JP5320148B2 - Air freshener container body - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fragrance container, and more particularly, to a fragrance container including a box-shaped container body containing a gel-like fragrance.

  Various containers have been developed that contain granular gels that have absorbed chemicals such as fragrances and deodorants and volatilize volatile components (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In containers containing these gel-like fragrances, etc., gel-like fragrances generally separate moisture such as surfactants and solvents while volatilizing components are volatilized. It is made to volatilize from the volatilization opening provided in the upper part (top surface part).

JP 2007-175310 A

  However, drugs such as gel-like fragrances are generally used to separate moisture such as surfactants and solvents while volatilizing volatile components, and in order to prevent the moisture from leaking out of the container, There was no other way than opening the top of the container. Therefore, it has been difficult to flexibly change the use posture of the container, such as using the container upright or using it sideways according to the place of use.

  An object of this invention is to provide the fragrance | flavor container which can change the use attitude | position of a container flexibly according to a use place.

  The present invention is a fragrance container including a box-shaped container body containing a gel-like fragrance that shrinks while separating moisture while volatilizing a volatile component, and the container body has a liquid reservoir at the bottom. The above object is achieved by providing a fragrance container.

  According to the fragrance container of the present invention, even if the use posture is changed, the water separated from the drug such as the gel fragrance can be used without leaking out of the container.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the fragrance | flavor container which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a front view of the container main body of the fragrance | flavor container which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention, (b) is the sectional view on the AA line of (a), (c) is a bottom view. It is the perspective view which looked at the container main body from the bottom side. It is a disassembled perspective view of a container main body. It is a side view of the container main body explaining the use condition made vertical.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a fragrance container 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is preferably a box-shaped container body 11 containing a large number of spherical granular gel fragrances 12 (see FIG. 4), It consists of a cover body 22 that detachably accommodates the container main body 11 and volatilizes the volatile components from the volatile openings formed in the container main body 11 to exert an aroma effect. In addition, the fragrance container 10 of the present embodiment has a function capable of preventing moisture such as a surfactant and a solvent separated from the gel fragrance 12 from being leaked from the container body 11 as the volatile component progresses. ing.

  That is, the fragrance container 10 of this embodiment is provided with an outer volatile opening 21 around a box-shaped container body 11 containing a gel fragrance 12 that contracts while separating moisture while volatilizing volatile components. The container body 11 is used by being mounted inside the cover body 22, and the container body 11 includes a bottom portion 13, a peripheral wall portion 14 erected from a peripheral edge portion 13 a of the bottom portion 13, and a top surface portion in which a volatilization opening 15 is formed. 16, the bottom portion 13 has a shoulder portion 17 interposed between the bottom portion 13 and the peripheral edge portion 13a, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) to 2 (c) and FIG. Has a two-stage structure provided with a lower stage bottom 18, a peripheral wall volatilization opening 29 is formed in a part 140 of the peripheral wall 14, and the cover body 22 of the container body 11 is connected to the cover body 22. The mounting direction regulating means 20 for regulating the mounting direction of the container body 11 It provided fine cover member 22.

  More specifically, the container body 11 has a rectangular or square (substantially square in the present embodiment) planar shape, and a peripheral wall portion volatilization opening in the peripheral wall portion 140 standing from a peripheral edge portion 13a along one side of the rectangle or square. 29 is formed. Further, the shoulder 17 between the peripheral edge 13 a of the bottom 13 of the container body 11 and the lower bottom 18 forms a “U”. The “U-shape” is formed along three continuous sides of a rectangle or a square, with one side of the peripheral wall portion 140 where the peripheral wall portion volatilization opening 29 is formed as a base. The shoulder portion 17 of this “U” is the container body mounting direction restricting means 20. On the other hand, the cover body 22 is formed as a hollow hexahedral box having a rectangular or square (substantially square in the present embodiment) planar shape, and is opened and closed by a lid member 30 at the bottom corner inside the cover body 22. A pair of positioning guide bases 31 extending from the possible opening surface toward the back are provided on both sides. The positioning guide base 31 is engaged with the shoulder portion 17 of the container body 11 to be attached, and becomes the attachment direction restricting means 20 of the cover body 22.

