JP7312633B2 - Delivery container with cutting function and solid substance storage container - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a delivery container with a cutting function and a solid substance storage container that serves as a refill for the delivery container with a cutting function.

Dispensing containers configured for dispensing and using pre-stored solid materials are widespread. Further, a delivery container with a cutting function has been proposed, which has a function of cutting the delivered solid substance into an appropriate size.

For example, Patent Literature 1 proposes a feeding container with a cutting function, in which a rotary lid having a cutter attached thereto and a container body are rotated relative to each other, and a rising bottom screwed to a central helical rod that rotates coaxially with the rotation of the rotatable lid rises in a rotating state with respect to the helical rod.

Further, Patent Document 2 proposes a dispensing container with a cutting function configured such that, by rotating a rotating lid to which a cutter is attached and a container body relative to each other, a rising bottom screwed to the inner periphery of a spiral cylinder of a container body integrally formed with the rotating lid rises in a rotating state with respect to the spiral cylinder as the rotating lid rotates.

Utility Model Registration No. 3120468 Japanese Patent No. 4868400

The supply containers of Patent Documents 1 and 2 are based on the premise that the supply containers are assembled in advance and sold, and refills and the like are not taken into consideration.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a delivery container with a cutting function, in which a portion for storing a solid substance can be replaced as a refill.

In order to solve the above problems, in one aspect of the present invention,
a storage part having an open top and a through hole formed in the bottom for storing a solid substance;
a rising bottom that can move up and down within the housing portion and that has a threaded ridge formed on its outer peripheral surface;
a bottomed outer case that rotatably stores the storage portion;
a rotating lid having a top surface formed with a cutting means for cutting a solid material on the lower surface side and having a discharge port for scraping out the solid material cut by the cutting means;
The container and the rising bottom are refills replaceable with the solid substance for the outer case and the rotary lid,
The refill is attached to the outer case so that the rotation of the rising bottom is restricted with respect to the bottom surface of the outer case through the through-hole of the accommodating portion, and the rotating lid is attached to the accommodating portion with its rotation restricted in the horizontal direction,
When the rotating lid and the outer case are relatively rotated in a predetermined direction, the rising bottom is raised to cut the upper end of the solid material.
To provide a delivery container with a cutting function.

According to one aspect, in the dispensing container with a cutting function, the portion containing the solid substance can be replaced as a refill.

1 is an overall view of a delivery container with a cutting function according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. Sectional drawing of the delivery container with a cutting function of FIG. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the delivery container with a cutting function in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the solid substance storage container and housing unit of the feeding container with cutting function of FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is an exploded cross-sectional view of the solid substance container and housing unit of FIG. 4 ; Explanatory drawing of the lower surface of a rotating lid and the upper surface of a solid substance container. Explanatory drawing of the upper surface of a rotating lid. The bottom of a solid substance storage container, and the perspective view of a lower case. FIG. 4A is a partially enlarged view showing the solid substance container in a refilled state, and a partially enlarged view showing the state after the solid substance container is assembled to the lower case. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of attaching a cylindrical cover to a solid substance container and a lower case; 1 is an exploded view of a solid substance container; FIG. The top view of a solid substance storage container. Explanatory drawing of the bottom surface upper surface of the accommodating part of a solid substance container, and the lower surface of a rotation control member. Sectional drawing of the delivery container with a cutting function which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings. In each drawing below, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description may be omitted.

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a delivery container with a cutting function and a solid substance storage container that serves as a refill for the delivery container with a cutting function.

Solid substances include solid cosmetics or semi-solid cosmetics such as hair sticks, hair waxes, and solid beauty essences (e.g., those having hardness similar to stick beauty essences), solid soaps, cheese, foods such as butter, and the like. In the present invention, the solid material is pre-filled in the storage section, filled by exchanging the storage section together as a refill (refill container), or set by filling the replacement solid material into the storage section later.

<Overall outline>
First, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the overall configuration of a delivery container with a cutting function (delivery container with a cutter) 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a dispensing container 100 with a cutting function according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a dispensing container 100 with a cutting function according to one embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional exploded view of the dispensing container 100 with a cutting function according to one embodiment.

1 to 3, a dispensing container 100 with a cutting function according to the present embodiment includes a storage portion 1, an inner cylinder 2, a rotating lid 3, a rising bottom 4, a rotation restricting member 5, a lower case 6, and a cylindrical cover 7.

In the configuration of the present invention, by rotating the cylindrical cover 7 with respect to the rotary lid 3, the solid contents are fed out.

Referring to FIG. 1, an upper lid 9 whose upper part can be opened and closed may be attached to feeding container 100 with a cutting function.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, bottomed container 1 is a bottomed cylinder with an open top, and contains a solid substance. The housing portion 1 has a circular bottom surface 11 and a cylindrical side wall 16 . A through hole 12 is formed in the bottom surface 11 and a center tube 13 surrounding the through hole 12 is provided. A flange portion 17 and an engaging projection 18 are provided on the outer circumference of the side wall 16 around its upper end.

