JP3188296U - Chopsticks box - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a chopstick box that can easily clean a deep side corner H on a short side surrounded by three sides of a box bottom surface, a long side wall, and a short side wall at four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction where dirt inside the box body is likely to accumulate. To do.
A chopstick box 10 includes an upper opening rectangular box 13 having an opening for inserting and removing chopsticks 12, and a lid 36 covering the opening or opening of the box 13 and the outer peripheral surface. The box 13 in the shape of a rectangular opening has a box bottom surface 60 of a pair of short side walls 25 that has an opening for taking in and out the chopsticks 12 and extends vertically from the box bottom surfaces 60 at both ends in the longitudinal direction. A pair of long side walls 20 and a box bottom face 60 that extend from the box bottom face 60 in the vertical direction on both sides of the box bottom face 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box 13 and having a height from 0 mm to 7 mm. Composed.
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Description

The present invention relates to a chopstick box that can be easily cleaned.

As a conventional chopstick box, a chopstick box is composed of an upper opening rectangular box having an opening for putting in and out chopsticks and a lid covering the opening or the opening and the outer peripheral surface of the box. There are various types that make this easier. (See Patent Documents 1 and 2)

Japanese Patent No. 4054241 (Fig. 3)

Utility Model Registration No. 3179375 (Fig. 2)

For example, the invention described in Patent Document 1 reduces the labor of washing by eliminating a mechanism for lifting the chopsticks to make it easier to take out the chopsticks. Since the body can be easily removed, it is a sanitary chopsticks box that can be kept clean by being washed separately after use.

The inventions and devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 enable easy cleaning by separating and cleaning the box and the lid. A rectangular box with an upper opening has a pair of long side walls extending vertically from the bottom of the box on both sides of the bottom of the box parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box. And a pair of short side walls extending in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the box at both ends in the longitudinal direction.
The deeper corners H on the short side inside the three sides of the box bottom, the long side wall, and the short side wall at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the upper opening rectangular box are difficult to clean. There is a problem that it is easy to deposit, and it has not been solved.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the present invention is the inner side of the short side surrounded by the three sides of the bottom of the box, the long side wall, and the short side wall at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction where dirt inside the box tends to accumulate. An object of the present invention is to provide a chopstick box that can easily clean the deep corner H.

In the chopsticks box comprising an upper opening rectangular box having an opening for putting in and out chopsticks and a lid covering the opening or the opening and the outer peripheral surface of the box, the upper opening rectangular box is Cut out most or all of the top side of a pair of short side walls that have an opening for putting in and out chopsticks and extend vertically from the bottom of the box at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box A chopsticks box composed of a pair of long side walls extending vertically from the bottom of the box and the bottom of the box on both sides of the bottom of the box.

When one of the short side walls cut out at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the box is used as the box insertion slot for chopsticks, and when the chopsticks are inserted through the box insertion slot, the area near the center of the chopsticks is sandwiched between the box bottom A chopstick locking portion may be provided inside the long side wall.

You may comprise a box bottom face inclination part in a part of box bottom face.

The inner angle between the pair of long side walls extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body and extending vertically from the box bottom surface on both sides of the box bottom surface and the inner angle R shape having a radius of 0.5 mm or more may be provided. Good.

As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.

Dirt accumulates in the deep corners H inside the short side surrounded by the three sides of the box bottom, the long side wall, and the short side wall at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular box with the upper opening rectangular shape. It is easy to clean, and it is possible to eliminate the accumulation of dirt by cutting out most or all of the upper surface side of the short side wall to facilitate cleaning.

By cutting out most or all of the upper side of the short side wall at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular box in the upper opening, it is possible to insert chopsticks using one of the short side walls as a box insertion slot. By providing the chopstick locking portion on the inner side of the side wall, it is possible to reduce the rattling sound when the chopstick is locked to the box and carried around.

When removing the chopsticks, as shown in FIG. 11, the chopsticks are lowered while the lid is separated from the box, and the box is tilted and the chopsticks housed and locked in the box are slid on the bottom of the box. Chopsticks can be easily taken out by catching by hand.

By providing a box bottom slope on a part of the box bottom, it reduces the adhesion of dirt on the bottom of the box due to contact between a dirty chopstick tip and the box bottom after use, and makes it easier to clean the box bottom. can do.

In addition, by providing a box bottom slope on a part of the box bottom, even if chopsticks that have not been sufficiently dried after washing are stored, a gap is formed between the box bottom and the chopsticks to promote drying. Proliferation of miscellaneous bacteria can be reduced.

By making the inner angle between a pair of long side walls parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body and extending vertically from the box bottom face on both sides of the box bottom face and the box bottom face to have a radius of 0.5 mm or more, It is possible to easily clean the inner corner with the bottom of the box.

Since the structure is simple and the box and the lid can be completely separated, the labor of washing can be reduced.

