JP2015171715A - container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container which can regulate the amount of coating material stuck onto a coating roller without separately preparing a screen.SOLUTION: A container 10 that can be used to store coating material comprises an upper part 14 having an opening part 12 and an edge part surrounding the opening 12, a bottom part 16 located at a bottom of the container 10 and a side part 18. The opening part 12 of the container 10 has area capable of superposing another container 10. Thereby the containers can be mutually piled up and they needs no extra space when the container 10 is sold or is transported. The side part of the container 10 has four surfaces and at least one projection part 20 is provided at one surface of the side part 18. The projection 20 is used to regulate the amount of the coating material stuck onto a coating tool, for example, a coating roller, a paintbrush, and a brush.

Description

  The present invention relates to a container capable of containing a liquid.

  FIG. 4 is an external view showing a conventional paint bucket 500. The paint bucket 500 has two handles 501, and a container 510 is disposed inside the paint bucket 500. In the container 510, a net 520 for adjusting the paint attached to the painting roller is disposed. The mesh 520 has two claws 521 for fixing the mesh 520 to the paint bucket 500 so that the position of the mesh 520 does not shift when the coating roller contacts. Since the paint bucket 500 is not directly used with a paint, it is not necessary to wash the paint bucket 500 with a solvent or the like.

JP-A-7-213984

  When the user uses a plurality of colors of paint for painting, the inner containers 510 are arranged in the number of the colors, the paints are put in them, and the container 510 containing the color paint to be used is put in the paint bucket 500. By arranging, painting work could be done. For this reason, it was not necessary to prepare a plurality of paint buckets 500. However, the mesh 520 is used to adjust the paint attached to the coating roller. Since the currently used paint is attached to the mesh 520, the mesh 520 is directly placed in the container 510 containing the paint of other colors. 520 could not be pickled. For this reason, it is necessary to wash the net 520 every time a different color is used, or to prepare the nets by the number of colors.

  The container according to the present invention is a container capable of containing a liquid, the container having an upper part having an opening and an edge around the opening, and a bottom part located at the bottom of the container, A container having a side part, having at least one protrusion on the side part, and having an area of the opening wider than an area of the bottom part.

  In one embodiment of the invention, the liquid is a paint, and the at least one protrusion is used to adjust the amount of paint on the object to be applied, and the at least one protrusion is endless or A cross-section of the at least one protrusion on a surface having a plurality of ends and perpendicular to the extending direction of the at least one protrusion may be a curve.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one protrusion may be a linear line bent upward or downward.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one protrusion may be linear and substantially parallel to the bottom.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one protrusion has a first protrusion and a second protrusion, and the first protrusion and the second protrusion are connected to the side surface and the bottom. When projecting on the sides formed by the above, those projection parts may overlap at least partially.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one protrusion has a first protrusion and a second protrusion, and the first protrusion and the second protrusion are side surfaces including them. When projected onto the side extending from the opening to the bottom, the projections may overlap at least partially.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one protrusion may be a plurality of bent lines.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the container may be made of a transparent or translucent resin.

  In an embodiment of the invention, the container may be made by pressing the resin once with a mold.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the length of one side inside the opening may be 200 mm to 250 mm, and the length of the other side may be 150 mm to 190 mm.

  Since the container according to the present invention has at least one protrusion on the side, the amount of the paint applied to the paint, for example, a painting roller, a brush, a brush, or the like can be adjusted. For this reason, the net | network for adjusting a coating material becomes unnecessary. Further, since the area of the opening is larger than the area of the bottom, the container according to the present invention can be stacked, and the space for transporting and storing the container can be made smaller than a container that cannot be stacked. . Of course, in the present invention, it is not necessary to transport and store unnecessary nets. Moreover, since the net | network was fixed to the paint bucket with the nail | claw, the conventional thing had restrictions in the width | variety of an edge part. However, in the present invention, since a net is not required, there is no restriction on the width of the edge, and the degree of freedom in design is improved. When it is desired to increase the strength of the container or to provide a handle for taking out the container according to the present invention from the paint bucket, the width of the edge can be increased.

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of a container according to an embodiment of the present invention. Drawing 2 (a)-(d) is a front view showing an example of the side of a container in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an external view showing an example of the container in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an external view showing a conventional container.

Below, the container which has a projection part in one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated, referring drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view showing a container 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  A container 10 that can be used to contain paint comprises an upper part 14 having an opening 12 and an edge around the opening 12, a bottom 16 located at the bottom of the container 10, and a side 18. I have. The upper part 14 is provided to increase the strength of the container 10. In this embodiment, the strength of the container is increased by forming an edge around the opening 12.

  The shape of the opening 12 has at least four sides. However, when the shape of the opening 12 is substantially square, the corners thereof may be chamfered. This is because when the container 10 is molded, it is easier to mold without the corner. The length of one side inside the opening 12 may be 200 mm to 250 mm. Further, the length of the other side inside the opening 12 may be 150 mm to 190 mm. If the length of one side of the opening 12 is 230 mm or more, a 9 inch (229 mm) coating roller can be used. Further, if the length of one side of the opening 12 is 180 mm or more, a 7-inch (178 mm) coating roller can be used.

