JP2017202097A - Cosmetic container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cosmetic container which can significantly reduce the amount of unused cosmetic to be left therein.SOLUTION: A protrusion part 15 protruding below a shoulder part 5 of a container body 1 on a wiping member 7 has a diameter-increased portion 17 where its diameter increases as it goes downward. A lower end 18 of the diameter-increased portion 17 has a structure that contacts or is adjacent to an inner surface on a lower side of the shoulder part 5 of the container body 1. This suppresses entry of a cosmetic L into a space S defined by an external surface A of the protrusion part 15, an inner surface B of the shoulder part 5 of the container body 1, and an inner surface C in the vicinity of the shoulder part 5 facing the protrusion part 15 on the container body 1 (an inner surface on an upper side of a position facing the lower end 18 of the diameter-increased portion 17), thus preventing accumulation of the cosmetic L in the space S.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a cosmetic container for applying a cosmetic.

  Conventionally, a container (container body) and an opening (handling hole) connected to the mouth and neck (open neck) via a stepped portion that is reduced in diameter with respect to the end of the bottomed cylindrical housing that contains cosmetics are formed. A cylindrical handle that is attached to the inner periphery of the mouth and neck, a lid that is detachably attached to the mouth and neck, and a support shaft that extends from the lid. There is known a cosmetic application device (cosmetic container) provided with an application unit that is provided and has a lid attached to the mouth and neck and passes through the opening of the handle valve and is immersed in the cosmetic in the housing unit. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). In this cosmetic applicator, the stepped portion is configured to be reduced in diameter in two steps, an upper step and a lower step. The handling member is provided with a handling projection part on the outer peripheral surface of which the step part on the handling member side for engaging with the upper step part from below is projected in an annular shape, and the handling projection part is provided on the upper step part. It has a cylindrical portion (hereinafter referred to as a protruding portion) that extends further downward from the stepped portion on the side of the handling member to be engaged. In this cosmetic applicator, the lower step portion (the so-called shoulder portion, which is the upper corner of the housing portion; hereinafter referred to as the shoulder portion) is formed by the application portion having a shape inclined with respect to the axial direction of the support shaft. ) Can be scraped off.

JP 2014-4315 A

  However, the cosmetic applicator of Patent Document 1 can be applied only when a specially shaped applicator is used, and it is difficult and time-consuming to sufficiently take the cosmetic on the lower shoulder. Further, cosmetics are applied to the upper shoulder portion and the vicinity thereof, specifically, the outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion of the handling protrusion, the inner surface of the upper shoulder portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the container near the shoulder portion facing the protruding portion. The cosmetics remain attached, and the cosmetic material accumulates in the space defined by these surfaces (enclosed by these surfaces), resulting in the remaining use of the cosmetics. Such a remaining use becomes particularly prominent in the case of a cosmetic with a high viscosity that easily adheres to the container.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the cosmetics container which can reduce the remaining use of cosmetics significantly.

  The cosmetic container according to the present invention includes a container main body in which an opening neck is connected via a shoulder that is reduced in diameter with respect to an end portion of a bottomed cylindrical storage portion that stores the cosmetic, and a handle portion that forms a handle hole. A cylindrical handling member attached to the inner peripheral side of the open neck, a lid detachably attached to the open neck, and a handle that extends from the lid and is attached to the open neck An applicator that has an applicator that passes through a hole and the application part at the tip of the applicator enters the cosmetic in the housing part, and the handling member includes a protruding part that protrudes downward from the shoulder part. The portion has a diameter-expanding portion that increases in diameter as it goes downward, and the lower end portion of the diameter-expanding portion is in contact with or close to the inner surface below the shoulder portion of the container body.

  According to such a cosmetic container, the protruding portion that protrudes downward from the shoulder portion of the container body in the handling member has the expanded diameter portion that expands in diameter as it goes downward, and the lower end portion of the expanded diameter portion. Is in contact with or close to the inner surface below the shoulder portion of the container body, so that the outer surface of the protruding portion, the inner surface of the shoulder portion of the container main body, and the inner surface of the container body in the vicinity of the shoulder portion facing the protruding portion Of the cosmetic material into the space defined by the lower end of the surface of the upper surface), thereby preventing the cosmetic material from accumulating in the space, thereby significantly reducing the remaining use of the cosmetic material. Can be reduced.

