JPH0511831U - Container with toothbrush - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] In a place where many people such as schools and companies gather without having to prepare a toothbrush each time and without preparing a "gargle" container separate from the toothbrush each time. (EN) Provided is a container with a toothbrush which can be preferably used for "toothbrushing" and which can be "disposable". A body part 1a and a bottom part 1 arranged inside the body part 1a so as to provide an upper bottom forming part 2 at one end of the body part 1a.
a plurality of containers 1 including b are arranged so as to be detachably fitted to each other; at least adjacent containers of the plurality of containers 1 are connected by an irreversibly destructible connecting means 6; In addition, the toothbrush 3 is held inside the upper bottom forming portion 2.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a container with a toothbrush which can be suitably used in a place where a large number of people gather, such as a school and a company, and which can be “disposable”.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 It is well known that the practice of brushing teeth after each meal is extremely effective in preventing tooth decay, periodontal disease and alveolar pyorrhea. Conventionally, a toothbrush used for toothbrushing and a container such as a cup used for “gargling” associated with the toothbrushing have been marketed as separate products.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 Conventionally, the toothbrush has been stored in a dedicated toothbrush case or the like separately from the cup or inserted in the cup.In such a case, it is necessary to take out the toothbrush and the cup separately when brushing teeth. However, there were some drawbacks such as being troublesome and causing dust to adhere to the toothbrush and making it dirty. On the other hand, in a place where a large number of people such as schools and companies gather, prevention of mutual infection of diseases is extremely important. This is because if strict prevention of reciprocal infection is not carried out, “toothbrushing” may rather contribute to the reciprocal transmission of the plague.

On the other hand, when a conventional “disposable toothbrush” is used, it is necessary to prepare a container such as the above-mentioned cup separately from the conventional one. Therefore, the conventional “disposable toothbrush” is used at a place where many people gather. In practice, there were certain difficulties in using it. If each person commonly uses the above-mentioned cup, etc., which is installed at the place where the tooth brushing is performed, the risk of mutual infection of diseases cannot be eliminated, and each person has a different cup for brushing teeth. This was because it was extremely complicated to prepare. Further, in a company or the like, in order to carry toothbrushing tools such as toothbrushes and cups from their office desks to places where they brush their teeth, such as toothbrushes, cups, etc. There was an inevitable resistance inside.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a disposable container with a toothbrush that can be suitably used for brushing teeth in a place where many people such as schools and companies gather.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to the present invention, the toothbrush includes a body portion and a bottom portion disposed inside the body portion so as to provide an upper bottom forming portion at one end of the body portion, and holds the toothbrush inside the upper bottom forming portion. A container with a toothbrush is provided. Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of containers including a body portion and a bottom portion disposed inside the body portion so as to provide an upper bottom forming portion at one end of the body portion are detachably fitted to each other. At least adjacent containers of the plurality of containers are connected to each other by an irreversibly destructible connecting means; and a tooth brush is held inside the upper bottom forming portion. A container with a toothbrush is provided. Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a container with a toothbrush, which includes a body and a bottom disposed inside the body, and holds a toothbrush inside the body. It

(Container) In the present invention, the “container” is not particularly limited in its shape or material as long as it has a body portion and a bottom portion disposed on one bottom portion of the body portion. Not done. In the present invention, as the material for the container, for example, paper, plastic, metal (aluminum foil, etc.) may be used alone, and if necessary, a laminate of two or more materials (laminate). You may use as. Further, members made of different materials may be used in combination (for example, a body made of paper and a bottom made of plastic may be combined).

The planar shape of the bottom of the container is not particularly limited, and for example, it is possible to make a variety of bottoms such as an oval, an ellipse, a triangle, a quadrangle, a rhombus, a gourd, and a heart. The three-dimensional shape (or cross-sectional shape) of the bottom is not particularly limited, and may be a bottom having a three-dimensional shape such as a flat bottom, a round bottom, a flower-shaped bottom, or a heart-shaped bottom. The size of the container is not particularly limited, but it is preferably a size corresponding to an appropriate amount of water for one tooth brushing (for example, the internal volume is about 50 to 1000 ml, further 100 to 500 ml).

