JP2983174B2 - Tube container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a tube container configured to be mounted on a content filling apparatus without transferring an empty tube before the content is filled therein.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a tube in which contents such as a pharmaceutical agent and a cosmetic agent are filled is screwed into a mouth until the contents are filled, and an end of a body portion of the tube is filled. Are packed in a container in an open state. The tube housed in the container in this way is transferred to the cartridge case after being transported to the content filling device.

[0003] However, since the tube is made of a flexible material such as aluminum, there is a problem that the tube is deformed when transferred to the cartridge case and it is difficult to supply the tube to the filling device. For this reason, as described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-35746, a tube container has been developed that can be directly attached to a content filling device without transferring a tube to a cartridge case.

In this tube container, a tube outlet is provided on one side of a box shape having an open front, and an outlet closing plate is provided on the inner side of the outlet, and one end of the closing plate is placed on the container. It has a structure in which it is projected upward through an insertion hole formed in one end of a wall surface, and the projected end surface is brought into contact with an inner surface of a lid detachably fitted to an opening of the container. The tube is discharged from the discharge port by mounting the container such that the discharge port side is inclined downward and then pulling up the protruding end of the closing plate.

[0005]

However, according to the tube container as described above, the lid must be removed in order to remove the closing plate, so that the front surface of the tube container is completely open. Not only may dust and foreign matter enter the container, but also when the closing plate is pulled up with the lid removed, the regulation on the end surface side of the tube is released and the tube is received by the closing plate when the closing plate is pulled up. There was a problem that the tube that had been derailed due to sliding contact with the obstruction plate, inclined obliquely with respect to the outlet or moved in the length direction, and it became impossible to smoothly discharge from the outlet. .

[0006] Such a problem is caused by providing an end insertion hole of a closing plate in a lid made of a transparent or translucent material through which the inside of a container can be seen, and removing the closing plate with the lid closed. However, the obstruction plate may be accidentally detached from the insertion hole because it is relatively loosely inserted into the container from the insertion hole, and care must be taken in handling. .

[0007] Further, in any of the tube containers, the closing plate is configured to be lifted upward, so that both sides of the content filling device are symmetrically disposed with their lower inclined ends facing each other. In order to enable the tube to be discharged from the discharge port by selectively mounting it on the left and right container mounting parts, it is necessary to provide discharge ports that respectively fit the left and right container mounting parts on the upper and lower sides of one side And the outlet had to be provided on both sides of the container. An object of the present invention is to provide a tube container capable of completely solving such a problem.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a tube container according to the present invention has a front opening which is closed by a lid so as to be openable and closable, and includes a container body for accommodating a large number of tubes therein. In a container in which tube outlets are provided on the upper and lower side surfaces and these upper and lower tube outlets are each opened and closed by a closing plate from the inside, the upper and lower closing plates are a closing plate portion for closing the tube outlet and the container. While the upper and lower inner surfaces of the main body are formed in an L-shape in which abutment plate portions respectively contacting with the upper and lower inner surfaces are formed at right angles, the lid is provided in front of the container main body.
A flat plate-shaped lid plate that fits into the
Opening of the container body provided integrally with the upper and lower edges of the side
It consists of an engagement flange part with a U-shaped cross section that engages and disengages with the edge,
Connected at right angles to the upper and lower corners on one side of the lid plate
The upper and lower corners on the end face and one side of the container body
Of the above-mentioned L-shaped closing plate between the right-angled edge and
Is provided, and this gap allows the L of the closing plate to be reduced.
While holding the front edge of the character,
To expose the front end of the L-shaped closing plate and remove the lid.
Capable constitute withdrawn Rihazusu things ku said L-shaped closing plate
It is characterized by having.

In the tube container having the above structure,
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the closing plate portion of the L-shaped closing plate is
At a right angle from the front edge to the front edge with the contact plate
Each of the bent locking pieces is provided, and this locking piece is
Right end adjacent to the corner of the opening of the tenor body
It is characterized in that it is designed to be locked in contact with the edge.
Sign .

[0010]

When the tube container constructed as described above is mounted on the automatic contents filling apparatus, the tube container is mounted with one side provided with the upper and lower discharge ports in a downwardly inclined direction. After installation, remove the closing plate that closes the lower outlet. At this time, since the obstruction plate may be extracted in the horizontal direction toward the user, it is not necessary to perform an operation of lifting the obstruction plate upward as in the case of extracting the obstruction plate upward, and the extraction can be easily performed. When the lower outlet is opened in this way, the tube in the container body is discharged to the filling device side.

The lid body is provided integrally with the flat plate-shaped lid plate portion fitted into the front opening of the container body and the upper and lower edges of the other side portion of the lid plate portion, and is engaged with and disengaged from the opening edge of the container body. An end face formed from an engagement flange portion having a U-shaped cross section and connected to a right angle of the upper and lower corners on one side of the lid plate portion and an edge connected to a right angle of the upper and lower corners on one side of the container body. When using a structure having a gap through which the upper and lower L-shaped closing plates can be pulled out, the L-shaped edge of the closing plate is held by the gap until it is mounted on the filling device, and There is no danger that the closing plate will be sandwiched between the inner surface of the container main body and the housing tube that is adjacent at right angles in the container main body, and will be accidentally separated.

