JPH1179215A - Lid device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lid device wherein an open/close lid can be easily and reliably released from a lid body. SOLUTION: The lid device 20 comprises a lid body 21 attached to a container body 11 and an open/close lid 23 swingably attached to the lid body 21. A rubber plate 50 is provided at a swinging part between the lid body 21 and the open/close lid 23. The lid body 21 has an outer frame 33 and upper plates 27a, 27b coupled with the outer frame 33 via a stage 28 with a take-out port 24 formed. A thin part 91 is provided on the lid body 21, and a horizontal plate 90 and a vertical plate sectioned from other parts 33a or the like are provided respectively provided on the outer frame 33 and the stage 28 by the thin part 91. The vertical plate is equipped with an engaging protrusion to be engaged with a locking piece 32 of the open/close lid 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lid device for closing an opening of a container body, and more particularly to a lid device which can be opened with one touch.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A container body for storing contents, for example, a wet tissue, has an opening closed by a lid device.

[0003] Such a lid device is provided with a lid body attached to the container body and having an outlet, and an opening / closing lid swingably attached to the lid body.

In use, the opening / closing lid is opened with respect to the lid main body, and wet tissues are taken out one by one from an outlet formed in the lid main body.

[0005]

As described above, the lid device includes the lid body and the opening / closing lid that is swingably attached to the lid body. Moved and open.

In such a case, it is convenient if the opening / closing lid can be reliably opened with one touch.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a lid device that can easily and safely open and close the openable lid.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a lid having an outer frame mounted on a container body, and an upper plate having an outlet formed therein, which is connected to the inside of the outer frame through a stepped portion. A main body, and an opening / closing lid that is swingably attached to the lid main body and seals the opening, and a swinging portion between the lid main body and the opening / closing lid has the opening / closing lid facing in the opening direction. An elastic biasing means for biasing is provided, a thin portion is formed on the free end side portion of the opening / closing lid of the outer frame and the step portion, and the outer frame and the step portion are formed from other portions through the thin portion. A divided horizontal plate and a vertical plate are provided, and a locking portion is provided at a free end of the opening / closing lid, and an engaging portion is provided on the vertical plate to engage with the locking portion of the opening / closing lid, and the horizontal plate is pressed. Thereby, the vertical plate bends and the engagement between the locking portion and the engaging portion is released.

According to the present invention, by pressing the horizontal plate downward, the vertical plate is bent without affecting other portions of the outer frame, and the engagement between the engaging portion and the engaging portion is released. The opening / closing lid is opened by the elastic biasing member.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 are views showing one embodiment of a lid device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, a wet tissue container 10 has an upper opening type container body 11 for storing a wet tissue 41 (see FIG. 4) therein, and a lid device fitted into the container body 11. 20. A flange portion 12 is provided on the periphery of the opening of the container body 11,
This flange portion 12 is a peripheral projection 3 of a lid device 20 described later.
4.

The lid device 20 has a lid main body 21 for closing the opening of the container main body 11 and an opening / closing lid 23 attached to the lid main body 21 via a pivot shaft 77 so as to be swingable.
The swing shaft 77 is formed integrally with the opening / closing lid 23, and the swing shaft 7
The cover 7 is inserted into a receiving portion (not shown) of the lid body 21, and the opening / closing lid 23 is swingably attached to the lid body 21 (FIG. 3).

The lid body 21 is provided with a first upper plate (first thin plate) 27a at a substantially central portion thereof and a second upper plate provided at a position higher than the first upper plate 27a. (Second
(A thin plate) 27b, and an outer frame 33 provided outside the second upper plate 27b via a step 28. in this way,
The first upper plate 27a and the second upper plate 27b are formed to fall from the outer frame 33 via the step portion 28. Further, the first upper plate 27a is provided with an outlet 24 for taking out the wet tissue 41, and a peripheral portion 24a is provided on the periphery of the outlet 24.
Is provided, and the peripheral edge portion 24a has a curved cross section in a lower portion. Therefore, when the wet tissue 41 passes through the peripheral portion 24a of the outlet 24, the wet tissue 41 can pass smoothly without being caught by the peripheral portion 24a. Also, as described above, on the periphery of the outer frame 33,
A peripheral protrusion 34 is provided on the flange of the container body 11 so as to be fitted to the outside.

On the inner surface of the opening / closing lid 23, a frame 8 fitted in a step portion 86 separating the first upper plate 27a and the second upper plate 27b.
5 are provided. Then, the opening / closing lid 23 is rotated around the swing shaft 77 and the frame 85 is fitted into the step portion 86, so that the opening / closing lid 23 seals the outlet 24.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a locking piece 32 is provided at a free end of the opening / closing lid 23.

