Container holder including a swing member rotatably supporting a roller to hold a container received therein

A container holder for holding a container, comprising:

• a main body formed with a recess having an open top defined therein for receiving a container;
• a swing member rotatably supported by the main body so as to be swung into and out of the recess;
• a roller supported by the swing member so as to be rotated around a prescribed rotational center line by the container engaging the roller as the container is pushed into and pulled out of the recess;
• and
• a biasing member urging the swing member into projecting into the recess;
• wherein the swing member is provided with an inclined surface extending downward from a part thereof located outward of an outer periphery of the roller, above the roller and outward of the recess to a part thereof located directly above the rotational center line of the roller or more inward of the recess than the rotational center line of the roller,
• wherein a rotational center line of the swing member is positioned below the roller,
• wherein the roller includes an inner member consisting of a rotary shaft and an outer member consisting of a cylindrical member fitted on an outer periphery of the inner member,
• wherein the outer member is made of a material having a higher coefficient of friction than the inner member, and
• wherein a projection is formed in one of the outer periphery of the inner member and an inner periphery of the outer member, and a corresponding recess is formed in the other of the outer periphery of the inner member and the inner periphery of the outer member so that the inner member and the outer member are combined with each other by fitting the projection into the recess.