Dispensing container

Abstract

To provide a novel dispensing container capable of stably dispensing an inner tray body holding content regardless of an attitude of the dispensing container.SOLUTION: A dispensing container 100 includes a bottomed cylindrical container body 10 having a flat shape in plan view, an inner tray body 20 supported so as to be movable in a vertical direction, a rotary shaft 30 having a male screw part 31a on an outer surface and capable of driving the inner tray body 20 in the vertical direction, a pedestal 60 on which the container body 10 is placed, and a female screw part 31a disposed at a radially inner end of the pedestal 60 and threadedly engaged with the male screw part 78a. One of a lower part of the inner tray body 20 and an upper part of the rotary shaft 30 is separably fitted to the other, a peripheral wall of the inner tray body 20 is separably fitted to a side wall of the container body 10, and upward separation force applied to the inner tray body 20 to separate the peripheral wall of the inner tray body 20 from the side wall of the container body 10 is greater than upward fitting force applied to the rotary shaft 30 to fit the lower part of the inner tray body 20 to the upper part of the rotary shaft 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

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

[0002] A conventionally known advancing container is shown in, for example, Patent Document 1. In this advancing container, a screw shaft member 6 is moved upward by rotating an operating member 5, which causes an inner tray 3, which holds a stick-shaped content and is located at the upper end of the screw shaft member 6, to be advanced upward, allowing the stick-shaped content to be used. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2022-182042 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in the advancing container shown in Patent Document 1, the inner plate 3 is simply placed on the upper end of the screw shaft member 6, so depending on the posture of the advancing container, it may be difficult to stably advance the inner plate 3, and there is still room for improvement in this regard.

[0005] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a new dispensing container that can stably dispense an inner tray body that holds the contents, regardless of the position of the dispensing container. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present disclosure has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the propelling container of the present disclosure has: [1] A dispensing container that dispenses contents from a container body, a cylindrical container body having a flat shape in a plan view and an opening at the top, and a central plate disposed within the container body and supported so as to be vertically movable relative to the container body; a rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction, having a male thread portion on its outer surface, and capable of driving the center plate body in the vertical direction; a base having a flat shape in a plan view and on which the container body is placed; a female thread portion disposed at a radially inner end of the base and capable of threadably engaging with the male thread portion; Equipped with One of the lower part of the inner plate body and the upper part of the rotating shaft is releasably fitted to the other, The peripheral wall of the inner plate is releasably fitted to the side wall of the container body, The upward disengagement force on the middle plate body to disengage the peripheral wall of the middle plate body from the side wall of the container body is characterized in that it is greater than the upward engagement force on the rotating shaft to engage the lower part of the middle plate body with the upper part of the rotating shaft.

[0007] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes: [2] In the configuration described in [1] above, it is preferable that the portion of the peripheral wall of the intermediate plate body that releasably fits into the side wall of the container body is connected to another portion of the peripheral wall of the intermediate plate body via a first thin-walled portion.

[0008] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes: [3] In the configuration described in [1] or [2] above, it is preferable that the portion of the peripheral wall of the intermediate dish body that detachably fits into the side wall of the container body is surrounded from the circumferential and radially inner sides by a second thin-walled portion provided on the bottom wall of the intermediate dish body when viewed in a plane.

[0009] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes: [4] In the configuration described in any one of [1] to [3] above, it is preferable that the shaft top provided on the upper part of the rotating shaft is releasably fitted into the inside of the bottom tube portion hanging down from the bottom wall of the intermediate dish body, so that the shaft top is in surface contact with the underside of the intermediate dish body, and the bottom tube portion is connected to the bottom wall of the intermediate dish body via a third thin-walled portion provided on the bottom wall of the intermediate dish body.

[0010] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes: [5] In the configuration described in [4] above, it is preferable that the bottom tube portion is divided into a plurality of regions in the circumferential direction and extends in the circumferential direction.

[0011] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes: [6] In the configuration described in any one of [1] to [5] above, it is preferable that the configuration further comprises a slide member having a flat shape that can move in the longitudinal direction relative to the base, and the slide member has a female threaded portion at its inner end in the longitudinal direction that can be threadedly engaged with the male threaded portion of the rotating shaft, and when the container body is placed on the base, the slide member moves inward in the longitudinal direction due to the action of an engagement control unit provided at the bottom of the container body, and the female threaded portion threadably engages with the male threaded portion, and when the container body is moved upwardly away from the base, the slide member moves outward in the longitudinal direction, and the threaded engagement between the female threaded portion and the male threaded portion is released.

[0012] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes: [7] In the configuration described in any one of [1] to [6] above, it is preferable that an operating unit that has a flat shape in a plan view and rotates in synchronization with the rotation axis is provided below the base.

[0013] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes: [8] In the configuration described in [6] above, it is preferable that the slide member is biased outward in the longitudinal direction relative to the base, and the engagement control unit is a regulating wall that hangs down from the container body and regulates the slide member's outward movement in the longitudinal direction when the container body is placed on the base.

[0014] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes: [9] In the configuration described in [7] above, it is preferable that a flat arm portion extending in the long axis direction is provided at the lower part of the rotating shaft, and that the arm portion engages with the flat short axis direction side wall of the operating part, thereby causing the operating part to rotate in synchronization with the rotating shaft.

