JP7393282B2 - Compact container with mirror body - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a compact container with a mirror body, and particularly to a compact container with a mirror body suitable for separate disposal.

In recent years, due to environmental considerations, there has been a demand for compact containers to be able to be disposed of separately by material.
In order to enable separate disposal, Patent Document 1 proposes a compact container in which a mirror body is detachably attached to the back surface of a lid body.
The lid body has a lid peripheral wall hanging down from the peripheral edge of a top plate that is rectangular in plan view, and a rectangular frame body that holds a mirror body between it and the top plate is assembled on the inner surface of this lid peripheral wall. It is being
This frame has locking claws that support both ends of the mirror body on the inside of a pair of short sides, and the locking claws on one of the short sides can be pushed in the direction of the long side to lock the mirror body. A cutout for elastic deformation is provided in the short side portion so that it can be removed from the end.

JP2000-189240

In Patent Document 1, the locking piece is detached from the mirror body by pushing in one short side of the frame attached to the lid body, and the mirror body can be removed from the lid body. It is necessary to continue pushing the short side portion until the removal is completed, which makes the operation cumbersome.
Furthermore, since the frame body is formed as a separate part from the lid body, the number of parts increases and the amount of waste when discarded increases. Therefore, it has been desired to be able to remove the mirror body with a simpler configuration.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a compact container with a mirror that can be removed and disposed of separately with a simple operation.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a compact container with a mirror body that has a simple configuration and allows the mirror body to be removed and disposed of separately.

The first means is a compact container comprising a compact main body 2 and a lid 10 pivotally attached to the compact main body, and a mirror body 30 attached to a top plate 12 of the lid 10,
A fitting frame 20 surrounding the mirror body 30 is vertically disposed from the back surface 13 which is the lower surface of the top plate 12 when the lid is closed,
The mirror body 30 is removably fitted into the fitting frame 20, and
A locking body 22 for preventing the mirror body 30 from coming off is connected to a part of the fitting frame 20 in the circumferential direction,
The locking body 22 has a horizontal holding plate 24 for holding the mirror body 30 , and a base 24a of the horizontal holding plate 24 is connected to the lower end surface of the fitting frame 20 when the lid is closed. , the tip 24b of the horizontal holding plate 24 projects from the base 24a to the inside of the fitting frame 20, and the end of the mirror body 30 is locked with the tip 24b, and the horizontal holding plate 24 A finger hook 26 is suspended from the
A space G is provided on the opposite side of the protruding direction of the tip portion 24b with respect to the locking body 22, and when the finger hook piece 26 is pressed in the opposite direction to the protruding direction in the lid open state, the above-mentioned A broken portion 25 is formed between the base portion 24a and the lower end surface of the fitting frame 20 so that the locking body 22 tilts into the space G and separates from the fitting frame 20.

In this means, as shown in FIG. 2, the mirror body 30 is surrounded by a fitting frame 20 hanging from the top plate 12 of the lid body 10, and a locking body 22 is connected to a part of the fitting frame in the circumferential direction. are doing.
This locking body 22 has a horizontal holding plate 24 for holding the mirror body.
The base 24a of the horizontal holding plate is connected to the lower end surface of the fitting frame 20 when the lid is closed via the broken part 25, and the tip 24b of the horizontal holding plate engages the end of the mirror body 30. It has stopped.
Further, a finger hook 26 is suspended from the horizontal holding plate 24.
Then, by opening the lid 10 and pressing the finger hook 26 as shown by the arrow in FIG. 6(A), the locking body 22 can be separated from the fitting frame 20 as shown in FIG. 6(B). In this state, the mirror body can be removed from the lid body.
According to this structure, as in Patent Document 1, there is no need to keep pressing a specific part (the short side of the frame) until the mirror body is removed from the lid body, and the finger hook piece is simply pushed to the extent that the breakage portion 25 is cut. 26, the operation is easy.

