JPH10297683A - Shaking-out container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple and compact shaking-out container with excellent versatility for granular stuff. SOLUTION: In a shaking-out container A, a side wall part 21 of a bottom member 20 and a side wall part 11 of a lid member 10 are assembled by fitting a locking part. An opening part 14 is provided in an upper surface of the lid member 10, an oscillating opening/closing member 30 is provided on the opening part 14, a shaking-out port 38 for shaking-out is provided before the opening/ closing member 30, and a lacking part of the opening/closing member 30 is locked to a projection 19 formed on an inner wall part 15 of the opening part 14 in an operable/closable manner.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable small and simple container for putting in granules for cooling, granulated confectionery, tablet confections and the like and dispensing them.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a container for containing a granular material for cooling and dispensing, for example, a container in which a dispensing hole provided in a container body is opened and closed by a slidable lid is conventionally known. ing.

[0003]

In a conventional container in which a dispensing hole is opened and closed by a slidable lid, if the amount of granular material in the container decreases, it becomes difficult to discharge the granular material, and the usability is not sufficient. . In addition, there are some objects that make an unpleasant rubbing sound when used or the opening method is difficult to understand. Then, this invention is made | formed in view of the said problem, and an object of this invention is to obtain a simple small-size squirting container for granular materials with good usability.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides the following dispensing container. That is, the container is formed by assembling the side wall portion of the bottom member and the side wall portion of the lid member by fitting the locking portion, wherein an opening is provided on the upper surface of the lid member, and the opening is swingable. An opening / closing member is provided, and a swing-out opening for swinging is provided on a front surface of the opening / closing member, and a hook portion of the opening / closing member is hung openably and closably on a projection formed on an inner wall portion of the opening. It is a shaking container. And the locking part provided in the side wall part of the said bottom member or a lid member was provided substantially over the whole container.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a swinging container according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a lid member, FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a side sectional view thereof. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the bottom member, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing fitting of a locking portion provided on a side wall portion of a lid member and a bottom member. 8 is a side view of the opening / closing member, FIG. 9 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 10 is a front view of the same, and FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a state where the opening / closing member swings. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and the design can be appropriately changed within the spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, first, the spouting container of the present invention will be briefly described based on the perspective view shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the container (A) of the present invention comprises a rectangular case-shaped lid member (10) and a rectangular tray-shaped bottom member (2).
0) is assembled by fitting a locking portion provided on the side wall portion, and an opening (14) is provided on the upper surface (13) of the lid member (10), and the opening (14) is provided.
An opening and closing member (3) that is pivotally supported by
0), a spout (38) for spouting out the contents is provided on the front plate (32) of the opening / closing member (30), and a hook plate (3) as a hook for the opening / closing member (30) is provided.
4) is hung openably and closably on a projection (19) provided on the inner wall (15) of the opening (14). In order to shake out the contents, as shown in FIG. 1, the front plate (32) of the opening / closing member (30) is made to protrude from the upper surface (13) of the lid member (10) to expose the swing-out opening (38). In addition, these lid member (10), bottom member (20), and opening / closing member (3
0) can be obtained by molding into a predetermined shape using a thermoplastic resin such as polypropylene, polyethylene, or polystyrene.

[0007] Next, the lid member (10) and the bottom member (20) in the above-mentioned swinging container (A) will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, a locking portion (12) formed of a groove is provided over the entire periphery near the inner surface of the edge of the side wall (11) of the lid member (10). An opening (14) is provided on the short side of the upper surface (13) of the lid member (10). This opening (14)
It is perforated in the same shape as the opening / closing member (30) in a plan view.
These shapes are not particularly limited, and may be formed in, for example, a vertically long elliptical shape. Also, on both sides and the rear side of the opening (14), the inner walls (15) (1)
6) are integrally provided continuously from the upper surface (13) of the lid member (10), and the inner wall portions (15) and (16) are formed at the same height as the side wall portion (11).

Further, as shown in the side sectional view of FIG. 4, the lower front part of the inner wall part (15) on both sides is cut obliquely downward from the front to the rear.
At the approximate center of the opening, an arc-shaped fitting portion (17) fitted to the pin (37) of the opening / closing member (30) has a cutout (1).
8). In addition, this inner wall (1
A projection (19) having a triangular cross section is protrudingly provided at the rear upper portion of (5). The illustrated projection (19) is provided obliquely forward toward the front. The shape of 19) is not particularly limited, and may be any shape as long as it can hook the hook plate (34) of the opening / closing member (30). Further, the inner wall portions (15) on both sides are vertically connected to the upper surface (13),
The rear side inner wall portion (16) is continuously provided so as to be slightly inclined obliquely forward with respect to the upper surface (13), but this is not particularly limited.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a stepped portion (24) is formed on the inner surface of the edge of the side wall (21) of the bottom member (20). (24) includes a hook-shaped locking portion (2) fitted with the locking portion (12).
2) is provided. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the locking portion (22) of the bottom member (20) and the lid member (10).
The container (A) is assembled by fitting the engaging portions (12) so as to engage with each other. In the drawing, three locking portions (22) provided on the bottom member (20) are provided on the long side and one on the short side, respectively, but are not limited thereto. is not. Lid member (1
Since the locking portion (12) of (0) is provided over the entire circumference of the side wall portion (11), the bottom member (20) fitted to the locking portion (12) is provided.
Can be provided at an arbitrary position on the step-up portion (24) of the side wall portion (21). When the bottom member (20) is formed of a thermoplastic resin, the locking portion (22) can be provided. (2
Even if the position 2) is slightly shifted, the fitting of the lid member 10 with the engaging portion 12 is not affected.

A support member (25) for swingably supporting the opening / closing member (30) is provided upright on a bottom surface (23) of the bottom member (20), and an upper portion of the support member (25) is provided. An arcuate fitting portion (27) fitted to the pin (37) of the opening / closing member (30) is provided near the rear. Therefore, the opening / closing member (30) includes a fitting portion (27) of the support member (25) and a fitting portion (17) provided on the inner wall portion (15) of the opening (14) of the lid member (10). ), The pin (37) projecting from both sides is supported so as to sandwich it from above and below, and is configured to be swingable. In addition, (26) is a connecting member for reinforcing between the support members (25), and the standing interval of the support members (25) is substantially the same as the width of the opening / closing member (30). In addition, the fitting part (2
7) is the opening and closing member (3) when assembling the container (A).
It is desirable to extend the rear side of the arc-shaped portion slightly upward so that the pin (37) of 0) can be set stably.

Next, the opening / closing member (30) will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 8, 9, and 10, the opening / closing member (30) includes a top plate (31), a front plate (32) and a side plate integrally connected to the top plate (31). (33), a retaining plate (34) continuously connected to the rear of the upper surface plate (31) via a shaft (35), and pins (37) protruding on both sides of the shaft (35). ) And an operating portion (36) protruding above the shaft portion (35). The front plate (3
In 2), a spout (38) for spouting out the contents
The operating section (36) is provided with a large number of grooves (39) in the width direction so that the fingers do not slip when performing opening / closing operations with a finger.

When assembling the container (A), the fitting portion (2) of the support member (25) of the bottom member (20) is actually used.
7) The pin (37) of the opening / closing member (30) is fitted, and the lid member (10) is assembled so as to cover the lid member from above. At this time, the inner wall portion of the opening part (14) of the lid member (10) is assembled. The fitting portion (17) provided in (15) is fitted to the pin (37) from above. Then, the locking portion (12) of the side wall portion (11) of the lid member (10) and the locking portion (22) of the side wall portion (21) of the bottom member (20) are fitted.

The opening and closing operation of the container (A) assembled in this manner will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, when the opening / closing member (30) is closed, the front plate (32) of the opening / closing member (30) is attached to the bottom member (2).
0) perpendicular to the bottom surface (23). At this time, the top plate (31) is provided with the opening (1) of the lid member (10) in a side view.
The angle of inclination is greater than the notch (18) formed in the inner wall (15) of (4). This is because when the opening / closing member (30) is in a closed state, the opening / closing member (30) and the inner wall (15) are closed.
So that there is no gap between the opening and closing members (3
This is to prevent the inside of the container from being seen by 0).
Therefore, when the side plate (33) of the opening / closing member (30) also causes the front plate (32) to protrude from the upper surface (13) of the lid member (10) and exposes the outlet (38), at least the inside of the container is opened. It is necessary to make it so large that it cannot be seen.

