JP2007326579A - Content mixing device of ejector, and ejector - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ejector for mixing two contents during the use which is re-usable by re-filling with the contents after the use. <P>SOLUTION: A cylindrical main container 10 is provided on an ejector, and a content mixing device 30 is mounted on a lower opening side of the main container. The content mixing device comprises a first storage chamber 14 for storing a first content, a second storage chamber 36 for storing a second content, a partitioning plug 33 which is movable between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber to partition a space between the storage chambers in an opening/closing manner, and an operation member such as a push-button 34 for communicating with the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber by removing the partition by moving the partitioning plug. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  This invention mixes the 1st content accommodated in a 1st storage chamber, and the 2nd content accommodated in a 2nd storage chamber, and ejects the mixed mixed content from a jet nozzle. And aerosol type and extrusion type ejectors. And in such an ejector, it is related with the content mixing apparatus which mixes a 1st content and a 2nd content.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a sprayer for cosmetics or the like, a pump device is attached to a mouth portion of a container for storing contents, and the contents in the container are pumped up by operating the pump device to be provided in the pump device. There is a pump type that jets out from the outside. In addition, a valve device is attached to the mouth of the container that contains the contents together with the propellant, and the valve device is opened by operating the valve device. There is an aerosol type that spouts out. Further, there is an extrusion type in which the contents stored in the container are pushed out from the mouth of the container by crushing the container.

  In such a pump-type, aerosol-type, or extrusion-type ejector, for example, a cosmetic liquid or the like, a first content serving as a base such as a liquid or paste, and a second content such as liquid or granular are used. There are things that mix and erupt. In an ejector that ejects this type of mixed content, if the first content and the second content are mixed and stored in the container in advance, there is a risk of deterioration over time. It was.

  Therefore, in the conventional ejector for ejecting such mixed contents, a first storage chamber for storing the first content, a second storage chamber for storing the second content, and those A partition member provided between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber and provided between the storage chambers, and in use, the partition member is pushed through to mix the first content and the second content. There is something to do.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-170979

  However, in such an ejector, since the partition member is destroyed in use, there is a problem that it is difficult to refill and reuse.

  Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to refill the contents after use and make them reusable in a cosmetic ejector that mixes two contents in use.

  A second object of the present invention is to eliminate the risk of inadvertent mixing of two contents before use.

  A third object of the present invention is to provide a storage chamber for storing two contents in advance in the ejector and improve the operability during use by eliminating the trouble of attaching a separate container for storing the contents during use. It is in.

  A fourth object of the present invention is to improve operability when mixing two contents during use.

  A fifth object of the present invention is to provide an ejector that is provided with a separate operation part for mixing two contents and an operation part for ejecting the mixed contents, thereby simplifying the configuration. It is to improve operability.

  Therefore, the invention described in claims 1 to 4 is a content mixing device for mixing two contents in a pump type, aerosol type or extrusion type jetting device for jetting mixed contents, and is a liquid or paste A first storage chamber for storing a first content serving as a base such as a shape, a second storage chamber for storing a second content such as a liquid, a paste, or a granule, the first storage chamber and the first storage chamber A partition plug that is movably provided between the two storage chambers and that can be opened and closed between the storage chambers, and the partition plug is released by moving the partition plug so that the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber are separated from each other. And an operation member such as a push button that communicates.

  Before use, the first content is stored in the first storage chamber and the second content is stored in the second storage chamber. The contents of 1 and the second contents are separated and stored. In use, the first and second contents are communicated between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber by operating the operating member and moving the partition plug, and shaken as necessary. And mix.

  Here, the content mixing apparatus may be provided with a stopper member that regulates the operation of the operation member. Before use, the operation of the operation member is restricted by the stopper member, and at the time of use, by removing the stopper member, the operation restriction of the operation member is released and the partition plug can be moved.

  In the content mixing apparatus described above, the first storage chamber is provided in the main container, while the partition container is provided in the auxiliary container attached to the main container to partition the second storage chamber from the first storage chamber. A room should be provided. Then, the first content is stored in the first storage chamber from the beginning, and the second content is stored in the second storage chamber. After use, the empty auxiliary container can be removed from the main container and replaced with an auxiliary container containing the second content in the second storage chamber.

  Furthermore, the stopper member may be inserted and removed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the main container so as to be detachable. In use, the stopper member is pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the main container to remove the stopper member, and then the operation member is operated to move the partition plug.

  The invention according to claim 5 is a pump-type, aerosol-type or push-out type ejector for ejecting the mixed contents, and comprises the content mixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. is there.

