JP3592584B2 - Handle mounting structure for liquid container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a handle mounting structure for a liquid container such as a pot.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art For the convenience of carrying a liquid container such as a pot or pouring a liquid therein, a handle having flexibility is attached to the outer surface of the container body. In the conventional mounting structure of this handle, a slide mounting portion that rotatably and slidably supports one end of the handle and a rotary mounting portion that rotatably supports the other end are provided on the outer surface of the container body, The slide mounting portion is provided with a locking portion for holding the handle in a bent state at the end of the slide stroke (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-204107).
[0003]
When the handle is not used, the handle is kept parallel to the container body.When used, the handle is pulled out and deformed into a bent state, and the end of the slide mounting portion side is engaged with the locking portion of the container body. It is locked so as to maintain a bent state. When the above lock is released, the handle returns to the original parallel state.
[0004]
According to the handle mounting structure described above, as shown in FIG. 10, when the handle 1 is held in a bent state, the rising angles θ ₁ and θ ₂ at both ends of the handle 1 are both equal, and therefore, the container body 2 The maximum distance A from the handle 1 to the handle 1 is located substantially at the center of the handle 1.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When the user grips the handle, it is generally considered that it is normal to grip the center of the handle, but when the container body is tilted and the liquid inside is poured out, the center of gravity moves, Alternatively, when carrying the container, it is easier to hold the container body by slightly tilting the container body, the center of gravity is easier to hold, and there are various ways of gripping the handle by the user. It is often more convenient to grip the closer or lower part.
[0006]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a handle mounting structure in which the portion of the maximum distance A is deviated toward an upper portion or a lower portion of the handle.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a slide mounting portion and a rotary mounting portion are provided on the outer surface of the container body, and one end of a flexible handle is rotatably and slidably mounted on the slide mounting portion. A handle mounting structure for a liquid container, wherein the other end of the handle is rotatably mounted on the rotary mounting portion, and a locking portion is provided on the slide mounting portion for holding the handle in a bent state at the end of the slide stroke. , A rotation restricting portion at one end of the handle is provided on the rotation mounting portion, and the rotation restricting portion restricts a rising angle of the handle on the rotation mounting portion side to be smaller than a rising angle on the slide mounting portion side. It is configured.
[0008]
When the rotation-side end of the handle attached to the rotation attachment portion rotates by a predetermined angle, the rotation restricting portion interferes with the rotation-side end of the handle to limit the rotation. A configuration in which the slide mounting portion is provided in an upper portion of the container main body, the rotation mounting portion is provided in a lower portion of the container main body, the slide mounting portion is provided in a lower portion of the container main body, It is possible to adopt a configuration in which the rotary mounting portion is provided on the upper portion of the container main body.
[0009]
Further, a sliding contact portion is provided on the slide mounting portion and the slide-side end of the handle attached to the slide mounting portion so as to make sliding contact with each other when the slide-side end rotates a predetermined angle or more. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which at least one of the sliding contact portions is provided with flexibility.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the liquid container of the embodiment is a portable heat-insulating pot, and includes a container body 11, a cup-shaped lid 12 fitted on a spout side at an upper end thereof, and a container body 11. A handle 13 is provided on the outer side in the vertical direction. A slide mounting portion 17 is provided on the shoulder member 15 of the container body 11, and a rotation mounting portion 17 'is provided on the bottom member 16. The upper end of the handle 13 is attached to the above-mentioned slide attaching portion 17 by a hinge pin 14, and the lower end is attached to the rotary attaching portion 17 'by a hinge pin 14'.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 2, the handle 13 has a handle grip 18 having flexibility, a leaf spring 19 integrally provided therein and having both ends protruding from upper and lower end surfaces, and a concave portion of the slide mounting portion 17. It is composed of a sliding hinge member 21 and a receiving member 22 fitted therein, and a rotating hinge member 21 'and a receiving member 22' fitted into the rotary mounting portion 17 '. At the upper and lower exposed ends of the leaf spring 19, mounting holes 23 and 23 'are provided.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 3A, the slide side hinge member 21 is applied to the front surface of the upper end exposed portion of the leaf spring 19, and the receiving member 22 is applied to the back surface thereof. , These members are combined and integrated. Further, as shown in FIG. 4A, the rotation side hinge member 21 'was placed on the front side of the lower exposed portion of the leaf spring 19, and the receiving member 22' was placed on the back side, and inserted from the back side. These members are joined and integrated by screws 24 '.