  In the container 10, the area of the opening 12 is wider than the area of the bottom 16. For this reason, the containers 10 can be stacked, and no extra space is taken when the containers 10 are sold or transported. Moreover, since the area of the opening part 12 is larger than the area of the bottom part 16, it is also possible to shape | mold the container 10 by pressing resin once with a metal mold | die.

  The container 10 may have a handle portion 22. The handle portion 22 is used when the container 10 is placed in the paint bucket and then the container 10 is pulled up from the paint bucket. In the present invention, it is also possible to replace the handle portion 22 with the upper portion 14 without providing the handle portion 22. In a conventional container, a net for adjusting the amount of the paint on the roller is fixed to the paint bucket with a nail. However, in the present invention, a net is not necessary, and it is not necessary to design the upper part 14 of the container 10 in consideration of the claw for fixing the net. For this reason, the upper part 14 can be formed so that it may become larger than the external shape of the opening part of a coating material bucket. In such a case, the upper portion 14 may be used when lifting the container 10 from the paint bucket.

  The side portion of the container 10 has four surfaces, and at least one protrusion 20 is provided on one surface of the side portion 18. The protrusion 20 is used to adjust the amount of paint applied to a material to which paint is applied, for example, a painting roller, a brush, a brush, or the like.

  Specifically, the user soaks the paint into the roller by dipping or rolling the roller in a container containing the paint. The roller absorbs more paint than necessary to apply the paint to the wall, etc. If the user paints the wall etc. with the roller in this state, paint unevenness or the paint may fall from the roller High nature. Therefore, the user can adjust the paint soaked into the roller by contacting the protrusion 20 while rotating the roller. For this reason, the user can prevent the paint from dropping from the coating unevenness or the roller.

  The protrusion 20 is disposed so as to be convex on the inside of the container 10. It is preferable that the protrusion 20 has a portion where the cross section of the protrusion 20 is a curve in a plane perpendicular to the extending direction. When the protrusion 20 has a shape having a curved portion, the force applied to the protrusion 20 can be dispersed. This curve may be represented by a function that is not discontinuous in a predetermined section, such as an arc or a part of an ellipse. Even if the height of the protrusion (the height at which the curve is maximized from the portion where the side surface 18 provided with the protrusion 20 intersects the surface perpendicular to the direction in which the protrusion 20 extends) is 5 mm to 30 mm Good.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the protrusion 20 has a linear shape bent upward, but the protrusion 20 may have a linear shape bent downward. Further, the protruding portion 20 may be a plurality of bent lines.

  In the present embodiment of the present invention, the shape of the protrusion is not limited to the shape described above. Drawing 2 (a)-(d) is a figure showing an example of the side of a container in an embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 2A shows that the side portion 38 has a plurality of linear protrusions 30, 32, and 34 that are substantially parallel to the bottom portion. Here, the distance a between the protrusion 30 and the protrusion 32 is preferably 40 mm or less. This is because if the distance a is too large, the roller does not roll on the protrusions 30 and 32, so that it becomes difficult to adjust the paint soaked into the roller.

  FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a state in which a part of the first protrusion 40 is sandwiched by a part of the second protrusion 42. In other words, when the first protrusion 40 and the second protrusion 42 are projected onto the side of the opening of the side surface 48 having them, a part of the projection overlaps. As shown in FIG. 2B, by arranging the protrusions 40 and 42 on the side portion 48, the roller can smoothly roll on the protrusions 40 and 42, and the paint soaked into the roller is adjusted. Easy to do.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2 (b), the protrusions 40 are a straight line that is bent upward, and the protrusions 42 are a straight line that is bent downward. There may be. Further, the protrusion 40 may be linear or may have a plurality of refracted portions. Similarly, the protruding portion 42 may be linear or may have a plurality of refracted portions.

  FIG. 2C is a diagram illustrating a state in which the first protrusion 50 sandwiches the second protrusion 52. In other words, when the 1st projection part 50 and the 2nd projection part 52 are projected on the edge | side extended from the opening part of the side surface 58 which has them to the bottom part, those projection parts have overlapped. As shown in FIG. 2C, by arranging the protrusions 50 and 52 on the side part 58, the roller can smoothly roll on the protrusions 50 and 52, and the paint soaked into the roller is adjusted. Easy to do.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2C, the protrusion 50 is linear, but the protrusion 50 may have at least one refracted portion. Similarly, in the example shown in FIG. 2C, the protrusion 52 is linear, but the protrusion 52 may have at least one refracted portion. Note that even when at least one of the first protrusion 50 and the second protrusion 52 is not linear, the first protrusion 50 and the second protrusion 52 are opened in the side surface 58 including them. When projected onto the side extending from the portion to the bottom, the projecting portion may be arranged so that the projected portions overlap.

