JP7252049B2 - container with spatula - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a container with a spatula.

It comprises a container body having a wide-mouthed cylindrical peripheral wall, and a capped cylindrical cap screwed onto the upper outer surface of the cylindrical peripheral wall. The auxiliary peripheral wall hangs down through the brim of the cap, and an insertion hole is opened in the brim outside the cap. and a spatula is fitted (Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-326985

In the container of Patent Document 1, the handle of the spatula with the scooping portion facing up is inserted into the insertion hole of the brim. There was a problem that dirt adhered to the scooping part.
To solve this problem, for example, the size of the handle is made longer, and when the handle is inserted into the insertion hole, the upper part of the handle is positioned above the collar, and the upper part is pulled as a grip. It is also conceivable that it is possible to give However, even with this configuration, the gripping portion and the peripheral wall of the cylinder are too close to each other, making it difficult to grip and take out.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a spatula-equipped container in which the spatula can be easily removed from the container body.

The first means comprises an inner cylindrical portion 14 having a bottom and an open top, and an outer cylindrical portion 18 supported around the inner cylindrical portion 14 and forming an annular space V between itself and the inner cylindrical portion 14. a container body 10 having
a cap 30 in which a lid peripheral wall 34 vertically provided from a top plate 32 is fitted to the outer cylindrical portion 18;
a vertically elongated spatula 40 arranged along the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14 so as to be drawn upward;
a receiving member 50 that is assembled in the annular space V and supports the spatula 40 by sandwiching the spatula 40 between itself and the cap 30 in an upward biased state;
A container with a spatula configured such that when the cap 30 is removed from the outer cylindrical portion 18, the receiving member 50 pushes up the spatula 40, and the upper portion of the spatula 40 protrudes upward from the container body 10. ,
The receiving member 50 is formed of a receiving portion 52 having a holding concave portion 54 that vertically supports the spatula 40, and a pair of leg portions 56 protruding downward in the circumferential direction from both sides of the receiving portion 52,
A bottom plate 3 that supports the lower ends 58 of the legs 56 is provided.

In this means, the receiving member 50 is assembled in the annular space V formed between the inner cylindrical portion 14 and the outer cylindrical portion 18 of the container body 10 shown in FIG. 1 or FIG.
The receiving member 50 sandwiches and supports the vertically elongated spatula 40 arranged along the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14 with the cap 30 in an upward biased state. According to this configuration, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper portion of the spatula 40 can be projected upward from the container body 10 by removing the cap 30 . Therefore, this spatula 40 is easy to hold.
In this means, as shown in FIG. 1 or 7, the receiving member 50 includes a receiving portion 52 having a holding concave portion 54 that vertically supports the spatula 40 and downwardly extending in the circumferential direction from both sides of the receiving portion 52. It is formed with a pair of leg portions 56 protruding toward. Therefore, the orientation of the spatula 40 can be appropriately maintained by the holding recess, and inconvenience such as the spatula 40 inadvertently tilting does not occur, so that the spatula 40 is easy to hold.
A lower end portion 58 of the leg portion 56 is supported by the bottom plate 3 . As shown in FIG. 5, the legs 56 and the bottom plate 3 may be supported via other members (elastic members).

The second means has the first means, and the receiving portion 52 is formed into a substantially U-shaped frame when viewed from the radial direction of the inner cylindrical portion 14, and the leg portion 56 is formed into the substantially U-shaped frame. leg pieces projecting outward and downward in the circumferential direction from the frame, and the frame and leg pieces are structured along the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14 . Container with spatula as described.

In this means, as shown in FIG. 5(A) or FIG. 8(A), the receiving portion 52 is formed into a substantially U-shaped frame when viewed from the radial direction of the inner cylindrical portion 14, and the leg portions 56 are formed into Each leg piece protrudes outward and downward in the circumferential direction from the substantially U-shaped frame.
The frame and leg pieces are structured along the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14, as shown in FIG. 3(B).
This configuration is suitable for housing the receiving member 50 in the annular space V, and can have a simple structure.

The third means has the first means or the second means, and in a part of the annular space V in the circumferential direction, the inner cylinder portion 14 and the outer cylinder defining the annular space V are provided. A pair of vertical guide plates 7 are formed in series with either one of the portion 18 and the bottom plate 3, and the receiving portion 52 slides vertically between the guide plates 7. configured as

In this means, as shown in FIG. 1 or 7, a pair of guide plates 7 are formed in the annular space V to guide the receiving portion 52 in the vertical direction. According to this configuration, it is possible to smoothly move up and down the receiving portion 52 .
These guide plates 7 may be connected to any one of the inner cylinder portion 14 , the outer cylinder portion 18 and the bottom plate 3 .

