JP6199234B2 - Granule storage container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a granular material storage container that can store granular materials such as granular confectionery, medicines, nutrients, and beauty agents, and can take out only a predetermined amount by a simple operation.

  Conventionally, as a granular material storage container from which a predetermined amount of granular material can be taken out, for example, the container of Patent Document 1 is known. The container has a storage recess for storing the particulate matter and a measurement recess that communicates with the storage recess. The container is tilted with the lid (opening / closing portion) closed, and a predetermined amount of the particulate matter is introduced into the measurement recess. The weighed granulate can then be removed by opening the lid and inverting the container.

JP 2004-180726 A

  However, since the container such as Patent Document 1 is in a state where the storage recess and the measurement recess are always in communication, when the container is tilted with the lid open, the particulate matter in the storage recess passes through the measurement recess. There is a risk that it will come out excessively. Moreover, it is not easy to open the container with one hand and take out the particulate matter, and there is room for improvement in operability.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a granular material storage container that can take out only a predetermined amount of granular material and can be easily opened and closed with one hand.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a granular material storage container according to the present invention is a container main body in which a storage concave portion for storing granular material is formed by a substantially rectangular bottom wall and a side wall erected from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall. When,
A cover that has a ceiling wall that covers the storage recess, and that stores the container body slidably in a rotational direction around a shaft provided at one corner of the container body;
The container main body has a partition wall that stores a predetermined amount of particulate matter at a corner on the diagonal side of the corner portion and defines a predetermined amount holding portion that is released when the container main body is slid,
The cover has a front side wall that hangs down from the top wall and is located inside the storage recess,
When the container main body slides, the partition wall abuts on the front side wall to restrict the slide of the container main body and close the storage recess.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while being able to take out only a predetermined amount of granular material, the granular material storage container which can be opened and closed easily with one hand can be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the granular material storage container according to this invention. (A) is a front view of the granular material storage container shown in FIG. 1, (b) is AA sectional drawing in the granular material storage container of FIG. 2 (a), (c) is FIG. It is BB sectional drawing in the granular material storage container of (b). It is sectional drawing which shows the open state in the granular material storage container shown in FIG.2 (b).

  Hereinafter, the granular material storage container of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A granular material storage container (hereinafter also simply referred to as “container”) 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a container main body 3 for storing the granular material 2, and a cover 4 for storing the container main body 3. Consists of. FIG. 1 shows an open state in which the container body 3 is slid with respect to the cover 4. The direction in which the container body 3 protrudes from the cover 4 is the front side. Moreover, although the granular material 2 of this embodiment is substantially disk shape, it is not limited to this, Various shapes, such as polygonal column shape and spherical shape, are possible.

  2A to 2C show the container 1 in a closed state. As shown in the figure, the container body 3 has a storage recess 32 formed by a substantially rectangular (rectangular) bottom wall 30 with curved corners and a side wall 31 standing from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 30. The granular material 2 is stored in the storage recess 32. A cylindrical wall 33 is provided at one corner of the container body 3. In the present embodiment, the cylindrical wall 33 and an inner cylindrical wall 44 described later constitute a shaft portion. Note that the configuration of the shaft portion is not limited to this embodiment, and it is sufficient that the container body 3 and the cover 4 can slide in the rotation direction. Further, the container body 3 has an inner wall 34 connected to the cylindrical wall 33. The inner side wall 34 is provided on the inner side of the side wall 31 and closes the housing recess 32 in the opened state of the container 1 shown in FIG.

  The container body 3 has a predetermined amount holding portion 35 for storing a predetermined amount of the granular material 2 at a corner portion on the diagonal side of the corner portion where the cylindrical wall 33 is provided. It is partitioned by a partition wall 36 standing from the bottom wall 30. In the present embodiment, the partition wall 36 constitutes a part of the side wall 31, and an inclined portion 36 a configured not to hinder the movement of the granular material 2 to the predetermined amount holding portion 35, and the inclined portion 36 a are continuously provided. It is comprised by the vertical wall 36b extended and the horizontal wall 36c which curves and extends from the vertical wall 36b. An opening 37 that opens to the side is formed on the front side of the lateral wall 36c, and when the container body 3 slides with respect to the cover 4, the granular material 2 of the predetermined amount holding portion 35 that is released is opened to the opening. 37. As shown in FIGS. 2B and 3, in the present embodiment, the predetermined amount holding unit 35 is set to a size that can store only one granular material 2, but is not limited thereto. It is also possible to set so as to store one or more granular materials 2. Further, in the present embodiment, the height of the storage recess 32 is set to a height that is slightly larger than the thickness of the disk-shaped granular material 2 so that the granular material 2 does not overlap vertically.

  The cover 4 includes a top wall 40 that covers the storage recess 32, a front side wall 41 that hangs from the front of the peripheral edge of the top wall 40, a rear side wall 42 that hangs from the rear of the peripheral edge of the top wall 40, and one side of the top wall 40. The side wall 43 has a side wall 43 that hangs down from the side of the peripheral edge and is connected to the rear side wall 42. Support ribs 42 a and 43 a that protrude inward and support the peripheral edge of the container body 3 from below are provided at the lower ends of the rear side wall 42 and the side wall 43. On the opposite side of the side wall 43, no side wall is provided and the side wall 43 is open. Further, the cover 4 has an inner cylindrical wall 44 that hangs down from the top wall 40 and is rotatably fitted inside the cylindrical wall 33 of the container body 3. At the lower end portion of the outer surface of the inner cylindrical wall 44, a convex portion 44a is provided for fitting into a concave portion formed at the lower end portion of the inner surface of the cylindrical wall 33 to prevent the inner cylindrical wall 44 from coming off.