[0015] The propelling container of the present disclosure also includes:

[10] In the configuration described in [6] above, the slide member has a guide groove provided on a flattened end surface in the short axis direction, the guide groove inclining downward and outward in the long axis direction, The engagement control section preferably has a fitting pin that extends from below the container body toward the inside of the slide member in the minor axis direction and fits into the guide groove. [Effects of the Invention]

[0016] According to the present disclosure, a new advancing container can be provided that can stably advance the inner tray body that holds the contents regardless of the orientation of the advancing container. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0017] [Figure 1] 1 is a front cross-sectional view of a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 2] 1 is a right side cross-sectional view of a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 3A] 1 is a plan view of a container body and an inner plate body of a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 3B]3B is an enlarged view of the first thin portion and the second thin portion in FIG. 3A. FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the fitting portion between the rotating shaft and the inner plate body in FIG. [Figure 5A] 1 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the fitting portion between the rotating shaft and the inner plate body in a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure, viewed from an angle of 45 degrees to the right from the front. [Figure 5B] 5B is a diagram showing the state in FIG. 5A where the rotating shaft is rotated and moved upward to be fitted into the inner plate body. [Figure 6A] 1 is an enlarged front cross-sectional view showing a state in which the peripheral wall of the inner plate body is fitted into the side wall of the container body of the propelling container according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 6B] 6B is an enlarged front cross-sectional view showing the state in which the rotating shaft is engaged with the inner plate body from the state of FIG. 6A, and then the rotating shaft is further moved upward to release the engagement between the side wall of the container body and the peripheral wall of the inner plate body. [Figure 7A] 10 is a plan view showing a state in which the female thread portion of the slide member is engaged with the male thread portion of the rotation shaft. FIG. [Figure 7B] 10 is a plan view showing a state in which the female thread portion of the slide member and the male thread portion of the rotation shaft are disengaged from each other. FIG. [Figure 8A] 1 is a plan view of an inner tray body used in a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 8B] 1 is a front half-sectional view of an inner plate body used in a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 8C] 1 is a bottom view of an inner tray body used in a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. [Figure 9] 8D is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 8C. [Figure 10] 8B is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 8A. [Figure 11A] 1 is a plan view of a base used in a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 11B] 1 is a front half cross-sectional view of a base used in a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 12A]1 is a plan view of a sliding member used in a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 12B] 1 is a front cross-sectional view of a sliding member used in a propelling container according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 12C] FIG. 12C is a cross-sectional view taken along the CC cross section in FIG. 12B. [Figure 13] 1A is a right half of a front cross-sectional view of a propelling container according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 1B is a right half of a right side cross-sectional view of the same. [Figure 14] 14A and 14B are views showing a state in which the container body has been moved upward from the state shown in FIG. 13, in which (a) is the right half of a front cross-sectional view and (b) is the right half of a right side cross-sectional view. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0018] A first embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In this specification, claims, abstract, and drawings, the side where a container body 10 (described later) is located is referred to as the upper side (upper side in FIG. 1, the positive Z-axis direction), and the side where an operating unit 50 is provided is referred to as the lower side (lower side in FIG. 1, the negative Z-axis direction). The front-rear direction is the direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 1 (the Y-axis direction) and the left-right direction in FIG. 2. The left-right direction is the left-right direction (the X-axis direction) in FIG. 1 and the direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 2. The radially outward direction refers to the direction away from the central axis O along a straight line passing through the central axis O of the propelling container 100 and perpendicular to the central axis O, which is aligned in the up-down direction in FIG. 1. The radially inward direction refers to the direction toward the central axis O along this straight line. The circumferential direction refers to the direction of rotation around the central axis O.

[0019] The accompanying drawings of the present disclosure are drawn to equal scale in the up-down, front-back, and left-right directions, and the aspect ratio of the dispensing container 100 in the drawings represents the aspect ratio of the dispensing container 100 of the present disclosure. However, the configuration, shape, dimensional ratio, etc. of the dispensing container 100 in the accompanying drawings are merely one embodiment of the present disclosure. The present disclosure should be interpreted based on the wording of the claims, and is not limited to the configuration, shape, dimensional ratio, etc. shown in the drawings.

[0020] FIG. 1 shows a dispensing container 100 according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. The dispensing container 100 according to this embodiment includes a cylindrical container body 10 with a bottom and an opening 13b at its upper end; a central tray 20 disposed within the container body 10 and supported so as to be vertically movable relative to the container body 10; a rotating shaft 30 extending vertically, supporting the central tray 20 at its upper end and capable of driving the central tray 20 vertically; a base 60 on which the container body is placed; a flat-shaped sliding member 70 movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the base 60; and an operating unit 50 disposed below the base 60 and rotating in synchronization with the rotating shaft 30. The dispensing container 100 may also include a lid that closes 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 cosmetics (e.g., lipstick, lip balm, or eyeshadow stick), glue, or medicine, and allows a user to dispense only the required amount of the content. In this embodiment, the container body 10 has a flat shape in a plan view.

[0021] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the container body 10 has an opening 13b at its upper end, and includes a major axis sidewall 11a and a minor axis sidewall 11b, each of which has a flattened, generally rectangular shape with rounded corners in a plan view (see Figure 3A), a bottom wall 13 closing the lower ends of the sidewalls, a restricting wall 15 hanging down from the vicinity of the major axis outer edge of the bottom wall 13, and an inner tube portion 17 hanging down from the radially inner end of the bottom wall 13. Here, the major axis sidewall 11a refers to the sidewall of the container body 10 that constitutes the end of the generally rectangular shape in the major axis (long side) direction (the left-right direction in Figure 1, the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in Figure 2, the X-axis direction) in a plan view, and the minor axis sidewall 11b refers to the sidewall that constitutes the end of the generally rectangular shape in the minor axis (short side) direction (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in Figure 1, the left-right direction in Figure 2, the Y-axis direction). The following terms will be interpreted similarly.

[0022] As will be described later, when the container body 10 is set on the base 60, the restricting wall 15 restricts the outward displacement of the slide member 70, which is biased outward in the longitudinal direction, and serves to position the female threaded portion 78a provided on the slide member 70 at a position where it can be threadably engaged with the male threaded portion 31a of the rotation shaft 30. Furthermore, the restricting wall 15 is inserted into the outer opening 62a of the base 60, thereby restricting the circumferential rotation of the container body 10 relative to the base 60. The container body 10 can be made of various synthetic resins as well as metal materials such as aluminum.

[0023] The intermediate dish body 20 comprises a dish bottom wall 23 that supports, for example, rod-shaped contents (not shown), a major axis peripheral wall 21a and a minor axis peripheral wall 21b that extend upward from the outer periphery of the dish bottom wall 23, a bottom cylindrical portion 25 that hangs down from the radially inner side of the dish bottom wall 23, and a central convex wall 23b that has an upwardly convex shape on the radially inner side of the bottom cylindrical portion 25.