It is an example of the chopstick box which prepared the slide-type cover body in the box body of the conventional upper opening rectangular shape. FIG. 2 is a first embodiment showing the external shape of a box body and a lid body of a chopstick box of the present invention prepared for explaining the difference from the conventional chopstick box shown in FIG. 1. It is Example 2 which shows the external appearance shape of the box body and cover body of a chopstick box which shows the best form of this invention. It is a front view, a top view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view of a chopstick box of Example 2 of the present invention. It is the front view of the box of Example 2 of this invention, a top view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view. It is the front view of the cover body of Example 2 of this invention, a top view, a bottom view, a right view, and a left view. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of accommodating a chopstick in the box of Example 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing by which the chopsticks are latched without falling from a box by the chopstick latching part after accommodating chopsticks in the box of Example 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing combined with a box by hold | suppressing both corners of a lid with the thumb of both hands, after preparing a lid on the upper part of a box after accommodating a chopstick in the box of Example 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which isolate | separates a cover body by removing the latching | locking part of a cover body with the thumb of a left hand from the box body of Example 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the taking-out method of a chopstick from the box of Example 2 of this invention. It is Example 3 which shows the external appearance shape of the box of a chopstick box of this invention, and a cover body. It is Example 4 which shows the external appearance shape of the box of a chopstick box of this invention, and a cover body. It is Example 5 which shows the external appearance shape of the box of a chopstick box of this invention, and a cover body. It is an Example (A) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is an Example (I) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is the Example (c) of the chopstick latching part of this invention. It is the Example (d) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is the Example (e) of the chopstick latching part of this invention. It is an Example (f) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is the Example (ki) of the chopstick latching part of this invention. It is an Example (ku) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is an Example (A) which shows the shape of the box bottom face of this invention. It is Example (B) which shows the shape of the box bottom face of this invention.

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

FIG. 1 is a view showing an example of a conventional chopstick box 10 before an assembly having an upper opening rectangular box 13 and a sliding lid 36 prepared. The box 13 in the form of an upwardly opened rectangular parallelepiped has a pair of long side walls 20 extending vertically from the box bottom surface 60 on both sides of the box bottom surface 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction and the box bottom surface 60 at both longitudinal ends. On the other hand, it is composed of a pair of short side walls 25 and a box bottom face 60 extending in the vertical direction.

A pair of grooves 16 are formed on the inner upper surface of the box 13, and a pair of protrusions 42 are provided in parallel on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the lid 36, and slide parallel to the grooves 16 of the box 13 after fitting. The lid body 36 is united with the box body 13 by being inserted.

The box-side bottom surface 60, the long-side wall 20, and the short-side wall 25 at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the upper-opening rectangular body 13 are hard to be cleaned. Therefore, dirt is easy to accumulate.

FIG. 2 is a first embodiment showing the external shape of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopstick box 10 of the present invention prepared to explain the difference from the conventional chopstick box shown in FIG. It is the aspect figure before preparing the cover body 36 and assembling.

The box 13 of the chopsticks box 10 to which the present invention is applied is surrounded by the three faces of the box bottom 60, the long side wall 20 and the short side wall 25 at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the conventional box 13 shown in FIG. The short side inner deep corner H is devised so that it can be easily cleaned, and the entire short side walls 25 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the box 13 are cut out in the longitudinal direction of the box bottom surface 60 and the box 13. By adopting a two-sided structure of a pair of long side walls 20 extending vertically from both sides of the parallel box bottom surface 60, it is possible to eliminate the accumulation of dirt and facilitate cleaning.

FIG. 3 is an embodiment 2 showing the external shape of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopstick box 10 showing the best mode of the present invention. FIG.

The box 13 of the chopsticks box 10 to which the present invention is applied is surrounded by the three faces of the box bottom 60, the long side wall 20 and the short side wall 25 at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the conventional box 13 shown in FIG. The short side inner deep corner H is devised so that it can be easily cleaned, and the entire short side walls 25 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the box 13 are cut out in the longitudinal direction of the box bottom surface 60 and the box 13. By adopting a two-sided structure of a pair of long side walls 20 extending vertically from both sides of the parallel box bottom surface 60, it is possible to eliminate the accumulation of dirt and facilitate cleaning.

The box body 13 is combined with a lid plate 45 that covers an upper opening surface, a lid body side plate a portion 50a that covers a side opening surface of the box body 13, and a lid body side plate b portion 50b.

The upper surface of the long side wall 20 extending in the vertical direction from both sides of the box bottom surface 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body 13 is shaped like a chopstick with the chopstick tip side 12c being thinner than the chopstick grip part 12a. The body is inclined from the body insertion opening 15 to the box chopstick tip side 14 so that the height is lowered.

Moreover, the side shape of the upper part of the both ends of the longitudinal direction of the long side wall 20 of the box 13 is exhibiting substantially R shape.

Further, the box 13 is provided with a chopstick locking portion 80 inside the long side wall 20 for sandwiching the vicinity of the chopstick central portion 12b between the box bottom surface 60 to lock the chopstick 12.

FIG. 4 is a front view, a plan view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view of the chopstick box 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view, a plan view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view of the box body 13 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The box 13 includes a box bottom 60 and a pair of long side walls 20 extending vertically from both sides of the box bottom 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box 13, and the chopsticks 12 are locked to the box 13. For this purpose, a chopstick locking portion 80 is provided on the inner side of the long side wall 20 for sandwiching the vicinity of the chopstick central portion 12b with the box bottom surface 60.

The box body 13 is provided with a box body locking a portion 30a and a box body locking b portion 30b.

6 is a front view, a plan view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view of the lid body 36 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The lid body 36 includes a lid plate side plate a portion 50a and a lid plate side plate b portion 50b at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the lid plate 45, and the lid plate 45, the lid plate side plate a portion 50a, and the lid plate side plate b portion. 50b is connected by the curved surface which followed the shape of a box.

