Delivery container

Abstract

To provide a new delivery container that has improved workability of replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge.SOLUTION: A delivery container 100 includes: a flat bottomed cylindrical container body 10; an inner tray body 20 that can move vertically with respect to the container body 10; a rotation shaft 30 capable of driving the inner tray body 20 vertically; a pedestal 60 on which the container body 10 is placed; and a slide member 70 that moves in the long axis direction with respect to the pedestal 60 and is provided with a female screw part 78a that can be screw-engaged with a male screw part 31a provided on the rotation shaft 30. When the container body 10 is placed on the pedestal 60, the slide member 70 moves inside in the longitudinal axis direction by the action of an engagement control part provided in the container body 10, and the female screw part 78a is screw-engaged with the male screw part 31a. When the container body 10 is separated upward from the pedestal 60, the slide member 70 moves outside in the longitudinal axis direction, and screw-engagement between the female screw part 78a and the male screw part 31a is released.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a dispensing container.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, for example, a dispensing container shown in Patent Document 1 has been known. In this dispensing container, a cartridge 3 that holds a rod-shaped content is detachably attached to a base 2 by screw engagement, and a used cartridge can be replaced with a new cartridge.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] However, in the dispensing container shown in Patent Document 1, when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge, since the fitting protrusion needs to overcome the locking convex portion and the second screw portion of the cartridge, there is still room for improvement in terms of the ease of cartridge replacement work.

[0005] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a new dispensing container with improved workability when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] The present disclosure has been made to solve the above problems, and the dispensing container of the present disclosure is [1] A dispensing container for dispensing the content inside the container body, A bottomed cylindrical container body having a flat shape in plan view and an opening at the upper part, A middle dish body disposed within the container body and supported so as to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the container body; A rotating shaft extending in the vertical direction and capable of driving the middle dish body in the vertical direction; A pedestal having a flat shape in plan view on which the container body is placed; A slide member movable in the major axis direction of the flat shape with respect to the pedestal, and a female screw portion engageable with a male screw portion provided on the outer surface of the rotating shaft is provided at the inner end in the major axis direction, and the slide member; and comprising; When the container body is placed on the pedestal, the slide member moves inward in the major axis direction by the action of an engagement control portion provided at the bottom of the container body, and the female screw portion is screw-engaged with the male screw portion. When the container body is separated upward from the pedestal, the slide member moves outward in the major axis direction, and the screw engagement between the female screw portion and the male screw portion is released.

[0007] Further, the dispensing container of the present disclosure; [2] In the configuration according to [1] above, it is preferable that an operation portion having a flat shape in plan view and rotating in synchronization with the rotating shaft is provided below the pedestal.

[0008] Further, the dispensing container of the present disclosure; [3] In the configuration according to [1] or [2] above, the slide member is biased outward in the major axis direction with respect to the pedestal, and the engagement control portion is a regulating wall that hangs down from the container body and restricts the outward movement of the slide member in the major axis direction when the container body is placed on the pedestal.

[0009] Further, the dispensing container of the present disclosure; [4] In the configuration according to [1] or [2] above, the slide member is provided at an end face in the minor axis direction of the flat shape and has a guide groove inclined outward in the major axis direction downward. The engagement control unit preferably has a fitting pin that extends from below the container body toward the inner side in the minor axis direction of the slide member and fits into the guide groove.

[0010] Also, the dispensing container of the present disclosure [5] In the configuration described in [2] above, it preferably further includes a lid that covers the container body from the side and above, and the lid preferably has substantially the same shape as the operation portion in plan view.

[0011] Also, the dispensing container of the present disclosure [6] In the configuration described in [2] above, an arm portion extending in the major axis direction is provided at the lower part of the rotation shaft, and it is preferable that the operation portion rotates in synchronization with the rotation shaft by the arm portion engaging with the side wall in the minor axis direction of the operation portion.

[0012] Also, the dispensing container of the present disclosure [7] In the configuration described in [2] above, it has a flat shape in plan view, further includes a lid that covers the container body from the side and above, and in a state where the lid is attached, it is preferable that the lid covers at least a part of the outer peripheral surfaces of both the pedestal and the operation portion from the radially outer side.

