JPH09295683A - Tube container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To charge contents regardless of right or left of a automatic content charging device so as to eliminate transferring to a special-purpose cartridge by forming upper and lower closing plates into L-shapes formed by connecting stopping plates and abutment plates, and holding L-shaped front end edges of these closing plates by a lid. SOLUTION: A container body 1 is mounted on an inclined stage of an automatic content charging device with its discharge opening 8 inclined downward. A closing plate 4 which is stopping the discharge opening 8 at the lower side is drawn out so as to discharge a tube in the container body 1 and supply to the automatic content charging device. At this time, as the front end of the closing plate 4 is exposed from a corner part on an inner face of a peripheral frame of the container body 1 through a gap, a locking piece 7 arranged at the front end edge is pinched so as to draw near this side. Thus, in a state that the opening of the container body 1 is stopped with a lid 9, the closing plate 4 can be simply drawn out.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a tube container constructed so that an empty tube before being filled with contents can be mounted in a contents filling device without being transferred.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a tube having contents such as a pharmaceutical agent and a cosmetic agent filled therein has a cap screwed into its mouth until the contents are filled, and an end portion of the body of the tube. It is packed and stored in a container with the open. The tube thus stored in the container is transferred to the content filling device and then transferred to the cartridge case.

However, since the tube is made of a flexible material such as aluminum, it has a problem that it is difficult to be deformed when it is transferred to the cartridge case and supplied to the filling device. For this reason, for example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-35746, there has been developed a tube container that can be directly attached to a contents filling device without transferring the tube to a cartridge case.

In this tube container, a tube outlet is provided on one side surface of a box having an open front, and an outlet closing plate is arranged on the inner surface side of the outlet, and one end of the closing plate is placed above the container. It has a structure in which it is projected upward through an insertion hole formed in one end of the wall surface, and the protruding end surface is brought into contact with the inner surface of a lid body that is detachably fitted in the opening portion of the container. After the container is mounted so that the outlet side is inclined downward, the tube is discharged from the outlet by pulling up the protruding end of the closing plate.

[0005]

However, according to the above-mentioned tube container, in order to remove the closing plate, the lid must be removed, so that the front surface of the tube container is completely opened. Not only may dust and foreign matter enter the container, but if the cover plate is pulled up with the lid removed, the restriction on the end surface side of the tube will be released and the blockage plate will be caught by the cover plate when it is pulled up. There was a problem that the tube that was slid by the sliding plate slidably slid with respect to the discharge port or moved in the length direction, and smooth discharge from the discharge port could not be performed. .

[0006] Such a problem is that the lid is made of a transparent or semi-transparent material that allows the inside of the container to be seen through, and an end insertion hole is provided in the lid, and the lid is pulled out while the lid is closed. Although it can be solved by configuring it like this, since the closing plate is in a state of being inserted relatively loosely from the insertion hole into the container, there is a risk that it may unexpectedly come off, and care must be taken in handling. .

Further, in any of the tube containers, since the closing plate is constructed so as to be pulled upward, it is symmetrically arranged on both sides of the contents filling device with their lower inclined ends facing each other. In order to selectively attach to the left and right container mounting parts and enable the tube to be discharged from the discharge port, provide discharge ports that match the above left and right container mounting parts on the upper and lower parts of one side. It was not possible to do so, and we had to provide outlets on both sides of the container. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tube container that can completely eliminate such problems.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the tube container of the present invention comprises a container body in which a front opening is closed by a lid so as to be openable and closable and a large number of tubes are housed therein. In a container in which tube outlets are provided at upper and lower portions of a side surface and these upper and lower tube outlets are closed from inside by openable and closable plates, the upper and lower closing plates are a closing plate portion for closing the tube outlet and the container. The main body is formed in an L-shape in which contact plate portions contacting the upper and lower inner surfaces of the main body are connected at a right angle, and the L-shaped front end edges of these closing plates are held by the lid body. There is.

In the tube container having the above structure,
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the lid body is integrally provided on a flat plate-shaped lid plate portion that fits into the front opening of the container body and the upper and lower edges of the other side portion of the lid plate portion. End face that is formed from an engaging flange portion that has a U-shaped cross section that engages and disengages with the opening edge of the lid plate, and that connects to the right and left corners of one side of the lid plate at a right angle and the top and bottom edge of one side of the container body. The upper and lower L-shaped closing plates are provided with a gap between them and the edge connected to each other at a right angle.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lid body having a structure different from that of the lid body, wherein an opening portion of the container body is provided at four sides of a flat plate-like lid plate portion having the same size as the opening portion of the container body. The L-shaped closing plate is provided with an outwardly bent locking piece which is locked to the opening edge of the container body, while the peripheral wall portion which is fitted to the container is integrally provided. Is configured to be sandwiched between the lid and the facing surface of the opening edge of the container body.