The second means has the first means, and the base 24a of the horizontal holding plate 24 is connected to one side of the fitting frame 20, and the finger hook 26 is suspended from the base 24a. The locking body 22 is formed to have an inverted L shape when viewed from the direction X of one side.

In this means, the locking body 22 is formed by a finger hook 26 hanging from the base 24a of the horizontal holding plate 24, as shown in FIG. 3(A).
The base 24a of the horizontal holding plate 24 is connected to one side of the fitting frame 20, as shown in FIG. 3(C), and the shape of the locking body 22 when viewed from the direction It is a glyph.
According to this structure, the locking body 22 has a simple shape in which the finger hook 26 is suspended from the base 24a of the horizontal holding plate 24, so that the mirror body 30 can be removed with a simple configuration.

The third means has the first means or the second means, and the fitting frame 20 is provided around the outer periphery of the back surface 13 of the top plate 12 in close proximity to the peripheral edge of the top plate 12. has been
Further, the fitting frame 20 includes a proximal side portion 20a close to the rotation axis A of the lid body 10 with respect to the compact main body 2, and a distal side portion 20b far from the rotation axis A,
The locking body 22 was formed on the proximal side 20a, and an auxiliary locking means 28 for locking the end of the mirror body 30 was formed on the distal side 20b.

In this means, as shown in FIG. 1(A), the fitting frame 20 is provided around the outer periphery of the back surface 13 of the top plate 12 in close proximity to the peripheral edge of the top plate 12.
The fitting frame 20 includes a proximal side 20a close to the rotation axis A of the lid 10 with respect to the compact body 2, and a distal side 20b far from the rotation axis A.
The locking body 22 is formed on the proximal side 20a, and an auxiliary locking means 28 for locking the end of the mirror body 30 is formed on the distal side 20b.
According to this structure, when performing the opening/closing operation of the lid 10, it is possible to avoid that fingers pinching the edge of the lid 10 hit the finger hook 26 and the breaking portion 25 is unexpectedly broken. .
Furthermore, since both ends of the mirror body 30 are locked by the locking body 22 and the auxiliary locking means 28, the mirror body can be held securely.

According to the invention related to the first means, the locking body 22 for preventing the mirror from coming off is connected to a part of the circumferential direction of the fitting frame 20 for fitting the mirror, which is vertically provided from the top plate 12. This locking body has the base 24a of the horizontal holding plate 24 connected to the lower end surface of the fitting frame 20 when the lid is closed, and has a broken part 25 at the connected place, and has a finger hook from the horizontal holding plate 24. Since the piece 26 is suspended, the mirror body 30 can be taken out by a simple operation of breaking the breakage portion 25 by pushing in the finger hook piece 26.
According to the invention according to the second means, since the locking body 22 has a simple shape in which the finger hook 26 is suspended from the base 24a of the horizontal holding plate 24, the mirror body 30 can be removed with a simple structure. can.
According to the invention according to the third means, the fitting frame 20 includes a proximal side portion 20a close to the rotation axis A of the lid body 10, and the locking body 22 is attached to this proximal side portion 20a. Because of this, it is possible to prevent the fingers pinching the edge of the lid body 10 from hitting the finger hook 26 and accidentally breaking the breaking portion 25 when opening/closing the lid.

The structure of the compact container with a mirror body according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in an open state, where (A) is a top view of the compact container viewed from above, and (B) is FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of A) viewed from the I(B)-I(B) direction. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the compact container with a mirror body shown in FIG. 1 in a closed state. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the structure of the main parts of the lid of the compact container with mirror body shown in FIG. 2 (auxiliary bearing, locking body, fitting frame portion near the locking body, etc.); (A) is a side view of the main part seen from the direction of the rotation axis, and (B) is a front view of the main part seen from the direction III(B)-III(B) of the same figure (A). , FIG. 3(C) is a bottom view of the main part as seen from the direction III(C)-III(C) of FIG. 1(A). FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the mirror-equipped compact container of FIG. 2; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one member (shaft rod) of the compact container with a mirror body in FIG. 1 with the lid open. 2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams of the work to remove the mirror body from the compact container with a mirror body in FIG. The stages in which the locking piece is separated from the lid body are shown in each figure. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of removing the lid from the compact container with a mirror body shown in FIG. 1;

1 to 7 show a compact container with a mirror body according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, this compact container with a mirror body includes a compact body 2, a lid body 10, and a mirror body 30. Each of these members can be made of synthetic resin, for example.
First, the basic configuration of the present invention will be briefly explained.

