JP7016576B2 - Feeding container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a feeding container, and more particularly to a feeding container for storing stick-shaped cosmetics such as lipstick.

As a cylindrical container for storing stick-shaped cosmetics such as lipstick, lip gloss, stick eye shadow, etc., it is equipped with a container body and a cap to be attached to the container body, and the container body is a medium plate body for storing stick-shaped cosmetics. The inner cylinder that accommodates the inner plate so that it cannot rotate and can move up and down, and the outer cylinder that moves the inner plate up and down by rotating around the outer circumference of the inner cylinder are provided, and after removing the cap. , A pay-out container used by grasping the inner cylinder body and rotating the outer cylinder body to allow the stick-shaped cosmetics to appear and disappear from the inner cylinder body by the vertical movement of the middle plate body has been conventionally known (for example). , Patent Document 1).

In addition, in order to prevent accidents such as cosmetic breakage caused by unnecessarily paying out cosmetics (stick-shaped cosmetics), when the cover (cap) is removed, the cosmetic saucer (middle plate) and the screw cylinder are screwed together. The amount of cosmetics to be fed can be set to an appropriate amount by pushing it upward by a specified amount by a spring, and when the cosmetics are consumed by attaching a small amount of feeding operating member, the operating member is screwed. A feeding container that can easily replenish the consumable portion is also conventionally known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-343 Jitsukosho 64-838 Gazette

Recently, many stick-shaped cosmetics such as lipsticks are relatively soft, and there is a high possibility that they will break or bend due to dropping or impact while wearing the cap. It has become.
For this reason, the feeding container described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that it may be broken or bent due to an external force acting on the stick-shaped cosmetic during use with the cap removed.
Further, the feeding container described in Patent Document 2 is sufficient to make up the maximum amount of cosmetics initially fed, but it is possible to prevent accidents such as breakage of cosmetics by preventing the feeding from being unnecessarily excessively fed. No measures have been taken when an external force acts on the cosmetics, and there is the same problem as in Patent Document 1.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a feeding container capable of preventing a stick-shaped cosmetic such as lipstick from breaking or bending due to an external force.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a feeding container including a container main body and a cap to be attached to the container main body as a feeding container, and the container main body is a medium plate body for storing stick-shaped cosmetics. It is provided with an inner cylinder that accommodates the inner plate so that it cannot rotate and can move up and down, and an outer cylinder that moves the middle plate up and down by rotating around the outer circumference of the inner cylinder. It has a tubular elastic member that extends upward in the axial direction from the upper end, the middle plate body can be compressed and deformed in the axial direction by the urging member, and the elastic member covers the inner peripheral surface of the upper part of the inner cylinder body. When a force in the direction perpendicular to the axis acts on the rod-shaped cosmetics while the rod-shaped cosmetics are being drawn out from the inner cylinder and used, the elastic member elastically deforms to flexibly exert the force acting on the rod-shaped cosmetics. Adopt a configuration characterized by receiving and returning to the original state.

As an embodiment of the elastic member of the feeding container of the present invention, the elastic member adopts a configuration characterized by having a tip opening that expands in diameter outward from the tip of the inner cylinder .
Further, as an embodiment of the inner plate body of the feeding container, the inner plate body stores the inner plate support portion that moves up and down in the inner cylinder body by the rotation of the outer cylinder body, and the rod-shaped cosmetics, and is stored in the middle plate support portion. On the other hand, the configuration is characterized by having a middle plate portion that can be moved in the axial direction and an urging member that holds a predetermined distance between the middle plate support portion and the middle plate portion in the axial direction. , A configuration characterized by being a resin spring integrally formed with one of the middle plate portion and the middle plate support portion, or a configuration characterized in that the urging member is a separate coil spring. ..

The feeding container of the present invention has a middle plate body for storing stick-shaped cosmetics, an inner cylinder body for accommodating the middle plate body so as to be non-rotatable and vertically movable, and a middle plate body by rotating around the outer circumference of the inner cylinder body. It is provided with an outer cylinder that moves up and down, the inner cylinder has a tubular elastic member that extends in the axial direction from at least the upper end, and the middle plate body can be compressed and deformed in the axial direction by the urging member. The elastic member covers the inner peripheral surface of the upper part of the inner cylinder, and when the force in the direction orthogonal to the axis acts on the rod-shaped cosmetic during use by feeding out the rod-shaped cosmetic from the inner cylinder, the elastic member becomes By elastically deforming, the force acting on the rod-shaped cosmetics is flexibly received and returned to the original state, so that the rod-shaped cosmetics are elastic when they receive a force in the axial direction or a force in the direction orthogonal to the axial line. By suppressing the deformation by the member and alleviating the impact by the urging member, it is possible to prevent the stick-shaped cosmetic from being bent or bent by receiving an external force.

