JP3052100U - Liquid storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a liquid storage container that can reliably contact and support the distal end side of an upper ear piece that is bent inward to the upper part of a container body. SOLUTION: A liquid outlet 20 with a cap 20 on the upper part.
And a container body 2 having a handle 23 and a paper box 1 for accommodating the container body 2. In the liquid storage container in which the opening 10 for exposing the handle 23 when the container body 2 is accommodated in the box body 1 is formed by bending the container body 2, the engagement recess 24, 25 are formed, and the bent portions 11, 1 of the upper ear pieces 4, 5 which are bent inward are formed in the engagement concave portions 24, 25.
4 is a liquid container adapted to engage the tip of the liquid container.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a liquid storage container for storing various liquids such as liquid foods and drinks, detergents, chemicals, and the like.In particular, the present invention relates to a plastic container body having a liquid outlet with a cap and a handle on an upper part, and It consists of a paper box made of cardboard or the like that accommodates the container body, and has an opening for exposing the handle on the upper part of the container body with the container body accommodated in the box. The present invention relates to a liquid storage container.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In this type of liquid storage container, a plurality of upper lugs connected to the top of the box are leveled inward from the base end with the plastic container body stored in a cardboard box. At the same time, bend the tip side of the upper ear piece inward, and further fold the tip end of the upper ear piece inward so that the side view of the upper ear piece becomes U-shaped, but The tip of the folded part is supported on the upper part of the container body to hold down the container body.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 As described above, in the conventional liquid storage container, the distal end side of the upper ear piece is bent into a U-shape in a side view, and the folded part on the foremost side is supported in contact with the upper surface of the container body. However, the bent part on the front side of the folded part on the front end that contacts the top of the container body, that is, the bent part perpendicular to the top of the container body, is opposite to the bending direction due to the elasticity of the cardboard. There was a possibility that the support was restored to the side and the support at the top of the container body was lost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a liquid storage container that can securely support the tip end of an upper ear piece on an upper portion of a container body.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, a container body 2 having a liquid outlet 20 with a cap 20 and a handle 23 on an upper part, and a paper box 1 containing the container body 2 are provided. The handle 23 is exposed when the container body 2 is housed in the box 1 by bending the tip ends of the plurality of upper ear pieces 4 and 5 connected to the box upper part 2a inward. In the liquid storage container in which the opening 10 is formed, engaging recesses 24 and 25 are formed at required positions in the upper portion 2a of the container, and the engaging recesses 24 and 25 are bent inwardly. It is characterized in that the distal ends of the bent parts 11, 14 of the upper ear pieces 4, 5 are engaged.

According to a second aspect, in the liquid container according to the first aspect, the bent portions 11 and 14 of the upper lugs 4 and 5 which are bent inward have their tip portions 11o and 14o. It is characterized in that it is bent inward and overlapped and joined to form an overlapped joint end, and the overlapped joint end is engaged with the engaging recesses 24 and 25.

According to a third aspect, in the liquid storage container according to the first or second aspect, a pair of four upper ear pieces 4, 5, 6, 7 opposed to each other are connected to the upper box body 2a. The two upper ear pieces 4 and 5 that are opposed to each other are bent pieces that bend the tip side inward, and the other two upper ear pieces 6 and 7 are formed of the two bent pieces 4 and 5. Each of the pressing pieces 6, 7 has a fixing insertion piece 16, 18, 19, and the fixing inserting pieces 16, 18, 19 are bent and folded. It is characterized in that the holding pieces 6, 7 are fixed on the bent pieces 4, 5 by being inserted into the insertion slits 13, 15 provided on the bent pieces 4, 5 side.

[0008]

【Example】

 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a paper box 1 of a liquid storage container according to the present invention, and FIG. Indicates the status.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, the paper box 1 is made of one piece of corrugated cardboard, so that the box body 3 is slightly longer than the container body 2 and the box body 3 is Although not shown, four upper ear pieces 4, 5, 6, 7 and small ear sides 8, 9 integrally connected from the upper four sides of the box body 3 are also integrally connected from the lower four sides of the box body 3. And four lower earpieces provided. Each of the upper ear pieces 4, 5, 6, 7 and the lower ear piece has a height corresponding to about two thirds of the width of the box body 3. The small ear pieces 8 and 9 are formed at corners between the upper ear pieces 5 and 7.

