JP6219235B2 - Granule storage container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a granular material storage container for storing a granular material.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a granular material storage container for storing granular materials such as confectionery and medicines, which have a spherical shape or a flat circular shape, for example, a pair of side walls 4 as shown in Patent Document 1 are connected by a belt-shaped connecting wall 5. What is provided with the case main body 2 formed by making the belt-shaped window hole 6 and the lid body 3 that is rotatably connected to the case main body 2 in the window hole 6 is known.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a case including a case main body 2 having a granular material storage portion A and a lid 3 connected to a top opening edge of the case main body 2 via a hinge 11.

JP 2002-128118 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-053507

  As described above, the conventional granular material storage container generally employs a structure that can be opened by swinging the lid disposed on the peripheral wall side of the container so as to jump out of the container. By the way, in the market, new products are always required regardless of the field. Especially in the granular material storage container, the operation for taking out the granular material is significantly different from the conventional one and the operability is not impaired. There is a strong demand.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and the operation for taking out the granular material is greatly different from the conventional one, and a new granular material storage container that can easily take out the granular material. There is a place to propose.

The present invention is a granular material storage container having a peripheral wall surrounding the bottom wall and the top wall facing the bottom wall to form a storage space for the granular material, and having a granular material outlet on the peripheral wall,
The bottom wall includes a step portion connected to the bottom wall and placing a predetermined number of granular materials on the upper surface thereof, and a support portion extending upward from the bottom wall,
The support portion has an operation portion that is swingably connected to the upper portion of the support portion via a hinge portion and that can be pressed downward through an opening provided in the top wall,
The operating portion is displaced to a rising posture positioned above the upper surface of the stepped portion, and has a lowered posture that connects the stepped portion and the outlet by pressing the operating portion downward. It is a granular material storage container which has a connecting part which moves.

  It is preferable that the connection portion has a lid portion that closes the outlet in the raised posture.

  The operation unit is preferably provided between the hinge unit and the coupling unit, and has a bent portion that bends the operation unit by pressing the operation unit.

  It is preferable that the connecting portion has a granular material stopper that extends downward and prevents the granular material placed on the upper surface of the stepped portion in the rising posture from moving toward the connecting portion.

  It is preferable that the bottom wall has a connection portion stopper that comes into contact with the connection portion at a position where the upper surface of the connection portion is aligned with the upper surface of the stepped portion by pressing the operation portion.

  According to the present invention, unlike the conventional one in which the lid is opened so that it protrudes outward from the peripheral wall of the container, the outlet provided in the peripheral wall by pressing the operating portion through the opening provided in the top wall Granules can be removed from Moreover, since a granular material can be taken out by one operation which presses an operation part, operativity is not impaired. Moreover, since the particulate matter in the storage space is once placed on the upper surface of the stepped portion, which is limited to a predetermined number, the particulate matter is taken out, so that a problem that a large amount of particulate matter is discharged at a time is less likely to occur. .

  When the connecting portion is provided with a lid portion that closes the outlet in the raised position, dust or the like is difficult to enter the storage space during storage.

  When the operation part is provided with a bending part provided between the hinge part and the connecting part and bending the operation part by pressing the operation part, even if the operation part on the hinge part side is inclined across the bending part The operation part on the opposite side and the connection part connected to this operation part can be made parallel to the upper surface of the step part, so that the granular material placed on the step part can be smoothly moved to the connection part. .

  In the case where a granular material stopper extending in the downward direction and preventing the progress of the granular material placed on the upper surface of the stepped portion toward the connecting portion in the ascending posture is provided, the granular material moved to the stepped portion Can be prevented from falling to the connecting portion side.

  If the bottom wall is provided with a connecting portion stopper that abuts the connecting portion at a position where the upper surface of the connecting portion is aligned with the upper surface of the stepped portion by pressing the operating portion, the height of the connecting portion and the stepped portion becomes equal. The granular material placed on the stepped portion can be moved to the connecting portion more smoothly.

(A) is a top view and (b) is a left view about one Embodiment of the granular material storage container according to this invention. It is sectional drawing which follows AA shown in FIG. (A) is sectional drawing which follows BB shown in FIG. 1, (b) is a figure which shows the state which pressed the operation part from the state of (a). It is sectional drawing which follows CC shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows DD shown in FIG. 1A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a left side view, and FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional view taken along line EE shown in FIG. 1A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a left side view, FIG. 1C is a right side view, and FIG. 1D is a cross-sectional view taken along line FF shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings. In the present specification, claims, and abstract, “upper” is the side where the top wall is located with respect to the bottom wall, and “lower” is the opposite side. Further, “front” in FIG. 1A is the side where the operation unit is located with respect to the storage space (upper side in FIG. 1A), and “rear” is the opposite side (FIG. 1A). ) On the lower side). “Left” and “right” are left and right directions (left side and right side in FIG. 1A) when viewed from “back” to “front”.