[0024] The inner plate 20 has a flat, generally rectangular shape in plan view and supports a rod-shaped content (not shown) that also has a flat shape in plan view from below. As described below, the inner plate 20 can move up and down within the container body 10 in conjunction with the vertical movement of the rotating shaft 30. That is, when the rotating shaft 30 is raised by rotating the operating unit 50, the engaging protrusions 35a that protrude radially outward from the shaft top 35 of the rotating shaft 30 engage with the engaging claws 25a on the inner surface of the bottom tube 25, driving the inner plate 20 and moving it upward. The inner plate 20 can also be moved downward by rotating the operating unit 50 in the reverse direction.

[0025] As shown in Figures 1, 2, 8A, etc., the intermediate plate body 20 has a major axis peripheral wall 21a and a minor axis peripheral wall 21b that correspond to the flat shape of the major axis side wall 11a and the minor axis side wall 11b of the container body 10 in a planar view, and is unable to rotate around the central axis O relative to the container body 10.

[0026] 1 and 6A, at the lowest point of the movable range of the inner plate 20, the engaging protrusion 11a1 provided on the inner surface of the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 is engaged with the engaging protrusion 21a1 provided on the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 through undercut engagement (in this state, the inner leg 23g and the outer leg 23h of the inner plate 20 are in contact with the upper surface of the bottom wall 13 of the container body 10). When the user rotates the operating unit 50 around the central axis O and the inner plate 20 is pressed upward by the rotating shaft 30, the fitting protrusion 35a protruding radially outward from the shaft top 35 of the rotating shaft 30 first fits into the fitting claw 25a on the inner surface of the bottom tube portion 25.

[0027] In this embodiment, the upward separation force to be applied to the middle plate body 20 to disengage the peripheral wall (longitudinal peripheral wall 21a) of the middle plate body 20 from the side wall (longitudinal side wall 11a) of the container body 10 is configured to be greater than the upward engagement force to be applied to the rotating shaft 30 to engage the lower part (bottom tube part 25) of the middle plate body 20 with the upper part (shaft top part 35) of the rotating shaft 30. Therefore, when the rotating shaft 30 is rotated around the central axis O and moved upward by rotating the operating unit 50, the bottom tube portion 25 of the middle plate body 20 and the shaft top 35 of the rotating shaft 30 engage with each other before the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the middle plate body 20 and the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 are disengaged (from the state shown in Figure 5B, the engaging protrusion 35a of the shaft top 35 overcomes the engaging claws 25a of the bottom tube portion 25, and the shaft top 35 engages even deeper inside the bottom tube portion 25).

[0028] After the shaft top 35 of the rotating shaft 30 engages with the bottom cylindrical portion 25 of the inner plate 20 by rotating the operating unit 50, further rotation of the operating unit 50 causes the rotating shaft 30 to further press the inner plate 20 upward while the shaft top 35 remains engaged with the bottom cylindrical portion 25 of the inner plate 20. As a result, the engagement between the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 and the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 is released, and the inner plate 20 moves upward from the container body 10 (see FIG. 6B). At this time, the outer leg 23h and inner leg 23g (see FIGS. 8B and 8C) of the inner plate 20 also move upward from the bottom wall 13 of the container body 10.

[0029] In this embodiment, thin-walled portions are provided on the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a and the bottom wall 23 of the middle plate body 20, which makes it easy for the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the middle plate body 20 to disengage from the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10, and for the shaft top 35 of the rotating shaft 30 to fit into the bottom tube portion 25 of the middle plate body 20.

[0030] More specifically, as shown in Figures 3A, 3B, 10, etc., the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 is provided with first thin-walled portions 21a2. The first thin-walled portions 21a2 are provided on both sides of the short axis of the portion of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a that is undercut-engaged with the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10, and are formed to be thinner than other portions of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a. In other words, the portion of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 that is releasably engaged with the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 is continuous with other portions of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 via the first thin-walled portions 21a2.

[0031] 3A, 3B, 10, etc., a second thin-walled portion 23d is provided on the dish bottom wall 23 of the intermediate dish body 20. The second thin-walled portion 23d is a portion formed to be thinner than other portions of the dish bottom wall 23. The portion of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a that fits into the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 is surrounded from the circumferential direction and the radially inner side by the second thin-walled portion 23d provided on the dish bottom wall 23 of the intermediate dish body 20 in a plan view.

[0032] As described above, by providing the first thin-walled portion 21a2 and the second thin-walled portion 23d adjacent to the portion of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 that fits into the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 (hereinafter referred to as the portion in this paragraph), the portion becomes more easily displaced in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction in FIG. 3A ) than other portions of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a. This is because the bending stiffness of the first thin-walled portion 21a2 is low, and therefore the bending of the first thin-walled portion 21a2 in the longitudinal direction makes the portion more easily displaced in the longitudinal direction relative to other portions of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a. Furthermore, the bending stiffness of the second thin-walled portion 23d is low, and therefore the bending of the outer end of the second thin-walled portion 23d in the longitudinal direction (the right end in FIG. 10 ) in the vertical direction makes the portion even more easily displaced in the longitudinal direction.

[0033] In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4, 5A, 5B, 8A, and 9, an annular third thin-walled portion 23a is provided radially outward of the bottom tubular portion 25 and the central protruding wall 23b of the inner plate 20. The third thin-walled portion 23a is thinner than the other portions of the bottom wall 23. That is, the bottom tubular portion 25 is connected to the bottom wall 23 of the inner plate 20 via the third thin-walled portion 23a provided in the bottom wall 23 of the inner plate 20. With this configuration, the bending rigidity of the bottom wall 23 is low at the third thin-walled portion 23a. Therefore, when the shaft top portion 35 of the rotating shaft 30 is fitted inside the bottom tubular portion 25 of the inner plate 20, the third thin-walled portion 23a is bent more easily than the other portions of the bottom wall 23, and the lower end of the bottom tubular portion 25 is easily displaced outward, as shown in FIG. 5B. Therefore, the shaft top portion 35 can be easily fitted inside the bottom cylindrical portion 25 of the inner plate body 20.