The fourth means has any one of the first to third means, and an elastic member 60 as upward biasing means is arranged between the lower end 58 of the leg 56 and the bottom plate 3 . bottom.

In this means, as shown in FIG. 1, an elastic member 60 serving as an upward biasing means is arranged between the lower end portion 58 of the leg portion 56 of the receiving member 50 and the bottom plate 3 .
An elastic member 60 is provided separately from the receiving member 50. By selecting the material and dimensions of this elastic member 60, a desired elastic force can be achieved.

The fifth means has the means from the first means to the third means, and the leg portion 56 is formed as a leaf spring as an upward biasing means.

In this means, as shown in FIG. 7, the leg portion 56 of the receiving member 50 is formed as a plate spring as upward biasing means.
Since the upward biasing means is formed as part of the receiving member 50, the number of parts does not increase and the assembly work is easy.

According to the invention according to the first means, the receiving member 50 is assembled in the annular space V formed between the inner cylindrical portion 14 and the outer cylindrical portion 18 of the container body 10, and the receiving member 50 supports the inner cylinder. A vertically elongated spatula 40 arranged along the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 14 is sandwiched between and supported by the cap 30 in an upwardly biased state. It sticks out, making it easy to grip.
According to the first aspect of the invention, the receiving member 50 has a pair of leg portions 56 protruding downward in the circumferential direction from both sides of a receiving portion 52 having a holding concave portion 54 that vertically supports the spatula 40. Therefore, the orientation of the spatula 40 is properly maintained, and it is easy to hold.
According to the invention according to the second means, the receiving portion 52 is a substantially U-shaped frame, and the leg portions 56 are leg pieces projecting outward and downward in the circumferential direction from the frame. Since the body and leg pieces are along the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14, it is suitable for storage in the annular space.
According to the third aspect of the invention, since the pair of guide plates 7 are provided vertically on the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14 or the inner surface of the outer cylindrical portion 18, the receiving portion 52 can be moved up and down smoothly. .
According to the invention according to the fourth means, since the elastic member 60 as upward biasing means is arranged between the lower end portion 58 of the leg portion 56 and the bottom plate 3, the material and dimensions of the elastic member 60 are selected. A desired elastic force can be achieved by selection, and the degree of freedom in design is large.
According to the fifth aspect of the invention, since the leg portion 56 of the receiving member 50 is formed as a plate spring as an upward biasing means, the number of parts does not increase and the assembly work is easy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is sectional drawing of the front direction of the container with a spatula which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the container of FIG. 1 with the cap removed; Fig. 1 shows the structure of the container viewed from above, Fig. 1(A) is a cross-sectional view of the entire container viewed from the direction III(A)-III(A) in Fig. 1, and Fig. 1(B) FIG. 4 is a plan view of a main member (receiving member) of the container; FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the container of FIG. 1 as seen from the side; FIG. 2 is a view showing the outline of the configuration of the main part of the container of FIG. (B) shows the form seen from the direction (B), and (C) shows the form seen from the direction V(C)-V(C) of (A). FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the action when the cap is removed from the container of FIG. 1; FIG. 10 is a front cross-sectional view of a spatula-equipped container according to a second embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 7 shows the container of Fig. 7, Fig. 7A is an explanatory view of the action when the cap is removed from the container of Fig. 7, Fig. 7B is a side view of the main part of the container It is a view.

1 to 6 show a spatula-equipped container according to a first embodiment of the invention. This container is composed of a bottom lid 2 , a container body 10 , a cap 30 , a spatula 40 , a receiving member 50 and an elastic member 60 . These structures can be changed as appropriate.
Each of these members can be made of, for example, a synthetic resin material.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bottom lid 2 has a short inner peripheral wall portion 4 and a tall outer peripheral wall portion 6 erected from the outer peripheral portion of the bottom plate 3 . However, one of both peripheral wall portions may be omitted.
The inner peripheral wall portion 4 is connected to a lower end portion 14a of an inner cylindrical portion 14, which will be described later, and has a retainer rib 4a provided around its inner surface. A notch 4b shown in FIG. 3A is formed in a portion of the inner peripheral wall portion 4 in the circumferential direction so as to be positioned above the retaining rib 4a.
Further, the outer peripheral wall portion 6 is connected to an outer cylindrical portion 18 which will be described later.

An annular space V is formed by the outer cylinder portion 18 , the inner cylinder portion 14 and the bottom plate 3 . This annular space V is a space for accommodating the lower half of the spatula 40 and the receiving member 50, which will be described later.
In this specification, the lower side of FIG. 2 is referred to as "front", the upper side of FIG.

