JP4563917B2 - Pickles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pickle device that can easily make pickles at home and the like, and more particularly, to a pickle device provided with a push plate that presses a pickle material in a freely movable manner.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are provided pickles for picking pickles by pressing pickled materials using a push plate that can be moved up and down using screws and springs instead of weights.
Also, in the pickle using the push plate, the manual pick for raising and lowering the push plate is always in a fixed position near the upper surface of the lid so that the pickle can be easily stored in a refrigerator or the like. In addition, there are disclosed ones configured so as not to move up and down together with the raising and lowering of the push plate (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-16635, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-8783, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-219797). In these prior arts, there is provided a rotation-elevation conversion means for converting the rotation of the manual knob into a lifting operation by a combination of screws, springs, etc., thereby holding the push plate that presses the pickled material so that it can be raised and lowered. The structure is as follows.
On the other hand, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-134386 discloses a pickle tool in which a manual handle is extended laterally at the upper end of a screw rod for raising and lowering a pressing plate for pressing pickled material.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-16635 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-8783 JP 2003-219797 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-134386

In the pickles disclosed in the above Patent Documents 1 to 3, the manual picking can be held in a fixed position near the lid of the pickles without moving up and down, so that the pickles can be stored compactly in a refrigerator or the like. However, due to the fact that the manual knob is configured as a round cap-shaped part and the complicated rotation-lift conversion means for rotating the manual knob in place, the manual knob is manually operated. In order to rotate at a high speed, it required a certain amount of power, and there was a problem that it was not convenient for elderly people and women with weak power.
On the other hand, the pickle disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 4 is easy to rotate manually due to the presence of the handle extended laterally. On the other hand, since the handle moves upward, the entire pickle There is a problem that it becomes bulky. Further, even when the handle is not used, there is a problem that the handle exists in a bulky state and easily gets in the way. Of course, the pickling device of Patent Document 4 is an old type picking device in which the pickled material is not isolated in the container, and has a problem of poor sealing performance, and the smell of pickles tends to leak to the outside.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and even an elderly person or a woman with weak power can easily and surely raise and lower the push plate, and keeps it in a compact state without disturbing the refrigerator or the like. An object is to provide a pickle that can be stored.

Pickles device of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a container main body (10), the pushing plate for pressing from above pickles material contained in said container body (10) and (50), the container body (10) and container lid to the lid (20), and the container is placed in the projecting state in the vicinity of the center of the lid (20) and a rotary head which is rotatable in its home position (30), said rotary head ( 30) an arm-like handle (40) attached to 30), and a rotation-elevation conversion means (60) for converting the rotation operation of the rotary head (30) into the elevation operation of the push plate (50). A pickle container in which the push plate (50) is held up and down in the container body (10) by the rotation of the head (30) through the rotation-lift conversion means (60) to press the pickled material. Because
A groove (31) for attaching the arm-shaped handle (40) is provided on the upper surface of the rotary head (30) as a straight groove passing through the center of the rotary head (30), and a groove at the center of the groove (31) is provided. A pair of engaging pins (42), (42) provided on both side surfaces of the base end portion of the arm-like handle (40) with respect to the pair of engaging holes (32), (32) provided on both side walls. The use position in which the arm-shaped handle (40) is extended from the center of the rotary head (30) to the one side through the groove (31) by fitting together so as to be detachable, and the use position It is configured to be rotatable between the engagement pins (42) and (42) and a non-use position that is inverted approximately 180 degrees on a substantially vertical plane ,
And said arm-shaped handle (40) itself and form is curved to the upper surface (40a) side to the distal portion from said proximal end, which when the arm-like handle (40) is in the use position by, said arm-shaped handle (40) curves upward from the center of the rotary head (30) through the groove (31 ), widens the gap (S) between the container lid (20) and the arm-shaped handle (40), and is in the non-use position. It is the first feature that you have configured sometimes to narrow the gap (S) between the container lid (20) and the arm-shaped handle (40).
In addition to the first feature, the pickle of the present invention has a knob (41) rotatably attached to the tip of the arm-shaped handle (40) , and the knob (41) is mounted on the arm-shaped handle (40). The second feature is that the knob (41) protrudes upward at the tip end when in the use position, and protrudes downward at the tip end when in the non-use position.