The lid body side plate a portion 50a and the lid body side plate b portion 50b of the lid body 36 are provided with a lid body locking a portion 40a and a lid body locking b portion 40b.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a method of accommodating the chopsticks 12 in the box 13 of the second embodiment of the present invention. The description of the right hand and left hand is based on the assumption of a right-handed person, and the left handed person is interpreted as the opposite hand.

When the chopsticks 12 are stored in the box 13, the chopsticks of the chopsticks 12 held by the right hand by holding the box chopstick tip side 14 of the box 13 with the left hand and increasing the height of the box insertion opening 15 of the box 13. By sliding the front side 12c obliquely downward along the box bottom surface 60 from the box insertion port 15, the chopstick locking portion 80 and the box bottom surface 60 provided inside the long side wall 20 of the box 13 are provided. A portion near the chopstick central portion 12 b is sandwiched between the chopsticks 12 and the box 13 is locked.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which the chopsticks 12 are housed in the box 13 of the second embodiment of the present invention. By tilting the box chopstick tip side 14 of the box 13 to the lower side and the box insertion port 15 to the upper side, the chopsticks 12 are locked from the box 13 without dropping by the chopstick locking part 80 of the box 13. ing.

FIG. 9 shows a case in which the box 13 and the lid 36 containing the chopsticks 12 are prepared in Example 2 of the present invention, and the lid 36 is held from above while holding the box with the little finger and the ring finger of both hands. With the thumbs of both hands so as to cover the lid body locking a portion 40a of the lid body 36 to the box body locking a portion 30a of the box body 13 and to the lid body locking b portion 40b of the lid body 36 By pressing until the box body locking b portion 30b of the box body 13 is locked, the box body 13 and the lid body 36 are combined into the chopstick box 10 in which the chopsticks 12 are accommodated.

FIG. 10 explains how to remove the lid 36 from the box 13 in the second embodiment of the present invention. While holding the vicinity of the box insertion slot 15 of the box 13 with the left hand and applying a force in the direction to remove the lid locking part a 40a of the lid 36 from the box locking a part 30a of the box 13 with the thumb of the left hand The lid locking part a 40a of the lid 36 locked to the box locking part a 30a is removed.

FIG. 11 illustrates a method for taking out the chopsticks 12 from the box 13 in the second embodiment of the present invention.

While holding the box chopstick tip side 14 of the box 13 with the left thumb and middle finger so as to be horizontal with respect to the longitudinal direction of the box 13, the box insertion port 15 of the box 13 is raised in the lower direction. When the chopsticks 12 housed in the box 13 begin to slide on the box bottom surface 60 by lowering, the position angle of the box 13 is maintained, and the chopsticks 12 that fall and slide down are captured by the right hand. Take out.

FIG. 12 is a third embodiment showing the external shape of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopstick box 10 of the present invention, and extends vertically from the box bottom 60 to both sides of the box bottom 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box. The height of the pair of long side walls 20 decreases from the box insertion port 15 to the box chopstick tip side 14 so that the upper surface of the pair of long side walls 20 follows the chopstick shape in which the chopstick tip side 12c is thinner than the chopstick grip part 12a. The rectangular parallelepiped (a) chopsticks straddling the long side walls 20 inside the long side walls 20 are parallel to each other in the box 13 in which the side surfaces of the long side walls 20 have a substantially trapezoidal shape. A portion 80 is provided.

FIG. 13 is a fourth embodiment showing the appearance of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopsticks box 10 of the present invention, on both sides of the box bottom 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box 13 in the vertical direction from the box bottom 60. The upper surfaces of the extended pair of long side walls 20 are inclined so that the height decreases from the box insertion port 15 to the box chopstick tip side 14, and the lower portions at both ends in the longitudinal direction have a substantially R shape and the short side wall 25. In the embodiment, the box bottom surface 60 is connected by a continuous curved surface, and there is no boundary between the short side wall 25 and the box bottom surface 60, and the short side wall is cut out most of the upper surface side to the vicinity of the box bottom surface. A substantially rectangular parallelepiped (a) chopstick locking portion 80 is provided across the inner sides of the long side walls 20 that are parallel to each other.

FIG. 14 is a fifth embodiment showing the external shape of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopstick box 10 of the present invention. The portion that accommodates the chopstick grip portion 12 a of the chopstick 12 is divided into the box bottom 60 and the long side wall 20. A long side of the boundary between the portion for receiving the chopstick grip side 12c and the portion for receiving the chopstick tip side 12c, having a structure in which an enclosed storage space 35 is formed, and the portion for receiving the chopstick tip side 12c is only the box bottom 60. A box 13 having an approximately R-shaped upper surface of the wall 20 is provided with a chopsticks locking portion 80 having a curved surface shape (t) straddling the inside of the long side wall 20 parallel to each other.

A box housing the chopstick tip side 12c The chopstick tip side 14 is only the box bottom surface 60, so that the box 13 of the chopstick box 10 can be easily cleaned.

