JP6506960B2 - Powder container - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a powder container which contains powdery contents and can be used by pouring it out.

  As a powder container for containing powdery contents such as powdery or granular and pouring it out, for example, a container containing powdery cosmetic such as loose powder (powdered white powder) is known ( See Patent Document 1 etc.). An example of such a powder container is shown in FIG. 10 (a). This container comprises a wide-opened container main body 1, a concave inner lid 2 attached to the opening 1a, and a lid 3 screw-engaged with the opening of the container main body 1 from above.

  The inner lid 2 is distributed in a large number of holes 4 for pouring out loose powder which is the contents, and a puff 5 for applying the loose powder to the skin has holes 4 formed thereon. It is held via the seal 6 which closes. The seal 6 is attached to the inner lid 2 so that loose powder does not stain the inside of the puff 5 and lid 3 during transportation or display operation, and is peeled off and removed at the start of use It is.

  When using this powder container, the lid 3 is opened and the puff 5 is taken out, the seal 6 is peeled off, and then the puff 5 is again applied to the inner lid 2 and the whole is removed as shown in FIG. Loosen powder from the inside of the hole 4 onto the puff 5 by making it upside down and swing several times up and down (left and right, including the oblique direction, the same applies hereinafter), and then use this puff 5 Apply loose powder to the skin. This makes it possible to apply makeup.

  However, in such a powder container, the powder that was initially freed at the time of filling tends to be gradually in a densely filled state due to vibration or the like, and when moisture enters the container, the powders aggregate to form holes 4. There is a problem that it becomes difficult to start out evenly. In addition, the powder which has been reduced may stick to the bottom or side of the container body 1 and may not be able to be dispensed, which is a problem. Furthermore, in the powdery cosmetic containing a binder, the powders are easily aggregated, and therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to evenly shake out regardless of the presence or absence of moisture or the like.

  Therefore, in such a powder container, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, a cosmetic storing drum 7 provided with a bellows-like side wall is provided inside the container body 1 to store powdery cosmetic. One has been proposed in which the mesh member 8 is attached so as to cover the opening of the drum 7 (see Patent Document 2). According to this container, as described above, when the puff 5 [see FIG. 10 (b)] is pressed against the upper surface of the mesh member 8, the bellows-like side wall of the drum 7 is deformed and the cosmetic on the inside is Since it is loosened, it is easy to swing out the cosmetic from the mesh member 8.

JP-A-11-253227 Patent No. 3853952

  However, in the configuration shown in FIG. 11, the deformation of the drum 7 is biased depending on the problem that the structure is complicated and the cost is increased, and the way of applying the force to the mesh member 8 is uneven There is a problem of becoming In addition to the configurations shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the conventional powder container requires a large space for loosening the powder, so the whole must be bulky and has a compact shape convenient for carrying. In addition, it is difficult to provide as a sample container of cosmetics containing the usage amount for one or two times, and the improvement of the container is strongly demanded because the variation of the container is scarce.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is easy to uniformly pour out powdery contents (hereinafter, various powdery contents are collectively referred to as "powder") from the inside of a container, and the structure is The purpose is to provide a simple, non-bulky, excellent powder container.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a container body having a powder containing recess for containing powder, and an inner lid attached so as to cover the opening of the recess and provided with a powder passage hole, and the container body a powder container and a lid for closure of the upper surface, the powder accommodating the recess of the container body, has been placed agitation part a below, agitation of the following parts by Rukoto vibration container body A. Move A to make the first summary the powder container designed to shake the powder out of the powder passage hole of the inner lid while stirring the powder.
Partition partially inside (A) the powder accommodating recess in the vertical direction, a substantially plate-like body Ru cormorants freely movable within the recess in the vertical and horizontal directions, partially the powder accommodating the recess in the vertical direction Each of the projecting portions has at least an upwardly projecting portion, and includes a plate-like portion to be partitioned, a plurality of projecting portions projecting upward from the plate-like portion, and a plurality of projecting portions projecting downward from the plate-like portion Stirring parts set to a size that does not enter the powder passage hole of the above-mentioned inner lid.

  Further, according to the present invention, among the above, particularly, in the container main body, the second concave portion for containing the powder applicator is provided in the upper stage of the powder containing concave portion, and the powder containing concave portion and the second concave portion are provided. A second aspect of the present invention is a powder container in which an inner lid provided at the boundary of the concave portion also serves as a bottom surface of the second concave portion.