According to the pickling device according to claim 1, when the user wants to raise and lower the push plate of the pickling device, the user moves the arm-shaped handle from the non-use position to approximately 180 degrees and moves to the use position. After that, one hand is placed on the container lid or the like of the pickle device so that the pickle device does not move, and the other hand is used to hold the arm-shaped handle and perform the rotation operation. By the rotation operation of the arm-shaped handle, the rotary head that is the mounting base of the arm-shaped handle rotates at a fixed position. When the rotary head rotates, the push plate is lifted and lowered via the rotation-lift conversion means, and the pressing position with respect to the pickled material is changed.
Since the arm-shaped handle is provided as the manual rotation means, the user can perform the rotation operation with a light force, and there is an advantage that even a weak person such as an elderly person or a woman can easily operate.
The arm-shaped handle is configured to be bent from the base end portion to the distal end portion, and when the arm-shaped handle is in the use position, the gap between the container lid and the arm-shaped handle is widened. Even if the arm-shaped handle is rotated while holding the pickle, the hand holding the pickle does not interfere with the rotation. Therefore, the rotation of the arm-shaped handle can be performed while firmly holding the pickles, and the rotation of the arm-shaped handle can be performed reliably and stably.
Further, the curved arm-shaped handle can be moved to a non-use position that is inverted by about 180 degrees from the use position when not in use. And in this non-use position, since the gap between the arm-shaped handle and the container lid is made narrow, the arm-shaped handle is in a state of being retracted compactly at a position close to the container lid, and the entire pickle container The bulk can be reduced. Therefore, the pickles can be stored and stored in a compact manner with respect to storage and storage in a refrigerator or the like.
In particular, since the arm-like handle is curved upward from the center of the rotary head through the groove, the contact length between the arm-like handle and the inner wall of the groove of the rotary head is increased accordingly, and the arm-like handle It is easy to transmit the rotational force to the rotating shaft through the groove. In addition, since the arm-shaped handle itself is curved, the gap between the arm-shaped handle that has passed through the groove and the container lid can be set so that the hand holding the picker does not interfere with the rotation operation. Become.

  According to the pickle device of the second aspect, in addition to the feature of the first aspect, the rotatable knob rotatably attached to the distal end portion of the arm-shaped handle has the distal end portion at the use position of the arm-shaped handle. Therefore, the user can hold the knob with one hand on the upper surface of the container lid and hold the knob from above with the other hand to easily rotate the arm-shaped handle. Further, the knob protrudes downward at the tip when the arm-shaped handle is in the non-use position, so that the knob can be positioned low on the upper surface of the container lid of the pickle container or close to the seat. It is possible to stably hold and hold the handle in the non-use position. Moreover, even when the arm-shaped handle is pushed from above, the force immediately applied to the arm-shaped handle, such as impact force and bending force, can be reduced by the knob immediately contacting the container lid. Can protect from breakage. Further, it can be stably held at the retracted position.

With reference to the following drawings, a pickle according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a front view when the arm-shaped handle is in the use position in the pickle according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view when the arm-shaped handle is in the non-use position in the pickle according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view in the longitudinal direction of the pickle according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view in the short direction of the pickle according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are cross-sectional views for explaining attachment of the rotary head and the arm-shaped handle.

  The pickle device 1 includes a container body 10, a container lid 20 that covers the container body 10, a rotary head 30 that is disposed in a state of projecting in the vicinity of the center of the upper surface of the container lid 20, in fact, in the center, An arm-like handle 40 attached with the rotary head 30 as an attachment base, a push plate 50 for pressing the pickled material accommodated in the container body 10 from above, and the rotation of the rotary head 30 to the push plate Rotation / elevation conversion means 60 for converting into 50 elevating operations.

