JPH1094423A - Container for compact - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact container having a relatively simple structure, capable of preventing the action of a lifting force on an intermediate tray via the automatic stop of the turn of a lid body at a prescribed angle during use for a makeup, and further capable of applying a lifting force to the intermediate tray only during the replacement thereof. SOLUTION: An opening 14 is provided under the deep side wall 130 of a hinge formation notch 13 formed on the rear end zone of the surrounding wall of a body, and an intermediate tray retaining frame 2 is provided with a leg piece 22 having an intermediate tray presser 220 projected into the notch 13 via the opening 14. Also, stopper 131 is projected from the deep side wall 130 of the notch 13 for restricting a lid body tilting motion. On the other hand, the lower end 41 of the hinge leg 14 of a lid body 4 is provided with a projection 411 kept in contact and engaged with the stopper 131 at the time of opening the lid body 4, as well as formed to be capable of getting over the stopper 131 only when an additional force is applied to the lid body 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a compact container, and more particularly, to a compact container with a replaceable inner plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one type of compact container,
The middle plate is replaceable, that is, the cosmetic is loaded into the middle plate (refill dish), the middle plate is fitted into the recess of the main body, and the previous middle plate is taken out of the recess when the cosmetic is consumed, A type in which a new inner plate is fitted into a recess is widely used. Conventionally, in this type of compact container, a hole is generally provided in the bottom of the container body, and a rod is inserted into the hole to push up the inner plate, but there has been a problem that the operation is complicated. Therefore, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 5-39411 and the like, a plate having a push-up piece at the lower end is provided on the end wall of the dish receiving recess of the main body corresponding to the hinge of the lid. 2. Description of the Related Art There has been proposed a compact container provided with a projection which comes into contact with a plate to advance the body when the body is rotated.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, when the cover is opened, the plate is advanced even if the cover is at a normal opening angle, and the inner plate is inadvertently stored in the plate. There has been a problem that it is easily lifted off the recess. Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 58-36328 proposes a configuration in which a separate slide piece is used, and the slide piece is pressed by the rear end wall surface of the lid. However, in this prior art as well, since the rotation of the lid is not restricted, when the lid is rotated with a little force, the slide piece is pressed by the inertia and moves forward, and the inner plate is still improper. There was a problem that it was unprepared. In addition, this prior art uses a slide member as a separate member, which is slidably fitted into a notch hole formed in the rear end wall of the main body, so that the structure is complicated and assembly is troublesome. In addition, since the lower surface of the slide piece and the bottom surface of the main body are used as sliding surfaces, there is a problem that foreign matter such as dirt or sand gets caught in the slide piece and the slide piece is not easily moved when the inner plate is replaced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to automatically stop rotation of a lid at a predetermined angle when used for makeup. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a compact container having a relatively simple structure, in which a lifting force is not applied to the inner plate and a lifting force can be applied to the inner plate only when the inner plate is replaced.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a main body having a notch for forming a hinge in a rear end area of a surrounding wall defining a recess for accommodating an inner tray; An inner plate holding frame having a flange supported on the upper end of the surrounding wall of the main body and an enclosing wall formed with a plurality of locking pieces, a middle plate provided with an engaging piece for the locking piece of the inner plate holding frame, A lid having a hinge leg that is loosely fitted in the notch and connected to the notch by a pivot member, and a slit-shaped opening is provided in the back wall of the notch with the bottom of the recess. In the surrounding wall of the inner plate holding frame, a leg is provided through a vertical slit at a position corresponding to the notch, and the lower end of the leg has a front end facing the lower portion of the inner plate and a rear end thereof. An inner plate pressing piece protruding into the notch through the opening is provided, and further, a back wall of the notch is provided for restricting lid tilting. On the other hand, while forming the topper, the lower end of the outer surface of the hinge leg of the lid is provided with a protrusion which is brought into contact with the stopper when the hinge leg is rotated, and which can move over the stopper only when further force is applied. This is a configuration provided.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention. 1 is a main body, 2 is an inner plate holding frame, 3 is an inner plate, 4 is a lid, each made of synthetic resin. The body 1 has a recess 12 defined inside by a bottom wall 10 and a surrounding wall 11 surrounding the bottom wall 10. A recess is formed in the front end area of the surrounding wall 11 so as to be open upward and forward. A locking projection 111 is provided on the inner wall of the recess, and a lid opening / closing operation piece 5 is provided in the recess. A notch 13 having a required width is provided in a rear end region of the surrounding wall 11. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the notch 13 is open at the upper, rear, and lower sides.
The back wall 130 of the notch 13 has a lower end that terminates on the way without reaching the bottom wall 10. Recess 1
2 is formed with a slit-shaped opening 14 that communicates with the opening 2. A stopper 131 for restricting the lid from tilting is formed at a middle position or a lower position in the height direction of the back wall 130.

