JP5748253B1 - Display device using multiple toothpick - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to appeal the toothpick itself by giving a design to the end surface of the toothpick using a large number of toothpicks, and to increase consumers' interest in purchasing the toothpick. Arbitrary characters and designs are converted into data on the end face of a large number of toothpicks 10 and irradiated with laser light from a laser device. Arbitrary designs can be drawn with laser light. The end surface of the toothpick 10 irradiated with the laser light is melted, and the sap of the toothpick 10 comes out, and the adjacent toothpick 10 is bonded by this sap. Therefore, a continuous curved portion or straight line portion can be maintained in a curved portion or straight portion on the inner side or outer side of R without causing a step due to the movement of the toothpick 10 in the middle. Therefore, the design can be displayed in a clear and clear state as a whole. [Selection] Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device using a large number of toothpicks by placing a plurality of toothpicks in a case with the end surface of the toothpick on the base side facing upward.

  Toothpicks have been sold in the past, but the current state of selling toothpicks is that a large number of toothpicks are housed in a circular case and are cluttered. Moreover, the shape of the base part of the toothpick stored in these cases is made into a substantially kokeshi shape by inserting some grooves into the surface of the base part. And the end face of the base part of the toothpick is a little black or dark brown so that the color of the hair is assumed.

A toothpick is generally a low-priced product of hundreds of hundreds, and the toothpick itself is not actively designed. Only the shape of a kokeshi doll is applied to the base.
Also, the case containing these toothpicks is also transparent or translucent, and even if you look at the top of the case, it is black so that the base of the toothpick looks like a kokeshi. Slightly black or dark brown.

  Currently, when a toothpick is purchased, the consumer simply needs the toothpick, and the toothpick itself or the case containing the toothpick is designed and designed to actively consume the toothpick. The current situation is that nothing has been done to appeal to or display something.

  The present invention has been provided in view of the above-mentioned problems, and by designing the end surface of the toothpick using a plurality of toothpicks, the toothpick itself is appealed and the consumer is interested in the toothpick. An object of the present invention is to provide a display device that uses a large number of toothpicks to increase purchase motivation.

Therefore, in the display device using the multiple toothpick according to the first aspect of the present invention, the multiple toothpick 10 is placed in the case 2 with the pointed tip of the toothpick 10 facing downward, and the toothpick 10 The end surface on the base side of the case 2 is exposed from the upper surface of the case 2,
When a design such as a character or a design is drawn on the end face of the multiple toothpick 10 by a drawing means having an adhesion function, the adjacent toothpick 10 is adhered by the adhesion function of the drawing means. It is a feature.

  In the display device using a plurality of toothpick according to claim 2, the drawing means is a laser beam.

  In the display device using a plurality of toothpick according to claim 3, the drawing means is edible ink.

  The display device using a plurality of toothpicks according to claim 4 is characterized in that a surface of the toothpick 10 is decorated with a colored portion 12 of a single color or a plurality of colors.

  The display device using a plurality of toothpicks according to claim 5 is characterized in that characters such as Daikichi are printed on the surface of the toothpick 10 and used as a fortune ticket.

  According to the display device using a large number of toothpicks according to claim 1 of the present invention, a large number of toothpicks 10 are placed in the case 2 with the pointed tip of the toothpick 10 facing downward, and the toothpick 10 The end surface of the base portion side is exposed from the upper surface of the case 2, and when the design such as characters and designs is drawn on the end surface of the multiple toothpick 10 by the drawing means having an adhesive function, the drawing means Since the adjacent toothpick 10 is bonded by the bonding function of the toothpick, it is possible to form an unprecedented display medium using a large number of toothpicks 10, so that the toothpick 10 itself can be appealed and displayed. Consumers are also interested in the design, and consumers with this interest can increase the willingness to purchase the toothpick 10.

  According to the display device using a large number of toothpick according to claim 2, since the drawing means is a laser beam, a design combining characters, symbols, characters and symbols is drawn, so mass production is easy. Can be done.

  According to the display device using a plurality of toothpicks according to claim 3, since the drawing means is edible ink, a person can draw an arbitrary design with a brush, and an arbitrary color can be drawn. By using edible ink, a colorful design can be drawn on the end surface of the toothpick 10.

  According to the display device using a plurality of toothpicks according to claim 4, the surface of the toothpick 10 is decorated with a single-color or multiple-colored strip-shaped colored portion 12, so that the end surface of the toothpick 10 is The design is applied, and the side surface of the toothpick 10 is decorated with the colored portion 12, so that the design effect can be exhibited and the attention of the consumer can be further attracted.