The said container main body 10 can be comprised with a transparent plastic container, and the horizontal cross-sectional shape is made into the rectangular shape. As a result, when the push plate 50 tries to go around the space in the container body 10, it comes into contact with the container body 10 and is prevented from rotating.
On the outer periphery of the upper portion of the container body 10, a fitting portion 11 that is detachably fitted to the container lid 20 is provided.
The container body 10 stores pickled material (not shown).

The container lid 20 detachably covers the upper opening of the container main body 10, and is detachably attached to the container main body 10 with a fitting portion 21 corresponding to the fitting portion 11 of the container main body 10.
The container lid 20 is provided with an opening at the center thereof, and a cylindrical sleeve 61 is rotatably fitted to the opening.
The rotary head 30 is attached to the projecting portion of the sleeve 61 upward from the container lid 20. Accordingly, the rotary head 30 is disposed in a protruding state near the center of the container lid 20. The rotary head 30 and the sleeve 61 are configured to rotate together.

Under the sleeve 61, a short screw cylinder 61a having a female screw inside is integrally formed as a double tube as an inner cylinder.
A screw tube 62 having a male screw on the outer periphery is fitted into the screw cylinder 61a of the sleeve 61 in a screwed state.
A female screw is formed on the inner periphery of the screw tube 62, and a screw ring 63 having a male screw on the outside is fitted in a threaded state.
An elevating rod 51 of the pressing plate 50 is fixed to the inner hole of the screw ring 63.
The elevating rod 51 is spring-biased together with the screw ring 63 by a coil spring 52.
The upper end of the coil spring 52 is fixed to the inner ceiling of the screw tube 62, and the lower end of the coil spring 52 enters the inner bottom of the cylinder of the lifting rod 51 and is fixed in a compressed state.
The sleeve 61, the screw cylinder 61 a of the sleeve 61, the screw tube 62, the screw ring 63, the coil spring 52, and the elevating rod 51 are arranged in a state in which their axial centers coincide.

  The outer shape of the push plate 50 can be formed, for example, similar to the horizontal cross section of the container main body 10, but the pickled material accommodated in the container main body 10 can be uniformly pressed from above. It can be shaped. As another condition for the shape of the push plate 50, even if a rotational force may act on the push plate 50, a part of the push plate 50 comes into contact with the inner wall of the container body 10. It has a shape and size that can prevent the rotation.

When the rotary head 30 is rotated, the sleeve 61 is rotated together. Then, the screw tube 62 screwed into the screw cylinder 61a of the sleeve 61 is moved up and down. When the screw tube 62 is lowered to the lowest position, the further lowering is prevented. As a result, the screw tube 62 starts to rotate together with the sleeve 61. When the screw tube 62 is rotated, the screw ring 63 screwed into the screw tube 62 is lowered. When the screw ring 63 is lowered to the lowest position of the screw tube 62, the further lowering is prevented.
2 to 4 show a state where the push plate 50 is lowered to the lowermost position, that is, a state where the screw ring 63 and the screw tube 62 are lowered to the lowermost position.
On the other hand, when the screw tube 62 rises to the uppermost position, the further rise is prevented, and when the screw tube 62 rises to the uppermost position and the further rise is stopped, the screw tube 62 is stopped. Starts rotating together with the sleeve 61. Then, the screw ring 63 screwed into the screw tube 62 rises. The screw ring 63 rises to the top of the screw tube 62 so that further rise is prevented.
FIG. 1 shows a state where the push plate 50 is raised to the uppermost position.
The elevating rod 51 of the pressing plate 50 is lowered when the screw tube 62 and the screw ring 63 are lowered, and is raised when the screw tube 62 and the screw ring 63 are raised. As a result, the push plate 50 is moved up and down.

  The sleeve 61, the screw cylinder 61 a of the sleeve 61, the screw pipe 62, and the screw ring 63 perform a series of movements that are converted into a lifting / lowering operation in response to the rotating operation of the rotary head 30, and constitute a rotation / lifting / converting means 60. That is, when the rotary head 30 is rotated, the pressing plate 50 is moved up and down via the rotation-lifting conversion means 60, and the pressing force by the pressing plate 50 on the pickled material stored in the container body 10 is adjusted.