  Here, when the enlarged diameter portion is formed of a deformable elastic material, the enlarged diameter portion larger than the cylindrical hole of the opening neck portion can be passed through the cylindrical hole of the opening neck portion. It is easy to attach to the opening neck.

  Further, when the inner surface of the enlarged diameter portion is located in the movable range of the application portion when the lid is tilted with the lid body removed from the container body and the application portion positioned in the enlarged diameter portion, the lid body is In an inclined state, the application part and the inner surface of the enlarged diameter part can be brought into contact with each other, and the cosmetic material adhering to the inner surface of the enlarged diameter part can be easily scraped off. In addition, when the enlarged diameter portion is formed of a deformable elastic material, the enlarged diameter portion easily deforms following the contacting application portion, so that cosmetics attached to the inner surface of the enlarged diameter portion can be more easily obtained. Can be scraped off.

  Moreover, if the handling part is provided in the base end of the enlarged diameter part, the cosmetics adhering to the inner surface from the proximal end to the lower end part of the enlarged diameter part can be easily scraped off.

  Here, as a structure of the enlarged diameter part which suitably exhibits the above-described action, specifically, a structure in which the diameter is increased in a tapered shape can be given.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a cosmetic container that can significantly reduce the remaining use of the cosmetic.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the cosmetics container which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which removed the cover body from the cosmetics container shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the cosmetics adhering to the handling member inner surface are scraped off by the application part. It is a perspective view which shows the handling member in FIGS. 1-3. It is a vertical perspective view of the handling member shown in FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the handling member shown in FIG.4 and FIG.5.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a cosmetic container according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view with a lid removed from FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cosmetic applied to the inner surface of a handling member. FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 are diagrams illustrating handling members, and the cosmetic container of the present embodiment is appropriately coated with the cosmetics contained therein by the user. It can be applied to the part. Here, the cosmetic is a liquid cosmetic, and is a liquid cosmetic that has a particularly high viscosity and is likely to remain attached to the inner surface of the container, for example, as described in the prior art. Examples of such liquid cosmetics include lip gloss and various other examples such as mascara, eyeliner, and eyebrow.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the liquid cosmetic container 100 generally includes a container main body 1 that stores the liquid cosmetic L, and a lid 2 that is detachably attached to the container main body 1.

  Here, the container body 1 is made of a hard resin or metal, and includes an accommodating portion 3 for accommodating the liquid cosmetic L, and an opening connected integrally to the upper portion of the accommodating portion 3 and connected to the accommodating portion 3. A neck 4. The accommodating portion 3 is configured in a bottomed cylindrical shape and accommodates the liquid cosmetic L therein, and the opening neck portion 4 is configured in a cylindrical shape having a smaller diameter than the accommodating portion 3 and is disposed coaxially. Are connected via a shoulder portion 5 whose diameter is reduced, and the inside of the cylinder communicates with the housing portion 3. Here, the shoulder portion 5 is an inclined portion that inclines with an ascending slope and decreases in diameter, but may be a horizontal stepped portion or the like.

  A male screw 6 for removably screwing the lid 2 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the opening neck 4. On the inner peripheral surface, a handling member 7 (described later in detail) for handling off excess liquid cosmetic L adhering to the application part 11 described later of the lid 2 is mounted.

  The lid 2 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a top, and includes an internal thread 8 that is screwed into an external thread 6 on the outer peripheral surface of the opening neck 4 on the inner peripheral surface on the opening end side. The lid 2 is detachably attached to the container body 1 by screwing the female screw 8 to the male screw 6.

  The lid 2 is provided with an applicator 9 extending from the lid 2. The applicator 9 includes a shaft portion 10 that protrudes from the inside of the lid 2 toward the housing portion 3 side (downward in the drawing) of the container body 1 and an application portion 11 that is provided at the tip of the shaft portion 10.