  According to the display device using a large number of toothpicks according to claim 5, characters such as Daikichi are printed on the surface of the toothpick 10 and used as a fortune ticket. When the toothpick gathers, the toothpick 10 can be pulled out of the lower case 2 to make the place enjoyable, such as fate judgment.

It is a front view of the case main body in embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows having mounted many toothpick in the lower case in embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged plan view showing that a large number of toothpicks are mounted in the lower case in the embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which gave the design to the end surface of the many toothpick in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which has designed the end surface of the many toothpick in embodiment of this invention with the laser beam. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which designed the design of the maiko on the end surface of the many toothpick in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which designed the design of the five-storied tower on the end surface of the many toothpick in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which designed the design of the knife and the fork on the end surface of the many toothpick in embodiment of this invention. (A)-(e) is explanatory drawing at the time of decorating a strip | belt-shaped coloring part to the indication of the toothpick in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing at the time of mounting the toothpick which decorated the coloring part in embodiment of this invention in the lower case. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing at the time of printing, such as Daikichi of a toothpick in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing at the time of utilizing a toothpick in embodiment of this invention as a fortune-telling. It is explanatory drawing at the time of making the case main body circular in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing when the case main body in embodiment of this invention is made into rectangular shape.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a front view of a case body 1 in which a large number of toothpicks are mounted. The case body 1 is composed of a lower case 2 and an upper case 3 that can be opened and closed so as to cover the upper portion of the lower case 2. Has been.
The lower case 2 has a quadrangular cross section, the lower surface is closed, and the upper surface is opened. Moreover, the upper case 3 is formed larger than the lower case 2, and the upper surface is closed and the lower surface is opened.

2 and 3 show a front view and an enlarged plan view of the state where the upper case 3 is removed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a large number of toothpicks 10 are stored in the lower case 2 with the pointed tip of the toothpick 10 facing downward and the end surface (upper surface in the figure) of the toothpick 10 facing upward. ing.
The case body 1 may be made of paper or plastic, and may be transparent or translucent when made of plastic.

  The number of toothpicks 10 in the lower case 2 (how the toothpick 10 is packed) is such that the toothpick 10 will not fall from the lower case 2 even if the toothpick 10 is packed and the lower case 2 is turned upside down. Not to do. That is, when the toothpick 10 is tightly packed in the lower case 2 and the surfaces of the adjacent toothpick 10 are in contact with each other and the lower case 2 is turned upside down, The toothpick 10 is packed in the lower case 2 to such an extent that the toothpick 10 can be dropped, and the end toothpick 10 can be pulled out with a finger.

  In the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, that is, in the state where the toothpick 10 is simply put in the lower case 2, there is no difference from the commercially available form, but in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. It is characterized in that the design is performed using the end face on the base side of the toothpick 10 of the book.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4, in the state where a large number of toothpicks 10 are packed in the lower case 2, the design is applied to the end surfaces of the plurality of toothpicks 10 to exert a design effect. . In the example of FIG. 4, the letter “R” is given as a design, but a combination of a plurality of letters, numbers, and patterns may be given.

  In the present embodiment, the design method to be displayed on the end face of the multiple toothpick 10 is as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, a design is input in advance to a personal computer, and laser light is irradiated on the end surface of the toothpick 10 from the laser device 20 with this personal computer, and the laser light moves according to the design data. Design can be applied.

  Here, when laser light is applied to the end face of the toothpick 10 to draw an arbitrary character or design, the portion irradiated with the laser light (the portion on which the character or design is drawn) is not irradiated with the laser light. The toothpick 10 is recessed from the end face by about 0.5 mm. This is because the end surface of the toothpick 10 is burned and dented by the heat of the laser beam. Further, the end surface of the toothpick 10 is burnt, and the surface is burnt and burnt brown, and the design is drawn with the burnt eyes.

  By burning the end face side of the toothpick 10, some sap comes out from the inside of the toothpick 10 when the toothpick 10, which is a tree, is burnt. Adjacent toothpicks 10 are bonded together by the sap that comes out of the inside of toothpick 10. The toothpick 10 does not have a strong adhesive force due to the sap, and the adhesive force itself is weak. However, since the adjacent toothpick 10 is in contact with a large number of toothpicks 10, the toothpick 10 with its end face designed itself Adjacent toothpicks 10 are maintained in an adhesive state without being peeled off.