[0013]
A long hole 25 (see FIG. 2) in the length direction of the handle 13 is provided on both sides of the slide-side hinge member 21, and the long hole 25 is inserted through the pin hole 26 of the slide mounting portion 17 into the hinge pin. 14 is inserted. The hinge pin 14 allows the upper end (that is, the slide-side end) of the handle 13 to be rotatably and slidably attached to the slide attachment portion 17. On the other hand, a round hole 25 'is provided in the rotation side hinge member 21', and the hinge pin 14 'is inserted into the round hole 25' from a pin hole 26 'of the rotation mounting portion 17'. By means of the hinge pin 14 ', the lower end of the handle 13 (that is, the end on the rotation side) is rotatably attached to the rotation attachment portion 17'.
[0014]
As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, a sliding contact locking plate 27 is provided on the inner bottom surface of the slide mounting portion 17 along the outer surface of the container body 11. The sliding contact locking plate 27 is formed by providing an upward U-shaped groove 28 in the range from the upper end to the pin hole 26 on the inner bottom surface of the slide mounting portion 17, and the upper end portion serves as a fulcrum. Flexibility is imparted by slight elastic deformation in the direction. Further, a locking step portion 29 is provided at a portion near the lower end portion of the sliding contact locking plate 27 so as to be one step lower.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 3A, when the handle 13 is stored in a state in which the handle 13 is parallel to the container body 11, the slide-side end of the handle 13 formed by the slide-side hinge member 21 and the receiving member 22 is provided. The hinge pin 14 is located at the lower end of the elongated hole 25, and the sliding contact portion 30 at the upper end of the hinge member 21 faces the sliding contact locking plate 27 with a slight gap.
[0016]
On the other hand, on the bottom surface of the rotation mounting portion 17 ', a regulating portion 32 composed of a vertical ridge is provided (see FIGS. 1 and 4). FIG. 4A shows the rotation-side end of the handle 13 formed by the rotation-side hinge member 21 ′ and the receiving member 22 ′ when the handle 13 is stored in parallel with the container body 11. As described above, the lower end portion 31 of the hinge member 21 'faces the regulating portion 32 with a slight gap.
[0017]
When a force is applied to the handle 13 in a direction of pulling the handle 13 outward, the slide-side end of the upper end of the handle 13 slides down and rotates at the same time, and as shown in FIG. The sliding contact portion 21 slides while pushing the sliding contact locking plate 27. Further, when reaching the end of the slide stroke (ie, when the hinge pin 14 reaches the upper end of the long hole 25), the sliding contact portion 30 of the hinge member 21 falls into the locking step portion 29, and the handle 13 is gripped. It is locked by giving a lick feeling to the hand of the person. The rising angle of the upper end portion of the handle 13 at this time is shown in theta ₁ 6.
[0018]
On the other hand, the lower end of the handle 13 rotates around the hinge pin 14 ′, but the lower end 31 of the rotation side hinge member 21 ′ is restricted at the angle θ ₂ where the rising angle of the lower end of the handle 13 is smaller than the above angle θ _1. Further rotation is restricted by interfering with the rotation.
[0019]
As another structure for restricting the rotation of the lower end of the handle 13, a structure may be employed in which the restriction locking portion 33 of the rotation side hinge member 21 ′ interferes with a part of the rotation mounting portion 17 ′ (FIG. 4 ( b)).
[0020]
As described above, the rising angle θ _{1 at} the upper end of the handle 13 and the rising angle θ _{2 at} the lower end of the handle 13 have the rising angle θ on the side where the regulating portion 32 is not provided (the upper end of the handle 13, that is, the slide mounting portion 17 side). _1, (the lower end of the handle 13, i.e. the rotational mounting portion 17 restricting portion 32 of certain side 'side) is set larger than the rising angle theta ₂ of, in other words, rotating the mounting portion 17' of the rising angle theta ₂ of the slide by setting smaller than the rising angle theta ₁ of the mounting portion 17 side, as shown in FIG. 6, the position of the maximum distance a from the container body 11 of the handle 13, a predetermined distance from the center of the handle 13 to the upper end Only B will be offset.
[0021]
When returning from the use state in which the handle 13 is held in the bent state as described above to the original storage state, the bent part is pushed inward. Then, since the sliding contact portion 30 is disengaged from the locking step portion 29, the handle 13 returns to the original parallel state due to the restoring elasticity of the leaf spring 19. At this time, since the sliding contact portion 30 comes off the locking step portion 29 and then slides while receiving the restoring elastic force of the sliding contact locking plate 27, a required frictional force acts. As a result, when the handle 13 returns to the original state, the handle 13 receives a buffering action, thereby suppressing the generation of an impact sound.