The inner plate holding frame 2 has an enclosing wall 21 which fits into the enclosing wall 11 of the main body 1, and has an integral flange 20 at the upper end of the enclosing wall which is supported by an end face of the enclosing wall of the main body 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, elastic locking pieces 210, 210 are provided on the surrounding wall 21 at a plurality of locations through vertical slits. The inner plate 3 is defined by a surrounding wall and a bottom wall to define a concave portion 30 for filling the cosmetic A, and a flange 31 to be received by the middle plate holding frame 2 is formed at an upper end of the surrounding wall.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, elastic engagement pieces 310, 310 that engage with the engagement pieces 210, 210 of the inner plate holding frame 2 are formed on the flange 31.

A leg piece 22 having a moderate elasticity is formed integrally with the surrounding wall 21 of the inner plate holding frame 2 at a position corresponding to the notch 13 of the main body through a vertical notch or a vertical slit 23. Have been. The leg piece 22 has a width that is appropriately smaller than the inner width of the notch 13, and the lower end of the leg piece 22 has a front end face facing the lower surface of the surrounding wall near the bottom of the inner plate 3. A portion protrudes into the notch portion 13 through the opening 14, and has a rear end face to be pressed by an outer surface 412 of a hinge leg, which will be described later, when the cover 4 is opened.
0 are integrally formed. The leg piece 22 and the inner plate pressing piece 22
3 has a substantially inverted T-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 3, and the lower surface of the inner plate pressing piece 220 does not contact the upper surface of the bottom wall of the main body 1 and has an appropriate gap.

The lid 4 has substantially the same area as the main body 1, and is provided at its front end with a hook piece 44 which enters the insertion / removal hole of the lid opening / closing operation piece 5 and engages with the locking projection 111 of the main body 1. The hinge leg 41 is loosely fitted in the notch 13 at the rear end.
Are formed to protrude downward. The hinge leg 41 is connected to both side walls of the cutout portion by pin-shaped pivot members 6 and 6 on both sides in the width direction. The hinge leg 41 has an arcuate lower end, and the lower end thereof has a lower end on the outer surface side which is brought into contact with the lower half of the stopper 131 when the lid is opened to be locked. A part 411 is formed. The rotation of the lid 4 is stopped by the contact between the protrusion 411 and the stopper 131, and an external force in the opening direction is further applied to the cover 4 while the protrusion 411 and the stopper 131 are in contact with each other. It is configured such that the protrusions 411 can slip over the stopper 131 only when it is disengaged only occasionally. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the stopper 131 has an arcuate cross section, and the projection 411 extends outwardly from a tangent line at the top of the arc as shown in FIG. This is realized by forming a cross section. However, the protrusion 411 must be in such a relationship that the protrusion 411 does not contact the rear end face of the inner plate pressing piece 220 during the rotation process before contacting the stopper 131. In this case, when the pivoting position is determined, the protruding length of the inner plate pressing piece 220 from the opening 13 or the protruding height of the protruding portion 411 may be appropriately set.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the stopper 131 is formed as a horizontally long ridge extending substantially over the entire width of the back wall.
The protrusion 411 is configured as a short protrusion, but is not limited to this. That is, FIG.
1 and another embodiment of the protrusion 411 are shown, wherein (a)
(B) shows a configuration in which the stopper 131 is a short ridge and the projection 411 is a horizontally long ridge. (C) and (d) are stoppers 1
Both the protrusion 31 and the protrusion 411 are short protrusions.
(E) and (f) show that the protrusion 411 is a plurality of point-like protrusions, and the stopper 131 is a longer protrusion.
(G) and (h) show the stopper 131 as a plurality of point-like projections,
The protrusion 411 is formed as a longer ridge. In addition, the back wall 130 of the notch 13 is appropriately in the thickness direction (FIG. 3).
In the case where the stopper 131 and the protrusion 411 may be both horizontally long ridges, this is included in the present invention.

