JP3870187B2 - Intercostal coaster for stacked glasses - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is a so-called glass tower or glass pyramid that is used for display, parties, etc. by stacking a large number of glasses in a plurality of stages and injecting and flowing liquid into the required glasses. Further, the present invention relates to an interposing coaster for stacked glasses, which makes it possible to easily and easily stack glasses and to control the flow of liquid as required.

In order to facilitate the stacking of the glasses for the glass tower and reduce the possibility of the stacked glasses breaking, Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-85728 discloses a set of three liquid receiving portions arranged in contact with each other. Alternatively, the bottom of the upper glass set at the center of the lower glass in a set of four is provided with a protruding portion that enters the circumferential opening of each glass arranged on the lower side, and between each protruding portion Therefore, it is disclosed that the opening edge of two adjacent glasses on the lower stage side is sandwiched, and according to this, it is very easy to stack the glasses as compared with the conventional method, and each stage. The glass is securely interconnected, and there is no risk of the glass collapsing. With this glass, a large number of glasses can be stacked in less time without the need for skill. Participants, including the children, such as in the mass party is to be able to make the glass tower, etc. while having fun.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-85728

  However, this conventional technique forms a protruding part that penetrates into the circumferential opening of each glass on the bottom surface of the glass itself, so that there is a problem that the price of the glass itself is considerably high. With technology, it is not possible to artificially control the flow of liquid from each glass stacked in multiple stages, or more directly, the flow of liquid into each glass. It was not possible to change the decoration.

  The present invention has an object to solve such problems of the prior art, and the object of the present invention is to use an inexpensive, commercially available general glass, Stacked glass that makes it easy and easy to stack, and can effectively eliminate the possibility of glass collapse, and can control the flow of liquid from each glass as required. To provide an interstitial coaster for use.

The interstitial coaster for stacked glasses according to the present invention has an upward flange with a constant height around the circumference, and allows positioning of the bottom of the glass with legs, preferably glass. The glass on the lower side of a set of three or four sets in which the liquid receiving portions are placed in contact with each other on the lower surface of the disk-like support that places the bottom of the plate in an indispensable position 3 or 4 hooks that are set at the center of the bay, straddle and hang over two adjacent glasses, and position the disk-shaped support with respect to the lower glass Further, the upward flange is provided with a notch or a through hole positioned corresponding to at least one liquid receiving portion of the pair of glasses on the lower side.
In addition, when providing each notch part corresponding to the liquid receiving part of several glass here, it is also possible to make notch depth, the circumferential direction length etc. different among those notch parts. In the case where a plurality of through holes are provided instead of or in addition to the notch, the opening area can be changed between the through holes.

  By the way, each hooking portion formed on the lower surface of the disk-shaped support is provided, for example, at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction on a skirt formed over the entire circumference thereof or on the lower surface of the disk-shaped support. In addition, by forming a notch in each hanging plate that allows the simultaneous entry of the open ends of two adjacent glasses on the lower side, or on the lower side of the disk-shaped support, The pair of protrusions that just sandwich the open end portions of two adjacent glasses can be provided.

  In addition, the other coaster according to the present invention, in particular, instead of providing a notch or the like in advance in the upward flange of the disk-shaped support portion, each of the pair of glasses on the lower stage side of the upward flange. In the position corresponding to the liquid receiving portion, a groove surrounding area or a thin portion that enables easy break removal by localizing the upward flange portion is provided.

  According to such an interstitial coaster that can be made of glass, plastic, etc., the coaster is set in the center of a set of three or four glasses arranged in a row on the lower side. Each of the three or four hooks provided on the lower surface of the disk-like support is hooked to two adjacent glasses, so that the disk-like support, and thus the coaster, The glass can be positioned as expected with respect to the glass, and the upper glass is positioned relative to the coaster by positioning and placing the bottom of the upper glass on the disk-shaped support. Therefore, it is possible to easily and easily perform proper stacking of the upper side glass with respect to the lower side glass through the coaster.

  Therefore, here, by using an interposing coaster, it is possible to easily stack inexpensive commercially available glasses in the required number of steps, and to provide an unexpected collapse of the stacked glasses on the lower surface of the disk-shaped support. It is possible to effectively suppress the engagement between the engagement portion and the lower-side glass, more preferably under the engagement between the disk-shaped support and the upper-side glass.

  At the same time, in this intercostal coaster, one or more notches or through-holes provided in advance in the upward flange are positioned corresponding to the liquid storage part of the required glass on the lower side, so that the uppermost glass is injected. One or more selected liquids, such as colored liquids, luminescent liquids, light reflecting liquids, etc., that continuously overflow from the liquid storage part and reach the interposing coaster, such as colored liquids, luminescent liquids, light reflecting liquids, etc. It is possible to flow down preferentially into the glass or evenly flow down by all the lower side glasses.

