JPH08244861A - Wet tissue container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make it possible to easily grasp a container main body in a case heated in an electronic oven, and to suppress the evaporation of moisture from wet tissue. CONSTITUTION: Wet tissue 41 hermetically closed by a hermetically closed bag 40 having a connection port 40a is housed in an upper end opening type container main body 11. The opening of the container main body 1 is covered with the upper plate 27 of a lid device 20 and the upper plate 27 has a taking- out port 24. The upper plate 27 is downwardly inclined toward the taking-out port 24 and the taking-out port 24 is connected to the connection port 40a of the hermetically closed bag 40. The protruding rib 15 supporting the hermetically closed bag is provided to the bottom surface 11a of the container main body 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wet tissue container for containing a wet tissue impregnated with a liquid such as water or lotion, and more particularly to a wet tissue container that can be heated in a microwave oven or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a wet tissue container for storing wet tissues which are folded and stacked. Such a container for wet tissue, a container body for storing the wet tissue inside,
A lid device for sealing the opening of the container body.

Further, the lid device is formed with an outlet for taking out the wet tissues in the container body, and the wet tissues are taken out one by one from the outlet.

[0004]

As described above, the wet tissues stored in the conventional container for wet tissues are taken out one by one from the outlet of the lid device.

Various uses of wet tissues have been considered. For example, when the baby's buttocks are wiped, the baby's buttocks can be gently wiped by heating the wet tissues. In such a case, if the entire wet tissue container can be heated in a microwave oven, the wet tissue can be heated quickly, which is convenient. However, the conventional wet tissue container does not take heating into consideration, and water from the wet tissue may evaporate or water may collect at the bottom of the container body. Furthermore, it is possible that the container body becomes hot due to heating and cannot be held by hand.

Further, it is considered that when the wet tissue is stored in the container body, the wet tissue is sealed in advance in the sealed bag and such a sealed bag is stored in the container body. Since it generally has aluminum foil, it cannot be heated in a microwave oven.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container for a wet tissue which can be appropriately heated by a microwave oven.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A wet tissue sealed with a sealing bag having a connecting port, a container body of an upper opening type that stores the inside, an upper plate that covers the opening of the container body and is formed with an outlet, and this upper plate A lid device having an opening / closing lid that opens and closes, wherein the upper plate is inclined downward toward an outlet.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a container body of an upper end opening type for accommodating therein a wet tissue sealed with a sealing bag having a connecting port, an opening of the container body and an outlet port are formed. A lid device having an upper plate and an opening / closing lid that opens and closes with respect to the upper plate, a protruding rib protruding upward is provided on the bottom surface of the container body, and the protruding bag supports the closed bag. Is a container for wet tissues.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a container body of an upper end opening type for storing therein a wet tissue sealed by a sealing bag having a connecting port, an opening of the container body and an outlet port are formed. A top plate and a lid device having an opening / closing lid that opens and closes with respect to the top plate, and the connection port of the closed bag is connected to the outlet of the top plate. It is a container.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the entire wet tissue container is heated in the microwave oven, the wet tissue is heated and a part of water is evaporated from the wet tissue to adhere to the back surface of the opening / closing lid. After that, the water drops are dropped onto the upper plate, flow down toward the outlet on the upper plate, and then flow into the closed bag from the outlet.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the entire wet tissue container is heated in the microwave oven, since the sealing bag is supported by the protruding ribs, the heat from the heated wet tissue is the container body. It becomes difficult to transmit to the bottom of.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the entire wet tissue container is heated in a microwave oven, the wet tissue is heated and a part of the moisture from the wet tissue evaporates and adheres to the back surface of the lid. To do. After that, it drops into the upper plate as water drops, but since the connection port of the sealing bag and the outlet of the upper plate are connected to each other, the water drops on the upper plate will not enter between the container body and the sealing bag. .

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 are views showing an embodiment of a wet tissue container according to the present invention.