The inner cylinder 2 is a spiral cylinder having a spiral groove 21 formed on its inner peripheral surface. The inner cylinder 2 is housed inside the accommodating portion 1 with its rotation restricted with respect to the accommodating portion 1 .

The rotary cover 3, which is a solid substance rotary scraping cover, has a top surface 31 and side surfaces 36. As shown in FIG. A cutter 32 (see FIG. 7) for cutting solid substances is provided on the lower surface of the top surface 31 . A protruding portion 33 is formed on the upper surface of the top surface 31, and a discharge port 34, which is a slit hole through which the solid substance is scraped out, is formed on one surface of the protruding portion 33. As shown in FIG.

Rotation of the rotating lid 3 with respect to the housing portion 1 is restricted. The engagement between the rotating lid 3 and the housing portion 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the rising bottom 4 has a ring shape with a central hole (opening) 41 formed in the center, and radially extending slits 42 and 43 continuous from the central hole 41 are formed. Further, the rising bottom 4 has a threaded ridge 44 (see FIG. 2) formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The threaded ridge 44 of the rising bottom 4 is engaged with the spiral groove 21 of the inner cylinder 2 . The rising bottom 4 can be raised by rotating with respect to the inner cylinder 2 .

The rotation restricting member 5 has a shaft tube 51 extending vertically in the center and two blade members 52 and 53 extending outward from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft tube 51 . An engaging plate 54 extending in the horizontal direction is provided on the inner circumference of the barrel 51 so as to partition the barrel 51 in the axial direction (vertical direction).

Blade members 52 and 53 of rotation restricting member 5 are fitted into slits 42 and 43 of rising bottom 4 . As a result, the rotation restricting member 5 fixes the rising bottom 4 to the outer case 8 side so as not to rotate when the outer case 8 and the housing portion 1 rotate relative to each other.

The lower case 6 and the cylindrical cover 7 constitute a bottomed outer case 8 . The outer case 8 rotatably houses the housing portion 1 .

The lower case 6 has a bottom surface 61 and a peripheral wall 65 connected to the bottom surface 61 . A bottom surface 61 of the lower case 6 is provided with a columnar projection 62 in the center, and an engaging projection 63 is provided on a top surface 62U of the columnar projection 62 . Note that the bottom surface 61 and the columnar projections 62 may be collectively called a bottom surface portion 601 . The peripheral wall 65 is composed of a lower thick wall 66 and an upper thin wall 67 .

The lower surface of the engaging plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5 rotatably contacts the upper end 13U of the central cylinder 13 of the housing portion 1, and engages with the engaging convex portion 63 of the columnar projection 62 of the lower case 6 in a rotationally fixed state. The engagement between the rotation restricting member 5 and the bottom surface 11 of the housing portion 1 and the bottom surface portion 601 of the lower case 6 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

The tubular cover 7 is an outer circumferential wall (outer cylinder) surrounding the outer side so that the side wall 16 of the accommodating portion 1 is horizontally rotatably accommodated. Further, the periphery of the lower end of the cylindrical cover 7 is fitted on the outer side of the upper thin portion 67 which is the upper portion of the peripheral wall 65 of the lower case 6 .

The tubular cover 7 rotatably accommodates the accommodation portion 1 and is fixed to the peripheral wall 65 of the lower case 6 so as not to rotate. The engagement between the cylindrical cover 7 and the lower case 6 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In this manner, the rotating lid 3 is attached to the accommodating portion 1 with its rotation restricted in the horizontal direction, and the rising bottom 4 is attached to the lower case 6 via the rotation restriction member 5 with its rotation restricted. Therefore, the housing portion 1, the inner cylinder 2, and the rotary lid 3 shown in FIG.

Therefore, by relatively rotating the rotating lid 3 and the cylindrical cover 7 in a predetermined direction, the rising bottom 4 can be raised to cut the upper end of the solid material.

Details of each member shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 to 12. FIG.

<Refill Separation>
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the delivery container with cutting function into the solid substance container α and the housing unit β. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the delivery container with a cutting function disassembled into a solid substance container α and a housing unit β.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the solid substance container α is a refill (container) that can be replaced (removed and replaced) together with the solid substance with respect to the outer case 8 and the rotary lid 3 .

A refill solid substance storage container α includes a storage portion 1 , an inner cylinder 2 , a rising bottom 4 , and a rotation restricting member 5 .

On the other hand, the housing unit β has a rotating lid 3 , a lower case 6 that constitutes an outer case 8 , and a cylindrical cover 7 . The housing unit β is reused after refill replacement.

With respect to the housing unit β, the storage portion 1 on the main body bottle side, the inner cylinder 2, the rising bottom 4, and the rotation restricting member 5 can be refills that can be exchanged together with the solid substance. That is, the empty solid substance storage container α can be replaced with a new refill of the same shape, and the housing unit β can be used repeatedly.

