The present invention relates to a commodity containing apparatus for expanding to open a containing bag and throwing various kinds of commodities thereinto to contain, particularly relates to a commodity containing apparatus used when in order to provide seasonings of sugar and the like or milk packed by, for example, a unit of use thereof, these are throwing into a containing bag to contain or the like.
In a background art, there is known a bag containing apparatus of umbrella as a kind of a commodity containing apparatus. According to the bag containing apparatus of umbrella, when an umbrella is inserted into an apparatus main body from a front end thereof, the front end of the umbrella pushes to move an opening operating member facing inside of the apparatus main body downward against a spring, a claw member projected from the opening operating member is inserted into an opening of a containing bag in accordance with pivoting the opening operating member to a lower side to expand to open the containing bag, and the umbrella is inserted into the containing the bag opening of which is expanded to open from the front end to contain therein (refer to, for example, JP-A-7-205944).
Meanwhile, according to the bag containing apparatus of an umbrella of Patent Reference 1, mentioned above, since an object of containing is the umbrella which is long, also a total of the apparatus is large-sized. Therefore, when the bag containing apparatus of an umbrella is utilized for containing seasonings or the like packed by a unit of use thereof, mentioned above, a large space is needed and it is difficult to install the apparatus at a counter of a store.
Hence, it is an object of the invention to provide a commodity containing apparatus which is small-sized and can contain commodities simply.
In order to achieve the above-described object, a characteristic of a commodity containing apparatus of the invention resides in including a charging member attached to a base portion for charging a plurality of sheets of containing bags, and a pivoting base portion pivotably supported by the base portion in a vertical face and formed with an opening for throwing in a commodity at a center portion thereof, wherein an end plate of the pivoting base portion opposed to the charging member presses to hold the plurality of sheets of containing bags. Further, by adopting such a constitution, the plurality of sheets of containing bags are pressed to hold by the end plate of the pivoting base portion opposed to the charging member.
Further, other characteristic of the commodity containing apparatus of the invention resides in that the pivoting base portion is provided with a lever pivotably supported in a vertical face and an expanding arm inserted into an opening of a frontmost one of the containing bag charged to the charging member for expanding the containing bag when the pivoted lever recovers to an original position by a self weight thereof is supported by the lever. Further, by adopting such a constitution, the containing bag can simply be expanded by only pivoting the lever in one direction.
Further, other characteristic of the commodity containing apparatus of the invention resides in a commodity containing apparatus fixed to a fixing member of a counter or the like of a store for expanding a containing bag and throwing a commodity thereinto to contain, wherein the commodity containing apparatus includes a fixed member fixed to the fixing member, a base portion engaged attachably and detachably to and from the fixing member, a charging member attached to the base portion for charging a plurality of sheets of the contacting bags, a pivoting base portion pivotably supported by the base portion in a vertical shape, formed with an opening for throwing in the commodity at a center portion thereof, an end plate thereof opposed to the charging member pressing to hold the plurality of sheets of containing bags, and a lever pivotably supported by the pivoting base portion in a vertical face and arranged with an expanding arm inserted into an opening of a frontmost one of the containing bag charged to the charging member for expanding the containing bag when the expanding arm is pivoted and thereafter returns to an original position by a self weight thereof. Further, by adopting such a constitution, the commodity containing apparatus can easily be attached and detached by engaging the base portion to the fixed member fixed to the fixing member. Further, by pivoting the lever, the expanding arm arranged at the lever is inserted into the opening of the frontmost one of the containing bag charged to the charging member and the opening of the containing bag is expanded by returning the lever to the original position by the self weight and therefore, by throwing in the commodity from the opening for throwing the article, the commodity can easily be contained in the containing bag.
Furthermore, other characteristic of the commodity containing apparatus of the invention resides in that the fixed member is formed with a hook portion, a lock shaft extended in a longitudinal direction engaged with the hook portion of the fixed member is movably arranged at the base portion, and the lock shaft is arranged with a spring for providing an elasticity in a direction of the hook portion of the fixing member. Further, by adopting such a constitution, when the base portion is engaged with the fixing member, the lock shaft is engaged with the hook portion of the fixing member and the base portion can firmly be fixed. Further, when the base portion is detached from the fixing member, by moving the lock shaft, the lock shaft can be detached from the hook portion of the fixing member and the base portion can easily be detached.
