JP5802546B2 - Container for granular materials - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a granular material container for storing granular contents (such as a soft confectionery such as a tablet).

As a container of this type, a container main body having a storage section for storing contents and an extraction section for taking out the contents, and a lid body that is slidably combined with the container main body and opens and closes the extraction section by sliding movement. Are known (see Patent Document 1).
According to this container, since the take-out portion can be opened and closed by sliding the lid, it is possible to easily switch between the content take-out state and the storage state.

JP 2007-238176 A

  However, in the above-described conventional container, although the contents can be easily taken out, there is room for improvement in the filling workability of the contents. For example, at the stage after the lid is combined with the container main body, it is difficult to open the reservoir by simply sliding the lid. Therefore, it is necessary to store the contents in the storage unit in advance, and then combine the container body and the lid. Moreover, since it is such a structure, it was also difficult to refill (refill) the contents.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, The objective is to provide the container for granular materials which can perform the filling operation | work of the content easily.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following means.
(1) The container for granular materials according to the present invention contains a granular content and a container main body in which an extraction hole for taking out the content is formed, and is attached to the container main body. A lid member that opens and closes, and a cartridge body in which the contents are stored and detachably disposed in the container main body, and the container main body is formed in a cylindrical shape with an end on at least one side opened. The cartridge body includes a bottom wall portion that closes the opening of the container body, and a storage portion that stores the contents and is formed with a communication opening that communicates with the extraction hole. The control opening protrudes toward the inside in the radial direction of the communication opening and restricts the movement of the contents through the communication opening toward the extraction hole, and the communication opening is opened to open the contents. The extraction hole through the communication opening A restricting member that can be inverted and deformed is disposed between a release position that releases the restriction of the moving toward the end, and the lid member is inverted toward the radially outer side of the communication opening. A protruding piece that is deformed to switch its position from the restriction position to the release position is disposed, and the restriction member is inverted and deformed to the release position by the protrusion, and then remains in the release position. .

  According to the container for granular materials according to the present invention, when filling the contents, the contents are first stored in the storage portion of the cartridge body, and then the cartridge body is put into the container body from the opened portion of the container body. Incorporate. Accordingly, the bottom wall portion of the cartridge body closes the opening of the container body, and the communication opening of the cartridge body and the extraction hole of the container body are in communication. At this time, since the restricting member is located at the restricting position, it is difficult for problems such as the stored contents to spill out of the take-out hole through the communication opening.

Next, when the cartridge body is incorporated into the container body with the lid member closed and the extraction hole closed, the projecting piece disposed on the lid member directs the regulating member toward the outside in the radial direction at the communication opening. By reversely deforming, the position is switched from the restriction position to the release position. Thereby, the restriction | limiting of the movement to the extraction hole through the communicating opening of the content is cancelled | released, and it will be in the state which can take out the content. That is, only by performing an operation of incorporating the cartridge body into the container body with the lid member closed, the operation of switching the regulating member to the release position can be performed at the same time, and the contents can be taken out. Thereby, the filling operation of the contents into the container body is completed.
Note that, after the cartridge body is incorporated in the container body with the lid member opened, the regulating member may be inverted to the release position by closing the lid member.

  In particular, it is easy to use because the contents can be easily filled by simply performing the simple work of assembling the cartridge body in which the contents are stored in the storage portion into the container body with the lid member closed. . Moreover, since the lid member is closed, it is difficult for problems such as the contents to spill out of the storage during the assembling operation. Therefore, the filling operation can be performed without worrying about the contents, which is also easy to use.

(2) In the granular material container according to the present invention, the take-out hole is formed at an end portion on the other side of the container body, and the storage portion extends from the bottom wall portion to the other end portion of the container body. Preferably, the contents can be stored in a line, and the communication opening is formed at a tip portion of the storage portion opposite to the bottom wall portion.

  In this case, since the contents can be stored in a line, it is easy to store a predetermined number of contents, for example. Further, the contents can be more reliably and smoothly taken out one by one through the take-out hole.

  According to the container for granular materials according to the present invention, it is possible to easily perform the filling operation of the contents only by performing the simple operation of incorporating the cartridge body in which the contents are stored in the storage portion into the container body. it can.

