JP5825992B2 - Mobile feeding container - Google Patents

Description

  An object of the present invention is to provide a movable body feeding container that can be assembled more easily and accurately than in the past.

  The cosmetic supply container described in Patent Document 1 below includes a screw rod 1, a cylindrical sleeve 2, and a cylindrical main body 3. The screw rod 1 includes a first rod-like member 11 having a core chuck 11a. And a second rod-like member 12 having a male screw 12a formed on the outer periphery. Further, a female screw 31 is provided inside the main body 3, and the male screw 12 a of the screw rod 1 and the female screw 31 are screwed together. Then, when the sleeve 2 and the main body 3 are rotated relative to each other, the screw rod 1 is slid by the action of the screw connection of the male screw 12 a and the female screw 31, and the bar-shaped cosmetic grasped by the core chuck 11 a is fed from the sleeve 2. The composition is to be

Japanese Patent No. 4257658

  The cosmetic material is pushed onto the piston body in place of the cosmetic material feeding container or the core chuck 11a in which the cosmetic material gripped by the core chuck 11a is delivered by sliding the screw rod 1 as in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1. When assembling a cosmetic delivery container in which cosmetics are fed out, the screw rod 1 is installed at the retraction limit position (initial position) so that the cosmetic does not protrude from the sleeve 2 when the product is shipped. Need to be assembled.

  However, since the screw rod 1 was visually arranged in the work, the work time was taken by trying to arrange the screw rod 1 correctly. Further, after the screw rod 1 is assembled to the female screw 31 and the screw rod 1 is arranged at the initial position, when the assembled screw rod 1 and female screw 31 are moved, the screw rod 1 is displaced from the initial position, and again. The work efficiency was poor because it had to be rearranged.

  Therefore, it has been desired to increase the efficiency of work when the screw rod 1 is disposed at the initial position.

As the movable body feeding container of the present invention, a front tube that allows cosmetics stored therein to appear from the opening at the tip, a container body that stores the rear portion of the front tube, and a female screw on the inside provided in the front tube A cylindrical female screw member, and a moving body that is formed on the outer side of a male screw that can be screwed and coupled with the female screw member, and is used by being assembled to the female screw member. The female screw of the female screw member and the male screw of the moving body are screwed together, and the moving body slides in the axial direction so that the cosmetic can be discharged from the opening of the front tube. A body feeding container, wherein the moving body is composed of a screw part and a grip part in which a male screw is formed before being screwed and coupled to the female screw member and assembled to the moving body feeding container. is provided with a positioning portion to the grip portion with has become a separable structure, -Decided Me unit, when assembling the mobile with the female screw member, to allow the placement of a screw portion at a predetermined position of the female screw member when the screw portion is female screw screwed coupling of the female screw member It is a feature.

  In the present invention, since the moving body is provided with the gripping portion, the moving body can be quickly and easily installed at the position of the retraction limit (initial position) when the moving body feeding container is assembled. Work efficiency can be improved.

  When assembling the movable body feeding container, the movable body feeding container of the present invention can quickly and easily perform the work of assembling the movable body at the position of the retraction limit (initial position). It becomes possible to improve.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the mobile body feeding container which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the mobile body feeding container shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the front tube shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a female screw member shown in FIG. 2. It is a perspective view which shows the ratchet spring member shown in FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the ratchet spring member shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view of the ratchet spring member shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 8 is a left side view of the ratchet spring member shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. The (a) top view of the moving body before removing the holding part shown in FIG. 2, (b) Front view, (c) Left side view. The perspective view of the moving body before removing the holding part shown in FIG. Sectional drawing at the time of assembling the moving body before removing the piston shown in FIG. 2, a ratchet spring member, a female screw member, and a holding part.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a moving body feeding container according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  1 is an external perspective view showing a movable body feeding container according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the movable body feeding container, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a leading tube, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a female screw member. FIGS. 5 to 8 are views showing the ratchet spring member, FIG. 9 is a plan view, a front view, and a left side view of the moving body before removing the gripping portion, and FIG. 10 is a view of the moving body before removing the gripping portion. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the moving body before assembling the piston, ratchet spring member, female screw member, and gripping part, and the moving body feeding container 100 of this embodiment uses cosmetic L. The person appropriately applies extrusion coating as necessary. Here, the cosmetic L is a soft stick-shaped cosmetic.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the movable body feeding container 100 has an overall shape of an elongated round bar shape (stick shape) like a writing instrument and exhibits a good appearance, and a front cylinder 5 constituting the container front portion. (First part), a container main body 2 constituting the container rear part, and a cap 3 detachably attached to the front cylinder 5 to protect the front cylinder 5 as an outer configuration, and further a container main body 2 is provided with a cylindrical body 4 for engaging the two parts constituting the front cylinder 5, and a lid 30 is mounted on the rear end part. .

