JP2018051039A - Cosmetic container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cosmetic container which can be easily bent by appropriate force, and is excellent in attitude stability retaining the attitude as it is during application of a cosmetic.SOLUTION: A cosmetic container which includes a container body 10 storing a cosmetic, and an applicator 20 held detachably from the container body 10, and taking out the cosmetic in the container body 10 and applying is such that: the applicator 20 has an operation part 21, and an application rod 22 bendably connected to the operation part 21, and having an application body 23 at the tip; a shaft part 32 is provided in one of the operation part 21 and the application rod 22, and a bearing part 40 swingably holding the shaft part 32 is provided at the other side; the shaft part 32 has a spherical surface part 32a, and an annular flange part 32b projecting from the circumference of the spherical surface part 32a to a radial direction outside; and the bearing part 40 has a spherical surface storing part 41 storing the spherical surface part 32a, and a flange holding part 42 positioning and holding the flange part 32b.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a container body for storing cosmetics and a cosmetic container.

  A cosmetic container such as a mascara is a coating rod having a container main body for storing the cosmetic, and an application body (coating tip) that closes the container main body and can take out an appropriate amount of cosmetic in the container main body when the container is removed. It consists of an applicator that is integrally provided.

  As such a cosmetic container, for example, it is possible to apply cosmetics by removing the cap part and pulling the application rod out of the container body, while making the work of applying cosmetics easier and more uniform. Therefore, a structure in which the coating tip is bent with respect to the coating rod has been developed (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-45626

  By the way, the conventional cosmetic container requires a large force when bending the application tip, and the bending degree of the application tip easily changes during the application of the cosmetic, so that the application posture is stable. Leaving a problem with sex.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic container having good posture stability that can be bent easily with an appropriate force and that can maintain its posture as it is during application of the cosmetic. .

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the cosmetic container of the present invention includes a container main body for storing cosmetics,
An applicator that is detachably held with respect to the container body and takes out and applies the cosmetic in the container body,
The applicator has an operation part, and an application rod connected to the operation part so as to be bendable and having an application body at the tip,
A shaft portion is provided on one side of the operation portion and the application rod, and a bearing portion is provided on the other side to hold the shaft portion so as to be swingable.
The shaft portion includes a spherical portion and an annular flange portion that protrudes radially outward from the periphery of the spherical portion,
The bearing portion includes a spherical accommodating portion that accommodates the spherical portion, and a flange holding portion that is provided at a peripheral edge of the spherical accommodating portion and positions and holds the flange portion.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of the present invention, it is preferable that the flange holding portion has a plurality of positioning recesses arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of this invention, it is preferable that the rotation suppression part which suppresses rotation of the said application | coating rod is provided between the said shaft part and the said bearing part.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of the present invention, the rotation suppressing portion is constituted by a convex portion provided in the shaft portion and a concave portion provided in the bearing portion and accommodating the convex portion. Is preferred.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of this invention, it is preferable that the said flange holding | maintenance part is formed with the some elastic piece comprised so that elastic deformation could be carried out to radial direction outer side.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of this invention, it is preferable that the said flange part has a curved-surface shape which forms a circular-arc-shaped outline by the longitudinal cross-sectional view which passes along the central axis of the said axial part.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of the present invention, it is preferable that the operation portion is constituted by a mounting cylinder portion that is attached to a mouth portion of the container body.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the cosmetic container with favorable attitude | position stability which can be bent easily with moderate force and can maintain the attitude | position as it is during application | coating of cosmetics can be provided.

It is a side view which shows the cosmetics container which is one Embodiment of this invention in a partial cross section. (A) is the elements on larger scale of the cosmetic container shown in FIG. 1, (b) is sectional drawing in the AA line shown to Fig.2 (a). It is a side view which shows the bending state of the applicator in the cosmetics container of FIG. It is a side view which shows the cosmetics container which is other embodiment of this invention in a partial cross section. It is a partial expanded sectional view of the cosmetics container shown in FIG. It is a side view which shows the bending state of the applicator in the cosmetics container of FIG.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. In this specification, “upper” is the side (the upper side in FIG. 1) where the applicator is positioned with respect to the container body when the cosmetic container is placed on a horizontal surface in a standing posture. "Is the opposite side (the lower side of FIG. 1).

  As shown in FIG. 1, a cosmetic container 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is held detachably with respect to a container main body 10 and the container main body 10, and takes out the cosmetic in the container main body 10. And an applicator 20 to be applied.