  The shaft portion 10 forms a cylindrical body having a smaller diameter than the lid body 2. The application unit 11 is a spatula here, but may be, for example, a comb, a winding brush, a brush, or the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 to 6, the handling member 7 is configured in a substantially cylindrical shape, and here, a deformable elastic material such as TPU, TPE, rubber material, soft PP, soft PE, silicon rubber or the like. Is formed. The handling member 7 includes a cylindrical portion 12 that is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the opening neck portion 4, a flange portion 13 that is connected to the cylindrical portion 12 and that is in contact with the upper surface of the opening neck portion 4, and a lower outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 12. And an engaging projection 14 that projects in an annular shape toward the inner peripheral surface of the shoulder portion 5. In addition, the handling member 7 includes a protrusion 15 that includes the engagement protrusion 14 and protrudes downward from the shoulder 5.

  The protruding portion 15 includes the engaging protrusion 14 and extends downward following the cylindrical portion 12, and is continuously provided at the lower end of the extending portion 16, and the lower end of the extending portion 16. And an enlarged-diameter portion 17 that enlarges the diameter.

  The enlarged-diameter portion 17 has an enlarged cylindrical shape that expands in a tapered shape as it goes downward, and here has a trumpet shape. In addition, the diameter-expanded portion 17 may not have a taper shape, but may have a shape that expands while being curved, for example. The lower end portion 18 of the enlarged diameter portion 17 projects outward in a bowl shape.

  Further, on the inner peripheral surface of the protruding portion 15, a disc-shaped handling portion 19 projects inwardly at the boundary portion between the extending portion 16 and the enlarged diameter portion 17, that is, at the proximal end of the enlarged diameter portion 17. A handling hole 20 through which the applicator 9 passes is provided in the approximate center of the handling part 19. The inner peripheral surface of the handling part 19 that forms the handling hole 20 handles the excess liquid cosmetic L attached to the application part 11 and the shaft part 10. The handling hole 20 is a circular hole here, but may be an elliptical hole or the like depending on the shape of the application part 11, or a hole such as a cross-shaped slit that communicates vertically. Also good.

  And the handling member 7 having such a configuration is passed through the cylindrical hole of the opening neck 4 from above in a state in which the enlarged diameter portion 17 formed of an elastic material is made larger than the cylindrical hole of the opening neck 4. The cylindrical portion 12 is press-fitted into the opening neck portion 4 and is attached to the opening neck portion 4 by sandwiching the opening neck portion 4 between the collar portion 13 and the engaging projection 14.

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 1, the bowl-shaped lower end portion 18 of the enlarged diameter portion 17 is an inner surface below the shoulder portion 5 of the container body 1, and the liquid cosmetic L stored in the storage portion 3. The surface is in contact with the inner surface at a position slightly above the surface.

  The lid 2 is attached to the opening neck 4 of the container main body 1 by screwing the screws 6 and 8, so that the applicator 9 passes through the handling hole 20 of the handling member 7 and accommodates the container main body 1. The coating unit 11 is configured to be immersed (entered) in the liquid cosmetic L stored in the storage unit 3.

  When using the liquid cosmetic container 100 configured in this manner, from the state shown in FIG. 1, the user pulls up while releasing the screwing of the screws 6, 8 by turning the lid 2 and releasing the screw 6, 8. 2, the lid 2 is removed from the container body 1. At this time, the applicator 9 of the lid 2 passes through the handling hole 20 of the handling part 19 of the handling member 7, and the liquid cosmetic L adhering particularly to the application part 11 of the applicator 9 is handled. And the liquid cosmetic L adhering to the application part 11 is apply | coated to a to-be-applied part, and when application | coating is completed, the said cover body 2 will be turned, turning the cover body 2 in the reverse direction to taking out and screwing the screws 6 and 8 together. Is attached to the container body 1.