[0011]

When the tube container configured as described above is mounted on the automatic content filling device, one side face side provided with the upper and lower discharge ports is mounted so as to face downward. After mounting, remove the blocking plate that closes the lower outlet. At this time, since it is sufficient to pull out the closing plate in the horizontal direction toward the front, it is not necessary to perform the operation of raising it high as in the case of pulling out upward, and it is possible to easily pull out. When the lower discharge port is opened in this way, the tube in the container body is discharged to the filling device side.

As described in claim 2, the lid body is integrally provided on a flat plate-like lid plate portion that fits into the front opening of the container body and the upper and lower edges of the other side portion of the lid plate portion. An end face that is formed from an engaging flange part that has a U-shaped cross section that engages and disengages with the opening edge of the container body, and that is perpendicular to the upper and lower corners on one side of the lid plate and the vertical angle on one side of the container body. If a structure is used in which a gap through which the upper and lower L-shaped closing plates can be pulled out is provided between the edge and the edge that extends in a right angle, the L of the closing plate will be L depending on the gap until it is attached to the filling device.
The letter-shaped edge portion is clamped, and the closing plate is clamped by the inner surface of the container body and the container tube that are adjacent to each other at a right angle in the container body, and there is no risk of accidental detachment.

Further, the tube can be smoothly discharged from the discharge port while the deviating movement of the tube in the lengthwise direction is controlled by the facing surface of the back plate of the container body and the lid, and the closing plate is extracted as described above. Occasionally, the tube can be prevented from moving in the pulling direction by the inner surface of the lid plate, and in addition, the L-shaped edge of the closing plate that closes the upper discharge port during discharging is the above L Since it is held by the character-shaped gap, it does not hinder the discharge of the tube.

Further, a locking piece for locking the opening edge of the container body is bent and formed on the front end edge of the L-shaped closing plate,
When the locking piece of the closing plate is sandwiched between the opening edge of the container body and the inner surface of the lid as described in claim 3, the closing plate is in a state of being completely arranged in the container body. Therefore, there is no risk of accidentally detaching from the container body even during handling, and the locking piece of the closing plate that closes the upper discharge port during discharge of the tube does not contact the opening edge of the container body. The surface facing the lid body is surely sandwiched to maintain the closed state, and does not hinder the discharge of the tube.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A concrete embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. It is composed of a container body 1 provided with two tube outlets 8, closing plates 4 and 4 for closing the tube outlets 8 respectively, and a lid 9 for opening and closing the opening 2. ing.

The container body 1 has a horizontally long rectangular rear plate 13
A peripheral frame having a constant height is projected toward the front edge on the four sides of the box, and a large number of tubes t are formed in a box shape capable of accommodating them in a juxtaposed state with the length direction of the tube t facing the protruding direction of the peripheral frame. It will be done. The material of the container body 1 is not particularly limited, but other than plastic such as polypropylene,
It may be made of wood, metal, cardboard or the like.

The tube discharge port 8 formed in the upper and lower portions of one side surface of the peripheral frame of the container body 1 is formed in a rectangular shape whose lateral width is larger than the length of the tube t and facilitates discharge of the tube t. As it is performed, the end surface of the discharge port on the corner side of the container body 1 is formed so as to be flush with the upper and lower inner surfaces 12 and 14 of the peripheral frame serving as the discharge guide surface of the tube t.

Closing plate 4 for closing the tube outlet 8
Is a thin plate made of a synthetic resin or a plate material having a relatively high rigidity such as a paper material, and a closing plate portion 5 for closing the tube discharge port 8 and upper and lower frame walls which are connected at right angles to one side face provided with the discharge port 8. The contact plate portion 6 is formed along any one of the inner surfaces of the portions. Specifically, the width of the front-rear direction is approximately equal to the height of the peripheral frame of the container body 1 and the length of the oblong rectangular shape has a length corresponding to twice the size capable of covering the discharge port 8. A plate member is bent at a right angle from the center in the length direction to form an L-shape, and one plate part is formed on the closing plate part 5 and the other plate part is formed on the contact plate part 6. Is. Further, on the front end edges of the closing plate portion 5 and the contact plate portion 6,
Narrow width rectangular locking pieces 7 and 7a which are bent at a right angle from the front edge toward the outside are provided, and the locking pieces 7 and 7a are provided at the corners of the opening 2 of the container body 1. It is configured to be locked in contact with the edge 1a adjacent to each other at a right angle.

