JP2022041063A - Compact container - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a compact container capable of facilitating separation (sorting) between a container body and a lid body.SOLUTION: A compact container 1 includes: a container body 10 having a storage recession part for storing contents; a lid body 20 for openably closing the storage recession part; a pair of engagement shaft parts 31 for rotatably engaging the container body 10 with the lid body 20; and an engagement shaft connection part 32 for connecting the pair of engagement shaft parts 31. The engagement shaft connection part 32 can be deformed by bending to separate the pair of engagement shaft parts 31 from the container body 10 and the lid body 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to a compact container.

Conventionally, as a compact container, a hinge piece having a shaft hole provided at the rear end of the container body and a hinge piece having a shaft hole provided at the rear end of the lid are combined in each shaft hole. It is known that a shaft pin serving as a hinge shaft is inserted and the lid is rotatably connected to the container body (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-333286

In the conventional compact container, after assembling the container body and the lid body, it is not considered to separate them. On the other hand, in recent years, it has been required to separate (separate) the container body and the lid once assembled due to the diversity of user's tastes and the demand for separate disposal. Specifically, the combination of the container body and the lid can be freely changed according to the user's preference, and when the compact container is discarded, it is formed of a lid and a resin material having a mirror made of glass or the like, for example. It is required to separate it from the main body of the container.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a compact container in which a container body and a lid can be easily separated (separated).

In the compact container according to the present invention, a container body having a storage recess for storing the contents, a lid for opening the storage recess, and the container body and the lid are rotatably engaged with each other. A pair of engaging shaft portions and an engaging shaft connecting portion for connecting between the pair of engaging shaft portions are provided, and the engaging shaft connecting portion is engaged with the container body and the lid body. It is characterized in that it can be bent and deformed to separate the mating shaft portion.
According to the compact container according to the present invention, by bending and deforming the engaging shaft connecting portion, the distance between the pair of engaging shaft portions is shortened, and the pair of engaging shaft portions are axially oriented from the container body and the lid. Can be disengaged from. Therefore, the container body and the lid can be easily separated (separated).

In the compact container, the lid may have a protrusion that regulates bending deformation of the engaging shaft connecting portion.
In this case, it is possible to prevent the container body and the lid from being separated in the normal use state of the compact container.

In the compact container, the surface of the protrusion facing the engaging shaft connecting portion may be an inclined surface.
In this case, when the engaging shaft connecting portion is bent and deformed, the engaging shaft connecting portion can easily get over the protrusion due to the inclined surface.

In the compact container, the lid has a facing wall facing the protrusion with the engaging shaft connecting portion interposed therebetween, and a slit is provided between the facing wall and the engaging shaft connecting portion. It may be formed.
In this case, by inserting the member into the slit between the facing wall of the lid and the engaging shaft connecting portion, the engaging shaft connecting portion can be pushed up to get over the protrusion.

In the compact container, the engaging shaft connecting portion may have a thin-walled portion that is a starting point of the bending deformation.
In this case, bending deformation of the engaging shaft connecting portion becomes easy.

In the compact container, the lid may be provided with a mirror member, and the engaging shaft connecting portion may fix the mirror member to the lid.
In this case, in order to separate the container body and the lid body, when the engaging shaft connecting portion is bent and deformed, the mirror member (for example, a dissimilar material such as glass or metal) fixed to the lid body is also removed. Can be done.

According to the present invention, the container body and the lid can be easily separated (separated).

It is a top view of the compact container which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a side view of the compact container in the state which the lid | body which concerns on one Embodiment is closed. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC shown in FIG. It is a plan sectional view which shows the state of assembling the compact container which concerns on one Embodiment. It is (a) plan view and (b) front view of the connecting member which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a plan sectional view which shows the state of separating the compact container which concerns on one Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which the deformation regulation of the engaging shaft connecting part which concerns on one Embodiment is lifted. It is sectional drawing which shows one modification of the engagement shaft part which concerns on one Embodiment.

Hereinafter, a compact container according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the compact container 1 includes a container main body 10, a lid body 20, and a connecting member 30. A storage recess 11 is formed in the container body 10. The lid 20 closes the accommodating recess 11 so as to be openable and closable. The connecting member 30 rotatably connects the container body 10 and the lid 20.

