JP3397502B2 - Compact 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 compact container suitable for storing highly volatile cosmetics.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a compact container of this type, there have been used, for example, No. 3-119315 and No. 3-11931.
There was one shown in No. 7.

In the compact container of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-119315, as shown in FIG. 7, an annular wall 24 is projectingly provided on the back surface of a lid 23 pivotally attached to one end of a container body 22 so as to be rotatable and openable. An internal threaded cylinder 25 having a plurality of inclined projections 26 provided on the inner surface is rotatably attached to the annular wall 24, while the inclined projections are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the container body 22 facing the internal threaded cylinder 25. The annular wall 28 is provided upright with a plurality of slanting protrusions 27 that can be engaged with the ribs. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 29 is a cosmetics storage dish fitted inside the annular wall 28, and 30 is a cylindrical elastic member fixed to the back surface of the lid 23.

In this compact container, the lid body 23 is rotated in the closing direction so as to be superposed on the upper surface of the container body 22, and then the female screw cylinder 25 is rotated so that the inclined projection 26 on the inner surface of the container body 2 is formed.
The lid 23 is forcibly moved to the container main body 22 side while the lid 23 is locked by being inserted into and engaged with the lower side of the inclined projection 27 on the outer peripheral surface of the annular wall 28 of No. 2. The tubular elastic member 30 attached to the back surface of the lid 23 is brought into close contact with the upper surface of the flange of the cosmetics storage tray 29 to hermetically seal the cosmetics storage tray 29.

The compact container of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-119317 has a lid 31 pivotally attached to the container body 22 as shown in FIG.
8 is provided with a protrusion 31a, and a rotary lid 32 is attached to the protrusion 31a so as to be rotatable within a predetermined range.
By engaging a plurality of inclined ridges 33 protruding on the inner circumference of the ridges with a plurality of inclined ridges 27 protruding on the outer peripheral surface of the annular wall 28 from the peripheral notch 31b of the protrusion 31a, the compact container described above can be obtained. Similarly, the cylindrical elastic member 30 attached to the back surface of the lid 31 is brought into close contact with the upper surface of the flange of the cosmetics storage tray 29 to hermetically seal the cosmetics storage tray 29.

[0006]

All of the above-mentioned conventional compact containers have an inclined projection formed on the outer peripheral surface of the annular wall and an inclined projection formed on the inner periphery of the female screw cylinder (or the rotation lid). By engaging the ridge, the lid closing lock of the lid is set.

Therefore, the rotation range of the female screw cylinder (or the rotation lid) is determined by the length of each inclined protrusion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the annular wall, and the rotation is made beyond this inclined protrusion. There is nothing to do. Therefore, the lid is locked and unlocked by only slightly rotating the female screw-shaped tube or the pivoting lid to the left and right, and although the operability is excellent, the slanting ridges are less likely to be caught and the slanting of the slanting ridges is reduced. Since it is sudden, the lock of the lid is easily loosened, and in that case, there is a risk that the cosmetic may leak to the outside of the compact container and stain the surroundings such as in the bag containing the compact container. In addition, since the airtightness is insufficient, the cosmetic may volatilize and deteriorate,
In order to prevent this, it is necessary to remove the cosmetics storage tray from the compact container and return it to the highly airtight refill container used during sales and distribution when it is not used for a long period of time. Had.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional compact container.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, a container main body provided with a storage part for cosmetics and a storage part for cosmetics such as puffs and brushes, and the container main body In a compact container in which the lid to be closed and the lid are rotatably connected to each other at their rear portions, the compact container is installed on one side of the lid.
A circular lid-shaped rotating body is rotatably attached to the scraped annular frame, and a first annular wall having a thread groove formed on the inner periphery is provided on the back surface of the rotating body so as to project therefrom. On the upper surface of the container body facing the body, a second annular wall having a thread groove that is screwed with the thread groove formed on the outer periphery is erected, and the second annular wall has an outer diameter of the first It is assumed that the inner diameter of the annular wall is approximately the same and that the cosmetic storage portion is formed inside.

Alternatively, a shallow plate-shaped rotating body is rotatably attached to an annular frame provided on one side of the cosmetic body accommodating portion of the container body, and a screw thread is formed on the outer periphery of the upper surface of the rotating body. A second annular wall in which a groove is formed is erected, a cosmetics storage portion is formed in the inside of the second annular wall, and the inner surface has an inner diameter on the back surface of the lid facing the rotating body. It is assumed that the first annular wall having a diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter and having a thread groove to be screwed into the thread groove is formed on the inner circumference.

