10 described in the first embodiment. Since the holding force is always applied so as to be positioned in the vertical direction, even when the container 10A is tilted, the container 10A rises up itself so that the neck 1 of the container 10A is positioned in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the bottom surface 21. Retained.

  Therefore, according to the container 10A in this embodiment, since it is difficult to fall down, the outflow of the liquid content and the breakage of the container 10A due to the fall can be prevented.

  Further, according to the container 10A in the present embodiment, by attaching the weight 4 to a known container, the same effect as that of the container 10 shown in the first embodiment described above can be obtained, and therefore the container 10A that is not easily toppled. Can be obtained at low cost.

  In the above-described second embodiment, the case where the weight 4 is attached to the container 10A having the substantially spherical bottom surface 21 has been described. However, if at least the bottom surface 42 of the weight 4 is substantially spherical, the bottom surface 21 of the container 10A is used. The shape of the weight 4 is not limited to this.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5, in the container 10 shown in the first embodiment described above, the portion of the body portion 2 that forms the side surface 22 and the portion that forms the bottom surface 21 have a substantially constant thickness and a bottom surface. The weight 4 may be attached to the bottom surface of the container 10B by using a container 10B in which 21 is configured in a substantially planar shape.

Moreover, although the case where the cover part 3 which has the spout 31 of a liquid content was used was demonstrated in 1st embodiment and 2nd embodiment which were mentioned above, the structure of the cover part 3 is not restricted to this.
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, you may form the cover part 3 in character shapes, such as an animal. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which provided the spout 31 in the neck part 1 of the containers 10 and 10A instead of the cover part 3, and provided the spout in neither the neck part 1 nor the cover part 3 of the containers 10 and 10A. You may make it pour liquid content by removing.

It is a perspective view which shows one structural example of the container in this invention. It is a perspective view which shows one operation example of the container in this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other structural example of the container in this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other structural example of the container in this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other structural example of the container in this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other structural example of the container in this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Neck part 2 Body part 3 Lid part 4 Weight 10,10A Container 21 Bottom face 22 Side surface

Claims (4)

In a container having an opening on the upper surface,
A container having a substantially spherical bottom surface and a center of gravity located on the bottom surface.   2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface is thicker than the side surface so that the center of gravity is located on the bottom surface.   The container according to claim 1, wherein a weight is provided on the bottom surface so that a center of gravity is located on the bottom surface.   A container weight having a support portion for supporting a bottom surface of a container having an opening on an upper surface, and a substantially spherical bottom surface.

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