JP2014061913A - Measuring container for powder and granular material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring container for a powder and granular material that allows time and effort for measurement and extraction to be reduced to a minimum without excessive cost increases.SOLUTION: The measuring container for a powder and granular material comprises: a storing portion 2; a support portion 3; and extraction means for extracting contents in the storing portion 2. The extraction means is composed of: a handle 22 whose upper end is threaded into the peripheral wall of the storing portion 2 and whose lower end is formed openably and closably; and a slide body 4 whose tip side has a measuring spoon 40 and whose base end is connected to the handle, which is slid along the outer face of the bottom wall of the storing portion 2 in tandem with opening and closing movement of the handle 22. By opening movement of the handle 22, the measuring spoon 40 is positioned to be vertically identical with an extraction hole 21 of the bottom wall of the storing portion 2 so that the contents are dropped into the measuring spoon 40 to be held. By closing movement of the handle 22, the slide body 4 is slid to protrude the measuring spoon 40 into outside of the support portion 3 while closing the extraction hole 21 at the top face thereof and to slice off the contents in the measuring spoon 40 so that a cup of the contents in the measuring spoon 40 sliced off can be extracted.

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring container for granular material that can be stored while storing a granular material such as a seasoning or a medicine and measuring a predetermined amount thereof.

  When removing a certain amount of granular seasonings or powdered medicines from the storage container, use a measuring spoon to scoop up a large amount, and scrape the raised part with a scraping plate provided at the opening of the container, etc. It has been done. However, since the lid is opened when the contents are taken out, dust or moisture may enter from the opening of the container and change the contents. Also, in this case, a lot of continuous operations such as an operation of opening the lid with both hands, an operation of scrubbing with a measuring spoon, an operation of scraping off, and an operation of closing the lid with both hands are troublesome.

  In view of this, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-282715 discloses that the top plate of the cap of the cylindrical container has an opening lid and has a scraper plate and two vertical side plates on the bottom surface of the top plate, and a handle portion and a back plate. A measuring spoon equipped with a measuring unit is brought into sliding contact with the opening lid, scraping plate, two side plates and the peripheral wall, and the lower end of the scraping plate slides on the upper end of the measuring unit by pulling the handle from the cap. On the other hand, a powder measuring container has been proposed that accurately takes out the contents of a spoonful.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-63745 discloses that a cap is attached to a main body container so as to be capable of relative rotation and has a measuring tubular portion, and contents are added to the measuring tubular portion by inverting the container. In this state, the cap is rotated relative to the main body container to close the lower end of the measuring tube, and then the cap lid is opened to accurately measure the contents. A measuring container that adopts the method of being taken out is also proposed.

  This eliminates the need for an operation of scooping and scrubbing the contents while holding the measuring spoon in hand, and also reduces the risk that the container will open greatly and allow foreign objects to enter. However, these weighing containers have a very complicated structure for the portion that performs the weighing function and the manufacturing cost tends to increase, and the weighing function portion is arranged at the top of the container, so when weighing the contents. An operation of tilting the container upside down or to an angle close to the upside down is required. Moreover, since it is necessary to operate with both hands when taking out the weighed contents, the above-described effort is still insufficient.

JP-A-8-282715 JP 2001-63745 A

  The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problems, and it is possible to minimize the trouble in weighing and taking out the powder and powder measuring container without excessive cost increase. This is the issue.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a bottomed cylindrical storage portion that has an open / close lid on the upper end side and stores a predetermined granular material, a support portion that supports the storage portion from below, and the contents of the storage portion. A measuring container for taking out a certain amount while measuring the contents by one operation of the extracting means, and the extracting means is disposed on the outer peripheral surface side of the storage portion. It has a handle that is hinged at the upper end and can be opened and closed at the lower end, and has a measuring spoon with the opening side facing upward at the tip side, and the handle is connected to the base end side in conjunction with the opening and closing operation of the handle. It consists of a slide body that slides horizontally along the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage unit, and the measuring spoon is vertically aligned with the extraction hole formed in the bottom wall of the storage unit with the opening surface leveled by opening the handle. Through the extraction hole The contents are dropped and held in the measuring spoon, and when the handle is closed, the slide body slides and closes the take-out hole on the upper surface of the measuring spoon. The held contents are scraped off on the bottom wall side of the storage unit, and the contents corresponding to one full cup of the measuring spoon are taken out.

  In this way, a slide body having a measuring spoon for drawing and projecting in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the handle is arranged below the cylindrical storage portion, and the extraction hole in the bottom wall of the storage portion is opened in the handle open state. The measuring spoon is filled with the contents, and the measuring spoon protrudes to the outside of the storage part while the contents are scraped off by the closing operation of the handle. However, the contents weighed accurately can be taken out with a simple operation.

