JP6971136B2 - Container for granules - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a container for granules.

Conventionally, a container for granules containing granules, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1 below, has been known.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-1854

However, in the conventional container for granules, there is a problem that it is difficult to take out the granules one by one.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container for granules capable of taking out granules one by one.

In order to solve the above problems and achieve such an object, the container for granules of the present invention has a dish-shaped container having an inner side that opens upward and is a storage recess for accommodating granules. The inner container is provided with a lid that is movably attached to the inner container in the front-rear direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and that closes the storage recess, and the lid closes the storage recess. It is movably arranged between the position and the open position which is located behind the closed position and the front end of the accommodating recess is open, and is arranged on the lower surface of the lid in both the vertical direction and the front-rear direction. In addition to being arranged side by side in the left-right direction orthogonal to the direction, a pair of left and right partition walls protruding downward are arranged, and granules can pass forward between the pair of left and right partition walls. A gap is provided, and a support wall is provided on the bottom surface of the storage recess in the inner container so as to face the gap between the pair of left and right partition walls from behind the gap and project upward. The size of the gap between the pair of left and right partition walls in the left-right direction is equal to or less than the outer diameter of the granular material, the pair of left and right partition walls are formed so as to be elastically deformable, and the partition wall is formed. , The gap is provided between the inner edges of the pair of left and right partition walls in the left-right direction, and the partition wall has the outer end portion in the left-right direction as a fixed end in the left-right direction. It is characterized in that it is supported in the shape of a cantilever with the inner end of the free end.

According to the present invention, the size of the gap between the pair of left and right partition walls (hereinafter referred to as the take-out gap) in the left-right direction is equal to or less than the outer diameter of the granular material. Even if there are a plurality of granules located in the space (hereinafter referred to as a waiting space), the number of granules passing through the take-out gap can be suppressed to one. Therefore, when the lid is positioned from the closed position to the open position, the partition wall is supported at both ends in the left-right direction of the support wall while the granules located in the standby space are supported by the support wall from the rear side of the granules. By moving the granules located in the left-right gap (hereinafter referred to as the introduction gap) between the portion and the inner surface of the accommodating recess backward while pushing them backward, one granule creates a take-out gap. Pass forward. As a result, only one of the plurality of granules in the accommodating recess can be passed forward through the take-out gap and positioned at the front end of the accommodating recess. At this time, one granular material can be taken out by opening the front end portion of the accommodating recess from the lid body. Further, at this time, since the pair of left and right partition walls abuts or approaches the support wall and blocks the flow of the granules through the introduction gap, other granules located behind the support wall are placed in the accommodating recess. It can be prevented from reaching the front end.
From the above, one granular substance can be taken out.
Since the pair of left and right partition walls are formed so that they can be elastically deformed, when the lid is positioned from the closed position to the open position, the particles in the waiting space are taken out while elastically deforming the partition walls forward. Since the particles pass through the gap forward, the particles in the waiting space can be smoothly taken out without being caught and passed through the gap forward.

Here, the size of the support wall in the left-right direction may be the same as the outer diameter of the granular material.

In this case, since the size of the support wall in the left-right direction is the same as the outer diameter of the granular material, it is located in the take-out gap between the pair of left and right partition walls and the waiting space between the support walls. Even if there are a plurality of granules to be formed, when the lid is positioned from the closed position to the open position, only one granule can be supported by the support wall from the rear side of the granule. , The number of granules passing through the take-out gap can be surely made one.

Further, the size of the gap in the left-right direction between both ends in the left-right direction of the support wall and the inner surface of the accommodating recess may be larger than 1 times and smaller than 2 times the outer diameter of the granular material. ..

In this case, the size of the introduction gap between both ends of the support wall in the left-right direction and the inner surface of the accommodating recess is larger than 1 times and smaller than 2 times the outer diameter of the granular material, so that the granular material is. It is possible to prevent two or more particles arranged side by side in the left-right direction from passing forward through the introduction gap, and the number of granules located in the waiting space can be unified. It is possible to surely realize that one granular substance is taken out.

Further, when the lid body is located at the closed position, the partition wall may be located at the front end portion of the accommodating recess.

