Stick container

Abstract

To provide a stick container which, in exchanging a content housing part, a relative rotation position of the contents for a peripheral wall part is easy to be maintained at a target position facing a same direction of a ramp.SOLUTION: A stick container 1 is equipped with a contents housing part having contents 2a and a holding part 2b, and a body part 3 having a peripheral wall part 3a, a slide part 3b, an operation part 3c, and an exchange mechanism 3d. The peripheral wall part is provided with a delivery port part 3a1, and the slide part is provided with a removable part 3b1 and held by the peripheral wall part in a movable manner under a rotation regulation state. The operation part is rotatably held on the peripheral wall part under a movement regulation state. The exchange mechanism converts rotation of the operation part to one side into a movement of the slide part in a delivery direction, and converts the rotation of the operation part to the other side into the movement of the slide part in a feed-in direction. An end face of the delivery port part of the peripheral wall part and an end face in the delivery direction of the contents are provided with ramps 3a2, 2a1 and, in attachment of the contents housing part to the body part, are provided with a positioning part 4 which causes the relative rotation position of the contents for the peripheral wall part meet a target position facing a same direction of the ramp.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a propelling container. [Background technology]

[0002] A dispensing container is known which has a contents storage section and a main body section to which the contents storage section is attached, the contents storage section having contents and a holding section which holds the contents, the main body section having a peripheral wall section, a sliding section, an operating section and a conversion mechanism, the peripheral wall section having a dispensing opening section from which the contents are dispensed, the sliding section having an attachment / detachment section by which the holding section can be attached and detached, and is held by the peripheral wall section so as to be able to move in the dispensing direction and the feed-in direction with rotation restricted relative to the peripheral wall section, the operating section being held by the peripheral wall section so as to be able to rotate to one circumferential side and the other circumferential side with movement in the dispensing direction and the feed-in direction restricted relative to the peripheral wall section, and the conversion mechanism converts rotation of the operating section to one circumferential side relative to the peripheral wall section into movement of the sliding section in the dispensing direction relative to the peripheral wall section and converts rotation of the operating section to the other circumferential side relative to the peripheral wall section into movement of the sliding section in the feed-in direction relative to the peripheral wall section (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2011-120803 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the case of an advancing container as described above, where the end face in the direction in which the contents are advanced has an inclined portion, and therefore the end face of the advancing opening of the peripheral wall also has an inclined portion, it is necessary to maintain the relative rotational position of the contents in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall at a target position where the directions of the inclined portions of the peripheral wall and the contents are aligned, both before and after the content storage section is replaced.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing container that makes it easy to maintain the relative circumferential rotational position of the contents with respect to the peripheral wall portion at a target position where the directions of the inclined portions of the peripheral wall portion and the contents are aligned, both before and after the replacement of the contents storage portion. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] One aspect of the present invention is as follows.

[0007] [1] A content storage section and a main body section to which the content storage section is attached, The content storage section has a content and a holding section that holds the content, The main body has a peripheral wall, a sliding portion, an operation portion, and a conversion mechanism, The peripheral wall portion has an outlet portion for delivering the contents, the sliding portion has a detachable portion to which the holding portion can be attached and detached, and is held by the peripheral wall portion so as to be movable in a forward direction and a reverse direction in a rotation-restricted state with respect to the peripheral wall portion; the operating portion is held by the peripheral wall portion so as to be rotatable in one circumferential direction and in the other circumferential direction in a state in which movement in the extending direction and the inserting direction is restricted with respect to the peripheral wall portion, the conversion mechanism converts rotation of the operating part relative to the peripheral wall portion toward one side in the circumferential direction into movement of the sliding part relative to the peripheral wall portion in the extending direction, and converts rotation of the operating part relative to the peripheral wall portion toward the other side in the circumferential direction into movement of the sliding part relative to the peripheral wall portion in the extending direction, an end surface of the outlet of the peripheral wall portion and an end surface of the content in the direction of the content discharging each have an inclined portion inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the direction of the content discharging, A dispensing container having an alignment section that aligns the relative circumferential rotational position of the contents with respect to the peripheral wall section to a target position where the directions of the inclined portions of the peripheral wall section and the contents are aligned when the contents storage section is attached to the main body section.

