JP4775070B2 - One-touch container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container whose lid can be opened and closed with one touch.

Conventionally, various containers having an openable / closable lid have been used. As one of them, the lid is connected to the container portion via a hinge portion, and is opened and closed by turning around the hinge portion. Containers are also known. In this type of container, in order to easily open and close the lid, the lid is always urged in the opening direction using a coil spring or the like, and the lid is provided on the container portion. A structure is known in which a stopper is held in a closed state by being engaged with a stopper piece, and the stopper piece is removed from the lid by pushing a push button provided on the container portion, and the lid is opened (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei. 9-58725). However, the container having this configuration has an advantage that the lid can be easily opened by simply pushing the push button, but the push button is exposed and positioned outside the lid. However, it sometimes made it look bad.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-58725

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and provides a one-touch open / close container capable of easily and stably opening and closing a lid with one hand and having a simple appearance with a clean appearance. Is an issue.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a one-touch open / close container according to the present invention includes a container part having an outlet for taking out contents, and a hinge means on the container part so as to close the outlet of the container part. A lid that is slidably coupled, a spring means that biases the lid in the opening direction, and a distal end region of the lid is locked to the container portion by pressing the lid end region against the container portion. And it is set as the structure which has a push lock open mechanism of the structure which cancels | releases a lock | rock by pushing the front-end | tip area | region of the said lid | cover in a locked state again.

Furthermore, the present invention, the push lock open mechanism includes a container-side locking jig provided in front Symbol container part is locked to the container side locking jig of the container portion when closing the lid cover A lower side ratchet member having annular ratchet teeth arranged so as to face the entry direction of the lid side locking jig, A plurality of partial annular ratchet teeth arranged so as to face the annular ratchet teeth and out of phase, and further to form a passage at a circumferential interval, and an inclined guide surface formed on the back surface thereof. An upper ratchet member provided, and the lid side locking jig is provided on the lid so as to be concentric with the container side locking jig when the lid is closed. , Rotate on the support shaft A ratchet piece having a ratchet pawl on the outer peripheral surface, and the ratchet pawl has an inclined guide surface and an annular shape when the ratchet piece is concentric with the container side locking jig. It is also characterized in that it is provided at the same radial position as the ratchet teeth and the partial annular ratchet teeth so that it can be guided in contact with the ratchet teeth and a width that can pass through the passage. With this configuration , stable locking and unlocking operations can be performed.

Here, before SL on the ratchet member is provided with a three partial annular ratchet teeth disposed at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction, three ratchet pawl wherein the ratchet pawl is arranged at a constant pitch in the circumferential direction It is preferable to have a configuration provided with the above because the locking operation and the unlocking operation can be performed more stably.

  It is preferable that the lid is sized to cover the entire upper surface of the container portion, and the push lock / open mechanism is disposed on the back surface of the lid, since the entire container can be made a simple and clean shape.

  The one-touch opening and closing container of the present invention can be closed by pushing the lid, and can be opened by unlocking the lid by pushing the lid from the closed state, so that the lid can be easily opened and closed with one hand. In addition, since the push lock / open mechanism can be placed on the back side of the lid, there is no need to provide a push button so that it is located outside the lid as in the past, so the appearance is clean and simple by eliminating the push button. be able to.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described. The drawings show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a wide-mouth container for storing a replacement container. FIG. 1 (a) is a schematic side view of a one-touch open / close container (hereinafter simply referred to as a container) according to an embodiment of the present invention. (B) is a schematic side view showing the container with the lid open, FIG. 2 (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view of the container, and (b) is the container in the AA direction of FIG. 2 (a). FIG. 3A is a schematic plan view of the container, FIG. 3B is a schematic plan view showing the container with the lid removed, and FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a part of the container. FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view showing the container in an exploded manner, and FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 show a cap body, a packing, and a lid constituting the container, respectively. A container denoted as a whole by reference numeral 1 includes a container part 2 and a lid 3 that is swingably connected to the container part 2 via a hinge means 5 and accommodates a replacement container 4 therein. . The replacement container 4 is sold by containing contents such as foods, medicines, and cosmetics therein, and has rigidity capable of maintaining a certain shape. Here, as the replacement container 4, a paper or plastic cup-like one provided with the same portion 4a and the flange portion 4b is used.

