JPH0333284Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a compact container whose lid is opened by pressing the bottom surface of the lid with an operating lever. An engaging protrusion is arranged on the back surface of the container 10, an engaging member is provided vertically on the front part of the lid, and an engaging protrusion that engages with the engaging protrusion of the container 10 is provided at the lower end of the engaging member. The closed state of the lid is maintained by engaging the engaging protrusion, and an operating lever that rotates around a horizontal axis is arranged in the first recess, and the operating lever is rotated by pressing the lower front surface of the operating lever. The present invention relates to a compact container in which the lid is opened by pushing up the lid using the top surface of the operating lever.

[Prior art] As the above-mentioned compact container,
As shown in Publication No. 20962, an operating lever is provided on the front side of the engaging member, and the top surface of this operating lever pushes up the back surface of the lid on the front side of the engaging member, thereby opening the lid. There is something like this.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In this conventional compact container, since the operating lever is located in front of the engaging member, it is not possible to reduce the size of the compact container in front of the engaging member. Therefore, there was a drawback that the overall length of the compact container could not be made very small.

[Solution Means of the Present Invention] The compact container 1 according to the present invention has a recess 14 in the front part of the container 10, an engaging protrusion 16 on the back surface of the recess 14, and a hanging piece in the front part of the lid 30. 32, horizontal walls 34, 34 are provided between both ends of the hanging piece 32 and the back surface of the front wall of the lid 30, and this hanging piece 3
2. An engaging member 36 extending further downward on the front side of the central portion is provided from the central portion of the hanging piece 32, and this engaging member 36 is provided with an engaging protrusion 38 that engages with the engaging protrusion 16 of the container 10. , the lower ends of both sides of the central part of the hanging piece 32 are formed as engagement surfaces, and hinge protrusions 18, 18 are provided on both sides of the recess 14,
An operating lever 40 is provided on both sides with hinge recesses 46, 46 that engage with the hinge protrusions 18, 18, and is rotatable about a horizontal axis. Protruding pieces 48, 48 extending rearward are provided on both sides of both engaging protrusions 16, 38,
In the lid closed state, these projecting pieces 48, 48 are in contact with or close to the engagement surface, and press the lower front surface of the operating lever 40 to rotate the operating lever 40, thereby causing the operating lever 40 to rotate. The pieces 48 push up the engagement surface to open the lid 30.

[Function] In the compact 1 container according to the present invention, an engaging member 36 is vertically provided on the front side of the hanging piece 32 provided at the front part of the lid 30, and an engaging protrusion 38 is provided at the lower end of the engaging member 36. The engaging protrusion 38 is engaged with the engaging protrusion 16 of the container 10 to maintain the closed state of the lid 30. When opening the lid 30, the lower ends of both sides of the hanging piece 32 are used as engagement surfaces, and the engagement surfaces are moved from the top surface of the operating lever 40 to both engagement protrusions 1.
The protrusions 48, 48 extending toward the rear side of 6, 38 are pushed up to release the engagement. That is, the protrusions 48, 48 of the operating lever 40 are connected to both the engaging protrusions 16,
38 and presses the rear side of the engaging protrusions 16, 38.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 3.

1 is a compact container according to the present invention, which includes a container 10 for storing a refill dish 12, a lid 30,
It consists of an inner tray 20 for storing puffs arranged between the container 10 and the lid 30, and the lid 30 and the inner tray 20 are attached to the container 10 through hinges arranged at the rear of each.
It is rotatably connected to.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a recess provided at the front edge of the container 10, and the recess 14 is open on the upper side and the front side. The recessed portion 14 is provided with an engaging protrusion 16 on the inner surface thereof, and has hinge protrusions 18 protrudingly provided on both left and right side surfaces.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a hanging piece provided on the back surface of the front portion of the lid 30, and the lower end of the hanging piece 32 is located at approximately the same position as the upper end of the recess 14 when the lid is closed. 34, 34 are horizontal walls, and the hanging piece 32
The lower ends of the side walls 34, 34 and the lower end of the hanging piece 32 are substantially in the same plane. Reference numeral 36 denotes an inverted L-shaped engagement member that protrudes forward on the entire surface of the hanging piece 32. An engagement protrusion 38 is provided on the rear side at the tip of the engagement member 36, and this engagement protrusion 38 maintains the closed state of the lid 30 by engaging with the engagement protrusion 16 of the container 10. (Figure 2).