A pair of vertical guide plates are connected to any one of the outer cylinder portion 18, the inner cylinder portion 14, and the bottom plate 3 in a portion of the annular space V in the circumferential direction (the front portion in the illustrated example). 7 is formed. This explanation shall be used for the later-described partition plate. In this specification, the term "connection" is not limited to direct connection.
In the illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 3A, a pair of vertical guide plates 7 whose lower ends are connected to the bottom plate 3 protrude inward from the outer peripheral wall portion 6 .
However, this structure can be changed as appropriate. For example, a pair of guide plates 7 may protrude outward from an inner cylindrical portion 14 which will be described later. Alternatively, the outer peripheral wall portion 6 may be omitted and the guide plate 7 may protrude inward from the outer cylinder portion 18 .
The pair of guide plates 7 has a function of guiding the vertical movement of the receiving portion 52, which will be described later.
The pair of guide plates 7 face each other with a certain distance M as shown in FIG. The distance M between the guide plates is the same as the width W of the receiving portion 52 in the circumferential direction, or is larger than the width by an allowance (sliding margin).

As shown in FIG. 3A, a pair of partition plates 8 are provided outside the pair of guide plates 7 in the circumferential direction. In the present embodiment, these partition plates 8 have the role of partitioning areas in which elastic members 60, which will be described later, are arranged. This will be discussed later.
The distance N between the guide plate 7 and the partition plate 8 is, as shown in FIG.

The container body 10 has an inner cylindrical portion 14 and an outer cylindrical portion 18 with a bottom and an open top.
The bottom wall portion 12 closes the bottom surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14 . In the illustrated example, the outer peripheral portion of the bottom wall portion 12 is gently raised toward the outside, and the inner cylindrical portion 14 is erected from the outer peripheral portion.
A lower end portion of the inner cylindrical portion 14 extends downward from the bottom wall portion 12 to form a leg cylindrical portion 14a. The tubular leg portion 14 a is fitted to the inner surface of the inner peripheral wall portion 4 .
As shown in FIG. 3(A), a pair of engaging projections 15 that engage with both ends of the notch 5b protrude from the outer surface of the tubular leg portion 14a.

The outer tubular portion 18 serves as a boundary wall for forming the annular space V around the inner tubular portion 14 . As shown in FIG. 1, the outer cylindrical portion 18 is supported around the inner cylindrical portion 14 via a support piece (flange-shaped wall portion) 16 in a double cylindrical shape. ing.
In the illustrated example, the outer cylinder portion 18 hangs down from the upper outer surface of the inner cylinder portion 14 to the vicinity of the lower end portion of the inner cylinder portion 14 via the flange-like wall portion 16 . However, the structure of the outer tubular portion 18 can be changed as appropriate as long as it can fulfill the above-described role.
In the illustrated example, by covering the upper surface of the annular space V with the flange-like wall portion 16, there is an advantage that dust is less likely to enter the space.
As shown in FIG. 1, the outer cylindrical portion 18 of the illustrated example has a lower cylindrical portion 18c extending from the lower end of an upper cylindrical portion 18a having a small diameter through an enlarged diameter portion 18b. A lower end portion of the upper cylindrical portion 18a is formed into a thick portion 19 as shown in FIG. 5(C). The lower cylindrical portion 18c is fitted to the outer surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 6. As shown in FIG.
A male threaded portion 20 is formed on the outer surface of the upper tubular portion 18a, and a lid peripheral wall 34, which will be described later, is screwed thereon.
In the illustrated example, a storage recess 22 for storing an upper portion of a spatula 40 described later is formed in the front portion of the outer cylinder portion 18 . The housing recess 22 is provided by recessing the front portion of the flange-like wall portion 16 together with the corresponding portion of the upper cylindrical portion 18a so as to partially cross the male screw portion 20 in the circumferential direction.
As shown in FIG. 2, a slit-like insertion hole 24 elongated in the circumferential direction is opened in the flange-like wall portion 16 in the housing recess 22 for inserting the spatula 40 therein.
In the illustrated example, the flange-like wall portion 16 is recessed to the height of the enlarged diameter portion 18b and continues to the enlarged diameter portion 18b.
As shown in FIG. 1, the illustrated housing recess 22 is formed in an inverted trapezoidal shape with a narrow lower end when viewed from the front.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cap 30 has a lid peripheral wall 34 extending from the outer circumference of the top plate 32 . A female threaded portion 36 that meshes with the male threaded portion 20 is formed on the inner surface of the lid peripheral wall 34 . A packing 38 is attached to the back surface of the top plate 32 .