Further, the tube can be smoothly discharged from the discharge port while restricting the tube from moving in the longitudinal direction by the opposing surfaces of the back plate and the lid of the container body. Occasionally, the tube can be prevented from moving in the withdrawal direction by the inner surface of the cover plate. In addition, during discharge, the L-shaped edge of the closing plate closing the upper discharge port is the L-shaped edge. Since the tube is held by the character-shaped gap, it does not hinder the discharge of the tube.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to the drawings, a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a tube container A has a front side entirely open and one side up and down. The container body 1 is provided with two tube outlets 8, closing plates 4 and 4 for closing the tube outlets 8 respectively, and a lid 9 for opening and closing the opening 2. ing.

The container body 1 has a horizontally long rectangular back plate 13.
A peripheral frame of a constant height is projected forward on the four sides of the frame to form a box shape capable of accommodating a large number of tubes t in a side-by-side state with the length direction thereof oriented in the projecting direction of the peripheral frame. It is made. In addition, the material of the container body 1 is not particularly limited.
Any of wooden, metal, cardboard and the like may be used.

The tube outlet 8 formed in the upper and lower portions of one side surface of the peripheral frame of the container body 1 is formed in a rectangular shape having a lateral width larger than the length of the tube t, and facilitates the discharge of the tube t. The end face of the outlet on the corner portion side of the container body 1 is formed so as to be flush with the upper and lower inner surfaces 12 and 14 of the peripheral frame serving as the discharge guide surface of the tube t.

The closing plate 4 for closing the tube outlet 8
The upper and lower frame walls are made of a relatively rigid plate material such as a synthetic resin thin plate or a paper material, and are connected to a closing plate portion 5 for closing the tube outlet 8 and a side surface provided with the outlet 8 at right angles. And an abutment plate portion 6 along one of the inner surfaces of the portion. Specifically, a horizontally long rectangular thin plate having a width dimension in the front-rear direction substantially equal to the height of the peripheral frame of the container body 1 and having a length twice as large as a dimension capable of covering the outlet 8. A plate material is bent at a right angle from a central portion in the longitudinal direction to form an L-shape, and one plate portion is formed on the closing plate portion 5 and the other plate portion is formed on the contact plate portion 6. It is. Further, at the front edges of the closing plate portion 5 and the contact plate portion 6,
Narrow rectangular locking pieces 7 and 7a which are bent at right angles outward from the front end edge are provided, and these locking pieces 7 and 7a are provided at corners of the opening 2 of the container body 1. Are configured to be locked in a contact state with the edge adjacent to the right angle in the above.

The lid 9 for closing the opening 2 of the container body 1 has a lid plate 10 made of a horizontally long rectangular flat plate fitted into the opening 2, and the other side of the lid plate 10, that is, the right side. An engaging flange portion 1 having a U-shaped cross section, which is integrally provided at the upper and lower edges of the half portion and is detachably engaged with the opening edge 3 of the container body 1.
1 and 11, the size of one side portion of the cover plate portion 10, that is, the left half portion is formed slightly smaller than the inner surface shape of one side portion of the opening 2 of the container body 1, and The thickness of the closing plate 4 is set between an end surface 16 that is continuous at right angles to the upper and lower corners on one side of the part 10 and an inner surface of an edge that is continuous at right angles on one side of the container body 1 facing the end surface 16. Equal gap
17 are provided.

On the other hand, the engaging flange portion 11 is elastically deformed and detachably locked to the other side portions at the upper and lower edges of the container body 1 to attach the lid 9 to the opening of the container body 1. The cover plate portion 10 is extended by the small width of the leg portion 15 protruding forward from the upper and lower edges of the cover plate portion 10.
Is fitted in the container body 1 so that the inner surface (back surface) of the cover plate portion 10 receives the end surface of the storage tube t and closes the right-angled end surface 16 on one side of the cover plate portion 10. The closing plate 4 is held along with the inner surface of the corner portion of the container body 1 by sliding along the inner surface of the front end of the plate 4.

