JPH0647369Y2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a compact container having a dedicated function part for opening a lid.

[Prior Art] A compact container configured for portable use basically includes a container body for storing cosmetics and a lid body for opening and closing the container body and having a mirror attached to the inner surface thereof. It has a hinged connection between the rear ends. This compact container is required to be able to hold its closed state firmly so that it will not be opened unlawfully during transportation and the cosmetics will not be scattered or soiled. For ease, the opening operation is required to be simple and stable.

In order to meet these two contradictory requirements, a compact container provided with a dedicated functional portion for opening and closing is used.

The general structure of the dedicated opening / closing mechanism provided at the tip of the compact container is, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-39924, by engaging with a locking portion provided on the lid. The locking part on the container body side that holds the compact container in the closed state is attached to the front end of the container body so that it can be slidably displaced in the front-rear direction, and the locking part on the container body side locks the lid side. An elastic material that exerts an elastic force in the holding direction is assembled, and when the compact container is opened, the locking portion on the container body side is displaced backward with a fingertip against the elastic force of the elastic material.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

The above-mentioned conventional dedicated opening / closing mechanism has the excellent advantage that the closed state of the compact container can be firmly held and that the compact container can be smoothly opened by pressing the fingertip. Since the locking part on the container body side is pushed backward with a fingertip, one hand for opening operation must hold the entire compact container from the front-back direction with the fingertip. The holding form becomes extremely unstable.

For this reason, when it is necessary to open the compact container with one hand at the carrying destination, it is troublesome to take out the compact container from the inside of the handbag in a posture in which it can be opened with one hand and hold it in the hand. Since the compact container is sandwiched between the two and the opening operation is performed, there is a problem that the supporting form of the compact container with one hand is unstable and the compact container is easily dropped due to slight shaking or the like.

In particular, by utilizing the elasticity of elastic materials such as coil springs,
In the case of a compact container in which the lid automatically rotates to the fully open position when the locking of both locking parts is released, the impact of the rotation of the lid to the fully open position Due to
There is a problem that the compact container tends to slide down.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to enable a compact container to be opened while being placed on the palm.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

Means for achieving the above object is to provide a container body in the form of a short cylinder with a bottom, in which a locking piece is provided at the front end and a cosmetic storage space is formed inside, and a locking piece for locking with the locking piece. A projecting piece is provided at the front end, a notch is opened at the front end of the top wall, an empty chamber is formed immediately below this notch, and the rear end is hinged to the rear end of the container body. In addition to having the lid body, the push-down portion, which is one end portion exposed in the notch as one swinging end, is incorporated into the inner space of the lid body in such a manner that it can be oscillated and displaced but cannot be pulled out. The push-up portion, which is the other end portion that extends from the front end of the push-down portion and projects forward from the empty chamber and contacts the lid from below, is the other swing end, and is exposed further downward from the empty chamber. An operating body with the lower surface of the boundary portion between the push-down portion and the push-up portion abutting the container body as a swing fulcrum, A.

In the above-mentioned means, an elastic material having one end elastically contacted with the lower surface of the push-down portion of the operating body is provided in the empty chamber, and / or an elastic force is applied in the opening direction to the hinge joint portion between the container body and the lid body. Assembling the spring, it is good to add.

[Action]

In the closed state of the compact container, the locking protrusion of the lid body,
The compacted container is maintained in the closed state by overcoming the locking piece of the container body and locking from the lower side, and by locking the locking projection with the locking piece. In addition, the operating body incorporated in the empty chamber of the lid exposes the push-down portion, which is one swing end, in the notch, and the push-up portion, which is the other swing end, with the locking projection. The lower surface of the lid body, more specifically, the lower surface of the front end portion of the lid body, and the lower surface of the boundary portion between the push-down portion and the push-up portion, which is the swing fulcrum, is A part of the upper surface, more specifically, the upper surface of the front end portion of the container body.