In this embodiment, the compact main body 2 includes a housing 3, a middle frame 6, and a push button 8.
The casing 3 is a case body with an open top end and an outer circumferential wall raised from the periphery of the bottom wall, and an inner frame 6 is housed within the casing 3. Inside the inner frame 6, an inner tray (not shown) containing cosmetics and the like can be removably held. In the illustrated example, a storage recess 6a for storing a puff or the like is formed on the upper surface of the middle frame 6, as shown in FIG. 1(A).
The push button 8 is attached to the front part of the housing 3, as shown in FIG.
In this specification, for convenience of explanation, the left side of FIG. 2 showing the lid closed state will be referred to as "front", the right side of the figure will be referred to as "rear", and the direction orthogonal to these will be referred to as "left and right". Further, the terms "upper" and "lower" also mean "upper" and "lower" in the closed state, unless otherwise specified.
In the illustrated example, a fitting recess 3a into which the push button 8 is fitted is formed in the middle portion of the front portion of the housing in the left-right direction, as shown in FIG. 1(A).

As shown in FIG. 2, the lid 10 closes the upper surface of the housing 3, and is pivotally attached to the rear part of the housing 3 so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis A. In this embodiment, the lid 10 and the compact main body 2 are formed into a rectangular shape when viewed from above.
As shown in FIG. 3(A), the lid body 10 has a lid peripheral wall 14 suspended from the periphery of a horizontal top plate 12.
Further, from the back surface 13 which is the lower surface of the top plate 12 in the closed state, there is a fitting frame 20 located inside the lid peripheral wall 14 and into which the mirror body 30 is fitted, as shown in FIG. 1(A). It is hanging down.
As shown in FIG. 2, this fitting frame 20 has a proximal side portion 20a close to the rotation axis (rear side portion in the illustrated example) and a distal side portion 20b far from the rotation axis A (front side portion in the illustrated example). to do.
In this embodiment, the fitting frame 20 is formed into a rectangular square frame consisting of a proximal side 20a, a distal side 20b, and a pair of left and right sides 20c (see FIG. 1(A)). reference).
A locking body 22 for locking one end 32 of the mirror body is attached to an arbitrary side of each frame (in the illustrated example, the proximal side 20a).
Further, on the other side opposite to the one side, a locking protrusion 28 is formed as an auxiliary locking means for locking the other end 33 of the mirror body 30.
In the illustrated example, the mirror body 30 is formed into a rectangle long in the direction X of the one side, and the locking body 22 is provided at the middle part of one side. This locking body will be described later. The locking protrusion 28 is formed over the entire length of the other side of the fitting frame 20.
These locking protrusions 28 and locking bodies 22 support the mirror body 30 fitted into the fitting frame 20.

A hook piece 18 shown in FIG. 2 is suspended from the front of the back surface 13 of the lid 10. As shown in FIG.
A hook receiving portion 3c is provided below the hook piece 18 within the fitting recess 3a. The closed state of the lid body 10 is maintained by the engagement between the hook pieces 18 and the hook receiving portions 3c.
Further, in the fitting recess 3a, an engagement slope 3d is formed that slopes forward and downward from a lower portion of the hook receiving portion 3c.
The push button 8 is fitted into the fitting recess 3a so as to be movable forward and backward.
The push button 8 has a push-up piece 8a that is slidable on the engagement slope 3d. Then, when the push button 8 is pushed backward, the push-up piece 8a pushes up the hook piece 18, and the engagement between the hook piece 18 and the hook receiving portion 3c is released.
These structures can be modified as appropriate.

In this embodiment, the rear portions of the compact main body 2 and the lid body 10 are pivotally connected via an axis rod 34 shown in FIG. 1(A).
Specifically, a connecting recess 3b for connecting with the lid 10 is formed in the middle portion in the left-right direction at the rear of the housing. The housing portion on the left and right outside of the connecting recess 3b is formed into a pair of main bearings 4 having a main shaft hole 4a shown in FIG. Note that the circle drawn with an imaginary line inside the spindle hole indicates the position of the pin, which will be described later.
In a preferred illustrated example, the connecting recess 3b is formed into a rectangular shape that is long in the left-right direction when viewed from above, as shown in FIG. 1(A).
Further, in the rear part of the lid body 10, a pair of sub bearings 16 having a sub shaft hole 16a shown in FIG. 4 are formed adjacent to the left and right inner sides of the pair of main bearings 4.
In addition, a lightening groove 16b is formed in the illustrated sub-bearing 16.
The main bearing 4 and the sub-bearing 16 that are adjacent to each other are arranged such that their respective main shaft holes 4a and sub-shaft holes 16a are on the same line. A pivot portion P is formed by fitting the shaft rod 34 into the main shaft hole 4a and the sub-shaft hole 16a (see FIG. 1(A)). In this embodiment, a pair of pivot points P are formed on both sides of the connecting recess 3b in the left-right direction.
A knob plate 36 of an arbitrary shape is connected to the inner end in the left-right direction of each shaft rod 34 (see FIG. 3(B)).

The shaft rod 34 can also be formed of a single metal rod, for example. However, in the preferred illustrated example, in consideration of safety during separate disposal, one metal pin 34c is replaced with a pair of synthetic resin cylindrical rods (first cylindrical rod) as shown in FIG. 34a and the second cylindrical rod portion 34b) into the cylindrical hole b.
The first cylindrical rod portion 34a is connected to the knob plate 36 and inserted into the subshaft hole 16a. Further, the second cylindrical rod portion 34b is inserted into the main shaft hole 4a.
The pair of cylindrical rod portions 34a and 34b are each provided with an engagement protrusion c extending in the axial direction on the outer circumferential surface thereof. When viewed from the direction of the cylinder axis, the cross-sectional shapes of the pair of cylindrical rod portions are the same, and are formed to match the shapes of the main shaft hole 4a and the sub-shaft hole 16a.
The main shaft hole 4a and the sub-shaft hole 16a are formed so as to overlap each other when the lid is opened (the lid is opened 180 degrees) as shown in FIG. 1(B).
In this state, the engagement protrusions c of the first cylindrical rod portion 34a and the second cylindrical rod portion 34b are in mutually coincident positions, as shown by solid lines in FIG. 4. Therefore, the shaft rod 34 can be inserted into and removed from the main shaft hole 4a and the sub-shaft hole 16a.
On the other hand, when the lid 10 is closed, the first cylindrical rod portion 34a and the knob plate 36 rotate together with the lid 10.
Therefore, the circumferential positions of the engagement protrusions c of the first cylindrical bar portion 34a and the engagement protrusions c of the second cylindrical bar portion 34b do not match. Therefore, the shaft rod 34 cannot be removed from the main shaft hole 4a and the sub-shaft hole 16a.
The illustrated structure is merely one preferred embodiment and may not be employed.

In the present invention, the locking body 22 that supports the one end 32 of the mirror body 30 is connected to the lower end surface of the fitting frame 20 shown in FIG. 2 via the broken part 25.
The attachment point of the locking body 22 is preferably the proximal side portion 20a. If provided on the distal side portion 20b or the side portion 20c, when the user holds the edge of the lid body 10 to open/close the lid, the user's finger may unexpectedly hit the locking body 22, causing the broken portion 25. This is because there is a risk of damaging the.
However, this structure can be modified as appropriate.

The locking body 22 consists of a horizontal holding plate 24 and a finger hook 26, as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the horizontal holding plate 24 has a tip portion 24b that projects forward (inside the fitting frame 20) from a base portion 24a that is continuous with the lower end surface of the proximal side portion 20a. At the same time, a finger hook 26 is suspended from the horizontal holding plate 24.
A broken portion 25 is formed at the boundary between the lower end surface of the proximal side portion 20a and the base portion 24a. By doing this, in the open state shown in FIG. 1(B), by pushing the finger hook 26 to the side opposite to the protruding direction of the tip portion 24b (toward the rotating shaft in the illustrated example), as shown in FIG. 6(A). As shown in the figure, the breaking portion 25 can be broken.
When the breaking portion 25 is broken, the locking body 22 that holds the mirror body 30 between it and the top plate 12 is removed. Therefore, the mirror body 30 becomes removable by simply pushing in the finger hook 26 (see FIG. 6(B)).
In the illustrated example, the finger hook piece 26 is suspended from the base 24a of the horizontal holding plate 24, and is formed into an inverted L shape when viewed from the side (direction of the rotation axis A), as shown in FIG. 3(A). has been done.
In this way, since the locking body has a simple inverted L-shape in side view, it is possible to avoid the structure of the compact container from becoming complicated.
In the illustrated example, the horizontal holding plate 24 is formed in a rectangular shape that is long in the direction of the rotation axis A, as shown in FIG. 3(C). In this configuration, the breaking portion 25 is formed into an elongated belt-like shape over the entire length L of the horizontal holding plate 24 . Thereby, sufficient holding force for the mirror body 30 can be ensured.
Further, the finger hook piece 26 is formed at the intermediate portion of the horizontal holding plate 24 in the longitudinal direction.
At the rear of the locking body 22, as shown in FIG. 22 can be tilted.
In the illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 3(A), by making the pushing distance M between the pair of knob plates 36 longer than the length L of the horizontal holding plate 24, a space G for pushing is secured. ing.

In this embodiment, the locking body 22 is integrally formed with the lid 10 via a weakened portion, which is a broken portion 25 .
In this case, when attaching the mirror body 30 to the lid body 10, support the mirror body 30 diagonally and insert one end portion 32 of the mirror body between the top plate 12 and the tip portion 24b, and All you have to do is push down the other end 33 of the mirror body 30. Then, the other end 33 of the mirror body 30 passes over the locking protrusion 28 and is held between the locking protrusion and the top plate.
In order to facilitate the insertion, in the illustrated example, the front end side of the upper surface of the tip portion 24b is chamfered to form an inclined surface, as shown in FIG. 3(A).
This structure can be modified as appropriate; for example, the locking body 22 may be formed separately from the lid body 10 and bonded to the lower end surface of the fitting frame 20 by welding, ultrasonic waves, or the like.

In the above configuration, in the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the mirror body 30 has one end 32 of the mutually opposing ends between the horizontal holding plate 24 and the top plate 12, and the other end 33. are held between the locking protrusions 28 and the top plate 12, respectively, so that they are securely held within the fitting frame 20.
When discarding the compact container, the lid 10 is opened to the compact main body 2, as shown in FIG. 1(B).
Then, as shown in FIG. 6(A), the finger hook piece 26 is pushed to the outside of the fitting frame 20 (toward the rotation axis A side). Then, the breaking part 25 is broken by the action of a lever with the pushing point as the point of force Pf, the corner of the horizontal holding plate as the fulcrum Ps, and the breaking part 25 as the point of action Pa.
Even when the breaking portion 25 is formed long in the direction of the rotation axis A as shown in FIG. 3(A), the breaking portion 25 can be reliably broken by the action of the lever.
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 6(B), the locking body 22 can be removed from the fitting frame 20.
In this state, the mirror body 30 can be removed from the lid 10 by hooking a finger on the one end 32 side of the mirror body 30 on the proximal side 20a side and pulling it out from the fitting frame 20.

