JP6869828B2 - Granule storage container - Google Patents

Description

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

Conventionally, as a container for storing granular substances such as confectionery and chemicals having a spherical shape or a flat shape, a container body having a measuring recess provided on the side of the storage recess and an upper end of the inner circumference of the measuring recess can be opened and closed. A granular material storage container is known in which a substrate to be fitted and a sheet material that covers the storage recess and to which the substrate is fixed are provided, and granules moved into the measuring recess can be taken out by opening the substrate. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-180726

In the container of Patent Document 1, the container is tilted in the direction in which the measuring recess is located downward to move the granules of the storage recess to the measuring recess, and then the substrate is opened and the container is inverted to invert the granules of the measuring recess. Is configured to be retrieved. That is, the granules can be taken out in a quantity that can be stored in the measuring recess. However, depending on the posture of the container, after the granules in the measuring recess are taken out, other granules in the storage recess may also come out of the container following the granules.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and to provide a granular material storage container capable of taking out only a predetermined quantity of granular matter regardless of the posture of the container main body at the time of taking out. The purpose is.

The present invention has a container body having a bottom wall and a pair of side peripheral walls, and a top wall for partitioning a storage space for granules between the bottom walls, and from one end side to the other end side of the container body. A granular material storage container including a lid that is slidably attached to the container body in the direction of the container.
The container body is located below the storage space on one end side, and has a take-out space in which the granules from the storage space can be stored in a row between a pair of the side peripheral walls, and a pair of the side. It is provided between the circumferential walls and is provided with a lower partition wall for individually storing the granules in a row state to be stored in the take-out space.
The lid has an upper partition wall protruding from the top wall toward the lower partition wall and a lid projecting from the top wall toward the take-out space, and above the take-out space, the lid is housed in the take-out space. When there is a gap smaller than the thickness of the granules with the granules and the lid is slid toward the other end side, the thickness of the granules is smaller than that of the bottom wall. a or bottom wall having a gap becomes small projecting wall abutting,
The bottom wall is provided on one end side at a position facing the granules to be individually stored, and moves to the other end side by the protruding wall when the lid body is slid toward the other end side. A granular material storage container having a temporary storage recess for individually receiving the granular material.

It is preferable that the width of the temporarily placed recess is wider on one end side than on the other end side.

According to the granular material storage container of the present invention having the above-described configuration, when the container body is tilted so that one end side is located downward, the granular material in the storage space can be taken out and moved to the space. Then, when the lid is slid toward the other end side, the granules stored in the take-out space are in a row due to the protruding wall having a gap smaller than the thickness of the granules stored in the take-out space. Granules other than the above will be returned to the storage space. Further, the protruding wall has a gap smaller than the thickness of the granules with the bottom wall or is in contact with the bottom wall when the lid is slid toward the other end side. In this state, the particles in the storage space do not move to the take-out space. That is, regardless of the posture of the container body, only a predetermined number of granules stored in the take-out space can be taken out.

Note that the granules of a row condition being housed in the take-out space, a plurality of granular materials to be accommodated in the space, and these granules is in the state arranged in a row.

Further, when the above-mentioned temporary storage recess is provided on the bottom wall, the granules to be taken out next can be temporarily placed in the vicinity of the take-out space. Therefore, after the granules are taken out, the lid is slid to one end side. By tilting the container body again, the temporarily placed granules can be taken out and smoothly moved to the space. That is, there are few operations such as taking out the granular material and moving it to the space, and swinging out the container body.

When the width of one end side of the temporary storage recess is wider than that of the other end side, when the lid is slid toward the other end, the granules moved by the protruding wall are more reliably stored in the temporary recess. Can be done.

When the concave portion is provided with a lower partition wall for individually storing the granules in a row, the granules to be taken out can be more reliably aligned. In addition, when the upper partition wall is provided on the top wall so as to project toward the lower partition wall, the upper partition wall functions as a guide when moving the granular material from the storage space to the take-out space. Granules can be smoothly moved with respect to the individually partitioned extraction space. Further, when the lid is slid to the other end side, the granules to be taken out next are aligned by the upper partition wall, so that the granules can be more reliably moved to the take-out space.