[0011]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, when assembling as a compact container, the rear half portion of the middle plate pressing piece 220 of the middle plate holding frame 2 is closed by the opening 1 of the main body 1.
4, the intermediate plate holding frame 2 is pushed into the concave portion 12 of the main body 1 while projecting into the notch portion 13, and the hinge leg portion 41 of the lid 4 is loosely fitted into the notch portion 13 of the main body 1 to pivotally connect. 6,6
May be connected. In this way, the inner plate holding frame 2 is supported on the upper end of the surrounding wall of the main body 1 by the flange 20 at the upper end. FIG. 1 shows this state. When the inner plate 3 is fitted into the inner plate holding frame 2, the locking pieces 210, 210 and the engaging pieces 310, 310
Are engaged with each other, so that the inner plate 3 is firmly held and fixed to the inner plate holding frame 2. When the lid 4 is turned down, the hinge leg 41 rotates about the pivot members 6 and 6 and the hook piece 44 on the distal end engages with the locking projection 111 of the main body 1, so that the closed state is established. Become. This is the state shown in FIGS.

When the cosmetic A is used, the lid opening / closing operation piece 5 is pushed. In this way, the hook piece 4 of the lid 4
4 comes off the locking projection 111 of the main body 1. So lid 4
Is opened, hinge legs 41 are pivoted about pivot members 6 and 6.
Rotates. Due to this rotation, the lower end on the outer surface side of the hinge leg 41 is shifted from the position shown in FIG. 3 to the rotational angle position where the inner side is turned inward, and the protrusion 411 formed on the lower end on the outer surface side is formed by the notch inner wall of the main body 1. It contacts the lower half of the stopper 131 protruding from 130. This contact is felt by the user's hand as a resistance. As a result, the opening angle of the lid 4 is regulated to be constant, and is automatically set to an angle suitable for the operation of applying the cosmetic A as shown in FIG. At this time, the outer surface 412 of the hinge leg 41 is separated from the rear end surface of the inner plate pressing piece 220. Therefore, the middle plate pressing piece 220 is not moved at all, and the middle plate 3 is firmly held by the middle plate holding frame 2.

Thus, when the cosmetic A is consumed many times and it becomes necessary to replace the inner plate 3 with a new one, the lid 4 is changed from the normal angle state as shown in FIG. And apply a moderate downward force. In this way, since a strong leverage action is applied to the lower end of the hinge leg 41, the protrusion 411 climbs the slope of the stopper 131 and finally climbs over it. At this moment, the hinge leg 41 is rotated until the maximum angle, that is, the outer surface 412 abuts on the rear end face 100 of the bottom wall of the main body 1, and the rotation causes the outer surface 412 of the hinge leg 41 to rotate with the inner plate holding frame 2. It comes into contact with the end face of the inner plate pressing piece 220. By such an operation, the vertically long leg piece 22 integrated with the inner plate pressing piece 220 is inclined around the base of the flange 20 at the upper end as a fulcrum. As a result, the inner plate pressing piece 220 tilts while advancing inward of the concave portion, whereby the inner plate 3 is strongly pressed at the front end of the inner plate pressing piece 220, and is forcibly lifted from near the bottom. Thereby, the locking piece 2
The engagement between the engagement pieces 310 and 310 and the engagement pieces 310 and 210 is released, and the inner plate 3 rises from the inner plate holding frame 2 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the middle plate 3 can be easily taken out and replaced. After the replacement of the middle plate 3, the lid 4 may be closed, and in this process, the protrusion 411 comes off the stopper 131 by ascending in reverse from the upper half side.

