JP4566631B2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a compact container, and more particularly to a rotational position setting mechanism for a container main body and a lid attached to the container main body via a hinge portion.

Regarding the mechanism of the opening / closing lid of a compact container, it has been well known that the container body and the lid body are attached via a hinge part, and the lid body is opened and closed by rotation around the hinge part. A lid locking mechanism that can be easily opened while maintaining the closed state of the lid is also known (see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-11-99015

  However, the lid locking mechanism described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the structure of the mechanism itself is complicated and the manufacturing cost is high.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems by using a hinge unit whose rotational position can be set in the hinge portion, and without using a conventional lid locking mechanism, by the rotational force of the hinge unit. An object of the present invention is to provide a compact container capable of maintaining the closed state of the lid and maintaining the open state of the lid at an arbitrary angle.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a compact container comprising a container main body and a lid body connected to the container main body by left and right hinge parts as a compact container, wherein at least one of the hinge parts is provided. The hinge unit is capable of setting the rotation position, and the container body and the lid are each provided with a connecting portion with the hinge unit, and the connecting portion of the lid is inclined in the closing direction from the angle of the closing position by the hinge unit. A configuration is adopted in which the angular positions are continuously provided so that the closed state is always maintained by the rotational force of the hinge unit when the lid is closed .

As an embodiment of the connecting portion of the lid and the hinge unit, the connecting portion of the lid is configured such that the angle position inclined from the closing position to the closing direction is 4 ° or more and 20 ° or less. .

  By providing a hinge unit that can set the rotation position in the compact container, the closed state can be maintained by the rotational force of the hinge unit when the lid is closed, and the opened state can be maintained at a desired angle when the lid is opened. It became so.

Next, an embodiment of the compact container of the present invention will be described.
In FIG. 1, A is a container body, and B is a lid attached to the container body A via a hinge unit C and a hinge pin D that can set a rotational position.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container main body A includes a bottom wall 1, a front wall 2 and a rear wall 3 erected on each end edge of the bottom wall 1, and side walls 4 a and 4 b.
A recess 5 is provided at the center of the front wall 2.

  Notches 6a and 6b are provided on both sides of the rear wall 3 of the container body A, and the hinge unit C is inserted into the rear wall 3 from the rear wall 3 side end surface of the notches 6a and 6b. The hinge unit receiving hole 7 and the bearing hole 8 into which the hinge pin D is inserted are respectively drilled.

  A partition 9 for dividing the interior is provided inside the container main body A. One of the partitions 9 is a decorative dish storage portion 10 and the other is a puff storage portion 11.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the lid B includes a top wall 15, a front wall 16, a rear wall 17, and side walls 18 a and 18 b that are suspended from the edge of the top wall 15.
Connection pieces 19a and 19b corresponding to the notches 6a and 6b of the container main body A are vertically provided at the corners on both sides of the rear wall 17 and the side walls 18a and 18b.
A projecting portion 20 that engages with the concave portion 5 of the container main body A when the lid is closed is suspended from the center of the lower end of the front wall 16.
A mirror frame 21 is provided at the center of the back surface of the top wall 15, and a mirror m is attached to the inside thereof.

Since the hinge unit C is inserted into the end surface of the connecting piece 19a on the side of the cutout portion 6a, a bearing portion 22 having a shape in which the upper and lower sides of the circle are cut out by straight parallel lines is provided by the hinge unit receiving hole 7 of the container main body A. ° Drilled at an angle.
A shaft hole 23 penetrating to the side surface of the side wall 18b is attached to the end surface of the connecting piece 19b on the side of the notch 6b to attach the hinge pin D, and a fitting portion 24 having an enlarged diameter is provided on the side wall 18b side. It is.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the hinge unit C includes a housing 30 and a guide pin 31, a spring 32 and a cam 33, and a shaft 34.
The housing 30 is a cylindrical body having a shape in which the upper and lower sides of a circle are cut by straight lines parallel to each other. It has.

The guide pin 31 is engaged with the guide rod 40 inserted into the guide hole 37 of the housing 30, the reduced diameter portion 41 having a reduced diameter with the front end of the guide rod 40 as a bowl shape, and the rear wall 38 at the rear end. And an enlarged locking portion 42 to be stopped.
The spring 32 is inserted into the inner periphery of the peripheral wall 35 of the housing 30, the guide rod 40 is penetrated inside the spring 32, and both ends are formed so as to be positioned substantially on a horizontal plane.

  The cam 33 is inserted into the inner periphery of the peripheral wall 35 of the housing 30, and is formed of a base portion 45 that is movable in the direction of the opening 36 and the rear wall 38, and a cam-shaped portion 46 provided on the outside thereof. As shown in FIG. 5, the cam-shaped portion 46 is continuous on the surface connecting the peak portion 46 a and the valley portion 46 b, and a hole 47 through which the guide rod 40 passes is formed in the central portion of the cam 33. It has been drilled.