When the contents are shaken out, that is, when the front plate (32) of the opening / closing member (30) is projected from the upper surface (13) of the lid member (10), the retaining plate (30) of the opening / closing member (30) is used. The operation unit (36) is operated so as to move the operation panel (34) downward. At this time, the locking plate (34) rotates over the projection (19). Then, when the container (A) with the outlet (38) exposed is shaken so that the outlet (38) faces downward, the contents are ejected from the outlet (38). Front plate (3
2) In other words, when closing the outlet (38), contrary to the above, the upper plate (34) is rotated upwards until the latch plate (34) gets over the projection (19) and latches. 31) to move the operation unit (36) downward.
Can be operated.

As described above, the opening / closing member (30) is held in a closed state by the hooking plate (34) being hooked at the upper portion of the projection (19). 38) is not exposed. In addition, since the structure is simple enough to hook the hook plate (34) on the projection (19), the number of parts is small and the configuration can be made very easily. Although not shown, if at least both end surfaces of the latch plate (34) are formed in a gentle semi-arc shape, when the opening / closing member (30) is oscillated, the latch plate (34) projects ( 19), and the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing member (30) can be easily performed with a minimum force. The opening / closing member (30) is provided with an operation section (36) so that a finger can be easily put on the opening / closing member (30). The usability at the time of shaking the object is extremely good.

As described above, in any case, the container (A) of the present invention comprises the lid member (10) and the bottom member (2) as described above.
0), the opening / closing member (30) is formed by injection-molding a thermoplastic resin, and is assembled by fitting a locking portion provided on a side wall portion.
By the opening and closing operation of 0), the upper surface (13) of the lid member (10)
The outlet (38) is exposed, and the contents such as cooling granular material, granular confectionery, tablet confectionery and the like are discharged. Therefore, the outlet and the way of the outlet can be understood at a glance, the portability and the usability are excellent, and since the outlet mechanism is novel, it is possible to motivate consumers to purchase.

In addition, despite the simple structure in which the opening / closing member (30) is hooked by the projection (19) and the hooking plate (34), the opening / closing member (30) is not opened carelessly. Since the opening and closing operation can be easily performed by the user, the operability is extremely good and the operational feeling is very good. In addition, since the locking portion provided on the side wall portion of the lid member is provided over substantially the entire circumference, the arrangement position of the locking portion provided on the bottom member can be arbitrarily set. Note that the shapes of the locking portions provided on the side wall portions of the lid member and the bottom member may be reversed, and the side wall portions may not be locked and fitted, but may be heat-sealed such as an ultrasonic seal or a heat seal. May be assembled by the method described in (1).

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a dispensing container for a granular material which has a small number of parts, is low in cost, and is excellent in assemblability, portability and usability. In addition, the opening and closing operation is extremely easy with one hand, the operation feeling is very good, and the opening and the way of opening can be understood at a glance, and the swinging mechanism is novel,
It can motivate consumers to purchase. Further, when the locking portion provided on the side wall portion is provided substantially over the entire long side of the container, the arrangement position of the locking portion provided on another side wall portion to be locked and fitted with the locking portion can be arbitrarily set.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a swinging container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a lid member.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the above.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a bottom member.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the above.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing fitting of a locking portion between a side wall portion of a lid member and a bottom member.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the opening / closing member.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of an opening / closing member.

FIG. 10 is a front view of an opening / closing member.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a state where an opening / closing member swings

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List A swinging container 10 lid member 11 side wall portion 12 locking portion 13 top surface 14 opening 15 inner wall portion 16 inner wall portion 17 fitting portion 18 cutout portion 19 projection 20 bottom member 21 side wall portion 22 locking portion 23 bottom surface 24 step-up portion 25 Supporting member 26 Connecting member 27 Fitting part 30 Opening / closing member 31 Top plate 32 Front plate 33 Side plate 34 Hook plate 35 Shaft part 36 Operation part 37 Pin 38 Swing-out port 39 Groove part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A container in which a side wall portion of a bottom member and a side wall portion of a lid member are assembled by fitting a locking portion, wherein an opening is provided on an upper surface of the lid member, and the opening portion is rocked. A movable opening / closing member is provided, and a swing-out opening for swinging is provided on the front surface of the opening / closing member, and a hook portion of the opening / closing member is hung openably and closably on a projection formed on an inner wall portion of the opening. A swing container. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein a locking portion provided on a side wall portion of the bottom member or the cover member is provided over substantially the entire container.