In the solid substance storage container α for replacement, which can be replaced as a refill, the upper surface of the refill, that is, the upper end of the storage portion 1, the upper end of the inner cylinder 2, and the upper end of the rotation restricting member 5 can be covered with a film F (see FIG. 5). As a result, the solid substance storage container α, which is a refill, can be distributed alone.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper end of the rotation restricting member 5 is the upper ends of the shaft cylinder 51 and the blade members 52 and 53, and is positioned lower than the upper end of the side wall 16 of the housing portion 1. Also, the upper end of the inner cylinder 2 is attached at a position lower than the upper end of the side wall 16 of the accommodating portion 1 . Therefore, when the upper surface of the solid substance storage container α is covered with the film F, the upper end of the side wall 16 comes into contact with the film F most strongly.

Here, with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10, the attachment of the solid substance container α to the housing unit β and the behavior after engagement will be described.

<Installation (1)>
First, the rotary lid 3 is attached to the upper end of the solid substance container α. 4, 5, 6, and 7, the attachment of the rotary lid 3 to the solid substance container α will be described.

6, (a) is a view of the rotating lid 3 viewed obliquely from below, (b) is a view of the rotating lid 3 viewed from an angle different from (a), and (c) is a view of the lower case 6 attached to the solid substance container α as viewed from above.

In FIG. 7, (a) is a view of the rotary lid 3 seen obliquely from above, and (b) is a view of the rotary lid 3 seen from an angle different from (a). 7 and 8, an arrow R indicates the direction of rotation of the rotating lid 3 with respect to the rising bottom 4 and the rotation restricting member 5. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b), in the rotary lid 3, a protruding portion 33, which is a plate-like projection having at least one inclined surface, is formed on the upper surface of the top surface 31 with a length longer than the radius of the top surface.

Specifically, on the upper surface of the top surface 31 of the rotary lid 3, a raised portion 33 is provided that curves and extends between the center and the outer peripheral edge of the rotary lid 3 when viewed from above. The raised portion 33 has a mountain shape (a distorted triangular shape) tapering upward when viewed from the side.

In this configuration, a discharge port 34, which is a slit hole curved in a crescent shape along the raised portion 33, is formed on an inclined surface 33S on the upstream side in the rotational direction R when the rotary lid 3 is in use, which is a recessed surface of the raised portion 33. The discharge port 34 is an elongated hole that opens substantially parallel to the upper surface of the top surface 31 in the inclined surface 33S of the protruding portion 33 in a side view shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 6(a), it is preferable that the other slopes forming the raised portion 33 together with the slopes 33S are inclined at an angle closer to the vertical than the slopes 33S.

As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the cutter 32, which is a cutting means, extends obliquely downward from the lower edge of the discharge port 34, which is an elongated hole, when viewed from above. 6A and 6B, the cutter 32 extends obtusely from the bottom surface 31L of the top surface 31 of the top surface 31 of the rotating lid 3 from a starting point 32E, which is the boundary between the cutter and the bottom surface 31L, so as to cover the slit bottom edge 34E, which is the boundary between the bottom surface 31L and the discharge port 34.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, an annular rib 35 hangs down near the outer circumference of the lower surface of the top surface 31 of the rotary lid 3 .

Here, as shown in FIG. 6(c), inside the solid substance container α, the solid substance that is the content is filled on the outer peripheral side of the shaft cylinder 51 of the rotation restricting member 5 so as to avoid the blade members 53, 53.

The outer peripheral edge of the cutter 32 is in contact with the inner periphery of the annular rib 35 , and the inner peripheral edge is positioned outside the shaft tube 51 of the rotation restricting member 5 . That is, it is preferable that the length of the top surface 31 of the cutter 32 in the diametrical direction covers from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft tube 51 to the inside of the annular rib 35 .

With this configuration, in the diameter direction of the top surface 31 , the cutter 32 can evenly shave the portion other than the shaft tube 51 at a radius that is approximately half of the top surface of the filled solid material. Further, even if the rotating lid 3 is attached to the solid substance container α, contact between the cutter 32 and the upper end of the rotation restricting member 5 can be avoided.

In addition, a cutter 32 is provided along the outer arc of the curved slit-shaped discharge port 34 . The cutter 32 provided on the rotary lid 3 is provided with substantially the same length as the outer arc of the discharge port 34 on the downstream side in the rotational direction.

A cutter 32 of the rotating lid 3 cuts the solid material delivered to the vicinity of the upper end of the container 1 by the rising bottom 4 into a thin plate and scrapes it upward from the top surface through the outlet.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6(c), the upper end of the side wall 16 of the accommodating portion 1 is a thin upper end portion 16T that is recessed inside compared to the other inner peripheral surface.

Rotating lid 3 is fixed in position by sandwiching thin upper end portion 16T of accommodating portion 1 between the outer circumference of annular rib 35 and the inner circumference of side surface 36 .

The cutter 32 of the rotating lid 3 connects the inner peripheral surface of the annular rib 35 to the end, and is positioned above the upper end of the inner cylinder 2 at the thin upper end 16T of the side wall 16 of the housing portion 1 . 6(b), the height of the cutter 32 in the downward direction is shorter than the annular rib 35. As shown in FIG. Therefore, even if the rising bottom 4 reaches the upper end along the spiral groove 21 of the inner cylinder 2, the rising bottom 4 does not reach the position of the cutter 32, so even if it is used to the end, the cutter 32 does not come into contact with the hard rising bottom 4 during rotation and the cutter 32 is hardly damaged.