For one embodiment of the granular material storage container according to the present invention, (a) is a plan view (the lid is shown by a broken line), and (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA shown in (a). FIG. 1A is a plan view of the container body shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB shown in FIG. 1A. Regarding the lid shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a plan view, and (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC shown in (a). Regarding the granular material storage container shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a plan view (the lid is shown by a broken line) in a state where the lid is slid to the other end, and (b) is D shown in (a). It is sectional drawing which follows −D. FIG. 2A is a plan view showing a modified example of the container body shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line EE shown in FIG. 2A. FIG. 5A shows a state in which the lid body shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the container body shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 5A is a plan view showing a state in which the lid body is being moved to the other end side. Is a cross-sectional view taken along the line FF shown in (a).

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a granular material storage container according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this specification and the like, the side where the top wall of the lid is located is referred to as the upper side with respect to the bottom wall of the container body, and the opposite side is referred to as the lower side. The one end side of the container body is the left side in FIG. 1A, and the other end side is the right side in the same figure.

1 to 4 show an embodiment of a granular material storage container according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the granular material storage container of the present embodiment is composed of a container body 1 and a lid 21. As shown in FIGS. 1B and 4B, the lid 21 slides in the direction from one end side to the other end side with respect to the container body 1.

The container body 1 includes a bottom wall 2 as shown in FIG. The bottom wall 2 of the present embodiment has a plate shape and has a rectangular shape in a plan view. Further, a connecting wall 3 extending downward from the bottom wall 2 is provided on one end side of the bottom wall 2, and a lower wall 4 extending in the horizontal direction is provided at the lower end of the connecting wall 3. It is provided. One end side peripheral wall 5 extending upward is provided at one end side end of the lower wall 4, and an upper surface of the lower wall 4 is provided between the connecting wall 3 and the one end side peripheral wall 5. A lower partition wall 6 that connects at the same height as the connecting wall 3 is provided. In this embodiment, two lower partition walls 6 are provided. Further, on both sides of the bottom wall 2, a pair of a bottom wall 2, a connecting wall 3, a lower wall 4, and a pair of side peripheral walls 7 connecting to one end side peripheral wall 5 are provided. Further, on the other end side of the bottom wall 2, the other end side peripheral wall 8 extending upward and downward with respect to the bottom wall 2 is provided.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, a space surrounded by a bottom wall 2, a pair of side peripheral walls 7, a peripheral wall 8 on the other end side, and a top wall of a lid 21 described later (hereinafter, storage). In the present embodiment (referred to as space S), a flat granular material R having a circular shape in a plan view is stored. The height h of the storage space S is slightly larger than the thickness t of the granular material R so that the granular material R does not overlap in the storage space S in the height direction. Further, the space surrounded by the connecting wall 3, the lower wall 4, the one-end side peripheral wall 5, and the pair of side peripheral walls 7 (hereinafter referred to as the take-out space T) leads to the storage space S and is connected to the storage space S. Granules R can be stored. Here, the take-out space T is formed so that the granules R are lined up in a row in the width direction of the lower wall 4. In the present embodiment, the size is such that three granules R are lined up in a row. That is, the relationship between the outer diameter D of the granular material R and the width W1 of the lower wall 4 is 3 × D ≦ W1 <4 × D. Further, the relationship with respect to the width W2 from the lower partition wall 6 to the side peripheral wall 7 (or the width from one lower partition wall 6 to the other adjacent lower partition wall 6) is D ≦ W2 <2 × D. There is.

Further, on one end side of the bottom wall 2, a recess 9 (hereinafter, referred to as a temporary storage recess 9) recessed downward is provided. The temporary placement recess 9 of the present embodiment forms a part (spherical cap) of a spherical surface, and has a circular shape in a plan view as shown in FIG. 1 (a).

Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, the lateral peripheral wall 7 is provided with a notch 10 having a rectangular shape. Here, the edge on one end side of the notch 10 is referred to as the edge 11 on the one end side, and the edge on the other end side is referred to as the edge 12 on the other end side.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the lid 21 includes a top wall 22 located above the bottom wall 2. The top wall 22 has a plate shape as shown in FIG. 3, and also has a rectangular shape in a plan view. Further, a pair of lateral outer peripheral walls 23 extending downward are provided on both sides of the top wall 22, and a rectangular stopper protruding inward is provided on the inner surface of the lateral outer peripheral wall 23. 24 is provided. Here, the stopper 24 engages with the bottom wall 2 inside the notch 10 when the lid 21 is attached to the container body 1 as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B. is there. Further, on the other end side of the top wall 22, an outer peripheral wall 25 on the other end side extending downward is provided.