In this case, when the lid is in the closed position, the partition wall is located at the front end of the accommodating recess, so that at least a part of the waiting space is in the accommodating recess with the lid in the closed position. It will be located at the front end. Therefore, when the lid is positioned from the closed position to the open position, one granular material located in the waiting space is supported by the support wall from the rear side of the granular material, so that the granular material is accommodated in the concave portion. Can be retained at the front end. As a result, if the lid is positioned from the closed position to the open position, the granules can be positioned at the front end of the accommodating recess without tilting the container for granules so that the front side is positioned downward. The granules can be taken out immediately after the lid is positioned in the open position.

Further, the pair of left and right partition walls may gradually extend rearward from the inside to the outside in the left-right direction.

In this case, since the pair of left and right partition walls gradually extend rearward from the inside to the outside in the left-right direction, they are located in the waiting space when the lid is positioned from the closed position to the open position. The granules can be guided toward the take-out gap by the partition wall, and the granules located in the introduction gap are guided inward in the left-right direction while being pushed backward by the partition wall. It is possible to prevent an object from being sandwiched between the inner surface of the accommodating recess and the partition wall and hindering the smooth movement of the lid.

According to the present invention, granules can be taken out one by one.

It is sectional drawing which follows the direction orthogonal to the vertical direction in the container for granules shown as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. In the container for granules shown in FIG. 1, it is a vertical sectional view along both directions in the vertical direction and the front-back direction. It is a figure which shows the state which the lid is positioned in the open position in the container for granules shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a top view showing a state in which the lid is located at an open position in the container for granules shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the lid of the container for granules shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the container for granules 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the granular material container 1 has a dish-shaped inner container 12 having an inner side that opens upward and has a storage recess 11 for storing the granular material W, and the contents thereof. The container 12 is provided with a lid 13 that is movably mounted in the front-rear direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and that closes the accommodating recess 11. Hereinafter, the direction orthogonal to both the vertical direction and the front-back direction is referred to as a left-right direction.
Examples of the granular material W include refreshing confectionery, drugs, supplements, pills, capsules, and grain gum. In the illustrated example, the granular material W is formed in a disk shape.

The inner container 12 has a bottom wall 14 having a long rectangular shape in the front-rear direction when viewed from above, a front wall 15 protruding upward from the front end edge of the bottom wall 14, and an upward direction from the rear end edge of the bottom wall 14. A rear wall 16 projecting from the bottom wall 14 and a pair of side walls 17 projecting upward from both end edges in the left-right direction of the bottom wall 14 are provided.

The accommodating recess 11 is formed by an upper surface (bottom surface) of the bottom wall 14, a rear surface facing the rear side of the front wall 15, a front surface facing the front side of the rear wall 16, and an inner surface facing the inside in the left-right direction of the side wall 17. It is imaged. The size of the accommodating recess 11 in the left-right direction is more than twice the outer diameter of the granular material W. In the illustrated example, the size of the accommodating recess 11 in the left-right direction is, for example, larger than twice the outer diameter of the granular material W and smaller than three times. Each front end edge of the pair of side walls 17 is separately connected to the left and right end edges of the front wall 15, and each rear end edge of the pair of side walls 17 is separately connected to each of the left and right end edges of the rear wall 16. ing. The vertical positions of the upper end edges of the front wall 15, the rear wall 16, and the side wall 17 are the same as each other. Of the lateral wall 17, the front end portion 17a projects outward in the left-right direction from the other portions.

The lid 13 has a top wall 21 that has a long rectangular shape in the front-rear direction when viewed from above, a rear wall 22 that projects downward from the rear end edge of the top wall 21, and both end edges in the left-right direction of the top wall 21. A pair of side walls 23, each of which projects downward, are provided.
Each trailing edge of the pair of side walls 23 is separately connected to both left and right edges of the trailing wall 22. The front end of the top wall 21 projects forward from the side wall 23. The lower surface of the front end portion of the top wall 21 is arranged on the front end portion 17a of the side wall 17 and the upper end edge of each of the front wall 15 in the inner container 12.

The inner container 12 is inserted inside the lid 13 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. Of the inner container 12, the front end portion 17a, the front wall 15, and the bottom wall 14 of the side wall 17 are not covered with the lid 13 and are exposed to the outside. When the lid 13 and the inner container 12 are moved relative to each other in the front-rear direction, the lower surface of the top wall 21 of the lid 13 and the upper end edges of the front wall 15, the rear wall 16, and the side wall 17 of the inner container 12 are moved to each other. In addition to being in sliding contact with each other, the inner side surface facing inward in the left-right direction on the side wall 23 of the lid 13 and the outer surface facing outward in the left-right direction on the side wall 17 of the inner container 12 are in sliding contact with each other. The vertical distance between the lower surface of the top wall 21 of the lid 13 and the upper surface of the bottom wall 14 of the inner container 12 is larger than 1 times and smaller than 2 times the thickness of the granular material W.

