JP2010202214A - Container having two outlets - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container in which two outlets can be easily and separately used according to the desired amount of the delivery of a stored material and waste paper or the like can be easily taken out of a storage chamber provided in a lid body by forming an opening which serves as an outlet in the lid body together with an outlet of a container body. <P>SOLUTION: The container comprises a container body, a lid body and an upper lid attached to the lid body. The lid body comprises an attachment part attached to the container body, and a lid body continuous to the attachment part via a hinge. The lid body comprises a top wall having a recess in its center, and a side circumferential wall. The recess comprises a step having an opening, the storage chamber, and the attachment part with the upper lid attached thereto. The upper lid is freely foldable via the hinge, and abutted on the step to open and close the opening. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a food container that stores food such as gum and the like, and has a storage portion such as discarded paper, and particularly relates to a container provided with two large and small outlets for the storage portion.

  In addition to storing storage items such as gum and other foods, in containers that store discarded paper, etc. due to hygiene problems, stored items and discarded paper are stored separately. 2. Description of the Related Art A food container in which a storage chamber for storing discarded paper or the like is provided on a lid that stores and closes the container body has been known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP2005-306452

However, in the prior art described in Patent Document 1, since the opening of the container body serves as an outlet for the stored items, when a small amount of contents are to be taken out, it is necessary to put a finger through the opening and hold it unsanitary. There was a problem of being.
Moreover, it is not easy to take out only a desired amount of contents.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and by providing an opening serving as an outlet in the lid body together with the outlet of the container body, two outlets can be easily provided in accordance with the desired amount of stored items. An object of the present invention is to provide a container that can be used properly and can be easily removed from a storage chamber provided in a lid.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a container composed of a container body, a lid body, and an upper lid attached to the lid body as a food container provided with two outlets. It consists of a mounting part to be mounted on the container body and a lid that is connected to the mounting part via a hinge. The lid includes a top wall having a recess formed in the central part, and a side peripheral wall. Formed from a stepped portion with an opening, a storage chamber, and a mounting portion for mounting the upper lid. The upper lid is foldable via a hinge so as to contact the stepped portion and open and close the opening. The structure characterized by this is adopted.

  As an example of the upper lid, the upper lid includes a lid plate portion that engages with the stepped portion, a push plate portion that engages with the storage chamber, and a mounting plate portion that is attached to the mounting portion, and the lid plate portion and the push plate The structure characterized by each being provided with the hinge formed so that bending is possible between a part and a push board part and a mounting board part is employ | adopted.

  For mounting the upper lid, a fitting hole is formed in the mounting portion of the lid body, and a fitting piece that fits into the fitting hole is disposed on the lower surface of the mounting plate portion of the upper lid. Adopt the configuration to do.

In a container composed of a container body, a lid body, and an upper lid mounted on the lid body, the lid body is composed of a mounting portion that is mounted on the container body and a lid body that is connected to the mounting portion via a hinge. The top wall of the lid is provided with a stepped portion with a perforated opening, a storage chamber, and a recess formed with a mounting portion for mounting the upper lid. The upper lid can be folded via a hinge and attached to the mounting portion. In addition, by making contact with the stepped portion and opening and closing the opening, the opening of the mounting portion or stepped portion is used as the outlet, and the two outlets can be easily used depending on the amount to be taken out of the stored items. Can be used.
Further, since a storage chamber for storing discarded paper or the like is provided, the discarded paper or the like can be easily taken out from the lid body by opening and closing the upper lid.

It is a section elevation view of the container of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of a lid body and an upper lid, (a) is a top view, (b) is an exploded sectional elevation view of a lid body and an upper lid. It is explanatory drawing of a container, (a) is sectional drawing of the partially open state of an upper cover, (b) is sectional elevation view which shows an upper cover open state. It is a cross-sectional elevation view when the lid main body of the container is opened.

Next, an embodiment of the container of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, A is a container body, B is a lid body attached to the container body A, C is an upper lid attached to the upper part of the lid body B, and D is a discarded paper housed in the lid body B.

  The container main body A is composed of a body portion 2 and a bottom portion 3 whose upper end is a mouth portion 1 to which a lid main body B is attached, and gum, candy, and other foods are stored as stored items.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lid main body B includes a mounting portion B1 that is mounted on the mouth portion 1 of the container main body A, and a lid B3 that is connected to the mounting portion B1 via a hinge B2. Yes.

The mounting part B1 is provided on the inner cylinder 5, the ring-shaped upper wall 6 connected to the outer periphery of the inner cylinder 5, and the outer edge of the upper wall 6, and the inner periphery engages with the mouth part 1 of the container body A. The hinge B2 is continuously provided at a predetermined position on the outer edge of the upper wall 6.
The lower outer periphery of the inner cylinder 5 and the inner periphery of the engaging outer cylinder 7 sandwich the mouth 1 of the container main body A, and the engaging outer cylinder 7 engages with the outer periphery of the mouth 1 so that the container main body A is covered with the lid main body B. Is supposed to be installed.

