JP3211888U - Gum dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

A gum dispenser that facilitates the removal of gum while eliminating hygiene concerns. SOLUTION: A dome, a main body 13, a dial 14, a turntable 30, two pockets 31 provided on the turntable 30 at intervals of about 180 degrees, each holding a predetermined number of gums, A receiving tray 20 provided with a holding portion opening 24 for delivering a predetermined number of gums from the inside to the pocket 31, a take-out port for taking out a predetermined number of gums from the main body 13, and a predetermined number of Holding and holding a bottom plate 40 provided with an opening 44 for the take-out port that delivers the dropped gum to the take-out port when the gum has dropped from the pocket 31 and a duct 43 disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the turntable 30 The portion opening 24 has a protective structure in which the lower portion 24a of the edge portion is rounded so as not to damage the passing gum, and the duct 43 has an arc shape along the peripheral surface 34 of the rotating disk 30. The inner surface 46 of To. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a gum dispenser.

  Conventionally, bottled gums containing a plurality of rectangular gums that are not individually packaged in a plan view are sold. When the user takes out the required number of gums from the bottle, the user's hand may touch other gums, which may cause sanitary concerns. For this reason, a gum removal device has been proposed in which a bottle is turned upside down and set on the main body, and a necessary number of gums are taken out by turning the handle a plurality of times (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Utility Model Registration No. 314335

  However, in the conventional example, there is room for improvement, such as the need to turn the handle a plurality of times in order to take out the gum.

  This invention is made | formed in view of said situation, and makes it an exemplary subject to provide the gum dispenser which removes gum | gum easily, wiping out the hygiene concern.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following gist.

[Purpose 1]
An accommodating portion capable of accommodating a plurality of gums;
A body connected to the housing and having a bottom surface;
A dial provided on the main body and rotating about an axis substantially parallel to the bottom surface;
A turntable provided in the main body and rotating around the axis together with the dial;
Two holding portions that are provided at intervals of a predetermined angle on the turntable, each holding a predetermined number of gums;
A receiving portion provided with a holding portion opening for delivering the predetermined number of gums from the housing portion to the holding portion;
An outlet for taking out the predetermined number of gums from the body to the outside;
When the predetermined number of gums stored in the holding unit is rotated by the predetermined angle together with the dial and the predetermined number of gums are dropped from the holding unit, an extraction for delivering the dropped gum to the extraction port A bottom plate provided with a mouth opening;
An auxiliary portion disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating disk;
With
In order to prevent the holding part opening from damaging the passing gum, the holding part has a protective structure in which a lower part of the edge part forming the holding part is rounded.
The auxiliary portion has an arc-shaped inner surface along the peripheral surface of the rotating disk.

[Purpose 2]
A clutch mechanism that allows rotation in one direction of the rotating disk and restricts rotation in a direction opposite to the one direction to at least less than the predetermined angle;
A striking portion that intermittently vibrates the receiving portion in conjunction with the rotation of the turntable in the one direction;
May be provided.

[Purpose 3]
The outlet is detachable from the main body,
A gum extraction case for holding the gum, provided with an extraction case opening for extracting the gum, and a lid removable from the gum extraction case covering the extraction case opening,
You may have.

  Further objects and other features of the present invention will become apparent from the preferred embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the gum dispenser which makes it easy to take out gum | gum can be provided, wiping out the hygiene concern.

(A) The whole composition perspective view of a gum dispenser of an embodiment, (b) The perspective view of a pocket (A) The exploded perspective view inside a main body of embodiment, (b) The bottom view of a saucer, (c) Sectional drawing of a saucer It is a figure explaining the mechanism which vibrates the saucer of embodiment, (a) The figure which shows when the hitting part is not hitting the saucer, (b) The figure which shows when the hitting part is hitting the saucer (A) perspective view showing the configuration in the vicinity of the take-out port of the embodiment, (b) enlarged view of the take-out port

[Embodiment]
(Overall configuration of gum dispenser)
Fig.1 (a) is a figure which shows the whole structure of the gum dispenser 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The gum dispenser 10 can store, for example, a tablet-like gum having a rectangular shape in plan view in the accommodating portion, and can take out a predetermined number of gums having a rectangular shape in plan view accommodated in the accommodating portion. The gum dispenser 10 includes a dome 11 that is a housing portion and a main body 13 connected to the dome 11. The dome 11 can be detached from the main body 13 or attached to the main body 13 by rotating the dome 11 by a predetermined angle (for example, 45 degrees) in the direction of the arrow α with respect to the main body 13. When the dome 11 is mounted on the main body 13, the mounting portion between the main body 13 and the dome 11 is maintained in the gum dispenser 10.