Reference numeral 40 denotes an operating lever disposed in the recess 14, and the upper end of the operating lever 40 is substantially on the same plane as the upper end of the recess 14. 42 is the operating lever 4
0, side walls 44 are provided at both left and right ends of the finger rest 42 to protrude rearward. This side wall 44 is provided with a hinge recess 46, and when the hinge recess 46 engages with the hinge protrusion 18, the operating lever 40 is rotatably supported with respect to the container 10. There is. Reference numerals 48 and 48 are projecting pieces extending rearward from the upper end of the finger rest part 42. These protrusions 48,4
8 are arranged to have a spacing slightly larger than the width of the engaging member 36, and the tips of the protrusions 48, 48 are located rearward than the tip of the engaging member 36 of the lid 30 when the lid is closed. It extends and abuts or is close to the inner surface of the recess 14 (FIG. 3).

By doing so, when the lid 30 is in the closed state, the engagement member 36 hangs down between the protrusions 48, 48, and the engagement protrusion 3 provided at the tip thereof
8 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 16 of the container 10. Further, the lower ends of both sides of the hanging piece 32 are connected to the projecting pieces 48, 4.
8 (FIG. 4), and the operating lever 40 is stopped from rotating.

When opening the lid 30, press the lower part of the finger rest 42 of the operating lever 40, and the operating lever 40 will open.
rotates, and the tips of the projecting pieces 48 push up the lower ends of both sides of the hanging piece 32. As a result, the engagement between the engagement protrusions 38 and 16 of the lid 30 and the container 10 is released.

In the above embodiment, in order to push up the lid 30 on the rear side of the engaging member 36, the engaging member 36 was formed into an inverted L shape and was provided protruding from the front surface of the hanging piece 32. Lid 30 on the rear side
As long as the shape of the engaging member 36 is to be pushed up, the shape of the engaging member 36 may be made into a flat plate, or the engaging member 36 may be made separately from the hanging piece 32 and placed vertically on the back surface of the lid 30.

Furthermore, unlike the above embodiment, the engagement surfaces for pushing up the lid 30 may come into contact with both the lower ends of both sides of the hanging piece 32 and the lower surface of the side wall 34.

[Effect of the invention] In the compact container according to the invention, since the protrusion of the operating lever extends to the rear side of the engagement protrusion that maintains the closed state of the lid, the depth dimension of the recess on the front edge of the container can be reduced. Therefore, in the compact container of the present invention, the overall length of the container can be shortened, and the compact container as a whole can be made smaller.

Further, since the hanging piece is supported by the side wall, it will not break even if it is pressed by the operating lever.

Furthermore, by providing the hanging piece, there is no need to increase the thickness of the lid for contact between the back surface of the lid and the operating lever, and the lid can be made thinner.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a compact container that is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the central portion of the operating lever in the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a similar sectional view at one end. Explanation of symbols, 1... Compact container, 10...
Container, 14... recess, 16... engaging protrusion, 30...
... Lid, 32 ... Hanging piece, 34 ... Side wall, 36 ...
Engagement member, 38...Engagement protrusion, 40...Operation lever, 48...Protrusion piece.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A recess 14 is provided in the front part of the container 10.
4, a hanging piece 32 is provided at the front of the back side of the lid 30, and horizontal walls 34, 34 are provided between both ends of the hanging piece 32 and the back side of the front wall of the lid 30. , An engaging member 36 extending further downward from the center of the hanging piece 32 is provided on the front side of the central part of the hanging piece 32, and the engaging protrusion 1 of the container 10 is attached to the engaging member 36.
6 are provided, the lower ends of both sides of the central part of the hanging piece 32 are formed as engagement surfaces, and hinge protrusions 18, 1 are provided on both sides of the recess 14.
8, and hinge recesses 46, 46 that engage with hinge protrusions 18, 18 are provided on both sides of the operating lever 40.
is arranged rotatably about a horizontal axis, and on the top surface of this operating lever 40 there are protrusions 4 extending rearward on both sides of the engaging protrusions 16, 38.
8 and 48 are provided, and when the lid is closed, these projecting pieces 48 and 48 are in contact with or close to the engagement surface, and press the lower front surface of the operating lever 40 to rotate the operating lever 40. A compact container 1 characterized in that the protrusions 48, 48 push up the engagement surface and open the lid 30.