  From the cam shape portion 50, the shaft 34 has a shape that is continuous with a surface connecting the peak portion 50 a and the valley portion 50 b facing the cam shape portion 46 on the surface facing the cam 33. The shaft portion 51 is formed with a shaft portion 51 having a diameter that is enlarged and cut by a straight line parallel to the top and bottom of the circle, and a guide hole 52 into which the guide rod 40 is inserted is formed in the center portion of the cam shape portion 50. On the inner periphery of the shaft portion 51, a locking portion 53 that fits into the reduced diameter portion 41 near the tip of the guide rod 40 is provided.

FIG. As shown in FIG. 6A, in the hinge unit C, the peak portion 46 a and the valley portion 46 b of the cam-shaped portion 46 are formed on the shaft 34 by applying the elastic force of the spring 32 to the cam 33 in the housing 30. The valley portion 50b and the peak portion 50a of the cam-shaped portion 50 are engaged with each other, and a predetermined angular position is maintained.
Even if the shaft portion 34 is rotated to some extent by applying a rotational force to the housing 30 in a fixed direction (A direction in FIG. 6), as shown in FIG. 6B, the peak portion 50a of the cam-shaped portion 50 of the shaft 34 is obtained. As long as the rotational force is eliminated as long as it does not exceed the crest 46a of the cam-shaped portion 46 of the cam 33, FIG. Returning to the stable rotational position shown in FIG.

  When a rotational force in the A direction is applied to the hinge unit C and the rotational force is eliminated at a position where the peak portion 50a of the shaft 34 exceeds the peak portion 46a of the cam 33 as shown in FIG. The crest 50a and the next trough 46b of the cam 33 are matched and act to rotate to a stable rotational position rotated 180 ° and stop.

  The hinge pin D is composed of a shaft portion and a fitting portion having an enlarged diameter that fits into the fitting portion 24 of the shaft hole 23 drilled in the connecting piece 19b of the lid B.

Next, assembly of the compact container of this embodiment and an effect are demonstrated.
In assembling the compact container, first, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the housing 30 of the hinge unit C is inserted into the hinge unit receiving hole 7 formed in the rear wall 3 of the container body A from the rear wall 38 side. Insert.

  A bearing portion drilled in the connecting piece 19a of the lid B on the outer periphery of the shaft portion 51 of the hinge unit C attached to the container main body A with the back surface of the lid B facing upward and inclined at a predetermined angle. 22 is inserted.

From the side wall 19b side of the shaft hole 23 drilled in the connecting piece 19b of the lid B, the end of the shaft portion of the hinge pin D is inserted, penetrated through the shaft hole 23, and inserted into the bearing hole 8 in the rear wall 3 of the container body A. To do.
The fitting part with the enlarged diameter of the hinge pin D is fitted into the fitting part 24 of the shaft hole 23 of the lid B.
Accordingly, the lid B is attached to the container main body A so as to be rotatable.

  When the lid is closed, the bearing 22 drilled in the connecting piece 19a of the lid B is bored at an angle of 5 ° with respect to the hinge unit receiving hole 7 of the container body A. Is 0 °, a rotational force is always applied in the direction of 0 °, and the closed state is maintained.

  When the lid is opened, a finger is put on the end of the protruding portion 20 provided on the lid B that engages with the recess 5 provided on the container body A, and the lid B is rotated so as to lift the hinge side as a fulcrum. When the peak portion 50a of the shaft 34 of the hinge unit C exceeds the peak portion 46a of the cam 33, it rotates to a predetermined stable rotational position, and a force to maintain the position works to maintain the lid open state. It becomes.

  In the above embodiment, the interval from the stable rotation position of the hinge unit to the next stable rotation position is 180 °. However, if the shape of the cam-shaped portion between the shaft and the cam is changed, the interval is set at an arbitrary angle. The shape of the cam shape portion and the like are not limited to those in the embodiment.

  The configuration of the hinge unit is not limited to that of the above-described embodiment, and various known hinge units can be used.

In the embodiment, the bearing portion 22 drilled in the connecting piece 19a of the lid B is perforated at an angle of 5 ° with respect to the hinge unit receiving hole 7 of the container body A. However, the inclination of the bearing portion 22 is determined by the hinge unit. Although the closed state can be satisfactorily maintained if the position is tilted to 20 ° or less from the angle of the stable rotational position, it is more preferable that the tilted position is tilted by 4 to 7 °.
In addition, when it provides in the position inclined more than 20 degrees, the urging | biasing force to a lid-like body becomes strong too much, and the problem that the operativity at the time of a lid | cover may be inferior may arise.

  In the above embodiment, the lid is attached to the container body via the hinge unit and the hinge pin. However, by using another hinge unit instead of the hinge pin, the rotational force related to opening and closing can be increased. The number and the hinge pins are not limited to this embodiment.