Therefore, according to the former, under the control of the flow form of the liquid from each glass, it is possible to bring about a change in decoration as required, and to reduce the total amount of liquid used advantageously. it can.
In addition, according to the latter, even if a slight distortion caused by accumulation of dimensional errors occurs when the glass tower is viewed as a whole due to the stacking of commercially available inexpensive glass with low dimensional accuracy, the effect of the distortion is advantageous. The glass tower can be kept more stable during and after liquid injection.

  On the other hand, in other intercoating coasters that provide a groove surrounding area or the like on the upward flange, each groove surrounding area or the like provided on the upward flange, as required, during the glass stacking process or after completion of the stacking. By rupturing and removing with fingers or using a tool, the rupture-removed portion can be made to function in the same manner as the above-described notch or the like.

  In addition, according to this, since all coasters can be made common compared to an interposing coaster in which one or a plurality of required notches or through holes are formed in advance, the manufacturing cost of the coaster can be greatly reduced, and Inventory management, etc. can be facilitated. In addition, it is not necessary to select a coaster for stacking glasses, and to select the setting posture of the coaster with respect to the lower glass. Can be improved.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a disk-like support, and 2 denotes an upward flange provided on the disk-like support over the entire circumference thereof.

Here, as shown by the phantom lines in FIG. 1, the upward flange 2 positions the bottom 5 of the glass 4 with the legs 3 standing on the disk-like support 1 on the support 1. In order to support, it shall have the inner peripheral surface dimension corresponding to the outline dimension of the glass bottom 5. FIG.
Of course, the upward flange 2 can be formed in a cylindrical shape, but preferably, the inner peripheral surface dimension thereof is gradually expanded upward in a manner such as a tapered shape or a trumpet shape. According to this, when placing the bottom 5 of the glass 4 on the disc-like support 1, the bottom 5 is smoothly and reliably centered by the inner peripheral surface of the upward flange 2. The disc-shaped support 1 is always properly positioned and placed.

In addition, the illustrated disk-shaped support 1 has a skirt 6 formed continuously on the entire lower surface thereof on the lower surface side, and the skirt 6 has three or four circumferential positions, here, The four end portions of the liquid storage portion that are adjacent to each other in the pair of glasses formed at the same interval and spaced apart from each other, as will be described later. It has a notch 7 that just allows simultaneous entry.
Therefore, here, each skirt part adjacent to both sides of each notch 7 functions as an engaging part that positions and restrains the disk-like support 1 with respect to the lower glass.

By the way, when the skirt 6 is formed continuously over the entire circumference of the disk-shaped support 1 as shown in the drawing, the strength of the disk-shaped support 1 against the force in the vertical direction can be increased. However, the skirt 6 is replaced with three or four drooping plates that are provided at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction and protrude downward only in the region including the notch 7 formation portion. You can also
In place of these, a pair of protrusions provided so as to protrude toward the lower surface side of the disk-like support 1 with a required formation position of the notch 7 may be used as the engaging portion.

  In any of these cases, the protruding amount and the protruding shape of the skirt 6, the hanging plate or the protrusion on the lower surface side of the disk-shaped support 1 are disk-shaped engaged with the lower glass. It is preferable to select according to the shape, size, etc. of the liquid receiving portion of the lower glass so that the support 1 does not cause an unexpected displacement.

  On the other hand, the above-mentioned upward flange 2 is provided with at least one of a pair of glasses arranged on the lower side, each notch 8 positioned corresponding to four liquid receiving portions in the figure, The glass on the lower side of the liquid flowing down from the liquid receiving portion 9 of the glass 4 positioned and supported on the disc-like support 1 by the notches 8 to the support 1 is provided at equal intervals in the direction. Control the flow down to

  Such a notch 8 formed in the circumferential direction of the disc-like support 1 generally corresponding to the substantially central position of each notch 7 provided in the skirt 6 is formed between them. Of course, the same dimensions can be used, but various dimensions can be changed between each other.

  In the drawing, the required number of notch portions 8 are formed in advance at a required position of the upward flange 2, but the required dimensions are changed to or added to the flange 2 instead of the notch portions 8. In order to simplify the subsequent local break-off removal of the upward flange portion as required, for example, each notch shown in FIG. The upper flange 2 can be provided with a planned fracture area surrounded by a groove that makes the upward flange 2 thin at a position corresponding to the portion 8, and each thin portion corresponding to each notch 8 shown in the figure faces upward. It can also be provided on the flange 2.

  As described above, the interlace coaster according to the present invention has been described in the case where the glass arranged in the lower stage side is a set of four, but the lower side glass is a set of three. In some cases, the notches 7 of the skirt 6 are formed at three equally spaced locations in the circumferential direction, and the notches 8 etc. of the upward flange 2 are connected to the liquid receiving portion of the glass. It will be formed in the corresponding three or less parts. These are the same when the upward flange 2 is provided with the above-described through hole, groove surrounding area, or thin wall portion in place of the notch 8.

  FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing a case where a glass tower is formed using the above-described interposing coaster. In forming such a glass tower, first, the liquid receiving portions 9 are under mutual contact. The four glasses 4 on the lower side arranged in line with each other are set as a set, and a coaster is set in the center of the glasses 4 so that the notches 7 provided in the skirt 6 are adjacent to each other. The individual glasses 4 are fitted just at or near the contact portion, whereby both sides of each notch 7 are straddled over the two glasses 4 and their respective open end portions.

  As a result, the coaster, or directly the disk-shaped support 1, is accurately positioned as expected in the center of the four glasses 4, and is effectively restrained at that position by the glasses 4. Thus, unforeseen misalignment is prevented.

  Thereafter, the bottom of the upper glass 4 is placed on the disk-like support 1 under the guidance of the upward flange 2 so that the glass 4 is positioned and supported by the disk-like support 1. As a result, the upper glass 4 is accurately stacked at a predetermined position with respect to the lower glass 4.

  Therefore, by repeating these steps until the required number is reached, a glass tower as shown in the figure can be formed easily and easily using commercially available low-priced glass under the action of an interposing coaster. can do.

  Then, the liquid injected into the uppermost glass 4 of the glass tower formed in this manner is allowed to overflow and flow sequentially and continuously into the lower glass 4 to create a production or decoration display. For example, the liquid that has overflowed from the glass 4 and has reached the disk-like support 1, for example, through the notch 8 formed at one or more required positions of the upward flange 2, By preferentially flowing down to 4, it is possible to further enhance the production effect and the like.

  On the other hand, when an overall distortion occurs in the glass tower due to the accumulation of manufacturing errors etc. of commercially available glasses, it is not until the liquid is preferentially allowed to flow down from one or a plurality of cutout portions 8. The liquid may evenly flow down to the respective glasses 4 on the lower side.

  In addition, when the four notches 8 are formed in the upward flange 2, the overflow liquid from the glass 4 is allowed to flow into the respective notches regardless of whether there is a slight distortion in the whole glass tower. 8 can always flow down into the liquid receiving portion 9 of each glass 4 on the lower side of the glass 4 in a uniform manner, and can flow down evenly and regularly in an orderly manner. Can be increased. Further, in this case, the liquid on the disk-shaped support 1 is also used for the production from the gap between the liquid receiving portions 9 adjacent to each other in the pair of glasses 4 on the lower side. It can be sufficiently prevented from flowing down to the lower stage side with little contribution, and this is particularly effective when a luminescent liquid or other expensive liquid is used as the liquid.

  As described above, the application mode of the intercostal coaster in the case where the upper glass is stacked on the lower glass, which is a set of four, has been described, but the intercostal coaster according to the present invention is a set of three The same applies to the case where the upper glass is stacked on the lower glass.

  It should be noted that, in either case where three glasses are set as one set or in the case where four glasses are set as one set, the stacked glasses at each stage are aligned and arranged on the outermost side in plan view. Excellent when selecting the position, size, etc. of one or more notches 8 and / or through-holes finally formed in the upward flange 2 so that the liquid flows down only to the contour-defining glass Even if the decorative effect is sufficiently exhibited, the amount of liquid used can be further advantageously reduced, which is particularly effective when a volume reducing member is disposed in the liquid receiving portion 9 of the glass 4. is there.

It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which follows the II-II line of FIG. It is a fragmentary perspective view which illustrates the application mode of an intercostal coaster.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disc shaped support body 2 Upward flange 3 Leg 4 Glass 5 Bottom 6 Skirt 7 Notch 8 Notch 9 Liquid receiving part

Claims (2)

  A set of three, with an upward flange of constant height all around the circumference, and a liquid receiving part placed on the lower surface of a disk-like support that allows positioning and mounting of the bottom of the glass. Alternatively, it is set in the center of the lower glass in a set of four, straddles two adjacent glasses, hooks them, and a disk-like support is attached to the lower glass. For stacked glass, provided with three or four hooking parts for positioning, and provided with a notch or a through-hole positioned on the upward flange corresponding to at least one liquid receiving part of a pair of glasses on the lower side Intercostal coaster.   A set of three, with an upward flange of constant height all around the circumference, and a liquid receiving part placed on the lower surface of a disk-like support that allows positioning and mounting of the bottom of the glass. Alternatively, it is set in the center of the lower glass in a set of four, straddles two adjacent glasses, hooks them, and a disk-like support is attached to the lower glass. Three or four hooking portions for positioning are provided, and the upper flange portion can be locally broken and removed at a position corresponding to each liquid receiving portion of the pair of glasses on the lower side of the upward flange. Interstitial coaster for stacked glass with groove surrounding area or thin wall part.

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