Further, other characteristic of the commodity containing apparatus of the invention resides in that at least two sheets of end plates surrounding the opening for throwing in the commodity are inclined downward toward a center side. Further, by adopting such a constitution, when the commodity is thrown in from the opening for throwing the commodity, it can be prevented that the commodity is mounted on the end plate surrounding the opening for throwing the commodity and the commodity can smoothly be contained in the containing bag.
Further, other characteristic of the commodity containing apparatus of the invention resides in further including a holding frame fixed to the base portion and formed with a fold-to-bend portion hung downward in a vertical direction of the base portion and folded to bend in a horizontal direction such that a lowermost portion thereof is disposed downward from the plurality of sheets of containing bags, and a receiving bowl arranged at the fold-to-bend portion of the holding frame. Further, by adopting such a constitution, when the containing bag is dropped in throwing the commodity into the containing bag, the containing bag can be received by the receiving bowl to hold.
Further, according to the commodity containing apparatus of the invention, the end plate of the pivoting base portion opposed to the charging member presses to hold the plurality of containing bags and therefore, small-sized formation thereof can be achieved without needing an independent member for holding the containing bag. Further, by arranging the expanding arm to the lever, the expanding arm is inserted into the opening of the containing bag by only pivoting the lever in one direction, the opening of the containing bag is expanded by the self weight of the lever and therefore, the commodity can simply be contained.
An embodiment of a commodity containing apparatus according to the invention will be explained in reference to the drawings as follows.
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The upper end portion 14c of the leaf spring 14 is fixed with an upper end portion of a contact plate 16 substantially in a rectangular shape brought into contact with the containing bag 40 at a rearmost position by a pair of pins 15, 15. Further, a center portion in an up and down direction of the contact plate 16 is fixed with an upper end portion 17c of a leaf spring 17 made of a metal as in a shape substantially the same as that of the leaf spring 14 by a pair of pins 15, 15, and a center portion 17b folded to bend from the upper end portion 17c of the leaf spring 17 is extended in a skewed lower direction of the contact plate 16 to be in parallel with the center portion 14b of the leaf spring 14. Further, a lower end portion 17a folded to bend from the center portion 17b of the leaf spring 17 faces a vicinity of the support plate 12 to be in parallel with the support plate 12.
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Portions of the end plate 22a opposed to the respective support pins 13 are bored with circular holes 22f loosely to be inserted with the head portion 13a of the respective support pins 13. Further, stoppers 23 in a shape of a pin brought into contact with the end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22 for stopping the end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22 substantially in a vertical state are supported by lower end portions on base end sides of the respective brackets 18.
Both sides from upper end portions to lower ends of the end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22 are integrally projected with left and right side plates 22g, 22g having the same shape projected frontward to constitute face symmetry to each other. Inner sides of upper end portions of the respective side plates 22g are fixed with guide plates 24 made of a metal extended in a skewed downward direction for guiding a commodity when the commodity is thrown into the containing bag 40, mentioned later, and folded to bend to direct lower end portions thereof downward in a vertical direction by pairs of pins 15, 15.
A pivot restricting member 25 made of a metal is fixed between front end portions of the two side faces 22g, 22g. As shown by
Further, a top plate 25d is projected from an upper end of the endplate 25a of the pivot restricting member 25 to extend in a direction of the pivoting base portion 22, and a flat shield plate 25e extended downward is hung from a front end of the top plate 25d. Further, the pivot restricting member 25 is formed with two pieces of slits 26 having the same shape to be spaced apart from each other by an interval therebetween in a left and right direction. Each of the slits 26 is extended upward from a center position in an up and down direction and communicates with outside at a lower end edge of the shield plate 25e by vertically cutting the top plate 25d and the shield plate 25e respectively. Further, a lower end edge of the end plate 25a is integrally installed with a flat bottom plate 25f disposed between the two supported plates 25b, 25b.
An opening 27 (
A long support shaft 28 is pivotably supported between the two side plates 22g, 22g of the pivoting base portion 22 at a portion constituting an inner side of the pivot restricting member 25 and a lever 29 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 28. As shown by
An upper end edge of the lever main body 29a of the lever 29 is integrally installed with a pair of arms 29c, 29c constituting extensions of the respective supported plates 29b, 29b and extended upward, and a handle 29d constituted by folding to bend an upper end portion thereof is integrally bridged between the two arms 29c, 29c. Further, when the lever 29 is pivoted, the two arms 29c, 29c are moved in the two slits 26 without being brought into contact with inner side edges of the slits 26.