Although not shown, the shape of the box bottom surface 60 of the box 13 is such that the box insertion slot 15 that accommodates the chopstick grip portion 12a is a flat surface, and the height of the box chopstick tip side 14 that accommodates the chopstick tip side 12c is the height. By providing the box bottom inclined portion 100 so as to be lower than the height of the box insertion slot 15, there is a gap between the chopstick tip side 12c of the chopsticks 12 accommodated and the box bottom face 60, and the dirty chopsticks 12 after use. This reduces the adhesion of dirt from the chopstick tip side 12c to the box bottom surface 60 and makes it easier to clean the chopstick box 10.

When the chopsticks 12 are stored in the box 13, a lid 36 having a shape that fits into the box shape 60 is combined from above.

FIG. 15 is an embodiment (a) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. The chopstick locking portion 80 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape straddling the inside of the pair of long side walls 20 of the box 13 of the second embodiment is shown. It is equipped.

FIG. 16 is an embodiment (a) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80, and the substantially cylindrical chopstick locking portion 80 straddling the inside of the pair of parallel long side walls 20 of the box 13 of the second embodiment. It is equipped.

FIG. 17 shows an embodiment (c) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80, which is a substantially trapezoidal shape chopstick locking portion protruding from the inside of a pair of parallel long side walls 20 of the box 13 of the second embodiment. 80.

FIG. 18 is an embodiment (D) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. The chopstick locking portion having a substantially triangular prism shape protruding from the inside of a pair of long side walls 20 of the box 13 of the second embodiment. 80.

FIG. 19 is an embodiment (e) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. A part of the upper surface of the pair of long side walls 20 of the box body 13 of the embodiment 2 is notched into a groove shape and is rubber-like. The elastic body 85 is wound to form the chopstick locking portion 80.

FIG. 20 is an embodiment (f) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. A through hole is formed in the side surface of the pair of long side walls 20 of the box body 13 of the embodiment 2 so that the disk-shaped head is formed. The box 13 is provided with a function as a chopstick locking portion 80 by being inserted into a through hole so that a pair of pins a86 each having a concave and convex shape are inserted into the through hole so as to face each other.

FIG. 21 is an embodiment (G) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. A part of the through hole is formed on the side surface of the pair of long side walls 20 parallel to each other of the box body 13 of the second embodiment. A box-shaped pin b87 having a disk-shaped head is fitted into a through-hole having a shape in which a part of the through-hole is cut out on the upper surface, so that the box 13 is used as a chopstick locking portion 80. It has a function.

FIG. 22 is an embodiment (ku) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. A concave notch is formed in a part of the upper surface of the pair of long side walls 20 of the box body 13 of the embodiment 2, The chopsticks locking portion 80 was formed by fitting the hook 90 having a shape locked to the outer bottom surface of the box 13. The character-shaped hook 90 is formed of an elastic resin material, and the chopstick locking portion 80 of the character-shaped hook 90 is detached from the box bottom surface 60 and can be cleaned after separation.

FIG. 23 is an embodiment (A) showing the shape of the box bottom surface 60 of the present invention. Whereas the box bottom surface 60 of FIGS. 1 to 22 is a single plane, the box bottom surface 60 is flat and inclined. It is made up of. In the embodiment (A) shown in FIG. 23, the box bottom face inclined portion 100 is provided such that the height of the box bottom face 60 of the box body 13 is lower at both ends in the longitudinal direction than the plane portion at the center of the box. It is a thing. Although not shown, the heights at both ends in the longitudinal direction may be higher than the flat portion of the central portion of the box, or the box bottom inclined portion 100 is provided only on one side of the box chopstick tip side 14. You may do it.

24 is an embodiment (B) showing the shape of the box bottom surface 60 of the present invention, and FIGS. 1 to 23 are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body 13 and perpendicular to the box bottom surface 60 on both sides of the box bottom surface 60. The inner angle between the pair of long side walls 20 and the bottom surface 60 of the box body intersects at right angles and has an R shape with a radius of 0.5 mm or less, whereas a larger inner angle R shape 120 with a radius of 0.5 mm or more is provided. This facilitates cleaning of the inner corners of the box bottom surface 60 and the long side wall 20.

The present invention is used in the industry of manufacturing chopstick boxes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Chopstick box 12 ... Chopstick 12a ... Chopstick grip part 12b ... Chopstick center part 12c ... Chopstick tip side 13 ... Box 14 ... Box chopstick tip side 15 ... Box body insertion slot 16 ... Groove 20 ... Long side wall 25 ... Short side wall 30a ... Box body locking a part 30b ... Box body locking b part 35 ... Storage space 36 ... Lid 40a ... Lid lock a part 40b ... Lid lock b part 42 ... Projection 45 ... Lid plate 50a ... Lid side plate a part 50b ... -Lid side plate b part 60 ... Box body bottom face 80 ... Chopstick locking part 85 ... Rubber elastic body 86 ... Pin a
87 ... Pin b
90 ... Hook 100 ... Box bottom inclined part 120 ... Inner corner R shape

When one of the short side walls cut out at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the box is used as the box insertion slot for chopsticks, and when the chopsticks are inserted through the box insertion slot, the area near the center of the chopsticks is sandwiched between the box bottom A chopstick locking portion is provided inside the long side wall.

A part of the box bottom is provided with a box bottom inclined portion.

The inner angle between the pair of long side walls extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body and extending vertically from the box bottom surface on both sides of the box bottom surface and the inner angle R shape having a radius of 0.5 mm or more are provided. Features.

