JP3127370B2 - Feeding container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dispensing container for lipsticks and other cosmetics, and more particularly, to a dispensing container which enables separate collection of components.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, environmental problems have been talked about. A problem with cosmetics is the disposal of the used container. On the one hand, there is a demand for cosmetic containers to look luxurious, and on the other hand, there is a demand for weight reduction and cost reduction.
From the former request, it is desirable that the container material is made of metal. However, this causes a problem of roughness at the time of feeding, and leads to an increase in weight and cost. Therefore, resin is used for the body tube, spiral tube, and inner plate in charge of feeding,
Metal is often used for the inner lid, inner tool, and hakama cylinder that appear in appearance.

As described above, such a dispensing container is often made of a material having completely different properties. In addition, such components are complicatedly linked to each other in order to facilitate feeding, and therefore, conventionally, they cannot be separated into individual members.

[0004]

As a result, it has conventionally been necessary to dispose of a used container entirely.

[0005] However, in this case, if the properties of the materials are completely different, for example, the mechanism portion is made of resin and the exterior portion is made of metal, there is a possibility of causing a problem of environmental pollution in waste treatment.

In view of the above-mentioned background, the present invention makes it possible to separate and separate a mechanism section and an exterior section, thereby enabling separate collection.
Thereby, it is an object to provide a dispensing container that is easy to reuse and dispose of the material. Other purposes will be apparent from the following description.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a dispensing container according to the present invention comprises a barrel having a sliding hole along a longitudinal direction, and a body which slides the barrel inside so as to be relatively rotatable. A helical cylinder fitted with a helical groove on the inner peripheral surface, and an inner plate slidably engaged with the helical groove via the sliding hole with a protrusion provided inside and outside the body cylinder through the sliding hole. and Chugu be integrally fitted with only cylinder mechanism composed, on the outside of the body tube and a,
An exterior part comprising an inner lid that is slidably fitted on the outside of the spiral cylinder so as to be relatively rotatable with the middle tool, and a hakama barrel that is fitted integrally with the body cylinder on the outside of the middle tool. And the bottom,
The bottom part is fixed to the mechanism part via the exterior part so as to be separable from each other. Further, the feeding container according to the second aspect is characterized in that, in the feeding container according to the first aspect, the mechanism portion and the exterior portion are each made of the same material. In addition, the feeding container according to the third aspect is the first aspect.
Or, in the feeding container according to claim 2, the upper part is detachably engaged with an upper end part of the lower end part of the inner lid,
The lower end is separably fitted to the enlarged part of the body cylinder. The feeding container according to a fourth aspect is characterized in that, in the feeding container according to the third aspect, a lower end portion of the skirt tube is sandwiched between a lower end portion and a bottom portion of the body tube.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the feeding container according to the fourth aspect, the inner lid is integrally fitted to the spiral cylinder. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the dispensing container according to the first or second aspect, the inner lid is integrally fitted to the spiral cylinder, and the inner tool is clamped by a hakama cylinder. It is characterized by. Claim 7
Is a dispensing container according to claim 6,
A locking portion protrudes from the lower end of the body tube, and the lower end of the middle tool and the lower end of the skirt tube are inserted between the locking portion and the lower end of the body tube and fixed by the bottom. I do. According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the feeding container according to the seventh aspect, the bottom is a lid provided with a flange. The dispensing container according to claim 9 is the dispensing container according to claim 7, wherein the bottom is formed in a ring. The feeding container according to claim 10 is