An engaging ridge 37 is formed on the inner circumference of the side surface 36 of the rotary lid 3 . The engaging projection 37 on the inner periphery of the rotating lid 3 and the engaging projection 18 on the side wall 16 of the housing portion 1 are engaged in a threaded manner, thereby restricting the position of the rotating lid 3 in the vertical direction with respect to the housing portion 1 and restricting the rotation of the rotating lid 3 with respect to the housing portion 1.

When attaching the rotary lid 3, the film F attached to the upper end of the refill solid substance container α is removed.

<Installation (2)>
Next, the solid substance container α to which the rotating lid 3 is attached is attached to the lower case 6 . 2, 4 to 5, 8 and 9, the engagement between the solid substance container α and the lower case 6 will be described. In FIG. 8, (a) is a perspective view of the bottom of the solid substance container α, and (b) is a perspective view of the lower case 6. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 9, (a) is a partially enlarged view of the solid substance container α in a refilled state, and (b) is a partially enlarged view showing the state after the solid substance container α is assembled to the lower case 6.

As shown in FIGS. 5, 8A, and 9A, a through hole 12 is formed in the bottom surface 11 of the housing portion 1, and a center tube 13 is provided so as to surround the through hole 12. As shown in FIGS.

Further, referring to FIG. 5 , the lower side of the engagement plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5 surrounds the outer periphery of the center tube 13 of the housing portion 1 . The lower surface of the engaging plate 54 contacts the upper end 13U of the central tube 13 and engages with the columnar projection 62 of the lower case 6. As shown in FIG.

More specifically, a central thick portion 55 having the greatest thickness is provided at the center of the lower surface of the engaging plate 54 , and an engaging concave portion 56 is formed on the lower surface of the central thick portion 55 . An inner peripheral groove 57 is formed on the lower surface of the engaging plate 54 outside the central thick portion 55 .

As shown in FIG. 8A, in the state of the solid substance storage container α, the inner peripheral groove 57 on the bottom surface of the engagement plate 54 is in contact with the upper end 13U of the center tube 13, so that when viewed from below, the central thick portion 55 and the engagement recess 56 can be seen through the through hole 12 of the storage portion 1.

As shown in FIG. 9(a), in the refilled state, the container 1 and the rotation restricting member 5 are engaged with each other at the portion enclosed by the circle C1, and the movement of the contents inside the container 1 is kept airtight by the portions enclosed by C2 and C3.

In the refill state, the thin portion 13T at the upper end of the center tube 13 of the housing portion 1 is fitted into the inner peripheral groove 57 formed in the lower surface of the engagement plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5 . Specifically, when the central tube 13 is pushed into the inner side of the shaft tube 51 of the rotation restricting member 5 during refill assembly, which will be described later, the upper end protrusion 13P provided at the upper end of the outer periphery of the thin portion 13T climbs over the inner peripheral protrusion 51P of the shaft tube 51 and reaches the vicinity of the upper end of the inner peripheral groove 57. By this overriding, the bottom surface 11 of the housing portion 1 is regulated so as not to come off downward with respect to the rotation regulating member 5 at the position indicated by C1.

Further, when the thin portion 13T at the upper end of the central tube 13 is fitted in the inner peripheral groove 57, the step IS of the thin portion 13T abuts on the periphery of the lower surface of the central thick portion 55, as indicated by C2.

Further, as indicated by C3, the lower end thin portion 51I of the lower end of the shaft tube 51 of the rotation restricting member 5 is sandwiched between the groove 14G between the outer periphery of the central tube 13 of the housing portion 1 and the annular rib 14R. The lateral movement of the rotation restricting member 5 with respect to the accommodating portion 1 is restricted by the contact of C2 and C3.

Such engagement maintains the airtightness of the contents inside the housing portion 1 in the refilled state. The details of each member in the solid substance container α will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13. FIG.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8(b), a columnar projection 62 protruding upward is provided in the center of the bottom surface 61 of the lower case 6, and an engagement projection 63 is provided on the top surface 62U of the columnar projection 62.

When attaching the refill solid substance storage container α to the lower case 6 , the columnar protrusion 62 of the lower case 6 is fitted into the through hole 12 inside the central tube 13 of the storage portion 1 . By this fitting, the lower case 6 and the housing portion 1 are connected so that the housing portion 1 and the inner cylinder 2 are rotatable about the columnar projection 62 as an axis.

Further, the rotation restricting member 5 and the lower case 6 are non-rotatably connected by engaging the engaging protrusion 63 on the top surface 62U of the columnar projection 62 of the lower case 6 with the engaging recess 56 on the lower surface of the engaging plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5.

3, the rising bottom 4 is formed with slits 42 and 43 extending radially from the central hole 41, and the blade members 52 and 53 of the rotation restricting member 5 are fitted into the slits 42 and 43 of the rising bottom 4, so that the rotation restricting member 5 does not rotate with respect to the rising bottom 4, but rotates together with the rotating body A as rotating body B.

