JPH0131227Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a container for storing air fresheners or deodorants for automobiles.

Various containers for storing air fresheners, etc. have been known to be placed indoors in houses, but if these containers are used as they are for the interior of a car, the interior of the car will be smaller than the above-mentioned interior, etc. There was a problem. In other words, if the air freshener is constantly vaporized, the fragrance tends to fill the interior of the car, and since cars are not used from late at night until early in the morning except in special cases, the air freshener is often wasted.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and is provided so that the air freshener vaporizes only when the car is running.The drawings will be explained below.
This is a container body with a peripheral wall 3 standing upright. A protrusion serving as a first engaging means 4 is raised at the center of the bottom wall of the container body.

A second circumferential wall 7 extending vertically from the outer circumference of the top wall 6 of the lid body 5 is screwed onto the first circumferential wall. Also, a through hole 8 is bored in the center of the top wall of the lid body. The top wall may be formed in a tapered shape as in the case of FIG. 1, or it may be formed horizontally as in FIG. It is also possible to simply form it horizontally as shown in Figure 4.

The through hole 8 is closed by the base plate 10 of the swinging member 9. The swinging member is biased upward by a coil spring, which will be described later, and closes the through hole by bringing the outer peripheral portion of the base plate into pressure contact with the back surface of the peripheral edge of the through hole. A ring-shaped groove serving as a second engagement means 11 is formed between the protrusion 12 and the short tube 13 on the lower surface of the base plate.
Also, a rod portion 14 stands up from the center of the base plate.
A weight portion 15 is fixed to the upper end of the rod portion. The weight may be shaped like an animal's face as shown.

The lower end of the coil spring 16 is engaged with the first engaging means 4 and the upper end of the coil spring 16 is engaged with the second engaging means 11, respectively, and the springs press the peripheral edge of the base plate against the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the through hole.

A means 17 for preventing lateral displacement of the base plate is provided on the outer periphery of the base plate mentioned above and on the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the through hole of the top wall of the lid body. As a means for this, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the through-hole where the outer peripheral surface of the base plate and the outer peripheral surface contact are formed into a taper so as to make surface contact with each other, and in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the peripheral edge of the through-hole A protrusion 18 is attached to the lower surface.

Incidentally, an aromatic agent 19 is housed inside the container body.

In the above configuration, if the bottom wall of the container main body is fixed to the inside of the car with double-sided tape or the like, the weight and rod parts will also shake due to the shaking of the car body, and the base plate 10 will tilt with respect to the top wall of the lid. Therefore, the aroma due to the vaporization of the aromatic agent is released from the gap between the peripheral edge of the base plate and the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the through hole. By appropriately adjusting the spring strength, the weight will continue to sway for a while after the vehicle body has stopped shaking, and the fragrance will continue to be released during that time.

Since this project has the above configuration, the fragrance is automatically released when the car body shakes, and when the car is not driving, it does not emit fragrance unless the car body is tilted, such as on a boardwalk. It is convenient because there is no need to open and close the container, and since the first and second engaging means 4 and 13 are provided, even if the base plate is tilted, the coil spring moves and the swinging member is moved upward. In order to avoid incomplete alignment, a means to prevent the base plate from shifting laterally is provided on the outer periphery of the base plate and on the lower surface of the periphery of the hole in the top wall of the lid body, so that the through hole in the top wall of the lid body is prevented from shifting due to the displacement of the base plate. No part of it remains open.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the proposed container, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the container with the swinging member tilted, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the main part of the container of the present invention shown in different embodiments. 1... Container body, 5... Lid body, 9... Rocking member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A container body 1 having a first circumferential wall 3 erected from the periphery of the bottom wall 2, and a second circumferential wall 7 extending vertically from the outer periphery of the top wall 6 are screwed together with the first circumferential wall of the container body.
Lid body 5 with a through hole 8 bored in the center of its top wall
The through hole 8 is closed by the base plate 10 by pressing the outer peripheral portion of the base plate against the back surface of the peripheral edge of the through hole, and the second engaging means 13 is attached to the lower surface of the base plate, Furthermore, a swinging member 9 has a rod 14 erected from the center of the base plate and a weight 15 fixed to the upper end of the rod.
and a coil spring 16 which urges the swinging member upward by engaging the lower end of the coil spring with the first engaging means 4 attached to the upper surface of the bottom wall and the upper end of the coil spring with the second engaging means 13, respectively. A storage container for air fresheners, etc. for an automobile, characterized in that means 17 for preventing lateral displacement of the base plate is provided on the outer periphery of the base plate and on the lower surface of the periphery of the through hole in the top wall of the lid body.