JP2022086907A - Granular material storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a granular material storage container capable of being selectively used for quantitative discharge and for continuous discharge.SOLUTION: A granular material storage container 1 includes: a container body 2 comprising a bottom plate 5 and a peripheral wall 6 forming a notched quantitative discharge part 7 and a continuous discharge part 8; and a lid 3 comprising a top plate 9, a first closing part 10, a second closing part 11 and a third closing part 12. By relative displacement of the lid 3 and the bottom plate 5, the container can be switched between a closed state in which the quantitative discharge part 7 is closed by the first closing part 10 and the continuous discharge part 8 is closed by the third closing part 12 and an opened state in which the quantitative discharge part 7 is closed by the second closing part 11 and the continuous discharge part 8 is opened. By switching from the closed state to the opened state in a downward posture in which the top plate 9 is arranged lower than the bottom plate 5 in the vertical direction, granular materials 18 in a storage chamber 19 can be quantitatively discharged from the quantitative discharge part 7, and, by switching from the closed state to the opened state in an upward posture in which the top plate 9 is arranged upper than the bottom plate 5 in the vertical direction, the granular materials 18 in the storage chamber 19 can be continuously discharged from the continuous discharge part 8.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a granular material storage container.

Conventionally, as a granule storage container for storing granules such as confectionery and drugs (tablets) formed in granules such as spherical shape, flat circular shape, and prismatic shape, it is possible to discharge a predetermined amount of the granules in a fixed amount. Things are known.

For example, Patent Document 1 has a container body having a bottom plate and a peripheral wall forming a notch-shaped quantitative discharge portion, and a lid having a top plate and a first closed portion and a second closed portion. The first closed state in which the fixed quantity discharge part is closed in the first closed portion and the second closed state in which the fixed quantity discharge part is closed in the second closed part due to the relative movement of the lid parallel to the container body. The state can be switched between the closed state and the open state, so that the granular material in the storage chamber formed between the bottom plate and the top plate can be quantitatively discharged through the fixed quantity discharge unit. Have been described.

JP 2015-209264A

However, the conventional granular material storage container as described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that it can discharge a fixed amount, but cannot continuously discharge a desired amount.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a granular material storage container that can be used properly for quantitative discharge and continuous discharge.

The granular material storage container of the present invention has a container body having a bottom plate, a notch-shaped quantitative discharge portion, and a peripheral wall forming a continuous discharge portion, and a top plate and a first closed portion, a second closed portion, and a third closed portion. The fixed-quantity discharge portion is closed to the first closed portion and the continuous discharge portion is closed to the third closed portion by the relative movement of the lid with respect to the container body in parallel with the bottom plate. The state can be switched between a closed state in which the meter is closed and an open state in which the fixed quantity discharge section is closed by the second closed section and the continuous discharge section is opened. By changing from the closed state to the open state in a downward posture arranged vertically below the bottom plate, the granular material in the storage chamber formed between the bottom plate and the top plate is discharged from the fixed quantity discharge unit. The granules in the storage chamber are continuously discharged through the continuous discharge portion by changing the closed state to the open state in an upward posture in which the top plate is arranged vertically above the bottom plate. It is characterized by being possible.

In the above configuration, the granular material storage container of the present invention restricts the movement of the granular material from the storage chamber to the continuous discharge portion in the open state when the lid is in the downward posture, while in the upward posture. It is preferable to have a convex regulating portion that allows the granules to move from the storage chamber to the continuous discharging portion in the open state.

In the above-mentioned configuration, it is preferable that the relative movement of the granular material storage container of the present invention is relative rotation.

In the above configuration, the granular material storage container of the present invention is preferably a card type having a rectangular parallelepiped shape in the closed state.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a granular material storage container that can be used properly for quantitative discharge and continuous discharge.

It is a top view which shows the state when the granular material storage container which is one Embodiment of this invention is closed in the downward posture. It is a top view which shows the state when it changed from the state shown in FIG. 1 to the open state. It is a top view which shows the state when the granular material storage container shown in FIG. 1 is closed in the upward posture. It is a top view which shows the state when it changed from the state shown in FIG. 3 to the open state.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be illustrated with reference to the drawings.

In the present specification, the vertical direction means the direction perpendicular to the bottom plate 5, the upper direction means the direction from the bottom plate 5 to the top plate 9, and the lower direction means the opposite direction, and the container body 2 Means the housing having the bottom plate 5 and the peripheral wall 6 among the two housings constituting the granular material storage container 1, and the lid 3 is the housing constituting the granular material storage container 1. , Means the housing having the top plate 9, closing means closing at least to the extent that the granules 18 cannot pass, and opening means opening to the extent that the granules 18 can pass at least. There is.