  Here, particularly in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the protruding portion 15 that protrudes downward from the shoulder portion 5 of the container body 1 in the handling member 7 increases in diameter as it goes downward. 17 and the lower end portion 18 of the enlarged diameter portion 17 is in contact with the inner peripheral surface below the shoulder portion 5 of the container main body 1, so that the outer peripheral surface A of the projecting portion 15 and the shoulder of the container main body 1 are The inner surface B of the portion 5 and the inner peripheral surface (inner peripheral surface above the position facing the lower end portion 18 of the enlarged diameter portion 17) C in the container body 1 in the vicinity of the shoulder portion 5 facing the protruding portion 15 are defined. The entrance of the liquid cosmetic L into the space S to be performed can be suppressed. As a result, accumulation of the liquid cosmetic L in the space S can be suppressed, and the remaining amount of the liquid cosmetic L can be greatly reduced.

  Moreover, since the enlarged diameter portion 17 is formed of a deformable elastic material, the enlarged diameter portion 17 larger than the cylindrical hole of the opening neck portion 4 can be passed through the cylindrical hole of the opening neck portion 4, The handling member 7 can be easily attached to the opening neck 4.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the application part when the cover body 2 is tilted in the state which removed the cover body 2 from the container main body 1 and the application part 11 was located in the enlarged diameter part 17 is shown. The inner peripheral surface of the enlarged diameter portion 17 is located in the 11 movable range. For this reason, in the state which inclined the cover body 2, the application part 11 and the inner peripheral surface of the enlarged diameter part 17 can be contacted, and the liquid cosmetic L adhering to the inner peripheral surface of the enlarged diameter part 17 can be made easily. Can be scraped off. Further, since the enlarged-diameter portion 17 is formed of a deformable elastic material, the enlarged-diameter portion 17 easily deforms following the contacting application portion 11 and adheres to the inner peripheral surface of the enlarged-diameter portion 17. The material L can be scraped off more easily.

  Moreover, since the handling part 19 is provided in the proximal end of the enlarged diameter part 17, the liquid cosmetic L adhering to the inner peripheral surface from the proximal end of the enlarged diameter part 17 to the lower end part 18 is easily scraped off. be able to.

  In the present embodiment, the lower end portion 18 of the enlarged diameter portion 17 is in contact with the inner peripheral surface below the shoulder portion 5 of the container main body 1, but the inner peripheral surface below the shoulder portion 5 of the container main body 1. The gap may be formed between the lower end portion 18 of the enlarged-diameter portion 17 and the inner peripheral surface of the container body 1, and even in such a case, the liquid cosmetic L having a particularly high viscosity may be used. If so, there is no risk of entering the space S.

  Incidentally, in the configuration in which the lower end portion 18 of the enlarged diameter portion 17 is close to the inner peripheral surface below the shoulder portion 5 of the container body 1 and the gap is formed, when the lid 2 is attached to the opening neck portion 4, Since air flows to the space S through the gap, the lid body 2 can be mounted with a desired internal pressure. Moreover, in the structure which the lower end part 18 of the enlarged diameter part 17 contacts the internal peripheral surface below the shoulder part 5 of the container main body 1, the communication hole which connects the inner side and the outer side of the said protrusion part 15 is provided in the protrusion part 15. As shown in FIG. It is more preferable to provide this, and the communication hole allows the air to flow to the space S, and the lid 2 can be mounted with a desired internal pressure, as in the case of proximity. In addition, the presence or absence of a communicating hole is not limited.

