JPH11349016A - Portable vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable vessel that can secure a cap to a close position or a open position surely without damaging the open and close operability of the cap. SOLUTION: A guide projection 7 and a guide groove 8 are provided respectively on the inner circumferential surface of a cap 4 and the outer circumferential surface of the small diameter part 3 of a vessel main body, and the guide groove 8 provided with a close part for holding the cap 4 at the close position, an open and close slide part for allowing the cap to move to the close position and open position, an open state retaining part for permitting the cap to be retained at the open position, and an extracting part for pulling out the cap 4 from the vessel main body 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a portable container, and more particularly, to a portable container having a structure suitable for use as a portable ashtray or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a portable container such as a portable ashtray, a container body having a bottomed cylindrical body and a cap provided with an opening on a side surface slidably attached thereto has been used. Such a portable container, for example, a form ashtray, when discarding ash or butts in the container, moves the cap to a position where the opening is opened, and when discarding the butts in the container to the outside, from the container. It is common to remove the cap.

[0003]

However, in the conventional portable container, there is almost no function of locking the cap in the closed position or the open position, so that the cap is inadvertently carried in a pocket or the like. In some cases, the opening has been opened due to the movement, the opening has been partially opened when the opening has been used, or the cap has come off from the container body.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable container that can securely fix a cap to a closed position or an open position without impairing operability of opening and closing the cap.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a portable container according to the present invention is provided with a cylinder rotatable and slidable in the axial direction on the opening side of a bottomed cylindrical container body having one end opened. A cap having a shape like a cap is provided, and openings are provided on the peripheral surfaces of the cap and the container body to be opened and closed by rotating the cap, and the inner peripheral surface of the cap and the outer periphery of the container body slidingly contacting the inner peripheral surface. And a guide groove on which the guide protrusion engages and slides on the other, and a closing portion for holding the cap in a closed position, and a cap closing position in the guide groove. And an opening and closing slide portion for rotating between an opening position where the opening portion is opened, an opening holding portion for holding the cap in the opening position, and a removing portion for removing the cap from the container body. Features and To have.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a portable container according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the portable container in a closed state, and FIG. 3 is a developed view of a guide groove.

The portable container 1 includes a container body 2 having a bottomed cylindrical body, and a cap 4 attached to a small diameter portion 3 provided on the opening side of the container body 2.
The cap 4 has an opening 6 having the same shape as the opening 5 provided in the small-diameter portion 3 on the peripheral surface of the bottomed cylindrical body. The diameter is substantially the same, and the cap 4 is formed so as to be rotatable with respect to the small-diameter portion 3 and slidable in the axial direction.

Further, a guide projection 7 having a spherical end is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the cap 4 on the container body side, and a guide groove on which the guide projection 7 engages and slides is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 3. 8 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the guide groove 8 is provided with the guide projection 7 at the closed position of the cap 4.
The opening / closing slide portion 11 for moving the cap 4 between the closed position and the open position where the openings 5 and 6 coincide with each other, and the cap 4 has the opening opened. It is formed by a groove in the container circumferential direction formed by an opening holding portion 12 for holding the container in a position, and an extraction portion 13 in the container axial direction for extracting the cap 4 from the container main body 2.

Parts 11a, 11 on both sides of an opening / closing slide section 11 connected to the closing section 10 or the opening holding section 12
b and a portion 14 between the opening holding portion 12 and the extracting portion 13 are formed by a groove which is shallower than the closing portion 10, the central portion of the opening / closing slide portion 11, the groove depth of the opening holding portion 12 and the extracting portion 13, or The grooves 11a, 1a are formed by narrow grooves.
The guide projection 7 is formed so that the tip of the guide projection 7 slides on the groove bottom when passing through the grooves 1 b and 14, so that an appropriate resistance to the rotation of the cap 4 is generated.