The present invention relates to a chopstick box that can be easily cleaned.

As a conventional chopstick box, a chopstick box is composed of an upper opening rectangular box having an opening for putting in and out chopsticks and a lid covering the opening or the opening and the outer peripheral surface of the box. There are various types that make this easier. (See Patent Documents 1 and 2)

Japanese Patent No. 4054241 (Fig. 3)

Utility Model Registration No. 3179375 (Fig. 2)

For example, the invention described in Patent Document 1 reduces the labor of washing by eliminating a mechanism for lifting the chopsticks to make it easier to take out the chopsticks. Since the body can be easily removed, it is a sanitary chopsticks box that can be kept clean by being washed separately after use.

The inventions and devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 enable easy cleaning by separating and cleaning the box and the lid. A rectangular box with an upper opening has a pair of long side walls extending vertically from the bottom of the box on both sides of the bottom of the box parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box. And a pair of short side walls extending in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the box at both ends in the longitudinal direction.
The deeper corners H on the short side inside the three sides of the box bottom, the long side wall, and the short side wall at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the upper opening rectangular box are difficult to clean. There is a problem that it is easy to deposit, and it has not been solved.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the present invention is the inner side of the short side surrounded by the three sides of the bottom of the box, the long side wall, and the short side wall at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction where dirt inside the box tends to accumulate. An object of the present invention is to provide a chopstick box that can easily clean the deep corner H.

In the chopsticks box comprising an upper opening rectangular box having an opening for putting in and out chopsticks and a lid covering the opening or the opening and the outer peripheral surface of the box, the upper opening rectangular box is The height from the bottom of the box of a pair of short side walls extending vertically from the bottom of the box at both ends in the longitudinal direction with an opening for putting in and out chopsticks is 0 mm to 7 mm, and the longitudinal direction of the box The chopsticks box is composed of a pair of long side walls extending in the vertical direction from the bottom surface of the box and the bottom surface of the box on both sides of the bottom surface of the box.

When one of the short side walls cut out at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the box is used as the box insertion slot for chopsticks, and when the chopsticks are inserted through the box insertion slot, the area near the center of the chopsticks is sandwiched between the box bottom A chopstick locking portion is provided inside the long side wall.

A part of the box bottom is provided with a box bottom inclined portion.

The inner angle between the pair of long side walls extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body and extending vertically from the box bottom surface on both sides of the box bottom surface and the inner angle R shape having a radius of 0.5 mm or more are provided. Features.

As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.

Dirt accumulates in the deep corners H inside the short side surrounded by the three sides of the box bottom, the long side wall, and the short side wall at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular box with the upper opening rectangular shape. By making the height of the short side wall from the bottom of the box to be 0 mm or more and 7 mm or less, it is possible to eliminate the accumulation of dirt and facilitate cleaning.

Inserting chopsticks with one side of the short side wall as the box insertion port by setting the height of the short side wall at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the upper opening rectangular shape from the bottom of the box to 0 mm or more and 7 mm or less. By providing a chopstick locking portion on the inner side of the long side wall, it is possible to reduce a rattling sound when the chopstick box is locked while the chopstick is locked to the box body.

When removing the chopsticks, as shown in FIG. 11, the chopsticks are lowered while the lid is separated from the box, and the box is tilted and the chopsticks housed and locked in the box are slid on the bottom of the box. Chopsticks can be easily taken out by catching by hand.

By providing a box bottom slope on a part of the box bottom, it reduces the adhesion of dirt on the bottom of the box due to contact between a dirty chopstick tip and the box bottom after use, and makes it easier to clean the box bottom. can do.

In addition, by providing a box bottom slope on a part of the box bottom, even if chopsticks that have not been sufficiently dried after washing are stored, a gap is formed between the box bottom and the chopsticks to promote drying. Proliferation of miscellaneous bacteria can be reduced.

By making the inner angle between a pair of long side walls parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body and extending vertically from the box bottom face on both sides of the box bottom face and the box bottom face to have a radius of 0.5 mm or more, It is possible to easily clean the inner corner with the bottom of the box.

Since the structure is simple and the box and the lid can be completely separated, the labor of washing can be reduced.

It is an example of the chopstick box which prepared the slide-type cover body in the box body of the conventional upper opening rectangular shape. FIG. 2 is a first embodiment showing the external shape of a box body and a lid body of a chopstick box of the present invention prepared for explaining the difference from the conventional chopstick box shown in FIG. 1. It is Example 2 which shows the external appearance shape of the box body and cover body of a chopstick box which shows the best form of this invention. It is a front view, a top view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view of a chopstick box of Example 2 of the present invention. It is the front view of the box of Example 2 of this invention, a top view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view. It is the front view of the cover body of Example 2 of this invention, a top view, a bottom view, a right view, and a left view. It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of accommodating a chopstick in the box of Example 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing by which the chopsticks are latched without falling from a box by the chopstick latching part after accommodating chopsticks in the box of Example 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing combined with a box by hold | suppressing both corners of a lid with the thumb of both hands, after preparing a lid on the upper part of a box after accommodating a chopstick in the box of Example 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which isolate | separates a cover body by removing the latching | locking part of a cover body with the thumb of a left hand from the box body of Example 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the taking-out method of a chopstick from the box of Example 2 of this invention. It is Example 3 which shows the external appearance shape of the box of a chopstick box of this invention, and a cover body. It is Example 4 which shows the external appearance shape of the box of a chopstick box of this invention, and a cover body. It is Example 5 which shows the external appearance shape of the box of a chopstick box of this invention, and a cover body. It is an Example (A) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is an Example (I) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is the Example (c) of the chopstick latching part of this invention. It is the Example (d) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is the Example (e) of the chopstick latching part of this invention. It is an Example (f) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is the Example (ki) of the chopstick latching part of this invention. It is an Example (ku) of the chopstick locking part of this invention. It is an Example (A) which shows the shape of the box bottom face of this invention. It is Example (B) which shows the shape of the box bottom face of this invention.