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the feeding container according to the sixth aspect, a lower end portion of the inner member and a lower end portion of the skirt tube are sandwiched between a lower end portion and a bottom portion of the body tube. According to a eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the feeding container according to the third aspect, a locking portion protrudes from a lower end portion of the body tube, and a hakama tube is provided between the locking portion and a lower end portion of the body tube. The lower end is inserted and fixed by the bottom. A feeding container according to a twelfth aspect is characterized in that, in the feeding container according to the eleventh aspect, a flange portion is provided on the bottom portion, and the lower end portion of the skirt tube is pressed by the flange portion. According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the dispensing container according to the eleventh aspect is characterized in that the bottom portion is screwed to the engaging portion. According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the dispensing container according to the first aspect, the bottom portion is formed integrally with the body cylinder. Further, in the feeding container according to claim 14, a lock mechanism portion is provided on the bottom portion. Further, the feeding container according to claim 16 is:
The dispensing container according to claim 14 or 15, wherein a seal is attached to the bottom portion. Further, the feeding container according to claim 17 is characterized in that, in the feeding container according to claim 1, the bottom portion is screwed. Further, the dispensing container according to claim 18 is characterized in that, in the dispensing container according to claim 1, the bottom is a fitting type. The dispensing container according to claim 19 is the dispensing container according to claim 2, characterized in that the mechanism is made of resin. The dispensing container according to claim 20 is the same as claim 2
In the above described feeding container, the exterior part is made of metal.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a body tube,
Sliding holes 3 are provided along the longitudinal direction on the peripheral walls 180 ° opposite to each other. The lower part of the body tube 1 is an enlarged part 5 having a large diameter. A lower flange 7 is provided at an upper end of the expanding portion 5, and an upper flange 9 formed on the lower flange 7 and the upper end of the body cylinder 1.
The spiral cylinder 11 is slidably fitted to the body cylinder 1 so as to be rotatable relative thereto. A spiral groove 1 is spirally formed on the inner peripheral surface of the spiral cylinder 11.
3 is provided. Reference numeral 15 denotes an inner plate, which is slidably fitted inside the body cylinder 1. That is, the inner plate 15 is provided with a pair of protrusions 17 on the outside, and the protrusions 17
And slidably engaged with each other, and the body tube 1 and the spiral tube 11 are relatively rotated to move up and down in the body tube 1. The body unit 1, the spiral tube 11, and the inner plate 15 constitute a mechanism unit 19.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a middle member which is fitted to the body tube 1 integrally with the outside of the body tube 1. Reference numeral 31 denotes a sliding member which is rotatable relative to the middle member 21 outside the spiral tube 11. This is the inner lid that fits. Reference numeral 41 denotes a hakama barrel fitted integrally with the body barrel 1 on the outside of the middle tool 21. Such a middle tool 21, a middle cover 31, and a hakama cylinder 41
Constitutes the exterior part 49. That is, the middle tool 21 relatively rotatably engages the locking piece 23 formed at the upper end with the locking piece 33 formed at the lower end of the inner lid 31, and the fitting projection formed at the lower end. 25 is separably fitted in the fitting groove 8 of the enlarged part 5 of the body cylinder 1. The inner lid 31 engages the locking piece 35 formed on the upper end with the upper flange 9 of the body cylinder 1. The fitting projection 25 is provided on a fitting piece 26 partitioned by a split hole 27, and when fitted into the fitting groove 8, the fitting piece 26 is expanded outward. . In the middle tool 21,
An abutment ring 29 is provided for abutting the lid 39 covering the inner lid 31 and a hakama cylinder 41 described later. Further, the inner cover 31 is provided with a fitting concave groove 37 for fitting to the fitting protrusion 12 of the spiral cylinder 11, and the fitting protrusion 12 is lightly press-fitted into the fitting concave groove 37 to thereby form a spiral with the inner cover 31. The tube 11 is fitted, whereby the inner lid 31 operates integrally with the spiral tube 11. The hakama barrel 41 sandwiches the fitting projection 25 fitted in the fitting groove 8 of the body barrel expanding part 5 on the peripheral wall of the upper part 43 and engages the engaging projection 45 provided on the inner wall with the body barrel expanding part 5. In the engagement recess 6 of the first embodiment.
The lower end portion 47 of the skirt tube 41 is formed in a flange shape, and is separably sandwiched between the lower end portion 2 of the body tube 1 and a bottom portion 51 screwed to the lower end portion 2. Reference numeral 52 denotes a screw of the body cylinder 1 for screwing the bottom portion 51, and reference numeral 53 denotes a projection for fitting the lid 39.

The material of each member is such that the mechanical part 19 is made of resin and the exterior part 49 is made of metal. Specifically, the body tube 1 is made of styrene (PS), the spiral tube 11 is made of polyacetal (POM), the inner plate 15 is made of an acrylic-styrene copolymer resin (AS), the inner member 21 is made of brass, the inner cover 31 and the hakama. The cylinder 41 is made of aluminum, and the bottom 51 is made of styrene (PS).

