JP4288533B2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a compact container whose lid can be opened with a single touch of a push button.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Many proposals using a push button have been proposed so that the lid of a compact container can be easily opened with one touch. The push button is an effective means for opening the lid, and is also a suitable means for giving a decorative accent to the compact container by mounting the push button prominently on the lid side.
[0003]
For example, FIG. 5 shows an example of an opening means by a push button mounted on the lid side, which is a main part of the compact container disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-51685. This compact container is provided with a recess 32 at the front end edge of the container main body 31, an engagement projection 33 is provided on the back surface of the recess 32, and an inclined surface having a slope that rises from the front end to the back surface of the recess 32. 34 is formed. On the other hand, a hanging piece 36 is suspended from the front end edge of the lid 35, and an engagement protrusion 37 that engages with the engagement protrusion 33 of the container body 31 is provided on the inner surface of the hanging piece 36. A push button 38 is coupled to the front end so as to be swingable. Then, the lower side of the push button 38 is pushed up with the finger S, and the lower end of the push button 38 is slid along the inclined surface 34 to open the lid 35.
[0004]
The push button 38 in the conventional compact container is exposed on the front end surfaces of the lid body 35 and the container body 31 when the lid body 35 is closed, which is a decorative accent of the compact container. However, this invention does not have a technical idea that the push button 38 is exposed to the upper surface of the lid 35 as a decorative means of a compact container and actively used. Insufficient configuration. In addition, since this compact container has a large sliding friction surface in which the full width of the lower end of the push button 38 and the inclined surface 34 of the recess 32 of the container body 31 are slid in a surface contact state, the push button 38 is operated. Sometimes the resistance of the sliding contact part on the fingertip was large, and the feeling of lightness was poor.
[0005]
Further, in a compact container (not shown) disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-11689, a push button attached to the lid is exposed from the front end surface to the upper surface of the compact container, and is emphasized as a decorative accent of the lid. It is provided and is actively used as a decorative member. However, since the opening mechanism of the compact container using the push button has a configuration in which the lower end of the push button and the inclined surface of the recess of the container body are in wide sliding contact like the above-described compact container, Have the same problems as
[0006]
In addition, any of the conventional compact containers described above has a structure in which the push button operates even when the center portion is pressed as well as below the push button. In the design of the push button, the center of the push button attached to the tip edge is easy to hit the periphery, and therefore it is inadvertently operated and opened in the handbag and is contaminated with cosmetics. There was a worry.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. The push button attached to the lid enhances the decorative effect, and the lid is easily opened and closed compactly. The challenge is to make it into a container.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Compact container according to the present invention is a compact containers hinged to each rear end of the container body and a lid, said perforated to form a bottomed recess having an open front and top to the front wall of the container body A main body side engaging protrusion protrudes from the bottom surface of the bottom recess, and a pair of projecting portions having upper end corner edges formed as curved corners are provided below both sides of the main body side engaging protrusion. as well as vertically a suspended piece protruding from the lower end inward of the lid member side engagement projections on the lower wall front edge to form a notch recess having an open front and top to the front end, groups of the vertical lower piece A push button engaging shaft is provided on both sides of the end portion, and a push button having a lower rib on the inner surface side with an inclined surface corresponding to the curved surface angle is exposed on the front surface and upper surface of the notch recess. to instrumentation covering the suspended piece rotatably by engaged the Anamizo of the longitudinal ribs upper said axis And, by pressing the push point is located lower than the curved angle of the push button, it is obtained by a configuration in which the engagement of the engaging projection depressing the curved surface angle by the inclined surfaces is released.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0010]
1 to 4 show an embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention. In these drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a container body, and reference numeral 10 denotes a butterfly with a shaft pin 2 at the rear end portion of the container body 1. All of the lids are attached and are formed using a hard general-purpose synthetic resin material such as AS, PS, and ABS.