  1-5 is a figure which shows one Embodiment of the granular material storage container 100 according to this invention. The granular material storage container 100 of the present embodiment includes a bottom wall 1, a top wall 2 that faces the bottom wall 1, and a peripheral wall 3 that surrounds the bottom wall 1 and the top wall 2. In this embodiment, a storage space S for storing the granular material T having a flat circular shape is formed. The peripheral wall 3 is provided with an outlet 4 for the granular material T as shown in FIGS. 1 (b) and 3 (a). The granular material storage container 100 is composed of two members (both made of synthetic resin), a container main body A shown in FIG. 6 and a lid B shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the container main body A includes the aforementioned bottom wall 1. The bottom wall 1 of the present embodiment has a rectangular shape in plan view. Further, a lower peripheral wall 3 a which is a part of the above-described peripheral wall 3 is provided at the edge of the bottom wall 1. As shown in FIG. 6, a claw portion ta for fitting and holding the lid B is provided on the upper surface of the lower peripheral wall 3a. Further, an inclined portion 5 directed upward is provided at one corner (front left side) of the bottom wall 1, and a step portion 6 extending in the horizontal direction is provided at the upper end of the inclined portion 5 (see FIG. 5). The step portion 6 is formed in such a size that a predetermined number of granular materials T can be placed thereon, and in the present embodiment, one granular material T can be placed. As shown in FIG. 6, a left partition wall 7 is provided on the left side of the step portion 6. The left partition wall 7 is higher than the upper surface of the step portion 6 and extends to the rear end of the inclined portion 5 along the lower peripheral wall 3 a. The right side of the step part 6 is higher than the upper surface of the step part 6 and extends to the rear end of the inclined part 5 in parallel with the left partition wall 7, and then crosses the bottom wall 1 on the right side. A right partition wall 8 extending to the lower peripheral wall 3a is provided.

The bottom wall 1 is provided with a plate-like support portion 9 extending upward on the front right side of the right partition wall 8. The support portion 9 is provided with a flat plate-like operation portion 11 that is pivotably connected to the support portion 9 via a thin hinge portion 10. As shown in FIG. 6, the operation portion 11 of the present embodiment is formed in a state of protruding outward from the right side portion of the container main body A, and is a lid that is bent at the hinge portion 10. Combined with B (see FIG. 2). Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the operation portion 11 includes a thin bent portion 12 extending in the same direction as the hinge portion 10 on the lower surface thereof, and the upper surface has a circular shape recessed in a concave shape. A finger pad 13 is provided.
In addition, the bending part 12 is formed in the vicinity of the left side of the operation part 11 in the state of FIG. 2, and the structure of the bending part 12 is not limited. For example, it is good also as a form which can be bent by providing a step part and a curved part, without changing the thickness of the operation part 11. FIG.
In addition, the shape of the finger pad 13 is not limited, and may be, for example, a protruding shape.

  Furthermore, the operation part 11 is provided with a flat plate-like connecting part 14 on the side opposite to the hinge part 10 with the bent part 12 interposed therebetween, as shown in FIG. On the lower surface of the connecting portion 14, a plate-like lid portion 15 that closes the outlet 4 while extending downward along the lower peripheral wall 3 a is provided. Further, a pair of ribs 16 extending downward are provided on the lower surface of the connecting portion 14 before and after the connecting portion 14.

  Further, a recess 17 in which the bottom wall 1 is recessed is provided immediately below the lid portion 15, and immediately below the rib 16 are ribs 18 (three in the present embodiment) extending upward from the bottom wall 1. Is provided.

  The lid B is provided with the above-described top wall 2 having the same shape as the bottom wall 1 as shown in FIG. An upper peripheral wall 3 b which is a part of the above-described peripheral wall 3 is provided at the edge of the top wall 2. An extended peripheral wall 3c extending downward from the upper peripheral wall 3b is provided on the front right side of the upper peripheral wall 3b, and the upper peripheral wall 3b is notched upward from the lower side on the front left side of the upper peripheral wall 3b. The previously described outlet 4 is provided. A claw part tb corresponding to the claw part ta described above is provided on the inner surface of the upper peripheral wall 3b.

  The top wall 2 is provided with a through hole (opening) 19 at a position corresponding to the operation unit 11. On the right side of the opening 19, an extended peripheral wall 3c is provided by extending the upper peripheral wall 3b downward.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the assembly of the container body A and the lid body B having such a structure is made by bending the operation portion 11 inward by the hinge portion 10 and then connecting the claw portion ta and the claw portion tb. Finish by fitting. In this state, the connecting portion 14 is displaced to an ascending posture positioned above the upper surface of the step portion 6 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 by the urging force that the bent hinge portion 10 tries to restore. (The upper surface of the connecting portion 14 comes into contact with the lower surface of the top wall 2). At this time, the lid portion 15 closes the outlet 4 as shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the extended peripheral wall 3 c is located on the right side of the support portion 9, so that the support portion 9 can be covered. Further, since the operation unit 11 is exposed from the opening 19 and is positioned at substantially the same height as the top wall 2, the operation unit 11 and the top wall 2 are visually recognized with a sense of unity. Thus, since the granular-material storage container 100 of this embodiment is formed so that it may become a rectangular parallelepiped shape without an unevenness | corrugation as a whole, it can exhibit a high beauty | look.

