JP2011073713A - Container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container capable of easily opening an outlet and improving operability. <P>SOLUTION: The container includes: a flat-shaped container body 2 for storing a particulate content T; and an operating plate 3 peripherally provided on the outside of the peripheral wall portion 6 of the container body 2. On the peripheral wall portion 6, the outlet 62 for taking out the content T is formed. The operating plate 3 is equipped with a pressing portion 30 expanding outward from the container body 2 and capable of turning reversely toward the inside of the container body 2, and a lid portion 31 for opening/closing the outlet 62 linked with a reversely turning operation of the pressing portion 30, and the outlet 62 is opened in the direction parallel to the pressing direction of the pressing portion 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a container for storing granular contents such as a tablet-shaped refreshing confectionery.

  Conventionally, as this type of container, a container having a flat container body that contains contents and an opening / closing member attached to the outer peripheral portion of the container body as described in Patent Document 1 below. Are known. A part of the outer peripheral surface of the container body described above is opened, and the opening / closing member described above is fitted into the opening. One end of the opening / closing member is rotatably connected to the container body via a hinge. According to this container, by rotating the opening / closing member around the hinge and pulling the opening / closing member out of the opening of the container body, a part (the outlet) of the opening of the container body is opened, and the contents are taken out therefrom. It is.

JP-A-8-295375

  However, the above-described conventional container has a problem that when the contents are taken out, the opening / closing member fitted inside the opening of the container body has to be pulled out with a finger or the like, so that it is difficult to open.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container in which an outlet can be easily opened and operability can be improved.

  A container according to the present invention includes a flat container main body that contains granular contents, and an operation plate that is provided on the outer side of the peripheral wall portion of the container main body, and the peripheral wall portion includes the content described above. A take-out port for taking out an object is formed, and the operation plate bulges outward of the container body and is reversible toward the inner side of the container body, and reversal of the press part A lid that opens and closes the outlet in conjunction with the operation, and the outlet is open in a direction parallel to the pressing direction of the pressing portion.

Due to such characteristics, when the contents in the container body are taken out, the pressing portion of the operation plate is pressed. As a result, the pressing portion is inverted toward the inner side of the container body and is depressed toward the inner side of the container body. At this time, the lid portion is rotated in conjunction with the reversing operation of the pressing portion so as to be separated from the outlet, and the outlet is opened. Thereby, the content is taken out from the outlet. Further, since the pressing portion is held in the inverted posture described above, the lid portion is held at a position separated from the outlet, and the open state of the outlet is maintained.
After taking out the contents, the above-described lid portion is pressed toward the outlet side. Thereby, a cover part rotates and obstruct | occludes an outlet, and an outlet is closed. At this time, in conjunction with the operation of the lid portion, the pressing portion reverses from a state where it is recessed inward of the container body and returns to the original state.
The above “inversion” refers to a deformation in which the bulging direction of the pressing portion is opposite, and includes not only the case where the shape before and after the inversion is axisymmetric but also the case where the shape becomes different before and after the inversion. Shall be.

Further, in the container according to the present invention, the inside of the container main body is partitioned into a plurality of storage chambers, and a plurality of the outlets respectively opened in the plurality of storage chambers are formed in the peripheral wall portion, It is preferable that a plurality of the operation plates that respectively open and close the plurality of outlets are provided.
Thereby, the contents accommodated in the plurality of storage chambers are appropriately taken out by appropriately operating the plurality of operation plates and appropriately opening the plurality of outlets.

Moreover, it is preferable that the container which concerns on this invention is provided with the locking member which controls the reversing operation | movement of the said press part.
Accordingly, the reversing operation of the pressing portion is restricted by the lock member, thereby preventing the lid portion from being inadvertently opened.

  According to the container according to the present invention, by pressing the pressing portion of the operation plate, the lid portion of the operation plate is rotated to open the outlet, so that the outlet can be easily opened and the operability is improved. Can be made.