It is a side sectional view of the feeding container of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the container cylinder of 1st Example, (a) is the side side sectional view of the inner cylinder, (b) is the side sectional view of the outer cylinder. It is explanatory drawing of the middle dish body of 1st Example, (a) is the side side cross-sectional view of the middle dish part, (b) is the side side cross-sectional view of the middle dish part. It is explanatory drawing at the time of paying out stick-shaped cosmetics in the feeding container of 1st Example. It is explanatory drawing when the force in the axial direction acts on the stick-shaped cosmetics in the feeding container of 1st Example. It is explanatory drawing when the force in the direction orthogonal to the axis line acts on the stick-shaped cosmetics in the feeding container of 1st Example. It is a side sectional view of the feeding container of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing at the time of paying out stick-shaped cosmetics in the feeding container of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing when the force in the axial direction acts on the stick-shaped cosmetics in the feeding container of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing when the force in the direction orthogonal to the axis line acts on the stick-shaped cosmetics in the feeding container of 2nd Example.

Next, the feeding container of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing examples.
In the following description, in FIG. 1, the vertical direction is referred to as "axis direction", the upward direction is referred to as "up", and the downward direction is referred to as "down".

In FIG. 1, A is a container body for storing stick-shaped cosmetics such as lipstick, and E is a cap that is detachably attached so as to cover the upper part of the container body A.
The container body A is extrapolated to the inner cylinder C, the inner plate D that stores the rod-shaped cosmetic k and is non-rotatably and vertically movable in the inner cylinder C, and the inner cylinder C. It is provided with an outer cylinder body B that moves the inner plate body D up and down by rotating.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the outer cylinder B is fitted to the bottomed outer cylinder B1, the screw cylinder B2 to be fitted to the inner circumference of the outer cylinder B1, and the upper portion of the outer cylinder B1. It is provided with a mounting cylinder B3 to be worn.
The outer cylinder B1 has a cylindrical outer peripheral wall 1 and a ring-shaped bottom wall 2 formed inward from the lower end of the outer peripheral wall 1 and having an opening at the center, and the bottom wall 2 is a sealing material. It may be closed by pasting (not shown).

The screw cylinder B2 has a main body 5 that is non-rotatably inserted into the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder B1, two spiral grooves 6 formed on the inner peripheral surface of the main body 5, and an outer circumference of the main body 5. It has an insertion recess 7 formed in the upper part and into which the mounting cylinder B3 is inserted.

The mounting cylinder B3 has an insertion cylinder 11 that is non-rotatably inserted into the gap between the upper inner circumference of the outer peripheral wall 1 of the outer cylinder B1 and the insertion recess 7 of the screw cylinder B2, and is substantially in the middle portion outward. It has a protruding step portion 12, a cap mounting portion 13 whose upper portion is attached to and detached from the inner peripheral lower portion of the cap E, and an annular ridge 14 whose diameter is reduced from the upper end portion of the cap mounting portion 13, and the cap is mounted. The cap E is mounted on the portion 13 so as to be non-rotatable and displaceable by forming a plurality of pressing convex portions (not shown) on the outer peripheral surface.
A seal cylinder 17 is non-rotatably attached to the inside of the mounting cylinder B3, and the seal cylinder 17 is made of an elastic material, and the inner peripheral surface of the upper end is airtight and slides on the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder C. Contact is possible.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the inner cylinder C is rotatable with respect to the screw cylinder B2 in a state where the inner cylinder C is prevented from coming off inside the screw cylinder B2 by the locking protrusion 24 in the intermediate portion. It is provided.
The inner cylinder C includes a locking protrusion 24 in the middle portion, a storage cylinder portion 21 located above the locking protrusion 24, and a guide cylinder portion 22 located below the locking protrusion 24. The guide cylinder portion 22 extends in the axial direction to form two facing slit portions 23, and the locking protrusion 24 forms four locking window portions 25 in the circumferential direction.