Referring also to FIGS. 5 and 6, the rotary head 30 is provided with a groove portion 31 for attaching the arm-shaped handle 40 on the upper surface side thereof. The groove 31 is a linear groove that allows the rotation axis of the rotary head 30 to pass through the center, and a pair of engagement holes 32 and 32 are provided on both side walls in the center of the groove 31. The engagement holes 32 and 32 are arranged at opposing positions around the rotation axis of the rotary head 30.
An arm-shaped handle 40 is attached to the groove portion 31.
The arm-shaped handle 40 has a knob 41 rotatably attached to an upper surface 40a at the tip. A pair of engaging pins 42 and 42 are formed to project from both side surfaces 40b and 40b of the base end portion of the arm-shaped handle 40.
The arm-shaped handle 40 has at least a base end side that is slightly smaller than the width of the groove 31 of the rotary head 30, so that the arm-shaped handle 40 fits in and out of the groove 31. It is configured.
Furthermore, the arm-shaped handle 40 is configured to be bent from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion. Strictly speaking, the bending direction is a direction in which a radius of curvature is formed on the upper surface 40 a side of the arm-shaped handle 40.

The arm-shaped handle 40 is attached to the rotary head 30 by allowing the engagement pins 42 and 42 to enter the engagement holes 32 and 32 of the rotary head 30 and engage with each other. In this attached state, the arm-like handle 40 can be rotated about the engaging pins 42 and 42 as the center of rotation.
The rotation of the arm-shaped handle 40 is on a surface perpendicular to the groove 31 of the rotary head 30, that is, a surface perpendicular to the container lid 20 (including a substantially perpendicular surface). Further, both end positions of the rotation of the arm-shaped handle 40 are positions where the arm-shaped handle 40 attached to the rotary head 30 so as to freely rotate contacts the bottom surface 31 a of the groove 31 of the rotary head 30.

There are two positions where the arm-shaped handle 40 comes into contact with the bottom surface 31a of the groove portion 31, one of which is a position where the lower surface 40c of the arm-shaped handle 40 contacts the bottom surface 31a of the groove portion 31, that is, the arm-shaped handle 40 shown in FIG. Is the use position. In this use position, the arm-shaped handle 40 is in a state where the tip end portion extends one side from the rotary head 30, and the arm-shaped handle 40 is curved upward. In this state of use, the knob 41 is at the tip of the arm-shaped handle 40 and protrudes upward.
Therefore, at the position where the arm-shaped handle 40 is used, the arm-shaped handle 40 is curved upward and the knob 41 also protrudes upward, so that the gap S between the arm-shaped handle 40 and the container lid 20 is increased. (See FIG. 1).

Of the two contact positions, the other contact position is a position where the arm-like handle 40 is inverted approximately 180 degrees on the surface perpendicular to the container lid 20 (including substantially vertical) from the use position, that is, FIG. 2. It is a non-use position of the arm-shaped handle 40 shown in FIG. In this non-use position, the upper surface 40a of the arm-like handle 40 comes into contact with the bottom surface 31a of the groove 31. Further, the distal end portion of the arm-shaped handle 40 extends from the rotary head 30 to the side opposite to the use position, and the arm-shaped handle 40 is curved downward. In this non-use position, the knob 41 protrudes downward at the distal end of the arm-shaped handle 40 and comes into close contact or contact with the container lid 20.
Therefore, when the arm-shaped handle 40 is not in use, the arm-shaped handle 40 is bent downward and the knob 41 also protrudes downward, so that the gap S between the arm-shaped handle 40 and the container lid 20 is narrowed. The handle 40 is retracted compactly on the container lid 20 together with the knob 41 (see FIG. 2).