It is sectional drawing of the container for demonstrating embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of a container for explaining an embodiment of the invention. It is sectional drawing of the container of the state which opened the cover part for describing embodiment of this invention.

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

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container 1 in the present embodiment is a flat container having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. As a schematic configuration of the container 1, a flat container body 2 that houses granular contents T and And two operation plates 3 provided around the outer peripheral wall portion 6 of the container body 2. Examples of the granular contents T include pills, capsules, and granular gums as well as tablet-shaped (tablet-shaped) refreshing sweets, drugs, and supplements.

  The container body 2 is a box-shaped container that is long in one direction (the Y-axis direction shown in FIG. 1), and as a schematic configuration, a flat plate-like front wall portion 4 and a back wall portion that are arranged to face each other with a gap therebetween. 5, a peripheral wall portion 6 interposed between the front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5, and a partition wall portion 7 disposed inside the peripheral wall portion 6. Specifically, the container body 2 is formed by assembling the first part 9 that forms the front wall part 4 and the second part 10 that integrally forms the back wall part 5 and the peripheral wall part 6 described above. It is formed.

  The front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5 are flat plate portions each having a rectangular shape in plan view, and are formed in substantially the same shape. On the sides of the front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5 on both sides in the longitudinal direction (Y-axis direction), substantially V-shaped (substantially rectangular) notches 40 are formed, respectively. The notches 40 of the part 4 and the back wall part 5 are formed at positions that coincide with each other in plan view. In addition, a concave portion 41 having a circular shape in plan view is formed on the upper surface of the front wall portion 4 so that a fingertip or the like can be easily hung on a finger hook portion 83 of an opening / closing plate 81 of the lock member 8 described later.

  The peripheral wall portion 6 is a wall portion that extends substantially along the outer edges of the front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5, and protrudes perpendicularly to the back surface of the back wall portion 5. It is arranged flush with the outer edge of the back wall 5. Of the peripheral wall portion 6, the longitudinal wall portions (longitudinal wall portions 60) on both sides are directed toward the inner side of the container body 2 along the notches 40 of the front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5. Recessed substantially V-shaped (substantially U-shaped) concave wall portions 61 are respectively formed in the middle portion in the longitudinal direction, and an outlet 62 for taking out the contents T is adjacent to the concave wall portion 61. Each is formed. That is, two concave wall portions 61 and 61 and two outlets 62 and 62 are formed on the peripheral wall portion 6 of the container body 2. The outlet 62 is an opening opened in a direction parallel to the pressing direction (X-axis direction) of the pressing portion 30 of the operation plate 3 to be described later, and is formed in a concave wall portion 61 to be described later facing the pressing portion 30. They are arranged side by side. Further, the concave wall portion 61 and the outlet 62 of the longitudinal wall portion 60 on both sides are formed point-symmetrically (rotationally symmetric) around the center point O of the container body 2.

  The partition wall portion 7 is a wall portion that divides the space inside the peripheral wall portion 6 (container body 2) into two storage chambers 11 </ b> A and 11 </ b> B, and projects vertically from the back surface of the back wall portion 5. The partition wall portion 7 extends from one of the pair of long wall portions 60, 60 to the other. If it demonstrates in detail, the partition part 7 will be formed so that each hinge 36 and 36 of the operation plates 3 and 3 of the both sides mentioned later may be connected in planar view. The two storage chambers 11A and 11B separated by the partition wall 7 are formed point-symmetrically (rotationally symmetric) about the center point O of the container body 2, and the two storage chambers 11A and 11B The above-described outlets 62 are respectively opened.

  The operation plate 3 is a belt-like plate member that covers the outer surface of the peripheral wall portion 6, and is disposed perpendicular to the front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5. The operation plate 3 is an opening / closing member that opens and closes the two outlets 62 and 62 described above, and is provided for each outlet 62. As a schematic configuration of the operation plate 3, a pressing part 30 that bulges outward from the container body 2 and can be reversed toward the inner side of the container body 2 by being pressed by a finger or the like, and a pressing part And a lid portion 31 that opens and closes the outlet 62 in conjunction with the reversing operation of 30.