As shown in FIG. 2, the compact container 1 in a state where the lid 20 is closed is a flat container having a rectangular shape in a plan view. The compact container 1 is provided with an operation piece 50 on the edge opposite to the connecting member 30 (hinge) to release the closed state of the lid 20 with respect to the container body 10 and open the lid 20.

In the following description, the lid 20 side is the upper side and the container body 10 side is the lower side in the thickness direction of the compact container 1 in which the lid 20 is closed. Further, in the direction orthogonal to the vertical direction, the connecting member 30 side is the rear side and the operation piece 50 side is the front side. Further, the horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and the front-back direction is defined as the left-right direction. The left-right direction is the axial direction in which the rotation shaft (connecting member 30) of the container body 10 and the lid 20 extends.

As shown in FIG. 1, the container body 10 is formed of, for example, a resin or the like, and has a rectangular box shape with the left-right direction as the longitudinal direction. The container body 10 is formed with a plurality of accommodating recesses 11 that open upward. An inner plate (not shown) is accommodated in the accommodating recess 11. The inner plate contains various cosmetics and is fixed to the storage recess 11 by the inner frame 10a of the container body 10. It should be noted that the storage recess 11 may contain not only the middle plate but also an application tool for applying cosmetics and the like.

A concave notch 13 that is recessed downward is formed on the front side of the outer peripheral wall 12 of the container body 10. The notch 13 is formed in the middle portion in the left-right direction on the front side of the outer peripheral wall 12, and the above-mentioned operation piece 50 is arranged inside the notch portion 13. Further, the cutout portion 13 is provided with an engaging projection 13a to which the engaging piece 26 of the lid body 20, which will be described later, engages.

The lid 20 is connected to the rear side of the outer peripheral wall 12 of the container body 10 via the connecting member 30. The lid 20 is formed of, for example, a resin or the like, and has a rectangular eclipsed cylinder shape. The lid 20 includes a top wall 21 and a peripheral wall 22 surrounding the top wall 21.

Like the container body 10, the top wall 21 has a rectangular shape in a plan view with the left-right direction as the longitudinal direction, and faces the accommodating recess 11 in the vertical direction in the closed state of the lid 20. A mirror member 23 is provided on a portion of the lower surface of the top wall 21 that faces the accommodating recess 11 in the vertical direction.

As shown in the cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3, the mirror member 23 is housed in a mirror housing recess 24 formed on the lower surface of the top wall 21. As shown in the cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 4, a sheet-shaped cushioning material 24a is arranged in the mirror accommodating recess 24. The cushioning material 24a is formed of, for example, a sponge or the like, and is interposed between the mirror member 23 and the lid 20.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front edge portion of the mirror member 23 is locked to the locking piece 25 provided on the lower surface of the top wall 21. Further, the rear edge portion of the mirror member 23 is pressed against the mirror accommodating recess 24 by a pair of mirror retainers 35 provided on the connecting member 30. As a result, the mirror member 23 is fixed to the lid 20 in a state of being accommodated in the mirror accommodating recess 24.

The peripheral wall 22 is formed in a rectangular frame shape in a plan view, and extends downward from the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 21. The peripheral wall 22 abuts on the outer outer peripheral edge of the inner frame 10a of the container body 10 in the closed state of the lid 20.

An engaging piece 26 is provided on the front side of the lid 20. The engaging piece 26 is arranged inside the peripheral wall 22 and extends downward from the lower surface of the top wall 21. The engaging piece 26 is inserted into the notch 13 of the container body 10 in the closed state of the lid 20 and engages with the engaging projection 13a.

The operation piece 50 is provided inside the notch 13 so as to be able to be pushed in the front-rear direction with respect to the container body 10. The operation piece 50 includes a protrusion piece 51 that pushes the engagement piece 26 that engages with the engagement protrusion 13a upward and disengages the engagement piece 26 by pushing the container body 10 to the rear side.

A connecting recess 14 is provided on the rear side of the outer peripheral wall 12 of the container body 10. Further, on the rear side of the lid 20, a connecting convex portion 27 accommodated in the connecting concave portion 14 is provided. A pair of lid-side bearing portions 28 that engage with the connecting member 30 are provided at both ends of the connecting convex portion 27 in the left-right direction. On the other hand, on both sides of the connecting recess 14 in the left-right direction, the container body 10 projects relatively to the rear side of the connecting recess 14, faces the pair of lid-side bearing portions 28 in the left-right direction, and engages with the connecting member 30. A pair of matching container-side bearing portions 15 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the connecting member 30 is between a pair of engaging shaft portions 31 for rotatably engaging the container body 10 and the lid 20 and a pair of engaging shaft portions 31. It is provided with an engaging shaft connecting portion 32 that can be connected and bent and deformed (see FIG. 6 to be described later). The connecting member 30 is made of, for example, a resin or the like.