Further, on one end side of the lid body 21, a protruding wall 26 projecting downward is provided. Here, as shown in FIG. 1B, the protruding wall 26 has a gap s1 above the take-out space T, which is smaller than the thickness t of the granular material R with the granular material R stored in the take-out space T. have. That is, the protruding wall 26 protrudes from the lid 21 so as to satisfy the relationship of s1 <t. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the protruding wall 26 has a gap between the lid 21 and the bottom wall 2 which is smaller than the thickness t of the granular material R when the lid 21 is slid toward the other end side. It has s2. In this state, the protruding wall 26 may be in contact with the bottom wall 2. That is, the protruding wall 26 protrudes from the lid 21 so as to satisfy the relationship of 0 ≦ s2 <t.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, the protruding wall 26 extends long in the width direction of the top wall 22, but is formed with a length not connected to the lateral outer peripheral wall 23. Here, the protruding wall 26 is provided with a length having a gap s3 between the lid 21 and the side peripheral wall 7 as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 1A when the lid 21 is attached to the container body 1. Or, it abuts on the side peripheral wall 7 of the container body 1. The gap s3 is smaller than the outer diameter D of the granular material R. That is, the protruding wall 26 satisfies 0 ≦ s3 <D in the relationship between the gap s3 and the outer diameter D.

Further, an upper partition wall 27 projecting downward is provided on one end side of the lid 21. The upper partition wall 27 is provided above the lower partition wall 6, and two are provided in the present embodiment. Further, as shown in FIG. 1B, the upper partition wall 27 is provided so as to have the same amount of protrusion as the protruding wall 26.

In a granular material storage container composed of such a container body 1 and a lid 21, when the lid 21 is slid to one end side, the stopper 24 has a notch 10 as shown in FIG. 1 (b). The lid 21 comes into contact with the one-end side edge 11 and stops sliding toward one end. In the present embodiment, at this position, the outer peripheral wall 25 on the other end side abuts on the peripheral wall 8 on the other end side, and the protruding wall 26 abuts on the peripheral wall 5 on the one end side. The slide to one end side of the can be stopped. Then, when the container body 1 is tilted so that one end side is located downward, the granules R of the storage space S pass between the adjacent upper partition walls 27 or sideways between the upper partition wall 27 and the container body 1. It passes between the peripheral walls 7 and moves to the take-out space T partitioned by the lower partition wall 6.

If the container body 1 is tilted so that one end side is located downward, as shown in FIG. 1, another granular material R may ride on the granular material R stored in the take-out space T. However, when the lid 21 is slid to the other end side as shown in FIG. 4, the other granular material R that has been ridden by the protruding wall 26 can be moved to the other end side. As described above, the protruding wall 26 has a gap s1 smaller than the thickness t of the granular material R between the protruding wall 26 and the granular material R stored in the take-out space T, so that the protruding wall 26 moves to the other end side. The wall 26 does not cause a problem such as rubbing the granular material R stored in the take-out space T, and the other granular material R that has been riding on can be reliably moved to the other end side. In the state where the lid 21 is slid to the other end side, as shown in FIG. 4B, the stopper 24 comes into contact with the other end side edge 12 of the notch 10, so that the lid 21 Can be stopped at a predetermined position.

In this state, the protruding wall 26 has a gap s2 between the protruding wall 26 and the bottom wall 2 which is smaller than the thickness t of the granular material R, or is in contact with the bottom wall 2, and is therefore granular. The object R does not come out of the storage space S. Therefore, a predetermined number (three in this embodiment) of particles R can be taken out from the take-out space T in which the lid 21 moves to the other end side and the upper part is open. Since the granules R are lined up in the take-out space T in a row, it can be immediately determined whether or not there are a predetermined number of the granules R in the take-out space T. Further, in the present embodiment, since the take-out space T is partitioned by the lower partition wall 6 so that a predetermined number of granules R are individually stored, the take-out space T is temporarily stored in the take-out space T. Even if the number is insufficient, it can be determined immediately. Therefore, according to the granular material storage container of the present embodiment, it can be suitably used even when the number of doses to be taken at one time is fixed, such as a drug.

