JPH0728081U - Swab storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Corrected) [Purpose] A cotton swab container for vertically storing cotton swabs with cotton balls attached to both ends of the support shaft. (EN) Provided is a hygienic and easy-to-handle swab storage / extraction container which can easily protect a cotton ball from contamination during storage / extraction. [Structure] A storage container is formed from a cylindrical container body 1 having a lower bottom, and a container upper lid portion 2 having a cylindrical portion that fits on the peripheral surface of the opening of the container body 1. In this container upper lid portion 2, a cotton swab take-out window extending from the upper lid upper surface to the peripheral surface of the tubular portion is opened so that the fingertips can be inserted, and a window cover 3 covering the cotton swab take-out window is bent and extended at the take-out hole edge on the upper lid upper surface. It is fixed by opening and closing. Engaging means for the window lid 3 to the container upper lid portion 2 with a small hole drilled in the lower edge of the window lid 3 and a small projection protruding from the lower edge of the tubular portion on the swab extraction window side and fitted into the small hole. To do.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a swab storage container for household use or medical use for storing a swab as a sanitary device and easily taking it out when necessary.

[0002]

[Prior art and problem to be solved]

 A cotton swab is a shaft with a cotton ball wrapped around one or both ends of the shaft, and the shaft is pinched with a fingertip and the cotton ball is used to clean body cavities such as ear canals and to apply disinfectant to the body surface. It is also used for makeup and the like. This cotton swab was stored in an appropriate cylindrical container for storage and transfer, and when used, the lid was opened and picked with a fingertip.

In a conventional swab storage container, the swabs are stood upright in the container, and loading and unloading of the swabs are performed by opening and closing the same lid. If it is inconvenient to take out, and if the cotton swab is stood upright in the container, the fingertips will come into contact with the cotton swab of the cotton swab during extraction, and if bacteria are contaminated in the container as well. There was a problem to say.

In addition, a rectangular window hole is cut into the upper body of a cylindrical container integrally having an upper bottom, and the body of the upper lid in which the inner peripheral surface is in sliding contact with the outer surfaces of the upper base and the upper body of the container. A similar cotton swab storage container in which a similar window hole is cut out and the upper lid is capped on the upper part of the container, and the upper lid is rotated to open and close the window hole of the container with the window hole of the upper lid. There is also. In this container, the window hole of the upper lid is matched with the window hole of the container, and the cotton swab is picked out from the opening. As the cotton swabs stick out and the cotton swab is caught between the edge of the window hole of the top lid and the edge of the window hole of the container, the window hole cannot be closed.For this reason, press the cotton swab inside the window hole with your fingertips. It was necessary to return it and rotate the upper lid, which made opening and closing the window holes troublesome and unavoidable contamination by the fingertips of the cotton swabs inside the container.

In view of these problems, the present invention provides a container with a window hole for taking out in addition to the case for loading a cotton swab, so that the taking out of the cotton swab and the opening / closing operation of the window hole can be performed quickly and easily, and hygiene can be maintained. It intends to provide a swab storage container for the purpose.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The swab storage container according to the present invention is a thin-walled, flexible tubular container that stores swabs in a vertical direction, and has a container body having a lower bottom and a peripheral edge that is detachably fitted to the upper opening peripheral surface of the container body. A container for collecting and removing cotton swabs, which comprises a container upper lid portion having a cylindrical portion to be fitted, characterized in that the upper lid portion has a cotton swab extending over an upper surface of the upper lid portion and a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the upper lid portion. A window hole is provided, and a window cover for covering the window hole is integrally fixed in an openable and closable manner at a hinge portion provided at an upper edge of the upper side of the container upper lid portion of the window hole, and the window lid is provided at the lower portion and the tube. It is locked in the closed state by the engaging means provided on the peripheral surface.

The swab storage container according to the present invention is such that the height of the peripheral surface from the lower bottom of the container body is made small so that the cylindrical portion of the upper lid portion is elongated, and the swab extraction window extending to the peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. It includes a hole with an increased vertical length.

[0008] Further, it is preferable that the engaging means includes a small projection projectingly provided on the peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion and a small hole provided at a lower portion of the window cover to receive or insert the small projection. it can.