The granular material storage container 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is composed of two housings, which are a container main body 2 and a lid 3. The container body 2 and the lid 3 are each formed by injection molding of synthetic resin. The material and manufacturing method of these members are not limited to this.

The container body 2 and the lid 3 can rotate relative to each other via a shaft portion 4 extending in the vertical direction. That is, the container body 2 and the lid 3 can rotate relative to each other about the axis O of the shaft portion 4. The shaft portion 4 is configured by rotatably fitting the shaft 4a provided on the container body 2 to the bearing portion 4b provided on the lid 3. The configuration of the shaft portion 4 is not limited to this, and for example, the shaft portion 4 is configured by rotatably fitting the shaft 4a provided on the lid 3 to the bearing portion 4b provided on the container body 2. You may.

The container body 2 has a rectangular flat plate-shaped bottom plate 5 and a peripheral wall 6 protruding upward from the bottom plate 5. The peripheral wall 6 extends upward from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 5 along the vertical direction.

In top view, the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 5 has a first side 5a closest to the shaft portion 4 (hereinafter, also referred to as a bottom plate first side 5a) and a second side 5b facing the first side 5a (hereinafter, bottom plate first). The second side 5b), the third side 5c (hereinafter, also referred to as the bottom plate third side 5c) in which one end of the first side 5a and one end of the second side 5b are connected and the quantitative discharge portion 7 is formed. It has a fourth side 5d (hereinafter, also referred to as a bottom plate fourth side 5d) in which the other end of the first side 5a and the other end of the second side 5b are connected and a continuous discharge portion 8 is formed. The peripheral wall 6 has a first portion 6a (hereinafter, also referred to as a first partial peripheral wall 6a) protruding upward from the first side 5a and a second portion 6b (hereinafter, a second partial peripheral wall) protruding upward from the second side 5b. 6b), a third portion 6c protruding upward from the third side 5c (hereinafter, also referred to as a third partial peripheral wall 6c), and a fourth portion 6d protruding upward from the fourth side 5d (hereinafter, the fourth). It also has a partial peripheral wall 6d).

The first partial peripheral wall 6a has a strip shape that extends continuously over the entire length of the first side 5a in a side view. Further, the thickness of the first partial peripheral wall 6a is constant over the entire length. The shaft portion 4 is provided in the vicinity of the intermediate portion in the length direction of the first partial peripheral wall 6a.

The second partial peripheral wall 6b has a strip shape that extends continuously over the entire length of the second side 5b in a side view. Further, the outer peripheral surface of the second partial peripheral wall 6b has a linear shape in the top view, and the inner peripheral surface of the second partial peripheral wall 6b has an arc shape centered on the axis O in the top view. ..

The third partial peripheral wall 6c has a strip shape that extends continuously over the entire length of the third side 5c excluding the quantitative discharge portion 7 in a side view. The third partial peripheral wall 6c is formed with a strip-shaped fixed quantity discharge portion 7 extending in the vertical direction over the entire height of the third partial peripheral wall 6c. The fixed quantity discharge unit 7 is provided adjacent to the third partial peripheral wall 6c. The thickness of the second partial peripheral wall 6b is constant over the entire length.

The fourth partial peripheral wall 6d has a strip shape that extends continuously over the entire length of the fourth side 5d excluding the continuous discharge portion 8 in a side view. The fourth partial peripheral wall 6d is formed with a strip-shaped continuous discharge portion 8 extending in the vertical direction over the entire height of the fourth partial peripheral wall 6d. The continuous discharge portion 8 is provided adjacent to the second partial peripheral wall 6b. The thickness of the fourth partial peripheral wall 6d is constant over the entire length.

The lid 3 has a flat plate-shaped top plate 9, and a first closed portion 10, a second closed portion 11, and a third closed portion 12, which project downward from the top plate 9, respectively.

In the granular material storage container 1, the quantitative discharge section 7 is closed to the first closing section 10 by the relative rotation via the shaft portion 4, which is a relative movement parallel to the upper surface of the bottom plate 5 of the lid 3 with respect to the container body 2. The continuous discharge section 8 is closed to the third closed section 12 (that is, the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3), the quantitative discharge section 7 is closed to the second closed section 11, and the continuous discharge section 8 is closed. The state can be switched between the open state (that is, the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 4) that is opened.

