JPH0314456A - Container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form a gripping part simple in structure, easy to manufacture and excellent in stability feeding by a method wherein a container is provided with a wide part partially extending and surrounding its outer periphery and each side of the wide part is bent along the boundaries between itself and a flange extension while a band body is being forced down in order to form a grip part. CONSTITUTION:A container 1 is composed of a container body 2 with a flange 3 formed around its top opening edge, C-shaped band body 5 provided along the flange 3 with an open space 4 and a flat plate-shaped, wide part 6 extending from each end of the band body 5 and connected by an extension from the flange 3 between opposite ends 4a and 4b of the open space 4. A pair of parallel notches 9 is formed extending from the opposite ends 4a and 4b of the open space to make the opposite sides of the wide part 6 bendable. The wide part 6 is bend downwards along the boundaries between itself and the flange extension to force the band body 5 down in order to surround therewith the lower outer periphery of the container body 2. Thus, the wide part 6 provides a grip part 10 having an upper face 10a as wide as the flange extension and oppositely positioned sides.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a container used for eating and drinking or for food packaging.

[Prior Art] When putting contents into a cup-shaped container and eating or drinking the contents, if the contents are hot, the heat may transfer to the container, making it impossible to grasp the container with bare hands. Further, even when a product container filled with contents is cooked in a microwave oven and eaten or eaten, the container may become so hot that it may not be possible to grip the container with bare hands.

This is especially true in these cases, but it is also convenient to provide a handle on the container in other cases as well. To this end, various types of simple plastic containers with handles have been developed.

These first containers have a support plate protruding rearward from the rear outer surface of the cylindrical peripheral wall portion of the cup-shaped container main body, and
Two arc-shaped support arms are formed along the outer periphery of the peripheral wall from the left and right edges of the support plate, and the two support arms are bent downward and brought into contact with each other with the two edges as boundaries. A handle portion is formed by (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 186635/1983). The upper part of this handle part is connected to the container body by a support plate, and the lower part is in a state where the tip of the support arm is brought into contact with the lower part of the cylindrical peripheral wall.

In the second container, a ring-shaped plate part is attached to the outer edge of the opening of a cup-shaped storage part having a thread bottom in an outward flange shape via a plurality of breakable connecting pieces, and the ring-shaped plate part left,
Refraction lines are provided on both right sides, and notch recesses symmetrical about the refraction lines are bored in the inner peripheral surface of the ring-shaped plate located on both sides of these refraction lines (in actual practice). Publication No. 186636/1983).

In this second container, the connecting piece is broken and the ring-shaped plate is folded in half around the bend line, and the upper end of the opening of the storage part is inserted into the pair of notched recesses on one end of the ring-shaped plate. The handle is formed by fitting the lower end of the peripheral wall of the thread bottom into the pair of notched recesses on the other end of the ring-shaped plate.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, these first and second containers do not have a stable handle, causing various problems when eating or drinking. In other words, the upper part of the handle of the first container is only connected to the container body via the support plate, and the lower part simply touches the tip of the support arm against the cylindrical peripheral wall, so it is slippery and does not provide a sense of stability. It was something lacking. In addition, the handle of the second container is formed by fitting cutout recesses formed at both ends of the ring-shaped plate portion folded in half into the upper end of the opening of the container body and the lower end of the peripheral wall of the thread bottom, so that the grip The container main body is supported in a straight line in the vertical direction of the container main body, which lacks a sense of stability against horizontal shaking, and also causes play in the fitting portion, further increasing the sense of instability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its object is to provide a container that has a simple structure, is easy to manufacture, and can form a handle portion with excellent stability.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the container of the present invention includes a C-shaped band provided along the outer periphery of the container body or the lid covering the opening of the container body. , a wide part extending from both ends of the band and partially continuous with the outer periphery; is characterized in that it is shaped so that it can be bent while pushing down the band to form a handle.

Two or more of the above-mentioned bands may be arranged in parallel.

Further, engagement means may be provided on both sides of the wide portion so that the both sides are continuous with each other so as to maintain the bent state.

Further, anti-slip means such as knurling may be provided on the surfaces of both sides of the wide portion.

[Function] Since the present invention is structured as described above, the upper part of the handle part is continuous with the outer periphery of the opening of the container main body or the outer periphery of the lid covering this opening, and the lower part is continuous with the outer periphery of the container main body. It is supported so that it is surrounded by a band.

When two or more strips are arranged in parallel, the handle becomes more stable because the lower outer periphery of the container body is surrounded and supported by the plurality of strips while maintaining an appropriate interval in the vertical direction.

Further, the handle state is maintained by connecting the bent both sides of the wide portion. Furthermore, by providing anti-slip means on both sides of the wide portion, handling is improved.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on the illustrated example.