[0010] Although not shown, the lower ear piece is formed by bending two opposing ear pieces inward from the base end, and then superimposing the other two ear pieces and stopping with a stapler, and Form the bottom. The upper ear pieces 4, 5, 6, and 7 form a lid of the paper box 1 after housing the container body 2 and a rectangular opening for exposing a handle 23 of the container body 2 described later. 10 are formed.

The upper ear pieces 4, 5, 6, 7 are bent pieces in which the two upper ear pieces 4, 5 facing each other are bent inward on the tip side, respectively. The two upper ear pieces 6, 7 are holding pieces that are superimposed on the two upper ear pieces 4, 5. One of the two opposing bent pieces 4 and 5 has a bent line 4a formed at its base end, and is formed substantially on the right side of the bent piece 4 with respect to FIG. A rectangular bent portion piece 11 is protruded from the oblique side of the right-angled triangular portion 4s, and an arc portion 12 which becomes one short side of the rectangular opening 10 when bent is formed at a position facing the left side of the oblique side. A relatively wide insertion slit 13 is formed at a lower portion of the bent piece 11 along an extension of the bent line 11a. The other bent piece 5 opposed to the bent piece 4 forms a bent line 5a at the base end thereof, and has an inverted substantially right-angled triangular portion 5s formed on the left side of the bent piece 5. A rectangular bent piece 14 protrudes from the oblique side, and a relatively narrow insertion slit 15 is formed below the bent line 14a of the bent piece 14. A cut 14 b is made in the lower short side of the bent piece 14 to separate it from the small ear piece 9.

One pressing piece 6 of the other two opposing pressing pieces 6 and 7 forms a bent line 6a at the base end thereof and is adjacent to a substantially right-angled triangular portion 5s of the bent piece 5. A fixing insertion piece 16 to be inserted into the slit 15 on the bent piece 5 side is protruded above the oblique side of the substantially right triangle part 6s formed at the position, and formed on the opposite side of the right triangle part 6s. An arc portion 17 that overlaps with the arc portion 12 of the bent piece 4 at the time of bending is formed on the inner oblique side of the triangular portion 6s' to be formed, and the bent piece 4 is formed on the outer oblique side. A fixing insertion piece 18 to be inserted into the slit 13 on the side is protruded. The other holding piece 7 is formed by projecting a substantially right-angled triangle portion 7s at a position adjacent to the substantially right-angled triangle portion 4s of the bent piece 4 from the base line 7a. Above the oblique side of the portion 7s, a fixing insertion piece 19 that is inserted into the slit 13 together with the insertion piece 18 on the holding piece 6 side protrudes.

The small ear pieces 8, 9 are provided with cut lines 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b which form a triangle with the broken lines 7a, 5a interposed therebetween, respectively. The cut lines 8a, 8b, 9a, Triangular cut portions 8c and 9c can be cut out along 9b.

On the other hand, the container main body 2 is a plastic oblong container integrally formed by blow molding and is manufactured to contain, for example, 10 liters or 18 liters. It is formed so thin that it can be easily bent without it. As can be seen from the perspective view of FIG. 2 and the plan view of FIG. 5, the container body 2 has a liquid outlet 20 at the upper right corner at the right corner with respect to the figure. The cap 21 is screwed. A raised portion 22 is formed at a left corner diagonally opposite to the corner provided with the liquid outlet 20, and a handle 23 is integrally formed between the raised portion 22 and the liquid outlet 20. It is formed.

As can be seen from FIGS. 2, 5 and 6, the upper lug 4 of the paper box 1 is located at a required position on both sides of the handle 23, as can be seen from FIGS. Groove-shaped engaging concave portions 24 and 25 are formed in which the bent portions 11 and 14 formed on the bent pieces 4 and 5 out of 5, 6 and 7 are respectively engaged. . As can be seen from FIG. 6 showing the sectional shape, each of the engaging recesses 24, 25 has an inner wall 24a, 25a on the side close to the handle 23 formed perpendicular to the wall surface of the container main body upper portion 2a, and an opposite outer side. The walls 24b and 25b are formed in an arc-shaped cross section inclined in a curved shape with respect to the wall surface of the upper portion 2a.