As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the granular material storage container 1 is a card type having a rectangular parallelepiped shape in a closed state.

As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the top plate 9 has a first side 9a (hereinafter, also referred to as a top plate first side 9a) extending along the first side 5a of the bottom plate in a plan view in a closed state, and a flat surface in a closed state. The second side 9b (hereinafter, also referred to as the top plate second side 9b) extending along the inner peripheral surface of the second partial peripheral wall 6b in view, and the third side extending along the bottom plate third side 5c in plan view in a closed state. The side 9c (hereinafter, also referred to as the third side 9c of the top plate) and the fourth side 9d (hereinafter, also referred to as the fourth side 9d of the top plate) extending along the fourth side 5d of the bottom plate in a closed state are referred to. Have. In the closed state, the upper surface of the top plate 9 is flush with the upper surface of the second partial peripheral wall 6b, and the outer peripheral surfaces of the top plate 9 on the first side 9a, the third side 9c, and the fourth side 9d are the first portion. It is flush with the outer peripheral surfaces of the peripheral wall 6a, the third partial peripheral wall 6c, and the fourth partial peripheral wall 6d.

As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the first closed portion 10 is located in the fixed quantity discharge portion 7 in the closed state and has a flat plate shape extending in the vertical direction over the entire height of the third partial peripheral wall 6c. .. The outer surface of the first closed portion 10 is flush with the outer peripheral surface of the third partial peripheral wall 6c in the closed state. The thickness of the first closed portion 10 is equivalent to the thickness of the third partial peripheral wall 6c.

As shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the second closed portion 11 is located in the fixed quantity discharge portion 7 in the open state and has a flat plate shape extending in the vertical direction over the entire height of the third partial peripheral wall 6c. .. The outer surface of the second closed portion 11 is slightly inclined with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the third partial peripheral wall 6c in the open state. The thickness of the second closed portion 11 is equivalent to the thickness of the third partial peripheral wall 6c.

As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the third closed portion 12 is located in the continuous discharge portion 8 in the closed state and has a flat plate shape extending in the vertical direction over the entire height of the fourth partial peripheral wall 6d. .. The outer surface of the third closed portion 12 is flush with the outer peripheral surface of the fourth partial peripheral wall 6d in the closed state. The thickness of the third closed portion 12 is equivalent to the thickness of the fourth partial peripheral wall 6d.

As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the lid 3 has an outer wall 13 extending continuously from one end of the second closed portion 11 to one end of the third closed portion 12 along the second side 9b of the top plate, and the second closed portion 11. It has an inner wall 14 that continuously extends from the other end of the third closed portion 12 to the other end of the third closed portion 12. The outer wall 13 has a strip shape extending along the second side 9b of the top plate in a side view. The outer wall 13 has the same height and thickness as the second closed portion 11 and the third closed portion 12. The inner wall 14 has a curved plate shape that is curved when viewed from above. The inner wall 14 has the same height and thickness as the second closed portion 11 and the third closed portion 12.

Further, in the lid 3, the granular material storage container 1 is opened (see FIG. 4 and the like) to the closed state (see FIG. 4 and the like) due to the relative movement of the lid 3 and the container body 2 (relative rotation to one side about the axis O). (See FIG. 3 and the like), the closed state stopper 15 that can come into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the first partial peripheral wall 6a and stop further relative movement, and the relative between the lid 3 and the container body 2. When the granular material storage container 1 changes from the closed state (see FIG. 3 etc.) to the open state (see FIG. 4 etc.) due to the movement (relative rotation to the other side about the axis O), the first partial peripheral wall 6a It has an open state stopper 16 that can come into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the container and stop further relative movement.