Advantages of the Invention

[0013] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a new dispensing container that improves workability when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0015] Hereinafter, various aspects of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present specification, claims, abstract, and drawings, the side where the lid 40 described later is located is defined as the upper side (the upper side in FIG. 1, the positive Z-axis direction), and the side where the operation unit 50 is provided is defined as the lower side (the lower side in FIG. 1, the negative Z-axis direction). Also, the front-rear direction is the direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in FIG. 1 (Y-axis direction) and the left-right direction in FIG. 2. Further, the left-right direction is the left-right direction in FIG. 1 (X-axis direction) and the direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in FIG. 2. Additionally, the radially outer side is the direction away from the central axis O of the dispensing container 100 along a straight line passing through the central axis O and perpendicular to the central axis O along the vertical direction in FIG. 1, and the radially inner side means the direction toward the central axis O along the straight line. Also, the radial direction is the rotational direction around the central axis O.

[0016] The attached drawings of the present disclosure are drawn at the same scale in the vertical, front-rear, and left-right directions, and the aspect ratio of the dispensing containers 100 and 200 on the drawing represents the aspect ratio of the dispensing containers 100 and 200 of the present disclosure. However, the configurations, shapes, dimensional ratios, etc. of the dispensing containers 100 and 200 in the attached drawings are merely one embodiment of the present disclosure. The present disclosure should be interpreted based on the language of the claims and is not limited to the configurations, shapes, dimensional ratios, etc. shown in the drawings.

[0017] FIG. 1 shows a dispensing container 100 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. The dispensing container 100 according to this embodiment includes a bottomed cylindrical container body 10 having an opening 13b at its upper end, a middle dish body 20 disposed within the container body 10 and supported so as to be movable in the vertical direction relative to the container body 10, a rotating shaft 30 extending in the vertical direction with its upper end supporting the middle dish body 20 and capable of driving the middle dish body 20 in the vertical direction, and a lid 40 closing the opening 13b at the upper end of the container body 10. The dispensing container 100 according to this embodiment contains a rod-shaped content such as, for example, cosmetics (lipstick, lip cream, or stick eyeshadow, etc.), glue, or medicine, and allows the user to dispense and use only the necessary amount of the content. Also, in this embodiment, the container body 10 has a flat shape in plan view.

[0018] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 etc., the container body 10 has an opening 13b at the upper end, and includes a long-axis direction side wall 11a and a short-axis direction side wall 11b having a flat shape that is substantially track-shaped in plan view, a bottom wall 13 that closes the lower ends of the side walls, a regulating wall 15 that hangs down from the vicinity of the outer edge portion in the long-axis direction of the bottom wall 13, and an inner cylinder portion 17 that hangs down from the radially inner end of the bottom wall 13. Here, the long-axis direction side wall 11a means the side wall that constitutes the end portion in the long-axis direction (the left-right direction in FIG. 1, the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 2, the X-axis direction) of the substantially track-shaped container body 10 in plan view, and the short-axis direction side wall 11b means the side wall that constitutes the end portion in the short-axis direction (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 1, the left-right direction in FIG. 2, the Y-axis direction) of the substantially track-shaped container body 10. The following terms shall be interpreted in the same manner.

[0019] As will be described later, when the container body 10 is set on the pedestal 60, the regulating wall 15 restricts the outward displacement in the long-axis direction of the slide member 70 biased outward in the long-axis direction, and serves to position the female screw portion 78a provided on the slide member 70 at a position where it is screwed and engaged with the male screw portion 31a of the rotating shaft 30. Further, since the regulating wall 15 is inserted into the outer opening 62a of the pedestal 60, the circumferential rotation of the container body 10 with respect to the pedestal 60 is restricted. As the material of the container body 10, in addition to various synthetic resins, a metal material such as aluminum can be used.

[0020] The middle dish body 20 includes a dish bottom wall 23 that supports, for example, a rod-shaped content (not shown), a long-axis direction peripheral wall 21a and a short-axis direction peripheral wall 21b that stand upright upward from the outer peripheral edge of the dish bottom wall 23, and a bottom cylinder portion 25 that hangs down from the vicinity of the radially inner side of the dish bottom wall 23.

[0021] The middle dish body 20 has a flat shape that is substantially track-shaped in plan view, and supports a rod-shaped content (not shown) that also has a flat shape in plan view from below. As will be described later, the middle dish body 20 can move vertically within the container body 10 in conjunction with the vertical movement of the rotary shaft 30. That is, when the rotary shaft 30 rises due to the rotational operation of the operation unit 50, the axial top portion 35 of the rotary shaft 30 abuts against the bottom cylindrical portion 25 to drive the middle dish body 20, and the middle dish body 20 can be moved upward. Also, by rotating the operation unit 50 in the reverse direction, the middle dish body 20 can be moved downward.

[0022] As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, etc., the middle dish body 20 has a long-axis direction peripheral wall 21a and a short-axis direction peripheral wall 21b corresponding to the flat shape in the plan view of the long-axis direction side wall 11a and the short-axis direction side wall 11b of the container body 10, and is non-rotatable around the central axis O with respect to the container body 10.