A method for assembling the liquid container including the paper box 1 and the container body 2 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3A and 3B. As shown in FIG. 2, the small ear pieces 8, 9 of the paper box 1 are folded inward along the fold lines 7a, 5a to abut the inner wall surface of the corner of the box body 3, and The body 2 is put in the box body 3. At this time, since the thickness of the inner wall surface of the corner portion is increased by the small ear pieces 8 and 9, there is almost no gap between the outer surface of the container body 2 and the inner surface of the box body 3. Of the container main body 2 is eliminated.

When the container main body 2 is accommodated in the paper box 1 as described above, the bent pieces 4 and 5 of the upper ear pieces 4, 5, 6 and 7 are respectively bent. 4a, 5a, inwardly bend by 90 °, and further, the bent pieces 11, 14 on the tip side of the bent pieces 4, 5 are folded inwardly by 90 ° along the bend lines 11a, 14a. The distal ends of the bent pieces 11 and 14 are respectively engaged with the engagement recesses 24 and 25 of the container main body upper portion 2a, and the state shown in FIG. The engagement state of the distal end portions of the bent pieces 11 and 14 with the engagement concave portions 24 and 25 is as shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3A, the upper ear pieces 6, 7, that is, the holding pieces 6, which have not yet been bent and are standing, are moved inward along the folding lines 6 a, 7 a, respectively. It is bent by 90 °, overlapped on the bent pieces 4 and 5, and one insertion piece 16 on the holding piece 6 side is bent and inserted into the slit 15 on the bending piece 5 side, and the other on the holding piece 6 side. Both the insertion piece 18 and the insertion piece 19 on the holding piece 7 side are inserted into the slit 13 on the bending piece 4 side. At this time, the substantially right triangle portion 6s of the holding piece 6 is placed on the substantially right triangle portion 5s of the bent piece 5, and the almost right triangle portion 7s of the holding piece 7 is placed on the substantially right triangle portion 4s of the bent piece 4, respectively. It overlaps and the arc 17 of the holding piece 6 matches the arc 12 of the bent piece 4. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3B, the lid of the paper box 1 containing the container body 2 is formed, and the handle 23 of the container body 2 and the liquid outlet 20 with the cap 21 are exposed. An opening 10 is formed.

When using the liquid container, the triangular cut portions 8c, 9c are cut along cut lines 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b provided on the small ear pieces 8, 9 of the paper box 1. By doing so, the opening 10 can be formed such that one end (corner side) opens in a V shape along the same direction as the handle 23 of the container body 2 (see FIG. 4).

As described above, the lid of the paper box 1 in which the container body 2 is placed is formed, and the opening 10 for exposing the handle 23 of the container body 2 and the liquid outlet 20 with the cap 21 is formed. By doing so, it is possible to carry the container body 2 in the paper box 1 by gripping the handle 23 exposed from the opening 10 and to take out the solution therein from the liquid outlet 20. Further, when the liquid is taken out, the opening 10 is largely opened downward, so that the liquid does not adhere to the inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the paper box 1.

As described above, in this liquid container, the bent pieces 4 and 5 of the box 1 are bent inward along the broken lines 4a and 5a, respectively. The bent portions 11, 14 on the distal end side are folded inward along the fold lines 11a, 14a, and the distal ends of the bent portions 11, 14 are engaged with engaging recesses 24, provided in the upper portion 2a of the container body. Therefore, even if the bent portions of the bent pieces 11 and 14 attempt to return to the opposite side to the bending direction due to the elasticity of the corrugated cardboard, the leading ends of the bent portions 11 and 14 are formed by the engagement recesses 24 and 25. The bent pieces 11 and 14 are securely held in contact with the upper portion 2a of the container body 2 so that the lid of the paper box 1 can be stably held.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, each of the engaging recesses 24, 25 has an inner wall 24a, 25a near the handle 23 formed perpendicular to the container main body upper part 2a, and an outer wall 24a on the opposite side. The side walls 24b, 25b are formed in an arc shape in cross section inclined in a curved shape with respect to the wall surface of the upper part 2a of the container body, and the bent pieces 11, 14 are formed by the elasticity of the corrugated cardboard. The bent portions 11 and 14 do not come off from the engagement recesses 24 and 25, and the bent portions 11 and 14 are connected to the engagement recesses 24 and 25. When the engagement is performed, the bent portions 11 and 14 may be once bent deeply and then engaged along the arc-shaped outer walls 24b and 25b, thereby facilitating the engagement operation.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the distal end portions of the bent pieces 11 and 14 are engaged with the engagement concave portions 24 and 25 in the same state. As in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the distal end portions of the bent pieces 11 and 14 are appropriately extended in advance, and the distal extended portions 11o and 14o are bent inward and overlapped with each other. By forming an overlapped joint end joined with a suitable adhesive and engaging this overlapped joint end with the engaging recesses 24 and 25, the engaging recesses 24 and 25 are engaged. The distal ends of the bent pieces 11 and 14 are reinforced, so that the distal ends can be prevented from being deformed by the pressing load.

