JP2015155320A - drinking water container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drinking water container which can be handled even by a vending machine and can store individually drinking water and a wet towel.

SOLUTION: A drinking water container includes an upper container body and a lower container body that can be connected or separated, which can store different contents respectively and has a weight and a shape allowing a vending machine to handle the container as a whole. The lower container body stores a content and at the same time serves as a lid, where a space between a lower end of the upper container body and an upper end of the lower container body is subjected to packing with rubber material or the like in order to enhance airtightness in the lower container body. Thereby the drinking water container allows the upper container body and the lower container body to store refreshing drink and a wet towel respectively so that the drinking water container with the wet towel can be sold even by the vending machine.

COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a container, and more particularly, to a drinking water container that can be combined or separated and can individually contain drinking water and a towel, and a drinking water container that can be handled by a vending machine.

Japan has a habit of cleaning hands before eating and drinking, and hand towels are the birthplace of Japan. For this reason, it is not uncommon for hand towels to come with a lunch box, not to mention at restaurants. Even if you want to clean your hands before eating and drinking, but not in an environment where you can wash your hands on the go, hand towels can be very useful.
On the other hand, people who have experience of refreshing with a cold towel while warming the thirst in the hot summer, warming the body with a warm drink and warm towel in the cold winter There will be many. Wet towels can be expected not only in the physical aspect of removing dirt, but also in the spiritual effect of refreshing, so this is the reason why wetting culture has taken root in Japan, which is called hospitality culture.

  In addition, Japan is said to be a vending machine powerhouse. Not only the number of vending machines installed, but also the types of products handled, including drinking water, cigarettes, foods, tickets, books, etc. A wide variety. When it comes to drinking water vending machines, which account for about half of all vending machines, it is said that it is installed at a rate of 1 for every 50 people and 1 for every 30 people in urban areas. Therefore, you can easily buy drinking water whenever you are thirsty.

In this way, in Japan, both hand towels and vending machines are familiar, but the vending machines do not handle hand towels for the general public except for a small part such as pachinko parlors.
Though not popularized, the idea of selling a hand towel itself by using a vending machine or the like has been publicly known from the official gazette (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Nos. 3-53365 and 10-255138). ). However, the concept of handling towels in a set with drinking water has not been reached.
Regarding drinking water containers, the idea of a container that can store drinking water and food in a drinking water bottle is publicly known (for example, No. 3110459). However, what is handled with drinking water does not exceed the concept of food, and has not reached the concept of handling towels with drinking water.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-53365 JP 10-255138 A Noto 3110459 gazette

  In Japan, where people have a habit of cleaning their hands before eating and drinking, it is not uncommon for disposable hand towels to be included together even when purchasing a lunch box, but hand towels are not always included. Also, it is often too small a towel to wipe your hands.

  Since drinking water is sold not only in stores but also in vending machines, it is possible to easily purchase drinking water at any time. On the other hand, hand towels are not handled at vending machines, and are often not placed at stores that do not handle miscellaneous goods. Much more difficult than doing it. Furthermore, in order to desire “warm” or “cold” hand towels on the go, it is unavoidable to use cafes and restaurants.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when drinking water on the go or when hand towels are required, the “warm” or “cold” hand towel can be easily combined with drinking water at any time. An object of the present invention is to provide a drinking water container having a shape that can be handled even in a vending machine so that the drinking water storage unit and the hand towel storage unit can be combined or separated.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, firstly, the present invention is a drinking water container including a drinking water storage unit for storing drinking water and a towel storage unit for storing a hand towel, the drinking water storage unit and the towel. The storage section provides a drinking water container (invention 1) formed in an outer shape that can be combined or separated and can be stored in a vending machine.

  Secondly, according to the present invention, the hand towel container is a drinking water container that is threadedly engaged with the lower end of the drinking water container at the upper end, and is elastically deformable between the hand towel container and the drinking water container. A drinking water container (Invention 2) according to Invention 1 provided with a packing is provided.

  Thirdly, the present invention further includes an unopened display unit fixed to both the drinking water storage unit and the hand towel storage unit in a state where the drinking water storage unit and the towel storage unit are combined. The unsealed display part is a water container according to Invention 1 or Invention 2 (Invention 3) that breaks when the drinking water storage part and the hand towel storage part are separated.

  According to the container according to the present invention, a drinking water container having a shape that can be handled even in a vending machine and a drinking water container that can be combined or separated can be provided before eating or drinking on the go. Or, whenever a hand towel is needed, it is possible to easily purchase a “warm” or “cold” hand towel along with drinking water.