[0022]
The above-mentioned buffering action can be exerted by a structure other than the above. For example, in the example shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, two parallel cuts 34 are made from the upper end of the slide-side hinge member 21 to form the sliding contact portion 30 having flexibility. The upper end portion of the sliding contact portion 30 is opposed to the sliding contact locking plate 27, and the sliding contact portion 30 is locked to the locking step portion 29. In this case, the sliding contact locking plate 27 may or may not be flexible. In the example shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, a flexible plate-shaped sliding contact portion 30 is provided at the upper end of the receiving member 22 facing the sliding side hinge member 21, and the upper end of the sliding contact portion 30 is provided. The sliding portion is opposed to the sliding contact locking plate 27, and the sliding contact portion 30 is locked to the locking step portion 29. Also in this case, the sliding contact locking plate 27 may or may not be flexible.
[0023]
Also, the handle 13 and its mounting structure are upside down from those described above, that is, as shown in FIG. 9, a rotary mounting portion 17 ′ is provided on the shoulder member 15, and the slide mounting portion 17 is mounted on the bottom member 16. By providing a rotating hinge member 21 ′ of the handle 13 and a sliding hinge member 21 attached to the handle 13, respectively, the position of the maximum distance A can be adjusted as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. From the center to the lower end side by a fixed distance B.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, when the handle attached to the side surface of the container body is pulled up and rises in a bent state, the position of the portion of the handle at the maximum distance from the container body is shifted to the upper end side or the lower end side from the center portion of the handle. Since the position is adjusted, various gripping methods such as a gripping method in consideration of the position of the center of gravity can be handled, and usability can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment; FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the same; FIG. 3 (a) to FIG. 3 (c) are cross-sectional views showing the operation of a slide-side end of the same; b) a cross-sectional view showing the operation of the rotation-side end portion of the same; FIG. 5 (a) a cross-sectional view of a slide-side mounting portion; (b) a cross-sectional view of the line bb in FIG. FIG. 7A is an exploded perspective view of another example of the slide-side end; FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional view of the part shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment. FIG. 10 is a side view of a conventional example.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Container main body 12 Lid 13 Handle 14, 14 'hinge pin 15 Shoulder member 16 Bottom member 17 Slide attachment part 17' Rotation attachment part 18 Handle grip 19 Leaf spring 21 Slide side hinge member 21 'Rotation side hinge member 22, 22' Receiving member 23, 23 'Mounting holes 24, 24' Screw 25 Long hole 25 'Round hole 26, 26' Pin hole 27 Sliding contact locking plate 28 Groove 29 Locking step portion 30 Sliding contact portion 31 Lower end portion 32 Restriction portion 33 Restrictor Stop 34 Infeed

Claims (5)

A slide mounting portion and a rotation mounting portion are provided on the outer surface of the container body, and one end of a flexible handle is rotatably and slidably mounted on the slide mounting portion. In the handle mounting structure for a liquid container, the end portion is rotatably mounted, and the slide mounting portion is provided with a locking portion for holding the handle in a bent state at the end of the slide stroke. A handle for a liquid container, wherein a rotation restricting portion at one end of the handle is provided, and the rotation restricting portion restricts a rising angle of the handle on the rotation mounting portion side to be smaller than a rising angle on the slide mounting portion side. Mounting structure. When the rotation-side end of the handle attached to the rotation attachment portion rotates by a predetermined angle, the rotation restricting portion interferes with the rotation-side end of the handle to limit the rotation. The handle mounting structure for a liquid container according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The handle mounting structure for a liquid container according to claim 1, wherein the slide mounting portion is provided on an upper portion of the container main body, and the rotary mounting portion is provided on a lower portion of the container main body. 3. The handle mounting structure for a liquid container according to claim 1, wherein the slide mounting portion is provided at a lower portion of the container main body, and the rotary mounting portion is provided at an upper portion of the container main body. The slide mounting portion and a sliding end of the handle attached to the slide mounting portion are provided with a sliding contact portion that slides on each other when the slide side end rotates a predetermined angle or more, The handle mounting structure for a liquid container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein flexibility is imparted to at least one of the sliding contact portions.

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