  As shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, the front tube 5 has a substantially cylindrical shape that accommodates the cosmetic L. The front cylinder 5 includes a moving body 6 in which a substantially first half portion of the cylindrical hole accommodates the cosmetic L, and a substantially second half portion of the cylindrical hole extends in the axial direction so as to push out the cosmetic L, and the moving body 6 And a female screw member (second part) 7 that forms a screwing mechanism and a ratchet spring member 8 that forms a ratchet mechanism and functions as a detent for the moving body 6.

  An annular recess 5 a is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rear end portion of the front tube 5 for engaging the cylindrical body 4 in the axial direction. Further, an annular step portion 5 c for preventing the advancement of the female screw member 7 is provided on the inner peripheral surface at the center in the axial direction of the rear half of the front tube 5. In addition, an arc-shaped through hole 5p that communicates with the inside and the outside is provided in front of the concave portion 5a at the rear end portion of the front tube 5, and an axially viewed through hole 5p is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rear side of the through hole 5p. The arc-shaped convex portion 5 b protrudes inward, and the arc-shaped convex portion 5 b is provided to prevent the female screw member 7 from retreating. In addition, recessed grooves 5d and 5e extending in the axial direction are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the inner peripheral surface of the front tube 5 in front of the stepped portion 5c and the center of the front tube 5 in the axial direction. As a thing for engaging in a rotation direction, the plurality is provided along the circumferential direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the female screw member 7 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the female screw 7 a that constitutes one of the screwing mechanisms is provided along the axial direction on the inner peripheral surface of the distal end portion of the cylindrical hole. Prepare. On the inner peripheral surface of the rear end portion of the cylindrical hole of the female screw member 7, a large number of uneven portions are arranged in the circumferential direction, and the knurled portion 7 b in which the uneven portions extend a predetermined length in the axial direction rotates to the cylindrical body 4. It is provided for engaging in the direction. Further, on the outer peripheral surface of the female screw member 7, an annular convex portion 7c that faces the step portion 5c of the front tube 5 and engages in the axial direction is provided at a substantially central position in the axial direction. A plurality (four in this case) of protrusions 7d that are connected to the portion 7c and extend a predetermined length forward are provided along the circumferential direction as one of the ratchet mechanisms. Further, on the outer peripheral surface of the rear end portion of the female screw member 7, an annular convex portion 7e that faces the convex portion 5b of the front tube 5 and engages in the axial direction is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the female screw member 7 is inserted from the rear side of the tube hole of the front tube 5, the convex portion 7c faces the stepped portion 5c of the front tube 5, and the convex portion 7e By facing the convex portion 5 b of the tube 5, it is engaged forward and backward in the axial direction, and is attached to the front tube 5 so as to be rotatable about the axis and immovable in the axial direction.

  5 to 8, the ratchet spring member 8 is an integrally molded product made of resin having a substantially cylindrical shape. The ratchet spring member 8 has a rotation preventing portion 8a at the front end, a ratchet portion 8c at the rear end, The rotation preventing portion 8a and the ratchet portion 8c are connected to each other, and a spring portion 8b capable of expanding and contracting in the axial direction is provided.

  The anti-rotation portion 8a is formed in a cylindrical shape with the tip portion closed, and has a through hole 8m at the center of the tip portion as shown in FIG. The through-hole 8m is inserted through the movable body 6 and serves as a detent for the movable body 6, and connects the opposed two planes 8e and 8e and the ends of the two planes 8e and 8e in the circumferential direction. It is a non-circular hole composed of arcuate surfaces 8f and 8f. Further, the rotation preventing portion 8a includes a plurality of protrusions 8g extending in the axial direction on the outer peripheral surface along the circumferential direction. These ridges 8g are for entering the recessed groove 5e of the front tube 5 and engaging in the rotational direction. A pair of three ridges are opposed to each other, and one ridge is formed. Opposite a pair.

  The ratchet portion 8c has a vertical surface and a downward inclined surface along the circumferential direction at the rear end surface thereof, meshes with the protrusion 7d of the female screw member 7, and allows rotation in only one direction (rotation in which the moving body 6 moves forward). A plurality (four in this case) of ratchet teeth 8d are provided along the circumferential direction. Further, the ratchet portion 8c is provided with a ridge 8h similar to the ridge 8g of the detent portion 8a on the outer peripheral surface thereof. This protrusion 8h is for entering the recessed groove 5d of the front tube 5 and engaging in the rotational direction.

