JPH056155Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a storage case for refills used in sharp pencils.

Conventional technology Cases with removable lids attached to the case body,
Some have a structure in which the lid slides onto the case body.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Among the conventional cases, in which the lid is detachably attached to the case body, the lid must be removed from the case body to replenish or take out refills. In addition, if the lid is slid onto the case body, the lid can be slid.
You have to turn the case upside down (the same goes for the former) to take out the refill.

In any case, when taking out the refill, the case body is turned upside down and the refill is taken out, so there is a risk of the refill stored in the case body being accidentally dropped and broken or lost. be.

Means for Solving the Problem A flexible drive piece having the function of opening/closing the core retrieving port and pushing out the refill is attached to the case body which is equipped with a refill storage chamber, a guide gap, and a core retrieval port. The refill is housed in the guide gap so as to be vertically movable, and by moving the drive piece, the refill is pushed out at the same time as the refill opening of the main body is opened.

Embodiments The drawings show embodiments of storage cases for refills according to the present invention, and in each embodiment, 1 is a case body made of synthetic resin, and the case body 1 includes a transparent first member 1a.
A projecting piece 3 provided along the longitudinal direction of the side end of the opaque second member 1b is press-fitted into a dovetail groove 2 provided along the longitudinal direction at the side end of the opaque second member 1b. 4 is a refill storage chamber with a square cross section provided in the case body 1;
5 is a core outlet provided on one side of the upper end of the storage chamber 4;
is the bottom wall of the storage chamber 4. The bottom wall 6 is gradually inclined downward from one end to the other end directly below the core outlet 5, so that the refill a accommodated in the storage chamber 4 is connected to the core outlet 5.
It is automatically moved directly below the .

Reference numeral 7 denotes a guide gap arranged in parallel outside the storage chamber 4, with a lower end opening 7' disposed on the bottom wall 6 and an upper end opening 7'' disposed on the edge of the core outlet 5; A drive piece 8 made of flexible synthetic resin material is provided in the guide gap 7.
is housed vertically movably, and an opening/closing piece 9 is integrally provided at the upper end of the drive piece 8 to go in and out of the upper end opening 7'' of the guide gap 7.

[First example]

In the first embodiment shown in FIG.
The lower end of the drive piece 8 is located directly below the bottom wall 6 of the storage chamber 4, and a lower end opening 7' is provided at the lower end of the bottom wall 6. 7', and the receiving piece 10 is vertically movably slidably in contact with the guide groove 11 provided at the lower part of the side wall of the storage chamber 4, while the operating piece 12 is provided in the middle part of the driving piece 8. The operating piece 12 is provided in the main body 1 so as to communicate with the middle part of the guide gap 7, and is led out to the outside through a vertically elongated guide window hole 13.

In this first embodiment, the core outlet 5 is unoccluded by the opening/closing piece 9 by operating the operation piece 12 in substantially the same way as the second embodiment, which will be described in detail later. The refill a, whose lower end is supported by the supporting edge 10', is pushed up and protrudes from the core outlet 5.

[Second example]

2 to 5 illustrate a second embodiment. In the structure of this second embodiment, the guide gap 7
is located directly below the bottom wall 6 of the storage chamber 4, and a lower end opening 7' is provided at the lower end of the bottom wall 6, and the lower end of the drive piece 8 projects upward from the lower end opening 7'. The receiving piece 10 is provided with a refill supporting edge 10' on the inner surface, and this receiving piece 10 is slidably contacted with a guide groove 11 provided at the lower part of the side wall of the storage chamber 4 so as to be vertically movable. An operating piece 12 is provided in the middle of the piece 8, and the operating piece 12 is brought out to the outside through a vertically long guide window hole 13 provided in the main body 1 in communication with the middle part of the guide gap 7. It is something.

Therefore, FIG. 2 shows the state when the refill a is stored, and at this time, the tip of the opening/closing piece 9 of the core removal port 5 is engaged with the notch 14 provided on one side edge of the core removal port 5. On the other hand, the support edge 10' of the support piece 10 protruding from the lower end opening 7' of the guide gap 7 is located on the lower end extension of the inclined bottom wall 6 of the storage chamber 4, and the bottom The lower end of the refill core a guided by the slope of the wall 6 is placed on the supporting edge 10'.

From this state, when the operation piece 12 is lowered along the guide window hole 13, the drive piece 8 integrally provided with the operation piece 12 is interlocked and lowered along the guide gap 7, and the opening/closing piece 9 is accommodated in the guide gap 7 through the upper end opening 7'', and the core outlet 5 is opened, while the support piece 10 provided at the lower end of the drive piece 8 rises along the guide groove 11, and along with this rise. The refill a placed on the supporting edge 10' is pushed up, and the upper end of the refill a protrudes from the storage chamber 4 through the open receptacle opening 5, and the refill a is taken out (the third figure),
When the operation piece 12 is raised along the guide window hole 13, each part returns to its original position and becomes the state shown in FIG.

