JP3130795B2 - Container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a container whose lid can be opened with one hand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a container for storing wet paper or the like generally has an opening formed in a top surface of the container main body, and a lid for covering the opening is joined to the container main body by a hinge. Have been. Further, the lid is locked to the container body via the locking mechanism, and the locking mechanism also has a function of sealing the inside of the container body (first conventional example).

[0003] Further, a container as a second conventional example is an actual container.
It is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-35085, in which the rear half of the lid is pressed against the inclined seating surface of the container to raise the front half of the lid and open the lid.

[0004]

In the first conventional example,
Because the locking mechanism also has sealing properties, when opening the lid,
One hand must hold the container body and the other hand must lift the lid, requiring both hands. Of course, you must hold this lid until it is fully open.

Further, in the second conventional example, the front half of the lid is opened by pressing the rear half of the lid with one hand, thereby opening the lid. Therefore, the rear half of the lid is fully opened until the front half of the lid is fully opened. You have to hold down the part.

In a container for storing wet paper or the like, it is desired that (a) the appearance be good, and (b) the opening / closing structure of the lid is hardly broken and the opening / closing property is excellent.

[0007] An object of the present invention is to provide a container which can be quickly opened to the full open state with only one hand, and which is excellent in appearance and repetitive opening and closing of the lid.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a container body having an opening formed in a flexible top surface;
A lid rotatably joined to the top surface of the container body by a hinge to cover the opening, and a lid disposed near the hinge between the top surface of the container body and the lid, and the lid being elastically restored. An elastic body capable of fully opening the container body, and a locking mechanism provided on the container body and the lid to lock each other when the lid is closed and to keep the lid at a closed lid position, A container that is configured so that the locking action of the locking mechanism can be released by bending deformation of the container body due to pressing of the top surface of the container body. A mounting hole for the elastic body is formed through, and a base end of the elastic body is fitted into the mounting hole,
The distal end of the elastic body is set to be in contact with the back surface near the hinge of the lid, and is locked to the base end of the elastic body at the inner surface around the attachment hole in the top surface of the container body. It is provided with a first locking portion and a second locking portion which locks on an outer surface around the mounting hole.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the first locking portion provided at the base end of the elastic body is further engaged with an inner surface around the mounting hole. The locking dimension for stopping is larger than the locking dimension for locking the second locking portion to the outer surface around the mounting hole.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the following:
Has the effect of In the closed state of the lid where the elastic restoring force of the elastic body has acted on the lid,
When the flexible top surface portion of the container body is pressed, the locking action of the locking mechanism is released by bending deformation of the side surface portion connected to the top surface portion. The lid is fully opened by the restoring force, and the opening on the top surface is opened. For this reason, the lid can be immediately fully opened only by placing the container on the floor or on a desk and pressing the top surface of the container body with one hand, and with one hand, the contents of the container body can be opened from the opening of the top surface portion. Can be taken out.

An attachment hole into which the base end of the elastic body is fitted is provided near the hinge on the top surface of the container body. The attachment hole provided in the container main body is located at a position that can be hidden by the lid, and the appearance can be improved as compared with a case where the attachment hole is widely exposed to the outside. When the attachment hole is formed through the lid side, the attachment hole is widely exposed to the outside.

At the time of opening the cover, even if the elastic body is pulled out with a finger, the first locking portion at the base end of the elastic body is locked on the inner surface around the mounting hole in the top surface of the container body. It will not come off unless you tear it off. When the lid is closed, the elastic body is affected by the elastic restoring force so as to be dropped below the mounting hole, but the second locking portion at the base end of the elastic body is turned around the mounting hole on the top surface of the container body. To prevent the above-mentioned falling off.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the following operations are provided. The first locking portion provided at the base end portion of the elastic body has a locking dimension for locking the inner surface around the mounting hole, and the second locking portion has a locking size for locking the outer surface around the mounting hole. It was larger than the size. Therefore,
The elastic body can be inserted and fitted from the inner side of the top surface of the container body, and the elastic body can be easily assembled.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a container, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an opened state of a container, FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a closed state of a container, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing
Is a schematic view showing the elastic body when the lid is opened, FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the elastic body when the lid is closed, and FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the elastic body.

