JP4377461B2 - Openable / closable container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an openable / closable container that can be easily opened and closed.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A container for storing the contents, for example, a wet tissue, has a wet tissue outlet, and the outlet is hermetically closed by an open / close lid.
[0003]
That is, such a container is provided with a container main body that stores wet tissue and has an outlet, and an open / close lid that seals the outlet.
[0004]
In use, the opening / closing lid is opened with respect to the outlet of the container body, and wet tissues are taken out one by one from the outlet of the container body.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, a conventional container includes a container main body and an opening / closing lid that is swingably attached to the container main body. In use, the opening / closing lid is swung one by one.
[0006]
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 consideration of such points, and an object thereof is to provide an openable / closable container that can easily and reliably open an open / close lid.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention provides a container main body in which an outlet is formed, an opening / closing lid that is swingably attached to the container main body, and that is provided at a swinging portion between the container main body and the opening / closing lid. Elastic urging means for urging the lid in the opening direction, and providing a locking portion at the free end of the opening / closing lid, and providing an engaging portion for engaging the locking portion on the container body, Among them, an operating body composed of a vertical plate and a horizontal plate extending outward in the horizontal direction from the vertical plate is provided on the free end side of the open / close lid, a pressing member extending inward in the horizontal direction is provided on the vertical plate, and the back surface of the open / close lid An openable / closable container is provided with a push-up rib that abuts against the pressing member and pushes up the open / close lid.
[0009]
According to the present invention, the operating body is bent by pressing the horizontal plate of the operating body downward. At this time, the pressing member provided on the vertical plate comes into contact with the push-up rib to push up the opening / closing lid. As a result, the engagement between the locking portion of the opening / closing lid and the engaging portion of the container body is released, and the opening / closing lid is opened by the elastic biasing means.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 are views showing an embodiment of an openable / closable container according to the present invention.
[0011]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the openable / closable container 10 includes a lower opening type container main body 11 that houses a wet tissue 41 (see FIG. 4) and a bottom lid 12 that seals the lower opening of the container main body 11. And. The container body 11 has an upper plate 27 having an outlet 24 and a side plate 13 extending downward from the upper plate 27, and the side plate 13 of the container body 11 opens and closes the outlet 24 of the upper plate 27. A lid 23 is swingably attached.
[0012]
The upper plate 27 of the container body 11 is provided at a substantially central portion of a first upper plate (first thin plate) 27a and outside the first upper plate 27a via a step portion 28, and is higher than the first upper plate 27a. It consists of a second upper plate (second thin plate) 27b in position. The first upper plate 27a is provided with an outlet 24 for taking out the wet tissue 41. A peripheral edge 24a is provided at the periphery of the outlet 24, and the peripheral edge 24a has a curved cross section at the lower part. have. For this reason, when the wet tissue 41 passes through the peripheral edge 24a of the outlet 24, it can pass smoothly without being caught by the peripheral edge 24a. Further, the outer rib 51 and the inner rib 52 are provided on the first upper plate 27a so as to surround the outlet 24.
[0013]
On the other hand, an engagement rib 51 is provided on the first upper plate 27 a, and a frame body 37 that is engaged with the engagement rib 51 of the first upper plate 27 a is provided on the inner surface of the opening / closing lid 23. Then, the opening / closing lid 23 seals the outlet 24 by swinging the opening / closing lid 23 and fitting the frame 37 into the engagement rib 51.
[0014]
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a tip rib 36 projects from the free end of the opening / closing lid 23, and a locking piece 32 is provided on the tip rib 36.
[0015]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a drop step portion 58 that drops from the upper plate 27 is formed in the container body 11 on the free end side of the opening / closing lid 23 and in the vicinity of the upper end of the side plate 13. A vertical plate 55 a is provided in the portion 58. A thin portion 59 extending in the horizontal direction is formed on the vertical plate 55a, and a horizontal plate 55b extending outward in the horizontal direction is attached to the vertical plate 55a. Further, an engagement protrusion 33 that engages with the locking piece 32 of the opening / closing lid 23 is provided on the inner surface of the vertical plate 55a, and an operating body 55 that opens the opening / closing lid 23 is constituted by the vertical plate 55a and the horizontal plate 55b. Has been.
[0016]
Next, the operating body 55 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pressing member 57 extending inward in the horizontal direction is provided on the vertical plate 55a. 2 and 3, the pressing member 57 is disposed below the horizontal plate 55b. However, the pressing member 57 may be disposed on an extension of the horizontal plate 55b.