Note that the illustrated notch 15 is provided in the driving piece 8, and this notch 15 is for allowing the driving piece 8 to operate smoothly.

[Third Example]

FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment. In this second embodiment, a window hole 16 communicating with the guide gap 7 is provided in the main body 1, an operating gear 17 is rotatably pivotally mounted to the window hole 16, and the operating gear 17 and the driving piece 8 are engaged with each other. In addition, each part is operated by operating an operating gear 17.

[Fourth embodiment]

A fourth embodiment is shown in FIG. In Figure 7,
Reference numeral 18 denotes a guide window hole communicating with the guide groove 11, and a support piece 10 provided integrally with the drive piece 8 is installed in the guide window hole 18.
An engaging hole 20 with an opening at the lower end is formed at a position adjacent to the upper end of the guide groove 11, and the upper end is opened at the upper end of the engaging hole 20. The lower end of the attached spring 21 is attached to the aforementioned operating piece 19.

In this third embodiment, by raising the operating piece 19 along the guide window hole 18 against the bias of the spring 21, the core outlet 5 is opened and the core outlet 5 is removed. It is designed to operate the protrusion of the core a.

Incidentally, reference numeral 22 in the figure is a restriction piece connected to the drive piece 8, and the restriction piece 22 is disengaged from the through hole 23 provided at the lower side of the guide window hole 18, and removed from the through hole 23 as described above. After opening the core outlet 5 by operating the operation piece 19, when the operation piece 19 is released from the fingertip, the operation piece 19 is lowered by the force of the spring 21, while the elastic action lowers the operation piece 19. Then, it is locked in the through hole 23 again, and the opening/closing piece 9 opens the core outlet 5.
The system maintains a state of occlusion.

[Fifth example]

FIG. 8 shows a fifth embodiment, in which an operating frame 24 is slidably fitted onto the upper end of the case body 1, and an opening/closing piece 9 is engaged with the operating frame 24 so as to be integral with each other. At the same time, a receiving piece 25 having a supporting edge 25' at the tip is cut out on the bottom wall 6 of the storage chamber 4, and the receiving piece 25 is placed in the communication hole 26 between the storage chamber 4 and the guide space 7.
5 to protrude into the guide gap 7, and the lower end of the drive piece 8 is placed directly above the base end 25'',
When the operation frame 24 is moved laterally, the centering port 5 is opened, and the lower end of the driving piece 8 is moved to the base end 2 of the receiving piece 25.
5" and lower the base end 25" to release the receiving piece 2.
The support edge 25' on the tip side of 5 is as shown by the chain line in the figure.
The refill a is made to protrude from the storage chamber 4 through the outlet 5.

[Sixth Example]

9 to 11 show a sixth embodiment. In this sixth embodiment, a vacant chamber 27 is provided in the front of the storage chamber 4, and a doll 28 is housed in the vacant chamber 27.
The head 28' of the doll is rotatably mounted on a support shaft 29, and the tips of the arm pieces 30 provided on the head 28' are
A pair of protrusions 32, 32 located in the communication hole 31 communicating with the guide gap 7 and horizontally provided on the drive piece 8 are made to protrude into the cavity 27 through the communication hole 31, and the protrusions 3
2 and 32 move the arm piece 30 toward and away from the head 28'.
is operated using a support shaft 29 as a fulcrum.

In other words, the sixth embodiment is designed to satisfy a sense of taste in design, and in order to satisfy this sense of taste, it is not necessary to limit the doll to the doll 28 of this example; 27, and the object may be interlocked with the movement of the drive piece 8.

Effects of the invention Since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, there is no need to remove the lid to refill or take out refills, and there is no need to turn the case body upside down to take out refills. It is possible to avoid as much as possible the refills from being accidentally dropped, broken, or lost during the removal process.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the refill storage case according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the first embodiment, FIGS. 2 to 5 show the second embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view. , Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the state in which the centering port is open, Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line -' in Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the -' line in Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line -' in Fig. 2. 7 is a sectional view of the third embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the fourth embodiment. Also, Figures 9 to 1
Figure 1 shows the fifth embodiment, Figure 9 is a front view, and Figure 9 shows the first embodiment.
Figure 0 is a front view with the core removal port open, and Figure 11
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line 9-'. 1...Case body, 4...Refill refill storage chamber, 5...
...Centering port, 7...Guide gap, 8...Drive piece, 9
...Opening/closing piece.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The case body is equipped with a refill storage chamber, a guide hole, and a core removal port, and a flexible drive piece that has the function of opening and closing the core removal port and pushing out the refill can be vertically moved into the guide hole. A refill storage case in which the refill can be pushed out at the same time as the refill outlet of the main body is opened by moving the drive piece.