[0008] [2] The alignment portion is configured by a fitting portion of the slide portion into which the holding portion can be fitted so as to align the relative rotational position of the content in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall portion to the target position, The holding portion is fitted into the fitting portion to allow attachment of the holding portion to the detachable portion, The detachable portion extends in the circumferential direction and is elastically deformable in the radial direction. The holding portion is attached to an inner circumferential surface of the detachable portion. The dispensing container described in [1], wherein the fitting portion of the sliding portion is constituted by a slit of the detachable portion that receives the holding portion.

[0009] [3] an end surface of the feeding port portion has an inclined portion that constitutes the alignment portion, The content storage section has a cap that covers the content, The cap is detached from the content by the holding portion moving in the feed direction relative to the peripheral wall portion with the holding portion attached to the detachable portion and the cap in contact with the end face of the feed opening portion, and The dispensing container described in [1] or [2], wherein when the content storage portion is attached to the main body portion, if the relative rotational position of the content in the circumferential direction relative to the peripheral wall portion does not match the target position, the cap is pressed against the inclined portion of the end face of the dispensing port portion, and rotates together with the content in a direction that aligns the relative rotational position with the target position.

[0010] [4] The cap has a rotation regulating portion that regulates the circumferential rotation of the holding portion relative to the cap when pressed against the inclined portion of the end face of the dispensing port portion, and the rotation regulating portion fits into the holding portion.

[0011] [5] The detachable portion extends in the circumferential direction and is elastically deformable in the radial direction. The holding portion is attached to an inner circumferential surface of the detachable portion. the detachable portion can suppress separation of the holding portion from the detachable portion by supporting an outer circumferential surface of the detachable portion from an inner circumferential surface of the periphery wall portion when the detachable portion is positioned within the periphery wall portion, The holding portion can be detached from the detachable portion of the sliding portion when the holding portion is in a detached position, The sliding portion can be moved in the insertion direction relative to the peripheral wall portion from the detached position to a pushed-in position where the detachable portion is positioned within the peripheral wall portion by being pushed in by the holding portion. Effect of the Invention