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

FIG. 1 is a view showing an example of a conventional chopstick box 10 before an assembly having an upper opening rectangular box 13 and a sliding lid 36 prepared. The box 13 in the form of an upwardly opened rectangular parallelepiped has a pair of long side walls 20 extending vertically from the box bottom surface 60 on both sides of the box bottom surface 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction and the box bottom surface 60 at both longitudinal ends. On the other hand, it is composed of a pair of short side walls 25 and a box bottom face 60 extending in the vertical direction.

A pair of grooves 16 are formed on the inner upper surface of the box 13, and a pair of protrusions 42 are provided in parallel on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the lid 36, and slide parallel to the grooves 16 of the box 13 after fitting. The lid body 36 is united with the box body 13 by being inserted.

The box-side bottom surface 60, the long-side wall 20, and the short-side wall 25 at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the upper-opening rectangular body 13 are hard to be cleaned. Therefore, dirt is easy to accumulate.

FIG. 2 is a first embodiment showing the external shape of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopstick box 10 of the present invention prepared to explain the difference from the conventional chopstick box shown in FIG. It is the aspect figure before preparing the cover body 36 and assembling.

The box 13 of the chopsticks box 10 to which the present invention is applied is surrounded by the three faces of the box bottom 60, the long side wall 20 and the short side wall 25 at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the conventional box 13 shown in FIG. The short side inner deep corner H is devised so that it can be easily cleaned. The height of the short side walls 25 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the box 13 from the box bottom is set to 0 mm, and the box bottom 60 The two-sided structure of the pair of long side walls 20 extending in the vertical direction from both sides of the box bottom surface 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box 13 eliminates the accumulation of dirt and facilitates cleaning.

FIG. 3 is an embodiment 2 showing the external shape of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopstick box 10 showing the best mode of the present invention. FIG.

The box 13 of the chopsticks box 10 to which the present invention is applied is surrounded by the three faces of the box bottom 60, the long side wall 20 and the short side wall 25 at the four corners at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the conventional box 13 shown in FIG. The short side inner deep corner H is devised so that it can be easily cleaned. The height of the short side walls 25 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the box 13 from the box bottom is set to 0 mm, and the box bottom 60 The two-sided structure of the pair of long side walls 20 extending in the vertical direction from both sides of the box bottom surface 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box 13 eliminates the accumulation of dirt and facilitates cleaning.

The box body 13 is combined with a lid plate 45 that covers an upper opening surface, a lid body side plate a portion 50a that covers a side opening surface of the box body 13, and a lid body side plate b portion 50b.

The upper surface of the long side wall 20 extending in the vertical direction from both sides of the box bottom surface 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body 13 is shaped like a chopstick with the chopstick tip side 12c being thinner than the chopstick grip part 12a. The body is inclined from the body insertion opening 15 to the box chopstick tip side 14 so that the height is lowered.

Moreover, the side shape of the upper part of the both ends of the longitudinal direction of the long side wall 20 of the box 13 is exhibiting substantially R shape.

Further, the box 13 is provided with a chopstick locking portion 80 inside the long side wall 20 for sandwiching the vicinity of the chopstick central portion 12b between the box bottom surface 60 to lock the chopstick 12.

FIG. 4 is a front view, a plan view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view of the chopstick box 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view, a plan view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view of the box body 13 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The box 13 includes a box bottom 60 and a pair of long side walls 20 extending vertically from both sides of the box bottom 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box 13, and the chopsticks 12 are locked to the box 13. For this purpose, a chopstick locking portion 80 is provided on the inner side of the long side wall 20 for sandwiching the vicinity of the chopstick central portion 12b with the box bottom surface 60.

The box body 13 is provided with a box body locking a portion 30a and a box body locking b portion 30b.

6 is a front view, a plan view, a bottom view, a right side view, and a left side view of the lid body 36 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The lid body 36 includes a lid plate side plate a portion 50a and a lid plate side plate b portion 50b at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the lid plate 45, and the lid plate 45, the lid plate side plate a portion 50a, and the lid plate side plate b portion. 50b is connected by the curved surface which followed the shape of a box.

The lid body side plate a portion 50a and the lid body side plate b portion 50b of the lid body 36 are provided with a lid body locking a portion 40a and a lid body locking b portion 40b.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a method of accommodating the chopsticks 12 in the box 13 of the second embodiment of the present invention. The description of the right hand and left hand is based on the assumption of a right-handed person, and the left handed person is interpreted as the opposite hand.