It is a longitudinal half sectional view showing an embodiment of a container for granular materials concerning the present invention. It is the longitudinal half sectional view which shows the state which opened the cover member and opened the extraction hole from the state shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal half sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is a transverse half sectional view taken along line BB shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal half sectional view of the cartridge body shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is an upper view of the cartridge body shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the cartridge body shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal half sectional view immediately after the cartridge body shown in FIG. 5 is inserted into the container body with the lid member opened. FIG. 9 is a transverse half sectional view taken along line CC shown in FIG. 8.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a container for granular materials according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Structure of container for granular materials)
As shown in FIGS. 1-4, the container 1 for granular materials of this embodiment is a cylindrical container in which the granular content W was accommodated and the extraction hole 2a from which the content W was taken out was formed. A main body 2; a lid member 3 that is attached to the container main body 2 and opens and closes the take-out hole 2a; and a cartridge body 4 that stores the contents W and is detachably disposed in the container main body 2. Yes.

In the present embodiment, an axis passing through the center of the cross section of the container body 2 is referred to as a central axis O, and a direction from the bottom wall portion 20 side of the cartridge body 4 toward the lid member 3 along the central axis O is referred to as a central axis O. The upper side and the opposite direction are called the lower side. A direction orthogonal to the central axis O is referred to as a radial direction, and a direction around the central axis O is referred to as a circumferential direction.
Further, in the present embodiment, the content W is a tablet (tablet) (for example, a refreshing confectionery, a drug, a supplement, etc.).

The said container main body 2 is made into the cylinder of the cross sectional view substantially elliptical shape which both the upper end part and the lower end part opened. Specifically, it is formed in a substantially elliptical shape in a cross-sectional view that is long in one direction in the radial direction and short in the other direction orthogonal to the one direction in the radial direction. Hereinafter, the one direction is referred to as a left-right direction L1, and the other direction is referred to as a front-rear direction L2.
The portion opened below the container body 2 functions as the insertion hole 2b for incorporating the cartridge body 4, and the portion opened above the container body 2 functions as the extraction hole 2a. A pair of take-out holes 2a of the present embodiment are provided side by side in the left-right direction L1 corresponding to a storage portion 21 of the cartridge body 4 described later, and the shape thereof is substantially elliptical in plan view that is horizontally long in the left-right direction L1. ing.

The container body 2 includes a pair of long wall portions 10a that face in the front-rear direction L2, and a pair of short wall portions 10b that face in the left-right direction L1. In the illustrated example, the long wall portion 10a has a flat shape, and the short wall portion 10b has a semicircular shape. As a result, the container body 2 is formed in a substantially elliptical shape in a horizontally long cross-sectional view as described above.
Moreover, the bridge | bridging part 10c extended in the front-back direction L2 in the center of the left-right direction L1 is provided in the upper end part of the container main body 2 so that a pair of long wall part 10a may be connected. The bridge portion 10c defines a pair of extraction holes 2a arranged in the left-right direction L1 as described above. Further, a protruding strip portion 10 d is projected from the upper end opening edge of one of the pair of long wall portions 10 a in the container main body 2 upward.

The lid member 3 is provided in a pair corresponding to the pair of extraction holes 2a, and is arranged in a state of being aligned in the left-right direction L1 at the upper end opening edge of the container body 2. Specifically, each lid member 3 is connected to the above-mentioned protruding strip portion 10d (upper edge of the container body 2) via a hinge portion 15, and is taken out by a turning operation around the hinge portion 15. Each of the holes 2a can be opened and closed. The thickness of the lid member 3 is substantially equal to the protruding amount of the ridge 10d.
The lid member 3 is provided with an annular fitting wall 16 that is fitted inside the take-out hole 2a and the bridge portion 10c. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the lid member 3 from being unexpectedly opened.

The cartridge body 4 has a bottom wall portion 20 that closes the insertion hole 2b of the container body 2, and extends upward from the bottom wall portion 20 and passes through the insertion hole 2b of the container body 2 from below. And a storage unit 21 that can be inserted into the storage unit 2.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6, the bottom wall portion 20 is formed in an approximately elliptical shape in a cross-sectional view having substantially the same size as the container body 2, and when the storage portion 21 is inserted into the container body 2. The container body 2 can be brought into contact with the lower end edge. Thereby, the amount of insertion of the entire cartridge body 4 into the container body 2 is restricted, and the upper end portion of the storage portion 21 can be positioned below the fitting wall 16 of the lid member 3.
The bottom wall portion 20 of the cartridge body 4 forms a bottom portion as the granular material container 1.