[0012] According to the present invention, a dispensing container can be provided that makes it easy to maintain the relative circumferential rotational position of the contents with respect to the peripheral wall portion at a target position appropriate for the directionality of the peripheral wall portion and the contents, both before and after the contents storage portion is replaced. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state before use of the propelling container in the first embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 2A is a cross-sectional view of a contents-accommodating section that can be attached to the dispensing container shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a bottom view corresponding to FIG. [Diagram 3] 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state when the content of the propelling container shown in FIG. 1 has been used up. [Figure 4] 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the sliding portion has been moved upward from the state shown in FIG. 3 to a release position. [Diagram 5] 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the holding part is removed from the state shown in FIG. 4 and a replacement content-accommodating part is placed in the holding part. [Figure 6] 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the sliding part is moved downward to the mounting position by pushing down the contents-accommodating part from the state shown in FIG. 5. FIG. [Figure 7]7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the sliding part is moved downward from the state shown in FIG. 6, thereby bringing the cap into contact with an end face of the propelling opening part and moving the contents downward relative to the cap. [Figure 8] FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state before use of a propelling container in a second embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 9] 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a content-accommodating section that is attached to the main body of the propelling container shown in FIG. 8. [Figure 10] 10 is a cross-sectional view showing the cap and the holding part shown in FIG. 9. [Figure 11] This is a cross-sectional view showing the state when the replacement content storage part is pushed down from the state when it is placed in the holding part, causing the cap to come into contact with the end face of the extension mouth part and moving the sliding part downward to the pushed-in position. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0014] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0015] As shown in Figs. 1 to 7, in the first embodiment of the present invention, a dispensing container 1 has a contents-accommodating section 2 and a main body section 3 to which the contents-accommodating section 2 is attached (see Fig. 2). The contents-accommodating section 2 has contents 2a and a holding section 2b that holds the contents 2a (see Fig. 1). The main body section 3 has a peripheral wall section 3a, a sliding section 3b, an operating section 3c and a conversion mechanism 3d (see Fig. 1). The peripheral wall section 3a has a dispensing opening section 3a1 for dispensing the contents 2a. The sliding section 3b has a detachable section 3b1 to which the holding section 2b can be attached and detached. The sliding section 3b is held by the peripheral wall section 3a so as to be movable in a dispensing direction (upward in Fig. 1; for convenience, the dispensing direction will be described as upward) and a feed-in direction (downward in Fig. 1) in a state in which rotation is restricted relative to the peripheral wall section 3a. The operating section 3c is movable in one circumferential direction and in the circumferential direction in a state in which movement in the dispensing direction and the feed-in direction is restricted relative to the peripheral wall section 3a. The operating part 3c is held on the peripheral wall 3a so that it can rotate to the other side, and the conversion mechanism 3d converts rotation of the operating part 3c relative to the peripheral wall 3a to one circumferential side into movement of the sliding part 3b in the forward direction relative to the peripheral wall 3a (see Figures 1, 3 and 4), and converts rotation of the operating part 3c relative to the peripheral wall 3a to the other circumferential side into movement of the sliding part 3b in the forward direction relative to the peripheral wall 3a (see Figures 6 and 7). The end face of the forwarding port 3a1 of the peripheral wall 3a and the end face in the forwarding direction of the contents 2a each have inclined parts 3a2, 2a1 that are inclined with respect to a perpendicular plane (horizontal plane) to the forwarding direction (see Figure 1), and has an alignment part 4 that aligns the relative rotational position of the contents 2a in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall 3a to a target position where the directions of the inclined parts 3a2, 2a1 of the peripheral wall 3a and the contents 2a are aligned when the contents storage part 2 is attached to the main body 3 (see Figure 5).

[0016] According to the above configuration, by rotating the operating part 3c to one side in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a, the sliding part 3b is moved in the feeding direction with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a via the conversion mechanism 3d, and as a result, the contents 2a can be fed from the feeding opening part 3a1 in a state where the rotation is restricted with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a and used. In addition, by rotating the operating part 3c to the other side in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a, the sliding part 3b is moved in the feeding direction with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a via the conversion mechanism 3d, and as a result, the contents 2a can be fed into the feeding opening part 3a1 in a state where the rotation is restricted with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a. Furthermore, when replacing the contents storage part 2, as shown in FIG. 5, the relative rotation position of the contents 2a in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a can be aligned to the target position by the positioning part 4 when the contents storage part 2 is attached to the main body part 3. Therefore, it is easy to maintain the relative rotation position of the contents 2a in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a at the target position before and after the replacement of the contents storage part 2.

[0017] In this embodiment, the circumferential direction is the direction going around the rotation axis O of the operating part 3c, the radial direction is the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis O, and the payout direction and the payout direction are parallel to the rotation axis O. The end face of the payout opening 3a1 of the peripheral wall 3a may be entirely made of the inclined portion 3a2 as shown in the figure, or may be only partially made of the inclined portion 3a2. The end face in the payout direction of the contents 2a may be entirely made of the inclined portion 2a1 as shown in the figure, or may be only partially made of the inclined portion 2a1.

[0018] The number of target positions provided per rotation is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, there is only one target position per rotation. In this embodiment, the target position is the position where the inclined portion 3a2 on the end surface of the delivery port 3a1 of the peripheral wall 3a and the inclined portion 2a1 on the end surface in the delivery direction of the contents 2a are aligned.

[0019] The detachable portion 3b1 can extend in the circumferential direction and elastically deform in the radial direction, and the holding portion 2b is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the detachable portion 3b1. When the detachable portion 3b1 is located inside the peripheral wall portion 3a (see FIG. 6, etc.), the detachable portion 3b1 can suppress the holding portion 2b from being separated from the detachable portion 3b1 by supporting the outer peripheral surface of the detachable portion 3b1 from the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 3a. According to the above configuration, the holding portion 2b can be detached from the detachable portion 3b1 by the radial elastic deformation of the detachable portion 3b1. In addition, when the detachable portion 3b1 is inserted from the feed port portion 3a1, the elastic deformation of the detachable portion 3b1 in the radial outward direction can be suppressed, and therefore, the unexpected separation of the holding portion 2b can be suppressed.