In this manner, a part of the rotation restricting member 5 and a part of the bottom surface portion 601 of the lower case 6 (outer case 8) are engaged in the through hole 12 of the center tube 13 of the housing portion 1, thereby connecting the rising bottom 4 and the outer case 8 so as to be non-rotatable.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 9A to 9B, when the lower case 6 is fitted into the solid substance container α, the columnar projection 62 pushes up the engaging plate 54 so that the engaging convex portion 63 of the columnar projection 62 of the lower case 6 and the engaging concave portion 56 of the lower surface of the engaging plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5 are engaged.

At this time, when the rotation restricting member 5 is lifted with respect to the accommodating part 1, the inner peripheral protrusion 51P of the shaft cylinder 51 climbs over the upper end protrusion 13P of the outer peripheral upper end of the thin part 13T and the engagement is released, so that the airtight state between the accommodating part 1 and the rotation restricting member 5 is released.

After the lower case 6 and the rotation restricting member 5 are connected, the rotation restricting member 5 is supported by the engaging projections 63 of the columnar projections 62 of the lower case 6 while being suspended from the bottom surface 11 of the housing portion 1 . Accordingly, when the lower case 6 and the solid substance container α are engaged with each other, the rotation restricting member 5 and the accommodating portion 1 are not engaged with each other, so that the rotation restricting member 5 and the accommodating portion 1 are relatively rotatable.

In this example, the engaging concave portion 56 and the engaging convex portion 63 are minus-shaped.

In this example, an engaging recess is provided on the lower surface of the engaging plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5, and an engaging protrusion is provided on the top surface 62U of the columnar projection 62. However, as long as the engagement can be performed inside the through hole, the engaging protrusion may be provided on the lower surface of the engaging plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5, and the engaging recess may be provided on the top surface 62U of the columnar projection 62.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8(a), the outer edge of the lower surface of the bottom surface 11 of the solid substance container α forms a lip portion 15 that protrudes outward from other portions. As shown in FIG. 8B, an annular rib 64 is provided on the upper surface of the bottom surface 61 of the lower case 6. As shown in FIG.

When the accommodating part 1 rotates with respect to the lower case 6, the accommodating part 1 rotates around the columnar projection 62 and guides the inner circumference of the lip part 15 to the outer circumference of the annular rib 64, so that the position in the horizontal direction during rotation is designated, and stable rotation can be performed.

The lower case 6 also has a peripheral wall 65 . The side wall 16 of the accommodating portion 1 is horizontally rotatably fitted inside the peripheral wall 65 of the lower case 6 .

Note that the order of attachment (1) and attachment (2) may be reversed.

<Installation (3)>
After that, the outer case 8 is assembled by attaching the cylindrical cover 7 to the lower case 6 . Attachment of the cylindrical cover 7 to the lower case 6 having the solid substance container α mounted thereon will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 8B, and 10. FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 10, an inclined inner linear projection 71 is provided near the lower end of the inner periphery of the tubular cover 7 . In addition, a locking groove 72 which is partially recessed is formed in a part of the projection of the inner linear projection 71, which is the inner engaging portion.

8B, the peripheral wall 65 of the lower case 6 is composed of a lower thick wall 66 and an upper thin wall 67. As shown in FIG. An inclined outer linear projection 68 is provided on the outer periphery of the upper thin wall 67, and the riding projection 69 extends in the vertical direction by connecting with the lower edge around the lower end of the outer linear projection 68, and the lower end of the riding projection 69 reaches the stepped portion S which is the upper surface of the lower thick wall 66.

The cylindrical cover 7 is fitted on the outer side of the upper thin wall 67 on the upper side of the peripheral wall 65 of the lower case 6, and is guided by the outer linear projection 68 of the lower case 6 and the inner linear projection 71 of the cylindrical cover 7, and the riding projection 69 is fitted into the locking groove 72, so that the cylindrical cover 7 and the lower case 6 are non-rotatably engaged.

In the assembled feeding container with cutting function 100, the lower end of the cylindrical cover 7 is fixed on the upper edge of the stepped portion S between the lower thick wall 66 and the upper thin wall 67 of the lower case 6 due to this engagement and gravity (see FIG. 2).

Further, around the upper end of the accommodating portion 1, there is provided a flange portion 17, which is an annular protrusion projecting outward.

On the other hand, the cylindrical cover 7 is provided with an upper end ring 73 which is a retaining ring-shaped projection that protrudes from the upper end to the center side, that is, has a thick inner side, and the upper end ring 73 presses the lower surface of the flange portion 17 of the side wall 16 of the housing portion 1.

After the lower case 6 and the rotary lid 3 are set on the solid substance container α, the cylindrical cover 7 is put on and rotated, and when the projection 69 is fitted in the locking groove 72, the upper surface of the brim portion 17 of the housing portion 1 and the lower surface of the upper end ring 73 of the cylindrical cover 7 come into contact with each other, so that the solid substance container α is sandwiched and fixed between the cylindrical cover 7 and the bottom surface 61 of the lower case 6 in the vertical direction. That is, when the refill is attached, the upper end ring 73 of the cylindrical cover 7 presses the flange 17 of the container 1 from above, thereby restricting the vertical position of the container 1 with respect to the outer case 8 .
Due to this engagement, the tubular cover 7 rotatably accommodates the accommodation portion 1 , and the tubular cover 7 is connected to the peripheral wall 65 of the lower case 6 while being rotationally fixed.