The storage portion 21 is a cylindrical body that stands on the bottom wall portion 20 and opens upward. The storage portion 21 includes a pair of long wall portions 21a facing the front-rear direction L2 and a pair of short wall portions 21b facing the left-right direction L1. It is formed in a substantially elliptical shape in cross section.
As shown in FIG. 4, the pair of long wall portions 21a are wall portions facing the pair of long wall portions 10a in the container body 2 on the inner side in the front-rear direction L2, and are formed in a flat shape corresponding to the long wall portions 10a. Has been. Similarly, a pair of short wall part 21b is a wall part which faces a pair of short wall part 10b in the container main body 2 inside the left-right direction L1, and is formed in semicircle shape corresponding to this short wall part 10b. Has been.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a partition wall 21 c that divides the internal space in the left-right direction L <b> 1 is disposed coaxially with the central axis O in the storage unit 21. The partition wall 21c extends in the vertical direction L3, and connects the pair of long wall portions 21a across the entire vertical direction L3 at the central portion in the horizontal direction L1. The partition wall 21c defines a pair of storage spaces S (see FIG. 5) in the left-right direction L1 with the partition wall 21c interposed therebetween. The contents W can be stored in the storage spaces S in a line in the vertical direction L3.

Of the portion opened upward in the storage portion 21, the portion communicating with the storage space S functions as a communication opening 25 communicating with the extraction hole 2 a of the container body 2.
The pair of short wall portions 21b in the storage portion 21 protrudes outward in the left-right direction L1 and engages with a first protrusion 26 (see FIG. 1) formed on the container body 2. 27 is provided. The second protrusion 27 is located at the lower portion of the storage portion 21 and extends along the circumferential direction.
Further, the pair of long wall portions 21a in the storage portion 21 are formed with a notch portion 28 having a quadrangular shape in a side view opened upward so as to face the front-rear direction L2. As a result, the contents W stored in each storage space S can be viewed from the outside through the notches 28. However, the notch 28 is not essential and may not be provided.

Incidentally, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, an opening 30 is formed at the upper end of the pair of short walls 21 b in the storage portion 21, and a restriction member 31 that can be inverted and deformed in the left-right direction L <b> 1 is opened. It is provided in a state of being arranged in the part 30.
The regulating member 31 is a strip-like piece extending along the circumferential direction, and both circumferential ends are connected to the opening end of the opening 30. The regulating member 31 can be inverted and deformed starting from the connecting portion. Specifically, a restriction position P1 that protrudes toward the communication opening 25 and restricts the movement of the contents W toward the take-out hole 2a through the communication opening 25, and a release position that opens the communication opening 25 and releases the restriction. It is possible to reversely deform between P2.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the lid member 3 is reversely deformed so that the regulating member 31 faces outward in the left-right direction L <b> 1, and its position is changed from the regulating position P <b> 1 to the release position P <b> 2. A projecting piece 40 for switching to is provided. The projecting piece 40 is located inside the fitting wall 16 and is formed in a D shape in plan view with a curved surface facing the outside in the left-right direction L1.
The projecting piece 40 can be reversely deformed by pressing the regulating member 31 in association with the operation of incorporating the cartridge body 4 into the container body 2 with the lid member 3 closed or the operation of closing the lid member 3. I am letting you.

(Operation of the container for granular materials)
Next, the case where the contents W are filled in the granular material container 1 configured as described above will be described.

When performing this filling, first, the contents W are stored in the storage portion 21 of the cartridge body 4. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the contents W are sequentially put into the two storage spaces S through the communication opening 25 and stored. As a result, the contents W can be stored in the two storage spaces S by a predetermined number in a state where the contents W are arranged in a line in the vertical direction L3. At this time, since the storage state of the contents W can be visually recognized through the notch 28, a reliable storage operation can be performed.
After the contents W are stored, the restricting member 31 is reversely deformed and positioned at the restricting position P1.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the cartridge body 4 storing the contents W is inserted into the container body 2 through the insertion hole 2b from below the container body 2 with the lid member 3 closed. The bottom wall portion 20 is brought into contact with the lower end of the container body 2. Thereby, the storage part 21 of the cartridge body 4 can be incorporated in the container main body 2. Further, by this incorporation, the bottom wall portion 20 of the cartridge body 4 closes the insertion hole 2b of the container body 2, and the communication opening 25 of the cartridge body 4 and the extraction hole 2a of the container body 2 are in communication with each other. .
Further, since the first protrusion 26 on the container body 2 side and the second protrusion 27 on the cartridge body 4 side are engaged, it is possible to prevent the cartridge body 4 from falling out of the container body 2.

  By the way, at the time of incorporation, the projecting piece 40 provided on the lid member 3 is inserted into the communication opening 25 of the cartridge body 4 and the regulating member 31 is pressed outwardly in the left-right direction L1 to be inverted and deformed. . Thereby, the position of the restricting member 31 can be switched from the restricting position P1 to the release position P2.