  The lid B3 is vertically suspended from a top wall 9 formed with a concave portion 8 at the center, a side peripheral wall 10 connected to the periphery of the top wall 9, and a lower surface of the side peripheral wall 10, and an outer peripheral lower portion is an inner part of the mounting part B1. The hinge 5 is connected to a predetermined position at the lower end of the outer periphery of the side peripheral wall 10. The engaging cylinder 11 is inserted into the upper surface of the inner periphery of the cylinder 5.

The concave portion 8 is formed by a step portion 13 formed on the opposite side of the hinge B2 with respect to the center line, and a side wall and a bottom wall that are disposed on the hinge B2 side from the step portion 13 and store the waste paper D inside. The storage chamber 14 and a mounting portion 15 that is formed on the side of the hinge B2 of the storage chamber 14 and on which the upper lid C is mounted.
An opening 16 is formed in the stepped portion 13 at a position biased to the opposite side of the hinge B2.
A fitting hole 17 is formed in the mounting portion 15.

  The side peripheral wall 10 has a lower end surface that abuts the upper surface of the upper wall 6 of the mounting portion B1, an inner peripheral lower portion that engages with an upper outer periphery of the inner cylinder 5, and a lid B3 that closes the mounting portion B1. A knob 18 is disposed on the outer periphery opposite to the hinge B2.

The upper lid C includes a lid plate portion 20, a push plate portion 21, and a mounting plate portion 22. Between the lid plate portion 20 and the push plate portion 21 and between the push plate portion 21 and the mounting plate portion 22. Are provided with a hinge 23 and a hinge 24, each of which has a lower surface that can be bent.
The upper lid C is formed to have the same diameter as the inner peripheral edge of the concave portion 8 of the lid B3 of the lid body B, and can be moved up and down, and the top surface is the top of the lid B3 of the lid body B when the lid is closed. It is formed in a plate shape that is flush with the upper surface of the wall 9.

On the lower surface of the lid plate portion 20, an engagement piece 25 is provided that keeps the lid closed by engaging the outer periphery with the inner edge on the opposite side of the hinge B <b> 2 of the opening 16 of the stepped portion 13.
When the lid plate 20 is closed, the lower surface abuts against the upper surface of the stepped portion 13, and the opening 16 is closed and sealed.

A fitting piece 26 that fits into the fitting hole 17 of the mounting portion 15 of the recess 8 is disposed on the lower surface of the mounting plate portion 22 so that the mounting plate portion 22 is mounted on the mounting portion 15. It has become.
A bulging portion 27 is provided on the outer periphery of the lower end portion of the fitting piece 26, and when the fitting piece 26 is fitted into the fitting hole 17, the bulging portion 27 is fitted to the lower end surface of the fitting hole 17 and is firmly Installed.

Next, the usage mode and operational effects of the container will be described.
In this container, the mounting portion B1 of the lid body B and the lid body B3 are engaged and closed, and then the mounting plate portion 22 of the upper lid C is fitted into the fitting hole 17 of the mounting portion 15 of the concave portion 8 of the lid B3. The joining piece 26 is fitted, and the upper lid C is attached to the lid body B.
Next, the upper surface of the upper lid C and the upper surface of the top wall 9 of the lid body B3 are flush with each other, and the lid plate portion 20 of the upper lid C and the step portion 13 of the lid body B3 are engaged to close the opening 16, thereby closing the lid body. After closing B3 with the upper lid C, the lid body B is mounted on the container body A containing contents such as gum, candy balls and other foods.

The waste paper D is stored in the storage chamber 14 of the concave portion 8 of the lid B3 before the lid B3 is closed by the upper lid C.
In addition, the waste paper D is a waste paper that is wrapped and thrown away when the gum or the like is eaten, but may be a wet tissue or the like that wipes fingers when eating candy balls or the like.

When using a small amount of the contents in the container main body A, the upper surface of the pressing plate portion 21 of the upper lid C is pushed down with a finger or the like.
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the mounting plate portion 22 of the upper lid C is fixed to the mounting portion 15 of the lid body B3 in response to the pressing of the pressing plate portion 21, so that the pressing plate portion uses the hinge 24 as a fulcrum. The center side of 21 is inclined downward, and the lid plate portion 20 is pulled downward via the hinge 23.

  When the hinge 23 side of the cover plate portion 20 is pulled downward, the upper end portion 14a of the cover body B3 storage chamber 14 in contact with the lower surface of the cover plate portion 20 becomes a fulcrum of the insulator, the hinge 23 is deformed and the cover plate portion 20 is deformed. The opposite side of the hinge B2 is raised, the engagement between the inner edge of the opening 16 of the step 13 of the lid B3 and the engagement piece 25 of the upper lid C is released, and the opening 16 is opened.