[0011]
The container body 1 is a flat rectangular box provided with a storage recess 3 in which a decorative dish (not shown) is stored on the upper surface. The front wall 4 is open at the center of the front wall 4. A bottom recess 5 is formed, and a main body side engaging projection 6 projects from the center upper portion of the back surface 5a of the bottomed recess 5. Further, the upper end corner edge is formed at the curved surface corner 7a on the back surface 5a of the bottomed recess 5 at a position below the main body side engaging projection 6 along both sides of the main body side engaging projection 6. A pair of protrusions 7 are provided. In addition, this protrusion part 7 is not restricted to the narrow protrusion shown in figure, You may form in the block shape whose upper-end corner edge is the curved-surface angle | corner 7a.
[0012]
On the other hand, the cover 10 is provided with a lower peripheral wall 12 extending from the periphery of the top plate 11, a makeup mirror 13 is attached to the inner surface, and a notch recess 14 having an open front and upper surface is formed at the front end. A hanging piece 16 having an inwardly facing lid-side engagement projection 15 projecting from the lower end is suspended from the front end edge of the low wall 14a of the notch recess 14, and both base end portions of the hanging piece 16 are provided. On the side, round bar-like shafts 14b, 14b, on which a push button 20 is rotatably attached, are formed.
[0013]
The push button 20 is mounted in the notch recess 14 of the lid 10 so as to cover the hanging piece 16 and has a substantially L-shaped cross section so that the front surface 20a and the upper surface 20b are exposed from the notch recess 14. Yes. As shown in FIG. 2, the inner surface of the container body 1 has a narrow width at the same interval as the pair of projections 7, 7 so as to correspond to the pair of projections 7, 7 of the bottomed recess 5. A pair of vertical ribs 21 and 21 are provided so as to project. Shaft 14b of the notched recess 14 of the lid 10 on the upper portion of the vertical ribs 21 and 21, together with Anamizo 22 for fastening is formed in 14b, the lower end is closed in the container body 1 It is formed in the inclined surfaces 23 and 23 corresponding to the curved-surface angles 7a and 7a of the protrusion part 7 of the bottom recess 5, and is in contact with the curved-surface angles 7a and 7a when the lid is closed. The curved surface corner 7a is small because it prevents the inclined surface 23 of the push button 20 from being bitten by the corner when the push button 20 is operated, and is a curved surface for the slide of the push button 20 smoothly. A radius is sufficient.
[0014]
Since the push button 20 in the present embodiment is a means for opening the lid body 10 and is exposed on the front end and the upper surface of the lid body 10 as a decorative member, the push button 20 has the shape shown in the figure. It is not limited to. Various designs can be made by changing the shape and size of the cutout recess 14 of the lid 10 and the bottomed recess 5 of the container body 1, such as the top surface of the top plate 11 of the lid 10 and the container body. Needless to say, the front wall 4 may be exposed from the front end surface of the front wall 4 to further enhance the decorativeness.
[0015]
In the embodiment configured as described above, when the lid is in the closed state, as shown in FIG. 3, the inclined surface 23 at the lower end of the vertical rib 21 of the push button 20 is a bottomed recess of the container body 1. 5, the main body side engaging projection 6 and the lid body side engaging projection 15 are set to engage with each other above the curved surface corner 7a. The closed state of the container body 1 is maintained.
[0016]
The push button 20 is actuated when a finger point is pressed below the front surface of the push button 20, that is, at a position lower than the position of the curved surface corner 7 a with which the inclined surface 23 of the push button 20 abuts. The lid 10 is opened.
[0017]
That is, by pressing a pressing point 24 lower than the curved surface angle 7a with which the inclined surface 23 of the push button 20 abuts, the engagement between the engaging protrusions 15 and 6 above the curved surface angle 7a is deepened. Without transmitting force in the direction, the component force toward the diagonally downward of the pressing force by the inclined surface 23 is sufficiently applied to the curved surface corner 7a, and the curved surface corner 7a is moved in the direction in which the engagement protrusions 15 and 6 are disengaged. Press down.