As shown in FIG. 1, the spatula 40 has a gripping portion 46 on the upper side and a scooping portion 42 on the lower side. A recess 43 is formed in the content take-out portion.
An intermediate portion 44 between the grasping portion 46 and the content take-out portion 42 is inserted into the insertion hole 24 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction.
The grip portion 46 is formed with a plurality of lateral grooves 48 for finger hooking. In the illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 5(B), the aforementioned recesses 43 and lateral grooves 48 are formed on both front and back surfaces of the spatula 40 .

The receiving member 50 is assembled within the annular space V. As shown in FIG.
The receiving member 50 is a member for holding and supporting the spatula 40 between itself and the cap 30 in an upwardly biased state.
However, in this embodiment, the upward biasing state is a characteristic realized by the elastic member 60 described later, and the receiving member 50 itself does not have the upward biasing force.
The receiving member 50 is formed of a receiving portion 52 and a pair of leg portions 56, as shown in FIG.
The receiving portion 52 has a holding recess 54 that supports the spatula 40 vertically.
A pair of leg portions 56 protrude outward and downward in the circumferential direction from both sides of the receiving portion 52 .
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5(A), the receiving portion 52 is formed into a substantially U-shaped frame when viewed from the radial direction of the inner cylindrical portion 14, and the leg portion 56 is formed into a substantially U-shaped frame. It is formed in an arbitrary rod-shaped (L-shaped rod-shaped in the illustrated example) leg piece protruding outward and downward in the circumferential direction from the frame of the .
The frame body 52 and the leg pieces 56 are formed in a shape along the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14 and the inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 6 indicated by imaginary lines in FIG. 3(B). By adopting the frame structure along the peripheral surface in this way, the receiving member 50 can have a simple and efficient structure suitable for being housed in the annular space V. As shown in FIG.

In the illustrated example, the frame body 52 has a structure in which the lower ends of a pair of vertical frame portions 52b having the same length are connected to both ends of one horizontal frame portion 52a. A holding recess 54 is formed.
In a preferred illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 3B, the thickness Df of the horizontal frame portion 52a and the vertical frame portion 52b is set larger than the thickness Ds of the spatula, and the upper surface of the horizontal frame portion 52a is provided with the spatula. It is provided so that the lower end of 40 can be surely supported.
The holding concave portion 54 is open on the upper surface and in the inner and outer directions (cylinder radial direction of the inner cylindrical portion 14). However, since the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion 14 is close to the inside of the frame 52, and the inner surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 6 is close to the outside of the frame 52, the spatula 40 is held vertically. There is no problem in fulfilling the function.

In this embodiment, the leg piece 56 is L-shaped, as shown in FIG. Specifically, the leg piece 56 is composed of a vertical bar 56b that is folded outward and downward in the circumferential direction with a gap g from the upper end of the vertical frame portion 52b, and a horizontal bar that extends outward in the circumferential direction from the lower end of the vertical bar 56b. and a horizontal bar 56a extending to the In the illustrated example, the thickness of the vertical bar 56b and the horizontal bar 56a is formed to be the same as the thickness Df of the vertical bar 56b and the horizontal bar 56a.
A lower end portion 58 formed by the lower surface of the horizontal bar 56a is in contact with an elastic member 60 which will be described later.
The gaps g are formed between the frame 52 and the leg pieces 56, respectively, and the pair of guide plates 7 are inserted into the gaps g from below.
A pair of partition plates 8 are arranged adjacent to each other on the outer side in the circumferential direction of the pair of horizontal bars 56a.

The elastic members 60 are arranged between the guide plate 7 and the partition plate 8, respectively.
The illustrated elastic member 60 is formed as a circular elastic ring in the initial state shown in FIG. However, this shape can be changed as appropriate.
It is desirable that the pair of left and right elastic members shown in the figure have the same shape, structure, and elastic force.
The size of the elastic member 60 is designed so that the upper portion of the spatula 40 supported by the receiving member 50 is positioned higher than the upper end of the container body 10 when the lid is opened as shown in FIG.

6, when the cap 30 is screwed down on the outer cylindrical portion 18, the top plate 32 presses the upper end of the spatula 40, and the elastic member 60 The spatula 40 and the receiving member 50 are lowered against the elastic force, resulting in the state shown in FIG.
When using the spatula 40, the cap 30 is rotated in the opening direction and screwed upward. Then, due to the elastic restoring force of the elastic member 60, the receiving member 50 and the spatula 40 are lifted. When the cap 30 is removed from the outer cylindrical portion 18 , the grip portion 46 protrudes upward from the upper end of the container body 10 . Therefore, by gripping the gripping portion 46 , the content extraction portion 42 of the spatula 40 can be pulled out from the insertion hole 24 .