  The container part 2 has a base cup 6 provided with an opening 7 of a size capable of inserting the replacement container 4 at the upper end, and a cap that is detachable from the upper end of the base cup 6 and has a take-out port 10 for taking out the contents. The cap 9 includes a cap body 12 and a packing 13. The base cup 6 is made of a resin such as PP or ABS, has a screw 6a for attaching a cap on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end, and is fitted to fit the bottom of the replacement container 4 on the bottom surface. Ribs 6b are provided. The fitting rib 6 b constitutes a restraining means for restraining the replacement container 4 accommodated in the base cup 6.

  The cap body 12 is made of a resin such as PP or ABS. The cap body 12a is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 12a and the inner screw 12b that meshes with the screw 6a on the outer peripheral surface of the base cup 6. And an inner flange 12c formed so as to project inwardly in the upper end region of the cylindrical portion 12a, a hinge portion 12d formed near the outer periphery on the upper surface of the cap body 12, and the hinge portion 12d in the diametrical direction. A holding cylinder 25 or the like formed on the opposite side is provided. The hinge portion 12d constitutes a hinge means for connecting the lid 3 so as to be swingable, and protrudes to both sides of the cylinder portion 12da having a space for accommodating the coil spring and the cylinder portion 12da. It has the pin 12db formed in.

  The packing 13 is formed of a material having a shape retaining property but having an appropriate softness so as to exhibit a good sealing property, for example, silicon rubber, an elastomer, and the like. An upper flange 13c formed so that the inner flange 12c of the cap body 12 can be fixed between the lower flange 13b, the lower flange 13b formed on the outer periphery in the vicinity of the lower end of the portion 13a, and the lower flange An annular rib 13d formed on the lower surface of 13b and a ring-shaped seal portion 13e formed at the tip of the cylindrical portion are provided. Here, the lower flange 13b has the packing 13 attached to the cap body 12 as shown in FIG. 2, and when the cap body 12 is attached to the base cup 6, the lower flange 13b is connected to the upper end of the base cup 6 and the cap. It is located between the inner flanges 12c of the main body 12 and is sized to seal between the two, and constitutes a base cup seal portion that seals between the base cup 6 and the cap main body 12. In addition, the cylindrical seal portion 13a and the ring-shaped seal portion 13e formed at the tip end of the seal portion 3e on the back surface of the lid 3 abut against the ring-shaped seal portion 13e when the lid 3 is closed. It is made in a size to be sealed, and constitutes a lid seal portion that seals between the lid 3 and the cap body 12. As described above, the seal 13 seals the gap between the cap body 12 and the base cup 6 and the gap between the cap body 12 and the lid 3. Moreover, since it is set as the structure which seals two places using the packing 13 of a single structure, the number of parts can be reduced and cost reduction can be aimed at.

  The annular rib 13 d formed on the packing 13 is sized so that the upper end of the replacement container 4 accommodated in the base cup 6 can be fitted and restrained so as not to move, and is accommodated in the base cup 6. A restraining means for restraining the replacement container 4 is configured. Further, the lower end of the cylindrical portion 13a is made to have a size almost in contact with the upper surface of the flange of the replacement container 4 accommodated in the base cup 6, and acts to constrain the replacement container 4 and seal between the replacement container 4 It also plays an effect.

