JP4521717B2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a compact container, and more particularly to a compact container having a decorative light emitting means on the back surface.

As this kind of container, a light emitting diode for decoration is provided on the back of the lid, and a power source connected to the diode is provided inside the lid (Patent Document 1). On the other hand, the light emitting diode is provided on the back of the lid. There is also a compact body provided with a power source (Patent Document 2).
JP 2004-57553 A JP 2000-125933 A

    The thing of patent document 1 had the problem that a cover body became thick by incorporating a power supply, and it became difficult to rotate. In order to avoid this, it is conceivable that the light emitting diode is provided in the lid and the power source is provided separately in the compact body as in Patent Document 2, but in that case, how to wire between the lid and the power source If a lead wire or the like that attracts attention is wired between the two, it is unnatural and the meaning of attaching a decorative light emitting diode is lost. Patent Document 2 discloses nothing about this problem.

    In view of the above, the present invention provides a light emitting electronic device comprising a compact body and a lid body, in order to incorporate a lid body having a decorative light emitting electronic device on a back surface thereof into a compact container so as not to be bulky and unwieldy. It aims at providing what was connected to the power supply built in a compact main body through the conductive wire which passes along the pivot attachment location.

The first means is that each rear part of the compact body 2 and the lid body 40 is pivotally attached by a conductive pivot pin 48, the power source 18 is built in the compact body, and a decorative light emission is provided on the back surface of the lid body. In a compact container in which an electronic element 60 is attached, and these decorative light emitting electronic elements and a power source are connected via conductive wires 70 and 72 including the pivot pin 48 ,
The lid 40 is provided with a mirror 52 at the center of the back surface of the top plate 42, the light emitting electronic element 60 is disposed at the rear of the peripheral portion of the back surface of the top plate excluding the mirror, and the remaining portion of the peripheral portion is disposed. A light guide line 62 made of an optical fiber that receives a part of the decorative light emitted from the decorative light emitting electronic element 60 at one end and emits light at the other end is provided. The electronic element is configured to emit decorative light .

  In the above configuration, the current is passed through the “pivot attachment point” between the compact body and the lid body, regardless of whether the lid body is opened or closed, and the lid body and the compact body are always in contact with each other. Because it is a difficult place to see. Specifically, the pivot point is preferably a pivot axis between the compact body and the lid. Other than the pivot shaft, conductive connecting terminals are attached to the compact main body and the lid facing surface portion (first and second bearing portion facing surfaces described later) in the vicinity of the pivot shaft, respectively, so that they can rotate freely. Although it is possible to make surface contact, etc., if the compact body and the bearing part of the lid are not molded accurately, contact failure may occur, whereas the conductive pivot shaft is part of the conductive path. When doing so, such a problem does not occur.

  The “light emitting electronic element” is preferably a light emitting diode, but may be anything as long as it can convert electrical energy into light energy.

  The “power source” may be a cassette type that is detachable from the compact body or the lid.

In order to prevent the lid from becoming bulky, it is advantageous to attach the light emitting electronic element to the back of the lid and to incorporate a power source in the compact body. At this time, the power source can be installed, for example, between a bottom wall of the compact body and a puff or a dish tray for storing cosmetics that is mounted in the compact body. However, conversely, the power source can be incorporated on the lid side and the light emitting electrical element can be incorporated on the compact body side. In this case, for example, a transparent outward flange can be attached to the upper end of the peripheral wall of the inner plate mounted in the compact body, and the light emitting electronic element can be installed on the lower surface of the outward flange. In addition to the light emitting electronic element, a light guide line (such as an optical fiber) described later extending along the lower surface of the outward flange can be provided .

The “light guide line” is made of synthetic resin that emits light from the entire surface other than the tip surface, without being treated in addition to those that are processed to emit light only from the tip, such as an optical fiber. A linear material such as a hair bundle made of nylon can be used. Preferable examples of the synthetic resin include PET, polyester, acrylic, nylon, and styrene resin.
  The light guide line can be attached via a bowl-shaped upper frame 58 mounted on the back side of the lid. Specifically, the upper frame 58 may be formed of a transparent material, and a light emitting electronic element and a light guide line may be placed between the upper surface of the upper frame 58 and the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the lid top plate 42. This configuration will be further described later. Further, a light emitting electronic element and a light guide line fitting groove may be formed on the lower surface of the upper frame 58.
  Furthermore, as the light guide line, a plurality of optical fibers having different lengths can be extended from each light emitting electronic element so that light can be emitted from the end face of the optical fiber existing at different positions in the circumferential direction of the outer periphery of the lid 40. . Further, a notch may be formed at an appropriate position in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber so that light is emitted from the notch. Furthermore, a plurality of light emitting diodes emitting different colors can be provided, and an optical fiber can be extended from each light emitting diode to form a bundle of a plurality of fibers emitting different colors.