Hereinafter, a spatula-equipped container according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In these descriptions, descriptions of the same configurations as those of the first embodiment are omitted.

7 and 8 show a container with a spatula according to a second embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the elastic member 60 of the first embodiment is omitted, and instead of the elastic member, the leg portion 56 of the receiving member 50 is formed as a leaf spring.
In the open state shown in FIG. 8, the leaf spring is formed as a bent plate portion that protrudes substantially horizontally outward in the circumferential direction from the upper ends of the pair of vertical frame portions 52b and then bends downward.
The pair of right and left leaf springs shown in the figure are symmetrical and have the same elastic force.
A lower end portion 58 of the leaf spring 56 is in slidable contact with the bottom plate 3 .
In this embodiment, the partition plate 8 has a role of restricting the sliding of the lower end portion 58 of the leaf spring 56 in the state of accumulated force (deformed state) shown in FIG.
By doing so, it is possible to prevent the lower end portion 58 of the plate spring 56 from being excessively widened in the state of FIG.
However, these structures can be changed as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2... Bottom cover 3... Bottom plate 4... Inner peripheral wall part 4a... Rib for retention 4b... Notch 6... Outer peripheral wall part 7... Guide plate 8... Partition plate 10... Container main body 12... Bottom wall part 14... Inner cylindrical part 14a ... Leg tube portion 15 ... Engagement projection 16 ... Supporting piece (flange-shaped wall portion)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 18... Outer cylinder part 18a... Upper cylinder part 18b... Expanded diameter part 18c... Lower cylinder part 19... Thick part 20... Male screw part 22... Storage recessed part 24... Insertion hole 30... Cap 32... Top plate 34... Lid peripheral wall 36 ... Female threaded portion 38 ... Packing 40 ... Spatula 42 ... Content removal portion 43 ... Recess 44 ... Intermediate portion 46 ... Grip portion 48 ... Finger hook (horizontal groove)
50 Receiving member 52 Receiving portion (frame body) 52a Horizontal frame portion 52b Vertical frame portion 54 Holding concave portion 56 Leg portion (leg piece) 56a Horizontal bar 56b Vertical bar 58 Lower end portion 60 Elasticity Element
Df...Width of frame and leg piece Ds...Width of spatula g...Gap M...Distance between guide plates N...Distance between guide plate and partition plate V...Annular space W...Width of receiving member

Claims (5)

An inner cylindrical portion (14) with a bottom and an open top, and an outer cylindrical portion (14) supported around the inner cylindrical portion (14) and forming an annular space (V) between the inner cylindrical portion (14) and the inner cylindrical portion (14). 18) a container body (10) having
a cap (30) in which a lid peripheral wall (34) vertically provided from a top plate (32) is fitted to the outer cylindrical portion (18);
a vertically elongated spatula (40) arranged along the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion (14) so as to be able to be drawn upward;
a receiving member (50) assembled in the annular space (V) and supporting the spatula (40) between itself and the cap (30) while being biased upward;
When the cap (30) is removed from the outer cylinder (18), the receiving member (50) pushes up the spatula (40) so that the top of the spatula (40) is above the container body (10). In a container with a spatula configured to protrude into
The receiving member (50) includes a receiving portion (52) having a holding recess (54) for vertically supporting the spatula (40) and protruding downward in the circumferential direction from both sides of the receiving portion (52). formed with a pair of legs (56),
A container with a spatula, characterized in that it comprises a bottom plate (3) supporting the lower ends (58) of these legs (56). The receiving portion (52) is attached to a substantially U-shaped frame when viewed from the radial direction of the inner cylindrical portion (14), and the leg portion (56) is attached to the outer and downward portions of the substantially U-shaped frame in the circumferential direction. 2. A container with a spatula according to claim 1 , characterized in that it is formed on each of the leg pieces protruding outwards, and the frame and the leg pieces are structured along the outer surface of the inner cylindrical portion (14). In a part of the annular space (V) in the circumferential direction, one of the inner cylindrical portion (14), the outer cylindrical portion (18) and the bottom plate (3) defining the annular space (V) is provided. A pair of vertical guide plates (7) are formed in series with one of them, and the receiving part (52) slides in the vertical direction between these guide plates (7). 3. The container with a spatula according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that: An elastic member (60) as upward biasing means is arranged between the lower end (58) of the leg (56) and the bottom plate ( 3 ). A container with a spatula according to any one of the preceding claims. 4. A container with a stirrer according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , characterized in that said legs (56) are formed as leaf springs as upward biasing means.

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