  In addition, in this measuring container for granular materials, a spring member is interposed in the hinged portion between the handle and the peripheral wall of the storage section so as to urge the handle in the opening direction, and the handle is normally kept fully open. By pressing in the direction to close the handle while gripping the peripheral wall of the storage portion together with the handle, the measuring spoon protrudes outside the support portion, and the contents are taken out. If the handle is returned to the fully open position by the urging force and the measuring spoon returns to the original position and the contents are refilled, an accurate amount of the contents can be obtained with a simple operation with one hand. It can be taken out.

  Furthermore, in the above-mentioned powder container for measuring granular material, the measuring spoon is located on the tip side of the slide member forming the main body part of the slide body, and the tip side is between the horizontal position and the position facing downward by a predetermined angle. It is hinged in a state that it can move up and down, and the tip side is lowered in conjunction with the operation of projecting a predetermined amount or more outward from the support part, and the tip side is raised to the horizontal position in conjunction with the operation of pulling into the support part. If it is characterized by the fact that the measuring spoon is returned, the measuring spoon will be lowered while the handle is protruding, and the tip side will be lowered. The operation to drop is realized.

  Furthermore, in the above-mentioned measuring container for granular materials, the slide body is structured to block the extraction hole from below over all positions from the fully open to the fully closed handle. If so, it is possible to prevent the contents from leaking from the take-out hole with the opening and closing operation of the handle.

  In this case, the support part is provided with a pressing member that presses the slide body from below and biases it upward so that the upper surface side of the slide body is in close contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage unit. If it is made into the characteristic, it will become easy to avoid that a clearance gap produces between a slide body and the bottom wall outer surface of a storage part, and a content leaks out from an extraction hole.

  According to the present invention in which a measuring spoon that retracts and protrudes in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the handle is arranged below the storage unit, it is possible to minimize the time and effort during weighing and taking out without excessive cost increase. It will be a thing.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of embodiment in this invention. It is the disassembled perspective view to which the structure of the principal part of the taking-out means in the measuring container for granular materials of FIG. 1 was expanded. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which accommodated the granular material in the measuring container for granular materials of FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which closed the handle from the state of FIG. 3, and protruded the measuring spoon.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a powder container 1A according to the present embodiment. This granular measuring container 1A is intended to be able to easily take out a certain amount while mainly containing granular seasonings such as salt and pepper. -If it is a granular granular material, it can be used similarly about a foodstuff, a chemical | medical agent, etc.

  The powder container 1A is a substantially cylindrical container as a whole, and has a disk-shaped lid 5 that closes the opening 2a on the upper end side, and has a cylindrical shape with a bottom that houses a predetermined powder. The storage part 2, the wall 30 and the support part 3 which has a substantially circular bottom surface and is connected to the lower end side of the storage part 2 and supports it from below, and takes out the contents in the storage space 20 of the storage part 2 A handle 22 and a slide body 4 are provided as means, and a fixed amount is taken out while measuring the contents by one operation of the take-out means.

  The contents are taken out by a handle 22 having an upper end hinged by a shaft 25 to an upper portion of a vertically long groove 2b formed on the outer surface of the storage portion 2 and a lower end side that can be opened and closed. The proximal end side is locked and connected to an arch-like engaging body 22a (one is not shown) formed in parallel with the lower part of the inner surface of the handle 22, and inside the support portion 3 in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the handle 22. The slide body 4 is a horizontally long member that slides horizontally along the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage portion 2.

  The handle 22 is a thin plate-like member having a width that fits in the groove 2b of the storage portion 2 and slightly longer than this. However, an arm 22b having a shaft hole that protrudes laterally from the upper part on the inner surface is horizontal in the groove 2b. It is pivotally attached by a shaft 25 passed in the direction, and is attached in a state in which the downward lower end side can be opened and closed within a predetermined range. Further, a hairpin-like spring member 26 inserted through the central winding portion with the shaft 25 is interposed between the inside of the handle 22 and the bottom surface of the groove 2b of the storage portion 2 so as to urge the handle 22 in the opening direction. Usually, the handle 22 is urged to be kept fully open.

  On the other hand, the slide body 4 slides within the support portion 3 with the measuring spoon 40 with the opening surface facing upward, the proximal end side connected to the engaging body 22a of the handle 22 and the distal end side connected to the proximal end side of the measuring spoon 40. It consists of a armature 41 in the form of a wing plate as a slide member that performs the operation, and slides in the horizontal direction along the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage portion 2 inside the support portion 3 in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the handle 22. Yes.