  Here, the front side wall 41 of the cover 4 is located inside the storage recess 32. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the front side wall 41 is located inside the side wall 31 on the front side of the container body 3 in the closed state of the container 1. Thereby, the container body 3 is restricted from moving backward with respect to the cover 4. In addition, in this embodiment, it is set as the structure which can restrict | limit the movement to the back side of the container main body 3 also by the back side wall 42 arrange | positioned on the outer side of the side wall 31 of the container main body 3.

  With such a configuration, the container body 3 can slide in the rotation direction around the shaft portion within a predetermined range with respect to the cover 4. In the present embodiment, the cylindrical wall 33 and the inner cylindrical wall 44 constitute a shaft part. However, the structure of the shaft part is not limited to this, and a bearing is provided on the cover 4 and the container body 3. Alternatively, a separately formed shaft member may be attached.

  Further, an engagement protrusion 46 is provided on the inner surface of the side wall 43, and the engagement protrusion 46 is engaged with the tip of the lateral wall 36c so as to be able to get over. Thereby, since the container main body 3 does not slide unless a predetermined force is applied, for example, it is possible to prevent a problem that the container 1 is opened only by tilting the container 1 from the closed state. Further, when the container body 3 is slid from the open state to the closed state, an appropriate click feeling can be obtained when the tip of the lateral wall 36c gets over the engaging protrusion 46, and the container 1 is completely closed. Can be confirmed by touch.

  In the present embodiment, a protrusion 45 serving as a mark is provided on the upper surface of the top wall 40 so that the position of the predetermined amount holding portion 35 can be grasped. The protrusion 45 can also function as a slip stopper when the cover 4 is slid when opening and closing.

  Then, the usage method of the granular material storage container 1 which has said structure is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 2B, the granular material 2 in the storage recess 32 can be moved to the predetermined amount holding part 35 in the closed state of the container 1, and in this state, the predetermined amount holding part 35 holds the container 1 in the predetermined amount. The granular material 2 is accommodated in the predetermined amount holding part 35 by being inclined to the lower side.

  Next, when the container body 3 is slid forward with respect to the cover 4, the partition wall 36 comes into contact with the end of the front side wall 41 as shown in FIG. 3, and the sliding of the container body 3 is restricted. To do. At the same time, since the storage recess 32 is closed by the partition wall 36 and the front side wall 41, even if the container 1 is tilted in the open state, the granular material 2 in the storage recess 32 does not come out to the outside. Only the granular material 2 stored in the predetermined amount holding unit 35 can be taken out.

  For example, the container 1 of this embodiment is held with one hand so as to sandwich the lower surface of the container body 3 and the upper surface of the cover 4 up and down, and applies a force to move the container body 3 forward and the cover 4 backward. Since the container body 3 can be slid and the container 1 is then tilted, the particulate matter 2 can be taken out from the opening 37, so that the particulate matter 2 can be easily taken out with only one hand operation.

  Further, in the granular material storage container 1 of the present embodiment, the predetermined amount holding part 35 is provided at the corner, so that it is easily provided only by the operation of tilting the container 1 so that the corner is on the lower side. The particulate matter 2 can be stored in the fixed amount holding unit 35. Therefore, a predetermined amount of granular material 2 can be taken out with a single operation with a high probability.

  Moreover, the granular material storage container 1 of this embodiment consists of only two parts, the container main body 3 and the cover 4, and since the structure is not complicated, it is easy to mold. In addition, assembling can be easily performed because the assembly can be performed by simply fitting the cover 4 from above the container body 3 in which the storage recess 32 is filled with the granular material 2.

  The granular material storage container according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope according to the claims. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the cover 4 is configured not to have a bottom plate, but the cover 4 may be configured to have a bottom plate formed integrally or separately. In this case, the container body 3 is accommodated so as to be sandwiched between the top wall and the bottom plate of the cover 4, but an opening or a notch is formed in the bottom plate of the cover 4 so that the lower surface of the container body 3 is at least partially covered. It is preferable to be configured to be contactable. With such a configuration, the upper surface of the cover 4 and the lower surface of the container body 3 are gripped so as to be easily slid in opposite directions, and the operation at the time of opening and closing is facilitated.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Granules storage container 2 Granules 3 Container body 4 Cover 30 Bottom wall 31 Side wall 32 Storage recessed part 33 Cylindrical wall 34 Inner side wall 35 Predetermined amount holding part 36 Partition wall 37 Opening part 40 Top wall 41 Front side wall 42 Rear side wall 43 Side Side wall 44 Inner cylinder wall 45 Projection 46 Engagement projection

Claims (1)

A container main body that forms a storage concave portion for storing granular materials by a substantially rectangular bottom wall and a side wall standing from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall;
A cover that has a ceiling wall that covers the storage recess, and that stores the container body slidably in a rotational direction around a shaft provided at one corner of the container body;
The container main body has a partition wall that stores a predetermined amount of particulate matter at a corner on the diagonal side of the corner portion and defines a predetermined amount holding portion that is released when the container main body is slid,
The cover has a front side wall that hangs down from the top wall and is located inside the storage recess,
When the container body slides, the partition wall abuts against the front side wall to restrict the sliding of the container body and close the storage recess.

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