The manner of use of the tube container thus constructed will be described. The L-shaped closing plates 4, 4 are inserted along the inner surfaces of the upper and lower corners on one side of the container body 1, and the front end locking pieces are inserted. Tubes 7 and 7a are engaged with the front end surface of the container body 1 at right angles to the corners of the container body 1 in a contact state, and the closing plate 5 of the closing plate 4 is brought into contact with the inner surface of one side of the container body 1. The discharge port 8 is closed from the inside, and the contact plate 6 is brought into contact with the inner surfaces of the upper and lower frame walls connected to one side surface of the container body 1 at right angles. After accommodating a large number of tubes t in the main body 1, the upper and lower engaging flanges of the lid 1
The opening 2 of the container body 1 is closed by the lid 1 by engaging the upper and lower edges 11 of the container body 1 with each other.
Then, the front ends of the upper and lower closing plates 4, 4 having the locking pieces 7 are exposed from the lid plate 10 of the lid 1.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 3, the container main body 1 is mounted on an inclined table of the automatic contents filling apparatus A with its discharge port 8 directed downward, and the lower discharge port 8 is connected. By extracting the closed closing plate 4, the outlet 8 is opened, the tube t in the container body 1 is discharged, and the tube t is supplied to the automatic content filling device A. At this time, since the front end of the closing plate 4 is exposed through the gap 17 from the corner on the inner surface of the peripheral frame of the container body 1, the locking piece 7 provided at the front end is picked up and pulled toward the user. For example, while the opening of the container body 1 is closed by the lid 9, the closing plate 4 can be easily pulled out, and at the time of pulling, the tube t tends to move in the pulling direction by friction. And can be smoothly discharged by being stopped by contacting the inner surface.

Further, during the discharge of the tube t, the closing plate 4 closing the upper discharge port 8 of the container body 1 has its L-shaped front end portion held by the L-shaped gap 17. Therefore, it does not move downward, and therefore does not hinder the discharge of the tube t.

[0022]

As described above, according to the tube container of the present invention, it is possible to load both the right and left sides of the automatic contents filling apparatus, and there is no need to transfer to a special cartridge. There is no worry about damage.

The L-shaped closing plate 4 is connected to the closing plate 5 and the contact plate 6
And the L-shaped closing plate 4
Is held in two places by the lid 9 from two directions in the width and length directions, so that a closing plate composed of only the closing plate portion 5 is used, and is stronger than when held from only one direction. Is held in. Therefore, even when the closing plate 4 is pushed from the outside or swings right and left during transportation, the movement of the L-shaped closing plate 4 can be prevented, and the tube can be prevented from being damaged. Further, even during the discharge of the tube, the upper L-shaped closing plate 4 is held, so that the discharge of the tube t is not hindered.

When the lid 9 shown in FIG. 1 is used, the L-shaped closing plate 4 has a width between the upper and lower corners of the lid 10 and the upper and lower corners of the container body 1. And can be prevented from moving the L-shaped closing plate 4 even when the closing plate 4 is pushed from the outside or swings right and left during transportation, since the tube is sandwiched from two directions in the length direction. Can be prevented from being damaged. Moreover, since the closing plate 4 is L-shaped, there is no need to provide grooves or rails inside the container main body 1 and a stable structure such as providing a gap between the container main body 1 and the cover plate portion 10 enables stable operation. It is possible to hold the L-shaped closing plate 4 effectively.

Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an L-shaped closing plate 4 is provided between the upper and lower corners of the lid body 10 and the upper and lower corners of the container body 1. Since there is a gap that can be extracted, the L-shaped closing plate 4 can be extracted without removing the lid 9 after loading into the automatic contents filling device A. Even when the opening 2 is installed so as to cover the entire surface, the internal tube does not jump out, the tube can be prevented from being damaged, and the L-shaped closing plate 4 is simply removed, so that the work efficiency is improved. Also improve.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded view showing an example of a tube container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which the L-shaped closing plate of the tube container of the present invention is removed, and the tube is discharged from a tube discharge port.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the tube container of the present invention is loaded in the automatic contents supply device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 2 Opening part 3 Opening edge 4 L-shaped closing plate 5 Closing plate part 6 Contact plate part 7, 7a Locking piece 8 Tube discharge port 9 Lid body 10 Cover plate part 11 Engagement flange part 12 Lower inner surface 13 Back plate 14 Upper inner surface 15 Leg piece 16 End face of lid plate 17 Gap t tube

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A front opening is closed by a lid so as to be openable and closable, and tube outlets are provided at upper and lower portions on one side of a container body for accommodating a large number of tubes therein, and these upper and lower tube outlets are arranged from inside. In containers that can be opened and closed by closing plates, respectively,
The upper and lower closing plates are formed in an L-shape in which a closing plate portion for closing the tube discharge port and contact plate portions respectively contacting the upper and lower inner surfaces of the container body are connected at right angles .
The lid is a flat fitting that fits into the front opening of the container body.
A plate-shaped lid plate and the upper and lower edges of the other side of this lid plate are integrated
A U-shaped cross section that is provided and engages with the opening edge of the container body
-Shaped engaging flange, and on one side of the lid plate
End face and the above container that are connected at right angles to the upper and lower corners
Edges that are connected at right angles to the upper and lower corners on one side of the body
A gap is provided between the L-shaped closing plate to allow the removal of the L-shaped closing plate.
This gap holds the L-shaped front edge of the closing plate.
And the L-shaped closing plate through the gap.
Without exposing the front end of the L
A tube container characterized in that a U-shaped closing plate can be pulled out . 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the closing plate portion and the contact plate portion of the L-shaped closing plate are connected to each other.
Do not bend the front edge at right angles outward from the front edge.
Locking pieces are provided, and these locking pieces are
Abuts the right adjacent edge at the corner of the opening
The tube container according to claim 1, wherein the tube container is configured to be locked in a state .