  The lid 3 is made of a resin such as PP or ABS, and has an outer diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of the cap 9 at the upper end of the container portion 2 so as to cover the entire upper surface of the container portion 2. Yes. By adopting this structure, when the lid 3 is closed, the lid 3 covers the entire upper surface of the container portion 2 and gives the container 1 a clean and simple appearance. The lid 3 has an annular sealing rib 3a on the back surface. The lid 3 is provided with a hinge rib 3b on a part of the outer periphery, and a pin hole into which the pin 12db of the hinge portion 12d of the cap body 12 is inserted is formed in the hinge rib 3b. Thus, the lid 3 is swingably connected to the cap body 12 by inserting the pin 12db into the pin hole. As shown in FIG. 9, a coil spring 15 is attached to the hinge portion 12 d of the cap body 12, and one end thereof is pressed against the cap body 12 and the other end is pressed against the lid 3. With this configuration, the lid 3 is always urged in the opening direction with respect to the cap body 12.

  In FIG. 2A, the lid 3 and the cap body 12 of the container part 2 have a lid 3 on the side opposite to the hinge means 5 for slidably connecting the lid 3 to the cap 9 and on the back side of the lid 3. The push lock is configured to lock the distal end region of the lid 3 to the container portion 2 by pressing the distal end region of the lid 3 against the container portion 2 and release the lock by pressing the distal end region of the lid 3 in the locked state again. An open mechanism 21 is provided. This push lock / open mechanism 21 is provided on the container side locking jig 22 provided on the cap body 12 of the container part 2 and the lid 3, and is engaged with the container side locking jig 22 when the lid 3 is closed. The lid side locking jig 23 for locking the lid 3 is provided.

  10A is a schematic side view and a schematic cross-sectional view of the container side locking jig 22 and the lid side locking jig 23 of the push lock / open mechanism 21, and FIG. 10B is a bottom view of the lid side locking jig. 10 (c) is a top view of the container side locking jig, FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the push lock / open mechanism 21, and FIGS. 12 and 13 show the lock operation and the lock release operation by the push lock / open mechanism 21. It is a schematic inner surface figure which expands and shows the inner peripheral surface of a container side locking jig in a plane for explanation. The container-side locking jig 22 includes a holding cylinder 25 formed integrally with the cap body 12, and a lower ratchet member 27 and an upper ratchet member 29 held by the holding cylinder 25. The holding cylinder 25 has a plurality of grooves 26 extending in the axial direction from the upper end.

  The lower ratchet member 27 is usually made of a resin, a disc portion 27a fitted in the holding cylinder 25, a cylinder portion 27b formed on the upper surface thereof with a smaller diameter than the disc portion 27a, and a cylinder The upper end surface of the portion 27b is provided with an annular ratchet tooth 27c formed so as to face the entry direction of the lid-side locking jig 23, a positioning projection 27d formed in the outer peripheral region of the disc portion 27a, and the like. .

  The upper ratchet member 29 is also made of resin, and a cylindrical portion 29a that can be fitted into the holding cylinder 25 and into which the cylindrical portion 27b of the lower ratchet member 27 can be inserted, and a constant interval in the circumferential direction on the inner surface thereof. The three partial cylinder portions 29b provided so as to form the passage 31 and the lower surface of each partial cylinder portion 29b are opposed to the annular ratchet teeth 27c of the lower ratchet member 27 and shifted in phase. The formed partial annular ratchet teeth 29c, and an inclined guide surface 29d provided on the back side of the partial annular ratchet teeth 29c, that is, on the upper surface of the partial cylindrical portion 29b, so as to be inclined with respect to the circumferential direction; A positioning groove 32 is provided at the lower end of the cylindrical portion 29a so as to be fitted to the protrusion 27d of the lower ratchet member 27, and is formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 29a so as to be fitted into the groove 26 of the holding cylinder 25. The has a convex portion 29e and the like. With this configuration, the protrusion 27d of the lower ratchet member 27 is fitted into the positioning groove 32 at the lower end of the upper ratchet member 29, the upper ratchet member 29 and the lower ratchet member 27 are mounted in the holding cylinder 25, and the groove 26 is inserted. By fitting the convex portion 29e of the upper ratchet member 29, the upper ratchet member 29 and the lower ratchet member 27 are held so as not to rotate with respect to the holding cylinder 25, and the upper ratchet member 29 and the lower ratchet member 27 are It is positioned at predetermined positions in the vertical direction and the rotational direction. The details of the positional relationship between the annular ratchet teeth 27c and the partial annular ratchet teeth 29c that are arranged to face each other will be described later.