  The spring portion 8b is a compression spring, and as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the spring portion 8b includes a substantially spiral slit 8i and is formed in a double thread shape. The inclined portion is inclined along the axial direction by the slit 8i. 8 j and arc portions 8 k that are curved around the axis (in a plane orthogonal to the axis) following the inclined portion 8 j are alternately arranged along the axial direction. The spring portion 8b and the ratchet teeth 8d constitute the other of the ratchet mechanism.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the ratchet spring member 8 having the rotation preventing portion 8a, the spring portion 8b, and the ratchet portion 8c is inserted between the front tube 5 and the front half portion of the female screw member 7, and is rotated. The distal end portion of the stopper portion 8a having the through hole 8m is disposed so as to face the distal end surface of the female screw member 7, and the protrusion 8g of the rotation stopper portion 8a enters the recessed groove 5e of the front tube 5 in the rotational direction. The engaging rib 8h of the ratchet portion 8c enters the recessed groove 5d of the front tube 5 and engages in the rotation direction, so that it can rotate synchronously (non-rotatable) around the axis with respect to the front tube 5. In this state, the ratchet portion 8c is urged toward the protrusion 7d side of the female screw member 7 by the spring portion 8b, and the ratchet teeth 8d can engage with the protrusion 7d.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the moving body 6 constituting the feature of the present embodiment is formed of a screw part 6 a and a gripping part 6 b as shown in FIGS. 9 to 11. And the grip 6b can be separated.
The screw portion 6a is a long shaft body having a circular cross section, and forms two plane portions 6c and 6c facing the outer periphery over substantially the entire length, and a pair of the outer periphery two plane portions 6c and 6c are connected to each other. The male screw 6d is formed along the axial direction on the opposing arc surface. The male screw 6b is screwed with the female screw 7a of the female screw member 7 to constitute the other of the screwing mechanism. The shape matches the through hole 8m. A mounting portion 6g to which a piston 9 for extruding the cosmetic L is mounted is provided at the tip of the screw portion 6a.
As shown in the figure, the gripping portion 6b is formed with a flat plate-like positioning portion 6e that is larger than the diameter of the screw portion 6a and larger than the diameter of the cylindrical hole of the female screw member 7 at a portion in contact with the screw portion 6a. Yes. The gripping portion 6b and the male screw 6b are combined and integrated by a shearing portion 6f.
Then, by applying a force to the shearing part 6f, the shearing part 6f is sheared, and the male screw 6b and the gripping part 6b can be separated.
In addition, this shearing part 6f couple | bonds the screw part 6a and the holding part 6b with the coupling | bonding force of the grade which can be sheared with a human force.

When assembling the moving body 6 having such a configuration to the moving body feeding container 100, first, the ratchet spring member 8 is attached to the front half of the moving body 6 before the piston 9 is mounted from the distal end side including the mounting portion 6g. The female screw member 7 provided is inserted into a cylindrical hole on the rear end side. When the moving body 6 is rotated so that the male screw 6d of the moving body 6 and the female screw 7a of the female screw member 7 are screwed together and the moving body 6 moves in the feeding direction, only the mounting portion 6g is attached. The positioning portion 6e of the moving body 6 is located behind the female screw member 7 at a position where the piston 9 can be mounted on the mounting portion 6g (hereinafter referred to as “initial position”). It abuts against the end surface of the cylindrical hole on the end side. At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, since the flat plate-like positioning portion 6e is larger than the diameter of the cylindrical hole of the female screw member 7, the movable body 6 cannot move further in the feeding direction (the male screw 6d and the female screw). 7a), the moving body 6 is kept in the initial position. Further, in this initial position, the moving body 6 is engaged with the ratchet spring member 8 so that the through-hole 8m is prevented from rotating, and can rotate synchronously with the ratchet spring member 8 around the axis and move in the axial direction. Become.
Then, the piston 9 is engaged with the mounting portion 6g so as not to be movable in the axial direction and to be rotatable in the circumferential direction with the moving body 6 in the initial position.

And after assembling the piston 9, the ratchet member 8, the female screw member 7, and the moving body 6 as described above, the shearing portion 6f of the moving body 6 is sheared to separate the gripping portion 6b from the screw portion 6a. The moving body 6 can be easily arranged at the initial position. Then, the piston 9, the ratchet member 8, the female screw member 7, and the moving body 6 with the gripping portion 6b spaced from the screw portion 6a can be assembled to the front tube 5 as shown in FIG. At this time, the moving body 6 is positioned at the retraction limit. That is, the above-described initial position of the moving body 6 is also the position of the moving body 6 at the rewind limit.
The piston 9 is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the front tube 5 or engaged with a slight clearance.