[0011]

When the rotating body rotatably attached to the lid body or the container body is rotated, the thread groove of the first or second annular wall protruding from the rotating body is formed on the other side. Of the second or second annular wall, is tightly connected to each other by the thread groove of the second annular wall, locks the lid so that it cannot be opened, and the cosmetics storage portion formed inside the second annular wall Acts to seal.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

First, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a compact container according to an embodiment of the present invention in a closed state, and FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view thereof. As shown in the figure, in the compact container of the present invention, a circular lid-shaped rotating body 3 is attached to one side of a lid body 1 which is rotatably connected to a container body 2 at a rear portion thereof.

As shown in the perspective view on the back side of FIG. 4, the rotating body 3 has a first annular wall 4 projecting from the rear surface thereof, and a thread groove 6 is formed on the inner circumference of the first annular wall 4. There is. An engagement step portion 5a is provided on the inner periphery of the outer peripheral wall 5 near the lower end.

FIG. 3 shows a lid body 1 before mounting the rotating body 3.
FIG. As shown in the figure, the lid 1 has one side (left side in the figure) opened, and an annular frame 8 is provided therein. Further, as shown in the sectional view of FIG. 4, the frame 8 is provided with an engagement step portion 8a on the outer periphery near the upper end.

The container body 2 comprises a tray-shaped outer member 10 and an inner member 9 integrally fitted and fixed in the outer member 10. The inner member 9 is integrally molded of synthetic resin,
A storage portion 9a for a makeup tool such as a puff or a brush and a storage portion 9b for a cosmetic material are formed. The cosmetic storage portion 9b is formed by projecting an inverted L-shaped elastic piece 12 inside a second annular wall 11 provided upright on the upper surface of the outer member 10.
Further, a thread groove 13 that is screwed into the thread groove 6 is formed on the outer circumference of the second annular wall 11, and a member for holding a cosmetics storage tray 7 described later is formed on the inner circumference of the elastic piece 12. Joint convex part 12
a is provided.

The elastic piece 12 may be formed continuously on the inner circumference of the second annular wall 11 or may be formed on the second annular wall 11.
Alternatively, a plurality of separate parts may be provided on the inner circumference.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 7 indicates the above-mentioned cosmetics storage tray in which the cosmetics are put. The cosmetic storage tray 7 is formed by pressing metal into a shallow dish having a flange 7a, and is stored in a refill container (not shown) called a refill container and sold and distributed together with the cosmetic. To do. Reference numeral 7b denotes an engaging recess formed around the cosmetic storage tray 7. Reference numeral 15 denotes a mirror attached to the back surface of the lid 1, and 14 denotes an elastic member for keeping airtightness attached to the back surface of the rotating body 3.

In the compact container of the present invention composed of these members, the rotating body 3 is rotated around the frame 8 of the lid body 1 by engaging the engaging step portions 5a and 8a with each other as shown in FIG. The cosmetic storage tray 7 is attached to the cosmetic storage portion 9b inside the second annular wall 11 projecting from the upper surface of the container body 2 by movably mounting the engaging projection 12a and the engaging recess 7b. Be used.

Next, the usage of the compact container of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure will be described. First, when the rotating body 3 is rotated to one side from the closed state shown in FIG.
Thread groove 6 of the first annular wall 4 engaged with the thread groove 13 of
Moves upward along the thread groove 13, and the engagement between the two is released. Therefore, the rear part of the container body 2 (see FIG.
The lid 1 pivotally attached to the inner side of the container 1 is rotated about its pivot point (not shown) by lifting the front portion (the front side in FIG. 2) of the lid 1 and the upper surface of the container body 2 is rotated. Open up. In this way, the lid 1 is opened and the cosmetics storage plate 7 is opened.
Take out the cosmetics stored in and use them. At this time, when the cosmetics are used up, the flange 7a of the cosmetics storage tray 7 is pulled up so that the engaging protrusions 12a
The engaging recess 7b is disengaged from the cosmetic storage 9b of the container body 2, and a new cosmetic storage tray (not shown) containing cosmetics sold for refilling is used for this cosmetic. It suffices to fit it in the storage portion 9b.