When the chopsticks 12 are stored in the box 13, the chopsticks of the chopsticks 12 held by the right hand by holding the box chopstick tip side 14 of the box 13 with the left hand and increasing the height of the box insertion opening 15 of the box 13. By sliding the front side 12c obliquely downward along the box bottom surface 60 from the box insertion port 15, the chopstick locking portion 80 and the box bottom surface 60 provided inside the long side wall 20 of the box 13 are provided. A portion near the chopstick central portion 12 b is sandwiched between the chopsticks 12 and the box 13 is locked.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which the chopsticks 12 are housed in the box 13 of the second embodiment of the present invention. By tilting the box chopstick tip side 14 of the box 13 to the lower side and the box insertion port 15 to the upper side, the chopsticks 12 are locked from the box 13 without dropping by the chopstick locking part 80 of the box 13. ing.

FIG. 9 shows a case in which the box 13 and the lid 36 containing the chopsticks 12 are prepared in Example 2 of the present invention, and the lid 36 is held from above while holding the box with the little finger and the ring finger of both hands. With the thumbs of both hands so as to cover the lid body locking a portion 40a of the lid body 36 to the box body locking a portion 30a of the box body 13 and to the lid body locking b portion 40b of the lid body 36 By pressing until the box body locking b portion 30b of the box body 13 is locked, the box body 13 and the lid body 36 are combined into the chopstick box 10 in which the chopsticks 12 are accommodated.

FIG. 10 explains how to remove the lid 36 from the box 13 in the second embodiment of the present invention. While holding the vicinity of the box insertion slot 15 of the box 13 with the left hand and applying a force in the direction to remove the lid locking part a 40a of the lid 36 from the box locking a part 30a of the box 13 with the thumb of the left hand The lid locking part a 40a of the lid 36 locked to the box locking part a 30a is removed.

FIG. 11 illustrates a method for taking out the chopsticks 12 from the box 13 in the second embodiment of the present invention.

While holding the box chopstick tip side 14 of the box 13 with the left thumb and middle finger so as to be horizontal with respect to the longitudinal direction of the box 13, the box insertion port 15 of the box 13 is raised in the lower direction. When the chopsticks 12 housed in the box 13 begin to slide on the box bottom surface 60 by lowering, the position angle of the box 13 is maintained, and the chopsticks 12 that fall and slide down are captured by the right hand. Take out.

FIG. 12 is a third embodiment showing the external shape of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopstick box 10 of the present invention, and extends vertically from the box bottom 60 to both sides of the box bottom 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box. The height of the pair of long side walls 20 decreases from the box insertion port 15 to the box chopstick tip side 14 so that the upper surface of the pair of long side walls 20 follows the chopstick shape in which the chopstick tip side 12c is thinner than the chopstick grip part 12a. The rectangular parallelepiped (a) chopsticks straddling the long side walls 20 inside the long side walls 20 are parallel to each other in the box 13 in which the side surfaces of the long side walls 20 have a substantially trapezoidal shape. A portion 80 is provided.

FIG. 13 is a fourth embodiment showing the appearance of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopsticks box 10 of the present invention, on both sides of the box bottom 60 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box 13 in the vertical direction from the box bottom 60. The upper surfaces of the extended pair of long side walls 20 are inclined so that the height decreases from the box insertion port 15 to the box chopstick tip side 14, and the lower portions at both ends in the longitudinal direction have a substantially R shape and the short side wall 25. And the box bottom 60 are connected by a continuous curved surface, and there is no boundary between the short side wall 25 and the box bottom 60, and the height of the short side wall from the box bottom is 7 mm or less. A substantially rectangular parallelepiped (a) chopstick locking portion 80 is provided across the inside of the long side wall 20.

FIG. 14 is a fifth embodiment showing the external shape of the box 13 and the lid 36 of the chopstick box 10 of the present invention. The portion that accommodates the chopstick grip portion 12 a of the chopstick 12 is divided into the box bottom 60 and the long side wall 20. A long side of the boundary between the portion for receiving the chopstick grip side 12c and the portion for receiving the chopstick tip side 12c, having a structure in which an enclosed storage space 35 is formed, and the portion for receiving the chopstick tip side 12c is only the box bottom 60. A box 13 having an approximately R-shaped upper surface of the wall 20 is provided with a chopsticks locking portion 80 having a curved surface shape (t) straddling the inside of the long side wall 20 parallel to each other.

A box housing the chopstick tip side 12c The chopstick tip side 14 is only the box bottom surface 60, so that the box 13 of the chopstick box 10 can be easily cleaned.

Although not shown, the shape of the box bottom surface 60 of the box 13 is such that the box insertion slot 15 that accommodates the chopstick grip portion 12a is a flat surface, and the height of the box chopstick tip side 14 that accommodates the chopstick tip side 12c is the height. By providing the box bottom inclined portion 100 so as to be lower than the height of the box insertion slot 15, there is a gap between the chopstick tip side 12c of the chopsticks 12 accommodated and the box bottom face 60, and the dirty chopsticks 12 after use. This reduces the adhesion of dirt from the chopstick tip side 12c to the box bottom surface 60 and makes it easier to clean the chopstick box 10.

When the chopsticks 12 are stored in the box 13, a lid 36 having a shape that fits into the box shape 60 is combined from above.

FIG. 15 is an embodiment (a) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. The chopstick locking portion 80 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape straddling the inside of the pair of long side walls 20 of the box 13 of the second embodiment is shown. It is equipped.