The container 10 is a container for storing contents such as wet paper impregnated with a liquid (for example, water or a chemical solution) according to the purpose of use. As shown in FIGS. And

The container body 11 has a box 13 capable of storing contents such as wet paper, and an inner lid 14 fitted to the upper edge of the box 13. Then, the container body 11 forms an opening 16 as an opening in a seal ring 15 provided on the top surface portion 14A of the inner lid 14, and the opening 1
From 6, the contents in the box 13 can be taken out.
In the inner lid 14, the entire top surface portion 14A and side surface portions 14B are made of flexible plastic.

The lid 12 is rotatably joined via a hinge 20 to the top surface 14A of the inner lid 14 constituting the container body 11, and covers the opening 16 of the container body 11.

The lid 12 has an inner ring 21 and an outer ring 22 on its inner surface.
The inner ring 21 is fitted to the seal ring 15 of the inner lid 14 so that the opening 16 can be sealed, and the outer ring 22 can be abutted against the top surface 14A of the inner lid 14. The sealing of the opening 16 keeps the contents of the container body 11 wet.

The hinge 20 is an indirect joint hinge formed by loosely fitting a pair of hinge pins 20A provided on the lid 12 into a pair of hinge holes 20B provided on the top surface 14A of the inner lid 14. In this embodiment, the lid 12 and the inner lid 14 are provided separately, and both are joined by the hinge 20. However, the lid 12 includes the bent hinge 20 and the inner lid 14.
It may be one integrally formed with.

The top surface 14A of the inner lid 14 constituting the container body 11 and the vicinity of the hinge 20 of the lid 12
A rubber-like elastic body 30 is provided. The rubber-like elastic body 30 is
When the lid 12 is closed, the lid 12 is elastically deformed between the inner lid 14 and the lid 12, and the elastic restoring force allows the lid 12 to be fully opened.

Hinge 2 on top surface 14A of inner lid 14
In the vicinity of 0, an attachment hole 33 for the elastic body 30 is formed so as to penetrate therethrough. The elastic body 30 has an L-shape in which the base end portion 30A and the front end portion 30B intersect at right angles and are integrated (FIG. 7), and the base end portion 30A is fitted into the mounting hole 33, The distal end portion 30B is set so as to contact the contact recess 34 on the back surface of the cover 12 near the hinge 20.

The elastic body 30 includes, at the base end 30A, (a) a large wedge-shaped first locking portion 31 which locks the inner surface of the top surface portion 14A of the inner lid 14 around the mounting hole 33; ) Inner lid 14
And a small wedge-shaped second locking portion 32 that locks on the outer surface of the top surface portion 14A around the mounting hole 33. The second locking portion 32 is provided between the first locking portion 31 and the first locking portion 31 with a thickness (t) of the top surface portion 14A (FIG. 7). In the elastic body 30, the locking dimension (wedge dimension) at which the first locking portion 31 locks on the inner surface around the mounting hole 33 is set, and the second locking portion 32 is set around the mounting hole 33. It is larger than the locking dimension (wedge dimension) for locking to the outer surface. Thereby, the elastic body 30
Is inserted from the inner surface side (back surface side) of the top surface portion 14A of the inner lid 14 and fitted.

The rubber-like elastic body 30 is made of rubber, elastomer, or the like (for example, compound as Shin-Etsu Chemical KE
951 U and a methylvinyl-based raw rubber synthesized with C-8 as a vulcanizing agent (hardness is 50 degrees).

