JP4107368B2 - Container and stack container - Google Patents

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a technique for storing and storing articles such as food and stationery, and a stacked container in which a plurality of such containers are stacked.
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[Prior art]
Containers used to store and store articles such as food and stationery have conventionally been provided with various structures, and in addition to those used alone, a plurality of them can be used in a stacked manner. There is also a set that can be used.
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[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, for conventional stacked containers, it is difficult to say that the connection state between the upper and lower containers is necessarily reliable, and those that can be reliably connected have complicated connection structures and poor operability, There were inconveniences such as high cost.
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The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems encountered in the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a container and a stacked container that are excellent in operability and can realize reduction in product cost.
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The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the first invention of which (containers) includes a container body composed of a bottom plate portion which closes the bottom surface of the peripheral side plate portion and the peripheral side plate portion, the circumferential A lid body that has a side plate portion and a top plate portion that closes an upper surface of the peripheral side plate portion and covers the opening surface of the container body, and the container body is a center of the bottom plate portion a recess which substantially exhibits a circular which is recessed upwardly at the site, each of the front edge cross of a pair of arcuate portions opposed in the opening edge of the recessed portion is extended to the center direction to each other is The lid includes a plurality of protrusions protruding from the outer surface of the bottom plate portion, and the lid body can be freely fitted into the concave portion of the container body at the center of the top surface of the top plate portion. Facing each other and the front edge of each of the pair of eaves provided in the recessed portion of the container body A cut-out locking piece on the upper surface side from each cut-out portion located on the rear end side in the rotation direction of the lid body to the next raised portion. And the front end of the collar when the lid is rotated and the collar and the locking piece are engaged with each other on the peripheral end surface of the raised part. There is a structural feature in that a ridge portion is provided for fitting into a concave portion provided on each end face side of the edge and maintaining the engaged state .
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In this case, the recessed portion provided in the container main body is formed as a recessed groove portion that is communicated with the groove-shaped portion that is recessed from the center portion of the bottom plate portion toward the one side peripheral edge of the peripheral plate portion and recessed upward. You can also.
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Moreover, 2nd invention (stacked container) is comprised by the 2 or more containers in any one based on 1st invention, The said container located in the upper and lower sides is the said protrusion with which the cover body of the container located in the lower part is equipped. There is a structural feature in that the concave portion provided in the container main body of the container positioned higher than the portion is fitted, and the locking piece portion is detachably engaged with the flange portion and integrated.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show an example of the first invention, in which FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view when viewed from diagonally above, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective when viewed from diagonally below. Each figure is shown.
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According to these figures, the entire container 211 made of a transparent or opaque synthetic resin has a container main body 212 composed of a substantially cylindrical peripheral side plate portion 213 and a bottom plate portion 214 that closes the lower bottom surface of the peripheral side plate portion 213. And a substantially cylindrical peripheral side plate portion 233 and a top plate portion 235 that closes the upper surface of the peripheral side plate portion 233, and covers the opening surface 212a of the container body 212 to be screwed with the peripheral side plate portion 213 side. It is comprised with the cover body 232 applied freely. In this case, it is preferable to have a packing interposed in the threaded portion.
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Among these, the container main body 212 is formed with a recessed portion 215 having a substantially circular shape that is recessed upward at the central portion of the bottom plate portion 214. In addition, the opening edge 216 side of the recessed portion 215 is slightly extended from the circular arc portion 21 6, 21 6 a pair of part length in a positional relationship facing to the center direction, and the front end edge 21 7 a, 21 7 a eaves portion 21 7 mutual becomes a positional relationship parallel are formed. Further, a recess 218 is formed on the end face side of the front edge 217a.
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In addition, a male screw part 219 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the container main body 212 located on the upper edge side of the peripheral side plate part 213, and the terminal side of the male screw part 219 comes into contact with the lid 232 side when the lid is applied. A flange portion 220 is provided around.
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On the other hand, the cover body 232 is provided with an internal thread surface 234 on the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral side plate section 233 that can be freely screwed with the external thread section 219 of the container body 212.
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In addition, a raised portion 236 having a substantially circular trapezoidal shape that can be freely fitted to the recessed portion 215 of the container main body 212 is provided at the center of the upper surface of the top plate portion 235. The main body 212 is obstructed by the flange portions 217 and 217 by forming the cut portions 237 at the facing portions of the pair of flange portions 217 and 217 provided in the recessed portion 215 and the front end edges 217a and 217a. And can be introduced into the recess 215.