[0017]
Further, on the back surface of the opening / closing lid 23, a push-up rib 60 is provided that contacts the pressing member 57 and pushes up the opening / closing lid 23. That is, the horizontal plate 55b of the actuating body 55 is pushed downward, and the actuating body 55 is swung around the thin portion 59, whereby the pressing member 57 contacts the push-up rib 60 and pushes up the opening / closing lid 23 to open / close. The engagement between the engagement piece 32 of the lid 23 and the engagement protrusion 33 of the vertical plate 55a is released.
[0018]
When the operating body 55 is swung around the thin portion 59, the vertical plate 55a moves in a direction away from the opening / closing lid 23. Therefore, the engaging piece 32 of the opening / closing lid 23 and the engagement protrusion 33 of the vertical plate 55a are moved. The engagement can be easily released.
[0019]
Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a finger hooking protrusion 56 protruding upward is provided at the tip of the horizontal plate 55b of the operating body 55, and the horizontal plate 55b is attached by placing a finger on the finger hooking protrusion 56. It can be pushed down reliably.
[0020]
The engaging protrusion 33 that engages with the locking piece 32 of the opening / closing lid 23 is not necessarily provided on the vertical plate 55a. The engaging protrusion 33 is provided on the other part of the container body 11, and the pressing member 57 presses the engaging protrusion 33. When the opening / closing lid 23 is pushed up via the raising rib 60, the engagement between the locking piece 32 and the engagement protrusion 33 may be released.
[0021]
Further, the engagement between the locking piece 32 and the engaging protrusion 33 may be released by other releasing means (not shown).
[0022]
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, an elongated sheet rubber 50 is provided between the container body 11 and the opening / closing lid 23 to urge the opening / closing lid 23 in the opening direction. That is, the container body 11 is provided with a storage portion 75 for inserting and storing one end of the sheet rubber 50, and the opening / closing lid 23 is disposed at a predetermined interval from the container body 11 and the other end of the sheet rubber 50 is connected to the container body 11. A fixing portion 76 to be fixed is provided. In this case, a protrusion 78 protruding from the opening / closing lid 23 is inserted into the rubber plate 50 to position the rubber plate 50, and then the rubber plate 50 is fixed by the fixing portion 76.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 1, the rubber plate 50 is arranged to be shifted to the right with respect to the center between the container body 11 and the opening / closing lid 23, but the attachment position of the rubber plate 50 can be arbitrarily determined. .
[0024]
The container body 11 and the opening / closing lid 23 described above are both obtained by injection molding using polypropylene (PP), but in addition to this, molding is performed using PE, PS, ABS, elastomer, PET, PVC, and polycarbonate. May be. The bottom cover 12 is formed of chain low density polyethylene (LLDPE).
[0025]
Next, the wet tissue 41 stored in the container body 11 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4A, the wet tissue 41 is folded and placed in a sealed bag 40 made of a flexible sheet, and is sealed by the sealed bag 40. Each wet tissue 41 forms a bent portion 42 and is substantially folded in half, and the bent portions 42 of each wet tissue 41 are alternately replaced. Further, 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 positioned further below. For this reason, when the wet tissues 41 are picked and removed one by one, the lower half 41b of the removed wet tissues 41 pulls up the upper half 41a of the wet tissue 41 positioned below. The method of folding wet tissue 41 is not particularly limited as long as it is laminated so that it can be taken out continuously. For example, it may be folded as shown in FIG. Good. An opening 40a is provided at the upper end of the sealing bag 40, and the opening 40a is sealed by a lid piece 45 that is detachably attached to the upper surface of the sealing bag 40.
[0026]
As the material of the wet tissue 41, for example, a fiber material such as a nonwoven fabric, paper, gauze, a sheet-like foam, or a paper-based soft material is used. Further, as the liquid to be impregnated into the wet tissue, wetting agents containing bactericides, disinfectants, cleaning agents, etc., and cosmetics such as lotions and emulsions are conceivable.
[0027]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.
First, one end of the rubber plate 50 is inserted and stored in the storage portion 75 of the lid body 21, and the other end of the rubber plate 50 is fixed by a fixing portion 76 that is previously positioned at a predetermined position of the opening / closing lid 23 by a projection 78. Has been.
[0028]
Next, the wet tissue 41 sealed with the sealing bag 40 is accommodated in the container main body 11 from its lower opening. Thereafter, the lower opening of the container body 11 is sealed by the bottom lid 12.
[0029]
Next, the opening / closing lid 23 moves in the closing direction with respect to the container body 11, the engagement protrusion 33 of the container body 11 is engaged with the locking piece 32 of the opening / closing lid 23, and the outlet 24 of the container body 11 is opened / closed. The lid 23 is sealed. At this time, the frame body 37 of the opening / closing lid 23 is engaged with the engagement rib 51 of the container body 11 to maintain the inside of the frame body 37 in a sealed state.