The assembly of the dispensing container having the above construction is as shown in FIG. As shown by the one-dot chain line, with the inner plate 15 inserted into the body cylinder 1 and the projection 17 projected from the sliding hole 3, the spiral cylinder 11 is fitted from the outside of the body cylinder 1, and the projection 17 is inserted into the spiral groove 13. By the engagement, the mechanism section 19 is assembled (line A). Mechanism section 19 assembled at line A
Is carried to the line B, where the exterior part 49 is assembled. That is, after the inner lid 31 is attached to the spiral cylinder 11 of the mechanism section 19, the inner tool 21 is fitted to the body cylinder 1. Next, in this state, the hakama cylinder 41 is fitted to the body cylinder 1 from the outside of the jig 21,
To body cylinder 1. Next, screw the bottom part 51 onto the hakama cylinder 4
1 is sandwiched between the lower end 2 of the body cylinder 1 and the bottom 51.

The disassembly is reversed from the above order. First the bottom 5
1 is turned in the opposite direction and extracted, and then the hakama cylinder 41 is extracted. Next, the middle tool 21 and the mechanism section 19 are separated. Next, the inner cover 31 and the mechanism section 19 are separated. The mechanism 19
Also, since the protrusion 17 may be removed from the spiral groove 13 and the sliding hole 3, the body tube 1, the spiral tube 11, and the inner plate 15 can be disassembled.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the disassembly of the mechanism portion 19 and the exterior portion 49, and the disassembly of each component can be made extremely easy by removing the bottom portion 51. Therefore, separate collection for each material is possible, and reuse and disposal of the material are convenient, which is effective in environmental measures.

The assembly line B of the mechanism section 19 can be different from the main line A for container assembly. For this reason, it is possible to make the mechanism section 19 separately.
As a result, it is possible to prepare the mechanism unit regardless of the needs, and to assemble the exterior unit according to the demand, and it is possible to systematically produce various types of feeding containers.

Furthermore, since it can be easily disassembled, if there is a part failure, it is possible to replace each part block such as a mechanical part and an exterior part or each individual part. Conventionally, such product defects have been dealt with by discarding or replacing the entire product.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. These are cases where the fitting relationship of the members constituting the exterior part 49 is changed. In either case, several locking projections 32 are provided at the lower end of the inner lid 31, and the locking projections 32 are fitted into the locking recesses 14 provided in the spiral cylinder 11 correspondingly. The middle tool 21 extends from the center of the barrel 1 to the lower end 2 of the barrel. The inner tool 21 clamps the locking projection 32 of the inner lid 31 integrally fitted with the spiral cylinder 11 at the upper part 21a and fits on the body cylinder 1 by knurled notches 21b provided at the lower part. . A claw-shaped locking portion 4 is intermittently protruded from a lower end portion 2 of the body tube 1, and a lower end portion 22 of a middle tool 21 and a hakama tube 41 are provided between the locking portion 4 and the lower end portion 2 of the body tube. By inserting the lower end portion 47 formed in the shape of a flange, and fitting the bottom portion 51, the lower end portion 22 and the lower end portion 47 are sandwiched. As a result, the body cylinder 1, the middle tool 21, and the hakama cylinder 41 can be integrally operated. The hakama cylinder 41 and the middle tool 21 are provided with knurled notches 48 and 21b, respectively, at the lower portion, and are fitted by this. FIG. 6 shows a case where the bottom is formed on a lid provided with a flange 54, and FIG. 7 shows a case where the bottom is formed on a hollow ring 51a. In the case of FIG. 6, the flange portion 54 is the lower end portion 47 of the hakama cylinder 41.
Will be pressed. In the case of FIG.
Is fitted between the locking portions 4. The remaining relationship and the configuration of the mechanism section 19 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. In addition,
For convenience, parts having the same functions are shown with the same reference numerals. Reference numeral 30 denotes a projection provided on the middle tool 21 for fitting the cover 39.