On the other hand, the outer frame 33 of the lid body 21 and the stepped portion 2
8, a thin portion 91 is provided at a free end side portion of the opening / closing lid 23. The thin portion 91 allows the outer frame 33 and the step portion 28 to be provided.
A horizontal plate 90 and a vertical plate 92 are formed from other portions 33a and 28a. That is, the thin portion 91
Is a U-shaped thin portion 91a provided on the outer frame 33,
8 has a vertical thin portion 91b provided at the lower end of the step portion 28 and a vertical thin portion 91c provided at the lower end of the step portion 28. Then, another portion 33a is formed on the outer frame 33 by the U-shaped thin portion 91a.
A horizontal plate 90 partitioned from the vertical thin portion 91 is formed.
A vertical plate 92 is formed on the step 28 by the b from the other portion 28a.

The horizontal plate 90 extends from the upper end of the vertical plate 92 to the side opposite to the opening / closing lid 23. Opening / closing lid 2 for vertical plate 92
On the surface on the third side, an engagement projection 79 that engages with the locking piece 32 of the opening / closing lid 23 is provided.

The horizontal plate 90 and the vertical plate 92 have flexibility. When the horizontal plate 90 is pressed, the vertical plate 92 is bent around the lower end thin portion 91c, and the horizontal plate 90 and the vertical plate 92 The engagement of the vertical plate 92 with the engagement projection 79 is released.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a pair of ribs 94 extending from the step 28 are provided on the back surface of the lid main body 21, and the pair of ribs 94 are connected by a rib 95. The thin portion 91 is surrounded by the pair of ribs 94 and 95.

As shown in FIG. 3, an elongated plate rubber 50 for urging the opening / closing lid 23 in the opening direction is provided on a swing shaft 77 between the lid main body 21 and the opening / closing lid 23. I have. That is, the lid main body 21 is provided with a storage portion 75 for inserting and storing one end of the rubber plate 50, and the opening / closing lid 23 is arranged at a predetermined distance from the lid main body 21, and the other end of the rubber plate 50 is connected to the lid 23. A fixing portion 76 for fixing is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, a receiving portion 78 for receiving the rubber plate when the rubber plate 50 is bent when the cover 23 is closed is provided near the storage portion 75 of the lid body 21.

When the opening / closing lid 23 is closed with respect to the lid main body 21, the plate rubber 50 bends in a direction away from the pivot shaft 77 and urges the opening / closing lid 23 toward the opening direction. I have. In this case, the curved plate rubber 50 is smoothly received in the receiving portion 78. For this reason, when the opening / closing lid 23 is closed, the plate rubber 50 does not get caught between the lid main body 21 and the opening / closing lid 23 to damage the plate rubber 50.

In FIG. 3, although one plate rubber 50 is provided, any number of two or more may be provided.

The container body 11 and the lid device 20 constituting the above-mentioned wet tissue container 10 are all obtained by injection molding using polypropylene (PP). The container body 11 and the lid device 2
About 0, you may shape | mold using PE, PS, ABS, an elastomer, PET, PVC, and polycarbonate.

Next, the wet tissue 41 stored in the container body 11 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
As shown in (a), the wet tissue 41 is folded and placed in a sealed bag 40 made of a flexible sheet, and sealed by the sealed bag 40. Each wet tissue 41 forms a bent portion 42 and is substantially 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 disposed below and the upper half 41a of the wet tissue 41 located further below.
Therefore, when the wet tissue 41 is picked out one by one and taken out, the lower half 4 of the taken out wet tissue 41 is taken out.
1b pulls up the upper half 41a of the wet tissue 41 located below. The method of folding the wet tissue 41 is not particularly limited as long as the wet tissue 41 can be continuously taken out, and is not particularly limited. For example, the folding method as shown in FIG. Good. An opening 40a is provided at the upper end of the sealed bag 40, and the opening 40a is sealed by a lid piece 45 that is detachably attached to the upper surface of the sealed bag 40.

As a material of the wet tissue 41,
For example, a fiber material such as nonwoven fabric, paper, or gauze, a sheet-like foam, or a paper-based soft material is used. Examples of the liquid to be impregnated in the wet tissue include a wetting agent containing a bactericide, a disinfectant, a cleaning agent, and the like, and cosmetics such as lotion and emulsion.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described. First, one end of the plate rubber 50 is inserted and stored in the storage portion 75 of the lid main body 21, and the other end of the plate rubber 50 is fixed to the opening / closing lid 23 in advance by the fixing portion 76.

