JP5090064B2 - Corn container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container for containing a cone containing soft ice cream, soda ice, lacto ice or the like (hereinafter referred to as ice or the like).

  Conventionally, as this type of container, a cup-shaped container body and a cup-shaped lid body fitted to the cup-shaped container body, a container containing a cone and covering the outside of ice etc. with a lid body are widely used. Yes.

  The container body is provided with a body skirt portion extending substantially axially and toward the bottom side of the container body, with the lip of the cylindrical body body as a base, and the lid body is a tubular lid body body. A lid skirt portion extending substantially in the axial direction from the mouth edge of the lid portion toward the extending direction of the lid body portion, and the lid skirt portion of the lid body is fitted to the outer periphery of the main body skirt portion of the container body. Is possible. The container body and the lid are formed from a flexible resin sheet.

  In such a corn container, if the fitting support between the container body and the lid body is hardened in order to prevent the lid body from being removed from the manufacturing process, a large force is required when removing the lid body. There was a drawback that the movement of the lid body at the moment of the uncoupling was increased, and the ice etc. broke or collapsed due to the interference between the lid body and the ice at the time of removal. For this reason, in the container which patent document 1 discloses, the outer peripheral surface of the fitting part of a container main body and a cover body is packaged with a shrink film.

JP 2002-249195 A

  However, the use of shrink film requires heating at the time of packaging, and there is a risk that ice or the like may melt or deteriorate during packaging, so other structures that can remove the lid with a small force are required. .

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a container having a novel structure in which the lid body is unlikely to be removed during the distribution process from manufacture and the lid body can be removed with a small force.

The container for cones according to the present invention includes a cup-shaped container body and a cup-shaped lid body fitted to the cup-shaped container body, and the container body has a body skirt portion extending substantially in the axial direction outside the lip. The lid body includes a lid skirt portion extending substantially in the axial direction at a mouth edge of the lid body, and the lid skirt portion can be fitted to an outer periphery of the main body skirt portion. Because
The main body skirt portion is provided with a plurality of outward projecting portions that are fitted into the lid skirt portion with a gap therebetween in the circumferential direction, and a flexible rib that is recessed inwardly inside the gap. Arranged, connected between the plurality of protrusions by the flexible rib, the plurality of protrusions can be retracted inward,
The lid body skirt portion is provided with an inwardly projecting engagement portion, and the engagement portion engages with the main body skirt portion during the fitting, and when the lid body is moved in the horizontal direction, When at least one of the protrusions is retracted, the engagement between the engagement portion and the main body skirt portion in the direction of movement is released.

  In the present invention, the main body skirt portion of the container body is provided with a plurality of outward projecting portions that fit into the lid body skirt portion of the lid body with a gap therebetween, and the plurality of projecting portions can be retracted inward. Therefore, the main body skirt can be easily bent and the lid can be removed with a small force compared to the conventional cone container in which the outer diameter of the main body skirt is uniform over the entire circumference. it can.

  Preferably, the lid skirt portion is provided with an engaging portion protruding inward, and the engaging portion engages with the main body skirt portion during the fitting. In this case, it is possible to make it difficult for the lid to come off during the distribution process from the manufacture.

  Preferably, the main body skirt portion is based on a lip of the container main body and extends toward the bottom of the container main body in the axial direction. In this case, due to the taper gradient of the main body skirt for facilitating the fitting, at the same time, the mold release properties at the time of molding can be improved.

  Preferably, the plurality of protrusions are connected by flexible ribs that are recessed inward. In this case, since the gaps between the plurality of protrusions are closed by the flexible ribs, the exposure amount of the edges of the protrusions can be suppressed, and the feeling during eating can be improved.

  Preferably, the lid skirt has a tab for gripping, and at least one of the plurality of protrusions is retracted by gripping the tab and pulling it outward. In this case, the opening can be facilitated by the tab, and the user can be instructed on an appropriate opening method by the presence of the tab.

  Preferably, the lid body has a perforation, and the lid body can be broken along the perforation by gripping the lid skirt portion and pulling it outward. In this case, since the breaking operation along the perforation and the removing operation of the lid are not performed at the same time, the force acting on the lid when removing the lid can be further reduced. Interference with ice and the like can be further effectively suppressed.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A corn container 1 (hereinafter referred to as “container 1” as appropriate) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a container body 2 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and a lid 3 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Both the container body 2 and the lid 3 may be opaque, or at least one of them may be transparent or translucent.