The second means includes the first means, and the rear surface of the top plate 42 of the lid 40 is inserted into at least the upper surface and the fitting recess 8 of the rear surface opening formed in the left and right middle portions of the rear wall 6 of the compact main body. The bearing plate 44 is suspended from the end side, and a pair of lower left and right end portions of the bearing plate and a lower body rear wall portion on both sides of the fitting recess 8 are respectively provided as bearing portions 10 and 46 on the same axis. While pivoting with the pivot pins 48, 48, the front wall portions of the body side bearing portion 10 and the lid side bearing portion 46 are notched so that each of the left and right halves of the pivot pins is exposed forward. The connection terminals 76 and 80 of the conductive wire portions 70 and 72 on the main body side or the lid side are rotatably contacted with both exposed portions of the respective pivoting pins through the notches 32 and 84.

  The “notch” is provided so as to leave at least a part of the first and second bearing portions in the axial direction (preferably a portion facing both bearing portions) as a bearing hole. Specifically, the front wall side of the first and second bearing portions may be perforated as a deep groove-like cut, and the front wall portions of the first and second bearing portions excluding the opposed portions are cut off. May be formed. These structures will be described later.

The third means includes the second means, and the lid 40 projects a lid-side bearing 46 from the lower part of the bearing plate 44 to the front, and the lid-side bearing 46 and the lid The light emitting electronic element 60 is formed so as to be accommodated in a gap with the rear part of the body top plate 42.

  According to the invention relating to the first means, since the power source 18 and the light emitting electronic element 60 are connected via the conductive wires 70 and 72 passing through the pivot joints between the compact body 2 and the lid body 40, With a simple structure, a good connection state can be obtained, and the wiring is difficult to see and has a good appearance.

According to the invention according to the first means, a compact body 2 to the power supply 18, because provided an emission electronic device 60 to Matafutatai 40 back surface, without cover 40 is bulky too, the opening and closing lid Easy.

According to the first aspect of the invention, since the pivot pin that is a part of the configuration of the existing compact container is used as a part of the conductive path, the configuration can be further simplified.
According to the invention relating to the first means, one of the decorative lights emitted by the decorative light emitting electronic element 60 at one end along the peripheral portion on the back surface side of the lid body 40 or the upper surface side of the compact body 2. Since the optical fiber and other light guide lines 62 that receive the light and emit light at the other end are provided, the decorativeness can be further improved.

According to the invention relating to the second means, the pivoting pins are separated into two, and the two left and right ends of the bearing plate 44 are pivoted to the compact body side. Since it is set as the connection location with the cover body, it is possible to prevent a short circuit from occurring with a sufficient distance between the connection locations.

According to the invention relating to the third means, since the lid-side bearing portion 46 protrudes from the lower side of the bearing plate 44 to the front side, it is within the gap between the lid-side bearing portion 46 and the rear portion of the lid top plate 42. By accommodating the light emitting electronic element 60, a compact configuration can be obtained.

  1 to 10 show a compact container according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  First, a known part of the configuration of the present invention will be described. The compact container is composed of a compact main body 2, a lid body 40, an inner dish 64, and a decorative dish 68.

  The compact main body 2 has a peripheral wall 6 erected from the periphery of the rectangular bottom wall 4, and a rear wall portion of the peripheral wall is depressed forward to form a fitting recess 8 having upper and lower surfaces and a rear surface opening. The lower part of the rear wall part on both sides of the fitting recess is a bearing 10 on the lid side. Further, a push button 12 serving as a front end portion of the lid 40 and a locking portion is provided on the front wall portion of the peripheral wall 6.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the lid 40 has a bearing plate 44 suspended from the left and right intermediate portion of the rear end portion of the top plate 42. The lid 40 fits the bearing plate into the fitting recess 8, and A lid side bearing portion 46 is formed in the lower part of the plate, and the lid side bearing portion and the main body side bearing portion 10 are pivotally attached by a pivot pin 48. The structure of the pivot part will be described later. A hanging plate 50 is suspended from the peripheral portion of the top plate 42 excluding the left and right middle portions of the rear end portion, and the lower end thereof is placed on the upper end surface of the peripheral wall 6 of the compact main body. A mirror 52 is attached to the center of the back surface of the top plate.