The closed state stopper 15 has a flat plate shape extending downward from the top plate 9 in the vertical direction, and has an outer surface extending along the inner peripheral surface of the first partial peripheral wall 6a in the closed state. The open state stopper 16 has a flat plate shape extending downward from the top plate 9 in the vertical direction, and has an outer surface extending along the inner peripheral surface of the first partial peripheral wall 6a in the open state. The closed state stopper 15 and the open state stopper 16 are connected to the bearing portion 4b, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, and the like, the granular material storage container 1 has an uneven shape between the lid 3 and the container body 2 when the closed state is changed to the open state and when the open state is changed to the closed state, respectively. It has a shape engaging portion 17 that causes a feeling of moderation by engaging the above. The shape engaging portion 17 has a vertical rib 17a extending in the vertical direction provided on the outer surface of the outer wall 13 of the lid 3 and a vertical rib 17a provided on the inner peripheral surface of the second partial peripheral wall 6b of the container body 2 along the vertical direction. It is composed of two vertical grooves 17b extending from the vertical groove. One vertical groove 17b engages with the vertical rib 17a in the closed state, and the other vertical groove 17b engages with the vertical rib 17a in the open state. The configuration of the shape engaging portion 17 is not limited to this. Further, the shape engaging portion 17 may not be provided.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, and the like, a storage chamber 19 for accommodating a plurality of granules 18 is formed between the top plate 9 and the bottom plate 5. Each of the granules 18 has a flat circular shape. The shape of the granular material 18 is not limited to this. For example, each of the granules 18 may be spherical or prismatic. The granular material 18 is not particularly limited, but is, for example, a confectionery or a drug (tablet).

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the storage chamber 19 has a third partial peripheral wall 6c, a fourth partial peripheral wall 6d, an inner wall 14, a closed state stopper 15, a shaft portion 4, and the storage chamber 19 in both the open state and the closed state. It is surrounded by the open state stopper 16.

As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the storage chamber 19 communicates with the metering chamber 20 formed between the first closed portion 10 and the second closed portion 11 in the closed state. The first closed portion 10 and the second closed portion 11 have a distance slightly larger than the diameter of each granular material 18, and the first closed portion 10 is slightly longer than the diameter of each granular material 18. Therefore, in the closed state, only one granular material 18 can be introduced into the quantitative chamber 20 from the storage chamber 19.

As shown in FIG. 4 and the like, in the open state, a gap parallel to the bottom plate 5 (hereinafter, also referred to as a lateral gap) is formed between the third closed portion 12 and the fourth partial peripheral wall 6d. The storage chamber 19 communicates with the continuous discharge unit 8 through a lateral gap in the open state. The lateral gap is larger than the diameter of each granular material 18.

As shown in FIG. 3 and the like, the lid 3 has a convex rib-shaped restricting portion 21 that protrudes downward from the top plate 9 in the vertical direction and continuously extends along the fourth partial peripheral wall 6d in the closed state. is doing. The height of the regulation unit 21 is constant over the entire length. A vertical gap (hereinafter, also referred to as a vertical gap) is formed between the lower surface of the regulating portion 21 and the bottom plate 5. The vertical gap is larger than the thickness (width in the vertical direction) of each of the granules 18.

In the granular material storage container 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 2, the quantitative discharge unit 7 is arranged below the continuous discharge unit 8 in a downward posture in which the top plate 9 is arranged vertically below the bottom plate 5. By changing the state from the closed state to the open state, the granules 18 in the storage chamber 19 can be quantitatively discharged through the fixed quantity discharging unit 7. Further, at that time, since the continuous discharge unit 8 is located above the storage chamber 19, the particles 18 in the storage chamber 19 are suppressed from being discharged through the continuous discharge unit 8.

Further, in the downward posture, the movement of the granular material 18 from the inside of the storage chamber 19 to the continuous discharge unit 8 is restricted by the regulation unit 21 located on the lower side even in the open state. Therefore, it is more reliably suppressed that the granules 18 in the storage chamber 19 are discharged through the continuous discharge unit 8 at the time of fixed quantity discharge.

Further, in the granular material storage container 1, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the continuous discharge unit 8 is placed below the fixed quantity discharge unit 7 in an upward posture in which the top plate 9 is arranged vertically above the bottom plate 5. By arranging the particles 18 from the closed state to the open state, the particles 18 in the storage chamber 19 can be continuously discharged through the continuous discharge unit 8. At this time, the movement of the granular material 18 from the inside of the storage chamber 19 to the continuous discharge unit 8 is permitted by the regulation unit 21 located on the upper side.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the granular material storage container 1 can quantitatively discharge the granular material 18 in the storage chamber 19 through the quantitative discharge unit 7 by changing the granular material storage container 1 from the closed state to the open state in a downward posture. Therefore, since the granules 18 in the storage chamber 19 can be continuously discharged through the continuous discharge unit 8 by changing from the closed state to the open state in the upward posture, it is possible to use them properly for quantitative discharge and continuous discharge. ..

Further, according to the present embodiment, since the lid 3 has the regulation portion 21, the particles 18 in the storage chamber 19 are more reliably suppressed from being discharged through the continuous discharge portion 8 at the time of quantitative discharge. be able to.