[0023] As shown in FIG. 1, at the lowest point of the movable range, an engaging protrusion 11a1 provided on the lower inner surface of the long-axis direction side wall 11a of the container body 10 is undercut engaged with the long-axis direction peripheral wall 21a of the middle dish body 20 and locked. Then, when the user rotates the operation unit 50 around the central axis O and the middle dish body 20 is pressed upward by the rotary shaft 30, the above-described undercut engagement is released and the middle dish body 20 is fed out upward as shown in FIG. 8. As the material of the middle dish body 20, in addition to various synthetic resins, metal materials such as aluminum can be used.

[0024] Regarding the materials constituting the members other than the container body 10 and the middle dish body 20, it is desirable to use various synthetic resin materials, but it is not limited thereto.

[0025] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rotating shaft 30 includes a rotating cylinder portion 31 extending vertically along the central axis O, and an arm portion 33 extending outward in the major axis direction of the operating portion 50 from the lower portion of the rotating cylinder portion 31. An external thread portion 31a that can be threadedly engaged with an internal thread portion 78a provided on the inner peripheral surface of the slide member 70 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating cylinder portion 31. The axial top portion 35 at the upper end of the rotating cylinder portion 31 abuts against the bottom cylinder portion 25 of the middle dish body 20 when the rotating shaft 30 ascends, moving the middle dish body 20 upward. As shown in FIG. 1, two fitting recesses 33a extending vertically are provided on the outer side in the radial direction of each of the two arm portions 33 extending on both sides in the major axis direction, facing the operating portion main body 51 of the operating portion 50 as shown in FIG. 1 and the like. A first engagement rail 51d provided on the inner surface of the short-axis direction operating wall 51b of the operating portion main body 51 and a second engagement rail 55d provided on the inner surface of the cover side wall 55a of the operating portion cover 55 are fitted into the two fitting recesses 33a. With this configuration, when the operating portion main body 51 (operating portion 50) rotates around the central axis O by the user's operation, the rotation of the operating portion 50 is transmitted to the rotating shaft 30 via the arm portion 33, and the rotating shaft 30 also rotates around the central axis O.

[0026] The operating portion 50 is mounted in a state of being relatively rotatable around the central axis O with respect to the lower portion of the pedestal 60 described later. The operating portion 50 includes a bottomed cylindrical operating portion main body 51 and an operating portion cover 55 that closes the upper opening of the operating portion main body 51. The operating portion main body 51 has a flat shape that is substantially track-shaped in plan view, and has substantially the same shape as the lid body 40 described later (in FIGS. 1 and 2, the outer surface of the lid body 40 and the outer surface of the operating portion main body 51 are generally flush). With this configuration, the feeding container 100 can be easily rotated in the circumferential direction around the central axis O of the operating portion 50 without slipping, because the operating portion 50 has a flat outer peripheral surface without providing circumferential irregularities on the operating portion 50 as in a conventional feeding container. Therefore, since it is not necessary to provide irregularities on the outer surface of the feeding container 100, it is possible to expand the decoration range on the outer surface of the feeding container 100 or to easily improve the appearance of the feeding container 100.

[0027] The operation unit main body 51 includes a major-axis direction operation wall 51a and a minor-axis direction operation wall 51b which are operation walls (side walls) having a flat shape in plan view, and an operation unit bottom wall 51c that closes the lower end portion of the operation wall. Further, on the inner surface of the minor-axis direction operation wall 51b, a first engagement rail 51d that fits into a fitting recess 33a provided in the arm portion 33 of the rotation shaft 30 described above protrudes radially inward. The first engagement rail 51d extends in the vertical direction along the central axis O, and guides the rotation shaft 30 in the vertical direction along the first engagement rail 51d while supporting the rotation shaft 30 so as not to rotate with respect to the operation unit 50.

[0028] Above the operation unit main body 51, an operation unit cover 55 that covers the upper opening of the operation unit main body 51 is disposed. The operation unit cover 55 includes a cover side wall 55a having a flat shape in plan view that fits and is fixed to the inner surfaces of the operation walls (major-axis direction operation wall 51a and minor-axis direction operation wall 51b) of the operation unit main body 51, a cover top wall 55b that closes the upper end portion of the cover side wall 55a, and a cover inner cylinder 55e that hangs down from the radially inner end of the cover top wall 55b. On the inner surface of the cover side wall 55a, similarly to the minor-axis direction operation wall 51b described above, a second engagement rail 55d that fits into a fitting recess 33a provided in the arm portion 33 of the rotation shaft 30 protrudes radially inward. The second engagement rail 55d extends in the vertical direction along the central axis O in order to guide the rotation shaft 30 from the lower end to the upper end of the movable range in combination with the first engagement rail 51d, and guides the rotation shaft 30 in the vertical direction along the second engagement rail 55d while supporting the rotation shaft 30 so as not to rotate with respect to the operation unit 50.