[0034] In particular, in this embodiment, the bottom tube portion 25 is divided into multiple regions (four regions) in the circumferential direction, as shown in FIG. 8C etc., and extends in the circumferential direction. This configuration makes it easier for the lower end of the bottom tube portion 25 to be displaced outward. The number of divisions in the circumferential direction of the bottom tube portion 25 can be set to any number equal to or greater than two. Furthermore, the bottom tube portion 25 does not necessarily have to be divided in the circumferential direction.

[0035] As described above, when the engagement (undercut engagement) between the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 and the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 is released, the inner plate 20 is extended further upward. The material of the inner plate 20 can be various synthetic resins or metal materials such as aluminum.

[0036] As for the materials constituting the members other than the container body 10 and the inner plate body 20, it is desirable to use various synthetic resin materials, but the materials are not limited to these.

[0037] 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 arm portions 33 extending from the lower portion of the rotating cylinder portion 31 toward the outside in the longitudinal direction of the operating unit 50. The outer peripheral surface of the rotating cylinder portion 31 is provided with a male thread portion 31a that can be threadedly engaged with a female thread portion 78a provided on the inner peripheral surface of the slide member 70. The shaft top portion 35 at the upper end of the rotating cylinder portion 31 is fitted into the bottom cylinder portion 25 of the central plate body 20 as the rotating shaft 30 rises, thereby moving the central plate body 20 upward. As shown in FIG. 1, two fitting recesses 33a extending vertically are provided radially outward of each of the two arms 33 extending on both sides in the longitudinal direction, facing the operating unit main body 51 of the operating unit 50, as shown in FIG. 1 and other figures. A first engagement rail 51d provided on the inner surface of the short-axis direction operation wall 51b of the operation unit main body 51 and a second engagement rail 55d provided on the inner surface of the cover side wall 55a of the operation unit cover 55 are fitted into these two fitting recesses 33a. With this configuration, when the operation unit main body 51 (operation unit 50) is rotated around the central axis O by operation by the user, the rotation of the operation unit 50 is transmitted to the rotation shaft 30 via the arm portion 33, and the rotation shaft 30 also rotates around the central axis O.

[0038] The operating unit 50 is attached to the lower part of the base 60 (described later) in a state in which it can rotate relatively around the central axis O. The operating unit 50 includes a cylindrical operating unit main body 51 with a bottom, and an operating unit cover 55 that closes the upper opening of the operating unit main body 51. The operating unit main body 51 has a flattened shape that is a substantially rectangular shape having a major axis (long side) direction and a minor axis (short side) direction in a plan view. With this configuration, the operating unit 50 of the dispensing container 100 has a flat outer peripheral surface, making it easy to rotate the operating unit 50 in the circumferential direction around the central axis O without the hand slipping, due to the operating unit 50 having such a flat outer peripheral surface. Therefore, there is no need to provide additional irregularities on the outer surface of the dispensing container 100, which makes it possible to expand the decorative range on the outer surface of the dispensing container 100 and to easily improve the appearance of the dispensing container 100.

[0039] The operation unit main body 51 includes a long-axis operation wall 51a and a short-axis operation wall 51b, which are operation walls (side walls) having a flat shape in a plan view, and an operation unit bottom wall 51c that closes the lower end of the operation wall. A first engagement rail 51d that protrudes radially inward is provided on the inner surface of the short-axis operation wall 51b and fits into a fitting recess 33a provided in the arm portion 33 of the above-mentioned rotation shaft 30. The first engagement rail 51d extends vertically along the central axis O, and supports the rotation shaft 30 non-rotatably with respect to the operation unit 50, guiding the rotation shaft 30 vertically along the first engagement rail 51d.

[0040] An operation unit cover 55 is disposed above the operation unit main body 51 to cover the upper opening of the operation unit main body 51. The operation unit cover 55 includes a cover side wall 55a having a flat shape in a plan view that is fitted and fixed to the inner surfaces of the operation walls (long-axis direction operation wall 51a and short-axis direction operation wall 51b) of the operation unit main body 51, a cover top wall 55b that closes the upper end 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. Similar to the short-axis direction operation wall 51b described above, a second engagement rail 55d that protrudes radially inward is provided on the inner surface of the cover side wall 55a. The second engagement rail 55d fits into a fitting recess 33a provided in the arm portion 33 of the rotation shaft 30. The second engagement rail 55d extends vertically along the central axis O in order to guide the rotating shaft 30 from the lower end to the upper end of the movable range by combining with the first engagement rail 51d, and guides the rotating shaft 30 vertically along this second engagement rail 55d while supporting it so that it cannot rotate relative to the operating unit 50.

[0041] 1, the cover inner cylinder 55e engages with an engaging claw portion 67a of a sliding inner wall 67 that hangs down from the radially inner end of a base 60 (described later), and is attached so as to be slidable in the circumferential direction relative to the outer circumferential surface of the sliding inner wall 67. With this configuration, the operating unit 50 is supported so as to be rotatable relative to the base 60 around the central axis O.

[0042] As shown in Figures 7A, 7B, 11A, etc., the base 60 has a flat shape that is approximately rectangular in a planar view, and is equipped with side walls (base long axis side wall 61a and base short axis side wall 61b), a base top wall 63 that connects to the upper ends of the side walls, a contact plate 65 (see Figures 1 and 11B) that hangs down from the base top wall 63 radially inward of the base long axis side wall 61a, and a sliding inner wall 67 that hangs down from the radially inner end at the bottom of the base 60.

