JP2012245165A - Compact container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact container improvable in operability when opening a lid body.SOLUTION: The compact container 1 includes a container body 2, and the lid body 4 connected in an openable/closable manner to the container body 2. A swing piece 25 including an operating part 26 exposed from the outer wall of the container body 2, a storage part 28 storing a first magnet 27, and a shaft part 29 connecting the operating part 26 to the storage part 28, is disposed at the container body 2. A second magnet 44 is disposed at the lid body 4, and the swing piece 25 is supported to be swingable around the shaft part 29 between a closing position in which the magnetic poles of different polarities of the first magnet 27 and second magnet 44 approach each other, and an opening position in which the magnetic poles of the same polarity of the first magnet 27 and second magnet 44 approach each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a compact container.

  As a compact container of this type, a container main body that contains cosmetics such as eye shadow, eyeliner, foundation, etc., a lid body that is openably and closably connected to the rear part of the container main body, and a container body and the lid body. A device including an engagement mechanism for maintaining a closed state is conventionally known.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228667 discloses a mechanism that uses the magnetic force of a magnet for the engagement mechanism. In this container, the first magnet arranged so that both the S and N magnetic poles are connected to the container body in the front-rear direction is disposed on the container body so as to be movable rearward and pushes the first magnet backward. Possible operation units are provided. On the other hand, the lid body is provided with a second magnet, and the magnetic poles of the first magnet and the second magnet are brought close to each other by the pushing of the operation unit, so that the magnetic forces repelling each other between the magnets. And the lid is opened from the container body.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No.59-25283

  By the way, in the container which concerns on the said patent document 1, there exists room for improvement in improving the operativity when opening a cover body.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the actual condition which concerns, and it aims at providing the compact container which can improve the operativity when opening a cover body.

As means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides the following means.
The compact container of the present invention is a compact container comprising a container main body for storing contents and a lid body connected to the container main body so as to be openable and closable, and exposed to the container main body from the outer wall of the container main body. An oscillating piece including an operation unit to be operated, a storage unit in which the first magnet is stored, and a shaft unit that connects the operation unit and the storage unit, Two magnets are disposed, and the swinging piece has a closed position in which the different magnetic poles of the first magnet and the second magnet approach each other around the shaft portion, and the first magnet and the second magnet. The same kind of magnetic poles are characterized in that they are supported so as to be swingable between open positions where they are close to each other.

  According to the present invention, by operating the operating portion and swinging the swing piece around the shaft portion, the swing piece is moved from the closed position to the open position. Compared to the configuration in which the lid is opened by moving it against the line, the force required for the operation unit can be suppressed, and the operability when the lid is opened can be improved.

  Moreover, in the said compact container, it is preferable that the latching | locking part in which the said operation part of the said rocking | fluctuation piece in the said open position is latched in the said container main body is formed.

In this case, by providing the locking portion, the swing piece can be easily and accurately aligned with the open position.
In addition, by locking the operating part to the locking part, when the same kind of magnetic poles of the first magnet and the second magnet approach each other, the operating part is repelled by the repulsive magnetic force generated between the two magnets. The rocking piece can be swung around the shaft portion toward the closed position so as to be separated from the locking portion. Accordingly, for example, the swing piece can be returned from the open position to the closed position without using a spring or the like, so that the number of parts can be suppressed and the operability of the closing operation can be improved.

  According to the present invention, operability in opening and closing the lid can be improved.

It is a top view of the compact container which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the said compact container. It is a right view of the said compact container. It is sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the BB line of FIG. It is a top view of the rocking | fluctuation piece arrange | positioned at the said compact container. It is a front view of the said rocking piece. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the rocking | fluctuation piece arrange | positioned at the said compact container. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the rocking | fluctuation piece arrange | positioned at the said compact container.

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

  As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the compact container 1 of this embodiment is a portable lidded container which accommodates cosmetics, and is a flat container with a rectangular shape in plan view. The compact container 1 includes a container main body 2 that stores cosmetics and cosmetic applicators (not shown), and an openable / closable lid 4 that is connected to the container main body 2 via a hinge 3.