[0029] As shown in FIG. 1, the cover inner cylinder 55e engages with an engagement claw portion 67a of a sliding inner wall 67 that hangs down from the radially inner end of a pedestal 60 described later, and is mounted so as to be slidable in the circumferential direction with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the sliding inner wall 67. With this configuration, the operation unit 50 is supported so as to be relatively rotatable about the central axis O with respect to the pedestal 60.

[0030] As shown in Fig. 3, the pedestal 60 has a flat shape that is substantially track-shaped in plan view, and includes side walls (the pedestal major axis direction side walls 61a and the pedestal minor axis direction side walls 61b), a pedestal top wall 63 that is continuous with the upper end portions of the side walls, a contact plate 65 that hangs down from the pedestal top wall 63 on the radially inner side of the pedestal major axis direction side wall 61a, and a sliding inner wall 67 that hangs down from the radially inner end at the lower portion of the pedestal 60.

[0031] On the radially inner side of the pedestal major axis direction side wall 61a of the pedestal 60, an outer opening 62a is provided, and a restricting wall 15 that hangs down from the bottom wall 13 of the container body 10 is inserted into the outer opening 62a. In this way, in a state where the container body 10 is mounted on the pedestal 60, when the restricting wall 15 is inserted through the pedestal top wall 63, as shown in Fig. 1 and the like, the sliding outer wall 73 of the slide member 70 described later is restricted from moving radially outward by the biasing spring 75. With this configuration, the slide member 70 whose movement radially outward is restricted by the restricting wall 15 is positioned at a radially inward position where the female screw portion 78a provided on the slide inner wall 78 can be screwed into the male screw portion 31a of the rotating shaft 30. Note that an inner opening 62b for receiving the inner cylinder portion 17 and the like of the container body 10 is provided at the radially inner end of the pedestal 60.

[0032] As shown in Fig. 1, the contact plate 65 restricts the displacement of the biasing spring 75 radially inward by contacting the radially inner end of the biasing spring 75. When the container body 10 is not mounted on the pedestal 60, the biasing force of the biasing spring 75 whose displacement radially inward is restricted by the contact plate 65 moves the slide member 70 radially outward to release the screw engagement between the female screw portion 78a and the male screw portion 31a of the rotating shaft 30.

[0033] The inner cover 55e of the operation unit cover 55 engages with the outer surface of the sliding inner wall 67, and the inner cover 55e is mounted so as to be slidable (rotatable) around the central axis O with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the sliding inner wall 67. With this configuration, the operation unit 50 is supported so as to be relatively rotatable around the central axis O with respect to the pedestal 60.

[0034] The slide member 70 includes a slide base portion 71 disposed directly above the cover top wall 55b of the operation portion cover 55, a slide outer wall 73 provided at the radially outer end (major axis direction) of the slide base portion 71, a biasing spring 75 integrally formed with the slide base portion 71 on the radially inner side of the slide outer wall 73, a female screw portion 78a formed on the inner surface of a slide inner wall 78 provided at the radially inner end of the slide base portion 71, and short-axis direction side walls 77 (see FIGS. 3, 5(c), and 11) standing upright from the slide base portion 71 on both sides in the minor axis direction (circumferential direction) of the biasing spring 75.

[0035] When the container body 10 is placed on the pedestal 60, the slide outer wall 73 abuts against a regulating wall 15 hanging down from the bottom wall 13 of the container body 10 (see FIGS. 1, 3, etc.), and the slide member 70 is positioned radially inward against the radially outward biasing force from the biasing spring 75. In this position, a female screw portion 78a provided at the radially inner end of the slide outer wall 73 is configured to be screwed into a male screw portion 31a provided on the outer surface of the rotating shaft 30. With this configuration, when the container body 10 is installed on the pedestal 60, the male screw portion 31a of the rotating shaft 30 and the female screw portion 78a of the slide member 70 are screwed together, so that the rotating shaft 30 can move upward with respect to the slide member 70 as it rotates around its central axis O.