By the way, since the temporary storage recess 9 is provided on one end side of the bottom wall 2, the granular material R that moves to the other end side by the protruding wall 26 is placed in the temporary storage recess 9. In the present embodiment, the lid 21 is provided with the upper partition wall 27, and the granular material R moving to the other end side moves toward the temporary storage recess 9 while being guided by the upper partition wall 27. , It is more reliably placed in the temporary storage recess 9.

Since the granular material R placed in the temporary storage recess 9 is in a state of being temporarily placed in the vicinity of the take-out space T, after taking out the granular material R in the take-out space T, the lid 21 is slid to one end side. Then, by tilting the container body 1 so that one end side is positioned downward again, the granular material R of the temporary storage recess 9 can be taken out and smoothly moved to the space T. That is, when such a temporary storage recess 9 is provided, there are few operations such as swinging out the container body 1 to take out the granular material R and move it to the space T, so that the usability is improved. Further, since the upper partition wall 27 is provided in the present embodiment, the granular material R of the temporary storage recess 9 moves along the upper partition wall 27 and surely enters the take-out space T partitioned by the lower partition wall 6. Can be stored.

The shape of the temporary placement recess 9 may be a part of a spherical surface (spherical cap) as described above, but as shown in FIG. 5A, the temporary placement recess 9'is on one end side. It is preferable to provide the width so as to be wider than the other end side. In the granular material storage container provided with such a temporary storage recess 9', as shown in FIG. 6B, the other granular material R riding on the granular material R stored in the take-out space T has a lid 21. When the projecting wall 26 moves toward the other end side as it slides toward the other end side, the width of one end side of the temporary storage recess 9'is wide, so that the temporary storage recess 9'can be more reliably stored in the temporary storage recess 9'. ..

The granular material storage container according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described so far, and includes those with various modifications within the scope of the claims. For example, in the above-described embodiment, two lower partition walls are provided, but the number thereof shall be appropriately changed according to the number of granules to be stored in the temporary storage recess. Further, the form of the granular material to be accommodated is not limited to the above-mentioned shape, and may be, for example, a flat granular material having a rectangular shape in a plan view.

1: Container body 2: Bottom wall 3: Connecting wall 4: Lower wall 5: One end side peripheral wall 6: Lower partition wall 7: Side peripheral wall 8: Other end side peripheral wall 9, 9': Temporary storage recess 10: Notch 11 : One end side edge 12: The other end side edge 21: Lid body 22: Top wall 23: Side outer peripheral wall 24: Stopper 25: Other end side outer peripheral wall 26: Protruding wall 27: Upper partition wall R: Granules S : Storage space T: Extraction space

Claims (2)

A container body having a bottom wall and a pair of side peripheral walls, and a top wall for partitioning a storage space for granules between the bottom walls, and along the direction from one end side to the other end side of the container body. A granular material storage container provided with a lid that can be slidably attached to the container body.
The container body is located below the storage space on one end side, and has a take-out space in which the granules from the storage space can be stored in a row between a pair of the side peripheral walls, and a pair of the side. It is provided between the circumferential walls and is provided with a lower partition wall for individually storing the granules in a row state to be stored in the take-out space.
The lid has an upper partition wall protruding from the top wall toward the lower partition wall and a lid projecting from the top wall toward the take-out space, and above the take-out space, the lid is housed in the take-out space. When there is a gap smaller than the thickness of the granules with the granules and the lid is slid toward the other end side, the thickness of the granules is smaller than that of the bottom wall. a or bottom wall having a gap becomes small projecting wall abutting,
The bottom wall is provided on one end side at a position facing the granules to be individually stored, and moves to the other end side by the protruding wall when the lid body is slid toward the other end side. A granular material storage container having a temporary storage recess for individually receiving the granular material. The granular material storage container according to claim 1 , wherein the temporary storage recess has a width on one end side wider than that on the other end side.

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