  When the gum in the bottle gum is transferred to the gum dispenser 10, the dome 11 is removed from the main body 13, and the plurality of gums in the bottle gum are accommodated in the dome 11 with the dome 11 being inverted. The dome 11 has a volume that can accommodate all the gums contained in one bottle gum, for example. Then, with the dome 11 being inverted, the main body 13 is inverted and brought into contact with the dome 11 and rotated by a predetermined angle. Thereby, the dome 11 and the main body 13 are connected again. When the dome 11 is attached to the main body 13, the transparent window 12 is attached so as to be in the same direction as the dial 14 and the outlet 15. In addition, the dome 11 and the main body 13 may be provided with a mark when the dome 11 and the main body 13 are brought into contact so that the transparent window 12 can be mounted in the same direction as the dial 14 and the outlet 15.

  The main body 13 includes a dial 14, an outlet 15, a pocket 16, a bottom surface 17, and a main body opening 18. Inside the main body 13, members to be described later that exhibit the function of taking out the gum of the gum dispenser 10 are accommodated. The dial 14 has a rectangular shape for easy gripping by the user. The longitudinal direction of the rectangular shape of the dial 14 is attached to be a home position at a position substantially parallel to the bottom surface 17. The dial 14 can be rotated in the clockwise direction toward the front surface of the main body 13, and becomes a home position when rotated approximately 180 degrees which is a predetermined angle. FIG. 1 shows the dial 14 in the home position.

  The main body opening 18 is an opening for mounting the take-out port 15, and transfers the gum that has come out from the take-out port opening 44 (see FIG. 2) of the bottom plate 40 described later to the take-out port 15. The take-out port 15 can be detached from the main body 13 by being pulled out in the direction of arrow β. The take-out port 15 can be attached to the main body 13 by being inserted into the main body opening 18 from the direction opposite to the arrow β.

  The pocket 16 can also be removed from the main body 13 by pulling in the direction of the arrow γ. The pocket 16 can be attached to the main body 13 from the direction opposite to the arrow γ. FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing the configuration of the pocket 16. The pocket 16 is provided with a paper pocket 16a for storing paper (hereinafter referred to as “steel paper”) that wraps the chewing gum, a pen pocket 16b for storing a writing instrument such as a pen, and the like. The pocket 16 is attached so that the back side of the main body 13 faces in the direction of arrow δ. The paper pocket 16 a forms a space for storing the paper together with the rear side surface of the main body 13.

  In the following description, the side of the gum dispenser 10 where the transparent window 12, dial 14 and outlet 15 are provided is referred to as the front side of the main body, and the side where the pocket 16 is attached to the gum dispenser 10 is referred to as the rear side of the main body.

(Dish)
Each member which exhibits the gum extraction function incorporated in the inside of the main body 13 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2A is an exploded perspective view of the inside of the main body 13. Inside the main body 13, a receiving tray 20 that is a receiving portion, a rotating plate 30, a duct 43, a bottom plate 40, a reverse rotation preventing portion 51 that is a regulating member, a bearing shelf 50, and a shaft 60 are provided. Yes. The shaft 60 is a shaft that rotates integrally with the rotation of the dial 14. The rotary disk shaft 32 passes through the bearing hole 56 of the bearing shelf 50. The turntable 30 rotates as the dial 14 rotates. The bearing shelf 50 is fixed inside the main body and does not rotate even when the dial 14 rotates.

  The tray 20 temporarily receives some of the plurality of gums accommodated in the dome 11, and stores a predetermined number (for example, the pockets 31 of the turntable 30 provided below the tray 20 (for example, It has a function of dropping only one or two gums. The pocket 31 which is a holding part is provided so that a predetermined number of gums are accommodated. At the bottom of the saucer 20, a saucer restricting portion 23 that restricts more than a predetermined number of gums from dropping onto the turntable 30, and a holding portion opening 24 for dropping a prescribed number of gums onto the turntable 30. And are provided.

