JP2001315819A - Two-part liquid mixing type discharging container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an operating plate from being pushed down inadvertently for a two part liquid mixing type discharging container for which a nozzle- equipped push-down head is attached to a stem provided at a paired liquid discharging containers and the stem is pushed down through the push-down head with the operating plate provided above the push-down head pushed down. SOLUTION: The operating plate 40 is attached to the upper inside of a groove 23 of a cover member 20 so that the plate can be moved in sliding to the front and rear and can be pushed down while being slid to the rear limit of sliding, and the operating plate is prevented from being pushed down at positions other than a specified position and thereby the operating plate can be provided so as not to be pushed down inadvertently.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a two-liquid mixing and discharging container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-2785 discloses this kind of mixing vessel.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 54, there is a case where a pair of left and right aerosol containers containing different liquids are used as one set, and the container described in the publication includes a stem that penetrates the top walls of both aerosol containers, The L-shaped caps are fitted with the base ends of a pair of left and right nozzle pipes respectively, and the tip ends of the nozzle pipes are arranged side by side on the left and right. When a part of the top wall of the member is formed as a press-down plate and the rear part of the press-down plate is pressed down, both nozzle tubes are pressed down together with the stem, and the liquid in each aerosol container is ejected through each nozzle. Is provided. This kind of container contains different kinds of liquids to be mixed and used immediately before use, for example, for dyeing gray hair, etc., because the effect changes if mixed in advance.

[0003]

In the conventional container, since the different liquids in each aerosol container are jetted from both the left and right nozzle pipes in an unmixed state, the jetted liquids must be appropriately mixed in a small container or the like, which is inconvenient. In addition, there is a possibility that the pressing plate is inadvertently pressed down.

According to the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned aerosol container, a well-known vertical pump-equipped container is used, and a pair of left and right containers are used to bind each other, and a press-down head having a hollow inside is provided. Then, the stem fitting cylinders hanging down from both left and right portions of the press-down head are fitted to the outer surfaces of the stems of the aerosol container or the container with the vertical pump, respectively, and the nozzle projects forward from the front surface of the hollow press-down head. With this arrangement, the different liquids ejected from the stem are mixed in the hollow press-down head and discharged from the nozzle, and further, the press-down head operation plate is pushed only when the operation plate is moved to a predetermined position. The operation plate is provided so as to be able to be lowered so that careless pressing of the operation plate can be prevented.

[0005]

As a first means, there is provided a liquid ejecting stem 4 which is urged upward from the inside of the container and stands upright, and is connected by contacting the side surfaces of the container body 2,2. A pair of left and right liquid ejection containers 1 and 1 for storing different kinds of liquids,
The lower part of the peripheral wall 21 is fitted and fixed to the upper outer surface of the body part of the pair of liquid discharge containers, and the middle part in the left-right direction of the top wall 22 that closes the upper surface of the peripheral wall is recessed to open and close the front and rear and upper opening grooves 23.
Are formed, and a bottom wall portion and a left and right side wall 23a in the middle of the groove front and rear direction are formed.
A cover member 20 that is continuously removed from the lower half portion and opened,
The left and right sides of the hollow push-down head 31 in which the middle portion is located in the groove portion above the groove bottom wall opening portion, and the left and right portions are located in the left and right portions of the peripheral wall 21 through the left and right side wall opening portions, respectively. The stem fitting cylinder 32 hanging from the part is fitted to the upper outer surface of the stem 4 of the liquid discharge container so that the stem can be pushed down, and the nozzle 33 moves forward from the front face of the pushing head 31 through the groove 23. A press-down member 30 with a nozzle that projects
Into the upper portion of the groove 23, from the operation plate 40, which is slidable in the front-rear direction and, in the rear limit, is capable of pivoting downward around the front end by pushing down the rear portion. The lower part of the operation plate 40 pushes down the stem 4 against the urging force via the push-down head 31 and the stem fitting cylinder 32 by pushing down the rear part of the operation plate. Is formed so as to be able to be ejected from the nozzle 33 through the inside of the stem fitting tube 32 and the pressing head 31.

As a second means, the first means is provided, and the engaging member 44 is projected outwardly from both right and left sides of the rear portion of the operation plate 40, and the laterally concave strip portion 24 is formed at the upper rear portion of the groove side wall 23a.
, And the vertical concave stripes 25 downward from the rear end of the horizontal concave stripes,
When the operation plate 40 is at the front end, the engaging element 44 is located in the laterally recessed ridge portion 24 so that the rear portion of the operation plate 40 cannot be pressed down and the operation plate 40 is at the rear end. In this state, the operation plate 40 can be pressed down by the engagement element 44 descending in the longitudinally concave strip 25.