Place the compact container in this closed state on the palm of your hand and push down the push-down part of the operating body exposed from the notch with your fingertip to push it into the empty chamber. With the lower surface of the supported boundary portion as a fulcrum, the push-down portion descends, and the push-up portion rises and is oscillatingly displaced.

When the pushing-up portion is displaced upward, the tip portion of the lid body, which is in contact with the pushing-up portion from below, is pushed up against the container body supporting the swinging fulcrum of the operating body, whereby the locking piece and The locking with the locking projection is released. At this time, if a spring is provided at the hinge-joining portion between the container body and the lid, the lid is automatically rotated to the open position by the elasticity of the spring without opening and pivoting the lid with a fingertip. .

When the elastic material is attached to the operating body, when the pressing force applied to the operating body by the fingertip is removed, the posture of the operating body with respect to the lid body is changed by the elastic force of the elastic material. Since it is returned to and held in the posture, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of the operation book rattling in the open state.

The opening operation of the compact container by the operating body uses the lever action with the push-down portion as the force point, the push-up portion as the point of action, and the lower surface of the boundary as the fulcrum, so the push-down portion can be used compared to the push-up portion. If the length of the lock is increased, a large opening force can be obtained with a small operating force by the fingertip, and even if the locking force between the locking piece and the locking projection is made strong and the closed state holding ability is enhanced. It can be opened easily with a simple operation called pressing with your fingertips and normal force.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The easy main body 1 has a double wall structure composed of the container 2 and the bottom plate 6 for the purpose of achieving sufficient lightening. The container 2 is in the shape of a rectangular cylinder with a bottom, and the peripheral wall of the container is an inner cylinder 3.
A double wall structure is formed from the inner cylinder 3 and an outer cylinder 4 that is hanged from the middle of the inner cylinder 3 via a flange. This body 2
The bottom plate 6 that is assembled to the container body 1 to form the container body 1 has a substantially square plate shape, and the peripheral wall rising to the peripheral edge is fitted to the lower end portion of the outer cylinder 4 of the container 2 and is undercut-joined. There is. Locking piece 5 provided at the front end of the container body 1.
Is formed in a lateral ridge shape on a standing wall portion of a bent step portion formed at a front end portion of the container 2 of a flange connecting the inner cylinder 3 and the outer cylinder 4 in series.

The lid 7 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape from the peripheral edge of the top wall 8 to the cylindrical wall.
It is shaped like a short cylinder with a 10 hanging down, and the top wall 8
The notch 9 opened at the center of the front end of the has a wide rear portion. A cover body 12 for forming an empty space 13 is attached to the lower surface of the top wall 8 portion where the notch 9 is opened. This cover body 12 is a bottomed short cylinder from which the front end wall is removed. It has a shape. The locking projection 11 provided on the lid 7 is formed in the shape of a horizontal projection in the center of the inner peripheral surface of the front portion of the cylindrical wall 10.

The container body 1 and the lid body 7 are hingedly connected at their rear ends using a hinge shaft 20, and a coil spring-like spring 21 is provided in the shaft hole formed in the hinge piece of the lid body 7. An inner space is formed, and the spring 21 installed in the space fitted to the hinge shaft 20 has one end elastically contacted with the lid 7 side and the other end elastically contacted with the container body 1 side. ing.

The operating body 14 incorporated in the vacant chamber 13 has a plate shape in which the tip portion is bent downward in a crank shape, and the push-down portion 15 positioned in a state of closing the notch 9 has the notch 9 It has a shape substantially equal to the shape of the opening, and a flange piece 18 for locking the operating body 14 from coming out of the vacant chamber 13 projects from the peripheral edge of the opening 9 of the notch 9 from below. It is set around. A portion that is bent forward and protrudes from the push-down portion 15 protrudes from an empty space 13 formed by the cover body 12, and a tip portion of the protruded portion is an opening of the top wall 8 in which a notch 9 is formed. The push-up portion 16 is formed in contact with the lower surface of the front edge of the rim, and similarly, the lower surface of the bent portion projecting forward from the inside of the chamber 13 is the upper end of the inner cylinder 3 of the container body 1 when the compact container is in the closed position. The lower surface 17 of the boundary portion is formed in contact with the edge.