[0009]

[Action]

 The container main body having the lower bottom and the container upper lid part receive the cotton swab in an upright state, and the container upper lid part fits the lower edge of the cylindrical part to the peripheral surface of the opening of the container main body. Attached to the upper side, it becomes a storage container. In the present invention, the container body shall include all those having a peripheral surface of a disk forming a lower bottom and having a peripheral surface that is low enough to fit the lower edge of the cylindrical portion of the upper lid, and the peripheral surface height is It may be sufficiently short compared to the length of the swab.

Since the container upper lid portion of this container has a cotton swab removal window hole, the swab can be easily taken out without removing the container upper lid portion itself. Since this swab extraction window is provided over the upper surface of the container upper lid and the peripheral surface of the tube, the person's fingertip is mainly inserted into the window through the opening on the tube side from diagonally above or sideways. It can be loaded and the picked cotton swab is pulled up and taken out, making it easier to pick the swab from the storage container.

Since the window lid is integrally openably and closably fixed at the hinge portion at the upper edge of the upper side of the upper portion of the window hole, the window lid is opened and closed in the vertical direction. At least the top lid of the container is made of polyolefin resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, and the hinge part is a narrow groove pressed on the back surface with a hot iron, and this hinge part can withstand many opening and closing movements. It will be a hinge.

Further, since the window lid is locked in the engagement portion provided on the peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the window hole in the closed state, the window lid can be held in the closed state and dust is prevented from entering. Prevent the scattering of cotton swabs when the container falls. Further, even when the cotton swab sticks out of the window hole, the inner surface of the window lid pushes the swab back into the container when the window lid is closed, so that the container can be easily closed.

[0013]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a swab storage container according to the present invention. This container is composed of a container body 1 and a container upper lid 2, and the container upper lid 2 has a cotton swab removal window hole. 4 is provided so as to extend from the upper surface 20 of the upper lid portion 2 to the tubular portion 22, but in this figure, the state in which the window lid 3 is closed in the swab extraction window hole 4 is shown.

A longitudinal section of the swab storage container is shown in FIG. 2. The container main body 1 and the container upper lid portion 2 are the stepped portions 111 and 211 of the ridges provided around the peripheral edges 11 and 21 on the opening side. Are fitted and joined to each other, and a large number of cotton swabs are accommodated inside them in the vertical direction, that is, in a standing state.

Regarding the swab extraction window hole 4 and the window lid 3, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view in which the window lid 3 is in an open state, but the swab extraction window hole 4 extends from the upper surface 20 of the upper lid portion 2 to the tubular portion 22. The side edge 27 is incised immediately above and wide. The window lid 3 is integrally and rotatably fixed to the upper edge 25 thereof to form the hinge portion 5.

The window lid 3 whose upper edge is fixed to the hinge portion 5 has an upper surface 31 whose outer shape corresponds to the upper surface 20 of the upper lid portion 2 and a tubular portion of the upper lid portion 2 which is bent at a substantially right angle to the upper surface 31. A curved surface 32 corresponding to the peripheral surface of the window cover 22 is provided. When the lid is closed, the outer surface of the window cover 3 is substantially continuous with and conforms to the shape of the upper cover 2. The side edge 37 and the lower edge 36 of the window cover 3 are formed so as to cover the peripheral edges 27 and 26 of the swab extraction window hole 4.

A small hole 33 is punched in the lower edge 36 of the window lid 3, and a small projection 23 is formed on the cylindrical portion of the opening lower edge 26 of the swab extraction window hole 4 with which the inner surface of the lower edge 36 comes into contact when the lid is closed. When the lid is closed, the small hole 33 on the window lid 3 side is fitted into the small projection 23 on the opening lower edge 26 side, and the window lid 3 is engaged with the upper lid portion 2.