The support shaft 28 is wound with a coil spring 30 for urging the lever 29 in the clockwise direction in
When the lever 29 is brought into above-described erected state of
Lower end portions of the two supported plates 29b, 29b are bored with circular holes (not illustrated) in a coaxial state. Further, a support shaft 32 is inserted through and supported by the two circular holes. The support shaft 32 is inserted into brackets 33a, 33a and respectively formed at two upper corner portions of an expanding arm 33 formed in a shape of substantially an inverse triangle extended downward from the lever main body 29a, and the expanding arm 33 is pivotably supported by the support shaft 32 to be able to be pivoted in the clockwise direction from a position shown in
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Next, operation of the embodiment constituted by the above-described constitution will be explained. First, as shown by
Under the state, when the lever 29 disposed at the position shown in
Hence, when the hand is left from the handle 29d of the lever 29, the lever 29 is pivoted in the clockwise direction by its own weight and returns to the position shown in
Hence, when the commodity is thrown in from the opening, the commodity is firmly thrown into the containing bag 40. Thereafter, when the containing bag 40 contained with the commodity is pulled downward, the respective cut lines 40c of the containing bag 40 reach the respective attaching holes 40b and the containing bag 40 can be taken out. In order to expand a successive one of the containing bag 40, after pivoting the lever 29 in the counterclockwise direction again, the hand may be left therefrom.
As explained above, according to the embodiment, when the pivoting base portion 22 is pivoted upward and the containing bag 40 is mounted and the pivoting base portion 22 is recovered to an original state, the containing bag 40 can stably be held by the end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22. Further, by only pivoting the lever in the counterclockwise direction, the inserting port 40a of the containing bag 40 can simply be expanded. Therefore, the containing bag 40 can be held or expanded by a small-sized and simple constitution.
Next, a second embodiment of a commodity containing apparatus according to the invention will be explained. Further, constitutions of the second embodiment the same as or corresponding to those of the first embodiment are shown by attaching the same notations.
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The engaging portion 54 is constituted by a top plate 54a formed substantially in a rectangular shape, side plates 54b, 54b folded to bend downward from respective short sides of the top plate 54a and respectively bored with openings 54c to which the lock shaft 59 is inserted, and end plates 54d contiguous to the side plates 54b, 54b, folded to bend downward to be opposed to the support plate 55 and formed with projections 54e, 54e engaged with the respective openings 52c of the fixed member 52 on an inner face side thereof. Further, the lock shaft 59 is extended to be inserted into the openings 54c, 54c of the respective side plates 54b, 54b to project therefrom respectively and is urged elastically to a side of the end plate 54d by a spring (not illustrated).
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Further, both sides of the support plate 55 are integrally projected with left and right brackets 58, 58 having the same shape projected forward to constitute face symmetry with each other. A support shaft 60 is fixed to bearings 58c coaxially formed at upper end portions of base end sides of the respective brackets 58 and the pivoting base portion 22 made of the metal, mentioned later, is pivotably supported by the support shaft 60 in a vertical face. Further, substantially center portions on base end sides of the respective brackets 58, 58 are respectively formed with openings 58a, 58a to be engaged with end portions 63a, 63a of a holding frame 63 for holding a receiving bowl 64, mentioned later. Further, lower end portions of base end sides of the respective brackets 58 are integrally formed with restricting plates 58b projected to inner sides respectively brought into contact with projected portions 22h of respective side plates 22g of the pivoting base portion 22, mentioned later, for restricting the pivoting base portion 22 from pivoting downward.
The holding frame 63 is formed substantially in a U-like shape from a metal material, the respective end portions 63a, 63a are folded to bend respectively to outer sides to be engaged with the openings 58a, 58a of the respective brackets 58, 58, and a lower side of the holding frame 63 is formed with a mounting portion 63b folded to bend frontward to be able to mount the receiving bowl 64. Further, according to the embodiment, the receiving bowl 64 is formed by a resin material and a peripheral edge portion of the receiving bowl 64 is formed with a flange 64a mounted on the mounting portion 63b of the holding frame 63. The receiving bowl 64 is constituted to receive the containing bag 65 to prevent the containing bag 65 from being dropped when a commodity is thrown into the containing bag 65 from the opening 27, mentioned later, and the containing bag 65 is cut to separate to be dropped by a weight of the commodity.