A tubular elastic member 27 is attached to the inner cylinder C so as to cover the inner peripheral surface of the storage cylinder portion 21.
The lower end of the elastic member 27 is fitted and fixed to the locking window portion 25 by the engaging convex portion 28, and the tip portion is formed with a tip opening 29 whose diameter is expanded outward.

As shown in FIG. 1, the middle dish body D is located above the middle dish portion D1 for storing the stick-shaped cosmetic k, and is located below the middle dish portion D1 and is predetermined in the axial direction with the middle dish portion D1. It is provided with a middle dish support portion D2 for maintaining a gap.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the middle dish portion D1 is formed inward from the lower end portion of the dish side wall 31 and the cylindrical dish side wall 31 that is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the elastic member 27 of the inner cylinder body C. It has a ring-shaped dish bottom wall 32 having an open central portion, and a leg tube 33 having an outer diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the dish side wall 31 which is vertically provided from the lower end portion of the dish side wall 31.

The dish side wall 31 projects radially from the inner peripheral surface and forms four storage ribs 34 extending in the axial direction in order to hold the lower portion of the stick-shaped cosmetic k on the middle dish portion D1. The number of storage ribs 34 is not limited to four and can be changed as needed.
The leg cylinder 33 has an inner peripheral ridge 35 for engaging with the middle plate support portion D2 at the lower part of the inner circumference, and a spiral resin spring 37 is integrally formed on the lower end surface 36 as an urging member. is doing.
In this embodiment, the resin spring 37 is integrally formed with the middle dish portion D1, but may be formed integrally with the middle dish support portion D2. In short, the resin spring 37 may be formed integrally with either the middle dish portion D1 or the middle dish support portion D2.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the middle plate support portion D2 is formed from the guide cylinder wall 41 whose outer peripheral surface is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the guide cylinder portion 22 of the inner cylinder C and the upper end portion of the guide cylinder wall 41. It has a ring-shaped flange wall 42 that is formed inward and is in contact with the lower end of the resin spring 37, and a support cylinder wall 43 that is connected to the inner edge of the flange wall 42 and extends in the axial direction.
The support cylinder wall 43 has an outer peripheral ridge 44 for engaging with the inner peripheral ridge 35 of the middle dish portion D1 on the upper part of the outer circumference, and a ring-shaped inner portion extending inward from the lower end portion and opening the central portion. It has a bottom wall 45.
The guide cylinder wall 41 is provided with two screw pins 46 that penetrate the slit portion 23 of the inner cylinder body C and fit into the spiral groove 6 of the screw cylinder body B2 at the lower part of the outer periphery.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cap E is a cylinder that is vertically hung from the disk-shaped top wall 48 and the outer edge of the top wall 48, and whose outer diameter is substantially equal to the outer diameter of the outer peripheral wall 1 of the outer cylinder B1. The side peripheral wall 49 is provided with a shaped side peripheral wall 49, and the inner peripheral circumference is formed with a diameter that fits the outer periphery of the cap mounting portion 13 of the mounting cylinder B3.

Next, the usage mode and the action and effect of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, when using the stick-shaped cosmetic k, as shown in FIG. 4, after removing the cap E from the container body A, the storage cylinder portion 21 of the inner cylinder C is gripped and fixed by fingers or the like. When the outer cylinder B1 is rotated in the direction of the arrow with respect to the inner cylinder C, the screw cylinder B2 that rotates integrally with the outer cylinder B1 rotates.
Then, the middle plate body D has a rod shape as the screw pin 46 of the middle plate support portion D2 engaged with the spiral groove 6 of the screw cylinder body B2 rises in the guide cylinder portion 22 along the slit portion 23. The cosmetic k can be used by projecting from the tip opening 29 of the elastic member 27 mounted on the inner cylinder C.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the feeding container of the present embodiment, while the rod-shaped cosmetic k is fed out from the inner cylinder C and used, the axial force f1 exceeding the set load of the resin spring 37 is applied to the rod-shaped cosmetic k. When acting on the upper part, the resin spring 37 of the middle plate portion D1 is compressed and deformed, so that the middle plate portion D1 for storing the stick-shaped cosmetic k moves in the axial direction with respect to the middle plate support portion D2 and is in the axial direction. It is possible to suppress the stick-shaped cosmetic k from being crushed and deformed by absorbing the force f1 of the above. Further, when the load is removed after the resin spring 37 is deformed, the rod-shaped cosmetic k is returned to the original feeding position.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, in the feeding container of the present embodiment, when the force f2 in the direction orthogonal to the axis line acts on the upper portion of the rod-shaped cosmetic k while the rod-shaped cosmetic k is used, the inner cylinder C is used. By elastically deforming the tip opening 29 of the elastic member 27 mounted on the inner circumference of the storage cylinder portion 21, the force acting on the upper portion of the stick-shaped cosmetic k can be flexibly received and returned to the original state. , It is possible to prevent the stick-shaped cosmetic k from breaking or bending.