  That is, the opening operation of the handle 22 causes the measuring spoon 40 of the slide body 4 to be vertically aligned with the take-out hole 21 formed in the bottom wall of the storage unit 2 while keeping the opening surface of the recess 400 horizontal, and this is viewed from below. At the same time, the contents are dropped and held in the recess 400 through the take-out hole 21, and the slide body 4 slides by closing the handle 22, and the take-out hole 22 is closed on the upper surface of the arm plate 41. While the measuring spoon 40 protrudes to the outside of the support portion 3, the contents held in the depression 400 are scraped off by the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage portion 2, so that the content for one cup of the measuring spoon 40 is cut. This point is a characteristic part of the present invention.

  The lid body 5 that closes the opening 2a of the storage portion 2 has two swinging holes 51 and 52 having different shapes on the upper surface of the disk-shaped member, and the small lids 5a and 5b that respectively close these can be opened and closed. In addition to weighing with the measuring spoon 40 and taking out the contents as described above, the contents are spouted through the spout holes 51 and 52 with the upper end facing downward. You can also.

  With reference to the exploded perspective view of FIG. 2, the configuration of the slide body 4 constituting the main part of the take-out means will be described in detail below. Connection arms 411c and 411d having shaft holes are suspended from the bottom end side of the bottom plate-shaped arm plate 41 constituting the slide body 4. On the other hand, the measuring spoon 40 has connecting arms 401a and 401b suspended from its proximal end, and its convex shaft is inserted into the shaft hole of the connecting arms 411c and 411d and connected to the arm plate 41. The front end side can be moved up and down between the horizontal position and the position where the opening surface by the depression 400 is downward by a predetermined angle.

  As described above, the arm plate 41 is made of a member having a blade plate shape and a flat upper surface, and a base end of the narrow portion 412 on the base end side is engaged with and connected to the handle 22 side. A concentric shaft 412a is provided at a right angle to the longitudinal direction and in the horizontal direction. Further, the wide portion 411 on the distal end side constitutes a closed surface that totally closes the openings of the extraction holes 21 formed on the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage portion 2 at the fully closed position of the handle 22 from below.

  Further, ribs 411a and 411b are provided in parallel on the lower surface of the wide portion 411 so as to extend along the longitudinal direction of the slide body 4. As shown in FIG. Tongue pieces 32 and 33 having elasticity as pressing members that contact and press the upper surface of the arm plate 41 in the direction in which the upper surface of the arm plate 41 is brought into close contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage unit 2 are disposed inside the support unit 3.

  On the other hand, the measuring spoon 40 also has a structure in which the proximal end side of the peripheral portion of the opening of the recess 400 is extended in a flat plate shape in the horizontal direction so as to be in close contact with the outer peripheral portion of the take-out hole 21 formed in the bottom wall of the storage portion 2. A sliding contact plate 401 that forms a horizontal edge line perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of 4 is formed. When the handle 22 is fully opened, the upper surface of the sliding contact plate 401 is in close contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage unit 2. At the same time, the edge portion on the proximal end side is in close contact with the edge portion on the distal end side of the wide portion 411 of the arm plate 41 so that the upper surfaces of both are continuous in a flush state. The slide body 4 closes the take-out hole 21 from below over all positions up to full closure.

  Further, a rib 400a is formed along the longitudinal direction of the slide body 4 on the lower outer peripheral surface of the hemispherical portion constituting the recess 400 of the measuring spoon 40, and the tip side of the measuring spoon 40 is bent downward. In this case, the base end side is inserted between the ribs 411a and 411b of the arm plate 41. Further, the tongue piece 32 described above comes into contact with the rib 400a from below when the handle 22 is fully opened, and the opening surface side of the measuring spoon 40 is brought into close contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage portion 2.

  As described above, the upper surface side of the slide body 4 forms a continuous flat surface in all parts except the recess 400 of the measuring spoon 40, and the storage portion 2 by the tongue pieces 32, 33 arranged below the flat surface. It is configured to be pressed in a direction in close contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall, and the state where the extraction holes 21 are closed from below is maintained at all positions in the sliding operation of the slide body 4 in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the handle 22. As a thing, the function which prevents that the granular material in the storage part 2 leaks outside is exhibited.

  Next, details of functions according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows a state in which granular seasonings such as pepper are stored in the powder container 1A described above. In this situation, the opening portion 2 a of the storage portion 2 is closed by the lid 5, but the take-out hole 21 of the storage portion 2 is also connected to the tongue 32, the measuring spoon 40 of the slide body 4 at the fully open position of the handle 22. The upper surface of the sliding contact plate 401, which is pressed from below at 33 and is in close contact with the bottom, is closed so that the recess 400 of the measuring spoon 40 is filled with the contents while the contents are filled. It maintains a state where external dust and moisture are difficult to enter inside.

