JP2008303044A - Lid opening/closing mechanism of garbage container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an opening/closing mechanism for easily opening/closing a lid of a garbage container. <P>SOLUTION: In the mechanism for opening/closing an opening 2 formed in a front side of a garbage container body 1 by a lid 10 slidable with its lower end as a pivotably supported part, the pivotably supported part comprises a bearing 3 formed of a long hole which is long in the vertical direction, and a pivot to be freely fitted to the long hole. Thus, the lid is vertically deviated with respect to the garbage container body, and the detaching direction of locking pieces to be locked to each other which are provided above the opening of the container body and above the lid is the elevating direction of the locking piece 12 on the lid side with respect to the locking piece 4 on the container body side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an opening / closing mechanism for a lid of a garbage container, and more particularly to an opening / closing mechanism that can be opened / closed and closed with a single touch.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is a publicly known waste container provided with an opening for introducing waste on the front surface of the container body (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). By adopting such a configuration, it becomes possible to realize a waste container provided with a plurality of rooms above and below, which is effective for separating and storing waste.

  Further, in the above case, a mechanism for opening and closing an opening provided on the front surface of the garbage container main body by a lid body that can be freely pivoted with the lower end as a pivotal support is also known in the above-mentioned patent document.

JP-A-8-268501 JP-A-8-81002 Utility Model Registration No. 3113150

  Since the above-mentioned conventional lid body swings with the lower end as a pivotal support, it is possible to obtain an action of opening by its own weight. However, on the other hand, in order to stop the lid body at the closed position, a fixing means must be provided separately, and there is a troublesome operation that must be operated each time the garbage is introduced.

  On the other hand, if the upper end of the lid body is pivoted with the upper end pivoted as in a garbage container known in Patent Document 3, for example, the above problem is solved, but in that case, the lid body swings in the closing direction by its own weight when opened. I tried to hold the lid with one hand each time I put in the garbage.

  The present invention was created for the purpose of providing an opening / closing mechanism for a lid of a garbage container that eliminates the above-mentioned problems, and is attached to the front surface of the garbage container main body by a lid that is pivotable with the lower end as a pivot. In the mechanism that opens and closes the provided opening, the lid can be displaced in the vertical direction with respect to the waste container body by forming a pivotal support with a long hole that is elongated in the vertical direction and a pivot that is loosely fitted in the long hole. In addition, the locking piece on the lid side rises with respect to the locking piece on the container body side in the direction in which the locking pieces that can be locked to each other provided above the opening of the container body and above the lid body are separated. It is characterized by the direction.

  Here, as the second invention, in the first invention, the wall surface on the lid side of the locking piece on the container body side is an inclined surface retreating obliquely upward, and the container on the locking piece on the lid side. By making the wall surface on the main body side into an inclined surface that recedes diagonally downward, when the lid body swings toward the container main body and the two locking pieces contact each other, the locking piece on the lid body side becomes the container main body. Also disclosed is an opening / closing mechanism capable of getting over the lid-side wall surface of the side locking piece.

  Further, here as a third invention, in the first invention or the second invention, a concave portion serving as a clue at the time of opening and closing is provided on the front surface of the lid body, the concave portion is an upper wall surface formed of a horizontal plane, An opening / closing mechanism having a lower wall surface composed of an inclined surface retreating obliquely upward is also disclosed.

  According to the opening / closing mechanism of the first aspect of the invention, the lid body swings with the lower end as a pivotal support, and therefore is opened by its own weight. On the other hand, a long hole with a long vertical direction and a pivot shaft loosely fitted in the long hole constitute a pivotal support section between the lid body and the container body. It is possible to pull the locking pieces away from each other with the direction of detachment being the direction in which the locking piece on the lid side rises with respect to the locking piece on the container body side. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a fixing device for closing the lid, and it is possible to fix and release the closed state of the lid with one hand.

  According to the opening / closing mechanism of the second invention, the wall surface on the lid side of the locking piece on the container body side is an inclined surface that recedes obliquely upward, and the locking piece on the container body side on the lid side. By making the wall surface an inclined surface that recedes diagonally downward, when the lid body swings toward the container body and the both latching pieces come into contact with each other, the locking piece on the lid body side is engaged on the container body side. Since it is possible to get over the wall surface of the stopper piece on the lid side, the locking can be completed only by rocking without stopping the lid when it is closed.

  According to the opening / closing mechanism of the third aspect of the invention, the concave portion having the upper wall surface formed of a horizontal surface and the lower wall surface formed of an inclined surface retreating obliquely upward is provided on the front surface of the lid body, By using the clue at the time, when the user inserts the hand into the clue, the hand touching the inclined surface of the lower wall surface is guided in the direction of lifting the lid.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part of a garbage container in which the opening / closing mechanism of the present invention is implemented. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a garbage container body, and an opening 2 for introducing garbage is provided on the front surface. Here, it is assumed that the waste container has a plurality of upper and lower openings and can be accommodated separately, but it is needless to say that the waste container is not limited to this.