  Accordingly, the restriction on the movement of the content W toward the take-out hole 2a through the communication opening 25 is released, and the content W can be taken out. That is, the operation of switching the regulating member 31 to the release position P2 can be performed at the same time only by performing the operation of incorporating the cartridge body 4 into the container body 2, and the contents W can be taken out. Thereby, the filling operation | work of the content W to the container main body 2 is completed.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2, after opening the lid member 3 and opening the extraction hole 2a, the container body 2 is tilted or turned upside down, for example, through the communication opening 25 and the extraction hole 2a. The contents W can be taken out one by one.

As described above, according to the granular material container 1 of the present embodiment, it is easy to perform simply a simple operation of incorporating the cartridge body 4 in which the contents W are stored in the storage unit 21 into the container body 2. It is easy to use because the contents W can be filled in the container.
In addition, the lid member 3 is closed during the assembling work, and the restricting member 31 is located at the restricting position P1 until the final stage of assembling. It is hard to occur. Therefore, the filling operation can be performed without worrying about the contents W, and this is also easy to use.

  In the above embodiment, the cartridge body 4 is incorporated in the container body 2 with the lid member 3 closed. For example, the cartridge body 4 is incorporated in the container body 2 with the lid member 3 open, and then the lid The member 3 may be closed.

In this case, when the cartridge body 4 is incorporated into the container body 2, the state shown in FIGS. Even in this case, since the restricting member 31 is located at the restricting position P <b> 1, problems such as the content W stored in the cartridge body 4 being spilled from the take-out hole 2 a through the communication opening 25 are unlikely to occur. . Then, after incorporating the cartridge body 4, the lid member 3 is closed as shown in FIG. 1 to close the take-out hole 2 a of the container body 2. Then, the projecting piece 40 provided on the lid member 3 is inserted into the take-out hole 2a and the communication opening 25 of the cartridge body 4, and the regulating member 31 is pressed toward the outside in the left-right direction L1 and reversed. Deform. Thereby, the position of the restricting member 31 can be switched from the restricting position P1 to the release position P2.
Therefore, even in this case, the same effect can be obtained.

  The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, two storage spaces S are formed in the cartridge body 4 and the contents W are stored in a line in each of them, and two extraction holes 2a and two lid members 3 are provided accordingly. However, the storage space S, the extraction hole 2a, and the lid member 3 may be one, or three or more.
Further, the contents W are stored so as to be arranged in a line in the vertical direction L3. However, the present invention is not limited to this case, and may be simply stored.

  Further, the lid member 3 is connected to the container main body 2 via the hinge portion 15, and the extraction hole 2 a is opened and closed by rotating the lid member 3, but the lid member 3 is slidably movable with respect to the lid member 3. 3 and the take-out hole 2a may be opened and closed by sliding movement.

  Moreover, although it was set as the tablet-shaped (tablet-shaped) content W in the said embodiment, what is necessary is just granular. Examples include pills, capsules, granulated gums and the like.

P1 ... Restriction position P2 ... Release position 1 ... Container for particulate matter 2 ... Container body 2a ... Extraction hole 3 ... Lid member 4 ... Cartridge body 20 ... Bottom wall part of cartridge body 21 ... Storage part for cartridge body 25 ... Communication opening 40 ... projection

Claims (2)

A container main body in which a granular content is accommodated and an extraction hole for taking out the content is formed;
A lid member attached to the container body and opening and closing the extraction hole;
A cartridge body in which the contents are stored and detachably disposed in the container body,
The container body is formed in a cylindrical shape with an opening on at least one side,
The cartridge body is
A bottom wall portion closing the opening of the container body;
A storage section for storing the contents and having a communication opening communicating with the extraction hole;
The storage portion protrudes toward the inside in the radial direction of the communication opening, a restriction position for restricting movement of the contents toward the extraction hole through the communication opening, and opening the communication opening to Between the release position for releasing the restriction of the movement of the contents toward the take-out hole through the communication opening, a restricting member that can be reversed and deformed is disposed,
The lid member is provided with a protruding piece that reversely deforms the restricting member toward the radially outer side of the communication opening and switches the position from the restricting position to the release position .
The granular material container , wherein the restricting member remains in the release position after being reversely deformed to the release position by the protruding piece. The container for granular materials according to claim 1,
The extraction hole is formed at the other end of the container body,
The storage portion extends from the bottom wall portion toward the other end of the container body, and is capable of storing the contents in a line.
The said container opening is formed in the front-end | tip part opposite to the said bottom wall part in the said storage part, The container for granular materials characterized by the above-mentioned.

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