  When weighing and taking out the contents of one cup into this measuring spoon 40, grip and lift the outer peripheral side of the peripheral wall of the storage part 2 together with the handle 22 with one hand and lift it above the target to which the contents are to be put. While being supported, the handle 22 is held and held, and the handle 22 is pushed to the fully closed position as shown in FIG.

  Then, the slide body 4 slides while contacting the upper surface with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage portion 2, and the measuring spoon 40 protrudes to the outside of the support portion 3. Thereby, the content filled in the depression 400 of the measuring spoon 40 is scraped off and taken out to the outside, and the measuring spoon 40 is located at a position where the tongue piece 32 supporting the measuring spoon 40 from below does not contact with the rib 400a. Therefore, the tip side bends downward due to its own weight. As a result, the contents held in the recess 400 without further tilting the container are shaken off by a series of operations.

  Further, in this state, the upper surface of the arm plate 41 of the slide body 4 is pressed and adhered to the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage portion 2 through the rib 411 a by the tongue piece 32, and the content is transferred through the take-out hole 21. Maintains no leakage. Then, by releasing the push of the handle 22, the handle 22 returns to the original fully opened position shown in FIG. 3 by the elastic repulsive force of the spring member 26, and the slide body 4 also returns to the original position and the depression of the measuring spoon 40. 400 is refilled with the contents.

  By using this embodiment having a relatively simple configuration as described above, the measuring spoon 40 can be squeezed into a measuring spoon 40 by a very simple operation with one hand without requiring the trouble of inverting the container when taking out the container. Accurate weighing and removal are possible. In addition, the content can be prevented from leaking during operation while maintaining the hermeticity of the content, and the correct amount of content can be continuously removed while performing the same operation continuously. You can also.

  As described above, with respect to the powder container for measuring granular materials, the present invention has made it possible to minimize the trouble in weighing and taking out without accompanying an excessive cost increase.

  1A Measuring container for granular material, 2 storage part, 2a opening part, 3 support part, 4 slide body, 5 lid, 20 storage space, 21 take-out hole, 22 handle, 26 spring member, 32, 33 tongue piece, 40 Measuring spoon, 41 arm plate, 400 depression, 400a, 411a, 411b rib

Claims (5)

A bottomed cylindrical storage portion having an open / close lid on the upper end side for storing a predetermined granular material, a support portion for supporting the storage portion from below, and a takeout means for taking out the contents of the storage portion In a measuring container for a granular material of a method of taking out a constant amount while weighing the contents by one operation of the take-out means,
The take-out means has a handle that is hinged at the upper end side to the outer peripheral surface side of the storage portion and that can be opened and closed at the lower end side, and a measuring spoon with the opening surface facing upward at the distal end side, and at the proximal end side. The handle is connected to a slide body that slides horizontally along the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage unit while interlocking with the opening / closing operation of the handle, and the measuring spoon is opened by the opening operation of the handle. The contents are dropped and held in the measuring spoon through the take-out hole in a position that is vertically aligned with the take-out hole formed in the bottom wall of the storage unit with the level of the slide body, and the slide body is closed by the closing operation of the handle. The measuring spoon protrudes to the outside of the support part while closing the take-out hole on its upper surface, and the contents held on the measuring spoon are slid off on the bottom wall side of the storage part. Granule-body weighing container wherein the measuring spoon scraping the contents of the single serving is taken out, characterized in that.   A spring member is interposed in a hinge portion between the handle and the peripheral wall of the storage portion so as to urge the handle in the opening direction, and normally the fully open state of the handle is maintained. By pressing the handle in the closing direction while gripping the handle together with the handle, the measuring spoon protrudes to the outside of the support portion, the contents are taken out, and the biasing force of the spring member is released by releasing the press. 2. The measuring container for granular materials according to claim 1, wherein the handle returns to the fully open position and the measuring spoon returns to the original position to refill the contents.   The measuring spoon is hinged to the front end side of the slide member forming the main body portion of the slide body in such a manner that the front end side can move up and down between the opening surface and a position at which the opening surface faces a predetermined angle downward from the horizontal position. The tip side is lowered in conjunction with an operation of projecting a predetermined amount or more outward from the support portion, and the tip side is lifted back to the horizontal position in conjunction with an operation of drawing into the support portion. The measuring container for granular materials described in 1 or 2.   4. The powder according to claim 1, wherein the slide body has a structure in which the take-out hole is closed from below over all positions from the fully open position to the fully closed position of the handle. Measuring container for granules.   The support portion is provided with a pressing member that presses the slide body from below so as to bring the upper surface side of the slide body into close contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the storage portion, and urges the slide body upward. The measuring container for granular materials according to claim 4 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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