[0043] An outer opening 62a is provided on the radially inner side of the base longitudinal sidewall 61a of the base 60 (see FIG. 11A), and a restricting wall 15 hanging down from the bottom wall 13 of the container body 10 is inserted into the outer opening 62a. When the container body 10 is attached to the base 60, the restricting wall 15 passes through the base top wall 63 and is inserted into the outer opening 62a. As shown in FIG. 1 and other figures, this restricts the movement of a slide outer wall 73 of a slide member 70 (described later) that is biased by a biasing spring 75 and attempts to move radially outward. The slide member 70, whose radial outward movement is restricted by the restricting wall 15, is positioned in a radial position where a female thread portion 78a provided on a slide inner wall 78 can be threadably engaged with a male thread portion 31a of the rotation shaft 30. An inner opening 62b (see FIG. 11A) is provided at the radially inner end of the base 60 to receive the inner cylindrical portion 17 of the container body 10 and the like.

[0044] 1, the radially inner end of the biasing spring 75 abuts against the abutment plate 65, restricting radially inward displacement of the biasing spring 75. When the container body 10 is not attached to the base 60, the biasing force of the biasing spring 75, whose radially inward displacement is restricted by the abutment plate 65, moves the slide member 70 radially outward, thereby releasing the threaded engagement between the female thread portion 78a and the male thread portion 31a of the rotation shaft 30 (see FIG. 7B).

[0045] The cover inner cylinder 55e of the operation unit cover 55 engages with the outer surface of the sliding inner wall 67, and the cover inner cylinder 55e is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the sliding inner wall 67 so as to be slidable (rotatable) about the central axis O. With this configuration, the operation unit 50 is supported so as to be rotatable relative to the base 60 about the central axis O.

[0046] The slide member 70 includes a slide base 71 disposed directly above the cover top wall 55b of the operation unit cover 55, a slide outer wall 73 provided at the radially outer end (long axis direction) of the slide base 71, a biasing spring 75 formed integrally with the slide base 71 on the radially inner side of the slide outer wall 73, a female thread portion 78a formed on the inner surface of a slide inner wall 78 provided at the radially inner end of the slide base 71, and minor axis direction side walls 77 (see FIGS. 7A and 12A to 12C) erected from the slide base 71 on both sides in the minor axis direction (circumferential direction) of the biasing spring 75. The female thread portion 78a is disposed at the radially inner end of the pedestal 60.

[0047] When the container body 10 is placed on the base 60, the sliding outer wall 73 abuts against the restricting wall 15 hanging down from the bottom wall 13 of the container body 10 (see FIG. 1 , etc.), and the sliding member 70 is positioned radially inward against the radially outward biasing force from the biasing spring 75. In this position, the female thread portion 78a provided on the radially inner end of the sliding outer wall 73 is configured to threadably engage with the male thread portion 31a provided on the outer surface of the rotating shaft 30. With this configuration, when the container body 10 is placed on the base 60, the male thread portion 31a of the rotating shaft 30 and the female thread portion 78a of the sliding member 70 are threadably engaged, so that the rotating shaft 30 can move upward relative to the sliding member 70 as it rotates about its own central axis O.

[0048] As shown in Fig. 12C, an engagement claw 77a protruding outward in the minor axis direction is provided on the upper part of the minor axis side wall 77. The engagement claw 77a is engaged with a step portion of the base minor axis side wall 61b of the base 60 and fixed, as shown in Fig. 7A. When fixing the slide member 70, the female thread portion 78a of the slide member 70 is slid into the base 60 from below in Fig. 1, and then the engagement claw 77a can be attached by engaging with the base minor axis side wall 61b.

[0049] As shown in FIG. 12B and other figures, the biasing spring 75 is a thin-walled member that forms a generally elliptical arc that is convex upward when viewed from the front (positive side in the Y-axis direction), and has a generally uniform shape in the circumferential direction (front-rear direction, Y-axis direction). The biasing spring 75 is integrally formed with other components of the slide member 70, such as the slide base 71. The biasing spring 75 abuts against the abutment plate 65 of the pedestal 60 on its radially inner side, biasing the slide member 70 radially outward (outward in the long axis direction). Note that the shape of the biasing spring 75 is not limited to that shown in the figure, and may have any other shape that can bias the slide member 70 radially outward.

[0050] Alternatively, the slide member 70 may not be provided, and the female screw portion 78a may be fixed to the radially inner end of the base 60, for example.

[0051] The dispensing container 100 may have a cylindrical shape with a top, and may have a lid that closes the opening 13b at the upper end of the container body 10. In this case, the lid preferably has a flat shape that is substantially rectangular in plan view, and has substantially the same shape as the operating unit 50.

[0052] When using the dispensing container 100 having such a configuration, the user holds the outer surface of the base 60 (usually the outer surface of the base short axis direction side wall 61b) with one hand and the operating wall of the operating unit main body 51 (usually the short axis direction operating wall 51b) with the other hand, and rotates it around the central axis O.

[0053] By rotating the operation unit main body 51 about the central axis O relative to the base 60, the arm portion 33 of the rotating shaft 30, which is engaged with the first engagement rail 51d and the second engagement rail 55d provided on the inner surface 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, the rotating shaft 30 rotates relative to the base 60, and the rotating shaft 30 also rotates relative to the female thread portion 78a of the slide member 70 fixed to the base 60, and the male thread portion 31a engages with the female thread portion 78a, causing the rotating shaft 30 to move upward relative to the base 60 and the slide member 70.

[0054] When the rotating shaft 30 moves upward relative to the base 60 and the sliding member 70, the shaft tip 35 at the upper end of the rotating shaft 30 fits inside the bottom tube portion 25 of the inner plate 20, pushing the inner plate 20 upward. As the rotating shaft 30 pushes the inner plate 20 upward, the engagement between the engaging protrusions 11a1 provided on the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 and the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 is released (see FIG. 6B, etc.), and the inner plate 20 is extended upward to the top dead center.