[0020] The holding portion 2b can be detached from the detachable portion 3b1 of the sliding portion 3b in the detached position, and the sliding portion 3b can be pushed by the holding portion 2b to move in the inserting direction relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a from the detached position (position shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5) to a push-in position (position shown in Fig. 6) where the detachable portion 3b1 is located inside the peripheral wall portion 3a. According to the above configuration, when the content storage portion 2 is attached to the main body portion 3, the holding portion 2b pushes the sliding portion 3b, so that the sliding portion 3b can be easily moved from the detached position to the push-in position, and as a result, the holding portion 2b can be easily attached to the detachable portion 3b1. In this embodiment, a part of the detachable portion 3b1 is located outside the peripheral wall portion 3a in the detached position. Note that the entire detachable portion 3b1 may be located outside the peripheral wall portion 3a in the detached position.

[0021] The positioning unit 4 is configured by a fitting portion 3b2 (see FIG. 1) of the sliding portion 3b into which the holding portion 2b can be fitted so as to align the circumferential relative rotational position of the contents 2a with respect to the peripheral wall portion 3a to a target position, and the holding portion 2b is allowed to be attached to the detachable portion 3b1 by fitting the holding portion 2b into the fitting portion 3b2. According to the above configuration, the positioning unit 4 can be configured with a simple structure. Also, while the contents storage portion 2 is attached to the main body portion 3, the relative rotational position of the contents 2a with respect to the peripheral wall portion 3a can be maintained at the target position by the fitting of the holding portion 2b with the fitting portion 3b2 of the sliding portion 3b.

[0022] The detachable portion 3b1 can extend in the circumferential direction and elastically deform in the radial direction, the holding portion 2b is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the detachable portion 3b1, and the fitting portion 3b2 of the sliding portion 3b is formed by the slit 3b3 (see FIG. 1) of the detachable portion 3b1 that receives the holding portion 2b. With the above configuration, the fitting portion 3b2 can be formed with a simple structure.

[0023] The positioning portion 4 is composed of a fitting portion 3b2 of the sliding portion 3b and a fitted portion 2b1 of the holding portion 2b that fits into the fitting portion 3b2, and the fitted portion 2b1 is composed of a rib 2b3 protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the inner peripheral wall 2b2 that fits into the inner peripheral surface of the detachable portion 3b1, as shown in FIG. 1. According to the above configuration, the positioning portion 4 can be configured with a simple structure. The number of slits 3b3 that configure the fitting portion 3b2 is not particularly limited, and may be one, but in this embodiment, there are two. The number of ribs 2b3 that configure the fitted portion 2b1 is not particularly limited, and may be one, but in this embodiment, there are two. Note that in this embodiment, since the target position exists at only one location per rotation, one slit 3b3 is configured to be able to fit into one rib 2b3 but not into the other rib 2b3.

[0024] As in the second embodiment of the present invention shown in Figures 8 to 11, the end face of the feeding mouth 3a1 has an inclined portion 3a2 that constitutes the alignment portion 4, and the content storage section 2 has a cap 2c (see Figure 9, etc.) that covers the contents 2a, and the cap 2c detaches from the contents 2a when the holding portion 2b moves in the feed-in direction relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a with the holding portion 2b attached to the detachable portion 3b1 and the cap 2c in contact with the end face of the feeding mouth 3a1 (see Figure 11, etc.), and further, when the content storage section 2 is attached to the main body portion 3, if the relative rotational position of the contents 2a in the circumferential direction relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a does not match the target position, the cap 2c may be pressed against the inclined portion 3a2 on the end face of the feeding mouth 3a1, and rotates together with the contents 2a in the direction to match the relative rotational position to the target position. According to the above configuration, the alignment part 4 can be configured with a simple structure by the inclined part 3a2 on the end face of the feeding port 3a1 and the cap 2c. In addition, when the holding part 2b is attached to the detachable part 3b1 and the cap 2c is in contact with the end face of the feeding port 3a1, the operating part 3c can be rotated in the other circumferential direction relative to the peripheral wall part 3a, and the contents 2a and holding part 2b can be moved in the feeding direction relative to the peripheral wall part 3a and the cap 2c, so that the cap 2c can be easily detached from the contents 2a.