  The pressing part 30 is a plate part that can be bent from a convex arc shape toward the outer side of the container body 2 into a convex shape that is convex toward the inner side of the container body 2 in plan view. If it demonstrates in detail, the press part 30 consists of a structure with which a pair of board parts 33 and 34 were connected via the bending part 32 which can be bent. The pressing portion 30 is disposed so as to face the concave wall portion 61 of the peripheral wall portion 6 described above, and is curved in a convex direction toward the outside. Further, both end portions of the pressing portion 30 are connected to the container body 2 via hinges 36 that rotate about an axis perpendicular to the front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5.

  The hinges 36 at both ends include a bearing portion 37 provided on each of the front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5, a shaft portion 38 provided on the operation plate 3 and rotatably supported by the bearing portion 37, Consists of. The bearing portion 37 is a substantially C-shaped cylindrical portion in plan view that protrudes from the back surface of the front wall portion 4 and the back surface of the back wall portion 5. These bearing portions 37 are respectively disposed at both side positions in the longitudinal direction of the concave wall portion 61, and the bearing portion 37 provided on the front wall portion 4 and the bearing portion 37 provided on the back wall portion 5 are mutually connected. It is arranged at the opposite position. On the other hand, the shaft portion 38 is a rod-shaped shaft portion connected to the back surfaces of both end portions of the pressing portion 30, and extends perpendicularly to the front wall portion 4 and the back wall portion 5. Both end portions of the shaft portion 38 are fitted inside the above-described bearing portion 37 and are rotatably supported by the bearing portion 37.

  The lid portion 31 is a plate portion that is integrally connected to one plate portion 33 of the pressing portion 30, and covers the longitudinal wall portion 60 of the peripheral wall portion 6 from the outside. An outlet 62 formed in the wall 60 is closed.

Further, the above-described two operation plates 3 are provided with lock members 8 for restricting the reversing operation of the pressing portion 30, respectively. As a schematic configuration of the lock member 8, a hinge 80 is attached to the other plate portion 34 of the pressing portion 30 (a plate portion connected to one plate portion 33 connected to the lid portion 31 via a bent portion 32). And an opening / closing plate 81 integrally connected thereto, and a locking portion 82 protruding from the back surface of the opening / closing plate 81 and locked to the concave wall portion 61 of the longitudinal wall portion 60 of the peripheral wall portion 6. Yes.
The hinge 80 is a bendable bending portion, and extends along the edge of the other plate portion 34 of the pressing portion 30.

  The opening / closing plate 81 is a plate material having a substantially triangular shape in plan view, and is a lid plate that is opened and closed by rotating around the hinge 80 described above. The open / close plate 81 is disposed above the pressing portion 3 of the operation plate 3 in a closed state. The opening / closing plate 81 is formed with a finger hooking portion 83 on which a finger or the like is hung when the opening / closing plate 81 is opened or closed. The finger-hanging portion 83 protrudes toward the inside of the recess 41 formed on the surface of the front wall portion 4.

  The locking portion 82 is a claw portion that is locked to the concave wall portion 61 so that the pressing portion 30 of the operation plate 3 does not reverse to the inward side of the container body 2 in a state where the above-described opening / closing plate 81 is closed. In the state where the above-described opening / closing plate 81 is closed, the opening / closing plate 81 is inserted into the back side of the pressing portion 30 described later and is in contact with the concave wall portion 61.

  Next, the operation of the container 1 having the above configuration will be described.