[0036] As shown in FIG. 5(c), an engaging claw portion 77a protruding outward in the short-axis direction is provided at the upper portion of the short-axis direction side wall 77. The engaging claw portion 77a is engaged and fixed to a stepped portion of the pedestal short-axis direction side wall 61b of the pedestal 60 as shown in FIG. 11. When fixing the slide member 70, it can be mounted by sliding the female screw portion 78a of the slide member 70 into the pedestal 60 from below in FIG. 1 and then engaging the above-described engaging claw portion 77a with the pedestal short-axis direction side wall 61b.

[0037] As shown in Fig. 5(b) and the like, the biasing spring 75 is a thin-walled member that draws a substantially elliptical arc convex upward when viewed from the front (the plus side in the Y-axis direction), and has substantially the same shape in the circumferential direction (the front-back direction, the Y-axis direction). The biasing spring 75 is integrally formed with a part constituting another slide member 70 such as the slide base 71. The biasing spring 75 abuts against the contact plate 65 of the pedestal 60 on the inner side in the radial direction, and biases the slide member 70 outward in the radial direction (outward in the major axis direction). Note that the shape of the biasing spring 75 is not limited to that shown in the figure, and other shapes that can bias the slide member 70 outward in the radial direction may be used.

[0038] As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lid 40 has a toped cylindrical shape and closes the opening 13b at the upper end of the container body 10. The lid 40 has a flat shape that is substantially track-shaped in plan view, and has a lid side wall (the major-axis direction lid side wall 41 and the minor-axis direction lid side wall 42) and a top wall 43 connected to the upper end of the lid side wall. The lid 40 has substantially the same shape as the operation portion 50 in plan view (in Figs. 1 and 2, the outer surface of the lid 40 and the outer surface of the operation portion main body 51 are substantially flush). Also, the lower inner surfaces of the major-axis direction lid side wall 41 and the minor-axis direction lid side wall 42 of the lid 40 are substantially the same shape as the upper outer surface of the cover side wall 55a of the operation portion cover 55 from Figs. 1 and 2. The lid 40 is detachably fixed by an undercut engagement of the annular protrusion on the inner peripheral surface of the lid side wall with the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal major-axis direction side wall 61a of the pedestal 60 described later.

[0039] In the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 1 and the like, in the state where the lid 40 is attached, the lid 40 engages with both the pedestal 60 and the operation portion 50 (the lower portions of the major-axis direction lid side wall 41 and the minor-axis direction lid side wall 42 of the lid 40 cover the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal 60 and the outer peripheral surface of the upper portion of the operation portion 50). For this reason, the operation portion 50 cannot be rotated around the central axis O with respect to the pedestal 60. This is because the pedestal 60 and the operation portion 50, both having a flat shape, are covered from the outside in the radial direction by the lid 40, which also has a flat shape, thereby preventing relative rotation in the circumferential direction. Therefore, in the state where the lid 40 is attached, it is possible to suppress the unintended feeding out of the middle plate body 20 and the contents by the user.

[0040] With the above configuration, when attaching the lid 40, it is necessary to pre-align the major axis direction of the pedestal 60 and the major axis direction of the operation unit 50 in advance.

[0041] When using the dispensing container 100 having such a configuration, first, the user holds the lid side wall of the lid 40 (usually the short-axis direction lid side wall 42) and pulls it upward from the state of FIG. 1 to open the opening 13b at the upper end side of the container body 10 to expose the contents. Next, while the user holds the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal 60 (usually the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal short-axis direction side wall 61b) with one hand, the user holds the operation wall of the operation unit main body 51 (usually the short-axis direction operation wall 51b) with the other hand and rotates it around the central axis O (when the operation unit 50 is rotated 90 degrees around the central axis O from the state of FIG. 6, the state of FIG. 7 is obtained).

[0042] By the rotation operation of the operation unit main body 51 around the central axis O with respect to the pedestal 60, the arm portion 33 of the rotating shaft 30 engaged with the first engaging rail 51d and the second engaging rail 55d provided on the inner surfaces of the short-axis direction operation wall 51b and the cover side wall 55a of the operation unit main body 51 rotates together with the operation unit 50. As a result, since the rotating shaft 30 rotates with respect to the pedestal 60, the rotating shaft 30 also rotates with respect to the female screw portion 78a of the slide member 70 fixed to the pedestal 60, and the male screw portion 31a engages with the female screw portion 78a, so that the rotating shaft 30 moves upward with respect to the pedestal 60 and the slide member 70.