  That is, the powder container of the present invention does not mix the powder using the space in the container, but places the stirring part A of a special configuration in the powder storage recess, and the powder is made effective by the stirring part A It is made to be able to be uniformly stirred out from the powder passage hole by stirring. According to this configuration, since a large space for loosening the powder is not required as in the conventional case, the whole can be designed compact, and can be widely used as a portable container or sample container. . Moreover, even if it is the powder in which a binder is contained, it can pull out from a container easily equally, and it is convenient.

  Further, among the powder container of the present invention, particularly, in the container main body, a second concave portion for containing the powder applicator is provided in the upper stage of the powder containing concave portion, and the powder containing concave portion and the second concave portion In the case where the inner lid provided at the boundary of the concave portion 2 also serves as the bottom surface of the second concave portion is a powdery cosmetic such as loose powder, the application of a sponge, puff, etc. The tool can be accommodated compactly in a state of being placed on the inner lid, and has the advantage of being easy to use.

(A) is a perspective view which shows one embodiment of this invention, (b) is the expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view. It is an exploded perspective view of the above-mentioned embodiment. (A)-(d) are explanatory drawings of the manufacturing process of the said embodiment in all. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of use of the said embodiment. It is a detailed explanatory view of the stirring parts in the above-mentioned embodiment. (A)-(h) is explanatory drawing of the modification of the stirring parts in the said embodiment in all. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing of the other modification of the stirring part in the said embodiment. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing of the modification of the container main body in the said embodiment. (A) is explanatory drawing of the other modification of the container main body in the said embodiment, (b) is the partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, (c) is the other modification of the container main body in the said embodiment Explanatory drawing, (d) is the partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, (e) is explanatory drawing of the other modification of the container main body in the said embodiment, (f) is the partial longitudinal cross-sectional view. (A) is a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows an example of the conventional powder container, (b) is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of use. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the other example of the conventional powder container.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments.

  Fig.1 (a) is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the powder container of this invention, FIG.1 (b) is the expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view, FIG. 2 is the disassembled perspective view. This powder container is for distributing a loose powder sample made of powdery cosmetic such as face color, and is a substantially disk-shaped container having a thickness smaller than that of a general powder container. The main dimensions of the container are as illustrated.

  More specifically, this powder container is made of a shallow dish-like container body 10 formed by vacuum forming a 0.4 mm-thick transparent polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet, and similar materials. The lid 11 similarly shaped is provided with a puff 12 held therebetween.

  The container body 10 has a substantially annular shape as a whole, and a flange portion 14 having one side projecting laterally to form a rounded corner portion 13 and an annular shape standing substantially vertically from the inner peripheral edge of the flange portion 14 The side wall portion 15 and the puff accommodation recess 16 and the powder accommodation recess 17 extending inward from the upper end portion of the side wall 15.

  The powder containing recess 17 has a diameter smaller than that of the puff containing recess 16, and a powder filling through hole 17a is formed on the bottom of the recess, and the through hole 17a is a circular seal 50 from the back side. It is blocked by Further, an inner lid 20 is attached to cover the top opening of the powder containing recess 17 by utilizing the step portion 18 between the puff containing recess 16 and the powder containing recess 17. A large number of powder passage holes 21 are regularly distributed and formed in a portion on the center side of the inner lid 20 not in contact with the step portion 18, and the powder in the powder accommodation concave portion 17 is formed into the powder passage hole 21. It is possible to start out from. However, in the unused stage, an adhesive that blocks the powder passage hole 21 on the upper surface of the inner lid 20 so that the powder does not inadvertently leak from the powder passage hole 21 and contaminate the unused puff 12 or the container. A seal 22 is affixed (see FIG. 2).

  In the powder containing recess 17, a stirring part A having a special shape described below is put in a state of being mixed with the powder, and the stirring part A is free to move in the powder containing recess 17. Thus, the powder acts to prevent the powder from being solidified and difficult to shake out over time. This is a major feature of the present invention.

