JP6199235B2 - Granule storage container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a granular material storage container that can store granular materials such as granular confectionery, medicines, nutrients, and beauty agents, and can take out only a predetermined amount by a simple operation.

  Conventionally, as a granular material storage container from which a predetermined amount of granular material can be taken out, for example, the container of Patent Document 1 is known. This container has a storage recess for storing the particulate matter and a measurement recess communicating with the storage recess. The container is tilted with the lid (opening / closing portion) closed, and a predetermined amount of the particulate matter is placed in the measurement recess. Then, the measured granular material can be taken out by opening the lid and inverting the container.

JP 2004-180726 A

  However, since the container of Patent Document 1 is always in communication with the storage recess and the measurement recess, if the container is tilted while the lid is opened, the particulate matter in the storage recess passes through the measurement recess and is excessive. There is a risk of coming out.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a granular material storage container capable of taking out only a predetermined amount of granular materials while preventing excessive granular materials from coming out.

In order to solve the above problems, a granular material storage container according to the present invention is fixed to a container body having a bottom wall and a side wall standing upright from a peripheral portion of the bottom wall, and covering the upper end of the side wall. A granular material storage container provided with a cover that forms a storage space for storing the granular material between the container body,
The container body or the cover is integrally provided via a hinge part, and has a lid part capable of opening and closing an opening part communicating with the storage space.
The container body or the cover has an elastically deformable variable body that stands upright from an inner surface thereof and forms a passage of granular material from the storage space to the opening,
A predetermined amount holding part for storing only a predetermined amount of granular material is provided inside the lid part,
When the lid is closed, the variable body is elastically deformed by contact of a contact portion protruding from the inner surface of the cover portion to expand the passage, and granular from the storage space to the predetermined amount holding portion. Make things passable,
When the lid portion is opened, the contact of the contact portion is released to restore the shape, and the passage is narrowed so that the particulate matter cannot pass.

  Further, in the granular material storage container of the present invention, the opening is formed at one corner of the granular material storage container formed in a substantially square shape in plan view, and a pair of the above-mentioned openings are formed on both sides of the opening. It is preferable to provide a variable body.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, a granular material storage container which can prevent that a granular material comes out excessively and can take out only a predetermined amount of granular material can be provided.

(A) is sectional drawing seen from the side surface in one Embodiment of the granular material storage container according to this invention, (b) is the part in the AA line of the granular material storage container shown to Fig.1 (a). It is sectional drawing. (A) is the fragmentary sectional view showing the state before opening the cover part of the granular material storage container of Fig.1 (a), (b) is the figure showing the state which opened the cover part.

  Hereinafter, the granular material storage container of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A granular material storage container (hereinafter also simply referred to as “container”) 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B is fitted and fixed to a container body 2 and a container body 2. A granular material 5 is stored in a storage space 4 formed between the cover 3 and the cover 3. In addition, although the granular material 5 of this embodiment is substantially disk shape, it is not limited to this, It can be made into various shapes, such as polygonal column shape and spherical shape.

  The container main body 2 includes a substantially quadrangular (rectangular) bottom wall 20 whose corners are curved, and a side wall 21 erected from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 20. A stepped portion 21 a is formed at the upper end of the side wall 21, and the lower end of the side wall 31 hanging from the peripheral edge of the top wall 30 of the cover 3 is fitted into the stepped portion 21 a from the outside.

  Here, FIG. 1B is a partial cross-sectional view of the container body 2. An opening 22 communicating with the storage space 4 is formed at one corner of the container 1. As shown in FIG. 2A, the opening 22 is configured to be opened and closed by a lid portion 24 that is integrally provided on the container body 2 via a hinge portion 23. In addition, in this embodiment, although the shape of the container 1 is made into the substantially square shape by planar view, it is not limited to this, It can be set as arbitrary shapes, such as another polygonal shape or an ellipse shape. Further, the position of the opening 22 is not limited to the above-described one corner, and can be provided at an arbitrary position.

  A predetermined amount holding portion 25 that stores only a predetermined amount of the granular material 5 is provided inside the lid portion 24. In the present embodiment, the predetermined amount holding portion 25 is defined by a pair of abutting portions 26 protruding from the inner surface of the lid portion 24 and is configured to have a size that can accommodate only one granular material 5. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration capable of storing a plurality of granular materials 5 is also possible.

  In addition, the container body 2 has a pair of variable bodies 27 erected from the inner surfaces of the side walls 21 on both sides of the opening 22. The variable body 27 is formed in a curved thin plate shape and can be elastically deformed. The variable body 27 defines a passage 28 for the granular material 5 from the storage space 4 to the opening 22. Here, in FIG. 1B, the variable body 27 in a state where the lid portion 24 is closed is indicated by a solid line, and the variable body 27 in a state where the lid portion 24 is open is indicated by a virtual line (two-dot chain line). When the lid portion 24 is closed, the tips of the pair of abutting portions 26 provided on the lid portion 24 abut against the variable body 27, and the variable body 27 is elastically deformed in the direction in which the passage 28 expands. As a result, the granular material 5 can pass through the passage 28, and the predetermined amount of the granular material 5 in the storage space 4 can be stored in the holding portion 25 by tilting the container 1. Further, when the lid portion 24 is opened, the contact of the contact portion 26 is released, so that the variable body 27 is restored as shown in the figure, and the passage 28 is narrowed. Thereby, when the cover part 24 is opened, the granular material 5 cannot pass through the passage 28. Therefore, when taking out the granular material 5, the granular material 5 in the storage space 4 does not come out of the opening 22. If the granular material 5 can be passed when the lid 24 is closed and the granular material 5 is not allowed to pass when the lid 24 is opened, The shape, the number, etc. are not particularly limited, and for example, only one variable body 27 may be provided on the inner surface of the side wall 21.