As a method for producing the container itself, a conventional method can be used, and for example, the bottom portion and the body portion can be simply bonded together by using heat and / or an adhesive as necessary. is there. From the viewpoint of preventing liquid leakage at the joint between the body and the bottom and preventing side effects due to components such as adhesives, a bottomless cup is placed in a mold as in JP-A-47-11037. , An inner material made of thermoplastic resin is lining formed on the inner surface of the cup in a vacuum, or a bottomless cup preformed in an arbitrary shape as in Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-26304 is formed into a shape hole having the same shape. Insert into a mold of a vacuum or pressure molding machine that has it, liner-mold the interior material made of thermoplastic resin on the inner surface of the cup with vacuum or pressure (without using a male mold), and hit the bottom of the interior material. The mold part is pre-formed into the desired shape so that the bottom of the interior material can be formed into an arbitrary shape, and at the time of vacuum or pressure forming, the upper protruding flange edge of the cup is removed from the interior material. Integrally molded Good.

According to the latter method, since the upper protruding brim of the cup is integrally molded from the interior material, it is possible to perform the lining molding without using an adhesive, and to print the inner surface of the cup in advance (for example, a predetermined amount). If one or a plurality of lines showing the water surface are printed in parallel on the bottom, printing can be seen from the outside by using a transparent resin as the interior material. This makes it possible to prevent migration of toxic components (which may be contained in the printing ink used for printing) to the contents even when the inner surface of the cup is printed.

[0011]

【Example】

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings as necessary. FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view showing an embodiment (raised bottom shape) of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a toothbrush 3 including a handle portion 3a and a bristle portion 3b is held inside an upper bottom forming portion 2 of a container 1 including a body portion 1a and a bottom portion 1b. In order to secure the width of the handle portion 3a of the toothbrush 3, the ratio b / a of the height a of the upper bottom forming portion 2 to the height b of the entire container 1 is about 3 to 20, more preferably about 4 to 12. I like it.

In order to increase the strength of the container 1 as a whole, the upper bottom forming portion 2 may be provided with an edge portion 4. If such an edge 4 is provided, the width of the toothbrush 3 should be approximately equal to the distance from the container edge 4 to the container bottom 1b so that the toothbrush 3 just fits in this part of the container. Is preferable in terms of preventing the toothbrush 3 from falling off the container 1.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the container 1 shown in FIG. 1 as seen from the direction of the bottom surface 1b (the edge portion 4 is omitted). Referring to FIG. 2, the handle portion 3a of the toothbrush 3 is formed by elasticity of the handle portion 3a itself or by disposing an adhesive between the handle portion 3a and the upper bottom forming portion 2 of the container 1. , Is held inside the upper bottom forming portion 2. Of course, both the elasticity and the adhesive may be used together.

When an adhesive is used, the adhesive may be applied to the entire surface of the toothbrush handle 3a facing the upper bottom forming portion 2, but it is easy to remove the toothbrush 3 from the container 1 during use. In consideration of the above, it is preferable to partially add. When the adhesive is partially applied, the area ratio of the adhesive-applied surface of the handle 3a is about 5 to 90% based on the total area of the upper face forming portion 2 facing surface of the handle 3a, and further, It is preferably about 20 to 80%.

The material of the handle portion 3a and the bristle portion 3b of the toothbrush 3 is not particularly limited, but as the material of the handle portion 3a, similar to the body portion 1a or the bottom portion 1b of the container 1 described above, paper, plastic or metal is used. It is possible to use any of the above, or a laminate of two or more of these. From the viewpoint of enabling the holding method (or holding mode) of the toothbrush 3 as shown in FIG. 2, the handle portion 3a is preferably elastic as a whole. The thickness of the handle portion 3a is not particularly limited, and does not necessarily have to be uniform. The thickness of the handle portion 3a is, for example, preferably about 1 to 6 mm, more preferably about 2 to 4 mm, and its width is preferably about 5 to 17 mm, further preferably about 8 to 15 mm.

It is preferable to apply a dentifrice to the bristles 3 b of the toothbrush 3 by a method such as coating, in order to enable the brush 3 to be used easily. A soft capsule containing a dentifrice and / or a fragrance may be held between the flocked portions 3b, for example, as shown in JP-B-62-32438.

The method of using the container with a toothbrush of the present invention as described above is not particularly limited, but from the viewpoint of preventing the same container from being used by a plurality of people, an automatic vending machine for beverages or an automatic feeder for tea, etc. It is preferable to use it together with a "paper cup feeder" (cup dispenser) which is preferably used in combination with. It is preferable that these paper cup feeders are provided with a mechanism for preventing re-loading of the paper cups or the like taken out from the feeder once.