  By including the moving body 6 described above, the moving body 6 can be easily placed at the initial position which is also the position of the rewinding limit when the moving body feeding container 100 is assembled.

  The container body 2 that accommodates the substantially second half portion of the front tube 5 having such a configuration has a cylindrical shape, and the container body is disposed at equally spaced positions (two locations here) in the circumferential direction on the inner peripheral surface of the rear end portion. A recessed groove 2a extending in the axial direction from the rear end surface of the cylinder 2 is provided for engaging the cylindrical body 4 in the rotational direction. Further, a recess (not shown) extending in an arc shape in the axial direction in the circumferential direction engages the cylindrical body 4 in the axial direction between the recessed grooves 2a and 2a on the inner peripheral surface of the rear end portion of the container body 2. It is provided for the purpose of In addition, an annular leaf spring that is in close contact with the front tube 5 when the cap 3 is attached to the front tube 5 and can ensure airtightness in the cap 3 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the tip of the container body 2. A member 10 is mounted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cylindrical body 4 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and includes a protruding portion 4 b that protrudes in the axial direction from the bottom portion inside a peripheral wall portion 4 a that constitutes the cylindrical body. The projecting portion 4b is intermittently formed along the circumferential direction coaxial with the bottom portion to form an arc shape in the axial direction. Here, a pair of the projecting portions 4b are provided to face each other.

  The circumferential wall portion 4a is provided with protrusions 4c for entering the recessed grooves 2a of the container body 2 and engaging in the rotational direction at the circumferentially equidistant positions (here, two locations) of the outer peripheral surface thereof in the axial direction. A protrusion (not shown) for extending into the arcuate recess (not shown) of the container body 2 and engaging in the axial direction between the protrusions 4c and 4c on the outer peripheral surface thereof. Are provided so as to extend in an arc shape in the axial direction in the circumferential direction.

  Further, the peripheral wall portion 4a is provided with convex portions 4e for entering the concave portions 5a of the front tube 5 and engaging in the axial direction at equidistant positions (here, four locations) in the circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface. One protrusion is provided so as to be separated from each other in the circumferential direction and extend in a short length.

  Further, the projecting portion 4b having an arc shape has a convex portion 4f that enters the knurled portion 7b of the female screw member 7 and engages in the rotational direction on the outer peripheral surface thereof so as to extend in the axial direction as a second projection. Is provided. Two second protrusions 4f are provided so as to be spaced apart from the protrusion 4b in the circumferential direction. The first protrusion 4e and the second protrusion 4f are arranged in the radial direction at substantially the same position in the axial direction of the cylindrical body 4.

  Further, at the bottom of the cylindrical body 4, a window portion 4 g that communicates the inside and the outside is provided at a position corresponding to the axial direction of the first protrusion 4 e (a position on the axial direction), that is, inside the peripheral wall portion 4 a. The window 4g is a slit having a predetermined width in the radial direction and opened in an arc shape when viewed in the axial direction. The projection of the lid 30 is inserted into the window portion 4g, and the lid 30 is attached to the cylindrical body 4.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the cylindrical body 4 is fitted on the rear side of the front tube 5 and the container body 2, whereby the moving body feeding container 100 is obtained. Specifically, in the state where the rear end portion of the moving body 6 is accommodated inside the bottom portion of the cylindrical body 4 and the inside of the protruding portion 4 b, the protrusion 4 c of the peripheral wall portion 4 a of the cylindrical body 4 is recessed in the container body 2. The cylindrical body 4 is formed by engaging the groove 2a in the rotational direction and engaging the convex portion 4d of the peripheral wall portion 4a with the arcuate concave portion (not shown) of the container body 2 in the axial direction. The main body 2 is mounted so as to be able to rotate synchronously around the axis and not to move in the axial direction, and is integrated with the container main body 2. The cylindrical body 4 is mounted so that the first protrusion 4e of the peripheral wall portion 4a is engaged with the concave portion 5a of the front tube 5 in the axial direction so that the front tube 5 can be rotated around the axis and cannot be moved in the axial direction. doing. The cylindrical body 4 is mounted so that the second protrusion 4f of the peripheral wall portion 4a is engaged with the knurl 7b of the female screw member 7 in the rotational direction so that the female screw member 7 can rotate synchronously around the axis. . As described above, the front tube 5 is not movable in the axial direction with respect to the container body 2, and the female screw member 7 is not movable in the axial direction with respect to the front tube 5. The cylindrical body 4 integrated with the container body 2 cannot move in the axial direction and can rotate synchronously around the axial line.