  And in order to take out the granular material T from the storage space S, first, the granular material storage container 100 is tilted so that the front is downward with respect to the rear, and vibration is performed as necessary. Thereby, the granular material T in the storage space S moves from the storage space S to the step portion 6 via the inclined portion 5 while being guided by the left partition wall 7 and the right partition wall 8. In the present embodiment, one granular material T is placed on the upper surface of the stepped portion 6. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the rib 16 prevents the granular material T placed on the step portion 6 from moving toward the connecting portion 14 (the rib 16 functions as a granular material stopper). The granular material T does not fall to the connecting portion 14 side.

  Then, in the state shown in FIG. 3 (a), a finger is applied to the finger rest 13 and pressed downward as shown in FIG. 3 (b). As a result, the operation portion 11 is bent at the bent portion 12, and the connecting portion 14 moves downward so as to connect the step portion 6 and the outlet 4. Thereafter, when the rib 16 is pressed against the rib 18 (the rib 18 functions as a connecting portion stopper), the downward movement of the connecting portion 14 can be stopped. Here, in a state where the rib 16 is pressed against the rib 18 (downward posture of the connecting portion 14), the operation portion 11 on the right side (the hinge portion 10 side) with respect to the bent portion 12 is downward from the right side toward the left side. Although it is inclined, the left operation portion 11 and the connecting portion 14 with respect to the bent portion 12 are parallel to the upper surface of the step portion 6. Further, in this state, the upper surface of the connecting portion 14 is located at a height that is aligned with the upper surface of the stepped portion 6, and the outlet portion 4 is opened by moving the lid portion 15 downward. For this reason, if the granular material storage container 100 is tilted so that the front is downward with respect to the rear, the granular material T placed on the stepped portion 6 can be smoothly moved toward the connecting portion 14 without being caught. it can. Further, in this state, the upper surface of the connecting portion 14 is located at a height that is aligned with the lower surface of the outlet 4 (see FIG. 3B), so that the particulate matter T is between the connecting portion 14 and the outlet 4. But you can move without getting caught.

  When the pressing to the operation part 11 is released, the connecting part 14 is automatically displaced to the rising posture shown in FIG. 3A by the urging force that the hinge part 10 tries to restore, and the outlet 4 is a lid part. 15 is closed. For this reason, since the outlet 4 is opened only when the particulate matter T is taken out, it is possible to more reliably prevent dust from entering the storage space S and to prevent the particulate matter T from being inadvertently discharged. . Since the top wall 2 is located above the connecting portion 14, the operation portion 11 does not come out of the opening 19.

  The granular material storage container according to the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope according to the claims. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the rib 16 presses against the rib 18 so that the rib 18 functions as a connecting portion stopper, but various configurations that regulate the height of the lowered connecting portion 14. The rib 16 may directly contact the bottom wall 1 without providing the rib 18.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the operation | movement which takes out a granular material differs greatly from the conventional thing, and a novel granular material storage container which can take out a granular material easily can be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bottom wall 2 Top wall 3 Peripheral wall 3a Lower peripheral wall 3b Upper peripheral wall 3c Extension peripheral wall 4 Outlet 5 Inclined part 6 Step part 7 Left partition wall 8 Right partition wall 9 Support part 10 Hinge part 11 Operation part 12 Bending part 13 Finger rest part 14 Connecting part 15 Lid part 16 Rib (granular material stopper)
17 Recess 18 Rib (Connector Stopper)
19 opening 100 granular material storage container A container main body B lid S storage space T granular material ta claw part tb claw part

Claims (5)

A granular material storage container having a peripheral wall surrounding a bottom wall and a ceiling wall facing the bottom wall to form a storage space for the granular material, and having a granular material outlet on the peripheral wall,
The bottom wall includes a step portion connected to the bottom wall and placing a predetermined number of granular materials on the upper surface thereof, and a support portion extending upward from the bottom wall,
The support portion has an operation portion that is swingably connected to the upper portion of the support portion via a hinge portion and that can be pressed downward through an opening provided in the top wall,
The operating portion is displaced to a rising posture positioned above the upper surface of the stepped portion, and has a lowered posture that connects the stepped portion and the outlet by pressing the operating portion downward. The granular material storage container which has a connection part to displace.   The granular material storage container according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion has a lid portion that closes the outlet in the raised posture.   The granular material storage container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation portion includes a bent portion that is provided between the hinge portion and the connection portion and bends the operation portion by pressing the operation portion.   The said connection part is extended in the downward direction, and has a granular material stopper which prevents the progress to the said connection part of the granular material mounted in the upper surface of the said step part in the said raise attitude | position. The granular material storage container as described in any one of Claims.   The said bottom wall has a connection part stopper which contact | abuts to the said connection part in the position where the upper surface of this connection part aligns with the upper surface of the said step part by the press to the said operation part. The granular material storage container as described.

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