  In the following description, the lid 4 side is “upper” and the opposite side is “lower” when viewed from the container body 2. In addition, when viewed from the container body 2, the hinge 3 side is referred to as “rear”, and the opposite side is referred to as “front”. Further, a horizontal direction (X direction in the figure) orthogonal to the front-rear direction (Y direction in the figure) is defined as a “lateral direction”.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 and 4, the container body 2 includes a first recess 5 that accommodates and holds an unillustrated inner dish that accommodates cosmetics, and a second recess 6 that accommodates an applicator (not illustrated). The outer casing 7 having a rectangular box shape in plan view, and the inner casing 8 that is fitted inside the outer casing 7 to form the first and second recesses 5 and 6, respectively. .

  The exterior body 7 has a configuration in which a peripheral wall portion 10 is erected on the outer edge of the bottom wall portion 9 over the entire circumference, and the bottom wall portion 9 is a flat plate portion having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view that is long in the lateral direction. The peripheral wall portion 10 is a wall portion formed in a rectangular ring shape in plan view, and is erected vertically with respect to the bottom wall portion 9. As shown in FIG. 1, the peripheral wall portion 10 includes a rear-side rear wall portion 12 provided with a hinge recess 11 that dents forward and constituting the hinge 3, a front wall portion 13, and left side wall portions on both sides in the lateral direction. 14 and the right side wall part 15 are provided.

  The interior body 8 is a frame body in which the first and second frame portions 16 and 17 forming the first and second concave portions 5 and 6, respectively, are juxtaposed in the horizontal direction, and the first and second frame portions 16 and 16 The outer edge of the flange portion 18 provided at the upper end of 17 is engaged with the upper end surface of the peripheral wall portion 10 of the exterior body 7, and the upper surface of the flange portion 18 constitutes the upper surface of the interior body 8.

  The first and second frame parts 16 and 17 are each formed in an arc shape at the four corners. Referring also to FIG. 5, the first and second frame parts 16 and 17 are integrated in the lateral direction via the partition wall part 19. It is connected. Between the exterior body 7 and the interior body 8, a relatively wide gap in the front-rear direction is provided in a portion positioned in front of the partition wall portion 19 and a portion positioned in the rear of the partition wall portion 19.

  The lid body 4 includes a top wall portion 20 and a peripheral wall portion 21 that hangs over the entire periphery of the outer edge of the top wall portion 20, and the top wall portion 20 is a flat plate having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view that is long in the lateral direction. And located above the container body 2. The peripheral wall portion 21 is a wall portion formed in a rectangular ring shape in plan view, and is formed perpendicular to the top wall portion 20.

  A hinge shaft wall 23 is suspended from the rear wall portion 22 on the rear side of the peripheral wall portion 21, and the hinge shaft wall 23 is disposed inside the hinge recess 11. The hinge 3 is formed by connecting both end portions of the hinge shaft wall 23 and the hinge recess 11 via shaft portions 23A and 23A inserted from the outside in the lateral direction. A mirror body 24 is disposed on the lower surface of the top wall portion 20.

  With reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIG. 5, the swing piece 25 is disposed between the exterior body 7 and the interior body 8 at a portion located in front of the first and second frame portions 16 and 17. The swing piece 25 includes an operation unit 26 exposed from the outer wall of the container body 2, a storage unit 28 in which the first magnet 27 is stored, and a shaft unit 29 that connects the operation unit 26 and the storage unit 28. It is equipped with.