The container 1 with a toothbrush of the present invention is provided with a transparent, semi-transparent or opaque lid 5 as shown in FIG. 3 in order to prevent the toothbrush 3 from being contaminated or to easily identify whether it is actually used or not. It may be used in combination with the body 1a of the container 1 and / or the recessed portion of an appropriate size to be fitted with the upper bottom forming portion 2 if necessary, and the whole container 1 or a part thereof. (For example, only the upper base forming portion 2 and the toothbrush 3 portion) may be wrapped in a shrink pack or the like.

In the embodiment of the present invention described above, the toothbrush 3 is held in contact with the inner peripheral portion of the upper bottom forming portion 2, but the holding method of the toothbrush 3 is not limited to the above. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 which is a plan view seen from the same direction as FIG. 2, the toothbrush 3 is placed so that the handle portion 3a (which can be folded if necessary) contacts the container bottom portion 1b. It may be held in the container 1.

Further, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, the toothbrush 3 may be held inside the container body portion 1a (in this case, the container 1 does not need to have the raised bottom shape). However, in order to prevent the inside of the container 1 from being contaminated by fingers when removing the toothbrush 3 from the container 1, as shown in FIG. 1, the toothbrush 3 is placed inside the upper bottom forming part 2 (below the bottom part 1b). It is preferable to hold it on the side).

FIG. 6 is a schematic side sectional view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 6, another container 11 as shown by a dotted line is arranged so as to be detachably fitted into the hollow portion of the container 1 similar to that shown in Fig. 1. And 11 are connected by a connecting means 6 (preferably irreversibly destructible).

Although a single connecting means 6 for connecting the containers 1 and 11 may be arranged, a plurality of connecting means 6 are preferably arranged in order to more reliably determine whether or not the container 1 is used. Such connecting means 6 is preferably adhered to the body 1a of the containers 1 and 11 (further, near the tip of the body 1a) with an adhesive, for example.

The connecting means 6 is particularly a member that can be easily broken (with not too strong force) and that can reliably connect the containers 1 and 11 when the container 1 is not in use. Although not limited, it is preferable to be composed of a belt-shaped or sheet-shaped member made of, for example, paper, plastic and / or metal (aluminum foil, etc.), and the intermediate portion between the connecting portion of the container 1 and the connecting portion of the container 11 of the connecting means 6. It is preferable to insert perforations (dotted line-shaped cutoff lines) 7 at the positions because the connecting means 6 can be surely and uniformly broken.

By arranging the connecting means 6 as described above, it is determined whether the container 1 is used or not without the use of the cup feeder having the reloading prevention function as described above. Will be clear. Therefore, such an embodiment is more preferable from the viewpoint of public health.

[0026]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a container with a toothbrush that can be preferably used for toothbrushing without preparing a container separate from the toothbrush. According to the present invention, there is provided a disposable container with a toothbrush that can be particularly suitably used for brushing teeth in a place where a large number of people gather in a school or company.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view showing an embodiment of a container with a toothbrush of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view seen from the bottom direction of the container shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the container of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing still another embodiment of the container of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of the container of the present invention that does not have an upper bottom shape.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention in which a plurality of containers fitted to each other are connected by a connecting means.

[Explanation of sign]

 1a Body part 1b Bottom part 2 Upper bottom formation part 4 Edge part 5 Lid 6 Connecting member 7 Perforation

Claims (5)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A body including a body and a bottom disposed inside the body so as to provide an upper bottom forming portion at one end of the body, and holding a toothbrush inside the upper bottom forming portion. A container with a toothbrush that is characterized in that 2. A plurality of containers including a body portion and a bottom portion disposed inside the body portion so as to provide an upper bottom forming portion at one end of the body portion, so that they can be detachably fitted to each other. Placed;
At least a container adjacent to each other among the plurality of containers is connected by an irreversibly destructible connecting means; and a container with a toothbrush is held inside the upper bottom forming portion. . 3. The container with a toothbrush according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the toothbrush is adhered to at least one of the outside of the container bottom and the inside of the upper bottom forming portion by an adhesive. 4. The container with a toothbrush according to claim 1, wherein the toothbrush includes a handle portion having elasticity, and the handle portion is held inside the upper bottom forming portion of the container by the elasticity. 5. A container with a toothbrush, comprising a body and a bottom arranged inside the body, and holding a toothbrush inside the body.