  The container body 2 has a plurality of fitting cylindrical portions 29 erected from the bottom wall 20, and an inner cylindrical portion 32 that hangs down from the top wall 30 of the cover 3 is fitted inside the fitting cylindrical portion 29. By doing so, the cover 3 is fixed to the container body 2. Further, even when the container body 2 or the cover 3 is bent, the support cylinder 33 is provided at the center of the top wall 30 so that the granular material 5 can move in the storage space 4 while ensuring the height inside the storage space 4. Is provided. In the present embodiment, the height of the storage space 4 is set to be slightly higher than the thickness of the granular material 5 so that the granular material 5 does not overlap vertically.

  Hereinafter, the usage method of the granular material storage container 1 which has said structure is demonstrated, referring Fig.2 (a), (b). When taking out the granular material 5 from the container 1, first, the container 1 is tilted so that the lid 24 is on the lower side with the lid 24 closed. As described above, when the lid portion 24 is closed, the particulate matter 5 can pass through the passage 28, so that the particulate matter 5 can be stored in the predetermined amount holding portion 25. Next, with the hinge portion 23 as a fulcrum, the lid portion 24 is opened in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2A to take out the granular material 5 in the predetermined amount holding portion 25 as shown in FIG. 2B. Can do. At this time, since the passage 28 is narrowed by the restoration of the variable body 27, the granular material 5 in the storage space 4 does not come out excessively, and only a predetermined amount can be taken out.

  As described above, according to the granular material storage container 1 of the present embodiment, by providing the variable body 27 that restricts the passage of the granular material 5 when the lid portion 24 is opened, the granular material 5 is excessively discharged. It is possible to take out only a predetermined amount of the granular material 5.

  In the granular material storage container 1 according to the present embodiment, the opening 22 is provided at one corner of the substantially rectangular container 1 so that the container 1 is tilted so that the corner is on the lower side. Only, the granular material 5 can be easily accommodated in the predetermined amount holding part 25. Therefore, a predetermined amount of granular material 5 can be taken out with a single operation with a high probability.

  Moreover, the granular material storage container 1 of this embodiment consists of only two parts, the container main body 2 and the cover 3, and since the structure is not complicated, shaping | molding is easy. As for the assembly, the container body 2 is filled with the granular material 5, the cover 3 is fitted from above, and then the lid portion 24 is closed, so that the operation is easy.

  The granular material storage container according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope according to the claims. For example, in the above embodiment, the opening 22 is provided at one corner of the substantially rectangular container 1 in plan view. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the opening is formed at the center of the tip of the oval container. And it is good also as a structure which opens and closes the said opening part with the cover part provided via the hinge part. In the above embodiment, the lid 24 and the variable body 27 are provided integrally with the container body 2. However, both or either of the lid 24 and the variable body 27 may be provided integrally with the cover 3. Good. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which provides the hinge part 23 in the outer surface of the side wall 21, and rotates the cover part 24 to the side wall 21 side.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Granules storage container 2 Container main body 3 Cover 4 Storage space 5 Granules 20 Bottom wall 21 Side wall 22 Opening part 23 Hinge part 24 Cover part 25 Predetermined amount holding | maintenance part 26 Contacting part 27 Variable body 28 Passage 29 Fitting cylinder part 30 Top wall 31 Side wall 32 Inner tube 33 Support tube

Claims (2)

A container body having a bottom wall and a side wall erected from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall, and a storage space that is fixed to the container body so as to cover the upper end of the side wall, and stores particulate matter between the container body A granular material storage container with a cover forming
The container body or the cover is integrally provided via a hinge part, and has a lid part capable of opening and closing an opening part communicating with the storage space.
The container body or the cover has an elastically deformable variable body that stands upright from an inner surface thereof and forms a passage of granular material from the storage space to the opening,
A predetermined amount holding part for storing only a predetermined amount of granular material is provided inside the lid part,
When the lid is closed, the variable body is elastically deformed by contact of a contact portion protruding from the inner surface of the cover portion to expand the passage, and granular from the storage space to the predetermined amount holding portion. Make things passable,
When the lid is opened, the abutment of the abutment is released to restore the shape, and the passage is narrowed so that the granule cannot pass through. The opening is formed at one corner of the granular material storage container formed in a substantially square shape in plan view,
The granular material storage container according to claim 1, wherein a pair of the variable bodies are provided on both sides of the opening.

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