  The swing piece 25 extends from the right side wall 15 to the center in the lateral direction, and is provided so as to be swingable around a shaft portion 29 extending in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the lower portion of the shaft portion 29 is supported in a hole 30 formed on the upper surface of the bottom wall portion 9 of the exterior body 7, and the upper portion is formed on the lower surface of the flange portion 18 of the interior body 8. It is supported in the recess 31. The hole 30 and the recess 31 are disposed at a position slightly shifted to the right side from the lateral central portion of the second frame portion 17.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the container body 2 is integrally formed with a notch 32 which is a corner portion on the right side of the front portion and extends over the front wall portion 13, the right wall portion 15 and the bottom wall portion 9. The part 26 is exposed from the notch 32 to the outside of the container. Of the notch 32, the portion formed in the front wall portion 13 is formed to be longer than the portion formed in the right wall portion 15, and the portion formed in the bottom wall portion 9 is elongated in the lateral direction. It is formed in a rectangular shape.

  6 and 7, the operation unit 26 has a plate-like shape and is disposed so as to cover the notch 32 and includes an operation unit main body 37 positioned in front of the shaft 29, and the left end of the operation unit main body 37. The part and the shaft part 29 are connected via a connecting part 36 extending in the front-rear direction.

  A plate-shaped side shield 38 that extends in the vertical direction and protrudes rearward is formed at a position shifted to the left side of the right end portion on the rear surface of the operation section main body 37. The end portion is disposed inside the right side wall portion 15 and is positioned so as to cover the notch 32 from the lateral direction. In addition, a plate-like lower shielding portion 39 that extends in the left-right direction and protrudes rearward is formed at a position above the lower end portion on the rear surface of the operation portion main body 37. The lower shielding part 39 is positioned so that its rear end part is disposed inside the bottom wall part 9 and covers the notch 33 from below.

  The accommodating portion 28 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, and the first magnet 27 is accommodated therein so that different magnetic poles are connected in the vertical direction. In the present embodiment, the N pole 40 of the first magnet 27 is disposed above, and the S pole 41 is disposed below. The accommodating part 28 is arrange | positioned ahead of the partition wall part 19, and is connected with the axial part 29 by the connection arm part 42 extended in a horizontal direction. A connecting portion of the connecting arm portion 42 with the accommodating portion 28 extends gradually rearward from the right side to the left side along the arcuate corner portion of the second frame portion 17.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, in the present embodiment, the lateral length L <b> 1 of the connecting arm portion 42 is longer than the lateral length L <b> 2 of the operation portion 26. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of guide ribs 43 that contact the upper surfaces of the housing portion 28 and the connecting arm portion 42 protrude downward on the lower surface of the front portion of the interior body 8. It is installed.

  On the other hand, referring to FIGS. 1, 2, and 5, the lid 4 is provided with a second magnet 44, and the second magnet 44 is located at a position that partially overlaps the first magnet 27 in a top view. Has been placed. The second magnet 44 is housed in a housing recess 45 that is recessed in the lower surface of the lid body 4, and is held so as to be sandwiched between the lid body 4 and the mirror body 24. The different magnetic poles of the second magnet 44 are arranged so as to be continuous in the front-rear direction. In this embodiment, the N pole 46 of the second magnet 44 is arranged forward and the S pole 47 is arranged rearward.

  With reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, in the compact container 1 having the above-described configuration, when the operation portion 26 is operated and the swing piece 25 is swung around the shaft portion 29 from the state shown by the solid line in the drawing, the accommodating portion 28. Swings from the rear to the front. In this case, since the N pole 40 of the first magnet 27 and the S pole 47 of the second magnet 44 are close to each other (see S1 in FIG. 9), the N pole of the first magnet 27 and the N pole 46 of the second magnet 44 are changed. It will be in the state which mutually approaches (refer FIG. 9, S2).

  That is, in this compact container 1, the swing piece 25 has a “closed position (solid line)” in which the different magnetic poles (N pole 40 and S pole 47) of the first magnet 27 and the second magnet 44 approach each other. The same kind of magnetic poles (N pole 40 and N pole 46) of the first magnet 27 and the second magnet 44 oscillate between “open positions (two-dot chain lines)” where they approach each other.