  Here, in this ejector, a main container is formed in a cylindrical shape, and an outlet of a pump-type, aerosol-type or extrusion-type ejector is provided on one opening side thereof, and contents are provided on the other opening side. It is good to provide the operation member of a mixing device. When in use, the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber are communicated between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber by pushing the operating member in the axial direction of the main container to move the partition plug. The mixed contents are ejected from a spout provided in the other side opening of the main container.

  Therefore, according to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, in the ejector for mixing two contents in use, the first storage chamber is moved by operating the operating member and moving the partition plug during use. Since the first contents and the second contents are mixed by communicating between the second storage chambers, the first member can be operated by operating the operation member and returning the partition plug without destroying the parts in use. The storage chamber and the second storage chamber can be partitioned again, and the contents can be refilled in each storage chamber after use to be reusable.

  Here, if a stopper member that restricts the operation of the operation member is provided and the operation of the operation member is restricted by the stopper member before use, the risk of inadvertent mixing of the two contents before use may be eliminated. it can.

  In addition, while the first storage chamber is provided in the main container, the second storage chamber is provided by partitioning the first storage chamber by providing a partition plug in the auxiliary container attached to the main container. When the first content is stored in the chamber and the second content is stored in the second storage chamber, a storage chamber for storing the two contents in advance is provided in the ejector, and another content is stored during use. This eliminates the trouble of attaching a separate container to improve operability during use. In addition, after use, the empty auxiliary container can be removed from the main container and replaced with an auxiliary container that contains the second contents in the second storage chamber, making it easy to refill the contents after use. Can be easily reused.

  Furthermore, the stopper member is inserted and removed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the main container so as to be detachable. In use, the stopper member is pulled out in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the main container to remove the stopper member, and then the operation member is When the partition plug can be moved by operation, the operability when mixing two contents can be improved.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, the ejector is provided with the content mixing device described in any one of claims 1 to 5. By operating and returning the partition plug, the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber can be re-partitioned, and the contents can be refilled into each storage chamber after use to be reusable. .

  Here, the main container is formed in a cylindrical shape, provided with an ejection port on one opening side thereof, and provided with an operation member for the content mixing device on the other opening side, and in operation, the operation member is disposed in the axial direction of the main container. The first storage chamber and the second storage chamber are communicated by moving the partition plug by pushing in, mixing the first content and the second content, and mixing the mixed content into the main container If the two contents are ejected from the spout provided in the other side opening, the operation section for mixing the two contents and the operation section for ejecting the mixed contents from the spout are mutually connected to the cylindrical main container. In addition to simplifying the configuration, it is possible to improve the operability of each operation unit independently.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an external appearance of a pump-type ejector equipped with a content mixing device according to the present invention.

  Reference numeral 10 in the figure denotes a main container. The main container 10 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a plastic material, and a pump device 20 having a spout a is attached to the upper opening side thereof, and an operation member (to be described later) of the content mixing device 30 is provided on the lower opening side. It becomes.

FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section of the ejector shown in FIG.
As can be seen from FIG. 2, a male screw is provided on the upper outer periphery of the main container 10. Then, the packing 12 is sandwiched between the main container 10 and the housing 21 of the pump device 20 is attached by screwing the packing 12 to the male screw.

  A suction port 21 a is opened at the center of the housing 21, and an upper end portion of the suction tube 22 is attached to the suction port 21 a so that the lower end side extends downward in the main container 10. A ball-shaped check valve 23 that opens and closes the suction port 21a is inserted into the center of the housing 21 from above, and then a coil spring 24 is inserted and a cylinder 25 is fitted. A piston 27 with an on-off valve 26 is inserted at the center position of the cylinder 25. The outer periphery of the on-off valve 26 is pressed against the inner periphery of the cylinder 25 to hold the piston 27 in a liquid-tight state. It is placed on the coil spring 24 and biased upward.

  The piston 27 has a discharge passage 27a at the center, and has a radial lateral hole 27b communicating with the discharge passage 27a. The lateral hole 27b is closed by the on-off valve 26 described above. A jet button 28 is attached to the upper end of the piston 27 protruding from the cylinder 25. The ejection button 28 has an ejection passage 28a communicating with the discharge passage 27a, and the above-described ejection outlet a is formed at the outlet of the ejection passage 28a.