The swab storage container having such a structure is made of polyethylene or polypropylene resin so as to be thin and highly flexible, and the hinge portion 5 is composed of the upper surface 20 of the upper lid portion 2 and the window lid 3. The back surface of the boundary is formed as a narrow groove that is linearly pressed and formed by a hot iron, and this hinge portion 50 is a hinge that can sufficiently withstand multiple opening movements. In the closed state of the hinge part 5, the window cover 3 is supported by the thermal compression effect of the narrow groove or by the projecting piece 51 on the lower side of the hinge part 5, so that the window cover 3 is slightly raised. Elastically bias to. By this elastic force, the engagement between the small hole 33 of the window cover 3 and the small protrusion 23 on the opening lower edge 26 side is maintained.

In order to open and close the window lid 3, in FIG. 1, first, in the closed state, a position a directly below the window lid 3 on the opening side peripheral edge 21 of the upper lid portion 2 is lightly pressed toward the center of the cylinder with a thumb or the like. The small projection 23 is disengaged from the small hole 33 of the window cover 3, and then the window cover 3 can be pushed (pulled) upward with a fingertip to open. This is because the edge 21 on the opening side of the upper lid 2 is recessed toward the center and the small projection 23 recedes by the pressing of a finger, while the side edge 27 of the swab extraction window hole 4 is less deformed and is closer to the window lid 3 side. Since the edge 37 is supported, the position of the small hole 33 of the window lid 3 does not change, and therefore the small protrusion 23 comes out from the small hole 33 of the window lid 3.

To close the window lid 3, in FIG. 2, the shoulder position b of the window lid 3 is pushed down with a fingertip, so that the small hole 33 of the window lid 3 is easily fitted into the small protrusion 23. Since the window cover 3 is elastically biased upward, the small hole 33 and the small protrusion 23 engage with each other to maintain the closed state.

With respect to the shape of the swab extraction window hole 4, the left and right widths are set so that the thumb and the index finger (middle finger) of the person can be inserted, but the upper and lower heights are the lower edges 26 of the swab extraction window hole 4. However, it is suitable to prevent the cotton ball 70 from being contaminated by setting the shaft rod 71 of the standing or inclined cotton swab 7 in a height that can be easily grasped by the both fingers. For this purpose, the height of the peripheral surface 12 of the container body is made as small as possible, and in particular, the peripheral edge 11 on the opening side is formed immediately above the lower bottom 10 to shorten or omit the peripheral surface 12, and It is suitable for pinching the shaft rod 71 of the cotton swab 7 that the lower end position is close to the lower bottom.

[0022]

[Effect of device]

 The swab storage container according to the present invention is a thin-walled, flexible tubular container for storing a swab in a vertical direction, and the upper lid portion has a swab extraction window extending from the upper surface of the container to the peripheral surface of the tubular portion. Since the hole is provided, it is very easy to pick and remove the swab from the swab exit window hole, and by making the swab exit window hole large enough, the swab shaft pin can be picked up at the time of taking out. Also, it is possible to prevent the cotton balls from being contaminated, and it becomes an excellent container in terms of handling and hygiene.

A window lid that covers the window hole is integrally fixed so as to be openable and closable at a hinge part of a part of the peripheral edge of the window hole on the upper surface side of the container upper lid portion, and the window lid is closed. The opening and closing of the window lid can be facilitated by locking the engaging portion provided on the peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the hole.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a swab storage container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the swab storage container shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Container Main Body 2 Container Top Cover 3 Window Cover 4 Swab Extraction Window Hole 5 Hinge 7 Swab

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A thin-walled flexible tubular container for accommodating a swab in a vertical direction, comprising a container body having a lower bottom, and a tubular portion having a peripheral edge removably fitted to an upper peripheral surface of the container body. A cotton swab storage extraction container comprising a container upper lid part provided with a swab extraction window hole provided in the upper lid part extending over the upper surface of the container upper part and the peripheral surface of the cylindrical part, and a window cover for covering the window hole. Is integrally fixed so as to be openable at a hinge portion provided on the upper edge of the upper side of the container upper lid portion of the window hole, and the window lid is closed by the engaging means provided on the lower portion and the peripheral surface of the tubular portion. A swab storage container that is locked with. 2. The engagement means comprises a small projection projecting from the peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion and a small hole provided in the lower portion of the window cover to receive or insert the small projection. Swab storage container.