Since the second embodiment has the above-described configuration, the second embodiment has the same operation and effect as the first embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, a combination of the first embodiment and the second embodiment is possible. 8 and 9 illustrate such a case. FIG. 8 shows a case where the clamping structure between the lower end 2 of the body cylinder 1 and the bottom 51 is similar to that of the first embodiment based on the second embodiment. That is, the locking portion 4 is not provided at the lower end portion 2 of the body tube 1, and the jig 21 having the same configuration as that of the second embodiment is provided between the lower end portion 2 and the bottom portion 51 of the body tube 1.
And the lower end portion 47 of the flange shape of the skirt member 41 are clamped.

FIG. 9 shows a case where the clamping structure between the lower end 2 of the body cylinder 1 and the bottom 51 is the same as that of the second embodiment based on the first embodiment. That is, the lower end 2 of the body cylinder 1
The flange 4 is inserted into the lower end 47 of the skirt barrel 41 between the latch 4 and the lower end 2 of the body tube 1.
Is fitted, thereby clamping the lower end portion 47. In this case, there is a case where the bottom is formed on the lid having the flange portion 54 (FIG. 9) and a case where the bottom is formed in the shape of a ring (not shown), as in the second embodiment.

When the upper collar 9 is not provided on the body cylinder 1 as shown in FIG. 10, there is an advantage that the spiral cylinder 11 can be easily assembled, so that automation is easy.

FIGS. 11 and 12 show a case where the body cylinder 1 and the bottom 51 are formed integrally. In this case, a protrusion 55 is provided on the bottom 51 in a diametrically opposed manner, and a protrusion 56 is provided opposite to the protrusion 51 with a gap provided. The projection 56 is provided above the projection 55 by the thickness of the lower end 47 of the flange 41 formed in a flange shape. On the other hand, a notch 47a is provided in the lower end 47 of the hakama cylinder 41 so that the protrusion 55 of the bottom 51 can be moved in and out, and the notch end 47b adjacent to the notch 47a has a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the protrusion 56. The notch end portion 47b and the lower end portion 47 are connected by a notch end surface 47c. In FIG. 11, a bottom part 51 integrally formed with a lower end part of the body cylinder 1 rotates in a circumferential direction. Then, the ridge 56 becomes the lower end portion 47 of the hakama cylinder 41.
At the same time, and is rotated by being guided by the lower end portion 47, and stops when the projection 55 comes into contact with the notch end surface 47c. At this time, the bottom portion 51 has an upper surface of the projection 55 in contact with the notch end 47b of the skirt tube 41 and a lower surface of the ridge 56 in contact with the lower end portion 47 of the skirt tube 41. In addition,
When disassembling, rotate the bottom part 51 in the opposite direction to the above,
When the protrusion 55 reaches the notch 47a, the rotation is stopped and the body cylinder 1 and the hakama cylinder 41 are separated. After that, it is as described above. Reference numeral 57 denotes a seal attached to the bottom 51. FIG.
11 shows a case in which a locking ring 59 is provided on the flange portion 54 to enable locking in addition to the above-described configuration in FIG. In this case, the ring 59 is detachably engaged with the concave portion 47d provided in the lower end portion 47.

Further, the material of each component of the mechanism section or the exterior section is arbitrary.

Further, the method of "fitting" and "engaging" of the respective constituent members is arbitrary as long as it can be separated.

Further, the method of fixing the bottom is not limited as long as it can be separated.

[0025]

As described above, according to the dispensing container according to the present invention, the mechanism portion and the exterior portion can be separated very easily, so that they can be separated and collected, so that the material can be reused and discarded. This has the effect of being convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view in which a part of the embodiment of FIG. 1 is omitted.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an assembling order of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which A is a partial sectional view and B is a partial perspective view.

7 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which A is a partial cross-sectional view and B is a partial perspective view. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

11 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which A is a partial cross-sectional view, B is an exploded perspective view in which a part of the skirt tube is broken, and C is a bottom view of the skirt tube.

