JP3294473B2 - Powder cosmetic container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for accommodating a powdery cosmetic.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A typical container for accommodating powdery cosmetics is a compact container. In this type of compact container, a powdery cosmetic is stored in a dish-shaped container body,
The opening of the container body is closed with a mesh, and in use, a puff is pressed from above the mesh to rub the cosmetic under the mesh against the puff. Here, the mesh regulates the amount of permeation of the cosmetic and restricts the cosmetic from excessively adhering to the puff.

[0003]

In a conventional compact container of this type, the puff that has been in contact with the skin is rubbed against the mesh during use, so that the mesh may be clogged. There is a drawback that the amount of cosmetics decreases and the amount of cosmetics adhering to the puff decreases.

[0004] In addition, it is not very preferable to bring the puff, which has been in contact with the skin, into unused cosmetics through a mesh in order to promote the spheroidization of the powdery cosmetics and to maintain the quality of the cosmetics. Was.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art, and it is possible to take out an amount of powdery cosmetics sufficient for one use, and it is easy to use.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a powdery cosmetic container which is hygienic and preferable from the viewpoint of maintaining the quality of the powdery cosmetic.

[0006]

The present invention has the following features to attain the object mentioned above. <Summary of the present invention> In the present invention, the upper opening of the container body is closed by an elastically deformable top wall projecting outward in a spherical shell shape, and the top wall is provided with a net. A take-out port is provided, and a lid is attached to the container body so as to be vertically rotatable, and this lid can be stopped at a half-open position by a braking mechanism, and the take-out port is in a fully closed position of the cover. A powdery cosmetic container which is closed by an inner surface of a lid (corresponding to claim 1). Here, the top wall body can be formed of, for example, rubber or the like.

The braking mechanism can be composed of a projection formed on the outer peripheral surface of the support cylindrical portion, which is the center of rotation of the lid, and a stopper piece formed on the container main body to be hooked on the projection. (Corresponding to claim 2). However, the configuration of the braking mechanism is not limited to this, and any structure may be used as long as the lid can be stopped at the half-open position.

The lid may be urged in the opening direction by an elastic member (corresponding to claim 3). A spring or the like can be adopted as the elastic member.

The outlet may be formed in a cylindrical shape, and its installation position may be decentered closer to the lid connecting side than the center of the container body (corresponding to claim 4). This makes it easier to transfer the powdery cosmetic from the container body to the lid.

The lid can be rotated by approximately 180 degrees from fully closed to fully open, and a position rotated by approximately 90 degrees from the fully closed position can be a half-open position (corresponding to claim 5).

[0011]

[Action]

<Operation of the present invention> With the lid in the half-open position, the container body is tilted and the top wall is pushed in, whereby the powdery cosmetic in the container body is taken out on the inner surface of the lid. The user can adjust the amount of the powdery cosmetic to be taken out depending on the degree of pressing of the top wall body or the number of times of pressing. After the cosmetic is taken out on the inner surface of the lid, the lid is fully opened and the powdered cosmetic is used using a puff or the like.

Since the puff or the like does not directly contact the net, the net is not clogged. Since puffs and the like do not directly contact unused powdery cosmetics in the container body, it is sanitary and contributes to maintaining the quality of the powdery cosmetics.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a powdery cosmetic container,
2 is a plan view with the lid removed, FIG. 3 is a left side view showing the right half in cross section, and FIG. 4 is a right side view showing the right half in cross section.

Powdery cosmetic container (hereinafter referred to as container) 1
The main structure of the storage cylinder 10, the fixed ring 20, the top wall 30, and the lid 40 is a main body, and the storage cylinder 10 and the fixed ring 20 form a container body.

The housing cylinder 10 has a mouthpiece 11 at the upper part,
The inside of the barrel 11 has an upper opening, and the barrel 11
Has an external thread formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. This housing cylinder 10
A powdery cosmetic material A is contained therein.

A top wall 30 is mounted on the barrel 11, and the top wall 30 is fixed to the stationary ring 20 screwed to the barrel 11.
Has been fixed by. The top wall body 30 is formed of a material having elasticity such as rubber, and has an outer tube portion 31 fitted inside the mouth tube portion 11 and an upper tube provided inside the outer tube portion 31 (outward). A bulging portion 32 that protrudes in a spherical shell shape, and an outer cylindrical portion 3
And an annular flange portion 33 mounted on the distal end surface of the mouthpiece portion 11 extending outward from the outer peripheral portion 1.