It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of the container which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the container which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view of the container which concerns on the same embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the coupling | bond part of the container which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the packing part of the container which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the use condition of the container which concerns on the embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the unopened display part of the container which concerns on the same embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a use state of a container according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the container according to the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the container according to the embodiment. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a coupling portion of the container according to the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a packing portion of the container according to the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a container according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an unopened display portion of the container according to the same embodiment.

  First, the configuration of the container 1 according to this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, a drinking water container 1 is composed of an upper container body 2 that contains drinking water, a lower container body 3 that contains towels, a cap 4, a packing 5, a soft drink 6, a towel 7, and a shrink film 8. It is configured.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the container 1 includes a container body 10 and a cap 4 attached to the container body 10. The container body 10 is composed of an upper container body 2 and a lower container body 3. In the container main body 11 that is in the vicinity of a quarter from the bottom of the container main body 10, the upper container main body 2 and the lower container main body 3 overlap each other.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the container 1, the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 are joined or separated at the container bodies 11a and 11b. From the upper container body mouth portion 21 to the body, it has the same form as a normal beverage plastic bottle, the upper end has an opening, and a substantially cylindrical shape with a thread so that the cap 4 can be screwed together It has become. The lower end 22 of the upper container body has a substantially cylindrical shape with a thread so that the lower container body 3 can be screwed, but the lower end 22 of the upper container body itself does not have an opening and is closed. It has become a bottom. Further, the lower container body 3 serves as a cap at the same time as the container body, and the inner side 31 of the upper end of the lower container body 3 has a thread so that it can be screwed into the thread of the lower end 22 of the upper container body. ing.

  Alternatively, overlapping portions are provided at the lower end of the upper container main body and the upper end of the lower container main body, and the lower end of the upper container main body has a thread shape for serving as a lid for the lower container main body. The upper container body and the lower container body are coupled or separated by polymerizing them.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the diameter 23 at the lower end of the upper container body is slightly smaller than the diameter 24 of the upper container body. The difference in diameter is two widths of the thickness 31 of the lower container body 3.

  The height of the thread at the lower end 22 of the upper container body is preferably about 1 cm, but is not limited to this height, and the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 are joined and easily separated unintentionally. As long as there is no height.

  In order to improve the airtightness in the lower container body, the lower end of the upper container body and the upper end of the lower container body are screwed together, and an elastically deformable packing is applied between the upper container body and the lower container body. The In this embodiment, in order to maintain the airtightness in the lower container body 3, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, a rubber packing 5 is provided at a portion where the lower end of the upper container body 2 and the upper end of the lower container body 3 are in contact with each other. Is given. The material used for the packing may be an elastically deformable packing material such as a rubber material, an elastomer material, or an engineering plastic material.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, it is preferable that the upper end 32 of the lower container body 3 is in contact with the packing 5 accommodated in the upper container body 2, but the lower end of the upper container body and the upper end of the lower container body are not necessarily It is not necessary to seal the contacted portion, and it is only necessary to maintain the airtightness in the lower container body 3 by attaching an inner seal to the container mouth portion of the lower container body 3 or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the present embodiment, the upper container body 2 contains a soft drink 6 and the lower container body 3 contains a towel 7. Soft drinks here are defined by the Food Sanitation Law and are beverages with an alcohol content of less than 1% by volume excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages and milk and dairy products. In addition to fruit beverages and coffee, mineral water is also included. And tea and carbonated drinks.

  The upper container body 2 that is the drinking water container and the lower container body 3 that is the hand towel container respectively contain the contents in a substantially airtight manner, and further, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 When the containers are separated, the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 can stand upright as independent containers. This can stand upright in either case when the contents are contained in the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 or when nothing is contained. Furthermore, when the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 are recombined, the contents are hermetically sealed and stored. The term “substantially airtight” as used herein refers to a state in which liquid foreign matter does not easily enter, and the term “sealed” refers to a state in which solid foreign matter does not enter.

  The content stored in the lower container body 3 is a towel 7 in this embodiment, and is impregnated with at least one kind of distilled water, pure water, other clean water, disinfectant, or fragrance in advance. Further, for example, a cloth hand towel 7 having a size of about 20 cm square is folded into a roll shape and accommodated in the lower container body 3 as shown in FIG. At this time, the material of the hand towel 7 is preferably a cloth that can ensure a firm wiping feeling, but is not limited thereto, and may be, for example, paper or a non-woven fabric. The hand towel may be a hand-packed hand towel.