  Here, in the open position, the operating portion 26 of the rocking piece 25 is locked to the edge of the notch 32 formed in the right side wall portion 15 and is prevented from rotating, and the edge of the notch 32 is rocked. It functions as a locking portion 34A for locking the operation portion 26 of the moving piece 25. Further, when the swinging piece 25 is swung from the open position to the closed position, at least one of the accommodating portion 28 and the connecting arm portion 42 is brought into contact with the first and second frame portions 16 and 17 to swing. Movement is regulated.

  Next, the operation of the compact container 1 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, in the compact container 1, the operation unit 26 is operated, and the different magnetic poles (N pole 40 and S pole 47) of the first magnet 27 and the second magnet 44 are closed. From the position, the same kind of magnetic poles (N pole 40 and N pole 46) of the first magnet 27 and the second magnet 44 are swung to an open position where they are close to each other. The lid 4 can be opened from the container main body 2.

  Here, by operating the operating portion 26 and swinging the swing piece 25 around the shaft portion 29, the swing piece 25 is moved from the closed position to the open position. As compared with the configuration in which the lid is opened by moving linearly against the above, the force required for the operation unit 26 can be suppressed, and the operability when the lid is opened can be improved.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the distance from the shaft part 29 to the housing part 28 that houses the first magnet 27 is longer than the distance from the shaft part 29 to the end of the operation part 26. For this reason, the swinging piece 25 swings around the shaft portion 29 and the movement between the closed position and the open position are combined. The part 28 can be greatly displaced. Therefore, the opening / closing of the lid 4 can be switched reliably.

  Further, by providing the container body 2 with a locking portion 34A that locks the operating portion 26 of the swing piece 25 in the open position, the swing piece 25 can be easily and accurately aligned with the open position. it can.

  Further, when the operating portion 26 is locked to the locking portion 34A, the lid 4 is rotated in the closing direction, and the same kind of magnetic poles of the first magnet 27 and the second magnet 44 approach each other. The rocking piece 25 can be swung around the shaft portion 29 toward the closed position so that the operating portion 26 is separated from the locking portion 34A by the mutually repelling magnetic forces generated between the magnets. Accordingly, for example, the swing piece 25 can be returned from the open position to the closed position without using a spring or the like, so that the number of parts can be suppressed and the operability of the closing operation can be improved.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of the compact container based on 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 first magnet 27 of the accommodating portion 28 of the swing piece 25 is disposed so that the N pole 40 is positioned above, but the S pole 41 is disposed above and the first magnet 27 on the lid 4 side is disposed. The front and rear directions of the two magnets 44 may be reversed from those in the above embodiment. Further, the magnetic pole of the first magnet 27 may be arranged in the housing portion 28 of the swing piece 25 so as to be continuous in the front-rear direction, and the magnetic pole of the second magnet 44 on the lid 4 side may be continued in the vertical direction. .

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the connection arm part 42 was provided between the accommodating part 28 and the axial part 29, this connecting arm part 42 was eliminated and the accommodating part 28 and the axial part 29 were made to adjoin, and it was directly. It does not matter as a mode of connection.
Furthermore, the shape of the compact container is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Compact container 2 Container main body 4 Cover body 25 Oscillating piece 26 Operation part 27 1st magnet 28 Storage part 29 Shaft part 44 2nd magnet 34A Locking part

Claims (2)

A compact container comprising a container body that contains contents and a lid that is connected to the container body so as to be openable and closable,
An oscillating piece comprising an operation part exposed from the outer wall of the container body, a housing part in which the first magnet is housed, and a shaft part that connects the operation part and the housing part to the container body. And a second magnet is disposed on the lid,
The swing piece has a closed position where the different magnetic poles of the first magnet and the second magnet approach each other around the shaft, and the same kind of magnetic poles of the first magnet and the second magnet A compact container characterized by being swingably supported between an approaching open position.   The compact container according to claim 1, wherein a locking portion for locking the operation portion of the swing piece at the open position is formed on the container main body.

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