  When the content T in the container body 2 is taken out, first, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lock (reverse regulation) of the pressing portion 30 of the operation plate 3 by the lock member 8 is released. More specifically, a fingertip or the like is hung on the finger hook portion 83 of the opening / closing plate 81 of the lock member 8, and the opening / closing plate 81 is rotated around the hinge 80 to be opened. As a result, the locking portion 82 protruding from the back surface of the opening / closing plate 81 is pulled out from the back side of the pressing portion 30, and the locking of the pressing portion 30 by the locking portion 82 is released, so that the container body 2 of the pressing portion 30 Inward inversion is allowed.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the pressing portion 30 of the operation plate 3 is pressed toward the inner side of the container body 2. As a result, the arc-shaped pressing portion 30 is inverted to the inner side (the concave wall portion 61 side) of the container main body 2 and is depressed to the inner side of the container main body 2. That is, the bent portion 32 of the pressing portion 30 is bent, and the pair of plate portions 33 and 34 of the pressing portion 30 rotate around the hinge 36 and move to the concave wall portion 61 side. It will be in the state bent in a square shape. At this time, the lid portion 31 integrally connected to the pressing portion 30 rotates around the hinge 36 in conjunction with the reversing operation of the pressing portion 30 and projects outward from the outer peripheral portion of the container body 2. As a result, the lid 31 is separated from the outlet 62 and the outlet 62 is opened.

  Next, the container body 2 is tilted or shaken to take out the contents T from the opened outlet 62. At this time, since the pressing portion 30 is held in the inverted posture, the lid portion 31 is held at a position away from the outlet 62, and the state where the outlet 62 is opened is maintained.

  After taking out the contents T, the above-described lid portion 31 is closed to close the outlet port 62. If it demonstrates concretely, the cover part 31 projected from the outer peripheral part of the container main body 2 will be pressed toward the exit 62 side. Thereby, the cover part 31 rotates around the hinge 36, and as shown in FIG. 1, the cover part 31 covers the outlet port 62 and the outlet port 62 is closed. At this time, in conjunction with the rotation operation of the lid portion 31, the pressing portion 30 reverses from the state where it is recessed inward of the container body 2 and returns to the original state.

  Next, the pressing portion 30 of the operation plate 3 is locked (reverse regulation) by the lock member 8. More specifically, the opening / closing plate 81 of the lock member 8 is rotated around the hinge 80 and put on the pressing portion 30. Thereby, the latching | locking part 82 is inserted in the back side of the press part 30, and is latched by the concave wall part 61, and the inversion to the inner side of the container main body 2 of the press part 30 is controlled.

  According to the present invention described above, pressing the pressing portion 30 of the operation plate 3 rotates the lid portion 31 of the operation plate 3 to open the outlet 62, so that the outlet 62 can be easily opened. The operability of the container 1 can be improved.

  Further, when the lid portion 31 is separated from the take-out port 62 and the take-out port 62 is opened, the pressing unit 30 is held in an inverted posture, and the state in which the take-out port 62 is opened is maintained. When the contents T are shaken out and the contents T are shaken out, the lid 31 does not swing, and the contents T can be easily drawn out.

  Further, the inside of the container body 2 described above is partitioned into two storage chambers 11A and 11B by the partition wall portion 7, and an outlet 62 opened to the two storage chambers 11A and 11B is formed in the peripheral wall portion 6, respectively. Furthermore, since the operation plate 3 is provided for each of the two outlets 62, the two operation plates 3 are appropriately operated to open the two outlets 62 as appropriate so that they are stored in the two storage chambers 11A and 11B. The contents T thus made can be taken out individually. Thereby, for example, if different types of content T are stored separately in the two storage chambers 11A and 11B, different types of content T can be taken out as appropriate.

  In addition, the container 1 described above is provided with a lock member 8 that locks the pressing portion 30, and the locking member 8 restricts the inversion of the pressing portion 30 to the inner side of the container body 2. It is possible to prevent the lid portion 31 of the plate 3 from being opened carelessly.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of the container concerning this invention was described, this invention is not limited to above-described embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the meaning, it can change suitably.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the container body 2 includes the first part 9 that forms the front wall part 4 and the second part 10 that integrally forms the back wall part 5 and the peripheral wall part 6 described above. Although it consists of two parts, this invention forms the container main body 2 by one part by connecting at least one of the above-mentioned front wall part 4 and back wall part 5 with the surrounding wall part 6 via a hinge. It is also possible. In the present invention, the container body 2 can be formed of three or more parts.