[0014]

According to the present invention described above, the notch 13 for forming the hinge provided in the rear end area of the surrounding wall of the main body 1 is provided.
1 with the back wall 130 halfway down the height
4 are provided on the inner plate holding frame 2 through the vertical slits.
2 is provided, and at the lower end thereof, an inner plate pressing piece 220 is provided which protrudes into the notch 13 through the opening 14, and a stopper 131 for regulating the lid tilting is formed on the inner wall 130 of the notch 13. On the other hand, at the lower end of the hinge leg 41 of the lid 4, a projection that is abutted against the stopper 131 when the lid is opened, and can move over the stopper 131 only when a further force is applied to the lid 4. Since the 411 is provided, the opening angle of the lid 4 is automatically regulated by the stopper 131 and the protrusion 411 during normal use for applying makeup, and accordingly,
The inner plate pressing piece 220 is not pressed at all, so that the inner plate 3 can be stably held, and only when the inner plate is replaced, the inner plate pressing member 220 is actuated by the hinge leg 41 and the inner plate is pressed. 3
Is pushed up, so that an excellent effect that it can be easily taken out is obtained. Moreover, the inner plate pressing piece 2
The leg piece 22 having the base 20 is formed integrally with the inner plate holding frame 2, and the stopper 131 and the protrusion 411 are formed integrally with the main body 1 and the lid 4, respectively, so that the structure is simple and practical. An excellent effect that this type of inexpensive compact can be obtained is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing an example of a compact container according to the present invention with an inner plate removed.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view showing a state where an inner plate is mounted.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state where a lid is removed.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a main part of the main body.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the lid.

7A and 7B show an embodiment of a stopper of the main body and a projection of the lid according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 7A is a partial front view of the main body showing the first example, and FIG. Rear view, (c)
Is a partial front view of the main body showing the second example, (d) is a partial rear view of the same lid, (e) is a partial front view of the main body showing the third example, and (f) is the same of the lid. FIG. 9G is a partial rear view, FIG. 9G is a partial front view of a main body showing a fourth example, and FIG.

FIGS. 8A and 8B show a use state of the present invention, in which FIG. 8A is a partial vertical side view when a cosmetic is used, and FIG. 8B is a partial vertical side view when an inner plate is replaced.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Middle plate holding frame 3 Middle plate 4 Lid 6,6 Pivot member 11 Surrounding wall 12 Depression 13 Notch 20 Flange 21 Surrounding wall 22 Leg 41 Hinge leg 131 Stopper 220 Middle plate pressing piece 411 Projection 412 Outside

Claims (2)

[Claims] An enclosure which defines a recess for accommodating an inner plate.
The main body 1 has a notch 13 for forming a hinge in a rear end area thereof, a flange 20 supported on the upper end of the surrounding wall of the main body 1, and a surrounding wall 21 having a plurality of locking pieces 210. Dish holding frame 2, Middle plate 3 provided with engaging piece 310 for engaging piece 210 of middle plate holding frame 2, Hinge leg which is loosely fitted into notch 13 and connected by a pivotal member And a cover 4 having a slit 41. A slit-shaped opening 14 is provided between the inner wall 130 of the notch 13 and the bottom surface of the recess, and the notch 13 is formed in the surrounding wall 21 of the inner plate holding frame 2. A leg 22 is provided at a position corresponding to the above through a vertical slit, a lower end of the leg 22 faces a lower portion of the inner plate 3 and a rear end projects through the opening 14 into the notch. A plate pressing piece 220 is provided, and a lid tilting rule is provided on the back wall 130 of the notch 13. While forming the stopper 131 of the use, the hinge legs 41 of the cover 4
Characterized in that a projection 411 is provided at a lower end portion of the outer surface of the outer surface of the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral surface of the lower end of the hinge 41 when the hinge leg portion 41 is rotated, and is able to move over the stopper 131 only when a further force is applied. . 2. The compact container according to claim 1, wherein one of the stopper 131 and the protrusion 411 is a horizontally long protrusion, and the other is a short protrusion or a point-like protrusion.