  FIG. 2B is a bottom view of the saucer 20, that is, a view showing the saucer 20 as viewed from the rotating plate 30 side, and FIG. 2C is a cross-sectional view of the saucer 20. In the edge part which forms the opening 24 for holding | maintenance parts of the saucer 20, the lower part 24a of the edge part located in the other side of the leg part 22 is rounded, and has a protective structure which does not damage a gum. Here, the lower portion 24a of the edge portion refers to a portion on the turntable 30 side in the edge portion that forms the opening 24 for the holding portion, as shown in FIG. As described above, at least a part of the lower part (the lower part 24a of the edge part) of the edge part forming the holding part opening 24 is rounded. It should be noted that all of the lower part of the edge portion except the leg portion 22 in the holding portion opening 24 may be rounded.

  The tray 20 is provided with a hook portion 21 for hooking a ring portion 55a of a spring 55 attached to a bearing shelf 50 described later. Since the loop portion 55 a is hooked on the hook portion 21, the tray 20 is pulled downward by the spring 55. Further, the tray 20 is provided with a leg portion 22, and a tip portion 22 a of the leg portion 22 is a claw that prevents gum from dropping from the rotating plate 30.

(Rotating board)
The turntable 30 has a pocket 31, a turntable shaft 32, and a peripheral surface 34. The turntable shaft 32 of the turntable 30 is substantially parallel to the bottom surface 17, and the turntable 30 rotates in a direction substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface 17. In the present embodiment, when the dial 14 rotates approximately 180 degrees from the home position, the turntable 30 also rotates approximately 180 degrees.

  The rotary disk 30 is provided with two pockets 31 for accommodating gums at positions with an angular interval of approximately 180 degrees (pockets 31a and 31b). When the dial 14 is at the home position, the turntable 30 is assembled to the shaft 60 so that the pocket 31a or the pocket 31b is located at the upper part of the turntable 30. Thereby, when the dial 14 is in the home position, for example, the pocket 31a is arranged so as to face the tray 20 (upper side), and the pocket 31b is arranged so as to face the bottom plate 40 (lower side). From this state, when the dial 14 is rotated approximately 180 degrees in a predetermined direction (for example, clockwise direction toward the dial 14), the turntable 30 is rotated approximately 180 degrees and the pocket 31b is opposed to the tray 20. (Upper side) and the pocket 31a are respectively arranged so as to face the bottom plate 40 (lower side).

  A gear 33 is provided on the surface of the turntable 30 that faces the back side of the main body 13, and the gear 33 and the turntable 30 are provided so as to be coaxial. That is, the gear 33 rotates with the rotation of the rotating disk 30.

(Reverse prevention part and cover)
While using the gum dispenser 10, the gums are pressed against each other in the dome 11, and a phenomenon occurs in which a plurality of gums solidify in an upward convex shape (dome shape), and the gum does not fall on the tray 20. Sometimes. For this reason, when sticking of gums occurs in the dome 11, unless measures are taken, the user may have to drop the gum by hitting the gum dispenser 10 with a hand or the like. A configuration for preventing or eliminating sticking will be described below.

  The reverse rotation preventing portion 51 is provided with a convex portion 53 and a pressing portion 54. In addition, the other end of the spring 57 whose one end is attached to the bearing shelf 52 is attached to the end of the reverse rotation preventing portion 51 on the pushing portion 54 side, and the reverse rotation preventing portion 51 is pulled downward by the spring 57. ing. Here, FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a mechanism for vibrating the tray 20 for preventing or eliminating a phenomenon in which gum sticking occurs in the dome 11 and the gum does not fall.

  A clutch mechanism that allows rotation in one direction of the turntable 30 and restricts rotation in a direction opposite to the one direction to at least a predetermined angle is provided inside the main body 13. The clutch mechanism 39 includes a gear 33 and a reverse rotation prevention unit 51. The gear 33 is provided on the shaft 60 and rotates together with the turntable 30. The reverse rotation preventive part 51 is engaged with the gear 33 by the convex part 53 and restricts the rotation direction so that the rotating disk 30 rotates in one direction (prevents reverse rotation).

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view seen from the back side of the main body 13. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a state when the dial 14 is at the home position, or a state at a predetermined timing while the dial 14 is rotating. As shown in FIG. 3A, the convex portion 53 of the reverse rotation preventing portion 51 meshes with the teeth 33 a of the gear 33, and at this time, the pushing portion 54 is in contact with the tray 20. Further, since the convex portion 53 and the teeth 33a mesh with each other, the gear 33 is prevented from rotating backward, that is, the gear 33 is prevented from rotating in the clockwise direction when viewed from the back side of the main body 13. The direction of rotation is restricted to one direction.

  FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a state in which the dial 14 is rotating. As the gear 33 rotates, the convex portion 53 of the reverse rotation preventing portion 51 is pushed up by the teeth 33a of the gear 33, and when the convex portion 53 is pushed up by the tip portion 33b of the teeth 33a, the pushing portion of the reverse rotation preventing portion 51 54 pushes up the bottom of the tray 20 from below. At this time, the reverse rotation preventing portion 51 is pushed upward against the urging force of the spring 57, and the tray 20 is pushed upward against the urging force of the spring 55, and the convex portion 53 of the reverse rotation preventing portion 51. Drops from the tip 33b of the tooth 33a into the recess 33c of the tooth 33a, a strong vibration is applied to the receiving tray 20 through the pressing portion 54.

  While the dial 14 rotates approximately 180 degrees, the operation shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) is repeated, so that vibration is applied to the tray 20, and the vibration propagates to the dome 11, so that the dome is The sticking of the gum in 11 is prevented or eliminated. In this manner, the pushing unit 54 intermittently pushes the tray 20 from the reverse rotation preventing unit 51 side in conjunction with the operation of the gear 33 rotating in one direction.

  The bearing shelf 50 is assembled to the inside of the main body 13 from the back side of the gum dispenser 10 while holding the tray 20, the rotating plate 30, the duct 43, and the reverse rotation preventing portion 51.

(duct)
Returning to the description of FIG. The bottom plate 40 is provided with the above-described gum drop prevention protrusion 41, a duct 43, and an outlet opening 44. The duct 43, which is an auxiliary part, is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the turntable 30 and has an arc-shaped inner surface 46 along the peripheral surface 34 of the turntable 30. As shown in FIG. 2A, the duct 43 is provided on the side surface side of the turntable 30 in the direction in which the pocket 31 of the turntable 30 rotates from the upper position to the lower position. That is, as the turntable 30 rotates, the pocket 31 located on the turntable 30 enters the duct 43 from the top to the bottom of the duct 43. The outlet opening 44 is for delivering the gum dropped from the pocket 31 facing the bottom plate 40 to the outlet 15.

  The duct 43 is provided with a U-shaped opening 45 and a restriction 42. The turntable 30 is arranged so as not to contact between the U-shaped open portions 45 of the duct 43. A predetermined gap (for example, 3 to 4 mm) is provided between the turntable 30 and the duct 43. As described above, a predetermined number of gums fall from the dome 11 through the tray 20 into the pocket 31 of the turntable 30. Even if the gum exceeding the predetermined number falls to the pocket 31 side and overflows from the pocket 31, the restricting portion 42 of the duct 43 is prevented so that the rotation of the turntable 30 is not hindered by the overflowing gum. Prevents further dropping of the gum beyond a predetermined number. Further, the bottom plate 40 is provided with a gum fall prevention projection 41 on the side opposite to the side where the duct 43 is provided, and the gum fall prevention projection 41 also prevents further gum fall.

  On the other hand, a predetermined number of gums are contained in the pocket 31. For example, depending on the overlapping state of a predetermined number of gums (for example, two), the pocket 31 may slightly protrude from the pocket 31. Even in such a state, the rotation of the turntable 30 may be hindered by a predetermined number of gums because the predetermined gap is provided between the U-shaped opening 45 and the turntable 30. There is no such thing. As described above, the duct 43 is provided to eliminate a factor that hinders the rotation of the turntable 30 and assists the rotation of the turntable 30.

  When the gum is rotated in a state where the gum exceeds a predetermined number, the gum is caught at the hole portion of the tray 20. In order to improve it, the gum is pushed up when it hits from the bottom of the saucer 20 and passes through the hole of the saucer 20 even if it is not supposed to enter the gum. When the gum is not in the hole, the tray 20 cannot be pushed up. Since a predetermined gap (for example, 5 to 6 mm) is provided between the tray 20 and the main body 13, the tray 20 can move up and down as described above.