[0030]
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, since the rubber plate 50 is fixed by the fixing portion 76 arranged at a predetermined interval from the container body 11, the rubber plate 50 is slightly inward from the swinging shaft of the opening / closing lid 23. The opening / closing lid 23 is lifted upward by using the fixed portion 76 that has entered. Generally, since the wet tissue container 10 is used in a relatively high temperature room such as a summer room, the container body 11 and the opening / closing lid 23 are easily softened. According to the present invention, since the rubber plate 50 lifts the action point of the opening / closing lid 23 slightly inside from the swinging shaft upward, the swinging of the opening / closing cover 23 is made as compared with the case where the vicinity of the swinging shaft is used as the action point. Deformation of the moving end can be prevented.
[0031]
When the wet tissue 41 is used, a finger is put on the finger hooking projection 56 of the horizontal plate 55 b and pressed downward to swing the operating body 55 around the thin portion 59. At this time, the pressing member 57 of the vertical plate 55 a comes into contact with the push-up rib 60 to push up the opening / closing lid 23. As a result, the engagement between the locking piece 32 of the opening / closing lid 23 and the engagement protrusion 33 of the vertical plate 55a can be released.
[0032]
Thereafter, due to the restoring force of the rubber plate 50, the opening / closing lid 23 rotates about the swing axis, and the opening / closing lid 23 is opened.
[0033]
Next, the wet tissue 41 is picked with a finger from the outlet 24 of the container body 11 and pulled upward. Thereafter, the first wet tissue 41 can be taken out from the container body 11 by continuously pulling the wet tissue 41. In this case, the upper half 41 a of the second wet tissue 41 is pulled by the lower half 41 b of the first wet tissue 41. Then, when the upper half 41a of the second wet tissue 41 is caught on the peripheral edge 24a of the outlet 24, the second wet tissue 41 stops.
[0034]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the operating body 55 can be swung around the thin portion 59 by pressing the finger hooking projection 56 of the horizontal plate 44b downward. At this time, the opening / closing lid 23 is pushed up by the pressing member 57 of the vertical plate 55 a via the push-up rib 60. At the same time, the engagement between the engagement protrusion 33 and the locking piece 32 is released, and the opening / closing lid 23 can be reliably opened by the restoring force of the rubber plate 50.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when the operating body is bent, the pressing member provided on the vertical plate comes into contact with the push-up rib to push up the opening / closing lid. Thus, the engagement of the opening / closing lid and the engagement portion of the container main body can be released, and the opening / closing lid can be reliably opened by the elastic means.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an openable / closable container according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a detailed view showing an operating body.
FIG. 3 is a detailed view showing an operating body.
FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a sealed bag containing a wet tissue.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Openable / closable container 11 Container main body 12 Bottom lid 13 Side plate 23 Open / close lid 24 Outlet 27 Upper plate 28 Step 32 Locking piece 33 Engaging protrusion 37 Frame 40 Sealing bag 41 Wet tissue 50 Rubber plate 51 Engaging rib 55 Operation Body 55a Vertical plate 55b Horizontal plate 56 Finger hooking projection 57 Pressing member 60 Pushing rib

Claims (3)

A container body in which an outlet is formed;
An open / close lid that is swingably attached to the container body and seals the outlet;
Provided in an oscillating portion between the container body and the opening / closing lid, and provided with an elastic biasing means for biasing the opening / closing lid in the opening direction,
A free end of the opening / closing lid is provided with a tip rib having a locking portion facing outward, and an engagement portion is provided on the container body to be engaged with the locking portion,
Provided on the free end side of the opening / closing lid of the container body is an operating body composed of a vertical plate and a horizontal plate extending outward in the horizontal direction from the vertical plate, and the engaging portion is provided facing the vertical plate inward .
A pressing member extending inward in the horizontal direction is provided on the vertical plate, and a push-up rib that pushes the opening / closing lid in contact with the pressing member on the back surface of the opening / closing lid is provided inward from the tip rib to push down the horizontal plate of the operating body. As a result, the vertical plate moves away from the opening / closing lid, the pressing member abuts the push-up rib to push up the opening / closing lid, and the engaging portion facing the inside of the vertical plate is locked to the outside of the tip rib. An openable / closable container characterized by moving in a direction away from the section .   The openable / closable container according to claim 1, wherein a thin portion for bending the vertical plate is provided below the pressing member of the vertical plate along the horizontal direction.   2. The openable / closable container according to claim 1, wherein the pressing member is disposed on an extension of the horizontal plate.

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