  The container body 10 includes a cylindrical mouth portion 11, and a body portion 12 and a bottom portion 13 are provided below the mouth portion 11. The interior of the container body 10 is a cosmetic accommodation space S. In the present embodiment, the ironing member 14 fitted and held inside the mouth portion 11 is provided. The ironing member 14 is provided with a ironing piece 14a that is inclined downward inward in the radial direction. The ironing piece 14a has a function of adjusting the degree of adhesion of the cosmetic material to the brush 23 described later.

  The applicator 20 includes an operation unit 21 and an application rod 22 connected to the operation unit 21 so as to be able to bend in an arbitrary direction. A brush 23 as an application body is provided at the tip of the application rod 22. The applicator 20 includes a mounting cylinder portion 24 that is detachably screwed into the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10, and the mounting cylinder portion 24 is disposed on the proximal end side of the application rod 22. In the mounting state on the container body 10 shown in FIG. 1, the application rod 22 of the applicator 20 is disposed inside the container body 10 (the accommodation space S).

  The operation unit 21 includes a grip portion 31 that decreases in diameter toward the tip (upper end), and a shaft portion 32 that is fixed inside the grip portion 31.

  Here, FIG. 2A is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2A, the shaft portion 32 has one end (upper end) side fixed to the inside of the grip portion 31 and the other end (lower end) side disposed inside the mounting cylinder portion 24. The bearing portion 40 is swingably held. The shaft portion 32 passes through a hole 24 a formed in the mounting cylinder portion 24. The diameter of the hole 24a is increased from the inner surface to the outer surface of the mounting cylinder portion 24 so that the displacement of the shaft portion 32 is not hindered when the application rod 22 is bent with respect to the operation portion 21. Further, the hole 24a is covered with the grip portion 31 in the initial state shown in FIG. 1 and the bent state shown in FIG. 3, and prevents the appearance from deteriorating and suppresses the intrusion of dust.

  The shaft portion 32 includes a spherical portion 32a and an annular flange portion 32b that protrudes radially outward from the periphery of the spherical portion 32a. In the present embodiment, the spherical portion 32 a is substantially hemispherical, and the center of curvature of the spherical portion 32 a is located on the central axis C <b> 1 of the operation portion 21. Note that the center of curvature of the spherical surface portion 32 a is a swing center when the shaft portion 32 swings with respect to the bearing portion 40. In the present embodiment, the central axis C1 of the operation unit 21 and the central axis of the shaft unit 32 are located on the same straight line. As shown in FIG. 2A, the flange portion 32b has a curved surface shape that forms an arcuate contour in a longitudinal sectional view passing through the central axis C1.

  The shaft portion 32 has a convex portion 32c as a rotation suppressing portion that protrudes radially outward from the outer surface of the flange portion 32b. The convex portions 32c may be provided only at one place in the circumferential direction, or may be provided at a plurality of places at intervals in the circumferential direction. In this example, as shown in FIG. 2B, the six convex portions 32c are equally arranged in the circumferential direction.

  The bearing portion 40 includes a spherical surface accommodating portion 41 that accommodates the spherical surface portion 32a, and a flange holding portion 42 that is provided on the periphery of the spherical surface accommodating portion 41 and positions and holds the flange portion 32b. In the present embodiment, the bearing portion 40 is disposed inside the mounting cylinder portion 24. Specifically, the bearing portion 40 includes a bottomed cylindrical fitting portion 25 that is integrally provided at the base end portion of the application rod 22, and a cylinder that is disposed opposite to the fitting portion 25 inside the mounting cylinder portion 24. It is formed with the shaped member 26.

  The spherical housing portion 41 is formed on the bottom surface of the fitting portion 25, and the surface shape thereof is a spherical shape in which the center of curvature is located on the central axis C <b> 2 of the application rod 22. In the present embodiment, the position of the center of curvature of the spherical surface receiving portion 41 coincides with the center of curvature of the spherical surface portion 32a. Further, the central axis C2 of the application rod 22 and the central axis of the bearing portion 40 are located on the same straight line. The surface shape of the spherical housing portion 41 is not limited to a spherical shape.

  The flange holding part 42 has a plurality of positioning recesses 42a, 42b, and 42c arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction. In the present embodiment, the flange holding portion 42 has three positioning recesses including a first recess 42a, a second recess 42b, and a third recess 42c arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction. The first recess 42a, the second recess 42b, and the third recess 42c each have a shape that matches the outer surface shape of the flange portion 32b. In the initial state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 (a), the flange portion 32b is fitted into the second recess 42b and is positioned and held. The flange holding part 42 only needs to have a shape capable of positioning and holding the flange part 32b so that the shaft part 32 is held at a predetermined angle with respect to the bearing part 40, and is limited to the illustrated shape. is not.