In the above example, the outer case 8 is formed by separately forming the cylindrical cover 7 as the outer cylinder and the lower case 6 including the bottom surface, but the cylindrical cover as the outer cylinder and the lower case as the outer bottom surface member may be integrally formed. In this case, it is preferable to reduce the step of the upper end ring 73 for retaining the outer case 8 when setting the refill.

As in the attachments (1) to (3) above, the replaced refill solid substance storage container α can be easily attached to the housing unit β, so the dispensing container 100 with cutting function can be easily assembled.

Alternatively, the solid substance, which is the content to be stored in the storage part 1, may be made into a perforated, notched columnar shape in which the shape of the rising bottom 4 of the solid substance storage container is extended vertically, and distributed as a content refill while being covered with, for example, a film F or the like, and the user may set the content refill in the disassembled solid substance storage container as shown in FIG. When the content itself is used as a refill, the cutting function-equipped delivery container can be reused entirely, so the more reusable portions, the less resin loss can be achieved.

Furthermore, the housing unit β, which is composed of the rotating lid 3, the lower case 6, and the cylindrical cover 7, excluding the portion of the solid substance storage container α that serves as the refill in the feeding container with cutting function 100, may also be distributed independently as a replacement housing. The housing unit β can be attached to a refill solid substance container α.

For example, when the rotating lid 3, the lower case 6, and the cylindrical cover 7 are damaged during use, and the content, which is a solid substance, remains in the refill, the contents can be reused by replacing the entire casing unit β or only one or more of the rotating lid 3, the lower case 6, and the cylindrical cover 7.

<Configuration inside the refill>
11 to 13, the internal structure of the solid substance container α, which is a refill, will be described. 11 is an exploded view of the solid substance container α, FIG. 12 is a top view of the solid substance container α, and FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the top surface of the bottom surface of the housing portion of the solid substance container α and the bottom surface of the rotation restricting member.

As shown in FIG. 11, the solid substance storage container α has a storage portion 1, an inner cylinder 2, a rising bottom 4, and a rotation restricting member 5. As shown in FIG.

A spiral groove 21 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder 2 . The rising bottom 4 is fitted in a state where the threaded projection 44 on the outer peripheral surface of the rising bottom 4 is engaged with the spiral groove 21 of the inner cylinder (see FIG. 5). Therefore, the inner cylinder 2 rotates with respect to the rising bottom 4 to raise and lower the rising bottom 4. As shown in FIG. A plurality of inner peripheral linear ribs 19 are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder. In addition, a plurality of outer peripheral linear ribs 22 are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the side surface of the accommodating portion 1 .

By sandwiching the inner circumferential linear rib 19 of the housing portion 1 with the outer circumferential linear rib 22 of the inner cylinder 2 , the inner cylinder 2 is restricted from rotating with respect to the housing portion 1 inside the side wall 16 of the housing portion 1 .

In this example, the number of the outer peripheral linear ribs 22 of the inner cylinder 2 is greater than the number of the inner peripheral linear ribs 19 of the side wall 16 of the housing portion 1, and the inner peripheral linear ribs 19 are sandwiched between the outer peripheral linear ribs 22 to restrict the rotation.

Further, in this example, the inner peripheral linear rib 19 and the outer peripheral linear rib 22 extending over the entire area in the vertical direction restrict the rotation of the housing portion 1 and the inner cylinder 2, but the area where the inner peripheral linear rib 19 and the outer peripheral linear rib 22 are provided may be a part. Alternatively, rotation may be restricted by other shapes, such as polygonal shapes.

Further, referring to FIGS. 11 and 13, in the bottom surface 11 of the housing portion 1, an annular recess 14 is formed around the central tube 13 and is recessed below the other bottom surface 11, and an annular rib 14R rises upward from the bottom surface of the annular recess 14.

The lower end of the shaft tube 51 of the rotation restricting member 5 extends downward from the lower ends of the blade members 52 and 53 to form a lower end thin portion 51I having a thin outer side.

Further, the upper end of the center tube 13 of the housing portion 1 is a thin portion 13T, and a step IS is formed. On the other hand, an inner peripheral groove 57 is formed on the lower surface of the engagement plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5 outside the central thick portion 55 . An inner peripheral protrusion 51P is provided around the upper end near the engagement plate 54 on the inner peripheral surface of the barrel 51 below the engagement plate 54 .

From the state shown in FIG. 13, when the rotation restricting member 5 is engaged with the housing portion 1 to enter the refill state, the thin portion 13T is fitted in the inner peripheral groove 57, and the step IS abuts around the periphery of the lower surface of the central thick portion 55, as shown in FIG. 9(a). When the thin portion 13T is fitted into the inner peripheral groove 57, the inner peripheral protrusion 51P of the shaft cylinder 51 presses the thin portion 13T, and the lower end thin portion 51I, which is the lower end of the shaft cylinder 51 of the rotation restricting member 5, is sandwiched between the groove 14G between the outer periphery of the central tube 13 of the housing portion 1 and the annular rib 14R, thereby fixing the position of the rotation restricting member 5 with respect to the housing portion 1.