  2 and 3, the inner tray 64 is a shallow dish-like member fitted in the peripheral wall 6 of the compact main body 2, and has a puff that opens across the partition wall portion 64a and a left and right for storing a decorative dish. A pair of recesses 64b and 64c is provided.

  The dressing plate 68 is stored in the concave portion 64b of the middle plate.

  The compact container of the present invention further includes a power source unit 16, a light source unit 54, and conductive wires 70 and 72 for connecting the power source and the light source.

  The power supply unit 16 is built in the compact main body 2 and is preferably interposed between the bottom wall 4 of the compact main body and the bottom plate of the inner tray 64. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 9, a part of the middle plate bottom plate (one corner on the rear side of the bottom plate in the illustrated example) is formed as a raised plate portion 64 d swelled from the periphery, and the lower surface of the raised plate portion and the upper surface of the compact main body bottom wall 4. A power supply unit 16 is provided between the two. The raised plate portion 64d is desirably provided on the side of the puff housing recess 64b of the inner tray 64. The power source 16 shown in the figure is configured as a cassette type that can be freely attached to and detached from the compact main body 2 as shown in FIG. 9, and an insertion port formed in a part of the peripheral wall of the compact main body 2 as shown in FIG. It is possible to take in and out from 14. The power source section 16 is composed of a power source 18 and a cassette 20 for storing the power source. The cassette is formed from the left and right side portions of the upper plate 22 which is long in the left-right direction as shown in FIG. Further, the middle plate 26 is suspended from the middle portion in the left-right direction, and both left and right portions of the connection hardware 28 having a C-shaped front view project from the middle plate. Then, positive and negative electrode surfaces are brought into contact with both ends of the connection hardware, and a pair of power sources 18 and 18 which are opposite to each other are sandwiched between the side plates 24 and the intermediate plate 26. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, engaging means 30 and 66 for preventing cassette removal are formed in the corresponding portions of the upper plate 22 and the raised plate portion 64d of the intermediate plate 64, respectively.

  The light source part 54 is formed on the outer peripheral part of the back surface of the top plate 42 of the lid 40, and preferably a transparent synthetic resin bowl-shaped upper frame 58 attached with a light source storage gap 56 between the light source part 54 and the back surface. And the light-emitting electronic element 60 and the light guide line 62 housed in the gap 56. The upper frame 58 has a shape in which a collar plate 58b is attached to the lower end of the middle cylinder 58a, the peripheral portion of the collar plate is on the inner surface of the hanging plate 50 of the lid body 40, and the upper end surface of the middle cylinder 58a is The top plate 42 along the periphery of the mirror 52 is abutted against the back surface portion and fixed detachably. The light emitting electronic element 60 is mounted on the upper surface of the left and right intermediate portion of the rear plate portion of the cover plate 58b as a pair of left and right light emitting diodes with the light emitting portion facing outward. In FIG. 1, holding portions for connection terminals, which are part of the conductive wires to the power supply, are drawn on both the left and right sides of both electronic elements 60, 60, which will be described later. The light guide line 62 extends from the light emitting portions of the light emitting electronic elements 60 and 60 to the front side of the lid 40 through the side of the holding portion. In the example shown in the figure, two long and short optical fibers extending from the light emitting section are provided as light guide lines. It is located in the central part of the wall. On the other hand, shallow notches may be formed at appropriate positions on one optical fiber so that light leaks from each notch. Further, by providing a plurality of light emitting diodes that emit light of different colors and connecting optical fibers to these light emitting diodes, it is possible to use multicolor decoration light.

  The conductive wires 70 and 72 connect the power supply unit 16 and the light source unit 54 via two pivot pins 48 and 48.