[0055] In this embodiment, the shaft apex 35 at the upper end of the rotating shaft 30 fits inside the bottom tube portion 25 of the inner plate 20, and the upper surface of the shaft apex 35 abuts against the lower surface of the central convex wall 23b of the inner plate 20. In this embodiment, the upper surface of the shaft apex 35 and the lower surface of the central convex wall 23b both have substantially the same dish shape that is convex upward. Therefore, the upper surface of the shaft apex 35 and the lower surface of the central convex wall 23b can be in surface contact, allowing the inner plate 20 to be advanced upward by the rotating shaft 30 in a stable position.

[0056] When the rod-shaped contents fixed to the inner plate 20 are used up, the user moves the container body 10 and the inner plate 20 upward from the state shown in Figure 1 and removes them from the base 60. As a result, the restricting wall 15 of the container body 10 is removed from the base 60, and the sliding outer wall 73 of the sliding member 70, which had been restricted from outward displacement in the longitudinal direction by the restricting wall 15, moves outward in the longitudinal direction due to the biasing force of the biasing spring 75 (see Figure 7B), and the threaded engagement between the female threaded portion 78a and the male threaded portion 31a is released.

[0057] By releasing the thread engagement between the female thread portion 78a and the male thread portion 31a, the rotating shaft 30, which had moved to top dead center, moves to bottom dead center. In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 30 is automatically moved to bottom dead center by separating the container body 10 from the base 60. This eliminates the need to return the rotating shaft 30, which has been extended to top dead center due to the use of the contents, to its original position. Then, once the rotating shaft 30 has moved to bottom dead center, the contents of the new cartridge can be used simply by placing a new cartridge (the inner plate 20 and the container body 10 that hold the new contents) on the base 60. This improves the ease of replacing a used cartridge with a new one.

[0058] As described above, this embodiment is a dispensing container 100 that dispenses the contents from the container body 10, and includes the container body 10, which has a flat shape in a plan view and is a cylindrical container body with a bottom and an opening 13b at the top, the inner plate body 20 that is disposed within the container body 10 and supported so as to be movable in the vertical direction relative to the container body 10, the rotating shaft 30 that extends in the vertical direction, has a male screw portion 31a on its outer surface, and can drive the inner plate body 20 in the vertical direction, the base 60 that has a flat shape in a plan view and on which the container body 10 is placed, and the base 60 The dispensing container 100 is configured such that the upward separation force on the inner plate 20 for disengaging the peripheral wall of the inner plate 20 from the side wall of the container body 10 is greater than the upward fitting force on the rotating shaft 30 for fitting the lower part of the inner plate 20 to the upper part of the rotating shaft 30. By adopting this configuration, when the inner plate 20 holding the contents is dispensed upward, the upper part of the rotating shaft 30 is fitted into the lower part of the inner plate 20, so that the inner plate 20 holding the contents can be dispensed stably regardless of the attitude of the dispensing container 100.

[0059] In this embodiment, the portion of the peripheral wall of the inner plate 20 that fits into the side wall of the container body 10 (this portion) is configured to be continuous with other portions of the peripheral wall of the inner plate via the first thin-walled portion 21a2. This configuration allows the first thin-walled portion 21a2 to have low bending rigidity, so that this portion is more likely to be displaced in the longitudinal direction relative to other portions of the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a when the first thin-walled portion 21a2 bends in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 can be reliably disengaged from the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10, allowing the inner plate 20 to be advanced upward.

[0060] In addition, in this embodiment, the portion of the peripheral wall of the inner plate 20 that fits into the side wall of the container body 10 (this portion) is configured so that, in a plan view, it is surrounded from the circumferential and radial inside by the second thin-walled portion 23d provided on the dish bottom wall 23 of the inner plate 20. With this configuration, the bending rigidity of the second thin-walled portion 23d is low, and the outer end of the second thin-walled portion 23d in the longitudinal direction (the right end in FIG. 10) bends up and down, making this portion more likely to be displaced in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 can be reliably disengaged from the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10, allowing the inner plate 20 to be advanced upward.

[0061] In this embodiment, the shaft top 35 provided on the upper part of the rotating shaft 30 is releasably fitted inside the bottom tube portion 25 that hangs down from the bottom wall 23 of the inner plate 20. This allows the shaft top 35 to be in surface contact with the underside of the inner plate 20, and the bottom tube portion 25 is connected to the bottom wall 23 of the inner plate 20 via the third thin-wall portion 23a provided on the bottom wall 23 of the inner plate 20. This configuration provides low bending rigidity at the third thin-wall portion 23a. Therefore, when the shaft top 35 of the rotating shaft 30 fits inside the bottom tube portion 25 of the inner plate 20, the third thin-wall portion 23a bends more easily than other portions of the bottom wall 23, as shown in FIG. 5B , and the lower end of the bottom tube portion 25 is easily displaced outward. This allows the shaft top 35 to easily fit inside the bottom tube portion 25 of the inner plate 20. Furthermore, even if the vertical length of the bottom tube portion 25 is shortened, the shaft top portion 35 can be fitted inside the bottom tube portion 25 of the inner plate 20, thereby reducing the vertical dimension of the dispensing container 100. Furthermore, by having the shaft top portion 35 and the underside of the inner plate 20 in surface contact, the inner plate 20 can be dispensed upward in a more stable state.

[0062] In this embodiment, the bottom tube portion 25 is divided into multiple regions in the circumferential direction and configured to extend in the circumferential direction. By adopting this configuration, when the shaft top portion 35 of the rotating shaft 30 fits inside the bottom tube portion 25 of the inner plate 20, the multiple bottom tube portions 25 are spaced apart in the circumferential direction, which makes it easier for the lower ends of the bottom tube portions 25 to displace outward. This makes it even easier for the shaft top portion 35 to fit inside the bottom tube portion 25 of the inner plate 20.