  The lid-side lock mechanism 23 includes a support shaft 34 formed on the lid 3 and a ratchet piece 36 that is rotatably supported by the support shaft 34. The support shaft 34 is formed concentrically with the container side locking jig 22 provided on the container side when the cover 3 is closed, that is, the holding cylinder 25 and the upper ratchet member 29 and the lower ratchet held therein. It is formed so that it can descend concentrically with respect to the member 27 and enter the holding cylinder 25. Further, in the lower end region of the support shaft 34, a bearing portion 34a for rotatably supporting the ratchet piece 36, a cut 37 for facilitating the mounting of the ratchet piece 36, and a ratchet piece 36 are held. The cone portion 34b is formed. The ratchet piece 36 is also made of resin, and includes a cylindrical portion 36a and three ratchet claws 36b formed in parallel to the axial direction with a constant interval in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The ratchet pawls 36b are arranged such that when the ratchet piece 36 is moved up and down concentrically with respect to the upper ratchet member 29 and the lower ratchet member 27, the inclined guide surface 29d of the upper ratchet member 29, the partial annular ratchet teeth 29c and the annular annular shape. It is formed in the same radial position as these so that it can contact with the ratchet teeth 27c. 12 and 13, the width of the ratchet pawl 36b is determined so that it can pass through the passage 31 formed in the upper ratchet member 29, and the ratchet pawl 36b The length is determined so that it can move up and down between the partial annular ratchet teeth 29c and the annular ratchet teeth 27c.

  Next, the annular ratchet teeth 27c and the partial annular ratchet teeth 29c arranged above and below will be described in more detail. As described above, the annular ratchet teeth 27c and the partial annular ratchet teeth 29c are provided so as to face each other and out of phase. The lower annular ratchet teeth 27c and the upper partial annular ratchet teeth 29c are inclined in opposite directions. Further, as shown in FIG. 12A, the lower annular ratchet teeth 27c are formed by a ratchet pawl 36b descending through a passage 31 formed between the partial annular ratchet teeth 29c. The upper part annular ratchet teeth 29c are arranged so as to hit the upper end region of one inclined surface of the tooth 27c and be guided in the circumferential direction by the inclined surface, as shown in FIG. When the ratchet pawl 36b, which is prevented from moving in the rotational direction by the lower ratchet teeth 27c, rises at that position, it hits the lower end region of one inclined surface of the downward ratchet teeth 29c, and the circumferential surface by the inclined surface It is arranged to be guided in the direction. Furthermore, each partial annular ratchet tooth 29c is provided with two teeth so that the ratchet pawl 36b guided in the circumferential direction on the inclined surface can be restrained once.

  Locking and unlocking operations by the push lock / open mechanism 21 configured as described above are performed as follows. When the lid 3 is closed, the lid 3 is simply pushed. By this operation, the lid side locking jig 23 shown in FIG. 10 moves toward the container side locking jig 22, and the ratchet piece 36 enters the upper ratchet member 29 concentrically. Then, as shown in FIG. 12A, when the ratchet pawl 36b of the ratchet piece 36 descends and hits the inclined guide surface 29d, it is guided by the inclined guide surface 29d, and the ratchet piece 36 descends while rotating, When the ratchet pawl 36 b reaches the passage 31, the ratchet pawl 36 b descends through the passage 31. Then, it hits the ratchet teeth 27c located under the passage 31, and is guided by the ratchet teeth 27c, so that the ratchet piece 36 rotates and stops at the position shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the hand is released from the lid 3, the lid 3 tries to open by the spring force of the coil spring 15 (see FIG. 9), the ratchet pawl 36b rises, hits the upper ratchet teeth 29c, and the ratchet teeth 29c By being guided by the inclined surface, the ratchet piece 36 rotates and stops at the position shown in FIG. As a result, the ratchet pawl 36b is restrained by the ratchet teeth 29c, and the push lock / open mechanism 21 is locked. That is, the lid 3 is held in a closed state with respect to the container part 2.