  The flange holding part 42 includes a first elastic piece 25 a provided in the fitting part 25 and a second elastic piece 26 a provided in the tubular member 26. The first elastic piece 25 a and the second elastic piece 26 a have a symmetrical shape with respect to a plane perpendicular to the central axis C <b> 2 of the application rod 22. In addition, the 1st elastic piece 25a and the 2nd elastic piece 26a do not need to be a symmetrical shape with respect to a surface perpendicular | vertical to the central axis C2. In this case, it is preferable to provide the contact surface of the first elastic piece 25a and the second elastic piece 26a at a height position different from the convex portion 32c of the shaft portion 32. By setting it as such a structure, the rotation suppression force by the convex part 32c can be improved.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, in the present embodiment, the six first elastic pieces 25a are evenly arranged in the circumferential direction with the central axis C2 of the application rod 22 as the center. In addition, six second elastic pieces 26a are provided at the same circumferential position as the first elastic pieces 25a, respectively. A pair of first elastic piece 25a and second elastic piece 26a arranged opposite to each other with the central axis C2 interposed therebetween holds the flange portion 32b.

  Further, the convex portion 32c of the shaft portion 32 enters the concave portion 25b between the first elastic pieces 25a adjacent in the circumferential direction and the concave portion 26b of the second elastic piece 26a adjacent in the circumferential direction to constitute a rotation suppressing portion. ing. The rotation suppressing portion is not an essential configuration, and the shaft portion 32 may be rotated around the axis with respect to the bearing portion 40.

  On the radially outer side of the first elastic piece 25a and the second elastic piece 26a, an annular space 27 is formed to enable elastic deformation of the first elastic piece 25a and the second elastic piece 26a to the radially outer side. Yes.

  On the inner surface of the first elastic piece 25a, a half (lower half) of the second recess 42b and a third recess 42c are formed. Moreover, the half part (upper half part) of the 2nd recessed part 42b and the 1st recessed part 42a are formed in the inner surface of the 2nd elastic piece 26a.

  When the first elastic piece 25a and the second elastic piece 26a are elastically deformed radially outward, the diameter of the flange holding portion 42 is increased. Thereby, the flange part 32b can move smoothly between the 1st recessed part 42a, the 2nd recessed part 42b, and the 3rd recessed part 42c.

  In the present embodiment, a large-diameter fitting portion 25 provided at the proximal end portion of the application rod 22 is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the mounting cylinder portion 24. The fitting portion 25 is held to be retained by undercut engagement with the mounting cylinder portion 24. Moreover, the fitting part 25 and the mounting | wearing cylinder part 24 are comprised so that it may not rotate to the surroundings of the central axis C2, when the uneven | corrugated shape provided in the circumferential direction engages.

  A cylindrical member 26 that constitutes the bearing portion 40 together with the fitting portion 25 is disposed inside the mounting cylinder portion 24. The cylindrical member 26 is held to be retained by being sandwiched between the fitting portion 25 of the application rod 22 and the top wall of the mounting cylinder portion 24.

  The cylindrical member 26 and the fitting portion 25 do not rotate with respect to each other around the central axis C <b> 2 when the concave and convex shapes provided between the cylindrical member 26 and the fitting portion 25 are engaged in the circumferential direction. It is configured.

  From the initial state shown in FIG. 1, when the gripping portion 31 of the operation portion 21 is gripped and a predetermined force in the bending direction is applied to the application rod 22, the bearing portion 40 swings relative to the shaft portion 32, The flange portion 32b moves from the second recess 42b to the first recess 42a or the third recess 42c. In this way, the application rod 22 can be easily bent with respect to the operation portion 21 (see FIG. 3). The applicator 20 shown in FIG. 1 is mounted on the container body 10 in a state where the central axis C1 of the operation unit 21 and the central axis C2 of the application rod 22 are located on the same straight line (not bent). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the container body 10 can be mounted in a bent state as shown in FIG.

  In the bent state shown in FIG. 3, the flange portion 32b is fitted into the first recess 42a located on the left side of the central axis C2 in FIG. 3, and the flange portion 32b is fitted on the third recess 42c located on the right side of the central axis C2. It is inserted. Thereby, since the shaft part 32 is positioned and held with respect to the bearing part 40, the posture can be stabilized in a bent state of the application rod 22.