[0063] Furthermore, this embodiment further includes a slide member 70 that is flat and movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the base 60, and the slide member 70 has an internal thread 78a at its inner end in the longitudinal direction that is threadably engageable with the external thread 31a of the rotating shaft 30. When the container body 10 is placed on the base 60, an engagement control section (restriction wall) provided at the bottom of the container body 10 acts to move the slide member 70 inward in the longitudinal direction, and the internal thread 78a threadably engages with the external thread 31a. When the container body 10 is moved upward from the base 60, the slide member 70 moves outward in the longitudinal direction, and the threaded engagement between the internal thread 78a and the external thread 31a is released. With this configuration, the rotating shaft 30 automatically moves to the bottom dead center when the container body 10 is moved upward from the base 60, eliminating the need to return the rotating shaft 30 that has been unwound to the top dead center due to the use of the contents. Then, the contents in the new cartridge can be started to be used simply by placing the new cartridge on the base 60. Therefore, the workability when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge can be improved.

[0064] Furthermore, in this embodiment, an operating unit 50 that has a flat shape in a plan view and rotates in synchronization with the rotation shaft 30 is provided below the base 60. By adopting such a configuration, the operating unit 50 of the dispensing container 100 does not need to have circumferential irregularities on the operating unit 50 as in conventional dispensing containers, and the flat outer surface makes it easy to rotate the operating unit 50 around the central axis O without the hand slipping. Therefore, there is no need to provide additional irregularities or the like on the outer surface of the dispensing container 100, which makes it possible to expand the range of decoration on the outer surface of the dispensing container 100 and to make it easier to improve the appearance of the dispensing container 100.

[0065] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the slide member 70 is biased outward in the longitudinal direction relative to the base 60, and the engagement control section is configured as a restriction wall 15 that hangs down from the container body 10 and restricts the slide member 70 from moving outward in the longitudinal direction when the container body 10 is placed on the base 60. By adopting such a configuration, the rotating shaft 30, which has been extended to the top dead center, can be automatically returned to the bottom dead center using only the restriction wall 15 integrated with the container body 10 and the biasing spring 75 integrated with the slide member 70. Therefore, with a simple configuration, the operability when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge can be improved.

[0066] In this embodiment, an arm 33 extending in the long axis direction is provided at the bottom of the rotating shaft 30, and the arm 33 engages with a short axis direction operation wall 51b of the operating unit 50, causing the operating unit 50 to rotate in synchronization with the rotating shaft 30. By adopting such a configuration, the rotation of the operating unit 50, which has a flat shape in a plan view, can be efficiently transmitted to the rotating shaft 30, allowing the contents to be dispensed.

[0067] Next, a propelling container 200 according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to Figures 13 and 14. The propelling container 200 according to this embodiment has a similar configuration to that of the first embodiment, except for some differences in the engagement control section of the container body 10, the base 60, and the sliding member 70. Therefore, the following description will focus on the differences from the first embodiment. Furthermore, parts having the same functions as those in the first embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals.

[0068] 13 and 14, the container body 10 has, as an engagement control section, a pin fixing plate 18 hanging down from the vicinity of the minor axis direction side wall 11b of the bottom wall 13, and an engagement pin 18a extending from the lower part of the pin fixing plate 18 toward the minor axis direction inside of the slide member 70 and engaging with the guide groove 77b. Note that a gap is provided between the engagement pin 18a and the guide groove 77b to such an extent that the engagement pin 18a can move smoothly in the longitudinal direction of the guide groove 77b.

[0069] A guide groove 77b into which the aforementioned fitting pin 18a fits is provided on the minor axis direction sidewall 77 of the slide member 70. As shown in FIGS. 13(a) and 14(a), the guide groove 77b is provided so as to slope downward and outward in the major axis direction. With this configuration, when the container body 10 transitions from the state in which it is placed on the base 60 shown in FIG. 13 to the state in which it is separated upward from the base 60 shown in FIG. 14, the container body 10 itself does not move radially relative to the base 60 while the restriction wall 15 is inserted into the outer opening 62a. However, the slide member 70 moves outward in the major axis direction (to the left in FIG. 14(a)) as a result of the fitting pin 18a moving upward within the guide groove 77b. With this configuration, the threaded engagement between the female thread portion 78a and the male thread portion 31a can be released by separating the container body 10 upward from the state in which it is placed on the base 60. Therefore, as in the first embodiment, the rotating shaft 30 can be automatically moved to bottom dead center by moving the container body 10 upward from the base 60. Therefore, there is no need to return the rotating shaft 30, which has been extended to top dead center due to the use of the contents, to its original position. Furthermore, simply by placing a new cartridge on the base 60, the engaging pin 18a moves downward within the guide groove 77b, and the slide member 70 moves inward in the axial direction, so that the female thread portion 78a and the male thread portion 31a are again threadably engaged, allowing the use of the contents in the new cartridge to begin. This improves the ease of replacing a used cartridge with a new one.

[0070] In this embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, a fitting protrusion 35a protruding radially outward from the shaft top 35 of the rotating shaft 30 fits into a fitting claw 25a on the inner surface of the bottom cylindrical portion 25 to drive the central plate body 20. In addition, a third thin-walled portion 23a having an annular shape is provided radially outward of the bottom cylindrical portion 25 and the central protruding wall 23b (see FIG. 13).

[0071] In this embodiment, although no reference numerals are given in Fig. 13, similarly to the first embodiment, the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 is provided with a first thin-walled portion 21a2, and the plate bottom wall 23 is provided with a second thin-walled portion 23d similar to the first embodiment (see Fig. 3B, etc.). In addition, the longitudinal side wall 11a of the container body 10 is provided with an engaging protrusion 11a1 that engages with the longitudinal peripheral wall 21a of the inner plate 20 in an undercut manner (see Fig. 13).

[0072] As described above, in this embodiment, the slide member 70 has a guide groove 77b provided on the flattened end surface in the short axis direction and inclined downward and outward in the long axis direction, and the engagement control unit has an engagement pin 18a that extends from below the container body 10 toward the inside of the slide member 70 in the short axis direction and engages with the guide groove 77b. By adopting this configuration, the rotating shaft 30, which has been extended to the top dead center, can be automatically returned to the bottom dead center using only the engagement pin 18a integrated with the container body 10 and the guide groove 77b integrated with the slide member 70. Therefore, with this simple configuration, the operability when replacing a used cartridge with a new cartridge can be improved.