  Reference numeral 10 in the figure denotes a lid that is slidably attached to the garbage container body 1 with the lower end as a pivotal support in order to cover the opening 2 of the garbage container body 1. This lid 10 is loosely fitted with pivots 11, 11 projecting inwardly at the lower ends of flanges 10 A, 10 A provided at both ends to bearings 3, 3 projecting near both sides below the opening 2 of the container body 1. (See FIGS. 2 and 3). The bearing 3 is provided with a long hole that is elongated in the vertical direction as a bearing hole. As a result, the lid body can be displaced in the vertical direction with respect to the waste container body.

  The garbage container main body 1 and the lid body 10 are fixed in a covered state by locking the locking pieces provided above the opening 2 of the container main body and above the lid body. In the figure, reference numeral 4 denotes a locking piece on the container body 1 side, and a substantially L-shaped bowl having an open top so that the locking piece 12 on the lid 10 side can be inserted and locked from above. Configured to mold. On the other hand, the locking piece 12 on the lid 10 side has a structure in which an inserter that can be inserted into the locking piece 4 on the container body 1 side is suspended.

  In the locking pieces having the above-described configuration, the direction of detachment from each other is the direction in which the locking piece 13 on the lid 10 side rises with respect to the locking piece 4 on the container body 1, so the lid is positioned on the opening side. In this state, it is possible to obtain an action that can be locked and released by pulling it upward, but in this embodiment, a device for realizing it with one touch is applied.

  That is, here, the wall surface 5 on the lid side of the locking piece 4 on the container body 1 side is an inclined surface that recedes obliquely upward, and the wall surface 13 on the container body side of the locking piece 12 on the lid body 10 side. It is an inclined surface that recedes diagonally downward. As a result, when the lid 10 is slid toward the container body 1 and the locking pieces are brought into contact with each other (see FIGS. 4 and 5), the wall surface 13 on the container body side of the locking piece 12 on the lid side. Is inserted over the wall surface 5 on the lid side of the locking piece 4 on the container body side (see FIGS. 6 and 7), so that the lid body is simply peristated without being lifted up consciously. Thus, the locking is completed while the lid is displaced upward.

  8 and 9 are diagrams showing details of the clue 14 provided in front of the lid 10. The clue 14 is composed of a concave portion having an upper wall surface 15 made of a horizontal surface and a lower wall surface 16 made of an inclined surface retreating obliquely upward, and the user has put his hand into the clue. At this time, an action of guiding the hand in contact with the inclined surface of the lower wall surface in the direction of lifting the lid occurs.

The perspective view of the principal part of the garbage container which implemented the opening-closing mechanism of the cover body of this invention. The perspective view of the principal part of a cover body same as the above. The perspective view of the principal part of a garbage container main body same as the above. Sectional drawing of the principal part of the garbage container for showing an effect | action same as the above. Sectional drawing of the principal part of the garbage container for showing an effect | action same as the above. Sectional drawing of the principal part of the garbage container for showing an effect | action same as the above. Sectional drawing of the principal part of the garbage container for showing an effect | action same as the above. Same as above, sectional view of the main part of the lid The perspective view of the principal part of a cover body same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Garbage container main body 3 Bearing 4 Locking piece 10 Cover body 11 Cover body 12 Locking piece 14 Clue

Claims (3)

In the mechanism that opens and closes the opening provided on the front surface of the garbage container main body with a lid that can be pivoted with the lower end as a pivot, the pivot is composed of a long hole that is elongated in the vertical direction and a pivot that is loosely fitted in the slot. By doing so, the lid body can be displaced in the vertical direction with respect to the waste container body, and the disengagement direction of the locking pieces that can be locked to each other provided above the opening of the container body and above the lid body, An opening / closing mechanism for a lid of a garbage container, wherein the locking piece on the lid side rises relative to the locking piece on the container body side. The wall surface on the lid side of the locking piece on the container body side is an inclined surface that recedes obliquely upward, and the inclined surface that recedes the wall surface on the container body side of the locking piece on the lid side obliquely downward; By doing so, when the lid body swings toward the container body and the both locking pieces contact, the locking piece on the lid side can get over the wall surface on the lid side of the locking piece on the container body side. The opening / closing mechanism of the lid of the refuse container according to claim 1. A concave portion serving as a clue when opening and closing is provided on the front surface of the lid, and the concave portion has an upper wall surface formed of a horizontal surface and a lower wall surface formed of an inclined surface receding obliquely upward. The opening / closing mechanism of the lid of the garbage container according to 1 or 2.

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