Plate exchangeable compact container
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsTsutomu Kobayashi, Chiaki Kamimura
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Abstract
A plate-exchangeable compact container having a mounting chamber which can store a large plate or a pair of small plates, and a plate spring that applies a force in a forward direction. The spring force applies a pressure to both the left and right sides of the large plate or to the small plates. When the small plates are mounted in the mounting chamber, engagement protrusions are attached in a manner which allows them to contact the side regions of each small plate back panel.
Claims4
A plate exchangeable compact container having a mounting chamber which can store a large plate or a pair of left and right small plates in a condition which can be exchanged, the left and right end of the front surface of the rear wall of said mounting chamber having a plate spring which applies a force in a forward direction, such that when the large plate is mounted in said mounting chamber, the tips of both plate springs apply a pressure to both the left and right sides of the large plate back panel, and when small plates are mounted, applies a pressure to the middle region in the left and right direction of each small plate back panel such that the front panel of each plate can be pressed against a front wall of the mounting chamber,
- characterized in that when the small plates are mounted in the mounting chamber, a left and right pair of engagement protrusions in the middle region of the left and right direction of a front surface of a back wall are attached in a manner which can contact to the side regions of each small plate back panel.
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