  The conductive wire 70 connecting the power source 16 and the pivot pin 48 is two long and short wires respectively connected to two batteries as shown in FIG. 2, each of which is connected to one end as shown in FIG. An L-shaped power connection terminal 74 is provided, and a tongue-shaped pivot pin connection terminal 76 is preferably provided at the other end. As shown in FIG. 9, the short conductive wire 70 is connected to the pivot pin 48 near the power supply unit 16 from the power supply unit 16 through the switch 78, and the long conductive wire 70 is connected to the rear wall of the compact main body 6 from the power supply unit 16. A pivot pin portion extending along the front surface of the wall portion to a far pivot pin 48 of the power supply unit 16 and having the terminal 76 on the leading end side of each conductive wire 70 inserted into the bearing hole 10a on the compact body side. Connected to. These pivot pin portions are exposed to the rear wall portion of the peripheral wall 6 of the compact body 2 by drilling deep groove-shaped notches 32, 32, and the pivot pin connection terminals 76 are rotatably contacted with the exposed portions. ing. The switch 78 is formed so as to be turned on when the lid is opened. 78a and 78a are terminals of the switch 78.

  The conductive wire 72 connecting the pivot pin 48 and the light source unit 54 has a pair of left and right pivot pin connection terminals 80 and 80. These terminals are, for example, in the shape of a J-shaped band plate as shown in FIG. 7, and from the holding portion 82 placed on the flange plate 58b of the above-described upper frame 58 to the bearing hole 46a on the lid 40 side. It hangs down to the inserted pivot pin. As shown in FIGS. 6, 10 and 7, the pivot pin portion is exposed to the inside of the container by cutting out the front wall portion of the lid-side bearing portion 46, and the exposed portion is Via the notch 84, it is brought into contact with the lower end of the pivot pin connecting terminal 80 in a rotatable manner. The conductive wire 72 further connects the upper end portion of both the pivot attachment pin connection terminals 80 and one terminal of the pair of light emitting electronic elements 60, 60, and connects the other terminals of the electronic elements to each other. Yes.

  In the above configuration, the notches 32 and 84 may be provided anywhere on the first and second bearings 10 and 46. However, in order to avoid rattling of the lid, the end faces 10b and 46b of both bearings shown in FIG. It is desirable to drill in a portion other than the vicinity. In place of the configuration of the present embodiment in which a current is passed through the pivot pin, connection terminals such as conductive plates are connected to the end faces 10b and 46b of the first and second bearings 10 and 46 as described above. It is also possible to attach the end faces to the power source side and the light source side, respectively.

  According to the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 4, from the power source 18 on the left side of the figure, the power connection terminal 74, the switch 78, the pivot pin connection terminal 76 on the left side of the figure, the pivot pin 48, and the pivot pin Connected to the light emitting electronic elements 60, 60 via the connection terminal 80, and from both elements via the pivot pin connection terminal 80, pivot pin 48 and pivot pin connection terminal 76 on the right side of the figure. The circuit is connected to the power supply 18 on the right side of the figure, and further connected to the power supplies 18 and 18 with the connection hardware 28. However, in the closed state of FIG. 4, the switch 78 is off. When the lid 40 is opened, the switch 78 is turned on and a current flows, so that the light emitting electronic device 60 emits light, and this light is emitted through a light guide line 62 at a predetermined location, thereby obtaining a decorative effect. . When the lid 40 is closed, the switch is turned off and the decorative light disappears.

  In addition, unlike the example of illustration, the said power supply part can also be equipped in a cover body side, and a light source part can also be equipped in a cover body side, respectively. In this case, for example, a disk type battery as shown in the illustrated example may be inserted between the top plate of the lid and the mirror, but this makes the lid considerably thick and bulky. Instead of the light emitting diode, a cylindrical battery may be installed in the gap 56 shown in FIG. In addition, the switch can be installed at an appropriate position on the back surface of the lid so as to be in contact with the compact main body when the lid is closed and turned on when the lid is opened. Further, the light source unit can be installed in the gap between the peripheral wall 6 of the compact main body and the peripheral wall of the inner tray 64, for example. For example, a pair of light-emitting electronic elements can be installed in the vicinity of the pivot pin connection terminals 76 and 76 shown in FIG. In this case, the outward flange attached to the upper end of the peripheral wall of the inner plate 64 is made transparent and slightly wide, and the guide extending from the rear part of the compact main body to the front side along the lower surface of the outward flange. A light line should be installed.

FIG. 10 shows a reference example of the present invention. In this embodiment, instead of a light guide line such as an optical fiber, an upper frame 58 formed of a transparent synthetic resin material is used as a light guide, and a light emitting electron is formed on the rear plate portion of the upper plate 58b of the upper frame. A light receiving portion 86 that also serves as a housing recess for the element is formed, and the light emitting electronic element 60 is inserted into the light receiving portion, and decorative light is incident on the light receiving surface 86a formed by the end face of the light receiving portion from the electronic element. In some cases, the incident light repeats total reflection inside the cover 58b and is emitted mainly at the edge of the cover 58b. In addition, a light emitting groove 88 is preferably formed at an appropriate position of the cover plate. The “upper frame” can be formed of AS resin (acrylonitrile styrene copolymer) or acrylic resin. The upper frame 58 can be provided with a light emitting groove 88.