In the above-described embodiment, the operation plate 3 is provided with the lock member 8, and the operation plate 3 (pressing portion 30) and the lock member 8 are integrally formed. It is also possible to provide a lock member on 2. For example, a locking member comprising: an opening / closing plate connected to the front wall portion 4 of the container body 2 via a hinge; and a locking portion protruding from the back surface of the opening / closing plate and locked to the back surface of the pressing portion. Or a slide plate that slides along a groove formed on the surface of the front wall portion 4, and a locking portion that protrudes from the tip of the slide plate toward the back side of the pressing portion 30. The locking member may be provided.
Further, in the present invention, it is possible to use a lock member which is a separate part from the container body 2 and the operation plate 3, and it is also possible to omit the lock member 8 as described above.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the bent portion 32 is formed at the intermediate portion of the arc-shaped pressing portion 30 that is convex toward the outside of the container body 2, and the pressing portion 30 is directed toward the inside of the container body 2. By being pressed, the bent portion 32 is bent, and the pressed portion 30 is bent and deformed into a convex substantially square shape toward the inside of the container body 2. It may be a pressing part of the shape. For example, a bent portion is formed at an intermediate portion of the substantially square-shaped pressing portion that protrudes toward the outside of the container body 2, and the pressing portion is pressed toward the inside of the container body 2. The pressing part may be configured to be inverted and deformed into a substantially square shape convex toward the inside of the container body 2. Alternatively, bent portions are formed at both end portions of the arc-shaped (curved plate-shaped) pressing portion in a plan view, and the pressing portion is pressed toward the inside of the container body 2, so that the pressing portion becomes the container body 2. The structure which reversely deform | transforms into the circular arc shape convex toward the inner side may be sufficient. Furthermore, the pressing part without a bending part may be sufficient, and the structure which elastically reverses using rotation of the hinge 36 which supports a pressing part may be sufficient.

Moreover, although the above-described embodiment describes the container 1 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, the present invention may be a container having another shape, for example, as the shape of the container in plan view, For example, it may be a polygon other than a rectangle such as a hexagon, or it may be a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, or the like.
Moreover, in above-mentioned embodiment, although the front wall part 4 and the back wall part 5 comprise the same planar view shape, this invention differs in the shape from which the front wall part 4 and the back wall part 5 differ. There may be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the inside of the container body 2 is partitioned into the two storage chambers 11A and 11B by the partition wall portion 7, but in the present invention, the interior of the container body 2 is divided into three or more by the partition wall portion. It is also possible to divide into storage chambers, or it is possible to omit the partition wall 7 and form only one storage chamber inside the container body.

  In addition, in the range which does not deviate from the main point of this invention, it is possible to replace suitably the component in above-mentioned embodiment with a well-known component, and you may combine the above-mentioned modification suitably.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Container main body 3 Operation board 6 Perimeter wall part 7 Partition part 8 Lock member 11A, 11B Storage chamber 30 Press part 31 Cover part 62 Outlet T Contents

Claims (3)

A flat container main body for storing granular contents, and an operation plate provided on the outside of the peripheral wall portion of the container main body,
The peripheral wall is formed with an outlet for taking out the contents,
The operation plate bulges outward from the container body and is reversible toward the inner side of the container body, and the outlet is interlocked with the reversing operation of the pressing part. And a lid that opens and closes,
The container, wherein the outlet is opened in a direction parallel to a pressing direction of the pressing portion. The container according to claim 1,
The inside of the container body is partitioned into a plurality of storage chambers,
A plurality of the outlets opened in the plurality of storage chambers are formed in the peripheral wall portion, and a plurality of the operation plates that respectively open and close the plurality of the outlets are provided. . The container according to claim 1 or 2,
A container comprising a lock member for restricting the reversing operation of the pressing portion.

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