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In addition, the pair of flange portions 217 and 217 in the container body 212 cannot be rotated by contacting the raised portion 236 even if the raised portion 236 is introduced into the recessed portion 215 to rotate the lid 232 side. . For this reason, the guide part 239 for avoiding the contact | abutting at the time of rotation from the each cut part 237 located in the rear end side in the rotation direction in the cover body 222 to the succeeding protrusion part 236 is provided in the protrusion part 236. Is formed in the rotating direction after leaving the hook-shaped locking piece 238 on the upper surface side.
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Thus, a raised portion 236 of the lid 232 relative to the recess 215 of the container main body 212 facing is matched as shown in FIG. 3 (a), thereafter, the container arrow direction as shown in FIG. 3 (b) By rotating the main body 212, the flange portion 217 and the locking piece portion 238 can be engaged with each other. Moreover, on the peripheral end surface of the raised portion 236 of the lid body 232, the lid body 232 is rotated so that the flange portion 217 and the locking piece portion 238 are changed from the state shown in FIG. 3A to the state shown in FIG. When engaged in this manner, a ridge 240 is formed that can be fitted into the recess 218 of the flange 217 and maintain the engaged state .
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Further, the outer surface of the bottom plate portion 214 of the container main body 212, a plurality of protrusions 214a are (in the illustrated example a total of four projections 214a) is provided, the container body 212 and the cover 222 in the time of fitting The rotation between the two can be performed more smoothly.
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On the other hand, FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the modification of the first invention shown in FIG. 1 when the container body side is viewed from obliquely below, and is a container body made of a transparent or opaque synthetic resin. Reference numeral 222 denotes a substantially cylindrical peripheral side plate portion 223 and a bottom plate portion 224 that closes the lower bottom surface of the peripheral side plate portion 223. In this case, a description thereof will be omitted since the lid 232 side has the same structure as example of the first invention shown in FIG.
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In addition, the container body 222 has a recessed portion 225 provided in the bottom plate portion 224 having a total of four protrusions 224a on the outer side thereof from the central portion of the bottom plate portion 224 toward the one side peripheral edge 223a of the peripheral side plate portion 223, and It is formed by forming a recessed groove portion 241 communicating with a groove-like portion 242 recessed upward. In this case, the recessed groove portion 241 is introduced by sliding the raised portions 236 included in the lid body 232 along the groove-like portions 242 through the respective cutout portions 237, and after introducing the raised portions 236, for example, the lid similar engagement with the example shown in FIG. 1 is formed with a structure obtained by rotating the body 232 side.
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That is, the concave groove 241 serving as the concave portion 225 is rotated when the cut portion 237 included in the raised portion 236 of the lid 222 is fed along the groove-like portion 242 to the end 225a side. The inner peripheral shape to be obtained is given and formed.
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In addition, an arc-shaped groove 226 that is recessed toward the inner back side is formed at the position of the concave groove 241 that faces the cut portion 237 of the raised portion 236 while leaving the flange 227 left.
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For this reason, the containers 211 and 211 positioned above and below are recessed portions 215 included in the container bodies 212 and 222 of the container 211 positioned higher than the raised portion 240 included in the lid 232 of the container 211 positioned lower. The overlapping container according to the fifth aspect of the present invention can be configured by fitting 225 and integrating the hook pieces 217 and 227 with the locking piece 238 so as to be detachable.
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This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 7. The lid of the container 211 positioned lower than the groove-shaped portion 242 of the recessed portion 225 (concave groove 241) provided in the container body 222 of the container 211 positioned higher. The cut portion 237 of the raised portion 236 included in the H.232 is slid along the central direction as shown in (a) and fed as shown in (b).
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Next, by rotating the lid 232 in the clockwise direction, the lid 232 of the lower container 211 and the container body 222 of the upper container 211 are engaged with the flange 227 and the locking piece 238. And integrated as a stacked container according to the second invention.
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In addition, although the stable maintenance of the engagement state between the container main bodies 212 and 222 and the lid body 232 can be realized by fitting the recesses 218 and 228 and the ridge 240, other than this, for example, This can also be realized by forming a recess (not shown) at the facing portion on the lid 232 side where any one of the protrusions 214a and 224a in the container main bodies 211 and 222 is positioned when engaged. it can.