  As described above, the present invention has been specifically described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the entire handling member 7 is preferably an elastic material. However, only the enlarged diameter portion 17 may be made of an elastic material, and the other portion may be made of a hard material by, for example, two-color molding. The housing 3 and the opening neck 4 are divided, the handling member 7 is inserted into the cylindrical hole of the opening neck 4 from below, and the opening neck 4 having the handling member 7 is attached to the housing 3. You can also In this case, the enlarged diameter portion 17 and the handling member 7 may not be a deformable elastic material but may be a hard material.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the handling member 7 and the opening neck part 4 are made into the cylindrical shape, it is good also as an elliptic cylinder shape, a rectangular tube shape, etc., for example. The accommodating portion 3 may also be, for example, a bottomed elliptical cylinder or a bottomed rectangular cylinder.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the cover body 2 is made detachable with respect to the opening neck part 4 with a screw, it is good also as the cover body 2 being removable with respect to the opening neck part 4 by pushing / pulling out.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the handling part 19 which forms the handling hole 20 is provided in the base end of the enlarged diameter part 17 as being especially preferable, the position of the handling part 19 is not specifically limited.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the protrusion part 15 becomes a structure provided with the extension part 16 and the enlarged diameter part 17, it is good also as a structure provided only with the enlarged diameter part 17. FIG.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the application with respect to the liquid cosmetics L is described, it is applicable also to cosmetics, such as a semi-solid form and a gel form, which remain easily with adhering to the inner surface of a container. In such a semi-solid or gel cosmetic, the lower end portion 18 of the enlarged diameter portion 17 is in the space S even if the lower end portion 18 is close to the inner peripheral surface below the shoulder portion 5 of the container body 1. There is no risk of entering. Of course, even in the case of these cosmetics, a configuration in which the lower end portion 18 of the enlarged diameter portion 17 contacts the inner peripheral surface below the shoulder portion 5 of the container body 1 may be adopted.

  Incidentally, the present invention is also applicable to a cosmetic container having two steps as described in JP 2014-4315 A. In this case, the lower end portion of the enlarged diameter portion is a container. The configuration may be such that it contacts or approaches the inner peripheral surface below the lower step portion, or may contact or approach the inner peripheral surface between the upper step portion and the lower step portion. When the lower end portion of the enlarged diameter portion is configured to be in contact with or close to the inner peripheral surface below the lower step portion of the container, the outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion, the upper shoulder portion and the lower shoulder portion of the container Makeup in a space defined by the inner surface of the container and the inner peripheral surface in the container near the upper and lower shoulders facing the protrusion (the inner peripheral surface above the position facing the lower end of the enlarged diameter portion) It is possible to suppress the entrance of the material and to prevent the cosmetic material from accumulating in the space. Further, when the lower end portion of the enlarged diameter portion is configured to be in contact with or close to the inner peripheral surface between the upper and lower stepped portions, the outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion, the inner surface of the upper shoulder portion, and the container In the upper shoulder portion facing the protruding portion in the inner peripheral surface (inner peripheral surface above the position facing the lower end portion of the enlarged diameter portion) can prevent the cosmetic from entering the space defined by, It can suppress that cosmetics accumulate in the space.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container main body, 2 ... Cover body, 3 ... Accommodating part, 4 ... Open neck part, 5 ... Shoulder part, 7 ... Handling member, 9 ... Applicator, 11 ... Application part, 15 ... Projection part, 17 ... Diameter expansion part , 18 ... lower end, 19 ... handling part, 20 ... handling hole, 100 ... liquid cosmetic container (cosmetic container), L ... liquid cosmetic (cosmetic).

Claims (5)

A container body to which the opening neck is connected via a shoulder that is reduced in diameter with respect to the end of the bottomed cylindrical housing that contains the cosmetic, and an inner circumference of the opening neck that includes a handling portion that forms a handling hole. A cylindrical handling member attached to the side, a lid body detachably attached to the opening neck, and the handling hole extending from the lid body with the lid attached to the opening neck. An applicator having an applicator at the tip thereof entering the cosmetic in the housing, and a cosmetic container comprising:
The handling member includes a protrusion that protrudes downward from the shoulder,
The projecting portion has a diameter-expanding portion that increases in diameter as it goes downward, and a lower end portion of the diameter-expanding portion is in contact with or close to an inner surface below the shoulder portion of the container body. Container.   The cosmetic container according to claim 1, wherein the enlarged diameter portion is formed of a deformable elastic material.   The inner surface of the enlarged diameter portion is located in a movable range of the application portion when the lid body is tilted in a state where the lid body is removed from the container body and the application portion is located in the enlarged diameter portion. The cosmetic container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:   The cosmetic container according to claim 3, wherein the handling portion is provided at a proximal end of the enlarged diameter portion.   The cosmetic container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the diameter-expanding part is tapered.

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