FIG. 1 shows a container 1 which is a first embodiment. The container 1 includes a container main body 2 having a flange 3 formed at the upper opening edge, a C-shaped band 5 arranged in parallel along the flange 3 with a cut 4 in between, and a C-shaped band 5 extending from both ends of the band 5. The flange 3 is provided with a flat plate-shaped wide portion 6 which is provided in a wide manner and continues to the flange 3 between both ends 4a and 4b of the cut 4. A convex portion 7 is formed in one corner of the wide portion 6 to protrude downward, and a concave portion 8 into which the protrusion 7 is fitted is formed in the other corner to protrude upward. The wide portion 6 is formed so that both sides can be bent downward, with the continuous portion with the flange 3 as a boundary.

In order to make both sides of the wide portion 6 bendable, notches are provided in parallel from both ends 4a and 4b of the cut 4. 9.9 is formed. In the container l formed in this manner, a handle portion is formed by bending both sides of the wide portion downward. That is, when both sides of the wide portion 6 are bent downward at the continuous portion with the flange, the band 5 is also pushed downward and surrounds the lower outer periphery of the container body 2, as shown in FIG. The wide width portion 6 supports the back surface 10a of the width of the continuous portion.
, forming a handle portion 10 whose both sides face each other. At this time, the bent state of both sides of the wide portion 6 is maintained by fitting the convex portion 7 and the concave portion 8. Such a container 1
can be manufactured, for example, by a vacuum-pressure molding method for plastics.

Figure 3 shows this situation. First, a round container A is formed using the plastic vacuum-pressure forming method. A plurality of containers A are molded using a plastic plate B with openings AI connected to each other. Next, cut from this one 4. Band body 5. Then, the container 1 is obtained by removing the product as shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure so as to obtain the wide portion 6. This product removal can normally utilize the punched waste part when removing the product from the round container A.
Container L can be obtained with the same amount of resin as round container A. Figure 4 shows the second embodiment. This second embodiment is an example of a lid body. The illustrated lid body 20 has a flange 2 at the lower opening edge.
2, and a C-shaped band 25 that is arranged in parallel along the flange 22 with cuts 23 and 24 interposed therebetween.
, 26, and a flat plate-shaped wide part 27 extending from both ends of the band 25, 26 and continuing to the flange 22 between both ends 23a, 23b of the inner cut 23. Equipped with: This wide portion 27 is provided with notches 28, 28 to enable it to be bent downward, as in the first embodiment described above, and a recessed portion 29, which is an engaging means for maintaining this bent state. and a convex portion 30 are provided.

Then, this lid body 20 is attached to a round container A as shown in FIG.
It is used by being fitted to cover the opening of the In this fitted state, when both sides of the wide part 27 are bent downward, the bands 25 and 26 are pushed down, and the inner band 25
is positioned above the outer band 26 to surround and support the outer periphery of the round container A, and the wide portion 27 constitutes a handle portion 3l. In this state, when carrying the container A by gripping the handle 31, the container A can be carried stably because it is supported by the bands 25 and 26. Figure 6 shows the third embodiment. The container 1a of the third embodiment has the ends 4a and 4b of the cut 4 of the first embodiment extended in the direction of the bending notch 9.9. That is, both ends 4c and 4d of the cut 4 of the container 1a are extended in the direction of the notches 9 and are provided in parallel. By providing the parallel cuts 4c and 4d of the cut 4 in this way, both sides of the wide portion 6 can be easily bent.

Figure 7 shows the fourth embodiment. In the container 1b of the fourth embodiment, the cut 4 of the first embodiment is made wider. That is, the cut 4e of the container 1b forms a band-shaped space in which the band 5 and the flange 3 can be clearly separated. This cut 4e
This makes it easy to bend both sides of the wide portion 6. FIG. 8 shows a fifth embodiment. The container lc of the fifth embodiment has both ends 4a of the cut 4 of the container 1 of the first embodiment. 4b is further extended into an L-shape to provide L-shaped cuts 4f and 4g. By forming these L-shaped cuts 4f and 4g,
Projections 6a and 6b are formed on the wide portion 6, and the projections 6
a. When both sides of the wide portion 6 are bent, the 6b comes into contact with the outer periphery of the container body 2, and the support of the container body 2 becomes more stable. FIG. 9 shows an embodiment in which the flange 3 of the container l of the first embodiment is modified. A container 1d according to the sixth embodiment shown in FIG. 6(a) has a short skirt portion 3a around the outer periphery of the opening, and a container 1e according to the seventh embodiment shown in FIG. The container 1f of the eighth embodiment shown in Figure (c) is provided with a long skirt portion 3c folded downward around the opening. 9th
The figure shows a perspective view after both sides of the wide part are bent downward to form a handle part, but in a state where the wide part is not bent, the first
Similar to the embodiment, the handle part 10 is a flat wide part 6,
The band 5 also moves upward so as to approach each of the skirt portions 3a, curled portions 3b, and skirt portions 3c, and can be separated from the skirt portions 3a, 3b by the cuts 4 as in the first embodiment.
It comes to be located at the lower part of the curl part 3b and the skirt part 3C.