As a third means, there is provided a first means or a second means, and a pressing plate portion 45 having a lower end surface having a convex curved surface in the front-rear direction is hung down from the lower surface of the operation plate 40. When the rear part of the operation plate is pushed down, the lower end face of the pushing plate part 45 pushes down.
The stem 4 was formed so as to be able to be depressed via 31.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference numeral 1 denotes a pair of left and right liquid discharge containers. The illustrated one is an example using an aerosol container, and both the left and right aerosol containers have a container body 2 as shown in FIG. Has a concave portion 3 in the upper portion thereof, and penetrates a central portion of a top wall that closes an upper surface of the body portion 2 so as to urge the stem 4 for ejecting liquid upward to urge it upward. Such aerosol containers 1,1
Have the same size and the same shape, and store different types of liquids to be mixed and used, such as a gray hair dyeing liquid.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a connecting member. The connecting member fits the mounting cylinder portions 12 hanging from the left and right portions of the elliptical top wall 11 on the upper outer surfaces of both aerosol container body portions 2, respectively. Locking ridge 13 provided on the inner surface of the lower part of the mounting cylinder
Into the recess 3 of the aerosol container, and
The through-hole formed in the top wall 11 surrounded by the upper end allows
Are projected upward.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a cover member mounted on the upper portion of the aerosol container body 2 via the connecting member 10, and the cover member has a lower portion fitted and fixed to the outer surface of the mounting cylindrical portion 12 of the connecting member. In addition, it has a peripheral wall 21 having a substantially elliptical cross section, and as shown in FIG. 1, a middle part in the left-right direction of a top wall 22 that closes the upper surface of the peripheral wall is recessed to form a groove 23 that is open front-rear and upward. I have. As shown in FIG. 3, the groove is preferably formed so that the front portion is recessed more deeply than the rear portion, and the bottom wall portion in the front-rear direction and the lower half of the left and right side walls 23a are continuously removed to open the bottom wall opening portion. The bottom wall portion behind 23b is an inclined surface with a high front. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a laterally recessed ridge 24 is provided at the upper rear portion of both side walls 23a of the groove, and the width thereof is wider than the laterally recessed ridge 24 downward from the rear end of the laterally recessed ridge portion. Each of the vertical recessed portions 25 is formed by drilling, and furthermore, an engagement projection 26 is provided on the upper front portion on both side walls 23a of the groove.

In the illustrated example, the lower portion of the cover member peripheral wall 21 is fitted to the upper portion of the aerosol container body 2 via the connecting member 10, but the connecting member 10 is omitted, and the lower portion of the cover member peripheral wall 21 is connected to the aerosol container. It may be directly fitted to the upper outer surface of the body 2. In this case, an inward flange to be engaged with the upper end surface of the body 2 of the aerosol container is provided on the intermediate inner surface of the cover member peripheral wall 21, and the peripheral wall 21 below the inward flange is provided.
The left and right aerosol containers are formed integrally with each other by, for example, attaching a locking ridge for locking to the concave portion 3 of the aerosol container.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a press-down member with a nozzle. The member has a press-down head 31 having a hollow inside, and an intermediate portion of the press-down head is formed by a groove above the bottom wall opening portion 23b of the groove 23. While inserting into the part, as shown in FIG.
The left and right portions of the hollow press-down head 31 are inserted into the left and right portions of the cover member peripheral wall 21 from the openings in the lower half of the left and right side walls 23a of the groove. As shown by a broken line in FIG. 2, stem fitting cylinders 32, 32 are suspended from the lower surface of the pressing head portion inside the cover member peripheral wall 21, and these stem fitting cylinders are attached to the upper outer surface of the stem 4 of each aerosol container. The stems are fitted so that the stems can be pushed down. Further, the above-mentioned hollow press-down head
From the middle of the front surface in the left-right direction of the nozzle 31, the nozzle 33 passes through the front part of the groove 23 and is spaced from the upper surface of the front part of the bottom wall of the groove 23.
And a pressing projection 34 is provided at the middle of the upper surface of the hollow press-down head 31 in the front-rear direction.

Reference numeral 40 denotes an operation plate for pressing down the pressing member. The operation plate has a pressing plate portion 41 fitted in an upper portion between the left and right side walls 23a of the groove, and a front end of the pressing plate portion. An engaging plate portion 43 projects rearward from a front wall portion 42 via a front wall portion 42, and, as shown in FIG. 3, between the rear upper surface of the engaging plate portion and the front lower surface of the pushing plate portion 41. The joint portion 26 is slidably engaged in the front-rear direction. Further, from the right and left rear portions of the pushing plate portion 41, the engaging members 44 are protruded outward and laterally, as shown in FIG.
In a state where the pushing plate portion 41 is located at the front limit with respect to the cover member 20, the engaging members 44 are fitted to the above-described laterally recessed ridge portions 24 to prevent the pushing plate portion 41 from being pushed down, and In a state where the pushing plate portion 41 is retracted to the rear limit position as shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to push down the rear portion of the pushing plate portion 41 by lowering the engagement element 44 in the above-described vertical concave strip 25. It is formed so that it becomes. Further, from the left and right sides of the lower surface of the pressing plate portion 41, a pressing plate portion 45 having a lower end surface having a convex curved surface in the front-rear direction is hung down, and a rear portion of the pressing plate portion 41 is moved in a state shown in FIG. When pressed down, the lower end surface of the pressing plate portion 45 is formed so as to press down the hollow press-down head 31 via the pressing projection 34.