Further, according to the present embodiment, since the relative movement between the container body 2 and the lid 3 is a relative rotation, the granular material storage container 1 can be realized with a simple structure.

Further, according to the present embodiment, since the granular material storage container 1 is a card type, good usability can be realized.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist thereof.

Therefore, the granular material storage container 1 of the above-described embodiment can be variously modified as described below, for example.

The granular material storage container 1 includes a container main body 2 having a bottom plate 5, a notch-shaped quantitative discharge portion 7 and a peripheral wall 6 forming a continuous discharge portion 8, a top plate 9, a first closed portion 10, and a second closed portion. It has a lid 3 including 11 and a third closing portion 12, and the fixed quantity discharging portion 7 is closed to the first closing portion 10 and continuously by the relative movement of the lid 3 with respect to the container body 2 in parallel with the bottom plate 5. The state is switched between a closed state in which the discharge unit 8 is closed by the third closed unit 12 and an open state in which the quantitative discharge unit 7 is closed by the second closed unit 11 and the continuous discharge unit 8 is opened. It is possible, and by changing the top plate 9 from the closed state to the open state in a downward posture arranged vertically below the bottom plate 5, the inside of the storage chamber 19 formed between the bottom plate 5 and the top plate 9 is formed. The granular material 18 can be quantitatively discharged through the fixed quantity discharging unit 7, and the granular material 18 in the storage chamber 19 can be changed from the closed state to the open state in the upward posture in which the top plate 9 is arranged vertically above the bottom plate 5. Can be changed in various ways as long as it can be continuously discharged through the continuous discharge unit 8.

However, the granular material storage container 1 restricts the movement of the granular material 18 from the inside of the storage chamber 19 to the continuous discharge portion 8 in the open state when the lid 3 is in the downward posture, while the storage chamber 19 is in the open state in the upward posture. It is preferable to have a convex regulating portion 21 that allows the granular material 18 to move from the inside to the continuous discharging portion 8.

Further, in the granular material storage container 1, it is preferable that the relative movement is relative rotation.

Further, the granular material storage container 1 is preferably a card type having a rectangular parallelepiped shape in a closed state.

1 Granular storage container 2 Container body 3 Lid 4 Shaft 4a Shaft 4b Bearing 5 Bottom plate 5a Bottom plate 1st side 5b Bottom plate 2nd side 5c Bottom plate 3rd side 5d Bottom plate 4th side 6 Peripheral wall 6a 1st part Peripheral wall 6b 2nd Partial peripheral wall 6c 3rd partial peripheral wall 6d 4th partial peripheral wall 7 Quantitative discharge part 8 Continuous discharge part 9 Top plate 9a Top plate 1st side 9b Top plate 2nd side 9c Top plate 3rd side 9d Top plate 4th side 10 1st Closed part 11 2nd closed part 12 3rd closed part 13 Outer wall 14 Inner wall 15 Closed state stopper 16 Open state stopper 17 Shape engaging part 17a Vertical rib 17b Vertical groove 18 Granules 19 Storage room 20 Quantitative room 21 Control part O Axis center

Claims (4)

A container body having a bottom plate and a peripheral wall forming a notch-shaped quantitative discharge portion and a continuous discharge portion, and a container body.
It has a top plate and a lid with a first closure, a second closure and a third closure.
A closed state in which the quantitative discharge portion is closed by the first closed portion and the continuous discharge portion is closed by the third closed portion by the relative movement of the lid with respect to the container body in parallel with the bottom plate. It is possible to switch between the open state in which the fixed quantity discharge section is closed by the second closed section and the continuous discharge section is opened.
By changing the closed state to the open state in a downward posture in which the top plate is arranged vertically below the bottom plate, the granules in the storage chamber formed between the bottom plate and the top plate can be removed. Quantitative discharge is possible through the fixed-quantity discharge unit,
By changing the top plate from the closed state to the open state in an upward posture in which the top plate is arranged vertically above the bottom plate, granules in the storage chamber can be continuously discharged through the continuous discharge portion. Granular storage container. The lid restricts the movement of the granules from the storage chamber to the continuous discharge portion in the open state in the downward posture, while the lid restricts the movement of the granules from the storage chamber to the continuous discharge portion in the open state in the upward posture. The granular material storage container according to claim 1, which has a convex regulating portion that allows the granular material to move. The granular material storage container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the relative movement is relative rotation. The granular material storage container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is a card type having a rectangular parallelepiped shape in the closed state.

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