A locking recess 41 is provided on the outer surface of the inner lid 14 constituting the container body 11 opposite to the hinge 20 of the seal ring 15, and the inner surface of the inner ring 21 of the lid 12 is closed when the lid is closed. A locking projection 43 is provided for locking the locking recess 41. Locking concave portion 41 and locking convex portion 43
Forms a locking mechanism, which locks each other when the lid 12 is closed, and keeps the lid 12 in the closed position against the elastic restoring force of the rubber-like elastic body 30.

The locking action of the locking concave portion 41 on the inner lid 14 side and the locking convex portion 43 on the lid 12 side is performed by pressing the top surface portion 14A of the inner lid 14 constituting the container body 11 by sealing. The ring 15 is released by the bending deformation. That is, when the top surface portion 14A of the inner lid 14 is pressed by the pressing force F, the seal ring 15 connected to the top surface portion 14A bends and deforms, whereby the seal ring 15 warps inward of the box, and the seal ring 15 The locking concave portion 41 comes off the locking convex portion 43 of the lid 12.

The inner lid 14 which forms the container body 11
Embosses 50A and 50B as pressing designation portions are integrally formed on both sides of a portion of the top surface portion 14A where the lid 12 is attached. Embosses 50A and 50B are on top surface 1
4A is provided at a position where the pressing deformation of 4A is most easily transmitted to the locking concave portion 41 of the seal ring 15.

Further, the container 10 is provided with the hinge 20 on the top surface 14A of the inner lid 14 constituting the container body 11.
A projection-like stopper 51 is formed around the
The engaging portion 52 is formed around the hinge 20 in the above, and the engaging portion 52 is brought into contact with the stopper 51 at the time of opening the lid, thereby determining the full opening angle of the lid 12 around the hinge 20 (FIGS. 2, FIG. 2). 5).

At this time, in the container 10, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a rib 53 is provided on the back surface of the cover 12 around the hinge 20, and the elastic body 30 is provided on the back surface of the cover 12 near the hinge 20. And a contact recess 34 for
The projecting outer edge around the hinge 20 of the lid 12 is
2, the rib 5 is provided on the back surface of the lid 12 near the engaging portion 52.
3 is provided with an auxiliary rib 54 that continues. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a concave portion 55 defined by a reinforcing rib 54 is formed on the back side of the engaging portion 52 in the lid 12. The concave portion 55 moves around the stopper 51 of the inner lid 14 when the lid is opened, and brings the engaging portion 52 of the lid 12 into contact with the stopper 51.

Therefore, the container 10 is used as follows. When the lid 12 is closed, the locking recess 41 on the inner lid 14 side
The locking action of the locking projection 43 on the side of the lid 12
The closed state of the lid 12 is maintained against the elastic restoring force of the rubber-like elastic body 30 elastically deformed by the closing of the lid 12 (FIG. 3).

When the embosses 50A and 50B of the inner lid 14 are pressed when the lid 12 is opened, the locking recess 41 on the inner lid 14 and the locking projection 43 on the lid 12 are locked as described above. The action is released. Thereby, the elastic restoring force of the rubber-like elastic body 30 pushes the inner surface of the lid 12, and the lid 12 is opened until it is fully opened (FIG. 2). The full opening angle of the lid 12 is determined by the engagement of the engaging portion 52 of the lid 12 with the stopper 51 of the inner lid 14.

The operation and effect of this embodiment will be described below. In the closed state of the lid 12 in which the elastic restoring force of the rubber-like elastic body 30 acts on the lid 12, the flexible top surface 14 of the container body 11 is closed.
When A is pressed, the side surface portion 1 connected to the top surface portion 14A
4B or the like, the locking action of the locking mechanism (the locking concave portion 41 on the inner lid 14 side and the locking convex portion 43 on the lid 12 side) is released. The lid 12 is fully opened by the elastic restoring force of the opening 30 and the opening 1 of the top surface portion 14A is formed.
6 opens. For this reason, the lid 12 can be immediately fully opened only by placing the container 10 on the floor or on a desk or the like and pressing the top surface 14A of the container body 11 with one hand, and the opening 16 of the top surface 14A can be immediately opened with one hand. The contents of the container body 11 can be taken out from the container.