  More specifically, the bottom portion 13 having a two-step structure and having a substantially square shape in plan view has a flat “U” shape between the peripheral portion 13a and the lower step bottom portion 18 in a portion along three continuous sides. "-Shaped shoulder 17 is interposed. A peripheral wall volatilization opening 29 is formed in the peripheral wall 140 connected to the shoulder 170 corresponding to the bottom of the “U” shape. And in the edge part 130a of the edge | side which opposes the shoulder part 170 which is a base, the lower stage bottom part 18 and the surrounding wall part 14 in which the surrounding wall part volatilization opening 29 is not open-opened connect directly, without interposing a shoulder part. ing. Accordingly, the lower stage bottom 18 has a “convex” shape when viewed from below the bottom 13.

  Note that the rectangular or square planar shape of the cover body 22 and the rectangular or square planar shape of the container body 11 include a substantially rectangular or substantially square planar shape.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the container body 11 is preferably a molded product made of a synthetic resin, and has a box shape having a substantially square planar shape with corners chamfered in an arc shape. It is formed. The container body 11 includes a substantially square bottom portion 13, and an arcuate chamfered peripheral edge portion 13 a and a peripheral wall portion 14, 140 standing continuously upward from the edge portion 130 a. 140 is erected in an upwardly inclined state toward the upper side, and the top surface portion 16 bordered by the peripheral ribs 14 a at the upper ends of the peripheral wall portions 14 and 140 is an opening surface on which the volatilization opening 15 can be formed. It has become. For example, after the gel-like fragrance 12 is accommodated, a covering sheet 23 in which a plurality of volatilization openings 15 are formed so as to cover the top surface portion 16 that is an opening surface is pasted on the peripheral rib 14 a at the upper end of the peripheral wall portion 14. A plurality of volatilization openings 15 distributed almost uniformly on the top surface portion 16 are easily formed by attaching and supporting them.

  In the present embodiment, the substantially square bottom portion 13 having a two-stage structure has a flat shoulder portion 17 interposed between the peripheral edge portion 13a and the lower step bottom portion 18 so as to have a substantially “U” shape. Is provided. As a result, the lower stage bottom portion 18 is arranged to extend to the central portion of the bottom portion 13, and the lower stage bottom portion 18 is separated from the gel-like fragrance 12 by being provided in a concave shape by being stepped down from the shoulder portion 17. A liquid reservoir 24 (see FIG. 2C) for storing water is formed.

  The depth H of the liquid reservoir 24 is determined not only by the amount of water separated from the gel fragrance 12 but also by the diameter of the granular absorbent body before absorbing the drug and the like. That is, when filling the liquid reservoir 24 with an appropriate amount of the granular absorbent and then filling the drug or the like from the upper part of the container main body 11, the granular absorbent does not jump out of the container main body 11 due to the force of the filled chemical. H is required. For example, when the diameter of the granular absorbent body before absorbing a drug or the like is 2 to 3 mm, the depth H is preferably 4 to 10 mm.

  Before using the fragrance container 10, the peripheral wall volatilization opening 29 is closed by sticking a peelable sticking sheet to the peripheral wall part 140, and this sticking sheet is used when the fragrance container 10 is used. By stripping off, a volatilization opening is formed.

  In this embodiment, as described above, the peripheral wall portion volatilization opening 29 is formed in the peripheral wall portion 140 connected to the shoulder portion 170 corresponding to the bottom of the “U” shape. As a result, the container body 11 is mounted on the cover body 22, and, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. Even when 10 is used, the volatile component can be volatilized from the peripheral wall volatilization opening 29 on the upper surface. Here, of the volatilization opening 15 (see FIG. 1) formed on the covering sheet 23 that covers the top surface portion 16 that becomes the opening surface of the container body 11, the volatilization opening 150 that is arranged on the lowermost side in the standing state. The lower part of the container 11 functions as a liquid reservoir 24 '. Accordingly, even when the container is placed upright as shown in FIG. The effect similar to the case where the agent container 10 is used is exhibited.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the cover body 22 to which the container body 11 is attached is preferably a synthetic resin molded product, and is a hollow hexahedral box that can be opened and closed by a lid member 30. It is formed. The outer volatilization opening 21 including the lid member 30 is provided around the cover body 22, and the volatilized component volatilized from the container body 11 is volatilized to the outside air through the outer volatilization opening 21. Be able to.