FIG. 10 shows a ninth embodiment. 1 g of container of the ninth embodiment
In the fourth embodiment, anti-slip means are provided on both sides of the wide portion 6 of the container 1b. That is, the wide portion 6 of the container 1g has upwardly opened rectangular recesses 6c and 6d formed on both sides, and a fine uneven pattern is provided on the bottom of the recess 6C6d.

When the both sides are bent downward to form a handle, a handle is formed in which the recesses 6c and 6d face outward and the bottoms abut against each other, as shown in FIG. 3(b). This container 1
Since the container g is moved by gripping the handle portion formed by the recessed portion 6.6d, the container can be moved reliably without any accidental slipping during movement.

Further, in the wide part 6 of this container 1g, ribs 9a,
9a is formed.

FIG. 11 shows a tenth embodiment. Container 1 of the tenth embodiment
h is the container 1b of the fourth embodiment provided with two wide width portions 6. That is, the container 1h has a flange 3 formed at the outer edge of the opening of the container body 2, and two wide portions 6e continuously formed at two opposing locations 3a and 3b of the flange 3.
6f, and two C-shaped bands 5a, 5 provided so as to connect the opposite ends of these two wide parts Be, 6f.
b and the cut 4h of the band-shaped space formed between each of the bands 5a, 5b and the flange 3. It is equipped with 4h. Further, each wide portion 6e6f of the container 'Lh has two locations 3a continuous to the flange 3. It has ribs 9b, 9b which are parallel to each other and have a width of 3b. In such a container 1h, both sides of each wide portion Be, 6f are ribs 9b, 9b.
The body of the container body 2 is surrounded and supported by the bands 5a and 5b as shown in FIG. It is formed.

The container th is attached to the container body 2 by means of two handles 11.12.
can be handled in an extremely stable condition.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above,
Various changes are possible as follows.

First, as for the material, in addition to the above-mentioned plastic, paper can also be used as the material.

In order to make both sides of the wide portion bendable, perforations may be applied in addition to the above-mentioned notches or ribs.

Further, the anti-slip means applied to the wide portion include the recessed portion 6c described above,
It may be a simple concave portion with no uneven pattern other than 6d, or it may be a flat plate with an uneven pattern or knurling. Furthermore, the engagement means for maintaining the bent state of both sides of the wide portion is not only the above-mentioned concave-convex fitting but also a snap engagement, or a notch provided in each of the above-mentioned both sides, and the notches inserted into each other. They may also engage.

Furthermore, in addition to the state in which the band and flange are completely separated by a cut as described above, the band and flange are partially joined by leaving a cut to the extent that it can be easily separated by hand. It's okay.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the structure is simple, and since the wide portion and the band are formed at the same time when the container body or lid is manufactured, manufacturing is extremely easy. Furthermore, when the handle is constructed by bending the wide part, the upper part of the handle is continuous with the outer periphery of the opening of the container body or the outer periphery of the lid that covers this opening, and the lower part is continuous with the outer periphery of the container main body. Since the container body is supported so as to be surrounded by the band, the container body can be supported in a stable state without shaking.

Further, since the wide portion, which does not constitute the handle portion, is flat in the same plane as the band, it is easy to stack the containers, and storage space can be saved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a container of the present invention (first embodiment), and the same figure (a
) is a perspective view of the same, FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the lid of the present invention (second embodiment), FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an example of the use of the upper lid, and FIG. (a) is a perspective view thereof, (b) is a sectional view taken along the line b-b of (a), and FIG.
(a) is a perspective view thereof, and (b) is a perspective view thereof.
8 shows a container of the present invention (fifth embodiment), FIG. 8 shows a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 9(a).
(b) and (c) are perspective views of the sixth embodiment, seventh embodiment, and eighth embodiment of the container of the present invention, respectively, and FIG. 10 shows the container of the present invention (ninth embodiment), FIG. 11(a) is a perspective view thereof, FIG. 11(b) is a perspective view of a handle portion of the container, FIG. 11 shows a container of the present invention (10th embodiment), and FIG. The perspective view of the container shown in FIG. la, ~lh...container. 2... Container body, 3, 3
a. 3b. 3c-Flange. 4,4e. 4h...break. 5,5b. 5c... band body. 6,6e. 6f... Wide section. 10,11.12...handle part

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A C-shaped band provided along the outer periphery of the container body or the lid covering the opening of the container main body, and a C-shaped band extending from both ends of the band and provided wide, and extending from the outer periphery of the above-mentioned outer periphery. and a wide width part that is partially continuous, and the wide width part forms a handle part by bending both side parts of the belt while pushing the band downward, with the continuous part with the outer periphery as a border. A container characterized by being formed so that it can be bent. (2) The container according to claim (1), wherein at least one band is arranged in parallel. (3) The container according to claim 1, wherein both sides of the wide portion are provided with engaging means that are continuous with each other so that both sides maintain the bent state. (4) The container according to claim (1), wherein the surfaces of both sides of the wide portion are provided with anti-slip means such as knurling.