  In the above embodiment, the recess 5 is provided in the container main body A, and the protrusion 20 is provided in the lid B. However, it is sufficient that the edge of the lid B can be pushed up when the lid is opened. Alternatively, the knob may be protruded from the edge of the lid B without providing the recess 5 and the protrusion 20.

Next, another embodiment of the method for setting the hinge unit C will be described.
In the above embodiment, the hinge unit C is attached to the container main body A, but it may be attached to the connecting piece 19a of the lid B.
In that case, instead of the bearing portion 22, an insertion hole having a diameter larger than the maximum outer diameter of the hinge unit C is drilled so as to penetrate the connecting piece 19 a of the lid B, and the hinge unit C side is opened on the container body A side. Drill the bearing.

  When attaching the hinge unit C, the hinge unit C is inserted into the insertion hole of the connecting piece 19a from the outside from the shaft 34 side, and the shaft portion is inserted into the bearing portion on the container body A side, and then the closing member is used. Close the insertion hole.

The closing member has an outer peripheral surface having the same diameter as the insertion hole, and a hinge unit fitting insertion hole is perforated at the center thereof.
The fitting insertion hole has an opening end having a diameter larger than the outer shape of the housing 30, is reduced in diameter toward the deep portion, and below the fixed depth is the same shape as the outer shape of the housing 30, and is a bearing on the container body A side. It is formed at a predetermined angle with respect to the part.

After the hinge unit is inserted into the insertion hole, when the closing member is pushed in from the outside of the connecting piece 19a, the hinge unit is attached to rotate the shaft, and the insertion hole is closed.
Accordingly, the hinge unit and the closing member can be easily set with the lid closed.

  In addition, the method of setting the hinge unit is not limited as long as the lid unit can be biased in the direction of tilting in the rotation direction when the lid is closed.

  In the above embodiment, the notches 6a and 6b are provided on both sides of the rear wall of the container main body A, and the connecting pieces 19a and 19b of the lid B are fitted into the notches 6a and 6b and attached by the hinges. However, on the contrary, a notch is provided at the center of the rear wall of the container main body A, and a connecting piece provided at the center of the lid B is inserted into the notch and attached by the hinge. Alternatively, the configuration of the hinge portion is not limited to the embodiment.

  The compact container according to the present invention is provided with a hinge unit that can set the rotational position, so that the open state can be reliably maintained at an arbitrary angle when the lid is opened, and there is no locking portion when the lid is closed. The closed state can be maintained by the rotational force of the hinge unit, the structure can be simplified, and not only the compact but also widely used in place of the hinge of the container.

It is explanatory drawing of the open state of this invention compact container, (a) is a side view, (b) is a top view. It is explanatory drawing of a container main body, (a) is a side view, (b) is a top view. It is explanatory drawing of a cover body, (a) is a side view, (b) is a top view. It is explanatory drawing of a hinge unit, (a) is a top view, (b) is a partial cross section side view, (c) is a bottom view. The stable rotation position of a hinge unit is shown, (a) is front sectional drawing, (b) is a partial cross section. It is expansion | deployment explanatory drawing of the cam-shaped part provided in the shaft and cam, (a) is a figure which shows the stable state which both the crests and troughs matched, (b) is a crest of the shaft, and the crest of the cam FIG. 3C is a state diagram after the peak portion of the shaft exceeds the peak portion of the cam.

Explanation of symbols

A Container body B Lid C Hinge unit D Hinge pin m Mirror 1 Bottom wall 2 Front wall 3 Rear wall 4a, b Side wall 5 Recess 6a, b Notch 7 Hinge unit receiving hole 8 Bearing hole 15 Top wall 16 Front wall 17 Rear wall 18a, b side wall 19a, b connecting piece 20 projecting portion 22 bearing portion 23 shaft hole 24 fitting portion 30 housing 31 guide pin 32 spring 33 cam 34 shaft 35 peripheral wall 36 opening 37 guide hole 38 rear wall 40 guide rod 41 reduced diameter portion 42 Locking portion 45 Base portion 46, 50 Cam shape portion 46a, 50a Mountain portion 46b, 50b Valley portion
47 hole 51 shaft part 52 guide hole 53 locking part

Claims (2)

A compact container comprising a container body and a lid body connected to the container body by left and right hinge parts,
At least one of the hinge parts is a hinge unit that can set the rotational position ,
Provide a connecting part with the hinge unit in each of the container body and the lid,
The connecting part of the lid is connected in an angled position that is inclined in the closing direction from the angle of the closing position by the hinge unit, and when the lid is closed, the lid is always kept closed by the rotational force of the hinge unit. A compact container characterized by that . 2. The compact container according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion of the lid body has an angle position inclined in the closing direction from the closing position to 4 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less .

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