In this liquid container, the upper ear pieces 6 and 7, that is, the holding pieces 6 and 7 are bent inward and overlapped on the already bent bent pieces 4 and 5. One insertion piece 16 on the holding piece 6 side is bent and inserted into the slit 15 on the bending piece 5 side, and the other insertion piece 18 on the holding piece 6 side and the insertion piece 19 on the holding piece 7 side are bent. By inserting the holding pieces 6 and 7 on the bent pieces 4 and 5 by inserting them into the slits 13 on the one side 4, there is no need to use a commercial stapler as in the past. The lid of the paper box 1 can be easily and easily fixed.

[0025]

[Effect of the invention]

 According to the liquid container of the present invention, an engagement recess is formed at a required position on the upper portion of the container body, and the bent portion of the upper ear piece bent inward is formed in the engagement recess. Even if the bent portion of the bent piece attempts to return to the side opposite to the bending direction due to elasticity, the front end portion is engaged and held by the engaging concave portion. Thus, the bent piece is securely contacted and supported on the upper portion of the container body, and the lid of the paper box can be stably held.

[0026] As described in claim 2, the tip of the bent portion of the upper ear piece bent inward is bent inward and overlap-joined to form an overlap-joined end. If the overlapped joint end is engaged with the engagement recess, the distal end of the bent piece engaged with the engagement recess is reinforced, and the distal end is pressed by the pressing load. Can be prevented from being deformed.

[0027] As described in claim 3, a pair of four upper ear pieces opposing each other are connected in series, and the two upper ear pieces facing each other are bent pieces, and the other two upper ear pieces are bent. The two upper ear pieces are used as holding pieces, each holding piece is provided with a fixing insertion piece, and the fixing inserting piece is bent and inserted into the insertion slit provided on the bent side where the holding piece is overlapped. By stacking the pieces on the bent pieces and fixing them, there is no need to use a commercial stapler as in the past, and the lid of the paper box can be easily formed and the lid can be easily fixed. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a paper container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the container main body is stored in a paper box of the liquid storage container.

FIG. 3 (A) shows a bent piece of a paper box housing a container body and a bent piece thereof, and a tip end of the bent piece is engaged with an engaging recess at an upper portion of the container body. Perspective view showing the state,
(B) is a perspective view showing a final assembly state of the liquid storage container in which the pressing piece is further bent from the state of (A) and overlapped and fixed on the bent piece.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another state when the paper box is used.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a container body.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the liquid storage container in a final assembled state.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view similar to FIG. 6, showing another embodiment of the liquid container according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Paper box 2 Container main body 2a Upper part of container main body 3 Box main body 4,5 Upper ear piece (bending piece) 6,7 Upper ear piece (holding piece) 10 Opening 11,14 Bending part piece 13,15 Insertion Slits 16, 18, 19 Insert for fixing

Claims (3)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A container body having a cap-equipped liquid outlet and a handle at an upper part thereof, and a paper box housing the container body. By bending the side inward, an opening for exposing the handle when the container body is housed in the box body is formed with an engagement recess at a required position on the upper part of the container body. A liquid container, wherein a tip of a bent portion of the upper ear piece bent inward is engaged with the engagement recess. 2. The bent part of the upper ear piece that is bent inward has its tip bent inward and is overlap-joined to form an overlap-joined end, and the overlap is formed. The liquid storage container according to claim 1, wherein a joining end is engaged with the engagement concave portion. 3. A pair of four upper lugs opposing each other are connected to the upper part of the box body, and the two upper lugs opposing each other are bent at the tip side inward. And the other two
One upper ear piece is a pressing piece to be superimposed on the two bent pieces, and each pressing piece has a fixing inserting piece, and the fixing inserting piece is bent to be folded on one side. The liquid storage container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each holding piece is overlapped on the bent piece and fixed by being inserted into an insertion slit provided in the liquid storage container.