  In the movable body feeding container 100, when the user rotates relative to the container body 2 and the front tube 5, the female screw member 7 that rotates synchronously via the container body 2 and the cylindrical body 4, The front tube 5 and the ratchet spring member 8 that rotates in synchronization with each other rotate relative to each other, and the screwing mechanism constituted by the male screw 6a of the moving body 6 and the female screw 7a of the female screw member 7, and the non-circular shape of the ratchet spring member 8 The movable body 6 is moved forward by the rotation stop formed by the movable body 6 being inserted into the through-hole 8m, and at this time, the ratchet teeth 8d of the ratchet spring member 8 constituting the ratchet mechanism and the protrusion of the female screw member 7 are moved forward. Each time the strips 7d repeatedly engage (disengage), the ratchet teeth 8d and the ridges 7d are engaged with each other while the click feeling (resistance) is given to the user. Push to the tip side Which, it is emerging from the distal end opening of the front barrel 5 use. Thus, the degree of relative rotation and the degree of advancement of the piston 9 are sensed by the click feeling given to the user, and an appropriate amount of cosmetic L can be discharged.

Further, the movable body 6 includes the gripping portion 6b, so that when the movable body 6 not provided with the gripping portion 6b is disposed at the initial position, the front tube 5 is visually assembled or the movable body feeding container 100 is assembled. Since the moving body 6 can be easily arranged at the initial position without performing the work of returning the moving body 6 to the rewinding limit after that, work efficiency can be improved.
Further, as shown in FIG. 11, even if the piston 9, the ratchet member 8, the female screw member 7, and the moving body 6 are carried in the assembled state while holding the gripping part 6 b, the moving body 6 is moved from the initial position. There is no deviation. For example, even when the members are assembled in the state shown in FIG. 11 and finally assembled in the moving body supply container 100 in another place, the moving body 6 does not deviate from the initial position while moving the members in the state shown in FIG. Therefore, work efficiency is improved.

  The present invention has been specifically described above based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the shape of the positioning portion 6e of the moving body 6 may be a flat plate of the present embodiment. In addition to the shape, a cross shape, a spherical shape, and the like are conceivable using two flat plates, and any shape may be used as long as it is larger than the diameter of the cylindrical hole of the female screw member 7.

  In the above-described embodiment, the cosmetic L is a soft stick-like cosmetic as being particularly suitable. However, the cosmetic L can also be applied to a liquid or semi-solid cosmetic. In this case, the ratchet It is preferable that the cosmetic can be moved forward and backward together with the moving body 6 without providing a mechanism, and it is more preferable to use a click mechanism instead of the ratchet mechanism. It is also possible to use mud and gel cosmetics by reducing the opening at the tip of the front tube.

  Moreover, it is good also as a cartridge which can replace the tip cylinder 5 mentioned above.

  Further, as cosmetic L, for example, lip gloss, lip, eye color, eyeliner, cosmetic liquid, cleaning liquid, nail enamel, nail care solution, nail remover, mascara, anti-aging, hair color, hair cosmetic, oral care, For mobile feeding containers that use liquid coating materials such as massage oil, inks for square plug loosening liquids, foundations, concealers, skin creams, writing instruments such as marking pens, liquid pharmaceuticals, mud, etc. However, it is of course applicable.

  2 ... Container body, 3 ... Cap, 4 ... Cylindrical body, 5 ... Lead tube (first part), 6 ... Moving body, 7 ... Female screw member (second part), 8 ... Ratchet spring member, 9 ... Piston, 100: Cosmetic container, L: Cosmetics.

Claims (1)

A tip tube that allows cosmetics contained therein to appear from the opening at the tip;
A container body that houses a rear portion of the front tube;
A cylindrical female screw member having a female screw on the inner side and a male screw that can be screwed and coupled to the female screw member are formed on the outer side, and are used by being assembled to the female screw member. And a moving body
By relatively rotating the leading cylinder and the container body, the screwing action of the female screw of the female screw member and the male screw of the moving body works, the moving body slides in the axial direction, It is a mobile body feeding container that can discharge cosmetics from the opening of the front tube,
The moving body is
Before being screwed and coupled to the female screw member and assembled to the moving body feeding container, the screw portion and the grip portion on which the male screw is formed are configured such that the screw portion and the grip portion can be separated from each other. And the gripping portion is provided with a positioning portion, and when the moving body is assembled to the female screw member, the positioning portion is screwed and coupled with the female screw of the female screw member. A moving body feeding container characterized in that it is sometimes possible to place the screw portion at a predetermined position of the female screw member.

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