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which A is a partial cross-sectional view of a body tube, B is a cross-sectional view of a skirt tube, and C is a bottom view of the skirt tube.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body cylinder 2 Lower end part 3 Sliding hole 4 Locking part 5 Enlarged part 6 Engaging concave part 7 Lower flange part 8 Fitting groove 9 Upper flange part 11 Spiral cylinder 12 Fitting projection 13 Spiral groove 14 Locking concave part 15 Middle plate Reference Signs List 17 projection 19 mechanism part 21 middle piece 21a upper part 21b knurling 22 lower end part (of middle piece) 23 locking piece (upper part of middle piece) 25 fitting projection (lower part of middle piece) 26 fitting piece 27 split hole 29 Engagement 30 Projection 31 Inner lid 32 Engagement projection 33 Engagement piece (lower end of middle lid) 35 Engagement piece (upper end of inner lid) 37 Fitting concave groove 39 Lid 41 Hakama cylinder 43 Upper part 45 Engagement projection 47 Lower end portion (of a hakama cylinder) 47a Notch portion 47b Notch end portion 47c Notch end surface 47d Recessed portion 48 Knurl notch 49 Exterior portion 51 Bottom portion 51a Ring 52 Screw 53 Projection 54 Flange portion 55 Projection 56 Projection 57 Seal 59 Ring

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued from the front page (56) References JP-A-8-117024 (JP, A) JP-A-3-13916 (JP, U) JP-A 63-202215 (JP, U) JP-A 63-202215 166111 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Hei 5-48814 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A45D 33/00-40/30 B65D 83/00

Claims (20)

(57) [Claims] 1. A body tube having a sliding hole along a longitudinal direction, a helical tube having a helical groove provided on an inner peripheral surface thereof, wherein the body tube is slidably fitted to the body cylinder so as to be relatively rotatable. mechanism configured to project from the inner plate engaged slidably with the spiral groove through the sliding hole provided outside in the inside of the cylinder body, and a body tube outside the body tube An inner fitting that is integrally fitted, an inner lid that is rotatably slidably fitted to the outer side of the helical cylinder, and an inner lid that is integrally fitted to the outer body of the inner fitting with the body cylinder. A dispensing container comprising: an exterior part and a bottom part, each of which is composed of an outer shell part and a bottom part, wherein the bottom part is fixed to the mechanism part via the exterior part so as to be separable from each other. 2. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein said mechanism portion and said exterior portion are each made of the same material. 3. The dispensing container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the upper end is detachably engaged with the lower end of the inner lid, and the lower end is attached to the enlarged portion of the body cylinder. A dispensing container, which is detachably fitted. 4. The dispensing container according to claim 3, wherein a lower end portion of said skirt tube is sandwiched between a lower end portion and a bottom portion of said body tube. 5. The dispensing container according to claim 4, wherein the inner lid is integrally fitted to the spiral cylinder. 6. The feeding container according to claim 1, wherein the inner lid is integrally fitted to the helical cylinder, and the inner tool is clamped between the inner lid and the skirt cylinder. Dispensing container characterized by the following. 7. The dispensing container according to claim 6, wherein a locking portion protrudes from a lower end portion of the body tube, and a lower end portion of a middle tool and a hakama tube are provided between the locking portion and a lower end portion of the body tube. A lower end portion of the container is inserted and fixed by a bottom portion. 8. The feeding container according to claim 7, wherein the bottom is a lid provided with a flange. 9. The dispensing container according to claim 7, wherein the bottom is formed in a ring. 10. The dispensing container according to claim 6, wherein a lower end of a middle tool and a lower end of a skirt tube are sandwiched between a lower end and a bottom of the body tube. 11. The dispensing container according to claim 3, wherein a locking portion projects from a lower end portion of the body tube, and a lower end portion of the hakama tube is inserted between the locking portion and a lower end portion of the body tube. A dispensing container fixed by the bottom. 12. The dispensing container according to claim 11, wherein
A feeding container, characterized in that a flange portion is provided on the bottom portion, and the lower end portion of the skirt tube is pressed by the flange portion. 13. The feeding container according to claim 11, wherein
A dispensing container, wherein the bottom is screwed to the engaging portion. 14. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom is formed integrally with the barrel. 15. The feeding container according to claim 14, wherein
A feeding container, wherein a lock mechanism is provided at the bottom. 16. The dispensing container according to claim 14, wherein a seal is attached to said bottom. 17. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein said bottom portion is screwed. 18. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein said bottom portion is a fitting type. 19. The dispensing container according to claim 2, wherein the mechanism portion is made of resin. 20. The dispensing container according to claim 2, wherein the exterior part is made of metal.