[0025] The cap 2c has a rotation restricting portion 2c1 that restricts the circumferential rotation of the holding portion 2b relative to the cap 2c when the cap 2c is pressed against the inclined portion 3a2 of the end face of the feeding port portion 3a1, and the rotation restricting portion 2c1 fits into the holding portion 2b. According to the above configuration, the rotation restricting portion 2c1 can be configured with a simple structure.

[0026] The holding portion 2b has a cylindrical portion 2b4 that holds the contents 2a on its inner peripheral surface, and one of the cylindrical portion 2b4 and the rotation restricting portion 2c1 (cylindrical portion 2b4 in this embodiment) has a recessed portion 5 that forms a step on both circumferential sides, and the other of the cylindrical portion 2b4 and the rotation restricting portion 2c1 (rotation restricting portion 2c1 in this embodiment) may have a protruding portion 6 that is disposed within the recessed portion 5 and forms a step on both circumferential sides (see FIG. 10). According to the above configuration, the rotation restricting portion 2c1 can be configured by fitting with a simple structure.

[0027] The end surface of the cylindrical portion 2b4 and one of the rotation regulating portions 2c1 (the cylindrical portion 2b4 in this embodiment) may have a recess 5, and the end surface of the cylindrical portion 2b4 and the other of the rotation regulating portions 2c1 (the rotation regulating portion 2c1 in this embodiment) may have a protrusion 6 (see FIG. 10). According to the above configuration, the rotation regulating portion 2c1 can be configured by a set of the recess 5 and the protrusion 6 with a simple structure. The number of sets of the recess 5 and the protrusion 6 is not particularly limited, and may be one set. In this embodiment in which the number of sets of the recess 5 and the protrusion 6 is four sets, in order to align the relative rotation position of the contents 2a with respect to the feeding port portion 3a1 to a target position that exists only at one place per rotation, the rotation position of the cap 2c is aligned with the feeding port portion 3a1, and the rotation position of the holding portion 2b corresponds to the rotation position of the contents 2a, so that the relative rotation position of the holding portion 2b with respect to the cap 2c needs to be aligned to the target position that exists only at one place per rotation.

[0028] The positioning section 4 is composed of an inclined portion 3a2 on the end surface of the feeding port 3a1 and a pressing portion 2c2 (see FIG. 10, etc.) of the cap 2c that is guided to the end of the inclined portion 3a2 in the feeding direction by being pressed against the inclined portion 3a2 on the end surface of the feeding port 3a1, and the pressing portion 2c2 is composed of an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the feeding direction. With the above configuration, the positioning section 4 can be configured with a simple structure.

[0029] The inclined surface of the pressing portion 2c2 is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the cap 2c so as to form a step in the payout direction. According to the above configuration, the inclined surface can be formed with a simple structure.

[0030] In the second embodiment, the positioning portion 4 does not have the fitting portion 3b2 of the slide portion 3b and the fitted portion 2b1 of the holding portion 2b in the first embodiment, but has the inclined portion 3a2 of the end surface of the feeding port 3a1 and the pressing portion 2c2 of the cap 2c. In the first embodiment, the positioning portion 4 does not have the inclined portion 3a2 of the end surface of the feeding port 3a1 and the pressing portion 2c2 of the cap 2c in the second embodiment, but has the fitting portion 3b2 of the slide portion 3b and the fitted portion 2b1 of the holding portion 2b. However, the positioning portion 4 may have both the fitting portion 3b2 of the slide portion 3b and the fitted portion 2b1 of the holding portion 2b in the first embodiment, and the inclined portion 3a2 of the end surface of the feeding port 3a1 and the pressing portion 2c2 of the cap 2c in the second embodiment. In this case, for example, the alignment may be completed by the engaging portion 3b2 of the sliding portion 3b and the engaged portion 2b1 of the holding portion 2b in the first embodiment after the inclined portion 3a2 of the end face of the feeding port portion 3a1 in the second embodiment and the pressing portion 2c2 of the cap 2c are used to guide the feeding port portion 3a1 in the second embodiment and the pressing portion 2c2 of the cap 2c in the second embodiment.