FIG. 16 is an embodiment (a) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80, and the substantially cylindrical chopstick locking portion 80 straddling the inside of the pair of parallel long side walls 20 of the box 13 of the second embodiment. It is equipped.

FIG. 17 shows an embodiment (c) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80, which is a substantially trapezoidal shape chopstick locking portion protruding from the inside of a pair of parallel long side walls 20 of the box 13 of the second embodiment. 80.

FIG. 18 is an embodiment (D) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. The chopstick locking portion having a substantially triangular prism shape protruding from the inside of a pair of long side walls 20 of the box 13 of the second embodiment. 80.

FIG. 19 is an embodiment (e) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. A part of the upper surface of the pair of long side walls 20 of the box body 13 of the embodiment 2 is notched into a groove shape and is rubber-like. The elastic body 85 is wound to form the chopstick locking portion 80.

FIG. 20 is an embodiment (f) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. A through hole is formed in the side surface of the pair of long side walls 20 of the box body 13 of the embodiment 2 so that the disk-shaped head is formed. The box 13 is provided with a function as a chopstick locking portion 80 by being inserted into a through hole so that a pair of pins a86 each having a concave and convex shape are inserted into the through hole so as to face each other.

FIG. 21 is an embodiment (G) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. A part of the through hole is formed on the side surface of the pair of long side walls 20 parallel to each other of the box body 13 of the second embodiment. A box-shaped pin b87 having a disk-shaped head is fitted into a through-hole having a shape in which a part of the through-hole is cut out on the upper surface, so that the box 13 is used as a chopstick locking portion 80. It has a function.

FIG. 22 is an embodiment (ku) showing the shape of the chopstick locking portion 80. A concave notch is formed in a part of the upper surface of the pair of long side walls 20 of the box body 13 of the embodiment 2, The chopsticks locking portion 80 was formed by fitting the hook 90 having a shape locked to the outer bottom surface of the box 13. The character-shaped hook 90 is formed of an elastic resin material, and the chopstick locking portion 80 of the character-shaped hook 90 is detached from the box bottom surface 60 and can be cleaned after separation.

FIG. 23 is an embodiment (A) showing the shape of the box bottom surface 60 of the present invention. Whereas the box bottom surface 60 of FIGS. 1 to 22 is a single plane, the box bottom surface 60 is flat and inclined. It is made up of. In the embodiment (A) shown in FIG. 23, the box bottom face inclined portion 100 is provided such that the height of the box bottom face 60 of the box body 13 is lower at both ends in the longitudinal direction than the plane portion at the center of the box. It is a thing. Although not shown, the heights at both ends in the longitudinal direction may be higher than the flat portion of the central portion of the box, or the box bottom inclined portion 100 is provided only on one side of the box chopstick tip side 14. You may do it.

24 is an embodiment (B) showing the shape of the box bottom surface 60 of the present invention, and FIGS. 1 to 23 are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body 13 and perpendicular to the box bottom surface 60 on both sides of the box bottom surface 60. The inner angle between the pair of long side walls 20 and the bottom surface 60 of the box body intersects at right angles and has an R shape with a radius of 0.5 mm or less, whereas a larger inner angle R shape 120 with a radius of 0.5 mm or more is provided. This facilitates cleaning of the inner corners of the box bottom surface 60 and the long side wall 20.

The present invention is used in the industry of manufacturing chopstick boxes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Chopstick box 12 ... Chopstick 12a ... Chopstick grip part 12b ... Chopstick center part 12c ... Chopstick tip side 13 ... Box 14 ... Box chopstick tip side 15 ... Box body insertion slot 16 ... Groove 20 ... Long side wall 25 ... Short side wall 30a ... Box body locking a part 30b ... Box body locking b part 35 ... Storage space 36 ... Lid 40a ... Lid lock a part 40b ... Lid lock b part 42 ... Projection 45 ... Lid plate 50a ... Lid side plate a part 50b ... -Lid side plate b part 60 ... Box body bottom face 80 ... Chopstick locking part 85 ... Rubber elastic body 86 ... Pin a
87 ... Pin b
90 ... Hook 100 ... Box bottom inclined part 120 ... Inner corner R shape

Claims (4)

In the chopsticks box comprising an upper opening rectangular box having an opening for putting in and out chopsticks and a lid covering the opening or the opening and the outer peripheral surface of the box, the upper opening rectangular box is Cut out most or all of the top side of a pair of short side walls that have an opening for putting in and out chopsticks and extend vertically from the bottom of the box at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box A chopstick box comprising a pair of long side walls extending vertically from the bottom of the box and a bottom of the box on both sides of the bottom of the box. When one of the short side walls cut out at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the box is used as the box insertion slot of the chopsticks, and the chopsticks are inserted from the box insertion slot, the chopsticks are locked to the box and between the bottom of the box 2. The chopstick box according to claim 1, further comprising a chopstick locking portion for sandwiching the vicinity of the central portion of the chopsticks inside the long side wall. 2. The chopstick box according to claim 1, further comprising a box bottom inclined portion at a part of the box bottom of the box. The inner angle between the pair of long side walls extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the box body and extending vertically from the box bottom surface on both sides of the box bottom surface and the inner angle R shape having a radius of 0.5 mm or more are provided. The chopstick box according to claim 1, wherein

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