After using the rod-shaped cosmetic k, in order to return the rod-shaped cosmetic k to the inside of the storage cylinder portion 21 of the inner cylinder C, the outer cylinder B1 is rotated with respect to the inner cylinder C in the direction of the arrow to form a rod. After returning the cosmetic k to the inside of the storage cylinder 21, the cap E is attached to the container body A and the lid is closed to seal the inside of the container body A, thereby preventing the stick-shaped cosmetic k from drying out. It can be used by repeatedly putting on and taking off the cap.

Next, a second embodiment in which the inner plate body D of the feeding container is changed will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10.
In this embodiment, instead of the resin spring 37 integrated with the middle dish portion D1, a separate coil spring 50 is provided.
Hereinafter, the same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the differences will be mainly described.

In FIGS. 7 to 9, since the outer cylinder body B is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description of the container body A is omitted, and the modified portion in the middle dish portion D3 to which the new reference numeral of the middle dish body D is attached. Will be mainly explained.
As shown in FIG. 7, the inner plate body D is located above the middle plate portion D3 for storing the stick-shaped cosmetic m, and is located below the middle plate portion D3, and is predetermined in the axial direction with the middle plate portion D3. A medium dish support portion D2 for holding a distance is provided.

The middle dish portion D3 has a cylindrical dish side wall 51 that is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the elastic member 27 of the inner cylinder body C, and a ring shape that is formed inward from the lower end portion of the dish side wall 51 and has an opening at the center. It has a dish bottom wall 52 and a leg tube 53 having an outer diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the dish side wall 51, which is vertically provided from the lower end portion of the dish side wall 51.
The dish side wall 51 projects radially from the inner peripheral surface in order to hold the lower portion of the stick-shaped cosmetic m on the middle dish portion D3, and forms four storage ribs 54 extending in the axial direction. The leg tube 53 forms an inner peripheral ridge 55 for engaging with the middle plate support portion D2 at the lower portion of the inner peripheral circumference.

The middle plate support portion D2 includes a guide cylinder wall 41 whose outer peripheral surface is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the guide cylinder portion 22 of the inner cylinder body C, and a ring-shaped flange wall formed inward from the upper end portion of the guide cylinder wall 41. It has a support cylinder wall 43 that is connected to the inner edge of the flange wall 42 and extends in the axial direction.
The support cylinder wall 43 has an outer peripheral ridge 44 for engaging with the inner peripheral ridge 55 of the middle dish portion D3 on the upper part of the outer circumference, and a ring-shaped inner portion extending inward from the lower end portion and opening the central portion. It has a bottom wall 45.

A spiral coil spring 50 is provided as an urging member between the dish bottom wall 52 of the middle dish portion D3 and the inner bottom wall 45 of the middle dish support portion D2.

Next, the usage mode and the action and effect of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, when using the stick-shaped cosmetic m, as shown in FIG. 8, after removing the cap E from the container body A, the storage cylinder portion 21 of the inner cylinder C is gripped and fixed by fingers or the like. When the outer cylinder B1 is rotated in the direction of the arrow with respect to the inner cylinder C, the screw cylinder B2 that rotates integrally with the outer cylinder B1 rotates.
Then, the middle plate body D has a rod shape as the screw pin 46 of the middle plate support portion D2 engaged with the spiral groove 6 of the screw cylinder body B2 rises in the guide cylinder portion 22 along the slit portion 23. The cosmetic m can be used by protruding from the tip opening 29 of the elastic member 27 mounted on the inner cylinder C.