[0031] The cap 2c has an outer peripheral wall 2c3 that fits into the holding portion 2b, and a top wall 2c4 that is continuous with the upper end of the outer peripheral wall 2c3, and the top wall 2c4 is inclined in the same direction as the inclined portion 2a1 of the end face in the direction in which the contents 2a are dispensed. According to the above configuration, when the contents-accommodating portion 2 is attached to the main body 3, the inclination of the top wall 2c4 can be easily arranged so as to be close to the inclination of the inclined portion 3a2 of the end face of the dispense opening 3a1, which enables smooth alignment.

[0032] The lower end of the lower surface of the top wall 2c4 is located above the upper end of the end face (upper end face) in the dispensing direction of the contents 2a. According to the above configuration, even if the cap 2c rotates relative to the contents 2a, the shape of the upper end of the contents 2a can be prevented from collapsing due to contact with the lower surface of the inclined top wall 2c4 of the cap 2c.

[0033] In each of the above embodiments, the conversion mechanism 3d has a screw portion 3d1 and an engagement portion 3d2 that engages with the screw portion 3d1, and converts the rotation of the operating portion 3c in one circumferential direction relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a into the movement of the sliding portion 3b in the extension direction relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a by sliding between the screw portion 3d1 and the engagement portion 3d2, and converts the rotation of the operating portion 3c in the other circumferential direction relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a into the movement of the sliding portion 3b in the insertion direction relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a. According to the above configuration, the conversion mechanism 3d can be configured with a simple structure using the screw portion 3d1 and the engagement portion 3d2. The shape of the engagement portion 3d2 is not particularly limited, and may have a screw shape or a shape other than a screw, but in each of the above embodiments, it is a protrusion shape.

[0034] The conversion mechanism 3d has n stages (where n is a natural number of 2 or more; in each of the above embodiments, n is 2) of feed sections 3d5 consisting of a screw feed section 3d3 on the operating section 3c side having one of the screw section 3d1 and the meshing section 3d2 (the screw section 3d1 in each of the above embodiments) and a screw-received section 3d4 on the sliding section 3b side having the other of the screw section 3d1 and the meshing section 3d2 (the meshing section 3d2 in each of the above embodiments), and the nth stage of the screw feed section 3d3 may also serve as the n-1th stage of the screw-received section 3d4. According to the above configuration, the overall length of the dispensing container 1 can be shortened while ensuring the movable distance of the sliding section 3b according to the number of stages of the feed sections 3d5. In this embodiment, as shown in Figures 1, 3 and 4, by rotating the operating part 3c to one side in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall part 3a, the first stage screw feed part 3d4 can be moved in the payout direction, and after the movement of the first stage screw feed part 3d4 is completed, the second stage screw feed part 3d4 can be moved in the payout direction. Moreover, the position of the slide part 3b when the movement of the second stage screw feed part 3d4 is completed is the disengagement position.

[0035] The screw feed portion 3d3 having the meshing portion 3d2 or the screw-fed portion 3d4 (in this embodiment, the screw-fed portion 3d4) may be configured to have a protrusion 3d6 (see Figures 1 and 8) that produces a clicking sensation by engaging with the screw portion 3d1 when the movement of the screw-fed portion 3d4 in the feed-in direction relative to the screw feed portion 3d3 is completed.