Further, the threaded ridge 44 on the outer peripheral surface of the rising bottom 4 is engaged with the spiral groove 21 of the inner cylinder 2, and the rising bottom 4 moves up and down by rotating the inner cylinder 2 with respect to the rising bottom 4.

In assembling the solid substance storage container α, in this configuration, the storage portion 1 and the inner cylinder 2 are formed separately, so that when setting the rising bottom 4, the inner cylinder 2 is screwed from the bottom to the top and set. After that, from the state shown in FIG. 13, the rotation restricting member 5 is fitted to complete the assembly of the members for the refill.

Then, the contents of the fluid are filled from the top of the solid substance storage container, cooled and solidified. Alternatively, a perforated notched cylindrical solid content refill, which is obtained by extending the shape of the rising bottom 4 in the vertical direction, may be fitted and set in the empty solid substance storage container α.

In this configuration, since the housing portion 1 and the inner cylinder 2 are separate bodies, the rising bottom 4 and the inner cylinder 2 need only be slightly screwed together, which can simplify assembly. In addition, the housing part 1 and the inner cylinder 2 may be integrally formed, in which case the rising bottom 4 is rotated and engaged by an amount equivalent to the vertical height of the spiral groove of the integrated cylinder so that the rising bottom 4 is fitted from above the integrated cylinder when assembled.

In this example, in the shaft tube of the rotation restricting member 5, the upper part of the engaging plate 54 is also cylindrical, but the upper part of the engaging plate 54 may be solid columnar. In this example, the number of blade members 52 and 53 in the rotation restricting member 5 is two, but the number of blade members may be any number of one or more such as one, three, or four.

<Second embodiment>
In the above example, the columnar projection 62 is provided on the lower case 6, and the columnar projection 62 is passed through the through hole 12 formed in the bottom surface of the housing portion 1 to engage with the engaging portion on the lower surface of the engaging plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 5, thereby rotating the rising bottom 4 together with the outer case 8.

However, as another embodiment, a part on the side of the rotation restricting member may be passed through the through hole 12 so that the raised bottom rotates together with the outer case.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a dispensing container 200 with cutting function according to another embodiment of the present invention. 13, the configurations of the rotation restricting member 50 and the lower case 60, which are different from FIG. 2 in this embodiment, will be described.

In this embodiment, a lower columnar projection 550 hangs down from the lower surface of the engagement plate 54 of the rotation restricting member 50 . The lower columnar projection 550 is fitted inside the through hole 120 of the accommodating portion 1 . Further, on the lower surface of the lower columnar projection 550, a minus-shaped engaging projection 560 is formed to protrude downward.

On the other hand, the lower case 60 is provided with a columnar projection 620 that is shorter than in FIG. The top surface of the columnar projection 620 is provided with a negative-shaped engaging recess 630 recessed downward.

With this configuration, in the present embodiment, the rotation restricting member 50 and the lower case 60 are non-rotatably connected by engaging the engaging recess 630 on the top surface of the columnar projection 620 of the lower case 60 with the engaging protrusion 560 on the lower surface of the lower columnar projection 550 extending from the engaging plate 540 of the rotation restricting member 50.

3, the rising bottom 4 is formed with slits 42 and 43 extending radially from the central hole 41, and the blade members 52 and 53 of the rotation restricting member 50 are fitted into the slits 42 and 43 of the rising bottom 4, so that the rotation restricting member 50 does not rotate with respect to the rising bottom 4, but rotates together with the rotating body A (see FIG. 3) as rotating body B.

Thus, also in the present embodiment, a portion of the rotation restricting member 50 and a portion of the bottom surface portion 602 of the lower case 60 (outer case 80) are engaged in the through hole 12 of the center tube 13 of the housing portion 1, thereby connecting the rising bottom 4 and the outer case 80 so as to be non-rotatable.

Therefore, in the feeding container with a cutting function of the present embodiment, the solid substance container α1 including the container portion 1, the inner cylinder 2, the rising bottom 4, and the rotation restricting member 50, which is a portion for containing the solid substance, can be replaced as a refill, and the housing unit β1 including the rotating lid 3, the lower case 60, and the cylindrical cover 7 can be repeatedly reused.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.