In this embodiment, the material of the upper container body 2 is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and the material of the lower container body 3 and the cap 4 is polypropylene, which is the same material that is usually used for beverage containers. The container main body and the cap are made of either synthetic resin or metal. The synthetic resin may be a synthetic resin such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene, and saturated polyester resin, and the metal may be a metal such as aluminum or steel.
The thickness of the upper container body 2 is approximately the same as that of a general beverage container, and the thickness of the lower container body 3 and the cap 4 is approximately the same as the thickness of a cap of a general beverage container.
Further, the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 in the present embodiment are preferably colorless and transparent so that the contents in the container 1 can be seen, but the lower container body 3 is colorless and transparent, translucent, or opaque. It suffices to be at least one of these.

  As shown in FIG. 7, after the contents are stored in the upper container body 2 that is the drinking water storage part and the lower container body 3 that is the hand towel storage part, the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 are combined. In addition, the unsealed display portion 81 is fixed to both the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3, and the unopened display portion 81 breaks when the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 are separated. It is characterized by doing. In the present embodiment, a shrink film 8 used in a normal beverage PET bottle is attached as shown in FIG. In the shrink film 8, the upper container body 2 and the lower container body 3 are connected only at the unopened display portion 81. When the upper container main body 2 and the lower container main body 3 are separated in order to take out the hand towel contained in the lower container main body 3, it is necessary to break the shrink film at the perforated portion of the unopened display portion 81.

  In this embodiment, the material of the shrink film 8 is the same material as that used for an expanded polystyrene (OPS) film and an ordinary beverage PET bottle, but is not limited to this, and an expanded polystyrene (OPS) ) A film, a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, another synthetic resin film, or a combination thereof, and is characterized by being made of at least one of them.

  In addition, it is not always necessary to use a shrink film on the unopened display area, so it can be seen whether it is unopened, such as a security seal or seal that can prove that it is an unopened product, or a cap ring that is used in PET bottles. It only has to be considered.

  As described above, it is preferable that the total mass when the contents are stored in the container 1 (upper container body 2 + lower container body 3 + cap 4 + shrink film 8) is set to 350 to 700 g. However, it is sufficient that the total mass of the container 1 when the contents are accommodated is set to fall within a range that can be discharged without any problem in the vending machine.

  Thus, as a whole, a container 1 that is a drinking water container that can be combined or separated and contains drinking water and a towel is obtained. Since the container 1 has a shape and weight that can be handled by a vending machine, the container 1 according to this embodiment can be sold not only at a store but also at a vending machine. It is possible to provide the buyer with “warm” or “cold” hand towels at any time with drinking water.

  The embodiment described above is described for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and is not described for limiting the present invention. Therefore, each element disclosed in the above embodiment is intended to include all design changes and equivalents belonging to the technical scope of the present invention.

  The present invention does not necessarily require soft drinks to be stored in the upper container body 2 and towels in the lower container body 3, but may be stored in the upper container body 2 and soft drinks may be stored in the lower container body 3. .

  The contents stored in the lower container body 3 are not necessarily limited to the hand towel, and have a shape and weight that can be handled by a vending machine as a whole when drinking water and a desired product are stored. Thus, it is possible to sell desired products together with drinking water not only at the store but also at vending machines.

1 ・ ・ ・ Drinking water container
10 ... Container body
11 ・ ・ ・ Polymerized part of upper container body and lower container body
2 ... Upper container body
21 ... Upper container body mouth
22 ... Lower end of upper container body
23 ・ ・ ・ Diameter of the lower end of the upper container body
24 ・ ・ ・ Diameter of upper container body
3 ... Lower container body
31 ... Thickness of lower container body 3
32 ... Upper end of lower container body
4 ・ ・ ・ Cap
5 ・ ・ ・ Packing
6 ・ ・ ・ Soft drink
7 ・ ・ ・ Wet towel
8 ・ ・ ・ Shrink film
81 ・ ・ ・ Unopened display

Claims (3)

A drinking water storage section for storing drinking water;
A hand towel receiving portion for storing hand towels,
The drinking water storage part and the hand towel storage part can be combined or separated,
A drinking water container with an outer shape that can be accommodated in a vending machine. The hand towel container is
Threadedly engaged with the lower end of the drinking water container,
Between the hand towel container and the drinking water container,
The drinking water container according to claim 1, wherein an elastically deformable packing is provided. In a state where the drinking water storage unit and the hand towel storage unit are combined,
Across the drinking water storage area and the hand towel storage area,
An unopened display portion fixed to both sides is further provided,
The unopened display part has a drinking water storage part and a hand towel storage part,
The drinking water container according to claim 1, which breaks when separated.

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