Here, the lid 13 has a closed position in which the accommodating recess 11 is closed, and an open position in which the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11 is opened behind the closed position as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. It is arranged so as to be movable between.
When the lid 13 is positioned in the open position on at least one of the inner container 12 and the lid 13, the regulating unit 25 restricts further backward movement of the lid 13 by engaging with the other. Is formed. In the illustrated example, the restricting portion 25 is a protrusion protruding downward from the lower surface of the top wall 21 of the lid 13, and is arranged at both ends in the left-right direction at the rear portion of the top wall 21. The regulating portion 25 is located inside the accommodating recess 11. The regulating portion 25 is in contact with or in close proximity to the inner side surface of the side wall 17 of the inner container 12. The restricting portion 25 comes into contact with the front surface of the rear wall 16 of the inner container 12 when the lid 13 is positioned in the open position. When the lid 13 is positioned in the open position, the size of the front end portion 11a opened from the lid 13 in the accommodating recess 11 in the front-rear direction is such that the granular material W can pass through. In the illustrated example, the size of the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11 in the front-rear direction is equivalent to the outer diameter of the granular material W.

Further, in the present embodiment, a pair of left and right partition walls 26 are arranged on the lower surface of the lid 13 so as to be arranged side by side in the left-right direction and project downward. A gap (hereinafter referred to as a take-out gap) S1 through which the granular material W can pass forward is provided between the pair of left and right partition walls 26. The partition wall 26 extends in the left-right direction, and a take-out gap S1 is provided between the inner end edges of the pair of partition walls 26 in the left-right direction. The size of the take-out gap S1 in the left-right direction is equal to or smaller than the outer diameter of the granular material W. In the illustrated example, the size of the take-out gap S1 in the left-right direction is the same as the outer diameter of the granular material W. The left-right gap between the outer edge of the partition wall 26 in the left-right direction and the inner side surface of the side wall 17 of the inner container 12 is smaller than the outer diameter of the granular material W.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the partition wall 26 is located at the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11 when the lid 13 is located at the closed position. The partition wall 26 is arranged at the front end portion of the top wall 21 of the lid 13. In the illustrated example, the partition wall 26 is arranged at the front end portion of the top wall 21 of the lid 13 over the entire area in the left-right direction except the outer end portion in the left-right direction, and the front end portion 17a of the side wall 17 of the inner container 12 is provided. Is facing each other in the left-right direction. The distance between the partition wall 26 and the front wall 15 of the inner container 12 in the front-rear direction is smaller than the outer diameter of the granular material W.

The pair of left and right partition walls 26 gradually extend rearward from the inside to the outside in the left-right direction. The partition wall 26 is arranged line-symmetrically with respect to the reference line O extending in the front-rear direction through the central portion in the left-right direction of the accommodation recess 11 in the top view of the accommodation recess 11.

The partition wall 26 is formed so as to be elastically deformable. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an opening 27 having the same shape as the partition wall 26 and larger than the partition wall 26 is formed on the top wall 21 of the lid 13, and the left and right sides of the partition wall 26 are formed. The outer end portion in the direction is connected to the outer end surface 27a which is located at the outer end portion in the left-right direction and faces the inside in the left-right direction among the inner peripheral surfaces of the opening 27. As a result, the partition wall 26 is supported in a cantilever shape with the outer end in the left-right direction as the fixed end and the inner end in the left-right direction as the free end. The upper end edge of the partition wall 26 is located below the upper surface of the top wall 21 of the lid 13. The vertical length of the portion of the partition wall 26 protruding downward from the lower surface of the top wall 21 is longer than the vertical length of the portion located inside the opening 27.
The label L is integrally arranged on the upper surface of the top wall 21 of the lid 13 over almost the entire area, and the label L closes the opening 27.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a support wall 28 is provided on the bottom surface of the accommodating recess 11 in the inner container 12 so as to face the take-out gap S1 from the rear of the gap S and project upward. There is. The size of the space (hereinafter referred to as a standby space) T between the take-out gap S1 and the front surface facing forward on the support wall 28 in the front-rear direction is larger than 1 times and smaller than 2 times the outer diameter of the granular material W. .. The front surface of the support wall 28 is formed in a curved surface shape that is recessed toward the rear. The radius of curvature of the front surface of the support wall 28 in view of the upper surface is equal to the radius of the outer peripheral surface of the granular material W. The support wall 28 is arranged line-symmetrically with respect to the reference line O extending in the front-rear direction through the central portion in the left-right direction of the accommodation recess 11 in the top view of the accommodation recess 11.