1 to 3, a wet tissue container 10 is fitted into the container body 11 and an upper opening type container body 11 for accommodating a wet tissue 41 (see FIG. 3) sealed by a sealing bag 40. And a lid device 20 to be opened. A lower peripheral edge protrusion 12 is provided on the peripheral edge of the opening of the container body 11, and the lower peripheral edge protrusion 12 is fitted into an upper peripheral edge protrusion 34 on the lid device 20 side, which will be described later.

The lid device 20 has a lid body 21 for sealing the opening of the container body 11, and an opening / closing lid 23 integrally formed with the lid body 21 via a hinge portion 22. The lid main body 21 includes a thin plate (upper plate) 27 at a substantially central portion and a thin plate 27.
And an outer frame 33 provided on the outer side of the step via a step portion 28.

Further, the thin plate 27 is formed with an outlet 24 for taking out the wet tissue 41 in the shape of an elongated circle, and the outer periphery of the outer frame 33 is fitted to the outside of the lower peripheral edge projection 12 on the container body 11 side. An upper peripheral protruding portion 34 to be inserted is provided.

Further, a stepped portion 28 is formed on the inner surface of the opening / closing lid 23.
A frame body 35 is provided to be fitted in. Then, the opening / closing lid 23 is rotated around the hinge portion 22 and the frame body 35 is fitted into the step portion 28, so that the opening / closing lid 23 is removed.
Is designed to be sealed. A locking piece 31 is attached to one side edge of the outer frame 33, and the locking piece 31 is attached to the opening / closing lid 23.
An engaging piece 32 that engages with is attached.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the thin plate 2
7 is inclined downward toward the outlet 24, so that the moisture on the thin plate 27 flows down toward the outlet 24 as described later. Furthermore, on the periphery of the outlet 24 of the thin plate 27,
A connecting portion 35 that descends downward from the thin plate 27 is provided, and a lower end of the connecting portion 35 is provided with an extension portion 36 that extends outward in the horizontal direction. Then, on this extension portion 36, a connection port 40a formed at the upper end of the hermetically sealed bag 40 (see FIG. 5)
Are engaged with each other, and thus the connecting port 40a of the sealing bag 40 is connected to the outlet 24 of the thin plate 27.

As the connecting portion 35 and the extension portion 36, the structure shown in FIG. 4 may be used in addition to the structure shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the connection portion 35 and the extension portion 36 are integrally formed, and the connection portion 35 and the extension portion 36 are configured separately from the thin plate 27. Further, a recess 27a is provided on the thin plate 27 side, a projection 35a that engages with the recess 27a is provided on the connecting portion 35, and the recess 27a and the projection 35 are provided on the periphery of the outlet 24 of the thin plate 27.
The connecting portion 35 is fitted by engaging with a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a plate-shaped protruding rib 15 protruding upward is provided on the bottom surface 11a of the container body 11, and the sealing bag 40 is supported by the protruding rib 15.

The container body 11 and the lid device 20 (including the connecting portion 35 and the extending portion 36) constituting the container 10 for wet tissue described above are both obtained by injection molding using a thermoplastic resin. PP, PS, PC, PE with heat resistance as a thermoplastic resin
It is preferable to mold using T or the like. Also, the container body 1
The printed matter 19 may be displayed on the surface of the cover device 20 or the cover device 20 with a temperature-sensitive ink that changes color when a predetermined temperature is reached. The printed matter 19 may be directly formed on the surface of the container body 11 or the lid device 20 by printing with the temperature indicating ink, or P
A heat-resistant thermoplastic resin film such as P-based resin (for example, “Yupo” manufactured by Oji Yuka Synthetic Paper Co., Ltd.) may be attached with a label printed with a temperature indicating ink on the surface of the container body 11 or the lid device 20. Alternatively, they may be integrally formed when the container body 11 or the lid device 20 is molded.