  The container main body 2 and the lid 3 are formed by vacuum forming or pressure forming of sheet-like polystyrene (PS). The container body 2 and the lid 3 may be made of other types of sheet-like thermoplastic resin materials such as polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

  1 and 2, the container body 2 has a substantially circular cup shape in plan view. The container main body 2 has a cylindrical main body portion 4 that is enlarged in diameter in the upper part of FIG. 2, a disk-shaped bottom portion 5, and a main body skirt portion 6 that extends substantially in the axial direction outside the mouth edge of the main body portion 4. I have. The main body skirt portion 6 has the lip of the main body trunk portion 4 as a base portion, and extends toward the side close to the bottom portion 5 in the axis A direction. The main body skirt portion 6 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 7 having an outer diameter, that is, a distance from the axis A larger than that of the main body trunk portion 4 with a gap 8 therebetween in the circumferential direction.

  A gap 8 between two adjacent projecting portions 7 is connected by a flexible rib 9 that is recessed inwardly in a V-groove shape. As shown in FIG. 2, the axial position h at the end of the protrusion 7 in the direction of the axis A is equal to the axial position at the end of the flexible rib 9.

  Due to the flexibility of the container body 2, each protrusion 7 can be elastically deformed by a force applied at the time of opening, and as a result, the contour constituted by the outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of protrusions 7 is at least 1. The two protrusions 7 can be reduced by inward deformation. A gap i is provided between the bottom of the flexible rib 9 and the outer peripheral surface of the main body barrel 4, and the flexible rib 9 and the main body barrel 4 do not interfere when the protrusion 7 is retracted. Has been. The cross-sectional shape of the flexible rib 9 may be other shapes such as an arc shape.

  In the vicinity of the mouth edge of the container body 2, an undercut portion 10 having an inner diameter that decreases toward the opening is formed. The undercut portion 10 suppresses mutual sticking (stacking) when a plurality of container main bodies 2 are stacked during storage.

  On the other hand, in FIG.3 and FIG.4, the cover body 3 has comprised the substantially circular cup shape by planar view. The lid 3 includes a substantially hemispherical dome portion 11 and a lid skirt portion 12 extending substantially toward the axis A direction at the lip of the dome portion 11.

  The lid skirt portion 12 is based on the lip of the dome portion 11 and extends downward in FIG. 4 (that is, the side closer to the bottom portion 5 of the container body 2 in the axial direction).

  The lid skirt portion 12 is provided with a plurality of engaging portions 14 projecting inwardly with a gap therebetween in the circumferential direction. The inner diameter of the lid skirt portion 12 excluding the engaging portion 14 is uniform in the circumferential direction. In the present embodiment, a plurality of engaging portions 14 are provided, but the engaging portions in the present invention may be a single one that is continuous in the circumferential direction.

  The lid skirt portion 12 of the lid 3 has a grip tab 15 that extends outward. A number of anti-slip ribs 16 are formed in the center of the tab 15. An upward lip portion 17 in FIG. 4 is formed so as to surround the lower end portion of the lid skirt portion 12 and the outer periphery of the peripheral edge portion of the tab 15.

  In the container 1 configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 4, the lid 3 is attached to the container body 2 while the contents such as the cone D containing ice or the like C are accommodated in the container body 2. Fit. At this time, the engaging portion 14 of the lid skirt portion 12 of the lid 3 gets over the outer peripheral surface 7a of the protruding portion 7 of the main body skirt portion 6 of the container main body 2, whereby the lid skirt portion 12 becomes the main body skirt portion 6. It fits on the outer periphery. At the time of fitting, the outer peripheral surface (arc-shaped surface) 7 a of the projecting portion 7 of the main body skirt portion 6 faces the lid skirt portion 12.

  When opening, as shown in FIG. 5, when the user grasps the tab 15 of the lid 3 and pulls it outward in the direction of arrow P, the lid skirt portion 12 of the lid 3 opposes the tab 15. The protruding portion 7 located on the side is pushed inward (in the direction approaching the axis A), whereby a part of the protruding portions 7 is directed inward from the position indicated by the two-dot chain line a in the direction of the arrow S in the figure. Reduce to.