[0036] The number of pairs of the screw portion 3d1 and the meshing portion 3d2 provided per stage of the feed portion 3d5 is not particularly limited and may be one set, but in each of the above embodiments, there are two sets. The number of the protrusions 3d6 provided per stage of the feed portion 3d5 is not particularly limited and may be one set, but can be set according to the number of pairs of the screw portion 3d1 and the meshing portion 3d2 provided per stage of the feed portion 3d5, for example, and is two in each of the above embodiments.

[0037] The thread of the screw portion 3d1 has a notch 3d7 through which the meshing portion 3d2 passes so as to allow the sliding portion 3b to be pushed by the holding portion 2b from the detached position to the pushed-in position. According to the above configuration, it is possible to allow the sliding portion 3b to be pushed by the holding portion 2b from the detached position to the pushed-in position with a simple structure.

[0038] The holding portion 2b has a cylindrical portion 2b4, a bottom wall 2b5 continuing to the lower end of the cylindrical portion 2b4, and an inner peripheral wall 2b2 extending downward from the bottom wall 2b5. According to the above configuration, the holding portion 2b can be configured with a simple structure.

[0039] The structure for holding the operating portion 3c on the peripheral wall portion 3a so that the operating portion 3c can rotate to one circumferential side and the other circumferential side while restricting movement in the extension and retraction directions relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a is not particularly limited, but in each of the above embodiments, the above structure comprises a circumferential groove 3c1 provided on the operating portion 3c and extending around the entire circumferential direction, and a protrusion 3a3 provided on the peripheral wall portion 3a that fits into the circumferential groove 3c1.

[0040] The structure for holding the sliding portion 3b on the peripheral wall portion 3a so that the sliding portion 3b can move in the extension direction and the insertion direction in a rotation-restricted state relative to the peripheral wall portion 3a is not particularly limited, but in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the above-mentioned structure comprises a vertical groove 3a4 extending in the vertical direction on the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion 3a, and a protrusion 3b4 provided on the sliding portion 3b that fits into the vertical groove 3a4.

[0041] The content 2a is not particularly limited, but in each of the above embodiments, it is a cosmetic product such as lipstick, lip balm, etc. Also, in each of the above embodiments, the propelling container 1 is configured to accommodate the solid content 2a, but is not limited thereto.

[0042] The propelling container 1 has an overcap 7 that can be attached to and detached from the operating part 3c and that covers the peripheral wall part 3a when attached to the operating part 3c. According to the above configuration, the content 2a can be protected by keeping the overcap 7 attached to the operating part 3c when not in use.

[0043] The operating portion 3c has a bottom wall portion 3c2 located below the lower end of the peripheral wall portion 3a, an operating cylinder portion 3c3 extending upward from the bottom wall portion 3c2 and facing the outer circumferential surface of the peripheral wall portion 3a, and a screw feed portion 3d3 connected to the bottom wall portion 3c2 radially inward of the peripheral wall portion 3a. According to the above configuration, the operating portion 3c can be configured with a simple structure. In this embodiment, the operating portion 3c is configured by assembling three members, but the number of members constituting the operating portion 3c is not limited to this.

[0044] The slide portion 3b has an outer periphery 3b5 held by the peripheral wall 3a so as to be movable in the pay-out direction and the pay-in direction in a rotation-restricted state relative to the peripheral wall 3a, a top wall 3b6 connected to the upper end of the outer periphery 3b5, a detachable portion 3b1 extending upward from the top wall 3b6, and a screw-received portion 3d4 extending downward from the top wall 3b6 radially inward of the outer periphery 3b5. With the above configuration, the slide portion 3b can be configured with a simple structure.