Therefore, in the portable container shown in this embodiment, when the cap 4 mounted on the container body 2 is rotated to open and close the openings 5 and 6, the guide projection 7 of the cap 4 is opened and closed. Shallow groove portions 11a on both sides of the slide portion 11,
Since the guide projection 7 is engaged with the closing portion 10 or the opening holding portion 12 while passing through the portion 11b while receiving the sliding resistance, a click feeling is generated when the guide projection 7 is engaged with the closing portion 10 or the opening holding portion 12. Then, it is possible to reliably know that the cap 4 has been rotated to the closed position or the open position.

Further, when the cap 4 is rotated to the closed position or the open position, the guide projection 7 is engaged with the closing portion 10 or the opening holding portion 12, and the cap 4 is rotated from this position. In order to move, the cap 4 must be opened during carrying, the cap 4 may be opened halfway during use, or the cap 4 may be moved from the container body 2 because a force exceeding the resistance generated in the shallow groove portions 11a, 11b, 14 is required. Will not come off.

When removing the cap 4 from the container body 2, the cap 4 at the open position is further rotated to engage the guide projection 7 with the extracting portion 13, whereby the cap 4 can be easily extracted in the axial direction. .

The guide projection 7 may be a projection provided on the inner peripheral surface of the cap 4 or a projection formed by projecting the peripheral wall toward the inner peripheral side. Also, the guide groove 8 may be formed as a groove at the time of molding, the peripheral wall may be deformed after molding to form a groove, or a part may be punched into a slit shape, and the portions 11a and 11b may be formed. , 1
The groove 4 may be omitted.

Further, a guide projection may be provided on the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 3 of the container body 2, and a guide groove may be provided on the inner peripheral surface of the cap 4. In this case, the guide projection of the small-diameter portion 3 is set at the distal end side of the small-diameter portion, and the guide groove is formed by inverting the top and bottom of the guide groove 8 in FIG. It can be performed.

The container body and the cap are usually
If the outer surface of the small-diameter portion 3 and the inner surface of the cap 4 are cylindrical, the outer surface of the container can be formed in any shape such as a polygonal shape, but the outer surface of the small-diameter portion 3 and the inner surface of the cap 4 can be formed. As long as the cap 4 can be moved as described above and the engagement between the guide projections 7 and the guide grooves 8 can be maintained, this portion can also be formed in a polygonal shape. Further, the small diameter portion 3 does not need to be a complete cylinder, and may be a semi-cylindrical shape. Further, instead of providing the small diameter portion 3 of the container main body 2, a slightly larger cap may be put on the container main body 2.

The material of the container body and the cap is arbitrary, and a metal such as aluminum or a heat-resistant synthetic resin can be used. A crystalline thermoplastic resin layer such as 6-nylon is provided on one side of the aluminum plate. After drawing the laminate coated with such layers so that the crystalline thermoplastic resin layer is on the outer surface. By using what has been heat treated,
Printing on the outer surface can be easily performed, the corrosion resistance and the impact resistance are good, and the production can be performed at low cost.

[0018]

As described above, according to the portable container of the present invention, the cap can be securely fixed to the closed position or the open position, so that the cap can be opened while being carried or used. The cap does not become half open or the cap comes off the container body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing one embodiment of a portable container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the portable container in a closed state.

FIG. 3 is a development view of a guide groove.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable container, 2 ... Container main body, 3 ... Small diameter part, 4 ... Cap, 5, 6 ... Opening part, 7 ... Guide protrusion, 8 ... Guide groove, 10 ... Closing part, 11 ... Opening / closing slide part, 12 ... Opening holding part, 13 ... Extraction part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rotatable and axially slidable cylindrical cap is attached to the opening side of a bottomed cylindrical container body having one end opened, and the cap is mounted on the peripheral surface of the cap and the container body. An opening that opens and closes by rotating is provided, and a guide projection is engaged with one of the inner peripheral surface of the cap and the outer peripheral surface of the container body that is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface, and the guide projection is engaged with the other. A guide groove that slides the cap between the closed position and the open position where the opening is opened. A portable container provided with an opening holding portion for holding the cap at an open position, and a withdrawing portion for removing the cap from the container body.