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Since the present invention is configured as described above, it can be easily integrated under a simple structure of simply engaging the containers 211 and 211 positioned above and below, and can be easily detached from each other. Therefore, in addition to being able to be used for various applications, an easy-to-use stacking container can be provided at a low cost.
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The present invention has been described with reference to the drawings, and specific embodiments thereof are not limited thereto. For example, the container 211 according to the first invention may have a square shape like a lunch box. In addition, the individual containers 211 to be stacked can be used in a mixture of large and small containers having different volumes. Moreover, the container main bodies 212 and 222 and the lid body 232 can be covered with an appropriate fitting structure in addition to the screwing structure as shown in the illustrated example.
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【The invention's effect】
Of the present invention as described above, according to the first inventions, the container can be easily laying two or more containers can be provided to simplify the structure.
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In addition , since a plurality of protrusions protrude from the outer surface of the bottom plate portion of the container body, when the lid is rotated and engaged with the bottom plate portion side of the container body in order to stack the containers, more It can be rotated smoothly .
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Furthermore , according to the second invention, even if a plurality of the same or different containers are formed with the same mutual fitting structure, they can be stacked together by a simple operation. Can be easily sorted and stored. In this case, when the containers are combined with each other, the ridges of the container lid positioned at the lower position and the recesses of the container body of the container positioned at the upper position are fitted together and stacked, thereby obtaining a more stable state. Can be stacked .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of the first invention as viewed from above .
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of the first invention as disassembled and viewed from below .
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a mutual arrangement relationship between a container main body and a lid body according to an example of the first invention .
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of an overlapped state of containers according to the first invention .
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a fitting state of containers according to the first invention .
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a container body according to another example of the first invention as viewed from below .
FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a mutual arrangement relationship between a container main body and a lid body when configuring the stacked container according to the second invention in the example shown in FIG. 6 ;
[Explanation of symbols]
211 Container 212, 222 Container main body 212a, 222a Opening surface 213, 223 Circumferential side plate 214, 224 Bottom plate part 214a, 224a Projection 215 Recessed part 215a Opening edge 216 Arc part 217, 227 Gutter part 217a, 227a Front end edge 218, 228 Concave part 219 , 229 Male thread part 220, 230 Flange part 225 Recessed groove part 226 Arc shaped groove part 241 Recessed groove part 242 Grooved part 232 Lid 233 Peripheral side plate 234 Female thread part 235 Top plate part 236 Raised part 237 Cutout part 238 Locking piece part 239 Guide groove part 240 Ridge

Claims (3)

An opening surface of the container body having a container body including a peripheral side plate part and a bottom plate part closing the lower bottom surface of the peripheral side plate part, and a top plate part closing the upper surface of the peripheral side plate part and the peripheral side plate part. It is composed of a lid that covers and covers
The container body is formed in a central direction separately from a recessed portion having a substantially circular shape recessed upward at a central portion of the bottom plate portion, and a pair of arc portions facing each other on the opening edge side of the recessed portion. An eaves portion that is extended and parallel to the front end edges, and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from the outer surface of the bottom plate portion,
The lid has a raised portion that can be freely fitted to the recessed portion of the container main body at the center of the upper surface of the top plate portion, and a pair of the raised portions provided in the recessed portion of the container main body. A cut portion provided in a facing portion with each front edge of the buttocks,
In the raised portion, a guide groove portion is formed in which a hook-like locking piece portion is left on the upper surface side from each cut portion located on the rear end side in the rotation direction of the lid body to the raised portion that follows the cut portion. A recess provided on each end face side of the front edge of the collar when the lid is rotated and the collar and the locking piece are engaged with each other on the peripheral end surface of the raised part And a ridge for fitting and maintaining the engaged state . The concave portion provided in the container main body is formed as a concave groove portion that communicates with a groove-like portion that is recessed from the center portion of the bottom plate portion toward the one side peripheral edge of the peripheral side plate portion and recessed upward. The container according to 1. The container of the container located in the upper part with respect to the said protruding part with which the said container located in the lower part is comprised by two or more containers provided with the structure of Claim 1 or 2 and is located up and down. An overlapping container comprising: the recessed portion provided in the main body is fitted, and the locking piece portion is detachably engaged with the collar portion to be integrated .

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