1 is a top view of a compact container according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the compact main body of the container. FIG. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the same container viewed in the direction of the line III-III in FIG. 2. It is a rear view of the container. FIG. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the same container as seen in the direction of the VV line in FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the same container as seen in the VI-VI line direction of FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the same container viewed in the direction of the line VII-VII in FIG. 2. It is a side view of the container. It is a disassembled perspective view of the power supply part of the container and its periphery. It is an enlarged view of the cover body side bearing part of the container, and its periphery. It is a top view of the compact container which concerns on the reference example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... Compact body 4 ... Bottom wall 6 ... Peripheral wall 8 ... Fitting recess 10 ... Body side bearing
10a ... Bearing hole 10b ... Same end surface 12 ... Push button 14 ... Insertion port 16 ... Power supply 16 ... Power supply
20 ... cassette 22 ... upper plate 24 ... side plate 26 ... middle plate 28 ... connection hardware 30 ... engagement means
32 ... Notch 40 ... Lid 42 ... Top plate 44 ... Bearing plate 46 ... Lid side bearing
46a ... Bearing hole 46b ... End face 48 ... Pivoting pin
50 ... Drop plate 52 ... Mirror 54 ... Light source 56 ... Light source storage gap 58 ... Upper frame
58a ... Cylinder 58b ... Panel 60 ... Light emitting electronic device 62 ... Light guide line
64 ... Middle tray 64a ... Partition wall 64b ... Puff storage recess 64c ... Cosmetic dish storage recess
64d ... Bump plate 66 ... engaging means 68 ... vanity plate 70, 72 ... conductive wire
74 ... Power connection terminal 76 ... Pivoting pin connection terminal 78 ... Switch 78a ... Same terminal
80 ... Terminal for connecting the pivot pin 82 ... Terminal holding part 84 ... Notch 86 ... Light receiving part 86a ... End face
88 ... Light emitting groove

Claims (3)

Pivoted each rear portion of a compact body (2) and lid (40) a conductive pivot pin (48), causes the built-in power supply (18) in its compact body, the decorative light on the rear surface of the lid In a compact container provided with a light emitting electronic element (60), and connecting these decorative light emitting electronic element and a power source via conductive wires ( 70, 72 ) including the pivot pin (48) ,
The lid ( 40 ) is provided with a mirror (52) at the center of the back surface of the top plate (42), and the light emitting electronic element (60) is arranged at the rear of the peripheral portion of the back surface of the top plate excluding the mirror. A light guide line (62) comprising an optical fiber that receives a part of the decorative light emitted from the decorative light emitting electronic element (60) at one end and emits light at the other end along the remaining portion of the peripheral portion. A compact container characterized in that a decorative light is emitted from the other end of the conductive line and the light emitting electronic element . The bearing plate ( 44 ) from the rear end portion side of the top plate ( 42 ) of the lid ( 40 ) into the fitting recess ( 8 ) of at least the upper surface and the rear surface opening formed in the left and right intermediate portions of the rear wall of the compact main body ( 6 ). ) was suspended, and the left and right end portions lower and the fitting recess (8) on both sides of the body rear wall portion the lower portion of the bearing plate, as a bearing portion, respectively (10,46), a pair of pivot residing on the same axis The front side portions of the main body side bearing portion ( 10 ) and the lid side bearing portion ( 46 ) are pivotally attached by the pins ( 48, 48 ) and the left and right halves of these pivoting pins are exposed forward. Through the notches ( 32, 84 ) , the connection terminals ( 76, 80 ) of the conductive wire portions ( 70, 72 ) on the main body side or the lid side can be freely rotated on both exposed portions of the pivot pins. characterized in that in contact with the, compounding of claim 1, wherein Door container. The lid body ( 40 ) projects a lid body side bearing portion ( 46 ) from the lower side of the bearing plate ( 44 ) to the front side, and the lid body side bearing portion ( 46 ) and the rear portion of the lid body top plate ( 42 ) The compact container according to claim 2 , wherein the light emitting electronic element ( 60 ) is accommodated in the gap.

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