  Next, in order to open the lid 3 in the closed state, the lid 3 is simply pushed. By this operation, as shown in FIG. 13 (a), the ratchet pawl 36b descends, hits the ratchet teeth 27c located below the ratchet pawl 36b, is guided by the ratchet teeth 27c, and the ratchet piece 36 rotates. Stop at the position shown in (b). Thereafter, when the hand is released from the lid 3, the lid 3 tries to open by the spring force of the coil spring 15 (see FIG. 9), the ratchet pawl 36b rises, hits the upper ratchet teeth 29c, and the ratchet teeth 29c By being guided by the inclined surface, the ratchet piece 36 rotates, and the ratchet pawl 36b enters the passage 31 and can be raised, as shown in FIG. Thus, the lock is released, and the lid 3 is opened to the fully open position as shown in FIG. In this way, the lid 3 can be locked in the closed position by simply pushing the lid 3, and the lid 3 can be unlocked and opened by pushing the lid 3 again, so that the lid 3 can be opened and closed easily. . 12 and 13, only one ratchet pawl 36b is shown, but in reality, the three ratchet pawls 36b provided on the outer peripheral surface of the ratchet piece simultaneously perform the above-described operation. The ratchet piece 36 is stably rotated or restrained. Thus, the locking operation and the unlocking operation can be performed very stably.

  In the state where the lid 3 is closed, the container 1 having the above configuration has a shape in which the lid 3 covers the whole as shown in FIG. 3A, and can give a very simple and simple appearance. The container 1 contains a replacement container 4 containing contents such as food and medicine. The replacement container 4 is restrained by the annular rib 6b of the base cup 6, the annular rib 13d of the packing 13, and the like. Therefore, there is no rattling in the container 1. Moreover, since the gap between the base cup 6 and the cap main body 12 and between the cap main body 12 and the lid 3 are sealed by the packing 13, the airtightness is excellent, and the contents are stored well.

  In taking out the contents, the push lock / open mechanism 21 can be released simply by pushing the tip of the lid 3, and the lid 3 can be opened widely as shown in FIG. The contents can be taken out from the formed outlet 10 (see FIG. 2). After the contents are taken out, the push lock / open mechanism 21 can be locked and the lid 3 can be closed simply by pushing the tip of the lid 3. Thus, this container 1 has the advantage that it can be easily closed and opened simply by pushing the lid 3 with one finger and is extremely easy to handle.

  After consuming the contents in the replacement container 4 housed inside, the cap 9 is removed from the base cup 6 as shown in FIG. As a result, the upper end of the base cup 6 opens widely, so that the empty replacement container 4 is taken out, and a new replacement container 4 containing the contents is opened and set in the base cup 6. The cap 9 is attached to the upper end of the base cup 6. In this way, new contents can be replenished in the container 1. In this way, the container 1 can be reused repeatedly by replacing the replacement container 4, which is economical and preferable in terms of the environment because waste is reduced.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and can be appropriately changed within the scope of the claims. For example, the container described in the above embodiment has a structure capable of storing a replacement container, but may be a container having a structure in which contents are directly stored in the container portion without using the replacement container. In that case, as shown in the embodiment, the container portion does not need to be a combination of the base cup 6 and the cap 9, and may be a single structure.

  The one-touch open / close container of the present invention can be used for storing arbitrary contents, and in particular, since the container shown in the embodiment has high airtightness, products that require airtightness, such as sugar-coating gum, Sweets such as grain chocolate, cocoa, coffee, creep, kelp tea, seasonings and spices, sprinkles and other foods, makeup remover sheets, cool sheets, hand creams and other fine care products, supplements, food for specified insurance, tablets, etc. It is suitable for storing medicines.