The size of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction is the same as the outer diameter of the granular material W. That is, the support wall 28 has a structure in which only one granular material W can be supported and two or more granular materials W cannot be supported. In the illustrated example, the size of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction is smaller than the outer diameter of the granular material W. The size of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction may be larger than the outer diameter of the granular material W. The size of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction is the same as the size of the take-out gap S1 in the left-right direction. The sizes of the support wall 28 and the take-out gap S1 in the left-right direction may be different from each other.

The size of the left-right gap (hereinafter referred to as the introduction gap) S2 between both ends of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction and the inner surface of the accommodating recess 11 is larger than one time the outer diameter of the granular material W. Less than twice. The size of the introduction gap S2 may be at least twice the outer diameter of the granular material W. In the inner container 12, the distance between the support wall 28 and the front wall 15 in the front-rear direction is smaller than the distance between the support wall 28 and the rear wall 16 in the front-rear direction.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, when the lid 13 is located in the open position, the left-right inner ends of the partition wall 26 are located at both ends of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction. Close to the front. At this time, the support wall 28 is located in front of the outer end portion in the left-right direction of the partition wall 26.

As described above, according to the granular material container 1 according to the present embodiment, the size of the take-out gap S1 between the pair of left and right partition walls 26 in the left-right direction is equal to or smaller than the outer diameter of the granular material W. Therefore, even if there are a plurality of granules W located in the waiting space T between the take-out gap S1 and the support wall 28, the number of granules W passing through the take-out gap S1 can be suppressed to one. ..

Therefore, when the lid 13 is positioned from the closed position to the open position, the partition wall 26 is introduced in a state where the granular material W located in the standby space T is supported by the support wall 28 from the rear side of the granular material W. By moving the granular material W located in the gap S2 backward while pushing it backward, one granular material W passes forward through the take-out gap S1. As a result, only one of the plurality of granules W in the accommodating recess 11 can be allowed to pass forward through the take-out gap S1 and be positioned at the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11. At this time, one granular material W can be taken out by opening the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11 from the lid body 13. Further, at this time, since the pair of left and right partition walls 26 are close to the support wall 28 and block the flow of the granular material W through the introduction gap S2, the other granular material W located behind the support wall 28 is separated. It is possible to prevent the housing recess 11 from reaching the front end portion 11a.
From the above, one granular material W can be taken out.

Further, since the size of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction is the same as the outer diameter of the granular material W, there is a gap S1 between the pair of left and right partition walls 26 and the support wall 28. Even if there are a plurality of granules W located in the waiting space T, when the lid 13 is positioned from the closed position to the open position, only one granular material W is supported from the rear side of the granular material W. It becomes possible to support the wall 28, and the number of granules W passing through the take-out gap S1 can be surely set to one.

Further, since the size of the introduction gap S2 between both ends of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction and the inner surface of the accommodating recess 11 is larger than 1 times and smaller than 2 times the outer diameter of the granular material W, it is granular. It becomes possible to prevent two or more objects W from lining up in the left-right direction and passing forward through the introduction gap S2, and the take-out gap S1 between the pair of left and right partition walls 26 and the support wall 28. The quantity of the granular material W located in the waiting space T between them can be made one.

Further, since the partition wall 26 is located at the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11 when the lid body 13 is located at the closed position, at least one of the waiting spaces T is in the state where the lid body 13 is located at the closed position. The portion is located at the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11. Therefore, when the lid 13 is positioned from the closed position to the open position, one granular material W located in the waiting space T is supported by the support wall 28 from the rear side of the granular material W, whereby the granular material W is supported. The object W can be retained in the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11. As a result, if the lid 13 is positioned from the closed position to the open position, the granular material W can be placed in the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11 without tilting the granular material container 1 so that the front side is positioned downward. The granules W can be taken out immediately after the lid 13 is positioned in the open position.