Next, referring to FIGS. 3 and 5, the container body 11
The wet tissue 41 stored inside will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the wet tissues 41 are folded and stacked in a sealing bag 40 made of a flexible sheet, and sealed by the sealing bag 40. Each wet tissue 41 forms a bent portion 42 and is folded in two,
The bent portions 42 of each wet tissue 41 are alternately replaced. The folded lower half 41b of the wet tissue 41 is inserted between the upper half 41a of the wet tissue 41 arranged below and the upper half 41a of the wet tissue 41 located further below. Therefore, when the wet tissues 41 are picked up one by one and taken out, the lower half 41b of the taken out wet tissues 41 pulls up the upper half 41a of the wet tissues 41 located below. A connecting port 40a is provided at the upper end of the sealing bag 40, and the connecting port 40a is sealed by a lid piece 45 removably attached to the upper surface of the sealing bag 40, as shown in FIG.

As the material of the wet tissue 41,
For example, a non-woven fabric, paper, a fibrous material such as gauze, a sheet-like foam, or a paper-based soft material is used. As the liquid to be impregnated in the wet tissue, a wetting agent containing a bactericidal agent, a disinfectant, a cleaning agent, or a cosmetic such as a lotion or emulsion can be considered.

As the material of the hermetically sealed bag 40, one having the following structure is used in order from the outside. Stretched polyester (PET) / unstretched polypropylene (CPP), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) coated PET / CPP, inorganic material (eg silicon oxide (SiOx) etc.) vapor deposited PET / C
PP, PVDC / CPP, PET / polyethylene (P
E) / CPP, oriented polypropylene (OPP) / CP
P, PVDC coated OPP / CPP, inorganic substance (eg, silicon oxide (SiOx)) vapor deposition OPP / CPP, stretched nylon (ON) / CPP, and the sealing bag 40 made of the material of these components has a metal layer such as aluminum foil. Since it does not contain it, it can be heated in a microwave oven.

Further, not only the material having the above-mentioned constitution but also polyethylene (PE) instead of CPP as the inner sealant.
Alternatively, linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) may be used, but CPP is preferably used because it has excellent heat resistance.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

First, the wet tissues 41 are folded and stacked in the sealed bag 40, and the connecting port 40a is sealed with the lid piece 45 (FIG. 5). Next, the wet tissue 41 hermetically sealed in the hermetically sealed bag 40 is the container body 11 shown in FIG.
Then, the lid piece 45 is removed from the connection port 40a. In this case, the closed bag 40 is supported by the protruding rib 15 protruding upward from the bottom surface 11 a of the container body 11.

Thereafter, the lower peripheral edge projection 12 of the container body 11
The upper peripheral projection 34 on the lid device 20 side is fitted to the outside of the container, and the upper opening of the container body 11 is the main body 2 of the lid of the lid device 20.
Covered by 1. At the same time, the opening / closing lid 23 of the lid device 20
With the open state, the connecting port 40a of the sealing bag 40 engages with the extension portion 36 provided on the peripheral edge of the outlet 24 of the thin plate 27, and thus the connecting port 40a of the sealing bag 40 takes out the outlet of the thin plate 27. 24 is connected.

Next, the flange portion 14 provided below the lower peripheral edge projection 12 of the container main body 11 and the rib (not shown) provided on the inner surface of the upper peripheral edge projection 34 engage with each other to attach to the container main body 11. The lid device 20 is firmly locked.

After that, the opening / closing lid 23 of the lid device 20 is closed, and the wet tissue container 10 in which the wet tissue 41 is housed is entirely in a microwave oven (not shown).
Is heated by.

By heating the wet tissue container 10 with a microwave oven, the wet tissue 41 in the sealed bag 40 is heated. At the same time, a part of the water is evaporated from the wet tissue 41 in the sealed bag 40, and the evaporated water adheres to the back surface of the opening / closing lid 23 of the lid device 20 as water droplets. After that, the water droplets on the back surface of the opening / closing lid 23 drop onto the thin plate 27, flow down the thin plate 27 toward the outlet 24, and then flow from the outlet 24 into the closed bag 40 through the connection port 40a.