[0043] When the rotating shaft 30 moves upward with respect to the pedestal 60 and the slide member 70, the shaft top portion 35 at the upper end portion of the rotating shaft 30 abuts against the bottom cylinder portion 25 of the middle dish body 20 and pushes the middle dish body 20 upward. By pushing up the middle dish body 20 by the rotating shaft 30, the engagement between the engaging projection 11a1 provided on the long-axis direction side wall 11a of the container body 10 and the long-axis direction peripheral wall 21a of the middle dish body 20 is released (see FIG. 8 etc.), and the middle dish body 20 is fed out upward. FIG. 8 shows a state where the arm portion 33 of the rotating shaft 30 abuts against the lower end portion of the cover inner cylinder 55e of the operation unit cover 55 and the middle dish body 20 has risen to the top dead center of the movable range.

[0044] When the rod-shaped contents fixed to the middle dish body 20 are used up, the user separates the container body 10 and the middle dish body 20 upward from the state shown in FIG. 8 and removes them from the pedestal 60. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, since the regulating wall 15 of the container body 10 is removed from inside the pedestal 60, the slide outer wall 73 of the slide member 70 whose displacement outward in the major axis direction was regulated by the regulating wall 15 moves outward in the major axis direction by the biasing force of the biasing spring 75 (see FIGS. 9(a) and 10), and the screw engagement between the female screw portion 78a and the male screw portion 31a is released.

[0045] By releasing the screw engagement between the female screw portion 78a and the male screw portion 31a, the rotating shaft 30 that has moved to the top dead center in FIG. 8 moves to the bottom dead center shown in FIG. 9 (in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9(b), the bottom dead center of the rotating shaft 30 is the position where the arm portion 33 abuts against the corner portion of the short-axis direction operation wall 51b and the operation portion bottom wall 51c of the operation portion main body 51). Thus, in this embodiment, since the rotating shaft 30 is configured to automatically move to the bottom dead center by separating the container body 10 from the pedestal 60, there is no need to perform an operation to return the rotating shaft 30 that has been extended to the top dead center by using the contents. Then, in the state of FIG. 9, the use of the contents in the new cartridge can be started only by placing a new cartridge (the middle dish body 20 and the container body 10 holding new contents) on the pedestal 60 of FIG. 9. Therefore, the workability when replacing the used cartridge with a new cartridge can be improved.

[0046] As described above, in the present embodiment, there is a dispensing container 100 for dispensing the contents in the container body 10. The dispensing container 100 has a flat shape in a plan view and has a bottomed cylindrical container body 10 having an opening 13b at the upper part. A middle dish body 20 is disposed in the container body 10 and is supported so as to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the container body 10. A rotating shaft 30 extends in the vertical direction and is capable of driving the middle dish body 20 in the vertical direction. A pedestal 60 has a flat shape in a plan view and on which the container body 10 is placed. A slide member 70 is movable in the long axis direction of the flat shape with respect to the pedestal 60. A female screw portion 78a that can be screw-engaged with a male screw portion 31a provided on the outer surface of the rotating shaft 30 is provided at the inner end in the long axis direction. When the container body 10 is placed on the pedestal 60, the slide member 70 moves inward in the long axis direction by the action of an engagement control portion provided at the bottom of the container body 10, and the female screw portion 78a is screw-engaged with the male screw portion 31a. When the container body 10 is separated upward from the pedestal 60, the slide member 70 moves outward in the long axis direction, and the screw engagement between the female screw portion 78a and the male screw portion 31a is released. By adopting such a configuration, when the container body 10 is separated upward from the pedestal 60, the rotating shaft 30 automatically moves to the bottom dead center. Therefore, an operation of returning the rotating shaft 30 that has been fed out to the top dead center by using the contents is unnecessary. And, by only placing a new cartridge on the pedestal 60, the use of the contents in the new cartridge can be started. Therefore, the workability when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge can be improved.

[0047] Also, in the present embodiment, a flat-shaped operation portion 50 that rotates in synchronization with the rotating shaft 30 is provided below the pedestal 60. By adopting such a configuration, the dispensing container 100 can be easily rotated around the central axis O of the operation portion 50 without slipping, because the dispensing container 100 has an outer peripheral surface with a flat shape without providing circumferential irregularities on the operation portion 50 as in a conventional dispensing container. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide irregularities or the like on the outer surface of the dispensing container 100, and the decoration range on the outer surface of the dispensing container 100 can be expanded or the appearance of the dispensing container 100 can be easily made neat.

[0048] Further, in the present embodiment, the slide member 70 is biased outward in the major axis direction with respect to the pedestal 60, and the engagement control portion is configured to be a restricting wall 15 that hangs down from the container body 10 and restricts the movement of the slide member 70 outward in the major axis direction when the container body 10 is placed on the pedestal 60. By adopting such a configuration, the rotating shaft 30 extended to the top dead center can be automatically returned to the bottom dead center only by using the restricting wall 15 integrated with the container body 10 and the biasing spring 75 integrated with the slide member 70. Therefore, the workability when replacing the used cartridge with a new cartridge can be improved with a simple configuration.