Therefore, the toothpick 10 itself having a design on the end face does not move in the horizontal direction, and the toothpick 10 itself does not rotate and maintains its state.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the straight and curved portions outside and inside the letter “R” are maintained without any step due to the movement of the toothpick 10 in the middle. Therefore, the design can be displayed in a clear and clear state as a whole.

FIG. 6 shows a maiko pattern drawn on the end face of a large number of toothpick 10, and FIG. 7 shows a case where a five-storied tower is drawn. FIG. 8 shows an example in which knives and forks are drawn.
In this way, by providing designs such as characters and designs on the end faces of the multiple toothpick 10, an unprecedented display medium using the multiple toothpick 10 can be formed. It is possible to appeal, and the consumer is also interested in the displayed design, and the consumer's interest in this interest can increase the willingness to purchase the toothpick 10.
Moreover, since the design which combined the character, the design, the character, and the design with the laser beam is drawn, mass production can be easily performed.

  In the above embodiment, the toothpick 10 itself is not decorated at all, but the toothpick 10 itself may be decorated. FIG. 9 shows a case where a colored portion 12 is formed on the peripheral surface of the base portion of the toothpick 10 in a band shape and an arbitrary color.

The colored portion 12 in FIG. 9A is a case where the color is one color, the color is, for example, red, and FIG. 9B is the colored portion 12 having two colors, and the colors are red and yellow, FIG. 3C shows the case where the colored portion 12 has three colors, and the colors are red, yellow, and red. FIG. 4D shows the colored portion 12 in four colors, red, green, black, and yellow. FIG. 5A shows the colored portion 12 in five colors in red, green, black, yellow, and light blue. Is the case.
The color of these colored portions 12 may be arbitrarily colored, and the number of strips can be any number. In addition, since the toothpick 10 is put in the mouth, the edible ink is used as the ink for coloring the colored portion 12.

  In FIG. 10, the toothpick 10 provided with the coloring portion 12 is placed in the lower case 2 so that the coloring portion 12 can be seen. As a result, the end surface of the toothpick 10 is designed, and the side surface of the toothpick 10 is decorated with the colored portion 12, so that the design effect can be exhibited and the consumer's attention is further increased. Can attract.

FIG. 11 uses the toothpick 10 as a fortune. FIG. 11A shows an example of printing “Daiyoshi”, FIG. 11B shows “Nakayoshi”, and FIG. 11C shows “Sueyoshi”. This printing can be easily performed with a laser beam.
In such a case, as shown in FIG. 12, for example, when a large number of people gather at a party or the like, the toothpick 10 can be pulled out from the lower case 2 to make the place enjoyable, such as fate determination. Further, the coloring part 12 shown in FIG. 9 may be combined with the toothpick 10 of FIG.

  In the above embodiment, the case body 1 has a substantially square shape. However, the case body 1 is not limited to a square shape, and may have a circular shape as shown in FIG. 13 or a rectangular shape as shown in FIG.

By the way, in the said embodiment, although it designed with the laser beam to design the end surface of many toothpick 10, it is not restricted to a laser beam. For example, edible ink may be applied between the end surfaces of adjacent toothpick 10 and the edible ink may be made viscous so that the adjacent toothpick 10 is lightly bonded to each other when the edible ink is dried. good.
In such a case, a person can draw an arbitrary design with a brush, and a colorful design can be drawn on the end face of the toothpick 10 by using an edible ink of an arbitrary color.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case main body 2 Lower case 3 Upper case 10 Toothpick 12 Coloring part 20 Laser apparatus

Claims (5)

A large number of toothpicks (10) are placed in the case (2) with the pointed tip of the toothpick (10) facing downward, and the end surface on the base side of the toothpick (10) is from the upper surface of the case (2). Exposed
When a design such as a character or a design is drawn on the end face of the multiple toothpick (10) by a drawing means having an adhesion function, the adjacent toothpick (10) is adhered by the adhesion function of the drawing means. A display device using a large number of toothpicks.   The display device using a plurality of toothpicks according to claim 1, wherein the drawing unit uses laser light.   The display device using a plurality of toothpicks according to claim 1, wherein the drawing means is edible ink.   4. A plurality of toothpicks according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a surface of the toothpick (10) is decorated with a colored portion (12) of a single color or a plurality of colors. Display device used.   The display device using multiple toothpicks according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein characters such as Daikichi are printed on the surface of the toothpick (10) and used as a fortune ticket. .

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