Next, the wet tissue 41 sealed by the airtight bag 40 is stored in the container body 11, and then the outer peripheral projection 34 of the lid device 20 is fitted outside the flange portion 12 of the container body 11, and The upper opening of the main body 11 is closed by the lid device 20. Next, the opening / closing lid 23 of the lid device 20 is closed with respect to the lid main body 21, the engaging projection 79 is engaged with the locking piece 32, and the opening 24 of the lid main body 21 is closed.
3 sealed. At this time, the plate rubber 50 is
And urges the opening / closing lid 23 toward the opening direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the plate rubber 50 is fixed by a fixing portion 76 arranged at a predetermined distance from the lid main body 21, so that the plate rubber 50 is moved from the swing end of the opening / closing lid 23. The opening / closing lid 23 is lifted upward with the fixing portion 76 slightly inward as an operation point. Generally, since the wet tissue container 10 is used in a relatively high-temperature room such as a room in summer, the lid main body 21 and the opening / closing lid 23 are easily softened. According to the invention of the present application, the plate rubber 50 is
Since the action point slightly inward from the swing end of 3 is lifted upward, deformation of the swing end of the opening / closing lid 23 can be prevented as compared with the case where the swing end is used as the action point.

When the wet tissue 41 is used, the vertical plate 92 connected to the horizontal plate 90 is bent around the lower end thin portion 91c without bending the outer frame 33 by pressing the horizontal plate 90 from above. Thus, the engagement between the locking piece 32 and the engaging projection 79 can be released. In this case, the horizontal plate 90 and the vertical plate 92
The other portions 33a of the outer frame 33 are respectively formed by the thin portions 91.
And the step portion 28a, and the thin portion 91 is surrounded by the pair of ribs 94 and 95. Therefore, even if the horizontal plate 90 is pressed to deflect the vertical plate 92, the horizontal plate 9
The pressing force of 0 is applied to the other portion 33a of the outer frame 33 and the step portion 28.
Is not transmitted to the other portion 28a. Therefore, when bending the vertical plate 92, the other portion 33a of the outer frame 33 and the other portion 28a of the step portion 28 are not significantly bent. When the engagement between the locking piece 32 and the engagement projection 79 is removed, the opening / closing lid 23 is moved by the restoring force of the rubber plate 50 to the pivot shaft 7.
7 and the cover 23 is opened.

Next, the wet tissue 41 is picked from the outlet 24 of the lid body 21 with a finger and pulled upward. Then, by continuously pulling the wet tissue 41,
The first wet tissue 41 can be taken out of the container body 11. In this case, the upper half 41a of the second wet tissue 41 is pulled by the lower half 41b of the first wet tissue 41. And the upper half 41 of the second wet tissue 41
When a is hooked on the peripheral portion 24a of the outlet 24,
The second wet tissue 41 stops.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by pressing the horizontal plate 90, the other portion 33 of the outer frame 33 is pressed.
Since the vertical plate 92 connected to the horizontal plate 90 bends without greatly bending a, the engaging projections 7 provided on the vertical plate 92
The engagement between the locking piece 9 and the locking piece 32 of the opening / closing lid 23 can be released directly and reliably.

[0033]

According to the present invention, since the vertical plate connected to the horizontal plate is bent by pressing the horizontal plate, the engagement between the engaging projection provided on the vertical plate and the locking piece of the opening / closing lid is achieved. Can be canceled directly and reliably. Therefore, the contents can be reliably taken out by opening the opening / closing lid.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a wet tissue container in which a lid device according to the present invention is incorporated.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view when the opening / closing lid is closed.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view of the wet tissue container when opened.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a sealed bag storing wet tissues.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a back surface of a lid main body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Wet tissue container 11 Container main body 20 Lid device 21 Lid main body 23 Opening / closing lid 24 Outlet 32 Locking piece 40 Sealing bag 41 Wet tissue 50 Plate rubber 75 Storage part 76 Fixing part 77 Oscillating shaft 79 Engagement projection 90 Horizontal plate 91 Slit 92 Vertical plate 97 Thin part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Noriyoshi Shinoki 1-1-1 Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Inside Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lid body having an outer frame mounted on a container body, an upper plate which is connected to the inside of the outer frame through a stepped portion, and which is formed with an outlet, and has a swinging motion. An opening / closing lid that is movably mounted and hermetically seals the outlet; and an elastic biasing unit that urges the opening / closing lid toward the opening direction at a swinging portion between the lid body and the opening / closing lid. A horizontal plate and a vertical plate formed by forming a thin portion on the free end side portion of the opening / closing lid of the outer frame and the step portion, and partitioning the outer frame and the step portion from other portions through the thin portion. A locking portion is provided at the free end of the opening / closing lid, and an engaging portion is provided on the vertical plate to engage with the locking portion of the opening / closing lid. A lid device wherein the engagement between the stop portion and the engagement portion is released.