The bulging portion 32 is provided with a take-out pipe (take-out port) 34 protruding outward at a position eccentric from the center thereof. Inside the take-out tube 34, a mesh (net) 35 having a predetermined mesh size is fixed. The mesh 35 has a function of crushing the clumped powdery cosmetic material A and a function of resistance for preventing the powdery cosmetic material A from spouting too strongly.

The fixed ring 20 includes an outer cylindrical portion 21 having substantially the same outer diameter as the housing cylindrical body 10, an inner cylindrical portion 22 having an upper end connected to the upper end of the outer cylindrical portion 21 and having an internal thread formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof. An annular locking portion 23 projecting inward from the upper end of the cylindrical portion 22 and bending in a hook shape;
The horizontal portion of the locking portion 23 is put on the flange portion 33 of the top wall body 30 placed on the mouthpiece portion 11, and the locking portion 23
Is inserted between the outer tube portion 31 and the bulging portion 32 of the top wall 30 and the female screw of the inner tube 22 is screwed into the male screw of the mouth tube 11 so that the top wall 30 The housing cylinder 10
It is fixed to.

The stationary ring 20 is provided with two unconnected portions at which the outer tube portion 21 and the inner tube portion 22 are not connected at two positions separated by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction. One non-connection part is located in the same direction as the take-out pipe 34 of the top wall body 30. In this non-connection part, the outer cylinder part 21 is formed one step lower than other parts, A stopper piece 24 that retreats slightly inward and rises upward in the center portion
And a pair of support arms 2
5 and 25 project horizontally and protrude outward from the outer cylinder portion 21.

The outer cylindrical portion 21 in the other non-connecting portion includes
A pair of slits 26, 26 parallel to each other are formed in the vertical direction, and a portion between the slits 26, 26 is used as an opening operation piece 27. At the upper end of the opening operation piece 27, a locking projection 28 protruding outward is provided.

A lid 40 is attached to the fixed ring 20 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. The lid 40 has a dish shape having substantially the same outer diameter as the outer cylindrical portion 21 of the fixed ring 20, and a supporting cylindrical portion 41 is provided on an outer peripheral portion thereof. The support cylindrical portion 41 is inserted between the support arms 25 of the stationary ring 20, and the rod 42 fixed to the support arm 25 is loosely inserted therein, whereby the lid 40 is rotatable. .

On the inner peripheral edge of the lid 40 at a position 180 degrees in the circumferential direction from the supporting cylindrical portion 41, a locking projection 43 is provided.
Are formed inward. The lid 40 is urged in the opening direction by a coil spring (elastic member) 49 attached to the rod 42, and the locking projection 43 is released from the opening operation piece 2.
7, the fully closed state is maintained by pushing the opening operation piece 27 inward against the elasticity to release the engagement between the latching projection 43 and the latching projection 28. The opening operation is performed by the urging force of the coil spring 49. In the fully closed state, the inner surface 40 a of the lid 40 abuts on the distal end surface of the take-out tube 34 to close the take-out tube 34.

The cover 40 is about 1 unit from the fully closed position to the fully open position.
Although it is rotated by 80 degrees, it is stopped at a position rotated by about 90 degrees from the fully closed position by the braking mechanism during the opening operation.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the stopper piece 24 of the solid ring 20 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the support cylindrical portion 41 of the lid 40.
Are formed adjacent to each other. The braking mechanism includes these projections 44a, 44
b and the stopper piece 24, and the projection 4 is formed by the rotational force of the lid 40 by the urging force of the coil spring 49.
4a can get over the stopper piece 24, but the protrusion 44b
Cannot get over the stopper piece 24, and the projection 44b is hooked on the stopper piece 24 as shown in FIG.
The opening operation of 0 is stopped halfway. The protrusions 44a and 44b are arranged such that the halfway stop position is a position rotated by about 90 degrees from the fully closed position.

When a force is applied in the opening direction with a hand on the lid 40 that has been stopped halfway, the projection 44b rides over the stopper piece 24 and thereafter opens again to the fully opened position by the urging force of the coil spring 49. As shown in FIG. 9, at the fully opened position, the outer peripheral surface of the lid 40 abuts against the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylindrical portion 21 which is the base of the stopper piece 24 and stops.