That is, the stirring part A is a PET-made sheet having a thickness 0.3mm obtained by shaping by vacuum forming, as shown in FIG. 2, a substantially plate-like body octagonal in plan view contour shape (more strictly Is a substantially plate-like body provided with a substantially regular octagonal plate-like portion and a projecting portion projecting upward and downward from the plate-like portion . Then, a large through hole 25 is formed at the center thereof, and a single slit 26 extending from the through hole 25 to the outer edge portion is formed. Further, in the stirring part A , a plurality of hemispherical protrusions 27 are provided on each of the upper surface and the lower surface of the plate-like portion so as not to overlap with each other in the vertical direction. And the whole is set to the size which can move freely up and down, left and right freely in the recess 17 for containing powder (hereinafter, more strictly, it should be "plate-like portion of the stirring part A", "stirring part Although there is a part abbreviated as “A”, the note is omitted because it can be judged from the figure) .

  In the side wall portion 15 (see FIG. 2) of the container main body 10, three recesses 31 extending up and down from the upper end to the lower end of the side wall are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. A narrow recess 32 is formed, each of which has a predetermined length and extends circumferentially to the left from a point on the left side of the line 31. And, in the middle of each of the concave streaks 32, small projections 33 which respectively project forward from the bottom surface of the concave streaks to divide the concave streaks 32 into right and left are respectively provided. In addition, in FIG. 2, these uneven | corrugated shapes can be seen only in one front.

  The above-mentioned special concavo-convex shape is for engaging the laterally long concave portion 42 provided in the side wall portion 40 of the lid 11 described below and the concave stripe 32 to lock the lid 11 to the container main body 10 It is a thing.

  That is, the lid 11 to be placed on the container body 10 can be placed in a state in which the puff 12 is sandwiched from above the side wall portion 15 of the container body 10, and the ceiling 39 is circular in plan view; A side wall portion 40 hanging down from the peripheral edge portion of the ceiling portion 39, and a flange portion 41 having an annular shape in plan view and extending laterally from the lower end edge of the side wall portion 40 are provided.

  Further, in the side wall portion 40, three narrow lateral concave portions 42 having a width extending by a predetermined length in the circumferential direction are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The lids 11 are placed along the three recesses 31 provided in the side wall portion 15 of the first embodiment, and the horizontally elongated recesses 42 are formed in the grooves 32 by rotating the lid 11 in the circumferential direction. It is possible to get over the small projection 33 and enter the back side of the concave 32. As a result, the respective laterally long concave portions 42 and the concave streaks 32 are engaged, and the container body 10 and the lid 11 are locked.

  In the container body 10, the corner portion 13 which protrudes sideways from one position of the flange portion 14 shifts the positions of the container body 10 and the lid 11 in the circumferential direction when the lid 11 is opened and closed. It is provided to facilitate the operation of engaging and releasing the horizontal recess 42 and the recess 32.

  The powder container can be obtained, for example, as follows. In the following drawings, the illustration of the recess 31, the groove 32, the small protrusion 33, and the laterally long recess 42 provided in the side wall 40 of the lid 11 is omitted in the side wall 15 of the container body 10. ing.

  First, a container sheet 10 having a target shape, a lid 11, and a stirring part A are prepared by shaping a resin sheet as a material by vacuum forming. Then, as shown in FIG. 3A, the stirring part A is disposed in the powder storage recess 17 of the container body 10, and the step 18 at the boundary between the powder storage recess 17 and the puff storage recess 16 is provided. The inner lid 20 is attached and fixed using the same. Fixing may be any means such as fitting or bonding. Then, an adhesive seal 22 is attached on the inner lid 20 to seal the opening of the powder containing recess 17 [see FIG. 3 (b)].

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3C, the container main body 10 is turned upside down, and the powder containing recess is formed through the through hole 17a provided on the bottom surface (upper in the figure) of the powder containing recess 17. The powder to be filled is filled in 17 through, for example, a filling nozzle 60. In fact, the filling operation is performed in a state where the tip end of the filling nozzle 60 is in contact with the opening edge of the through hole 17a or is inserted into the opening.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 3D, after the through hole 17a is closed by the seal 50, the through hole 17a is returned to the original posture, and the lid 11 (not shown) is put on the side wall 15 from the top. , 40 can be engaged to obtain a target powder container (see FIG. 1).

  When using the powder container, first, the lid 11 is opened, the puff 12 is once taken out, and the seal 22 stuck on the inner lid 20 is peeled off. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the puff 12 is stacked directly on the inner lid 20 and turned upside down, and the whole is shaken several times up and down and left and right. By this operation, the powder is shaken out by the agitating part A in the powder containing recess 17 and is attached to the surface of the puff 12 while being stirred.