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The portions of the end plate 22a opposed to the respective support pins 13 are bored with circular holes 22f loosely inserted with the head portions 13a of the respective support pins 13. Further, the both sides from the upper end portion to the lower end of the end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22 are integrally projected with the left and right side plates 22g, 22g having the same shape projected frontward to constitute face symmetry to each other, and lower end portions of base end sides of the respective side plates 22g, 22g are respectively integrally formed with the projected portions 22h projected downward brought into contact with the restricting plates 58b formed at the respective brackets 58, 58 of the support plate 55. Further, as shown by
A pivot restricting member 61 made of a metal is fixed between front end portions of the two side plates 22g, 22g. As shown by
Further, a top plate 61d is projected from an upper end of the end plate 61a of the pivot restricting member 61 to extend in a direction of the pivoting base portion 22 and a flat shield plate 61e extended downward and hung from a front end of the top plate 61d. Further, the pivot restricting member 61 is formed with two pieces of slits 62 having the same shape to be spaced apart from each other in a left and right direction. Each of the slits 62 is extended upward from a center position in an up and down direction of the end plate 61a and is communicated with outside at a lower end edge of the shield plate 61e by respectively vertically cutting the top plate 61d and the shield plate 61e. Furthermore, a lower end edge of the end plate 61a is integrally connected with an extended plate 61f formed to be extended downward by being inclined in a direction of the end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22 and as shown by
The opening 27 (
The upper end edge of the lever main body 29a of the lever 29 is integrally provided with the pair of arms 29c, 29c extended upward constituting extensions of the respective support plates 29b, 29b, and the handle 29d constituted by bending to form the upper end portion is integrally bridged between the two arms 29c, 29c. Further, when the lever 29 is pivoted, the two arms 29c, 29c are moved in the two slits 62 without being brought into contact with the inner side edges of the slits 62.
The support shaft 28 is wound with the coil spring 30 for urging the lever 29 in the clockwise direction in
When the lever 29 is brought into the above-described erected state of
The lower end portions of the two support plates 29b, 29b are bored with the circular holes (not illustrated) in the coaxial state. Further, the support shaft 32 is inserted through and supported by the two circular holes. The support shaft 32 is inserted through the brackets 33a, 33a respectively formed at the two upper corner portions of the expanding arm 33 formed in the flat plate shape substantially in the inverse triangle shape, and extended downwardly from the lever main body 29a, and the expanding arm 33 is pivotably supported to be able to be pivoted in the clockwise direction from the position shown in
According to the second embodiment, as shown by
Next, operation of the second embodiment constituted by the above-described constitution will be explained. First, as shown by
Next, as shown by
Under the state, when the lever 29 disposed at the position shown in
Hence, when the hand is left from the handle 29d of the lever 29, the lever 29 is pivoted in the clockwise direction by its own weight and returns to the position shown in
Hence, when a commodity is thrown in from the opening 27, the commodity is firmly thrown into the containing bag 65. Thereafter, when the containing bag 65 contained with the commodity is pulled downward, the containing bag 65 is cut from the cut line 65c of the containing bag 65 and the containing bag 65 can be taken out. Further, in throwing the commodity into the containing bag 65, when the containing bag 65 is cut to be separated from the cut line 65c by a weight of the commodity, the commodity is received by the receiving bowl 65 arranged at the lower side of the respective containing bags 65 and the containing bag 65 can be prevented from being dropped. In order to expand a successive one of the containing bag 65, the hand may be left therefrom after pivoting the lever 29 in the counterclockwise direction again.
As explained above, according to the embodiment, when the pivoting base portion 22 is pivoted upward and the containing bag 65 is mounted and the pivoting base portion 22 is recovered to an original state, the containing bag 65 can stably be held by the end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22. Further, by only pivoting the lever in the counterclockwise direction, the inserting port 65a of the containing bag 65 can simply be expanded to open. Therefore, the containing bag 65 can be held or expanded by a small-sized and simple constitution.
Further, the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments but can variously be changed as necessary.
The commodity containing apparatus of the invention can be utilized when, for example, in order to provide seasonings of sugar and the like or milk packed by a unit of use thereof, these are thrown into the containing bag to contain.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2003-302744 | Aug 2003 | JP | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/JP04/12705 | 8/26/2004 | WO | 11/18/2005 |