In order to eject the liquid stored in the aerosol container, first, the operation plate 40 is retracted from the state shown in FIG. 3 to the rear end as shown in FIG. 4, and the rear part of the push-in plate portion 41 is pushed down from this state. Then, the lower end surface of the pressing plate portion 45 is
In order to press down both stems 4 through the hollow press-down head 31 and the stem fitting tube 32 by pressing against the upper surface, different liquids in both aerosol containers are discharged from the stems 4 and mixed in the hollow press-down head 31. And is ejected from the nozzle 33.
After use, as shown in FIG. 3, the operating plate 40 is advanced to the front limit, thereby engaging the engaging element 44 with the lateral concave ridge portion 24 and preventing the rear portion of the pushing plate portion 41 from being inadvertently pressed down. .

In the above, the example using the aerosol container has been described. However, as described in the problem to be solved by the invention, a known container with a vertical pump may be used instead of the aerosol container. As in the illustrated example, on the upper outer surface of the stem of each container as a pair of left and right vertical pump containers,
The stem fitting tube 32 of the press-down head 30 with nozzle is fitted, and the lower part of the peripheral wall 21 of the cover member with the operation plate 40 is fitted and fixed to the upper outer surface of the body of the pair of vertical pump containers.

The connecting member 10, the cover member 20, the pressing member 30 with the nozzle, and the operation plate 40 are appropriately formed of a synthetic resin material.

[0017]

According to the present invention, since the structure according to claim 1 is employed, the rear portion of the operation plate 40 is pressed down in the state shown in FIG. The liquid can be mixed inside and can be ejected from the nozzle 33, so that the mixed liquid can be easily obtained.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the operation plate 40 is at the front end, the engaging member 44 of the operation plate is located in the laterally concave strip portion 24 of the cover member, as shown in FIG. Operating plate
Inadvertent depression of the rear portion of the operating plate 40 is prevented, and the operating plate 40 is slid backward from this state to position the engaging element 44 in the upper portion of the vertical concave portion 25 as shown in FIG. 40 The rear part can be pushed down easily.

When the rear portion of the operation plate 40 is pressed down in the state shown in FIG. 4, the pressing head 31 can be pressed down smoothly by the convex curved surface at the lower end of the pressing plate portion 45. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the same embodiment in a state where the operation plate is retracted to a rear end.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Liquid discharge container 10 ... Coupling member 20 ... Cover member 30 ... Depressing member with a nozzle 40 ... Operation plate

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pair of left and right liquids containing different kinds of liquids, each having a liquid ejecting stem 4 which is urged upward from the inside of the container and stands up, and which is connected by contacting the sides of the container body 2,2. The lower portion of the peripheral wall 21 is fitted and fixed to the discharge containers 1 and 1 and the upper outer surfaces of the body portions of the pair of liquid discharge containers, and the middle portion in the left-right direction of the top wall 22 that closes the upper surface of the peripheral wall is recessed to move forward, backward and upward Open groove 23
Are formed, and a bottom wall portion and a left and right side wall 23a in the middle of the groove front and rear direction are formed.
A cover member 20 having a lower half portion continuously removed and opened, an intermediate portion in the groove portion above the groove bottom wall opening portion, and a left and right side portion of the peripheral wall 21 passing through the left and right side wall opening portions. A stem fitting cylinder 32 that suspends the left and right portions from the left and right portions of the hollow push-down head 31 positioned respectively is fitted to the upper outer surface of the stem 4 of the liquid discharge container so that the stem can be pushed down. A press-down member 30 with a nozzle that projects the nozzle 33 forward from the front of the press-down head 31 through the groove 23, and into the upper part of the groove 23, to be able to slide in the front-rear direction, and at the end There is an operation plate 40 attached so as to be able to rotate downward around the front end by pressing down the rear portion. By pressing down the rear portion of the operation plate, the lower surface of the operation plate 40 is fitted with the press-down head 31 and the stem. Push down the stem 4 against the bias through the joint tube 32, Nozzle 33 through the two liquid discharge container liquid stem fitting tubular 32 and pressing head 31 when
A two-liquid mixing / discharging container characterized by being formed so as to be ejected from the container. 2. An engaging member 44 is provided on both left and right sides of a rear portion of the operation plate 40.
A laterally concave ridge 24 at the upper rear of the groove side wall 23a and a vertical concave ridge 25 downward from the rear end of the horizontal concave ridge. In the state where 40 is at the front end, the engaging element 44 is
When the operation plate 40 is located at the rear end and the operation plate 40 is at the rear end, the engaging element 44 is
2. The two-liquid mixing and discharging container according to claim 1, wherein the operation plate 40 can be pushed down by descending the inside of the container 25. 3. A pressing plate portion 45 having a lower end surface having a convex curved surface in the front-rear direction is hung down from a lower surface of the operation plate 40, and a lower end surface of the pressing plate portion 45 is pressed down when the rear portion of the operation plate is pressed down. The two-liquid mixing and discharging container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the stem (4) is formed so as to be able to be pushed down through the (31).