  To explain this movement in more detail, the powder moves mainly in the lateral direction between the upper and lower protrusions 27 of the stirring part A in accordance with the movement of the container and the stirring part A in the left and right direction. The powder moves mainly in the vertical direction through the outer peripheral edge of the stirring part A, the slit 26, and the central through hole 25 (see FIG. 2) in accordance with the movement of the direction, and the powder as a whole is finely shaken. And uniformly spread from the powder passage hole 21 of the inner lid 20 and adhere to the puff 12 without deviation.

  The upper and lower protrusions 27 provided on the agitating part A are, as shown in FIG. 5, against the opening of the powder passage hole 21 so as not to move into the powder passage hole 21 of the inner lid 20 and stop moving. Is set to a sufficiently large shape. Further, the protruding height is set in consideration of securing of a stirring space for the powder and compactification of the recess 17 for containing a powder. In this example, while the opening diameter of the powder passage hole 21 is 1.5 mm, the projecting portion 27 of the stirring part A is shaped into a partial spherical shape with a diameter L = 3 mm and a height H = 1.5 mm. ing.

  As described above, the powder container is configured such that the powder in the powder storage concave portion 17 can be effectively stirred by the stirring part A and can be uniformly dispensed from the powder passage hole 21. Therefore, in the container body 10 for containing powder, a minimum space is obtained by adding a sufficient volume for the substantially plate-like stirring part A to freely move vertically and horizontally to the volume for containing powder. As long as it is, it does not require a large space for shaking off the powder as in the conventional case. Therefore, the entire container can be designed to be relatively thin and compact, and can be widely used as a portable container or a sample container. Moreover, even if it is the powder in which a binder is contained, it can pull out from a container easily equally, and it is convenient.

The stirring part A used in the present invention is not limited to the above-described example, and its outline shape in plan view is, for example, a substantially triangular shape having a bulge as shown in FIG. Star-shaped ones having unevenness as shown in (b), substantially rectangular ones as shown in FIG. 6 (c),
A variety of shapes can be mentioned, such as a substantially circular shape as shown in FIG. 6 (d) and having an elongated projecting portion 27 extending radially. And when a clearance is fully ensured between the peripheral part of stirring parts A, and the inner peripheral wall of the recessed part 17 for powder accommodation of the container main body 10, like the thing of Fig.6 (a), the through hole 25 or a slit Although it is not necessary to provide 26, depending on the shape, it is preferable to provide a through hole 25 at the center or to provide a slit 26 extending from the through hole 25 as shown in FIG. These stirring parts A can be easily obtained by vacuum forming or the like as in the above example, and can be provided inexpensively.

  Further, although it is premised that the protruding portions 27 of the stirring part A are arranged so as not to overlap each other in the upper and lower sides in the case of vacuum forming or the like, their arrangement does not necessarily have to be alternately in the vertical direction. For example, as shown in FIGS. 6 (e) to 6 (h), the protrusions 27 'may be formed in the same arrangement at the top and bottom by injection molding or the like. These protrusions 27 'are preferably provided in a regular row arrangement like fins so that the powder can be agitated by moving it along the walls of the protrusions 27'. Also in these examples, the through hole 25 can be provided at the center or the slit 26 'can be provided.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b), for example, a corrugated sheet is used as the stirring part A, and a protruding part 27 ′ ′ is formed on the front and back by the wave shape. According to the agitating part A, the agitating part A can be easily obtained simply by cutting the sheet material previously formed in a corrugated plate shape into a predetermined shape, and the manufacturing efficiency is good. There may be provided a hole or a notch or a slit in the peripheral portion.

  In the case where the container body 10 and the lid 11 are formed into thin-walled molded articles by vacuum molding or the like as in the above-described example, and engaged by engaging the concavities and convexities provided on the side wall portions 15 and 40 with each other. Preferably, the container body 10 is held with one hand so as not to move, and the other hand is configured to shift the lid 11 in the circumferential direction. In the above example, the flange portion 14 of the container body 10 is , One corner 13 for putting a hand.