  As a result, relative movement of the lid 3 in the direction of arrow P with respect to the container body 2 is allowed, and some of the engaging portions 14 of the lid 3 near the tabs 15 are engaged with the protrusions 7 of the container body 2. As a result, the gap (b) in the horizontal direction (radial direction) is generated between the engaging portion 14 and the protruding portion 7. Therefore, the lid 3 can be easily detached from the container body 2 by pulling the tab 15 upward from this state.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the body skirt portion 6 of the container body 2 is provided with the plurality of outward projecting portions 7 that are fitted to the lid skirt portion 12 of the lid body 3 with the gap 8 therebetween. Since the plurality of projecting portions 7 can be retracted inward, the main body skirt portion 6 is more easily bent than the conventional cone container in which the outer diameter of the main body skirt portion is uniform over the entire circumference. Thus, the lid 3 can be removed with a small force.

  In the present embodiment, the lid skirt portion 12 is provided with an engaging portion 14 projecting inwardly, and the engaging portion 14 engages with the main body skirt portion 6 during the fitting, so that the manufacturing and distribution process is performed. The lid 3 can be made difficult to come off.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the main body skirt part 6 is based on the lip of the container main body 2 and extends toward the bottom 5 of the container main body 2 in the axis A direction, the main body for smooth fitting The taper gradient of the skirt portion 6 (gradient α with respect to the vertical line B in FIG. 2) can simultaneously improve the die-cutting property at the time of molding.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the some protrusion 7 is connected by the flexible rib 9 which dents inward, the clearance gap between the some protrusion 7 is block | closed by the flexible rib 9, The exposure amount of the edge of the protrusion part 7 can be suppressed, and the feeling at the time of eating can be made favorable.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the lid skirt portion 12 has a tab 15 for gripping, and at least one of the plurality of projecting portions 7 is retracted by gripping the tab 15 and pulling it outward, the tab 15 Can facilitate opening, and the presence of the tab 15 can instruct the user on an appropriate opening method.

  The lid in the present invention may be perforated by providing a perforation. In the modification shown in FIG. 6, the lid 103 has a perforation 118 over the entire circumference thereof, and the lid 103 is formed into the perforation 118 by grasping the tab 115 of the lid skirt 106 and pulling it outward. The lower portion 119 can be removed by breaking. In this case, since the breaking operation along the perforation 118 and the removal operation of the lid body 103 are not performed at the same time, the force acting on the lid body 103 when the lid body 103 is removed can be further reduced. Interference between the lid 103 at the time and ice or the like can be further effectively suppressed.

  In addition, in the said embodiment and its modification, although there exists an advantage that it can package without using a shrink film, the outer periphery of the coupling | bond part of the container main body 2 and the cover body 3 in the container 1 is coat | covered with a shrink film or an adhesive tape. Such a configuration may also belong to the category of the present invention.

It is a top view which shows the container main body of the container for cones concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the II-II line cross section of the container main body of FIG. It is a top view which shows a cover body. It is a front view which shows the specification state of the container for cones. It is a top view which shows the effect | action at the time of removing a cover body from the container for cones. It is a front view which shows the container for cones of a modification.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 Cone container 2,102 Container main body 3,103 Lid body 6,106 Main body skirt part 7 Protrusion part 7a Outer peripheral surface 8 Gap 9 Flexible rib 12 Lid body skirt part 14 Engagement part 15, 115 Tab

Claims (4)

A cup-shaped container main body and a cup-shaped lid fitted to the cup-shaped container main body, the container main body including a main body skirt portion extending substantially in the axial direction on the outer side of the mouth edge; A cone container having a lid skirt portion extending substantially in the axial direction at an edge, wherein the lid skirt portion can be fitted to an outer periphery of the main body skirt portion;
The main body skirt portion is provided with a plurality of outward projecting portions that are fitted into the lid skirt portion with a gap therebetween in the circumferential direction, and a flexible rib that is recessed inwardly inside the gap. Arranged, connected between the plurality of protrusions by the flexible rib, the plurality of protrusions can be retracted inward,
The lid body skirt portion is provided with an inwardly projecting engagement portion, and the engagement portion engages with the main body skirt portion during the fitting, and when the lid body is moved in the horizontal direction, The cone container is characterized in that the engagement between the engaging portion and the main body skirt portion in the moving direction is released by retracting at least one of the projecting portions. The corn container according to claim 1,
The container body for a cone according to claim 1, wherein the body skirt portion has a mouth edge of the container body as a base and extends toward a side closer to the bottom of the container body in the axial direction. The corn container according to claim 1 or 2,
The lid skirt has a grip tab, and at least one of the plurality of protrusions is retracted by gripping the tab and pulling it outward. A corn container according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The container according to claim 1, wherein the lid body has a perforation, and the lid body can be broken along the perforation by grasping the lid body skirt portion and pulling the lid body outward.

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