As shown in FIG. 9, in the feeding container of the present embodiment, while the rod-shaped cosmetic m is fed out from the inner cylinder C and used, the axial force f1 exceeding the set load of the coil spring 50 is the rod-shaped cosmetic m. When acting on the upper part, the coil spring 50 arranged between the middle plate portion D3 and the middle plate support portion D2 is compressed and deformed, so that the middle plate portion D3 for storing the rod-shaped cosmetic m is the middle plate support portion. It can move in the axial direction with respect to D2, absorb the force f1 in the axial direction, and suppress the stick-shaped cosmetic m from being crushed and deformed. Further, when the load is removed after the coil spring 50 is deformed, the rod-shaped cosmetic m is returned to the original feeding position.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, in the feeding container of the present embodiment, when the force f2 in the direction orthogonal to the axis line acts on the upper portion of the rod-shaped cosmetic m while the rod-shaped cosmetic m is used, the inner cylinder C By elastically deforming the tip opening 29 of the elastic member 27 mounted on the inner circumference of the storage cylinder portion 21, it is possible to flexibly receive the force acting on the upper part of the stick-shaped cosmetic m and return it to the original state. , It is possible to prevent the stick-shaped cosmetic m from breaking or bending.

The feeding container of the present invention can suppress the force acting on the stick-shaped cosmetic when the force in the axial direction or the force in the direction orthogonal to the axial line acts on the upper part of the stick-shaped cosmetic during the use of the stick-shaped cosmetic. Therefore, it can be suitably used as a feeding container in which the stick-shaped cosmetic does not break or bend.

A Container body B Outer cylinder B1 Exterior cylinder B2 Screw cylinder B3 Mounting cylinder C Inner cylinder D Medium plate D1, D3 Medium plate D2 Medium plate support E Cap f1 Axial force f2 orthogonal to the axis Directional force k, m Rod-shaped cosmetics 1 Outer wall 2 Bottom wall 5 Main body 6 Spiral groove 7 Insertion recess 11 Insertion cylinder 12 Steps 13 Cap mounting part 14 Circular ridge 17 Seal cylinder 21 Storage cylinder 22 Guide cylinder 23 Slit 24 Locking protrusion 25 Locking window 27 Elastic member 28 Engagement convex 29 Tip opening 31, 51 Dish side wall 32, 52 Dish bottom wall 33, 53 Leg tube 34, 54 Storage rib 35, 55 Circumferential ridge 36 Lower end surface 37 Resin spring (biasing member)
41 Guide cylinder wall 42 Flange wall 43 Support cylinder wall 44 Outer ridge 45 Inner bottom wall 46 Screw pin 48 Top wall 49 Side peripheral wall 50 Coil spring (urgency member)

Claims (5)

A payout container provided with a container body and a cap to be attached to the container body.
The container body has an inner plate body for storing stick-shaped cosmetics, an inner cylinder body for accommodating the inner plate body so as to be non-rotatable and vertically movable, and an inner plate body that is rotated around the outer circumference of the inner cylinder body to move the inner plate body up and down. Equipped with a moving outer cylinder
The inner cylinder has a tubular elastic member extending upward in the axial direction from at least the upper end portion.
The inner plate body can be compressed and deformed in the axial direction by the urging member.
The elastic member covers the inner peripheral surface of the upper part of the inner cylinder and
When a force in the direction orthogonal to the axis acts on the rod-shaped cosmetic while the rod-shaped cosmetic is unwound from the inner cylinder, the elastic member elastically deforms to flexibly exert the force acting on the rod-shaped cosmetic. A feeding container characterized by receiving and returning to the original state. The payout container according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member has a tip opening that expands in diameter outward from the tip of the inner cylinder . The inner plate has a middle plate support that moves up and down inside the inner cylinder by the rotation of the outer cylinder, and a middle plate that stores stick-shaped cosmetics and can move in the axial direction with respect to the middle plate support. The payout container according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an urging member that holds a predetermined distance between the middle dish support portion and the middle dish portion in the axial direction . The feeding container according to claim 3 , wherein the urging member is a resin spring integrally formed with either a middle plate portion or a middle plate support portion . The feeding container according to claim 3 , wherein the urging member is a separate coil spring .

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