  Further, as a modification, for example, as shown in FIG. 8A, two corner portions 13 of the flange portion 14 are provided in a diagonal arrangement, or as shown in FIG. The planar view shape of the part 14 can be made into a rectangle, and four corner parts 13 can be provided.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9 (a) and FIG. 9 (b) which is a partial longitudinal sectional view thereof, the width of the flange 14 of the container main body 10 is made larger than the flange 41 of the lid 11. The flange portion 14 of the container body 10 may be pinched to stop the movement of the container body 10, and only the lid 11 may be displaced in the circumferential direction.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9 (c) and FIG. 9 (d) which is a partial longitudinal sectional view thereof, the width of the flange 14 of the container main body 10 is made larger than the flange 41 of the lid 11 as described above. In addition, the flange portion 14 may be provided with a plurality of (three in the drawing) notches 51 in a uniform arrangement, and the hand of the notches 51 may be used to stop the movement of the container body 10 .

  Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 9 (e) and FIG. 9 (f) which is a partial longitudinal sectional view thereof, a cylindrical extending portion 52 is provided downward from the peripheral end of the flange portion 14 of the container main body 11, The movement of the container body 10 may be stopped by putting a hand on the setting portion 52.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, most of the concave shape of the powder accommodation concave portion 17 may be formed by a curved surface gently rounded, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in the partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, the rounded bottom of the bottom may be small and most of the side walls may be formed vertically. However, in consideration of the ease of movement of the stirring parts A and the powder, it is preferable that the radius is large and most of the portion from the side wall to the bottom surface is a curved surface.

  Furthermore, a vertical partition wall is provided inside the powder containing recess 17 so that the powder containing recess 17 is divided into a plurality of spaces, and powders of different colors and materials are stored in the respective spaces. Good. In that case, it is desirable to put stirring parts A which move freely in the respective spaces in each of the partitioned spaces.

  In the present invention, the shape of the container used for the powder container is that the inner lid 20 for containing the powder inside and for uniformly dispensing the powder is attached to the opening of the powder containing recess 17. If it is, what kind of thing may be used. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide the puff accommodation recess 16 on the upper stage of the powder accommodation recess 17 as in the above example, and the puff 12 is placed on the inner lid 20, and the puff 12 is not necessary. May be prepared separately from this powder container.

  Further, when the powder container is used to apply the powder drawn out as in the above example using an applicator, the type of the applicator is not particularly limited. For example, a puff using a raised blanket etc. Alternatively, various applicators such as a long, substantially spherical applicator having a fluff can be used.

  And, the powder in the powder container of the present invention may not necessarily be applied to the skin etc. after being shaken out, and may be any one as long as it is required to uniformly shake out. . In that case, there is no need to store or separately prepare the applicator such as the puff 12 or the like. For example, powder foods such as cocoa powder, sugar powder, various spices, etc., which are evenly sprinkled on cooking materials and dishes during cooking and finishing of dishes, and various kinds of industrial and craft applications such as dyes and pigments It can also be used as a container for containing powder material.

  Furthermore, in the above example, the container main body 10 and the lid 11 are both thin molded products by vacuum forming in order to make the powder container a sample container and to provide a simple and inexpensive configuration, but as a commercial product When provided, a thick resin molded product by injection molding can be used as the container body 10 and the lid 11. And the locking structure of the container main body 10 and the lid 11 may be any structure such as an opening / closing mechanism using a hinge or an opening / closing mechanism by screw engagement.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be widely used as a powder container that contains powder and that is used by pouring it out.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 container main body 11 lid 17 recessed part for powder storage 20 middle lid 21 powder passage hole A stirring parts

Claims (2)

Powder comprising a container body having a powder containing recess for containing powder, a middle lid provided so as to cover the opening of the recess and provided with a powder passage hole, and a lid for covering the upper surface of the container body a container, the powder accommodating the recess of the container body, has been placed agitation part a below, by Rukoto vibration the container body by moving the stirring part a below, the powder while stirring the powder A powder container characterized in that it is swung out of a powder passage hole of an inner lid.
Partition partially inside (A) the powder accommodating recess in the vertical direction, a substantially plate-like body Ru cormorants freely movable within the recess in the vertical and horizontal directions, partially the powder accommodating the recess in the vertical direction Each of the projecting portions has at least an upwardly projecting portion, and includes a plate-like portion to be partitioned, a plurality of projecting portions projecting upward from the plate-like portion, and a plurality of projecting portions projecting downward from the plate-like portion Stirring parts set to a size that does not enter the powder passage hole of the above-mentioned inner lid.   In the container main body, a second recess in which the powder applicator is stored is provided on the upper side of the powder storage recess, and an inner lid provided at the boundary between the powder storage recess and the second recess is The powder container according to claim 1, which doubles as a bottom surface of the second recess.

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