The elastic material 19 mounted in the vacant chamber 13 has a coil spring structure, and one end is elastically contacted with the lower surface of the push-down portion 15 of the operating body 14 and the other end is elastically contacted with the upper surface of the cover body 12.

The inner cylinder 3 that forms the cosmetics storage space in the container body 1 is formed relatively high so that the puff 22 used for applying the cosmetics can be stored and held in the upper end portion.

[Effect of device]

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, it has the following effects.

Since the opening operation of the lid is a pressing operation on the operating body provided on the lid, it is possible to perform the opening operation with the entire compact container placed on the palm, which makes it extremely easy to open the compact container. This can be achieved in a stable state, and the inconvenience of dropping the compact container during the opening operation does not occur.

Since the opening operation can be achieved in a posture in which the palm is placed on the palm, it is possible to perform the opening operation without holding the compact container, which is a thin container, in the posture in which it is taken out from the handbag or the like, which makes the handling extremely convenient.

The unlocking force that the operating body exerts, that is, the opening force is exerted by utilizing the lever action, so the locking force is increased to give a reliable and strong sealing force, and it is a compact container with enhanced safety. Even if there is, it can be easily opened with normal operating force.

When a spring for opening is attached to the hinge connecting part, the opening operation is performed on the upper surface side of the lid,
Even if the lock is released, the lid does not immediately open and rotate due to the elastic force of the spring, and the lid that is about to rotate and opens strikes the fingertip of the opening operation. Therefore, the lid can be opened and rotated in a stable state by the operation of the fingertip.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a semi-longitudinal perspective view of the embodiment of the present invention, which is fully longitudinally cut in a front-rear direction in a closed state. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part in the closed state in the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same principal portion as FIG. 2 when the lock is released in the embodiment shown in FIG. Explanation of reference numerals 1; container body, 2; container, 3; inner cylinder, 4; outer cylinder, 5; locking piece, 6; bottom plate, 7; lid, 8; top wall, 9; notch, 10; cylinder Wall, 11; locking projection, 12; cover body, 13; empty room, 14; operating body, 15; push-down section,
16; push-up part, 17; bottom surface, 18; flange piece, 9; bullet material, 20; hinge shaft,
21; Spring, 22; Puff.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A container body (1) having a bottomed cylindrical shape having a locking piece (5) at a front end thereof and having a cosmetics storage space formed therein, and a locking member for locking the locking piece (5). A stop projection (11) is provided at the front end, a notch (9) is opened at the front end of the top wall (8), and an empty chamber (13) is formed immediately below the notch (9) to form a rear end. A lid (7) in the form of a short cylinder having a bottom with a hinge connected to the rear end of the container body (1); The push-down portion (15), which is one end exposed at (9), is used as one swing end, and is extended from the front end of the push-down portion (15) to be forward from the empty chamber (13). The push-up portion (16), which is the other end portion that projects into the lid (7) and contacts the lid body (7) from below, serves as the other swinging end, and is further exposed downward from the empty chamber (13) to expose the container body ( 1) The pressing portion abutting (15) and the pushing-up portion (16)
Operation body (14) with the lower surface (17) of the boundary between
A compact container consisting of and. 2. The compact container according to claim 1, wherein an elastic material (19) having one end elastically contacted with the lower surface of the push-down portion (15) of the operating body (14) is provided in the empty chamber (13). 3. A spring (21) for exerting an elastic force in an opening direction on a hinge-joining portion of a container body (1) and a lid (7).
The compact container according to claim 1, wherein the compact container is assembled.