JPS5816509Y2 - assembly type container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a container, and more particularly to an assembly-type container that can be disassembled into strip-shaped components and, if necessary, immediately assembled into a container from the strip-shaped components.

The applicant had previously filed Utility Application No. 49-31064 (Utility Model Application No. 5
No. 0-120833), the wall surface is constituted by a substantially band-shaped member, and the members are engaged at their peripheral edges by an engaging device that can be selectively disengaged from each other. We proposed a container that can be collapsed into strips.

The present invention further develops the concept of the previously proposed container that can be collapsed into strips, and proposes an assembly type container that can be assembled into multiple types of containers with different external shapes depending on how it is assembled. It is.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of one embodiment of a sectional container according to the present invention as it is assembled to form a container of a first profile.

FIG. 2 shows one state during the process of assembling the container from substantially strip-shaped components to the external shape shown in FIG. FIG.

FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are a plan view, a side view, and a bottom view showing the components constituting the assembly type container shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, respectively, developed on a plane.

As is clear from these figures, the components constituting the sectional container according to the present invention include a substantially band-shaped side wall component 1 and a first side wall component 1 having substantially different dimensions from each other and connected to one end of the side wall component 1. It has an end wall component part 2 and a second end wall component part 3.

In the illustrated embodiment, the first and second end wall components are symmetrically located at opposite ends of the side wall components.

A first retaining device 4 is provided along the periphery of the side wall component 1 and the first end wall component 2 to selectively connect the peripheries.

Such a securing device may be, for example, a securing device such as that known under the trade names of fasteners and the like.

Similarly, a second retaining device 5 is provided along the periphery of the side wall component 1 and the second end wall component 3 to selectively connect the peripheries.

Like the first fastening device 4, the second fastening device may also be a fastening device known under the trade name of, for example, a fastener.

In the illustrated embodiment, the side wall component 1 is a first strip-shaped sheet portion 1 integrally formed with the first end wall component 2.
a and a band-shaped second sheet portion 1b that is integrally formed with the second end wall component 3 are overlapped, but instead of this structure, the side wall component 1 is It may also be made of a single sheet, with the ends of which the first and second end wall components 2 and 3 are connected.

In each case, parts of the first and second engagement devices extend parallel to each other on both side edges of the side wall component 1.

The assembly structure of the container shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
The first locking device 4 in the container component shown in FIGS.
This is the container structure obtained by engaging the two.

On the other hand, when the first end wall component 2 is folded and contracted as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and the second retaining device 5 is engaged, as shown in FIGS. A container having the external shape shown in FIG. 8 is obtained using the same container components as shown in the figure.

In this way, if the container components having the structures shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 are prepared, a container having an external shape as shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 8 can be prepared according to the shape of the container required each time. can be obtained as appropriate.

It should be noted that the container component shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 has two end wall components 2 and 3 and correspondingly two engagement devices 4.
and 5, it will be clear that the number of end wall components and corresponding engagement devices could be three or more in a similar manner.

Furthermore, as is obvious from the above description, the assembly type container according to the present invention can be freely changed between various shapes as shown in FIGS. In order for the component part 2 to undergo a process of being repeatedly folded and undone as shown in FIG. 6 or 7, it can be converted between the state shown in FIG. 1 and the state shown in FIG. The sheet constituting this must be made of a flexible material such as cloth.

Also, in relation to this, in Figures 1 and 2, clear solid lines are drawn along the bends of the band-shaped parts that make up the side walls of the container, but this is natural for the purpose of drawing. This is a line to indicate the bending part required in the process, and is used to indicate that a flexible sheet such as cloth having the unfolded shape shown in Figs. 3 to 5 is actually assembled into the state shown in Fig. 1 or 2. Of course, when the sheet is folded on the side wall, a conspicuous bend line as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 does not always appear at the bend of the sheet.

This also applies to the assembled state shown in FIG.

This also applies to other embodiments of the present invention described below.

FIG. 9 shows that the first end wall component 2 has a square shape;
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing only at its end another embodiment of a container component, in which the second end wall component 3 is configured in a circular shape;

According to such a container component, when the first end wall component 2 and the corresponding first retaining device 4 are engaged, the container component has a rectangular parallelepiped shape as shown in FIG. 10 (especially in this case, a cubic shape). ) is obtained, and the second end wall component 3 is obtained.
When the corresponding second engaging device 5 is engaged, a cylindrical container as shown in FIG. 11 is obtained.

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of a container component in which the first end wall component 2 and the second end wall component 3 are both made in a circular shape with different dimensions; FIG.

According to such a container component, when the first end wall component 2 and the corresponding first engagement device 4 are engaged, the diameter is relatively large and the height is small, as shown in FIG. A relatively short cylindrical container is obtained, and when the second end wall component 3 and associated second engagement device 5 are engaged, the diameter is relatively small, as shown in FIG. A cylindrical container with a relatively long height is obtained.

It is clear that the embodiments shown in FIGS. 9 and 12 may be further supplemented with a third or more end wall component and a third or more retaining device associated therewith. Will.

Although the present invention has been described above in detail with reference to several embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. will be clear to those skilled in the art.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the assembly type container according to the present invention assembled in one assembled state, and Figure 2 is a process of assembling or disassembling the assembly type container shown in Figure 1. FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are perspective views showing one state in which the container components constituting the sectional container shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are developed on a plane, respectively. top view, side view,
The bottom view, FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective views showing how the first end wall component of the container component shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 is folded, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the container component shown in FIGS. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of the container obtained by assembling the container components shown in FIG. 10 and 11 are respectively perspective views showing two different container shapes obtained by the container component shown in FIG. 9, and FIG. 12 is an assembled type according to the present invention. 13 and 14 are plan views showing the ends of the container components for yet another embodiment of the container, respectively.
2 is a perspective view showing two different container shapes obtainable with the container components shown; FIG. 1 - side wall constituent part, 1a - first sheet part of side wall constituent part, 1b - second seat part of side wall constituent part, 2 - first end wall constituent part, 3 - second end wall constituent part, 4-first locking device, 5-second locking device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The side wall of a cylindrical container consisting of both end walls and a side wall is divided into spiral zones, so that the entire wall of the container is connected to the strip forming the side wall and its both ends, and each of the end walls is divided into spiral zones. It is composed of a flexible sheet that is in the form of a belt as a whole, and is collapsed into a belt shape by being provided with a retaining device that selectively connects the peripheral edges of the sheet to each other. A possible container is provided at each end of the strip with additional end wall components separate from and different from the end wall components in at least one of shape and dimensions; An additional securing device is provided along the periphery of the generally band-shaped sheet consisting of the band and the additional end wall components connected to both ends thereof, for selectively joining the periphery to each other. By selectively engaging one of the two different engaging devices, one of the two containers that are different in three-dimensional shape is selectively achieved. An assembly type container characterized by: