JPH085Y2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a compact container used for makeup or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an example of a compact container having a container body and a lid, there has been provided a container shown in FIGS.

In these drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates a container body, and the container body 1 is formed with a storage recess 2 that opens to the upper surface by a bottom plate 3 and a peripheral wall 4 surrounding the bottom plate 3, and an upper part of the peripheral wall 4 is formed. A male screw portion 4a is formed on the outer circumference. The male screw portion 4a is provided with a one-side engaging portion 4b in the direction of the container body. An engaging hole 4c is formed above the engaging portion 4b in the circumferential direction of the container body 1.

A female screw portion 5a which can be screwed into the male screw portion 4a of the container body 1 is formed on the inner surface of the lid 5, and the one engaging portion 4b is rotated on the inner surface of the female screw portion 5a. The other engaging portion 5b which can be freely engaged is provided. This other engaging portion 5
An engaging protrusion 5c engageable with the engaging hole 4c of the one engaging portion 4b is formed at the lower end of b. When the lid 5 of the compact container is in the closed state, as shown in FIG. 20, the external thread 4a of the container body 1 and the internal thread 5b of the lid 5 are completely screwed together, and The engagement between the engagement hole 4c of the one engagement portion 4b and the engagement protrusion 5c of the other engagement portion 5b is released.

To open the lid 5 of the compact container, the container body 1 and the lid 5 are rotated relative to each other, and the male screw 4a of the container body 1 and The engagement state with the female screw portion 5b of the lid 5 is released, and the engagement hole 4c of the one engagement portion 4b and the engagement projection 5 of the other engagement portion 5b are released.
Engage with c. One engaging portion 4b and the other engaging portion 5a
As shown in FIG. 22, the container main body 1 and the lid body 5 which are held in the engaged state by the above are rotatable about the engaging portion, so that the lid body 5 can be easily moved in this state. It can be opened and closed.

[0006]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional example, since the container body 1 and the lid 5 are held in the closed state by the screw connection, their airtightness is good, but
Since the container body 1 and the lid body 5 have to be rotated relatively to each other so as to unfasten the screw connection when the lid body 5 is opened and closed, the usability thereof is poor.

At the same time when the screw connection between the container body 1 and the lid 5 is released, the respective engaging portions 4b, 5b are brought into the engaged state. As it comes off easily by coming off from 4c, the lid 5
There is a problem to be solved such that the lid 5 is easily detached from the container body 1 when the container is open.

Therefore, the present invention provides a compact container which has good airtightness, a small number of rotations for engaging and disengaging the lid body and the container body, the lid body does not come off from the container body, and has a good appearance. It is an object.

[0009]

A compact container according to the present invention comprises a container body having a cylindrical housing cylindrical portion having an external appearance, an inner lid for covering the housing cylindrical portion, and a side wall of the inner lid. An operation portion provided so as to project in one direction, and a support member that rotatably supports the inner lid with respect to the storage cylindrical portion and is hinged to the rear end portion of the container body so as to be vertically rotatable. The operating lid is exposed to the outside, and the upper lid covers the inner lid and is hinged to the rear end of the container body so as to be vertically rotatable. The outer peripheral surface of the storage cylinder and the inner wall of the inner lid. An inner lid is formed on the inner surface of the accommodating cylindrical portion, and an engaging portion that engages with each other when the operating portion is rotated in the circumferential direction of the accommodating cylindrical portion to close the inner lid is formed. On the contact surface between the upper lid and the operating portion, the upper lid is covered with the inner lid,
An engaging portion is formed which engages with each other when the operating portion is rotated in the circumferential direction of the accommodating cylindrical portion and locks the upper lid and the inner lid in a closed state.

[0010]

In the compact container of the present invention, to open the upper lid and the inner lid, hold the container main body, and rotate the operating part projected from the inner lid to the left or right with respect to the container main body to store the container. The engagement of the engaging portions formed on the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the cylindrical portion and the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the inner lid is released. At the same time, the engagement portion formed on the contact surface between the upper lid and the operating portion is disengaged, and the upper lid and the inner lid are hinge-supported with respect to the container body and can be vertically rotated. become. When closing the upper lid and the inner lid, the operating portion is rotated in the opposite direction to the above, and the engaging portion between the storage cylindrical portion and the inner lid and the engaging portion between the upper lid and the operating portion are engaged and are in the closed state. Becomes

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 are views showing an embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention. In these figures, reference numeral 10 indicates a compact container of the present invention, and the compact container 10 has an external cylindrical cylindrical housing portion 11 (see FIG. 3, which is a sectional view taken along the line I--I in FIG. 2). Show)
A container body 12, an inner lid 13 for covering the accommodating cylindrical portion 11, a support member for slidably supporting the inner lid 13 along the accommodating cylindrical portion 11, and a hinge for pivoting vertically on the container body 12. The main portion is composed of the upper lid 15 that is joined.

The container body 12 is integrally provided with a cylindrical appearance storage cylinder portion 11 on an upper surface of a rectangular appearance flat plate 12a, and a rotary bearing 12b is projected on one side slightly separated from the storage cylinder portion 11. It has been set up. Further, on the outer peripheral surface of the storage cylindrical portion 11, engagement projections 11a are provided so as to project at intervals along the circumferential direction of the storage cylindrical portion 11. Further, on the inner surface of the storage cylindrical portion 11, a decorative plate 16 having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the storage cylindrical portion 11 is arranged. The decorative plate 16 has a locking projection 16a protruding from the outer surface of the decorative plate 16 and a locking projection 17a of a hinge projection 17 protruding from the inner surface of the storage cylindrical portion 11 at a distance.
And are supported by being engaged (Fig. 2
II is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 6).

The inner lid 13 is mainly constructed by hanging a peripheral wall 13b from a peripheral edge of a top plate portion 13a covering the accommodating cylindrical portion 11. A recess 13c is formed on the upper surface of the top plate portion 13a so that the puff P can be stored therein. An operating portion 18 is provided so as to project from the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 13b. The operating portion 18 is composed of a plate-like connecting piece 19 protruding outward from the lower side surface of the storage cylindrical portion 11, and an operating portion main body 20 standing upward from the tip of the connecting piece 19. It is configured. As shown in FIG. 7, an engagement recess 22 that can engage with an engagement projection 35 of the upper lid 15 described later is formed on the inner lid facing surface (the inner surface of the operation portion main body) 21 of the operation portion main body 20. Has been done. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, on the outer peripheral surface of the inner lid 13, in a state in which a proximal end portion of an engaging T-shaped engaging projection piece 13d is connected from a position displaced from the operation portion 18 by about 90 °. It is integrally formed. Further, on the inner peripheral surface of the inner lid 13, an engagement protrusion 13e that can engage with the engagement protrusion 11a of the storage cylindrical portion 11 is provided at a position facing the engagement protrusion 13d. A taper surface (not shown) that is inclined along the circumferential direction of the storage cylindrical portion 11 is formed at one end of either one of the engagement protrusion 11a and the engagement protrusion 13e.

A packing 24 is arranged on the inner surface of the inner lid 13, and the packing 24 is set so as to be in close contact with the upper end portion of the storage cylindrical portion 11 when the inner lid 13 is closed. The packing 24 is fixed by a mirror 25 attached to the lower surface of the inner lid 13. Support member 1
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
An outwardly concave base end portion 28 hinged to be freely pivoted to b
And a slide portion 29 integrally formed with the base end portion 28 and having an engagement recess 29a capable of engaging with the engagement projection piece 13d of the inner lid 13. The sliding portion 29 has an engaging recess 2 that is longer than the engaging projections 11a and 13e formed on the storage cylindrical portion 11 and the inner lid 13.
9a.

The upper lid 15 is formed in a shape that is substantially the same as the container body 12 and covers the inner lid 13 and the support member 14. A cutout recess 31 is formed at a rear end portion of the upper lid 15 so as to substantially match the base end portion 28 of the support member 14, and the cutout recess 31 is hinged to the rotary bearing 12b so as to be vertically rotatable. Has been done. A curved portion 32 is provided on one side surface of the upper lid 15 on the free end side so that the inner surface 21 of the operation portion main body of the operation portion 18 abuts when the inner lid 13 is rotated with respect to the storage cylindrical portion 11. Has been formed.
On the lower surface of the curved portion 32, the connecting piece 1 of the operating portion 18 is provided.
A notch recess 33 having a depth substantially the same as the height of 9 is formed. In addition, as shown in FIG.
Engagement protrusions 35 that can engage with the engagement recesses 22 of the operation portion body 20 are formed. At least one end of the engagement recess 22 and the engagement projection 35 has
Tapered surface inclined along the circumferential direction of the storage cylindrical portion 11
(Not shown) is formed.

Next, a method of using the compact container 10 of this embodiment will be described. Top cover 1 of compact container 10
5 and the inner lid 13 are opened, the container main body 12 is held, and when the operation portion 18 projected from the inner lid 13 is rotated to the left or right with respect to the container main body 12, the peripheral wall of the storage cylindrical portion 11 is opened. The engagement projections 11a and 13e formed on the outer surface and the inner surface of the inner wall of the inner lid 13 are disengaged, and the inner lid 13 is hingedly supported on the container body 12 and is vertically rotatable. Become. On the other hand, at the same time, the upper lid 15 and the operation unit 1
The engagement portions 22 and 35 formed on the contact surface with 8 are disengaged, and the upper lid 15 is hinge-supported with respect to the container body 12 and is vertically rotatable. When the upper lid 15 and the inner lid 13 are closed, the operation portion 18 is rotated in the opposite direction to the above, and the engagement protrusion 11 between the storage cylindrical portion 11 and the inner lid 13 is rotated.
a and 13e are engaged with each other, and the engaging recess 22 of the upper lid 15 and the operating portion 1
The engaging projection 35 of No. 8 is engaged and the closed state is established. At this time, the inner lid 13 is forcibly pulled down by the amount of the interference corresponding to the height of the tapered surface by the tapered surface formed on either one of the engagement protrusions 11a and 13e, that is, in the so-called vertical direction. Axial load is generated and the storage cylinder 11 and the inner lid 1
Airtightness with 3 is secured. Such an operation is performed by the upper lid 1.
The engagement recess 22 of 5 and the engagement projection 35 of the operation portion 18 also occur, and the airtightness between the upper lid 15 and the operation portion 18 is secured.

According to the compact container 10 of this embodiment,
Airtightness is good because the inner lid 13 and the storage cylindrical portion 11 are engaged with each other at the engagement protrusions 13e and 11a. In addition, the operation unit 1
Since it is only necessary to slightly rotate 8 with respect to the container body 12, the operability is good and the usability is very good. Further, the upper lid 15 almost covers the container body 12 and the inner lid 13, so that the appearance is good.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, parts having the same configurations as those in the above-mentioned embodiments are designated by common reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. The compact container 40 of this embodiment is different from the above-mentioned embodiment in that the position of the operation portion 18 is provided at the center of the free end of the inner lid 13, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, 13 and 14. There is. And
As shown in FIG. 12 which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 9, holding the inner lid 13 in a closed state by engaging the engaging projection 11a with the engaging projection 13e of the inner lid 13. You can Further, the configuration of the container body 12 is shown in FIGS.
Will be shown in detail. That is, FIG. 15 shows the container body 12
FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along the line V-V, FIG. 17 is a side view thereof, FIG. 18 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI, and FIG. 19 is taken along the line VII-VII.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the arrow, which has substantially the same configuration as the container body of the above-described embodiment. The compact container 40 of the present embodiment can also achieve the same effects as the compact container 40 of the above embodiment.

The details of the compact container of the present invention are not limited to those in the above embodiment, and other modifications are possible. For example, the position, the number, the length, etc. of the engaging portions can be appropriately changed as necessary.

[0020]

As described above in detail, the compact container according to the present invention has the following effects. Airtightness is good because the inner lid and the accommodating cylindrical portion are engaged with each other at the engaging portions formed therein.

When the upper lid and the inner lid are fixed in the closed state, or when the upper lid and the inner lid are opened and closed, the container body and the operating portion are slightly rotated relative to each other.
Since the engaging portion is engaged and disengaged, the number of rotations of the operation portion with respect to the container body is small and the usability is good.

Further, the upper lid almost covers the container body and the inner lid, so that the appearance is good.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention.

[Fig. 3] I-I of one embodiment of the compact container according to the present invention
FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of an embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 II- of an embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention
FIG. 2 is a half sectional view taken along the arrow II.

FIG. 7: III of one embodiment of the compact container according to the present invention
-III It is a half cross-sectional view taken along the arrow.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of an embodiment of the compact container according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a front view of another embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a rear view of another embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of another embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of another embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a side view of another embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a container body of another embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of the container body of another embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a side view of another embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of another embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of another embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a conventional example of a compact container.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a conventional example of a compact container.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a conventional example of a compact container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Compact Container 11 Storage Cylindrical Part 11a Engagement Protrusion 12 Container Main Body 13 Middle Lid 13e Engagement Protrusion 15 Upper Lid 18 Operation Part 35 Engagement Protrusion 40 Compact Container,

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An accommodating cylindrical portion having an external cylindrical shape having an opening on an upper surface.
A container body (12) having (11), an inner lid (13) for covering the accommodating cylindrical portion (11), and an operation portion (18) provided so as to project outward from a side surface of the inner lid (13). And a support member (14) that rotatably supports the inner lid (13) with respect to the storage cylindrical portion (11) and that is hinged to the rear end of the container body (12) so as to be vertically rotatable. ) And an upper lid (15) that covers the inner lid (13) with the operating portion (18) exposed to the outside and is hinged to the rear end of the container body (12) so as to be vertically rotatable. And an inner lid on the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the storage cylindrical portion (11) and an inner surface of the inner lid (13).
(13) is put on the storage cylindrical part (11), and when the operating part (18) is rotated in the circumferential direction of the storage cylindrical part (11), they engage with each other to close the inner lid (13). Engaging portions (11a) and (13e) are formed, and the contact surfaces of the upper lid (15) and the operating portion (18) are covered with the upper lid (15) on the inner lid (13), When the operating portion (18) is rotated in the circumferential direction of the accommodating cylindrical portion (11), they engage with each other and the upper lid
Engagement portions (22), (3) that lock the (15) and the inner lid (13) in the closed state.
A compact container characterized by being formed with 5).