The pair of engaging shaft portions 31 are formed in a columnar shape. As shown in FIG. 1, the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 are inserted into the lid side bearing portion 28 and the container side bearing portion 15 to rotatably engage the container body 10 and the lid body 20. ing. The pair of engaging shaft portions 31 are solid pins of the tightening allowance type, but as shown in a modification of FIG. 10, they are bend type pins in which a slit 31b extending in the axial direction is formed. It doesn't matter.

A bearing hole 28a penetrating in the left-right direction is formed in the lid-side bearing portion 28. The container-side bearing portion 15 is formed with a non-penetrating bearing groove 15a that communicates with the bearing hole 28a. The bearing groove 15a is a bottomed groove formed from the opposite surface side to the non-opposite surface side of the pair of container side bearing portions 15. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the side surface of the container body 10 has an appearance without holes. As described above, since the end portion of the engaging shaft portion 31 is not visible from the outside and there is no hole in the appearance, the appearance of the container body 10 is improved.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 are connected to both ends of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction). A constricted portion 31a is formed between the engaging shaft portion 31 and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. As shown in FIG. 7A, the constricted portion 31a is thinner in the front-rear direction than the diameter of the engaging shaft portion 31, and as shown in FIG. 7B, the diameter of the engaging shaft portion 31 and the top and bottom. The widths in the directions are formed to be the same.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is formed in a substantially plate shape extending in the left-right direction. The engaging shaft connecting portion 32 includes a pair of plate-shaped portions 32A and a thin-walled portion 32B that connects between the pair of plate-shaped portions 32A. As shown in FIG. 7A, the thin portion 32B is relatively thinner than the thickness of the pair of plate-shaped portions 32A in the front-rear direction. The thin-walled portion 32B is formed at an intermediate position in the left-right direction of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32.

A recess 34 is formed on the back surface of the thin-walled portion 32B of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. As shown in FIG. 7A, the recess 34 is formed in an isosceles trapezoidal shape. The recess 34 includes a pair of leg portions 34a (slopes) formed in the pair of plate-shaped portions 32A, and an upper bottom portion 34b (flat surface) connecting between the pair of leg portions 34a. The thin portion 32B is formed in a portion facing the upper bottom portion 34b of the recess 34 in the front-rear direction.

The front surface of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is a flat surface with respect to the back surface of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 in which the recess 34 is formed. That is, the pair of plate-shaped portions 32A and the thin-walled portions 32B form the same plane on the front surface of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. Further, the thin-walled portion 32B is formed to be slightly smaller than the vertical width of the pair of plate-shaped portions 32A in the rear view shown in FIG. 7B. That is, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is slightly constricted in the vertical direction in the vicinity of the thin-walled portion 32B.

As shown in FIG. 6, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 can be bent and deformed starting from the thin-walled portion 32B described above. As shown in FIG. 1, the lid 20 has a protrusion 40 that regulates bending deformation of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. The protrusion 40 is formed at the center position of the lid 20 in the left-right direction, and is arranged so as to face the thin-walled portion 32B of the engagement shaft connecting portion 32 in the front-rear direction. The surface of the protrusion 40 facing the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is an inclined surface 40a as shown in the cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

The lid 20 has an facing wall 41 facing the protrusion 40 with the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 interposed therebetween. The facing wall 41 forms a vertical surface with respect to the lower surface of the top wall 21 of the lid 20. A slit S1 is formed between the facing wall 41 and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. The slit S1 has a width of about 1 mm to 2 mm in the front-rear direction into which an insertion member 100 such as a coin can be inserted.

The engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is formed with an insertion groove 33 forming the slit S1. The insertion groove 33 includes a vertical wall 33a separated from the facing wall 41 in the front-rear direction, and a sloping wall 33b connected to the vertical wall 33a and approaching the facing wall 41 from the vertical wall 33a toward the top wall 21. ,have. As shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b), the insertion groove 33 is formed in each of the pair of plate-shaped portions 32A of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is covered with a guide wall 43 provided on the lid 20 in the vicinity of the lid side bearing portion 28. As shown in FIG. 4, the guide wall 43 has an eaves-shaped guide surface 43a that can face the lower surface of the top wall 21 of the lid 20. By guiding the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 from three directions by the top wall 21, the facing wall 41, and the guide wall 43, the engaging shaft portion 31 is centered, and the bearing hole 28a and the bearing groove shown in FIG. 1 are formed. The engagement shaft portion 31 can be easily inserted into the 15a.

The facing wall 41 is provided with a pair of vertical ribs 42 that are separated in the left-right direction and extend in the vertical direction. The pair of vertical ribs 42 come into contact with the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 from the inside in the left-right direction, and fix the positions of the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 inserted into the bearing hole 28a and the bearing groove 15a in the left-right direction. Specifically, the pair of vertical ribs 42 come into contact with the pair of legs 34a (slopes) of the recess 34 of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 shown in FIG. 7A described above.

The engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is provided with a mirror retainer 35 for fixing the mirror member 23 to the lid 20. As shown in FIG. 7A, the mirror retainer 35 is formed on each of the pair of plate-shaped portions 32A of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. In the assembled state shown in FIG. 1, the mirror retainer 35 extends to a position facing the mirror accommodating recess 24 in the vertical direction, and restricts the mirror member 23 from coming out of the mirror accommodating recess 24.

When assembling the compact container 1 having the above configuration, first, as shown in FIG. 6, the connecting convex portion 27 of the lid 20 is inserted into the connecting concave portion 14 of the container main body 10. Next, in a state where the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 of the connecting member 30 is bent and deformed in a V shape, the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 of the connecting member 30 are pressed against the facing wall 41 of the lid 20. The engaging shaft connecting portion 32 may be in an initial state (molded state) in a state of being bent and deformed in a V shape.

Next, when the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is pushed toward the facing wall 41, the V-shaped deformation of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 gradually opens, and both ends of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 in the left-right direction become open. As shown in FIG. 1, it comes into contact with the guide wall 43. When the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 comes into contact with the guide wall 43, as shown in FIG. 4, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is guided by the top wall 21, the facing wall 41, and the guide wall 43 from three directions. As shown in 1, the engaging shaft portion 31 is inserted into the bearing hole 28a and the bearing groove 15a.

When the insertion of the engaging shaft portion 31 into the bearing hole 28a and the bearing groove 15a is completed, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 extends in a straight line in the left-right direction along the facing wall 41 as shown in FIG. The engaging shaft connecting portion 32 in this state gets over the protrusion 40 provided on the lid 20, is sandwiched between the protrusion 40 and the facing wall 41, and bending deformation is restricted. Further, the pair of vertical ribs 42 formed on the facing wall 41 come into contact with the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 from the inside in the left-right direction, and restrict the movement of the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 inward in the left-right direction.

Further, in this state, the mirror retainer 35 provided in the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 extends to the mirror accommodating recess 24, and the mirror member 23 is fixed to the lid body 20. As described above, the container body 10 and the lid 20 can be rotatably engaged with each other, and the mirror member 23 made of a different material can be fixed to the lid 20.

On the other hand, when the combination of the container body 10 and the lid 20 is changed while the compact container 1 is used, or when the mirror member 23 is separated, the engaging shaft is shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The connecting portion 32 may be bent and deformed in a V shape. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the engaging shaft connecting portion is inserted by inserting the insertion member 100 such as a coin into the slit S1 between the facing wall 41 of the lid 20 and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. 32 can be pushed up to get over the protrusion 40.

Since the surface of the protrusion 40 facing the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is an inclined surface 40a, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 gets over the protruding portion 40 when the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is bent and deformed. It's getting easier. When the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 gets over the protruding portion 40, the regulation by the protruding portion 40 is released, and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 can be bent and deformed in a V shape.

When the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is bent and deformed, the mutual distance between the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 is shortened, and the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 can be separated from the container body 10 and the lid 20 inward in the left-right direction. can. As a result, the container body 10 and the lid 20 can be separated. Further, when the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is bent and deformed to remove the connecting member 30, the mirror holding 35 is not restrained, and the mirror member 23 made of a different material can also be removed from the lid 20. Therefore, the mirror member 23 made of a different material can be separated from the lid 20.