After being used as described above or after replacing the cosmetics storage tray 7, the lid 1 is attached to the container body 2
When the rotary body 3 is rotated in the opposite direction to the above, the thread groove 6 on the inner surface of the first annular wall 4 is screwed into the thread groove 13 on the second annular wall 11 on the container body 2 side. Then, the rotating body 3 is guided downward. Eventually, the elastic member 14 attached to the back surface of the rotating body 3 comes into contact with the upper surface of the flange 7a of the cosmetics storage tray 7 and comes into close contact therewith, so that the cosmetics storage tray 7 is sealed and the lid lock of the lid 1 is performed. It is a thing.

5 and 6 show another embodiment of the present invention. As shown, in this embodiment, the container body 17
An annular frame 19 is provided on one side of the makeup tool storage portion 17a, and the rotating body 18 is rotatably attached thereto.
A second annular wall 20 having a cosmetic storage portion 17b inside is integrally attached to the rotating body 18, and a first annular wall 21 is provided on the back surface of the lid body 16 facing the rotating body 18. The other configuration is exactly the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment. Therefore, in this compact container, by rotating the rotating body 18 on the container body 17 side to the left and right, the lid lock and the unlocking of the lid body 16 that hermetically seals the container storage portion 17b are the same as those in the above embodiment. The same is done.

In this embodiment, the cosmetic storage tray 7 having the engaging recessed portion 7b on the periphery is used, and the engaging protruding portion 12a of the elastic piece 12 is engaged with the engaging recessed portion 7b. An example in which the storage tray 7 is fixed to the cosmetic storage portion 9b (17b) has been shown, but the cosmetic storage tray 7 has various shapes, and the fixing method is not limited to the illustrated embodiment. Absent. The cosmetic storage tray 7 is not always necessary, and the second annular wall 11 protruding from the container body 2 (17) is provided.
The cosmetic may be stored directly inside (20).

Further, in the embodiment, the container body 2 is divided into the outer member 10 and the inner member 9 so as to facilitate the molding process.
Although the example in which the both are integrally joined is shown, the container body 2 does not necessarily have to be molded separately, and may be integrally molded of synthetic resin.

[0025]

As described above, in the compact container of the present invention, the lid body and the container body are connected to each other and the container housing portion is sealed by the screw engagement of the thread groove. And the volatilization of cosmetics is prevented.

Therefore, the careless opening of the lid is prevented,
It is possible to prevent the contamination of the surroundings due to the leakage of the cosmetic material and prevent the deterioration of the cosmetic material due to the volatilization. This eliminates the conventional work of removing the cosmetics storage dish from the compact container and returning it to a highly airtight refill container when it is not used for a long period of time. It has an excellent effect of preventing loss, leakage or alteration accident of charges.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a compact container of the present invention.

2 is a vertical side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a lid body.

FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of the rotating body.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment.

6 is a vertical sectional side view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,16 lid 2,17 Container body 3,18 Rotating body 4,21 First annular wall 6,13 thread groove 7 Cosmetics storage plate 8, 19 frames 11,20 Second annular wall 9a, 17a Cosmetics storage section 9b, 17b Cosmetic storage 14 Elastic member

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A container main body provided with a storage part for cosmetics and a storage part for cosmetics such as puffs and brushes, and a lid for closing the container main body are rotatably connected to each other at their rear parts. In this compact container, a circular lid-shaped rotating body is rotatably attached to an annular frame provided on one side of the lid body, and a thread groove is formed on the inner circumference on the back surface of the rotating body. A first annular wall is projected, and a second annular wall having a thread groove formed on the outer periphery is formed on the upper surface of the container body facing the rotating body so as to be screwed with the thread groove. A compact container characterized in that the outer diameter of the second annular wall is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the first annular wall, and a cosmetic accommodating portion is formed therein. 2. A container main body provided with a storage part for cosmetics and a storage part for cosmetics such as puffs and brushes, and a lid for closing the container main body are rotatably connected to each other at their rear parts. In the compact container, the ring-shaped flap provided on one side of the cosmetics accommodating portion of the main body of the container.
A shallow plate-shaped rotating body is rotatably attached to the rame ,
A second annular wall having a thread groove formed on the outer periphery is erected on the upper surface of the rotating body, and a cosmetics accommodating portion is formed inside the second annular wall. On the back,
A compact container characterized in that an inner diameter is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the first annular wall, and a first annular wall having an inner periphery formed with a thread groove to be screwed with the thread groove is provided in a protruding manner.