[0045] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the above-described embodiment can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0046] 1. Dispensing container 2 Contents storage section 2a Contents 2a1 Slope 2b Holding part 2b1 Mated part 2b2 Inner wall 2b3 Rib 2b4 Cylindrical section 2b5 bottom wall 2c Cap 2c1 Rotation restriction part 2c2 Pressing part 2c3 outer wall 2c4 Ceiling wall 3 Main body 3a Peripheral wall 3a1 Outlet part 3a2 Slope 3a3 Convex 3a4 vertical groove 3b Slide section 3b1 Detachable part 3b2 Mating part 3b3 Slit 3b4 Convex 3b5 Outer periphery 3b6 Top wall 3c Control unit 3c1 Circumferential groove 3c2 Bottom wall 3c3 Operation cylinder part 3D conversion mechanism 3d1 Screw part 3d2 meshing part 3d3 Screw feed unit 3d4 Threaded feed part 3d5 Sending section 3d6 protrusions 3d7 Cutout 4 Alignment section 5. Recess 6 Convex 7 Overcap

Claims

1. A content storage section and a main body section to which the content storage section is attached, The content storage section has a content and a holding section that holds the content, The main body has a peripheral wall, a sliding portion, an operation portion, and a conversion mechanism, The peripheral wall portion has an outlet portion for delivering the contents, the sliding portion has a detachable portion to which the holding portion can be attached and detached, and is held by the peripheral wall portion so as to be movable in a forward direction and a reverse direction in a rotation-restricted state with respect to the peripheral wall portion; the operating portion is held by the peripheral wall portion so as to be rotatable in one circumferential direction and in the other circumferential direction in a state in which movement in the extending direction and the inserting direction is restricted with respect to the peripheral wall portion, the conversion mechanism converts rotation of the operating part relative to the peripheral wall portion toward one side in the circumferential direction into movement of the sliding part relative to the peripheral wall portion in the extending direction, and converts rotation of the operating part relative to the peripheral wall portion toward the other side in the circumferential direction into movement of the sliding part relative to the peripheral wall portion in the extending direction, an end surface of the outlet portion of the peripheral wall portion and an end surface of the content in the direction of the content discharging each have an inclined portion inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the direction of the content discharging, A dispensing container having an alignment section that aligns the relative circumferential rotational position of the contents with respect to the peripheral wall section to a target position where the directions of the inclined portions of the peripheral wall section and the contents are aligned when the contents storage section is attached to the main body section.

2. the alignment portion is configured by a fitting portion of the slide portion into which the holding portion can be fitted so as to align the relative rotational position of the content in the circumferential direction with respect to the peripheral wall portion to the target position; The holding portion is fitted into the fitting portion to allow attachment of the holding portion to the detachable portion, The detachable portion extends in the circumferential direction and is elastically deformable in the radial direction. The holding portion is attached to an inner circumferential surface of the detachable portion. The propelling container according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting portion of the sliding portion is constituted by a slit of the detachable portion that receives the holding portion.

3. an end surface of the feeding port portion has an inclined portion that constitutes the alignment portion, The content storage section has a cap that covers the content, The cap is detached from the content by the holding portion moving in the feed direction relative to the peripheral wall portion with the holding portion attached to the detachable portion and the cap in contact with the end face of the feed opening portion, and The dispensing container of claim 1, wherein when the content storage portion is attached to the main body portion, if the relative rotational position of the content in the circumferential direction relative to the peripheral wall portion does not match the target position, the cap is pressed against the inclined portion of the end face of the dispensing port portion, and rotates together with the content in a direction that aligns the relative rotational position with the target position.

4. The propelling container according to claim 3, wherein the cap has a rotation regulating portion that regulates the circumferential rotation of the holding portion relative to the cap when pressed against the inclined portion of the end face of the propelling port portion, and the rotation regulating portion engages with the holding portion.

5. The detachable portion extends in the circumferential direction and is elastically deformable in the radial direction. The holding portion is attached to an inner circumferential surface of the detachable portion. the detachable portion can suppress separation of the holding portion from the detachable portion by supporting an outer circumferential surface of the detachable portion from an inner circumferential surface of the periphery wall portion when the detachable portion is positioned within the periphery wall portion, The holding portion can be detached from the detachable portion of the sliding portion when the holding portion is in a detached position, A dispensing container as described in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sliding portion can be moved in the insertion direction relative to the peripheral wall portion from the detached position to a pushed-in position in which the detachable portion is positioned within the peripheral wall portion by being pushed in by the holding portion.

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