The lid 9 for closing the opening 2 of the container body 1 includes a lid plate portion 10 which is a horizontally long rectangular flat plate fitted in the opening portion 2 and the other side portion of the lid plate portion 10, that is, the right side. Engaging flange portion 1 having a U-shaped cross section, which is integrally provided at the upper and lower edges of the half portion and is detachably engaged with the opening edge 3 of the container body 1.
1 and 11, one side portion of the lid plate portion 10, that is, the size of the left half portion is formed slightly smaller than the inner surface shape of the one side portion of the opening 2 of the container body 1, The thickness of the closing plate 4 is provided between the end surface 16 of the upper and lower corners of one side of the part 10 which is continuous at a right angle and the inner surface of the end edge of the one side of the container body 1 facing the end surface 16 which is continuous at a right angle. Equal gap
17 are provided.

On the other hand, the engaging flange portion 11 is engaged with the other side portion of the upper and lower edges of the container body 1 by elastic deformation so as to be detachable and attachable, and the lid body 9 is attached to the opening portion of the container body 1. , The cover plate portion 10 by the protruding width of the small width leg piece 15 protruding forward from the upper and lower edges of the cover plate portion 10.
Is formed in the container body 1 so that the inner surface (rear surface) of the lid plate portion 10 receives the end surface of the housing tube t, and the right-angled end surface 16 on one side portion of the lid plate portion 10 is closed. The closing plate 4 is configured to be held along with the inner surface of the corner portion of the container body 1 by being slidably contacted with the inner surface of the front end portion of the plate 4.

The usage of the tube container thus constructed will be described. The L-shaped closing plates 4 and 4 are inserted along the inner surfaces of the upper and lower corners on one side of the container body 1, and the front end locking piece thereof is inserted. The tubes 7 and 7a are locked by abuttingly contacting the front end edge surfaces of the container body 1 which are continuous at right angles to the corners of the container body 1, and the closing plate portion 5 of the closing plate 4 is brought into contact with the inner surface of one side of the container body 1. While the discharge port 8 is closed from the inside, the contact plate portion 6 is brought into contact with each other along the inner surfaces of the upper and lower frame wall portions which are connected to one side surface of the container body 1 at right angles. After accommodating a large number of tubes t in the main body 1, a vertical engaging flange portion of the lid 1
By engaging 11 with the upper and lower edges of the container body 1, the opening 2 of the container body 1 is closed by the lid 1.
Then, the front end portions of the upper and lower closing plates 4 and 4 having the locking pieces 7 are exposed from the lid plate portion 10 of the lid body 1.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 3, the container main body 1 is mounted on the inclined table of the automatic content filling apparatus A with its discharge port 8 directed downward, and the lower discharge port 8 is attached. By pulling out the closed closing plate 4, the discharge port 8 is opened to discharge the tube t in the container body 1 and supply it to the automatic content filling device A. At this time, since the front end portion of the closing plate 4 is exposed through the gap 17 from the corner portion on the inner surface of the peripheral frame of the container body 1, the locking piece 7 provided on the front end edge is picked and pulled toward the front side. For example, the closure plate 4 can be easily pulled out with the lid body 9 closing the opening of the container body 1, and at the time of pulling out, the tube t tends to move in the pulling direction by friction. It can be discharged smoothly by being abutted against the inner surface of the sheet and blocked.

Further, during discharge of the tube t, the L-shaped front end edge of the closing plate 4 closing the upper discharge port 8 of the container body 1 is held by the L-shaped gap 17. Therefore, it does not move downward, and therefore does not hinder the discharge of the tube t.

FIG. 4 shows another structure of the lid plate 9. The lid plate 9 is a flat plate-shaped lid plate portion 10 having the same size as the opening edge portion of the container body 1, and the lid body 9 is provided on the four sides of the container body 1. The peripheral frame part fitted to the opening edge is integrally provided. The structure of the container body 1, the closing plate 4 that is bent and formed in an L shape, the discharge port 8 and the like are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and therefore, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.

According to the lid plate 9 thus constructed, the edge face of the opening edge of the container body 1 which is continuous to one side at a right angle and the corner angle of the lid body 9 facing the edge face. The locking pieces 7 and 7a of the closing plate 4 are sandwiched between the inner surface of the container and the inner surface of the container, and the entire closing plate 4 is contained in the container body 1 and there is no possibility that it will come off from the container body 1 even during handling. In addition, after the container body 1 is mounted on the automatic content filling device A, the lid 9 is removed and the lower discharge port 4 is attached.
When the lid 9 is opened again, the locking piece 7 of the upper closing plate 4 is clamped by the facing surfaces of the container body 1 and the lid plate 9, so that the closing plate 4 does not move and the upper discharge port 4 keeps the closed state, but the lid plate 9 is used during handling before the container body 1 is mounted on the automatic contents filling apparatus A, and when it is mounted, the cover plate 9 is closed by the gap 17. It is preferable to replace 4 with a lid 9 that holds it in a freely detachable manner.