[0049] Further, in the present embodiment, the container body 10 is further provided with a lid body 40 that covers the container body 10 from the side and above, and the lid body 40 is configured to have substantially the same shape as the operation portion 50 in plan view. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to easily improve the appearance of the feeding container 100.

[0050] Further, in the present embodiment, an arm portion 33 extending in the major axis direction is provided at the lower portion of the rotating shaft 30, and the operation portion 50 is configured to rotate in synchronization with the rotating shaft 30 by engaging the arm portion 33 with the short-axis direction operation wall 51b in the operation portion 50. By adopting such a configuration, the rotation operation of the operation portion 50 having a flat shape in plan view can be efficiently transmitted to the rotating shaft 30 to feed out the content.

[0051] Further, in the present embodiment, the container body 10 is further provided with a lid body 40 that has a flat shape in plan view and covers the container body 10 from the side and above, and in a state where the lid body 40 is mounted, the lid body 40 is configured to cover at least a part of the outer peripheral surfaces of both the pedestal 60 and the operation portion 50 from the radially outer side. By adopting such a configuration, in a state where the lid body 40 is mounted, the operation portion 50 cannot be rotated around the central axis O with respect to the pedestal 60. Therefore, in a state where the lid body 40 is mounted, the feeding of the middle plate body 20 and the content unintended by the user can be suppressed.

[0052] Although the present disclosure has been described based on the drawings and embodiments, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these modifications and corrections are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each component can be rearranged so as not to be logically contradictory, and a plurality of components can be combined into one or divided. It should be understood that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

[0053] For example, in the present embodiment, in accordance with the flat shape of the container body 10 in plan view, other main members are also configured to have a similar flat shape, but this aspect is not limited thereto. For example, the operation unit 50 may be configured not to have a flat shape in plan view.

[0054] Also, in the present embodiment, a substantially track shape is adopted as the flat shape of the container body 10 in plan view, but this aspect is not limited thereto, and other flat shapes such as an elliptical shape, an oval shape, and a substantially rectangular shape having a long side and a short side may be used.

[0055] Next, the dispensing container 200 according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. Note that the dispensing container 200 according to the present embodiment is approximated to the configuration of the first embodiment except that the aspects of the engagement control portion of the container body 10, the pedestal 60, and the slide member 70 are partially different from those of the first embodiment. Therefore, here, the description will focus on the differences from the first embodiment. Also, for portions having the same functions as those in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals will be used for description.

[0056] As an engagement control portion, the container body 10 has, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a pin fixing plate 18 that hangs down from the vicinity of the short-axis direction side wall 11b of the bottom wall 13, and a fitting pin 18a that extends from the lower portion of the pin fixing plate 18 toward the inner side in the short-axis direction of the slide member 70 and fits into the guide groove 77b. A gap is provided between the fitting pin 18a and the guide groove 77b such that the fitting pin 18a can smoothly move in the longitudinal direction of the guide groove 77b.

[0057] On the short-axis direction side wall 77 of the slide member 70, there is provided a guide groove 77b into which the above-described fitting pin 18a is fitted. As shown in FIGS. 12(a) and 13(a), the guide groove 77b is provided so as to incline outward in the long-axis direction downward. With this configuration, when the container body 10 shown in FIG. 12 is transitioned from the state of being placed on the pedestal 60 to the state where the container body 10 shown in FIG. 13 is separated upward from the pedestal 60, while the container body 10 itself does not move radially with respect to the pedestal 60 while the restricting wall 15 enters the outer opening 62a, the slide member 70 moves outward in the long-axis direction (left direction in FIG. 13(a)) as a result of the fitting pin 18a moving upward within the guide groove 77b. With this configuration, by separating the container body 10 upward from the state of being placed on the pedestal 60, the screw engagement between the female screw portion 78a and the male screw portion 31a can be released. Therefore, similar to the first embodiment, by separating the container body 10 upward from the pedestal 60, the rotating shaft 30 can be automatically moved to the bottom dead center. Thus, an operation for returning the rotating shaft 30 that has been extended to the top dead center by using the contents is unnecessary. And only by placing a new cartridge on the pedestal 60, the fitting pin 18a moves downward within the guide groove 77b and the slide member 70 moves inward in the long-axis direction, so that the female screw portion 78a and the male screw portion 31a can be screwed together again to start using the contents in the new cartridge. Therefore, the workability when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge can be improved.