  As described above, the cosmetic container 1 according to the present embodiment includes the shaft portion 32 provided on the operation portion 21 and the bearing provided on the proximal end portion of the application rod 22 so as to swingably hold the shaft portion 32. Part 40. Further, the shaft portion 32 has a spherical surface portion 32a and a flange portion 32b, and the bearing portion 40 has a spherical surface accommodating portion 41 for accommodating the spherical surface portion 32a, and a flange holding portion 42 for positioning and holding the flange portion 32b. Yes.

  Therefore, according to the cosmetic container 1 according to the present embodiment, the applicator rod 22 can be easily bent with an appropriate force with respect to the operation portion 21, and the posture is maintained as it is during the application of the cosmetic. Good posture stability that can be maintained can be ensured.

  In the cosmetic container 1, the flange holding portion 42 has three positioning recesses including a first recess 42a, a second recess 42b, and a third recess 42c that are adjacently disposed in the axial direction. Accordingly, the application rod 22 can be bent stepwise and can be positioned at a preset bending angle.

  Further, in the cosmetic container 1, since the flange holding portion 42 is formed by a plurality of first elastic pieces 25a and second elastic pieces 26a configured to be elastically deformable radially outward, the application rod 22 can be bent more easily.

  In addition, it is good also as a structure which press-holds the flange part 32b by the flange holding part 42 from the initial state shown in FIG. 1 using the restoring force of the 1st elastic piece 25a and the 2nd elastic piece 26a which can be elastically deformed. By setting it as such a structure, the attitude | position stability of the application | coating rod 22 with respect to the operation part 21 can be improved. That is, by setting the inner diameter of the flange holding portion 42 to be smaller than the outer diameter of the flange portion 32b, the holding force of the bearing portion 40 that holds the shaft portion 32 is increased, and the posture of the application rod 22 is further stabilized. To do.

  In the cosmetic container 1, the application rod 22 does not rotate around the central axis C <b> 2 in the state where the grip portion 31 is gripped by providing the rotation suppression portion between the shaft portion 32 and the bearing portion 40. Therefore, the posture stability of the application rod 22 can be further improved.

  Further, the cosmetic container 1 is configured such that a rotation suppressing portion is provided between the shaft portion 32 and the bearing portion 40 so that the grip portion 31 and the mounting cylinder portion 24 do not idle each other. With such a configuration, the mounting cylinder portion 24 can be rotated by rotating the grip portion 31 when the mounting cylinder portion 24 is attached to or detached from the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10.

  Further, in the cosmetic container 1, since the flange portion 32b has a curved surface shape that forms an arcuate outline in a longitudinal sectional view, the first recess 42a, the second recess 42b, and the third recess 42c are smoothly connected. The applicator rod 22 can be bent more easily.

  Further, in the cosmetic container 1, most of the spherical surface portion 32 a is in contact with the spherical surface accommodating portion 41, whereby the position of the shaft portion 32 with respect to the bearing portion 40 is easily stabilized. The spherical portion 32a and the spherical accommodating portion 41 can slide smoothly with respect to each other.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the spherical portion 32a is always in contact with the surface of the spherical accommodating portion 41 not only in the initial state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 but also in the bent state shown in FIG. The position of the shaft portion 32 can always be stabilized, and the bending operation can also be stabilized.

  Hereinafter, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the cosmetic container 2 shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing a bent state of the applicator 20 in the cosmetic container 2 of FIG. Note that portions having the same basic functions as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawing and description thereof is omitted.

  In the cosmetic container 1 of the previous embodiment, the shaft portion 32 is provided on the operation portion 21 side and the bearing portion 40 is provided on the application rod 22 side. However, in the cosmetic container 2 of the present embodiment, the operation portion 21 is provided. The bearing portion 40 is provided on the side, and the shaft portion 32 is provided on the application rod 22 side.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the applicator 20 includes a mounting cylinder part 24 as the operation part 21 and an application rod 22 connected to the mounting cylinder part 24 so as to be bent. In the present embodiment, the shaft portion 32 is provided integrally with the application rod 22. Specifically, a spherical surface portion 32a, a flange portion 32b, and a convex portion 32c similar to those of the previous embodiment are provided at the proximal end portion of the application rod 22.