As described above, in the compact container 1 according to the present embodiment, the container body 10 having the storage recess 11 for storing the contents, the lid 20 for closing the storage recess 11 so as to be openable, the container body 10 and the lid. A pair of engaging shaft portions 31 that rotatably engage with the body 20 and an engaging shaft connecting portion 32 that connects between the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 are provided, and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is provided. The container body 10 and the lid 20 can be easily separated (separated) by adopting a configuration in which the pair of engaging shaft portions 31 can be bent and deformed from the container body 10 and the lid 20. be able to.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the lid 20 has a protrusion 40 that regulates bending deformation of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent the container body 10 and the lid 20 from being separated from each other in the normal use state of the compact container 1.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the surface of the protrusion 40 facing the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is an inclined surface 40a. According to this configuration, when the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is bent and deformed, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 can easily get over the protrusion 40 due to the inclined surface 40a.

Further, in the present embodiment, the lid 20 has a facing wall 41 facing the protrusion 40 with the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 interposed therebetween, and the facing wall 41 and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 are located between the facing wall 41 and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. The slit S1 is formed. According to this configuration, as shown in FIG. 9, the engaging shaft is connected by inserting the insertion member 100 such as a coin into the slit S1 between the facing wall 41 of the lid 20 and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32. The portion 32 can be pushed up to get over the protrusion 40.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 has a thin-walled portion 32B which is a starting point of bending deformation. According to this configuration, bending deformation of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 becomes easy.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a mirror member 23 is provided on the lid body 20, and the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 fixes the mirror member 23 to the lid body 20. .. According to this configuration, when the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is bent and deformed in order to separate the container body 10 and the lid 20, the mirror member 23 fixed to the lid 20 (for example, glass, metal, etc.) Heterogeneous materials) can also be removed.

Further, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the container body 10 and the lid 20 are formed in a rectangular shape in a plan view has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other shapes (circular, elliptical, square, etc.) can be used. May be good.

Further, for example, in the above-described embodiment, the mirror member 23 can be separated (separated) from the lid body 20, but the mirror member 23 may not be separated (separated). In the case where the mirror member 23 is not separated (separated), the mirror member 23 may be fixed to the lid 20 and the connecting member 30 may not be formed with the mirror retainer 35.

Further, for example, in the above-described embodiment, the thin-walled portion 32B is formed on the engaging shaft connecting portion 32, but the thin-walled portion 32B may not be formed if bending deformation is possible. For example, if the portion corresponding to the thin-walled portion 32B of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is an elastic body such as rubber and is softer than the portion corresponding to the pair of plate-shaped portions 32A, it can be flexed and deformed in the same manner. be. Further, even if the portion corresponding to the thin-walled portion 32B of the engaging shaft connecting portion 32 is, for example, a hinge, it can be similarly bent and deformed.

In addition, it is possible to replace the components in the above embodiment with well-known components as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 Compact container 10 Container body 11 Storage recess 20 Lid body 23 Mirror member 31 Engagement shaft part 32 Engagement shaft connection part 32B Thin-walled part 40 Protrusion part 40a Inclined surface 41 Opposing wall 100 Insertion member S1 Slit

Claims (6)

A container body with a storage recess for storing the contents,
A lid that openably closes the accommodating recess and
A pair of engaging shafts that rotatably engage the container body and the lid,
An engaging shaft connecting portion for connecting between the pair of engaging shaft portions is provided.
The engaging shaft connecting portion is a compact container characterized in that it can be bent and deformed so that the pair of engaging shaft portions are separated from the container body and the lid body. The compact container according to claim 1, wherein the lid has a protrusion that regulates bending deformation of the engaging shaft connecting portion. The compact container according to claim 2, wherein the surface of the protrusion facing the engaging shaft connecting portion is an inclined surface. The lid has an facing wall facing the protrusion with the engaging shaft connecting portion interposed therebetween.
The compact container according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a slit is formed between the facing wall and the engaging shaft connecting portion. The compact container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the engaging shaft connecting portion has a thin-walled portion that is a starting point of the bending deformation. A mirror member is provided on the lid body, and the lid body is provided with a mirror member.
The compact container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the engaging shaft connecting portion fixes the mirror member to the lid body.

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