Further, since the pair of left and right partition walls 26 gradually extend rearward from the inside to the outside in the left-right direction, when the lid 13 is positioned from the closed position to the open position, the waiting space T is formed. The positioned granular material W can be guided toward the take-out gap S1 by the partition wall 26, and the granular material W located in the introduction gap S2 is pushed backward by the partition wall 26 and inward in the left-right direction. It will be guided, and it is possible to prevent the granular material W from being sandwiched between the inner side surface of the accommodating recess 11 and the partition wall 26 and hindering the smooth movement of the lid 13.

Further, since the pair of left and right partition walls 26 are formed so as to be elastically deformable, when the lid 13 is positioned from the closed position to the open position, the granules W of the waiting space T move forward the partition wall 26. The granules W in the waiting space T can be smoothly passed through the take-out gap S1 in front of S1 while being elastically deformed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, when the lid 13 is located in the open position, the inner ends of the partition wall 26 in the left-right direction are brought close to both ends of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction from the front side of the support wall 28. However, instead of this, when the lid 13 is in the open position, the inner end portions in the left-right direction of the partition wall 26 may be brought into contact with both ends in the left-right direction of the support wall 28, or the support may be supported. The wall 28 may be passed forward through the take-out gap S1 so that the inner end portions of the partition wall 26 in the left-right direction are brought close to both ends of the support wall 28 in the left-right direction from the rear side of the support wall 28.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the partition wall 26 is located at the front end portion 11a of the accommodating recess 11 when the lid body 13 is located at the closed position, but when the lid body 13 is located at the closed position. The partition wall 26 may be configured to be located in a portion of the accommodating recess 11 located behind the front end portion 11a.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the pair of left and right partition walls 26 are configured to gradually extend backward from the inside to the outside in the left-right direction, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a partition extending straight in the left-right direction is shown. A wall, a partition wall that gradually extends from the inside to the outside in the left-right direction, a partition wall that extends forward, or a partition wall that curves in the front-rear direction and extends in the left-right direction may be adopted.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the partition wall 26 that can be elastically deformed is shown, but a partition wall having rigidity that does not deform even when the granular material W comes into contact with it may be adopted.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the front surface of the support wall 28 is formed in a curved surface shape that is recessed toward the rear, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, it may extend straight in the left-right direction or forward. It may be formed into a curved surface that is prominent toward the surface.
Further, the regulation unit 25 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be appropriately changed, for example, by forming the inner container 12 and the lid body 13.

In addition, it is possible to replace the constituent elements in the above-described embodiment with well-known constituent elements as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the above-mentioned modifications may be appropriately combined.

1 Container for granules 11 Storage recess 11a Front end 12 Inner container 13 Lid 26 Partition wall 28 Support wall S Extraction gap (gap)
W Granules

Claims (5)

The inside is a dish-shaped inner container that opens upward and has a storage recess for storing granules.
The inner container is provided with a lid that is movably mounted in the front-rear direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and that closes the storage recess.
The lid is movably arranged between a closed position in which the accommodating recess is closed and an open position located behind the closed position and in which the front end of the accommodating recess is open.
On the lower surface of the lid, a pair of left and right partition walls protruding downward are arranged while being arranged side by side in the left-right direction orthogonal to each other in the vertical direction and the front-back direction.
A gap is provided between the pair of left and right partition walls so that granules can pass forward.
On the bottom surface of the storage recess in the inner container, a support wall that faces the gap between the pair of left and right partition walls from the rear of the gap and projects upward is arranged.
The size of the gap between the pair of left and right partition walls in the left-right direction is equal to or less than the outer diameter of the granular material .
The pair of left and right partition walls are formed so as to be elastically deformable.
The partition wall extends in the left-right direction, and the gap is provided between the inner end edges in the left-right direction of the pair of left-right partition walls.
The partition wall is a container for granules, characterized in that it is supported in a cantilever shape with an outer end in the left-right direction as a fixed end and an inner end in the left-right direction as a free end. The container for granules according to claim 1, wherein the size of the support wall in the left-right direction is equal to the outer diameter of the granules. The size of the left-right gap between both ends of the support wall in the left-right direction and the inner surface of the accommodating recess is larger than 1 times and smaller than 2 times the outer diameter of the granules. The container for granules according to claim 1 or 2. The container for granules according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the partition wall is located at the front end portion of the accommodating recess when the lid is located at the closed position. .. The container for granules according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pair of left and right partition walls gradually extend rearward from the inside to the outside in the left-right direction.

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