  A bearing portion 40 is formed inside the mounting cylinder portion 24. Specifically, the bearing portion 40 is formed of a fitting member 125 that is fitted and held inside the mounting cylinder portion 24 and a cylindrical member 126 that is disposed inside the mounting cylinder portion 24 and is opposed to the fitting member 125. Has been. In the present embodiment, the central axis C1 of the operation portion 21 and the central axis of the bearing portion 40 are located on the same straight line, and the central axis C2 of the application rod 22 and the central axis of the shaft portion 32 are located on the same straight line. To do.

  The fitting member 125 includes a cylindrical side wall 125a that fits on the inner peripheral surface of the mounting cylinder portion 24, a top wall 125b that closes one end of the side wall 125a, and a first elastic piece 125c that protrudes from the top wall 125b. Have. A spherical housing portion 41 is formed on the top wall 125b. The shape of the first elastic piece 125c is the same as the first elastic piece 25a in the previous embodiment, and the shape of the second elastic piece 126a provided on the cylindrical member 126 is the same as the second elastic piece 26a in the previous embodiment. It is. That is, the configuration of the flange holding portion 42 formed by the first elastic piece 125c and the second elastic piece 126a is the same as that of the previous embodiment.

  As described above, the cosmetic container 2 according to the present embodiment can easily bend the application rod 22 with respect to the mounting cylinder portion 24 as the operation portion 21 with an appropriate force, and It is possible to ensure good posture stability that can maintain the posture as it is during application.

  The cosmetic container 2 according to the present embodiment uses the mounting cylinder part 24 as the operation part 21 and is provided with the shaft part 32 integrally with the application rod 22, thereby reducing the number of parts and reducing the cost. Simplification can be achieved.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the mounting cylinder portion 24 is not limited to the configuration in which the mounting cylinder portion 24 is mounted to the mouth portion 11 by a screw portion, and may be configured to be undercut engaged with the mouth portion 11 by providing a mutual uneven shape. Further, the flange holding portion 42 may be cylindrical. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which the flange part 32b elastically deforms, without the flange holding | maintenance part 42 elastically deforming. Furthermore, the flange holding part 42 may be configured without the positioning recesses 42a, 42b, and 42c.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cosmetic container 2 Cosmetic container 10 Container main body 11 Mouth part 12 Trunk part 13 Bottom part 14 Ironing member 14a Ironing piece 20 Application tool 21 Operation part 22 Application rod 23 Brush (application body)
24 mounting cylinder part 24a hole 25 fitting part 25a 1st elastic piece 25b recessed part (rotation suppression part)
26 cylindrical member 26a 2nd elastic piece 26b recessed part (rotation suppression part)
27 annular space 31 gripping portion 32 shaft portion 32a spherical portion 32b flange portion 32c convex portion (rotation suppressing portion)
40 Bearing portion 41 Spherical surface receiving portion 42 Flange holding portion 42a First recess (positioning recess)
42b Second recess (positioning recess)
42c 3rd recessed part (positioning recessed part)
125 fitting member 125a side wall 125b top wall 125c first elastic piece 126 cylindrical member 126a second elastic piece C1 central axis of operation part C2 central axis of application rod S accommodation space

Claims (7)

A container body containing cosmetics;
An applicator that is detachably held with respect to the container body and takes out and applies the cosmetic in the container body,
The applicator has an operation part, and an application rod connected to the operation part so as to be bendable and having an application body at the tip,
A shaft portion is provided on one side of the operation portion and the application rod, and a bearing portion is provided on the other side to hold the shaft portion so as to be swingable.
The shaft portion includes a spherical portion and an annular flange portion that protrudes radially outward from the periphery of the spherical portion,
The cosmetic container, wherein the bearing portion includes a spherical housing portion that accommodates the spherical portion, and a flange holding portion that is provided at a peripheral edge of the spherical housing portion and positions and holds the flange portion.   The cosmetic container according to claim 1, wherein the flange holding portion has a plurality of positioning recesses arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction.   The cosmetic container according to claim 1, wherein a rotation suppressing portion that suppresses rotation of the application rod is provided between the shaft portion and the bearing portion.   The cosmetic container according to claim 3, wherein the rotation suppressing part is configured by a convex part provided in the shaft part and a concave part provided in the bearing part and accommodating the convex part.   The cosmetic container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the flange holding portion is formed by a plurality of elastic pieces configured to be elastically deformable radially outward.   The cosmetic container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the flange portion has a curved shape that forms an arcuate outline in a longitudinal sectional view passing through a central axis of the shaft portion. The cosmetic container according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the operation unit is configured by a mounting cylinder portion mounted on a mouth portion of the container main body.

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