Next, the wet tissue container 10 is taken out from the microwave oven. In this case, since the closed bag 40 is supported by the protruding ribs 15, heat from the wet tissue 41 is transferred from the closed bag 40 to the bottom surface 11 of the container body 11.
It is difficult to be transmitted to a. Therefore, the container body 1
The heating temperature for 1 can be suppressed, and the container body 11
Can be easily gripped.

Next, the opening / closing lid 23 rotates around the hinge portion 22 and the opening / closing lid 23 is opened. Next, the wet tissue 41 is picked up from the outlet 24 of the lid body 21 with a finger and pulled upward. Then, in succession, wet tissue 41
The first wet tissue 4 by pulling
1 can be taken out from the inside of the container body 11. In this case, the upper half 41a of the second wet tissue 41
But the lower half 41b of the first wet tissue 41
Pulled by. Then, when the upper half 41a of the second wet tissue 41 is caught on the peripheral portion of the outlet 24, the second wet tissue 41 stops.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the sealing bag 40 that seals the wet tissue 41 is used as the container body 11.
Since it is supported by the protruding ribs 15, the heat from the wet tissue 41 heated in the microwave oven is less likely to be transferred to the container body 11. Therefore, the heating temperature of the container body 11 can be suppressed and the container body 11 can be gripped. The heating temperature of the container body 11 is
It can be confirmed by the printed matter 19 formed by the temperature indicating ink.

Further, during heating in the microwave oven, the water evaporated from the wet tissue 41 adheres to the surface of the opening / closing lid 23, then becomes a water drop and passes over the thin plate 27, and the outlet 24.
Since the wet tissue 41 is returned to the inside of the closed bag 40 through the connection port 40a, a large amount of water in the wet tissue 41 does not flow out to dry the wet tissue 41. Further, since the moisture from the wet tissue 41 is returned to the inside of the sealed bag 40 via the outlet 24 and the connection port 40a,
Moisture does not enter between the container body 11 and the sealed bag 40, and therefore, germs are not propagated by the water entered in this portion.

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), by forming the connecting portion 35 and the extending portion 36 separately from the thin plate 27, the shape of the outlet 24 can be variously changed. it can. Further, when the heating is not performed in the microwave oven, the connecting portion 35 and the extension portion 36 may be removed from the thin plate 27.

Next, another embodiment of the wet tissue container according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. The embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is different from the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 only in the structure of the protruding ribs protruding from the bottom surface 11a of the container body 11.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the container body 11
A large number of wavy protruding ribs 16 may be provided at narrow intervals on the bottom surface 11a of the wavy protruding rib 17 and, as shown in FIG.
May be provided at wide intervals. (Specific Example 1) The operation and effect when the connection port 40a of the airtight bag 40 is connected to the outlet 24 will be described based on a specific example of the present invention. First, as wet tissue 41, size 1
The one having a size of 50 mm × 200 mm was used. 80 sheets of this wet tissue 41 are stacked to form a sealed bag 40 (capacity 240 m
1) and the connecting port 40a of the sealing bag 40 is sealed with the thin plate 2
The closed bag 40 is connected to the outlet 24 of the container 7 and the container body 1
Stored in 1.

Next, the wet tissue container 10 consisting of the container body 11 and the lid device 20 has a total of 600
It was heated for 1 minute by a microwave oven of W, four wet tissues 41 were taken at a time, and then the wet tissue container 10 was naturally cooled.

The heating work by the microwave oven and the natural cooling work were repeated 20 times. In this case, when the presence or absence of water in the container body 11 was checked, no water was found.