(Eject port and lid)
FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the vicinity of the take-out port 15. The take-out port 15 has a lid 15a and a gum take-out case 15b. The lid 15a is detachably attached to the gum removal case 15b. In this embodiment, the lid 15a is transparent, for example, so that the gum 80 in the gum removal case 15b can be seen, but is not limited to being transparent. In FIG. 1, the outlet 15 is attached to the main body opening 18 of the main body 13 with the lid 15 a attached to the gum extraction case 15 b. When the take-out port 15 is attached to the main body opening 18 of the main body 13, the surface 15aa of the lid 15a shown in FIG. Intrusion is prevented. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4A, only the gum removal case 15b can be attached to the main body opening 18 of the main body 13 and used with the lid 15a removed.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (a), when the dial 14 is turned with the lid 15a removed and the gum 80 in the gum removal case 15b is taken out with a finger, the finger touches the bottom or inner wall of the gum removal case 15b. May end up. When it is desired to avoid that the finger touches the bottom or inner wall of the gum removal case 15b when the gum 80 is taken out, the gum dispenser with the lid 15a attached to the gum removal case 15b (the state shown in FIG. 1). 10 may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the takeout port 15 can be removed from the main body opening 18 of the main body 13 while the lid 15 a is attached to the gum removal case 15 b. When the gum 80 is taken out by turning the dial 14, the take-out port 15 is removed from the main body 13 in the state shown in FIG. 4B, and the take-out port 15 is slightly tilted to take out the gum 80 from the take-out case opening 15ba. Can do. If it does in this way, gum 80 can be taken out without a finger touching the bottom part and inner wall part of case 15b for gum extraction, and the hygiene state in extraction mouth 15 is kept good.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these, A various deformation | transformation and change are possible within the range of the summary. For example, the gum is not limited to a rectangular shape in plan view, and may be a round gum or the like. In the present embodiment, the rotary disk 30 is provided with two pockets 31a and 31b at intervals of approximately 180 degrees, and the dial 14 is rotated approximately 180 degrees to rotate the rotary disk 30 approximately 180 degrees. However, the number of pockets 31 on the turntable 30, the angular interval at the time of arrangement, the angle at which the dial 14 is turned, and the like are not limited to these.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to provide a gum dispenser that facilitates the removal of gum while wiping out sanitary concerns.

10 Gum dispenser 11 Dome (container)
12 transparent window 13 main body 14 dial 15 outlet 15a lid 15aa surface 15b gum extraction case 15ba extraction case opening 16 pocket 16a paper pocket 16b pen pocket 17 bottom surface 18 main body opening 20 saucer (receiving part)
21 hook part 22 leg part 22a tip part 23 saucer regulating part 24 opening 24a for holding part lower part 30 of edge part rotating board 31, 31a, 31b pocket (holding part)
32 Rotating disc shaft 33 Gear 33a Teeth 33b Tip portion 33c Recess 34 Peripheral surface 39 Clutch mechanism 40 Bottom plate 41 Gum drop prevention protrusion 42 Restriction portion 43 Duct (auxiliary portion)
44 Opening opening for opening 45 U-shaped opening portion 46 Inner surface 50 Bearing shelf 51 Reverse rotation prevention portion (regulation member)
53 Convex part 54 Pushing part 55 Spring 55a Ring part 56 Bearing hole 57 Spring 60 Shaft 80 Gum

Claims (3)

An accommodating portion capable of accommodating a plurality of gums;
A body connected to the housing and having a bottom surface;
A dial provided on the main body and rotating about an axis substantially parallel to the bottom surface;
A turntable provided in the main body and rotating around the axis together with the dial;
Two holding portions that are provided at intervals of a predetermined angle on the turntable, each holding a predetermined number of gums;
A receiving portion provided with a holding portion opening for delivering the predetermined number of gums from the housing portion to the holding portion;
An outlet for taking out the predetermined number of gums from the body to the outside;
When the predetermined number of gums stored in the holding unit are rotated by the predetermined angle together with the dial and dropped from the holding unit, an extraction for delivering the dropped gum to the extraction port A bottom plate provided with a mouth opening;
An auxiliary portion disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating disk;
With
In order to prevent the holding part opening from damaging the passing gum, the holding part has a protective structure in which a lower part of the edge part forming the holding part is rounded.
The gum dispenser characterized in that the auxiliary portion has an arc-shaped inner surface along the peripheral surface of the rotating disk. A clutch mechanism that allows rotation in one direction of the rotating disk and restricts rotation in a direction opposite to the one direction to at least less than the predetermined angle;
A striking portion that intermittently vibrates the receiving portion in conjunction with the rotation of the turntable in the one direction;
The gum dispenser according to claim 1, comprising: The outlet is detachable from the main body,
A gum extraction case for holding the gum provided with an extraction case opening for extracting the gum, and a lid detachable from the gum extraction case covering the extraction case opening. The gum dispenser according to claim 1 or 2.

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