Furthermore, when removing the lid 10 from the compact main body 2, with the lid open, put your finger on the knob plate 36 and pull it inward in the left-right direction.
Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the shaft rod 34 is pulled out from the main shaft hole 4a and the sub-shaft hole 16a.
By pulling out the pair of shaft rods 34 from the main bearing 4 and the sub-bearing 16 in this way, the lid 10 can be removed from the compact main body 2.

2... Compact body 3... Housing 3a... Fitting recess 3b... Connection recess 3c... Hook receiving part 3d... Engagement slope 4... Main bearing 4a... Main shaft hole 6... Middle frame 6a... Storage recess 8... Push button 8a... Push up Piece 10...Lid body 12...Top plate 12a...Extension plate portion 13...Back surface 14...Lid peripheral wall 16...Subbearing 16a...Subshaft hole 16b...Lightening groove 18...Hook piece 20...Fitting frame 20a...Proximal side part 20b...Distal side part 20c...Side side part
22...Latching body 24...Horizontal holding plate 24a...Base 24b...Tip 25...Broken part 26...Finger hook piece 28...Auxiliary locking means (locking protrusion)
30... Mirror body 32... One end part 33... Other end part 34... Shaft rod 34a... First cylindrical bar part 34b... Second cylindrical bar part 34c... Pin 36... Knob plate A... Rotating shaft b... Cylindrical hole C... Engagement Convex line G...Pushing space L...Length of horizontal holding plate M...Pushing distance P...Pivot part Pa...Point of action Pf...Point of force Ps...Fully point X...Direction of one side

Claims (3)

A compact container comprising a compact body (2) and a lid body (10) pivotally attached to the compact body, and a mirror body (30) attached to a top plate (12) of the lid body (10). hand,
A fitting frame (20) surrounding the mirror body (30) is vertically disposed from a back surface (13) that is the bottom surface of the top plate (12) when the lid is closed;
The mirror body (30) is removably fitted into the fitting frame (20), and
A locking body (22) for preventing the mirror body (30) from coming off is connected to a part of the circumferential direction of the fitting frame (20),
The locking body (22) has a horizontal holding plate (24) for holding the mirror body (30) , and the base (24a) of the horizontal holding plate (24) is attached to the fitting frame (20). At the same time, the tip (24b) of the horizontal holding plate (24) is made to protrude inside the fitting frame (20) from the base (24a). (24b) locks the end of the mirror body (30), and a finger hook (26) is suspended from the horizontal holding plate (24);
A space (G) is provided on the opposite side of the locking body (22) to the protruding direction of the tip (24b), and the finger hook piece (26) is arranged opposite to the protruding direction when the lid is open. The base (24a) and the fitting frame (20) are arranged so that when pressed to the side, the locking body (22) tilts into the cavity (G) and separates from the fitting frame (20). 20) A compact container with a mirror body, characterized in that a broken portion (25) is formed between the container and the lower end surface of the container. The base (24a) of the horizontal holding plate (24) is connected to one side of the fitting frame (20), and by hanging the finger hook (26) from the base (24a), the direction of the one side can be adjusted. The compact container with a mirror body according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking body (22) is formed to have an inverted L shape when viewed from (X). The fitting frame (20) is provided around the outer periphery of the back surface (13) of the top plate in close proximity to the peripheral edge of the top plate (12),
Further, the fitting frame (20) has a proximal side (20a) close to the rotation axis (A) of the lid (10) with respect to the compact body (2), and a distal side far from the rotation axis (A). (20b),
The locking body (22) is formed on the proximal side (20a), and the auxiliary locking means (28) locks the end of the mirror body (30) on the distal side (20b). ) The compact container with a mirror body according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it has a mirror body.