Next, a method of using the container 1 will be described.
First, the opening operation piece 27 is pushed inward against the elasticity,
The engagement between the locking projection 43 and the locking projection 28 is released, and the lid 40 is opened only by the urging force of the coil spring 49. Then, the lid body 40 includes the protrusions 44a and 44b and the stopper piece 2
When it is rotated by about 90 degrees by the braking mechanism consisting of 4, it becomes a half-open state and stops.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the container 1 is tilted about 90 degrees while the cover 40 is in a half-open state, the cover 40 is in a horizontal position, and the bulging portion 32 of the top wall 30 is Push inward against its elasticity. Then, the powdery cosmetic material A contained in the containing cylinder 10 passes through the mesh 35 and is extruded from the take-out tube 34, and is placed on the inner surface 40 a of the lid 40.

Next, while holding the lid 40 in a horizontal position, the housing cylinder 10 is tilted 90 degrees in a direction opposite to the previous direction, and FIG.
The storage cylinder 10 is set to the upright posture as shown in FIG. And
The powdery cosmetic material A taken out on the inner surface 40a of the lid 40 is used using a cosmetic such as a puff.

The amount of powdered cosmetic material A to be taken out can be adjusted by adjusting the degree of pressing of the bulging portion 32 and the number of times of pressing, so that the user can adjust the amount sufficient for one use according to his / her preference. It can be taken out and is very convenient.

In this container 1, since the puff or the like does not contact the mesh 35, the mesh 35 is not easily clogged. In addition, in this container 1, puffs and the like do not come into contact with unused powdery cosmetics A in the housing cylinder 10, so that it is extremely sanitary and contributes to maintaining the quality of the powdery cosmetics A. .

In the container 1, since the lid 40 functions as a saucer, it is convenient to prepare a saucer separately. In this container 1, the take-out tube 34 is eccentrically arranged from the center of the bulging portion 32 and is provided on the connection side of the lid 40, so that the powdery cosmetic A can be easily transferred to the inner surface 40 a of the lid 40.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The user can take out and use the powdered cosmetics one time in the lid, and an excellent effect of very good usability is exhibited.

Since the puff or the like is not brought into contact with the net, the net is not clogged, and the puff or the like does not come into contact with unused powdery cosmetics, so that it is very hygienic. Contribute to maintaining the quality of powdered cosmetics.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an embodiment of a powdery cosmetic container of the present invention in a fully closed state.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a powdery cosmetic container according to an embodiment of the present invention with a lid removed.

FIG. 3 is a left side view showing a cross section of a right half of one embodiment of the powdery cosmetic container of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a right side view showing a cross section of a right half of one embodiment of the powdery cosmetic container of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of an embodiment of the powdery cosmetic container of the present invention in a half-open state.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the powdery cosmetic container of the present invention in a fully opened state.

9 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Powdery cosmetic container 10 Storage cylinder (container main body) 11 Mouth cylinder part (upper opening) 20 Fixed ring (container main body) 24 Stopper piece (braking mechanism) 30 Top wall body 32 Swelling part 34 Extraction pipe (extraction port) ) 35 mesh body 40 lid 40a inner surface 41 support cylindrical portion 44a, 44b protrusion (braking mechanism) 49 coil spring (elastic member)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-6-237817 (JP, A) JP-A-4-32925 (JP, U) JP-A-3-126885 (JP, U) JP-A-63- 98110 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A45D 33/00-40/30 A45D 8/00-8/40 504 A45D 24/00-31/00 A45D 42 / 00-44/22 B65D 67/00-79/02 B65D 81/18-81/30 B65D 81/38 B65D 83/06 B65D 23/00-25/56 B65D 1/00-1/48 B65D 35/44- 35/54 B65D 39/00-55/16

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An upper opening of a container main body is closed by an elastically deformable top wall projecting outward in a spherical shell shape, and the top wall is provided with an outlet provided with a net. A lid is attached to the container body so as to be vertically rotatable, and this lid can be stopped at a half-open position by a braking mechanism, and at the fully closed position of the lid, the take-out opening is formed by the inner surface of the lid. A powdery cosmetic container which is closed. 2. The braking mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising: a projection formed on an outer peripheral surface of a support cylindrical portion of the lid, and a stopper piece formed on the container body to be hooked on the projection. The powdery cosmetic container according to claim 1, wherein 3. The powdery cosmetic container according to claim 1, wherein the lid is urged in an opening direction by an elastic member. 4. The powdery material according to claim 1, wherein the outlet is formed in a cylindrical shape, and is disposed eccentrically closer to the lid connecting side than the center of the container body. Cosmetic container. 5. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover is substantially 180 from fully closed to fully open.
The powdery cosmetic container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the container is rotatable by about 90 degrees, and a position rotated by about 90 degrees from the fully closed position is a half-open position.