[0018]
Therefore, the lid-side engagement protrusion 15 easily overcomes the body-side engagement protrusion 6 and is easily released, and the push button 20 makes line contact between the inclined surface 23 of the narrow vertical rib 21 and the curved corner 7a. The sliding friction surface is smaller than that of the conventional example, and the resistance feeling due to the sliding friction when the push button 20 is operated is small, and it responds quickly to the pressing operation of the push button 20 and is light. Open the lid. The sliding friction surface can also be reduced by forming the vertical rib 21 of the push button 20 wide and making the protrusion 7 of the bottomed recess 5 a narrow protrusion (not shown). Accordingly, since the same effect can be obtained, if a desired structure is selected in which the width of at least one of the vertical ribs 21 and the protruding portion 7 is narrowed so that the sliding friction is reduced in consideration of the design and design. Good.
[0019]
Further, in the present embodiment, the pressing force on the push button 20 is engaged even when the upper side of the front surface of the push button 20 is pressed, that is, a position higher than the position of the curved corner 7a is pressed. Strongly acting in the direction in which the engagement between the protrusions 15 and 6 deepens, it is difficult to rotate the push button 20 in the direction in which the engagement protrusions 15 and 6 are released. It is a structure that must not be. Accordingly, the push button 20 does not easily operate even when an impact is applied to the center of the push button 20, so that the tip edge that is susceptible to an impact is formed on the arcuate surface at the operable point of the push button 20 in a handbag or the like. The design is suitable for compact containers.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
The compact container of the present invention implemented in the form described above has the following effects.
[0021]
Since the push button is rotatably mounted on the front end of the lid and a vertical rib is provided on the inner surface side of the push button, the inclined surface of the lower end of the vertical rib is rotated while sliding on the curved surface corner. In comparison, the sliding friction surface is small, and when the push button is operated, there is little resistance due to sliding friction applied to the fingertip, and it responds quickly to the pressing operation. Therefore, a light and easy-to-use opening feeling is obtained, and the value as a cosmetic container is improved.
[0022]
In addition, it operates by pressing a pressing point lower than the curved surface angle with which the inclined surface of the push button abuts, and it is difficult to operate even if the central part of the push button is pressed. Push buttons can be used with confidence even in a compact container with a circular arc surface at the front end that is easy to receive in the center, preventing accidents where the lid is inadvertently opened in the handbag and contaminated with cosmetics. can do.
[0023]
In addition, the front and top surfaces of the push button are exposed in the cutout recesses at the front end of the lid to form a decorative member, and the size and shape of the push button can be freely formed. A compact container having a button can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a compact container of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a push button used in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the compact container of FIG.
4 is a perspective view of the compact container of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container body, 4 Front wall, 5 Bottomed recess, 5a Back surface, 6 Main body side engaging protrusion, 7 Protruding part, 7a Curved corner, 10 Lid, 14 Notch, 14a Low wall, 15 Lid side Joint protrusion, 16 hanging piece, 20 push button, 20a front surface, 20b upper surface, 21 vertical rib, 23 inclined surface, 24 pressing point

Claims (1)

In a compact container hinged at each rear end of a container body and a lid, a bottomed recess having a front surface and an upper surface opened is formed on a front wall of the container body, and a body is formed on the back surface of the bottomed recess. Protruding side engagement protrusions and providing a pair of protrusions with curved corners at the top corners below both sides of the main body side engagement protrusions, while opening the front and top surfaces at the front end of the lid to form the notch recesses as well as vertically the suspended piece which projects inward of the lid member side engagement projection at the lower end to the lower wall front edge, push button engaging the base end portion on both sides of the vertical lower piece A push button provided with a wear axis and having a vertical rib with an inclined surface corresponding to the curved surface angle on the inner surface side is exposed at the front and top surfaces of the cutout recess, and a hole in the upper part of the vertical rib. covering the suspended piece rotatably mounted by engaged the groove in the shaft, the curved surface angle of the push button Lower by pressing the pressing point in the position, a compact container, characterized in that the engagement of the engaging projection depressing the curved surface angle by the inclined surface is also released.

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