  The pair of engaging pins 42, 42 provided to protrude on both side surfaces 40b, 40b of the arm-shaped handle 40, the lower half of the protruding end surface of the pair of engaging pins 42, 42 being appropriately cut off. The cut surface 42a is used. By configuring the scraping surface 42a in this way, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the arm-like handle 40 can be easily fitted into the groove 31 of the rotary head 30, and a pair of engagement pins 42 and 42 can be made to enter into a pair of engagement holes 32 and 32 of the groove part 31, and can be made to engage easily.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the arm-shaped handle 40 is manually operated in a state where the arm-shaped handle 40 is positioned at the use position, the rotary head 30 is rotated together with the rotation of the arm-shaped handle 40. Is converted into a lifting / lowering operation of the push plate 50 via the rotation / lifting / converting means 60. When the use of the arm-shaped handle 40 is finished, the arm-shaped handle 40 can be moved to a non-use position by reversing the arm-shaped handle 40 on a surface perpendicular to the container lid 20 by approximately 180 degrees (FIG. 2, FIG. 3).
In the use position, the gap S between the arm-shaped handle 40 and the container lid 20 is widened, and the arm-shaped handle 40 is easily turned. In the non-use position, the gap S between the arm-shaped handle 40 and the container lid 20 is narrowed, and the arm-shaped handle 40 does not protrude upward beyond the rotary head 30. Further, the arm-shaped handle 40 does not protrude from the container lid 20 to the side. As a result, the arm-shaped handle 40 is retracted on the container lid 20 and can be accommodated compactly even in a narrow space such as a refrigerator.

It is a front view in case the arm-shaped handle exists in a use position in the pickles which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view in case the arm-shaped handle exists in a non-use position in the pickles device concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the longitudinal direction of the pickles which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the transversal direction of the pickle which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the rotary head and arm-shaped handle of the pickles which concern on embodiment of this invention. (A), (B) is sectional drawing explaining attachment of the rotating head and an arm-shaped handle in the pickles which concern on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pickle device 10 Container main body 11 Fitting part 20 Container lid 21 Fitting part 30 Rotating head 31 Groove part 31a Bottom face 32 Engagement hole 40 Arm-shaped handle 40a Upper surface 40b Side surface 40c Lower surface 41 Knob 42 Engaging pin 42a Cutting surface 50 Push plate 51 Lifting rod 52 Coil spring 60 Rotation-lifting conversion means 61 Sleeve 61a Screw tube 62 Screw tube 63 Screw ring S Gap

Claims (2)

A container body (10), the container body (10) press plate for pressing the contained pickled material from above in (50), said container body (10) and container lid to the lid (20) A rotating head (30) arranged in a protruding state near the center of the container lid (20) and rotatable at a fixed position; an arm-like handle (40) attached to the rotating head (30); the rotational movement of the rotary head (30) into a vertical movement of the push plate (50) rotates - and a lifting converting means (60), the rotation by the rotation of the rotary head (30) - lifting converting means (60) a pickling device that holds the push plate (50) up and down freely in the container body (10) and presses the pickled material,
A groove (31) for attaching the arm-shaped handle (40) is provided on the upper surface of the rotary head (30) as a straight groove passing through the center of the rotary head (30), and a groove at the center of the groove (31) is provided. A pair of engaging pins (42), (42) provided on both side surfaces of the base end portion of the arm-like handle (40) with respect to the pair of engaging holes (32), (32) provided on both side walls. The use position in which the arm-shaped handle (40) is extended from the center of the rotary head (30) to the one side through the groove (31) by fitting together so as to be detachable, and the use position It is configured to be rotatable between the engagement pins (42) and (42) and a non-use position that is inverted approximately 180 degrees on a substantially vertical plane ,
And said arm-shaped handle (40) itself and form is curved to the upper surface (40a) side to the distal portion from said proximal end, which when the arm-like handle (40) is in the use position by, said arm-shaped handle (40) curves upward from the center of the rotary head (30) through the groove (31 ), widens the gap (S) between the container lid (20) and the arm-shaped handle (40), and is in the non-use position. A pickle container characterized in that the gap (S) between the container lid (20) and the arm-shaped handle (40) is sometimes narrowed . A knob (41) is rotatably attached to the distal end portion of the arm-shaped handle (40) , and when the knob (41) is in the use position of the arm-shaped handle (40) , it protrudes upward at the distal end portion and is not used. The pickle container according to claim 1, wherein the knob (41) is attached so as to protrude downward at the tip end portion.

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