  Further, as described above, in the present embodiment, the pair of positioning guide bases 31 are provided at the corners of the bottom surface inside the cover body 22 so as to extend from the opening surface that can be opened and closed by the lid member 30 toward the back. The mounting direction restricting means 20 is provided on both sides. When using the fragrance container 10, for example, after the adhesive sheet that closes the peripheral wall volatilization opening 29 of the container body 11 is peeled off to form the peripheral wall volatilization opening 29, the “U” shape provided on the bottom 13 In the state where the shoulder portions 17 corresponding to the pair of side sides are mounted on the upper surfaces of the pair of positioning guide bases 31 as the mounting direction restricting means 20, the “U-shaped” shape in which the peripheral wall portion volatilization openings 29 are formed. By attaching the container main body 11 to the cover body 22 from the side of the peripheral wall portion 140 corresponding to the bottom of the cover body 22, the volatilized components are smoothly passed between the cover body 22 and the periphery of the attached container main body 11. Space is easily secured.

  Then, according to the fragrance container 10 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the container main body 11 attached to the cover body 22 can be placed from the flat position by standing the cover body 22 or lying down, or Even if it is used while changing the use posture from standing to flat, it can be used without causing the water separated from the drug such as the gel-like fragrance to leak out of the container.

  That is, according to the present embodiment, the bottom portion 13 of the container body 11 has a two-stage structure in which the lower portion bottom portion 18 is provided with the shoulder portion 17 interposed between the peripheral portion 13a. When used in a standing state, the inside of the container body 11 is removed from the volatilization openings 15 and 29 while the liquid separated from the gel-like fragrance 12 is allowed to leak without using the lower bottom 18 as the liquid reservoir 24 and leaked. It becomes possible to produce the flow of the air which volatilizes the volatile component which passed. In addition, for example, when used in a standing state, the portion below the volatilization opening 150 disposed on the lowermost side functions as the liquid reservoir 24 ', and the water separated from the gel-like fragrance 12 leaks out. It is possible to generate an air flow that volatilizes the volatile component from the volatilization openings 15 and 29 through the inside of the container body 11 while collecting the liquid.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the mounting direction regulating means 20 by the pair of positioning guide bases 31 provided at the bottom corners inside the cover body 22 and the “U” shape of the container body 11 are provided. The mounting direction restricting means 20 is provided by the shoulder portion 17, and when the bottom portion 13 of the container body 11 is viewed in plan, the lower bottom portion 18 has a “convex” shape. In addition, it is possible to clarify the direction of insertion into the cover body 22. Furthermore, even when the container body 11 is attached to the cover body 22 and the fragrance container 10 is used with the container body 11 shown in FIG. 5 in a standing state, the direction of the peripheral wall portion 140 in which the peripheral wall portion volatilization opening 29 is formed. Therefore, for example, by disposing the lid member 30 on the lower surface, it is possible to easily guide the fragrance container 10 to be installed with the peripheral wall volatilization opening 29 facing upward.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the peripheral wall volatilization opening 29 is not necessarily formed in the peripheral wall part 140 connected to the shoulder part 170 corresponding to the bottom of the “U” shape, and the insertion direction of the container body 11 into the cover body 22 is not necessarily required. As long as the positional relationship between and the peripheral wall portion volatilization opening 29 is clear, it may be formed in another peripheral wall portion. Moreover, the container main body does not necessarily need to have a substantially rectangular or substantially square planar shape. Furthermore, the cover body does not have to be a rectangular hexagonal box shape having a planar shape, and if the container body can be attached to the hollow portion, the cover body has a shape other than the hollow hexahedron shape such as an elliptical columnar shape. It may be.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Air freshener container 11 Container main body 12 Gel-like air freshener 13 Bottom part 13a Peripheral part 130a Bottom part 14 Peripheral wall part 140 Peripheral wall part 15 Volatilization opening 16 Top surface part 17 Shoulder part 170 U-shaped Shoulder portion 18 corresponding to the bottom side Lower bottom portion 20 Mounting direction regulating means 21 Outer volatilization opening 22 Cover body 23 Cover sheets 24, 24 'Liquid reservoir portion 29 Peripheral wall volatilization opening 30 Lid member 31 Positioning guide base

Claims (2)

A box-shaped container main body that contains a gel-like fragrance that shrinks while separating moisture while volatilizing a component, is attached to a cover body, and constitutes a fragrance container together with the cover body,
A bottom portion, a peripheral wall portion, and a top surface portion serving as an opening surface, and a liquid reservoir portion at the bottom portion, and a peripheral wall portion volatilization opening is formed in a part of the peripheral wall portion; and The container main body of the fragrance | flavor container to which the covering sheet | seat which covered the said top surface part which became and formed several volatilization openings was attached is attached.   2. The fragrance container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom portion has a two-stage structure in which a shoulder portion is interposed between the bottom portion and a lower bottom portion in which the liquid reservoir portion is formed on the inside. Container body.

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