Further, when the push plate portion 21 is pushed down, the tilt angle of the cover plate portion 20 is greatly increased by the action of the lever of the upper end portion 14a of the storage chamber 14 of the lid B3, compared with the tilt angle of the push plate portion 21. The opening 16 is opened.
Finally, when the container is tilted, the contents in the container main body A can be taken out little by little using the opening 16 of the cover B3 in the container open state as the outlet.

  When the lid is closed, when the opposite side of the hinge B2 on the upper surface of the lid plate portion 20 of the upper lid C is pushed down with a finger or the like, the hinge of the push plate portion 21 with the upper end portion 14a of the storage chamber 14 of the lid B3 as a fulcrum. The B2 side is lifted, the hinges 23 and 24 are deformed, the upper surface of the upper lid C and the upper surface of the top wall 9 of the lid body B3 are flush with each other, and the lid plate portion 20 of the upper lid C is the stepped portion of the lid body B3. 13 is engaged and abutted to close the opening 16 to be in a closed state.

When the discarded paper D is used, when the lid plate portion 20 is grasped with a finger or the like from the opened state where the lid plate portion 20 of the upper lid C is lifted and lifted upward, as shown in FIG. In addition, the hinge 23 side of the push plate portion 21 together with the cover plate portion 20 is pulled, the push plate portion 21 is lifted with the hinge 24 as a fulcrum, and the upper lid C is opened.
The discarded paper D can be taken out from the storage chamber 14 of the opened lid B3 and used.

  When closing the cover after taking out the discarded paper D, when the cover plate part 20 of the upper cover C is grasped with a finger or the like and lowered through the hinge 24, the upper cover C and the recessed part 8 of the cover B3 are engaged. At the same time, the opening 16 can be closed and closed.

When using a large amount of the contents in the container main body A, the knob 18 of the lid B3 of the lid main body B is pushed up with a finger or the like to lift the lid B3.
As the lid B3 is lifted, the hinge B2 is lifted with respect to the mounting portion B1 with the fulcrum as a fulcrum, and the inner cylinder 5 of the mounting portion B1 is disengaged from the side peripheral wall 10 and the engaging cylinder 11 of the lid B3. As shown in FIG. 4, the lid B3 is opened.
A large amount of the contents in the container main body A can be taken out using the inner cylinder 5 of the mounting portion B1 in the opened state as an outlet.

  When closing the lid, the lid B3 is rotated around the hinge B2 as a fulcrum, the lid B3 is engaged with the mounting portion B1, and the lid is closed.

Since this container is provided with two outlets having different sizes, the outlets can be easily used according to the amount to be used.
Further, since the opening methods of the two outlets are different, it is possible to prevent the wrong outlet from being opened and used by mistake.
Furthermore, since the storage chamber for the discarded paper is provided in the container, it is possible to prevent the discarded paper and the like from being lost during use of the container.

  Although the storage chamber has been described as a storage chamber for storing discarded paper or the like, not only the storage of articles, but the upper end portion 14a of the storage chamber 14 is engaged with the lid plate portion 20 of the upper lid C, and the step portion 13 Since the opening 16 is opened and closed, it can be used simply as an opening and closing mechanism for the upper lid C.

The container of the present invention forms two outlets with different sizes, and can easily use different outlets according to the amount to be used. Also, waste paper or the like is stored in the cap and the upper lid is lifted. Therefore, it is possible to take out discarded paper and the like, so that it can be widely used as a food container that can be used easily and hygienically.
Further, it can be widely used as a chemical container that can be used by wrapping powdered chemicals by changing the stored items into powdered chemicals and changing discarded paper into wafers.

A container main body B lid main body B1 mounting part B2, 23, 24 hinge B3 lid C upper lid D discarded paper 1 mouth part 2 trunk part 3 bottom part 5 inner cylinder 6 upper wall 7 engaging outer cylinder 8 recessed part 9 top wall 10 side peripheral wall DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Engagement cylinder 13 Step part 14 Storage chamber 14a Upper end part 15 Mounting part 16 Opening 17 Fitting hole 18 Knob 20 Cover plate part 21 Pushing plate part 22 Mounting plate part 25 Engaging piece 26 Fitting piece

Claims (3)

A container comprising a container body, a lid body, and an upper lid mounted on the lid body;
The lid body is composed of an attachment portion attached to the container body and a lid body connected to the attachment portion via a hinge,
The lid body has a top wall formed with a recess in the center and a side wall,
The recess is formed of a step portion in which an opening is perforated, a storage chamber, and a mounting portion for mounting the upper lid,
A container provided with two outlets, wherein the upper lid is foldable via a hinge so as to contact the stepped portion and open and close the opening. The upper lid includes a lid plate portion that engages with the stepped portion, a push plate portion that engages with the storage chamber, and a mounting plate portion that is mounted on the mounting portion.
2. The container according to claim 1, wherein hinges formed so as to be foldable are provided between the lid plate portion and the push plate portion, and between the push plate portion and the mounting plate portion. A fitting hole is drilled in the lid mounting part,
The container according to claim 2, wherein a fitting piece that fits into the fitting hole is disposed on the lower surface of the mounting plate portion of the upper lid.

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