[0058] As described above, in the present embodiment, the slide member 70 is provided on the end face in the minor axis direction of the flat shape and has a guide groove 77b that inclines outward in the major axis direction downward. The engagement control portion is configured to have a fitting pin 18a that extends from below the container body 10 toward the inside in the minor axis direction of the slide member 70 and fits into the guide groove 77b. By adopting such a configuration, the rotating shaft 30 that has been extended to the top dead center can be automatically returned to the bottom dead center using only the fitting pin 18a integrated with the container body 10 and the guide groove 77b integrated with the slide member 70. Therefore, the workability when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge can be improved with a simple configuration.

Industrial Applicability

[0059] The present disclosure can be adopted, for example, in a dispensing container 100, 200 that houses a rod-shaped content such as cosmetics (lipstick, lip cream, or stick eyeshadow, etc.), paste, or medicine in a container body 10 having a flat shape in plan view, and allows a user to dispense and use only the necessary amount of the content.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0060] 10 Container body 11a Longitudinal side wall 11a1 Engagement protrusion 11b Minor-axis side wall 13 Bottom wall 13b Opening 15 Regulation wall (engagement control portion) 17 Inner cylinder portion 18 Pin fixing plate 18a Fitting pin (engagement control portion) 20 Middle dish body 21a Longitudinal peripheral wall 21b Minor-axis peripheral wall 23 Dish bottom wall 25 Bottom cylinder portion 30 Rotating shaft 31 Rotating cylinder portion 31a Male screw portion 33 Arm portion 33a Fitting recess Top of the 35 - axis Cover body 40 Cover side wall 41 in the long - axis direction Cover side wall 42 in the short - axis direction Top wall 43 Operating part 50 Operating part body 51 Operating wall 51a in the long - axis direction Operating wall 51b in the short - axis direction Bottom wall 51c of the operating part First engaging rail 51d Operating part cover 55 Cover side wall 55a Cover top wall 55b Second engaging rail 55d Inner cylinder 55e of the cover Base 60 Base side wall 61a in the long - axis direction Base side wall 61b in the short - axis direction Outer opening 62a Inner opening 62b Base top wall 63 Contact plate 65 Sliding inner wall 67 Engaging claw part 67a Slide member 70 Slide base 71 Slide outer wall 73 Biasing spring 75 Side wall 77 in the short - axis direction Engaging claw part 77a Guide groove 77b Slide inner wall 78 Female screw part 78a Pay - out containers 100, 200 O Central axis

Claims

1. A dispensing container for dispensing the contents within the container body, comprising: a bottomed cylindrical container body having a flat shape in plan view and an opening at the top; a middle dish body disposed within the container body and supported so as to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the container body; a rotating shaft extending in the vertical direction and capable of driving the middle dish body in the vertical direction; a pedestal having a flat shape in plan view on which the container body is placed; a slide member movable in the major axis direction of the flat shape with respect to the pedestal, the slide member being provided with an internal female thread portion at the inner end in the major axis direction that can be threadedly engaged with an external male thread portion provided on the outer surface of the rotating shaft; and when the container body is placed on the pedestal, the slide member moves inward in the major axis direction by the action of an engagement control portion provided at the bottom of the container body, and the internal female thread portion is threadedly engaged with the external male thread portion; when the container body is separated upward from the pedestal, the slide member moves outward in the major axis direction, and the threaded engagement between the internal female thread portion and the external male thread portion is released.

2. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein an operation portion having a flat shape in plan view and rotating in synchronization with the rotating shaft is provided below the pedestal.

3. The slide member is biased outward in the major axis direction with respect to the pedestal, and the engagement control portion is a restricting wall that hangs down from the container body and restricts the outward movement of the slide member in the major axis direction when the container body is placed on the pedestal.

4. The slide member is provided on the end face in the minor axis direction of the flat shape and has a guiding groove that slopes outward in the major axis direction downward, and the engagement control portion has a fitting pin that extends from below the container body toward the inner side in the minor axis direction of the slide member and fits into the guiding groove.

5. The dispensing container according to claim 2, further comprising a lid that covers the container body from the side and above, the lid having substantially the same shape as the operation portion in plan view.

6. The dispensing container according to claim 2, wherein an arm portion extending in the major axis direction is provided at the lower part of the rotating shaft, and the operation portion rotates in synchronization with the rotating shaft when the arm portion engages with the side wall in the minor axis direction of the operation portion.

7. The dispensing container according to claim 2, further comprising a lid having a flat shape in a plan view and covering the container body from the side and above, wherein in a state where the lid is attached, the lid covers at least a part of the outer peripheral surfaces of both the pedestal and the operation portion from the radially outer side.

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