On the other hand, as a comparative example, the closed bag 40 is housed in the container body 11 without connecting the connecting port 40a of the closed bag 40 to the outlet 24, and the wet tissue container 1
The heating operation of 0 and the natural cooling operation were repeated 20 times.
In this case, when the presence or absence of water in the container body 11 is checked,
It was observed that 12.5 ml of water had accumulated. (Specific Example 2) The operation and effect when the protruding rib 15 is provided on the container body 11 will be described based on a specific example of the present invention. That is, the protruding ribs 15 having a height of 5 mm are provided on the container body 11 at intervals of 3 cm, and then the wet tissue container 10 is heated as a whole in a microwave oven of 600 W for 1 minute. In this case, the wet tissue 41 is placed in the sealed bag 40. 80
The temperature of the bottom surface was measured when each of 60, 40, 20 and 5 sheets was stored.

The same temperature measurement of the bottom surface was carried out also when there was no protruding rib. The results are shown below. Temperature of surface bottom surface _{Number of tissues} Temperature of bottom surface (° C) With protruding rib Without protruding rib 80 30 〇 46 〇 60 38 38 〇 59 △ 40 42 〇 70 × 20 44 〇 79 × 5 53 △ 80 × In the above table, 〇 △ × means the following contents. ◯… Can be held △… Warm can be held ×… Hot and cannot be held

[0044]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a part of the moisture from the wet tissue evaporates and adheres to the back surface of the opening / closing lid, it becomes water droplets and then comes out from the outlet into the sealed bag. The wet tissue in the airtight bag never gets dry because it flows into the.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the heat from the heated wet tissue is less likely to be transferred to the bottom surface of the container body, so that the container body can be easily grasped even after heating.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when a part of the water is evaporated from the wet tissue and adheres to the back surface of the opening / closing lid, the water drops then drop onto the upper plate. Since the outlets of the upper plate are connected to each other,
Water drops on the upper plate do not enter between the container body and the sealed bag. Therefore, germs do not occur between the container body and the sealed bag.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a container for wet tissues.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an outlet portion of a wet tissue container.

FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing a wet tissue container accommodating a wet tissue, with an opening / closing lid removed for convenience.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view showing the structure of an outlet.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a sealing bag that seals a wet tissue.

6 is a side sectional view similar to FIG. 3, showing a modified example of the protruding rib of the container body.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view similar to FIG. 3, showing a modified example of the protruding rib of the container body.

[Explanation of Codes] 10 Container for wet tissue 11 Container body 11a Bottom surface 15, 16, 17 Projecting rib 19 Printed material 20 Lid device 21 Lid body 23 Opening / closing lid 24 Outlet 27 Upper plate 40 Sealing bag 40a Connection port 41 Wet tissue

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A container body of an upper end opening type for accommodating therein a wet tissue hermetically sealed by a hermetically sealed bag having a connecting port, an upper plate which covers the opening of the container body and is formed with an outlet. A lid device having an opening / closing lid that opens and closes with respect to an upper plate, wherein the upper plate is inclined downward toward an outlet. 2. A container body of an upper end opening type for housing therein a wet tissue sealed by a sealing bag having a connecting port, an upper plate which covers the opening of the container body and is formed with an outlet, A lid device having an opening and closing lid that opens and closes with respect to the upper plate, and a protruding rib that protrudes upward is provided on the bottom surface of the container body,
A container for wet tissues, characterized in that the protruding bag supports the sealed bag. 3. A container body of an upper end opening type for accommodating therein a wet tissue sealed by a sealing bag having a connecting port, an upper plate which covers the opening of the container body and has an outlet port, A lid device having an opening / closing lid that opens and closes with respect to the upper plate, wherein the connection port of the closed bag is connected to the outlet of the upper plate. 4. The container for wet tissues according to claim 1, wherein a printed matter is applied to the surface of the container body or the surface of the lid device by a temperature-sensitive ink that changes color when a predetermined temperature is reached.