[0073] Although the present disclosure has been described based on various drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and alterations based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these modifications and alterations are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each component can be rearranged so as not to cause logical inconsistencies, and multiple components can be combined into one or divided. It should be understood that these modifications and alterations are also included in the scope of the present invention.

[0074] For example, in the first and second embodiments, the other main components are configured to have a similar flat shape in accordance with the flat shape of the container body 10 in a plan view, but this is not limited to this. For example, the operation unit 50 may be configured not to have a flat shape in a plan view.

[0075] In addition, in the first and second embodiments, the container body 10 has a flat shape in a planar view that is approximately rectangular having a major axis (long side) direction and a minor axis (short side) direction, but this is not limited to this form and other flat shapes such as an elliptical shape, an egg shape, or an approximately track shape may also be used. [Industrial Applicability]

[0076] The present disclosure can be adopted in a dispensing container 100 that stores contents formed in a rod shape, such as cosmetics (lipstick, lip balm, stick eye shadow, etc.), glue, or medicine, in a container body 10 that has a flat shape in a plan view, and allows the user to dispense only the required amount of contents. [Explanation of symbols]

[0077] 10 Container body 11a Long axis side wall (side wall) 11a1 Engagement protrusion 11b Short axis side wall (side wall) 13 Bottom wall 13b opening 15 Restriction wall (engagement control section) 17 Inner cylinder 18-pin fixing plate 18a Fitting pin (engagement control part) 20 Medium Plate 21a Long axis direction peripheral wall (peripheral wall) 21a1 Engagement protrusion 21a2 1st thin section 21b Short axis direction peripheral wall (peripheral wall) 23 Pan bottom wall 23a 3rd thin section 23b Central convex wall 23d 2nd thin section 23g inner leg 23h Outer leg 25 Bottom cylinder part 25a Interlocking claw 30 Rotation axis 31 Rotating cylinder 31a Male thread 33 Arm section 33a Fitting recess 35 Shaft top 35a Fitting protrusion 50 Control section 51 Operation unit body 51a Long axis operation wall 51b Short axis operation wall 51c Bottom wall of operation section 51d First engaging rail 55 Operation unit cover 55a Cover side wall 55b Cover top wall 55d Second engagement rail 55e Cover inner cylinder 60 pedestal 61a Pedestal long axis side wall 61b Pedestal short axis side wall 62a Outside opening 62b Inner opening 63 Pedestal ceiling 65 Contact plate 67 Sliding inner wall 67a Engaging claw part 70 Slide member 71 Slide base 73 Sliding outer wall 75 bias spring 77 Short axis side wall 77a Engaging claw part 77b Guide groove 78 Slide inner wall 78a Female thread 100,200 Dispensing container O center axis

Claims

1. A dispensing container that dispenses contents from a container body, a cylindrical container body having a flat shape in a plan view and an opening at the top, and a central plate disposed within the container body and supported so as to be vertically movable relative to the container body; a rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction, having a male thread portion on its outer surface, and capable of driving the center plate body in the vertical direction; a base having a flat shape in a plan view and on which the container body is placed; a female thread portion disposed at a radially inner end of the base and capable of threadably engaging with the male thread portion; Equipped with One of the lower part of the inner plate body and the upper part of the rotating shaft is releasably fitted to the other, The peripheral wall of the inner plate is releasably fitted to the side wall of the container body, A dispensing container in which the upward separation force on the inner plate body to disengage the peripheral wall of the inner plate body from the side wall of the container body is greater than the upward engagement force on the rotating shaft to engage the lower part of the inner plate body with the upper part of the rotating shaft.

2. 2. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the peripheral wall of the inner tray that is releasably fitted to the side wall of the container body is connected to another portion of the peripheral wall of the inner tray via a first thin-walled portion.

3. A dispensing container as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the portion of the peripheral wall of the intermediate dish that releasably fits into the side wall of the container body is surrounded from the circumferential and radially inner sides by a second thin-walled portion provided on the bottom wall of the intermediate dish when viewed in a plane.

4. The shaft top provided on the upper part of the rotating shaft is removably fitted into the inside of a bottom cylindrical portion hanging down from the bottom wall of the central dish body, so that the shaft top comes into surface contact with the underside of the central dish body, 3. The propelling container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom tube portion is connected to the bottom wall of the inner dish via a third thin-walled portion provided on the bottom wall of the inner dish.

5. The propelling container according to claim 4 , wherein the bottom tube portion is divided into a plurality of circumferentially extending regions.

6. a slide member having a flat shape and movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the base, the slide member having the female thread portion threadably engageable with the male thread portion of the rotation shaft at an inner end in the longitudinal direction; When the container body is placed on the base, an engagement control unit provided at the bottom of the container body acts to move the slide member inward in the longitudinal direction, and the female threaded portion threadably engages with the male threaded portion, 3. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein when the container body is moved upwardly away from the base, the slide member moves outward in the longitudinal direction, thereby releasing the threaded engagement between the female threaded portion and the male threaded portion.

7. The propelling container according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an operating part provided below the base, the operating part having a flat shape in a plan view and rotating in synchronization with the rotation shaft.

8. The slide member is biased outward in the longitudinal direction relative to the base, The dispensing container according to claim 6, wherein the engagement control section is a restricting wall that hangs down from the container body and restricts outward movement of the sliding member in the longitudinal direction when the container body is placed on the base.

9. The dispensing container according to claim 7, wherein a flat arm portion extending in the long axis direction is provided at the lower part of the rotating shaft, and the arm portion engages with the flat side wall of the operating portion in the short axis direction, thereby causing the operating portion to rotate in synchronization with the rotating shaft.

10. the slide member has a guide groove provided on a flattened end surface in the short axis direction, the guide groove inclining downward and outward in the long axis direction, The propelling container according to claim 6 , wherein the engagement control section has a fitting pin that extends from below the container body toward the inside of the slide member in the minor axis direction and fits into the guide groove.

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