  FIG. 2D is a diagram showing endless projections 60 and 62. When the first protrusion 60 and the second protrusion 62 are projected onto the side of the opening of the side surface 68 having the protrusions 60 and 62, a part or all of the projections overlap, and When the first protrusion 50 and the second protrusion 52 are projected onto the side extending from the opening of the side surface 68 to the bottom, part or all of the projections overlap. As shown in FIG. 2D, by arranging the protrusions 60 and 62 on the side part 68, the roller can smoothly roll on the protrusions 60 and 62, and the paint soaked into the roller is adjusted. Easy to do.

  Moreover, although the projection parts 60 and 62 shown in FIG.2 (d) were endless shape, you may use combining an endless projection part and the projection part which has an edge part.

  2 (a) to 2 (c), a plurality of protrusions are drawn on the side surface. For example, even if the ends of the respective protrusions are connected to form one protrusion, FIG. 2 (a) to (c) have the same effects as the protrusions. The projection shown in FIG. 2 (d) has no end, but even if the projection shown in FIG. 2 (d) is connected to each other, it has the same effect as the projection shown in FIG. 2 (d). .

  Even if the roller rolls smoothly on the protrusion, if the roller bristles are longer than the height of the protrusion from the side, the roller bristles will be in the valley between the protrusions. There is a possibility of contact. Similarly, even if the roller is sponge-like, if the roller is strongly pressed against the protrusion, the roller may come into contact with the valley between the protrusion.

  In the container 10 described above, at least one protrusion 80, 84 is provided on one surface, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, at least one protrusion may be provided on the other side surface.

  FIG. 3 is an external view showing a container 70 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

  A container 70 that can be used to contain paint includes an opening 72 and a top 74 having an edge around the opening 72, a bottom 76 located at the bottom of the container 70, and sides 78, 82. It has. In the container 70, at least one protrusion 80, 84 is provided on the two surfaces of the side portions 78, 82. The protrusions 80 and 84 are used to adjust the amount of paint applied to a material to which paint is applied, for example, a painting roller, a brush, a brush, or the like.

  In the container 70, the projections 80 and the projections 84 have different orientations, but the projections 80 and the projections 84 may have the same orientation. Further, the shape of the protrusion 80 may be the shape shown in FIGS. 2A to 2D, and the shape of the protrusion 82 is shown in FIGS. 2A to 2D. It may be a shape.

  In the container according to another embodiment of the present invention, at least one protrusion may be provided on each of the three side portions. In the container according to still another embodiment of the present invention, at least one protrusion may be provided on each of the four side portions.

  In the present invention, at least one protrusion may be provided on the bottom. Such protrusions are useful when mixing paint and solvent with a roller.

  In the present invention, an aluminum alloy, carbon fiber, or the like can be used as the material of the container, but a resin is preferable. This is because the resin is cheaper than aluminum alloy and carbon fiber and easy to process. Moreover, the container which concerns on this invention may be made by pressing resin once with a metal mold | die. As the resin, a thermoplastic resin may be used. Polypropylene may be used as the thermoplastic resin. This is because it has excellent chemical resistance.

  The resin may be transparent or translucent. In this case, the color of the paint can be confirmed not only from the opening but also from the side. Depending on the work situation of the user, it is useful that the container is transparent or translucent when the color of the paint is confirmed from the side rather than from the opening, when the work efficiency is improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Container 12 Opening part 14 Upper part 16 Bottom part 18 Side part 20 Projection part 22 Handle part 30, 32, 34 Projection part 38 Side part 40, 42 Projection part 48 Side part 50, 52 Projection part 58 Side part 60, 62 Projection part 68 Side part 70 Container 72 Opening part 74 Upper part 76 Bottom part 78, 82 Side part 80, 84 Protrusion part

Claims (6)

A container that can contain liquid,
The container comprises an upper part having an opening and an edge around the opening; a bottom part located at the bottom of the container; and a side part,
The opening has a width that allows the other containers to be stacked,
The liquid is a paint;
The shape of the opening is substantially quadrilateral, the opening has a long side and a short side,
The side portion has four surfaces, and there is at least one protrusion on the surface of the side portion on the long side of the opening;
A container wherein the at least one protrusion is used to adjust the amount of paint on the material to be painted.   The container according to claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion is a continuous line bent upward or downward.   The container according to claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion is linear and substantially parallel to the bottom.   The at least one protrusion has a first protrusion and a second protrusion, and the first protrusion and the second protrusion are projected onto a side formed by the side surface and the bottom. The container according to claim 1, wherein the projections overlap at least partially.   The at least one projecting portion has a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion, and the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion are extended from a side opening having the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion to a bottom portion. The container according to claim 1, wherein when projected onto a certain side, at least part of the projected portions overlap.   The container according to claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion has a plurality of bent lines.