[0026]

As described above, according to the tube container of the present invention, the automatic content filling device can be loaded on either the right or left side, and it is not necessary to transfer it to a dedicated cartridge, and the tube generated at that time can be loaded. There is no worry of damage.

The L-shaped closing plate 4 is provided with a closing plate portion 5 and an abutting plate portion 6.
Since it is formed in an L-shape consisting of
Since the lid 9 is held in two places in the width and length directions by the lid 9, a closing plate composed only of the closing plate portion 5 is used, and it is stronger than the case where it is held only in one direction. Held in. Therefore, even if the closing plate 4 is pushed from the outside or rocks to the left or right during transportation, the L-shaped closing plate 4 can be prevented from moving and the tube can be prevented from being damaged. Furthermore, since the upper L-shaped closing plate 4 is held even during the tube discharge, the tube t is not hindered from being discharged.

When the lid 9 shown in FIG. 1 is used, the L-shaped closing plate 4 has a width between the upper and lower corners of the lid 10 and the upper and lower corners of the container body 1. Also, since it is sandwiched in two directions, the L-shaped closing plate 4 can be prevented from moving even when the closing plate 4 is pushed from the outside or rocks to the left or right during transportation. Can be prevented from being damaged. Moreover, since the closing plate 4 is L-shaped, it is not necessary to provide a groove or rail inside the container body 1, and a simple structure such as providing a gap between the container body 1 and the lid plate portion 10 is stable. It is possible to hold the L-shaped closing plate 4 effectively.

Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the L-shaped closing plate 4 is provided between the upper and lower corners of the lid 10 and the upper and lower corners of the container body 1. Since there is a gap that can be taken out, the L-shaped closing plate 4 can be taken out without removing the lid body 9 after loading the automatic contents filling device A, and the automatic feeding device can be installed as shown in FIG. Even when the opening 2 is installed over the entire surface as described above, the tube inside does not pop out, damage to the tube can be prevented, and the L-shaped closing plate 4 is simply pulled out, thus improving work efficiency. Also improves.

When the lid 9 shown in FIG. 4 and the L-shaped closing plate 4 having the locking piece 7 are used, as described above, the lid 9 is used.
As a result, the L-shaped closing plate 4 is firmly sandwiched from the two directions of the width and the length, so that the L-shaped closing plate 4 can be prevented from moving and the tube can be prevented from being damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded view showing an example of a tube container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which the L-shaped closing plate of the tube container of the present invention is pulled out and the tube is discharged from the tube discharge port.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the tube container of the present invention is loaded in an automatic content feeder.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another example of the tube container of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Container body 2 Opening part 3 Opening edge 4 L-shaped closing plate 5 Closing plate part 6 Abutting plate part 7, 7a Locking piece 8 Tube discharge port 9 Lid body 10 Lid plate part 11 Engaging flange part 12 Lower inner surface 13 Rear plate 14 Upper inner surface 15 Leg piece 16 End surface of cover plate 17 Gap t Tube

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A tube discharge port is provided at an upper and lower part of one side surface of a container body in which a front opening is closed by a lid so as to be openable and closable, and a large number of tubes are accommodated therein. In a container that can be opened and closed by a closing plate,
The upper and lower closing plates are formed in an L-shape by connecting a closing plate part for closing the tube discharge port and a contact plate part contacting with the upper and lower inner surfaces of the container body at a right angle. A tube container characterized in that the character-like front end edge portion is configured to be held by the lid body. 2. The lid body is integrally provided on a flat plate-shaped lid plate portion that fits into a front opening portion of the container body and the upper and lower edges of the other side portion of the lid plate portion, and is engaged with the opening edge of the container body. It consists of an engaging flange part with a U-shaped cross-section to be removed, and the end face that connects to the right and left corners of the top and bottom corners on one side of the lid plate and the end that connects to the right and left corners on one side of the container body. The tube container according to claim 1, wherein a gap through which the upper and lower L-shaped closing plates can be pulled out is provided. 3. The lid body is integrally provided with a peripheral wall portion fitted in the opening portion of the container body on four sides of a flat plate-shaped lid plate portion having the same size as the opening portion of the container body.
An outwardly bent locking piece for locking the opening edge of the container body is provided on the front end edge of the L-shaped closing plate, and the locking piece is provided on the surface facing the lid body and the opening edge of the container body. The tube container according to claim 1, wherein the tube container is configured to be clamped.