(A) is a schematic side view of the container which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (b) is a schematic side view which shows the container in the state which opened the lid | cover. (A) is schematic sectional drawing of the container shown in FIG. 1, (b) is the schematic sectional drawing which looked at the container in the AA direction of FIG. 2 (a). (A) is a schematic plan view of the container shown in FIG. 1, (b) is a schematic plan view showing the container with its lid removed. FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing a part of the container shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing the container shown in FIG. (A) is a schematic plan view of the cap body, (b) is a schematic side view of the cap body, (c) is a schematic side view of the cap body viewed from the hinge part side, and (d) is a BB of (a). Arrow cross section (A) is a schematic plan view of the packing, (b) is a schematic side view of the packing, (c) is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of (a). (A) is a schematic bottom view of the lid, (b) is a schematic side view of the lid. Schematic sectional view showing the hinge part connecting the lid to the cap body (A) is a schematic sectional view of a container side locking jig and a side view of a lid side locking jig constituting the push lock / open mechanism, (b) is a schematic bottom view of the lid side locking jig, and (c) is a side view. Outline top view of container side locking jig Schematic exploded perspective view of push-lock / open mechanism (A), (b), (c) is an exploded view of the inner surface of the container side locking jig, explaining the locking operation by the push lock / open mechanism. (A), (b), (c) is an inner surface development view of a container side locking jig for explaining the unlocking operation by the push lock / open mechanism.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 One-touch opening / closing container 2 Container part 3 Lid 4 Replacement container 5 Hinge means 6 Base cup 7 Opening 9 Cap 10 Outlet 12 Cap body 12d Hinge part 13 Packing 13d Annular rib 15 Coil spring 21 Push lock opening mechanism 22 Container side lock treatment Tool 23 Cover side lock jig 25 Holding cylinder 26 Groove 27 Lower ratchet member 27c Circular ratchet tooth 29 Upper ratchet member 29b Partial cylinder part 29c Partial annular ratchet tooth 29d Inclined guide surface 31 Passage 34 Support shaft 36 Ratchet piece 36b Ratchet claw

Claims (3)

A container having an outlet for taking out the contents; a lid that is swingably connected to the container via hinge means so as to close the outlet of the container; and A spring means for biasing, and pressing the tip end region of the lid against the container portion to lock the tip end region of the lid to the container portion, and pressing the tip end region of the lid in the locked state again. have a push-lock-open mechanism of the structure to unlock, the push lock open mechanism includes a container-side locking jig provided in the container part, the container-side lock of the container portion when closing the lid A lid-side locking jig that is locked by the jig and locks the lid, and the container-side locking jig has an annular ratchet tooth arranged so as to face the entry direction of the lid-side locking jig. Lower ratchet with And a plurality of partial annular ratchet teeth arranged to face the annular ratchet teeth and to be out of phase with each other and to form a passage with a circumferential interval therebetween, and the back surface thereof. An upper ratchet member having an inclined guide surface is provided, and the lid side locking jig is provided on the lid so as to be concentric with the container side locking jig when the lid is closed. A support shaft and a ratchet piece that is rotatably supported by the support shaft and has a ratchet claw on the outer peripheral surface, the ratchet claw being concentric with the container side locking jig. In such a state, they are provided at the same radial position so that they can be guided in contact with the inclined guide surface, the annular ratchet teeth and the partial annular ratchet teeth, and pass through the passage. One-touch closing containers, characterized in that it is formed to a width that can escape. The upper ratchet member includes three partial annular ratchet teeth arranged at a constant pitch in the circumferential direction, and the ratchet piece includes three ratchet claws arranged at a constant pitch in the circumferential direction. one-touch opening container according to claim 1, wherein the are. The one-touch opening and closing container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lid has a size covering the entire upper surface of the container portion, and the push-lock / open mechanism is disposed on the back surface of the lid. .

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