1 housing part 2 inner cylinder 3 rotary lid (solid substance rotary shaving lid)
4 Rise bottoms 5, 50 Rotation restricting members 6, 60 Lower case 7 Cylindrical covers 8, 80 Outer case 11 Bottom surface 12 of housing portion Through hole 13 Center cylinder 14 Annular concave portion 14R Annular rib 15 Lip portion 16 Side wall 16T of housing portion Thin upper end 17 Flange 18 Engagement projection 19 Inner circumferential linear rib 21 Spiral groove 22 Peripheral linear rib 31 Rotating lid top surface 3 2 cutter (cutting means)
33 protuberance 34 outlet (long hole)
35 Annular rib 36 Side surface of rotating lid 37 Engagement rib 41 Central hole (opening)
42, 43 Slit 44 Threaded ridge 51 Axle tube 52, 53 Blade member 54, 540 Engagement plate 56 Engagement concave portion (engagement portion)
61 Bottom surface of lower case 62 Columnar projection 63 Engagement projection (engagement portion)
64 Annular rib 65 Peripheral wall 66 Lower thick wall 67 Upper thin wall 71 Inner linear projection (inner engaging portion) of cylindrical cover
72 Locking groove 73 Upper end ring (prevention protrusion)
100, 200 Feeding container with cutting function 550 Lower columnar projection 560 Engagement convex portions 601, 602 Bottom portion 620 Columnar projection 630 Engagement concave portion A Rotating body B Rotating body F Film R Rotational directions α, α1 of rotating lid Solid substance storage container (refill)
β, β1 housing unit

Claims (7)

a storage part having an open top and a through hole formed in the bottom for storing a solid substance;
a rising bottom that can move up and down within the housing portion and that has a threaded ridge formed on its outer peripheral surface;
a bottomed outer case that rotatably stores the storage portion;
A rotary lid having a top surface in which cutting means for cutting solid material is provided below the top surface and a discharge port for scraping out the solid material cut by the cutting means is formed,
The container and the rising bottom are refills replaceable with the solid substance for the outer case and the rotary lid,
The refill is attached to the outer case so that the rotation of the rising bottom is restricted with respect to the bottom surface of the outer case through the through-hole of the accommodating portion, and the rotating lid is attached to the accommodating portion with its horizontal rotation restricted.
When the rotating lid and the outer case are relatively rotated in a predetermined direction, the rising bottom is raised to cut the upper end of the solid material.
Feeding container with cutting function. a rotation restricting member that fixes the rise bottom to the outer case side so as not to rotate when the outer case and the accommodating portion rotate relative to each other;
The rotation restricting member is a part of the replaceable refill,
A hollow center cylinder surrounding the through hole is provided at the center of the bottom surface of the housing portion,
2. The dispensing container with cutting function according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the rotation restricting member and a portion of the bottom portion of the outer case are engaged in the through-hole of the central cylinder to non-rotatably connect the rising bottom and the outer case. A columnar projection protruding upward is provided at the center of the bottom surface of the bottom surface portion of the outer case,
The rotation restricting member has a shaft tube surrounding the outer periphery of the center tube of the accommodating portion and an engagement plate that contacts the upper end of the center tube,
An engaging portion is provided on the top surface of the columnar projection of the outer case,
An engaging portion is provided on the lower surface of the engaging plate of the rotation restricting member,
When attaching the refill to the bottom surface of the outer case,
The outer case and the housing portion are rotatably connected by fitting the columnar projection of the outer case into the through hole inside the center tube of the housing portion,
The outer case and the rotation restricting member are non-rotatably connected by engaging the engaging portion on the top surface of the columnar projection of the outer case with the engaging portion on the lower surface of the engaging plate of the rotation restricting member.
The dispensing container with a cutting function according to claim 2. An opening surrounding the shaft tube of the rotation restricting member and a slit extending radially from the opening are formed in the center of the rising bottom,
The rotation restricting member further has one or more blade members extending outward from the outer peripheral surface of the barrel,
The engaging portion on the lower surface of the engaging plate and the engaging portion on the top surface of the columnar projection are engaged with each other, and the blade member is fitted in the slit of the rising bottom, whereby the rising bottom is connected to the bottom surface of the outer case while the rotation of the rising bottom is restricted.
The delivery container with a cutting function according to claim 3. An inner cylinder is provided inside the accommodating portion with its rotation restricted with respect to the accommodating portion,
A thread groove is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder,
The feeding container with cutting function according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the threaded ridge on the outer peripheral surface of the rising bottom is engaged with the thread groove of the inner cylinder, and the rising bottom moves up and down by rotating the inner cylinder with respect to the rising bottom. The outer case is
a lower case having a bottom surface provided with a columnar projection in the center, the bottom surface, and a peripheral wall into which the side surface of the accommodating portion is horizontally rotatably fitted;
A ring-shaped flange projecting outward is provided on the outer peripheral surface near the upper end of the accommodating portion,
6. The feeding container with a cutting function according to claim 1, wherein when the refill is attached, the upper end ring of the cylindrical cover presses the flange of the accommodating portion from above, thereby regulating the vertical position of the accommodating portion with respect to the outer case. A solid substance storage container serving as a detachable refill for the solid substance rotary scraping lid and the outer case,
A columnar protrusion protruding upward is provided at the center of the bottom surface of the outer case,
The solid substance container is
a bottomed container with an open top for containing a solid substance;
a rising bottom that can move up and down in the housing portion, has a threaded protrusion formed on an outer peripheral surface, and has a through hole formed in the center,
A through-hole is formed in the center of the bottom surface of the accommodating portion,
When the solid substance storage container is attached to the outer case, by fitting the columnar protrusion of the outer case into the through hole of the storage portion,
rotation of the rising bottom is restricted with respect to the bottom surface of the outer case via the through-hole of the accommodating portion;
Solid substance container.

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