An attachment hole 33 into which the base end 30A of the elastic body 30 is fitted is provided near the hinge 20 on the top surface 14A of the container body 11. The attachment hole 33 provided in the container main body 11 is located at a position where it can be hidden by the lid, and the appearance can be improved as compared with a case where the attachment hole 33 is widely exposed to the outside. When the attachment hole 33 is formed through the cover 12, the attachment hole 33 is widely exposed to the outside.

At the time of opening the cover, even if the elastic member 30 is pulled by a finger to remove it, the first locking portion 31 of the base end portion 30A of the elastic member 30 is attached to the mounting hole 3 in the top surface portion 14A of the container body 11.
It locks on the inner surface around 3 and does not come off unless it is torn off. When the lid is closed, the elastic body 30 is affected by the elastic restoring force so as to be dropped below the attachment hole 33, but the second locking portion 32 of the base end portion 30 </ b> A of the elastic body 30 is It locks on the outer surface around the mounting hole 33 in the surface portion 14A to prevent the above-mentioned dropping.

The first portion provided on the base end portion 30A of the elastic body 30
The locking dimension at which the locking portion 31 locks on the inner surface around the mounting hole 33 is larger than the locking size at which the second locking portion 32 locks on the outer surface around the mounting hole 33. Therefore, the elastic body 30 can be inserted and fitted from the inner side of the top surface portion 14A of the container main body 11, and the elastic body 30 can be easily assembled.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and a design change or the like may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Even if present, it is included in the present invention. For example, when the container body is composed of the box 13 and the inner lid 14, the lid 12 is
3 may be joined via a hinge.

Further, another elastic body can be used instead of the rubber-like elastic body. However, since the rubber-like elastic body is not made of metal such as a leaf spring, it does not corrode, and therefore, rust does not enter the contents in the container body. Further, since the restoring force of the rubber-like elastic body is not excessive as in a leaf spring or the like, the lid can be opened slowly at an appropriate speed.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, the lid can be immediately opened to the full open state with only one hand, and a container excellent in appearance and repetitive opening and closing of the lid can be obtained. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a container.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a container is opened.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a closed state of the container.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a container body and a lid.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the elastic body when the lid is opened.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the elastic body when the lid is closed.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing an elastic body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Container 11 Container main body 12 Lid 14A Top surface part 14B Side surface part 16 Opening (opening) 20 Hinge 30 Rubber-like elastic body 31 First latching rod 32 Second latching part 33 Attachment hole 41 Locking recess (locking) Mechanism part) 43 Locking convex part (Locking mechanism part)

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A container body having an opening formed in a flexible top surface; a lid rotatably joined to the top surface of the container body by a hinge to cover the opening; An elastic body disposed near the hinge on the top surface and the lid and capable of fully opening the lid by elastic restoring force; and an elastic body provided on the container body and the lid, which are locked to each other when the lid is closed. And a locking mechanism for keeping the lid in the closed position, wherein the locking action of the locking mechanism is released by bending deformation of the container body caused by pressing the top surface of the container body. A container that is configured to be capable of being formed, wherein a mounting hole for the elastic body is formed through the top surface of the container body near the hinge, and a base end of the elastic body is fitted into the mounting hole. At the same time, abuts the tip of the elastic body on the back surface near the hinge of the lid. A first locking portion that locks on a base end portion of the elastic body on an inner surface around the mounting hole in a top surface portion of the container body, and a second locking portion that locks on an outer surface around the mounting hole. A container comprising: two locking portions. 2. The size of the first locking portion provided on the base end portion of the elastic body to be locked on the inner surface around the mounting hole, and the second locking portion is formed around the mounting hole. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the size is larger than a locking dimension for locking to an outer surface of the container.