  On the other hand, a cylindrical auxiliary container 31 is attached to the inner periphery of the lower opening of the main container 10, and the housing 32 of the content mixing device 30 is attached to the lower outer periphery of the main container 10 so as to hold the auxiliary container 31. Install. A partition plug 33 is provided at the center of the housing 32 so as to be movable up and down. The partition plug 33 includes a cylindrical portion 33a extending in the vertical direction and a disc portion 33b provided at the upper end with the cylindrical portion 33a as a central position. A plurality (four in the illustrated example) of through holes 33c are formed near the lower end of the cylindrical portion 33a. Then, the elastic portion 32a of the housing 32 is pressed against the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 33a to keep the liquid-tight space therebetween, and the outer periphery of the disc portion 33b is pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the auxiliary container 31 to Keep the space liquid tight. In this example, the lower end of the suction pipe 22 of the pump device 20 described above is inserted into the cylindrical portion 33 a of the partition plug 33.

  A push button 34 is attached as an operation member to the lower end of the cylindrical portion 33a. The push button 34 includes a disk part 34 a, a shaft part 34 b that stands at the center position thereof, and a cylinder part 34 c that stands on the disk part 34 a around the shaft part 34 b, and the tip of the shaft part 34 b is connected to the partition plug 33. It is press-fitted into the lower end of the cylindrical portion 33 a and connected to the partition plug 33, and the outer periphery of the upper end of the cylindrical portion 34 c is pressed against the inner periphery of the inner cylindrical portion 32 b of the housing 32. And the stopper member 35 is inserted between the push button 34 and the housing 32, and operation of the push button 34 which is an operation member is controlled.

FIG. 3 shows a plane of the stopper member 35.
The stopper member 35 includes a disk part 35b that is provided with a radial slit 35a and branches into two branches, and a handle part 35c that is bent and raised from the outer periphery of the disk part 35b in the extending direction of the slit 35a.

  And the stopper member 35 puts the cylinder part 34c of the push button 34 in the slit 35a, and inserts it between the disk part 34a of the push button 34 and the housing 32 as shown in FIG. It is detachably provided by being inserted and removed in an orthogonal direction (direction indicated by an arrow in FIG. 2).

  Thereby, while providing the 1st storage chamber 14 which leads also in the cylindrical part 33a of the partition plug 33 in the main container 10, the partition plug 33 is provided in the auxiliary container 31 attached to the main container 10, and a 1st storage chamber is provided. 14 is partitioned by the disk portion 33b to provide the second storage chamber 36. At this time, the through hole 33c of the cylindrical portion 33a of the partition plug 33 is not in the second storage chamber 36 but in the inner cylinder portion 32b of the housing 32 as shown in FIG. The first storage chamber 14 stores a first content serving as a base such as a liquid or a paste. On the other hand, the second storage chamber 36 stores a second content such as liquid, paste, or granular material. Thus, before use, between the first storage chamber 14 and the second storage chamber 36 with the first content stored in the first storage chamber 14 and the second content stored in the second storage chamber 36. The first contents and the second contents are separated and stored by a partition plug 33 that separates the two.

  Now, when using the ejector shown in the figure, the stopper member 35 is pulled out and removed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the main container 10, thereby releasing the operation restriction of the push button 34 and making the partition plug 33 movable. The first storage chamber 14 and the second storage chamber 36 are communicated with each other by moving the partition plug 33 by pushing the push button 34.

In FIG. 4, the pushing state of the push button 34 in the content mixing apparatus 30 is shown.
As shown in the figure, when the disk part 34 a is pushed and the push button 34 is pushed up, the cylinder part 34 c is pushed into the inner cylinder part 32 b of the housing 32 to push up the partition plug 33, and the disk part 33 b of the partition plug 33 is removed from the auxiliary container 31. The stopper is opened by pushing out, and the first storage chamber 14 and the second storage chamber 36 are communicated with each other. Further, the through hole 33c of the cylindrical portion 33a of the partition plug 33 is moved from the inner cylindrical portion 32b of the housing 32 into the second storage chamber 36, and the second storage chamber 36 and the cylindrical portion 33a are communicated with each other. Therefore, the first content and the second content are further sufficiently mixed by mixing the second content in the first content that becomes the base by shaking as necessary. can do.

  Then, by placing a finger on the ejection button 28 of the pump device 20 and directing the ejection outlet a toward the target site and pushing down the ejection button 28, the piston 27 is pushed against the coil spring 24, and the pressure chamber 29 in the cylinder 25 is pushed. In addition, the on-off valve 26 is deformed to open the lateral hole 27b, and the mixed contents in the pressure chamber 29 are put into the ejection passage 28a of the ejection button 28 through the discharge passage 27a of the piston 27 from the lateral hole 27b. , Ejected from the ejection port a toward the outside.

  When the depression of the ejection button 28 is released after ejection, the ejection button 28 is pushed up together with the piston 27 by the biasing force of the coil spring 24, the deformation of the on-off valve 26 is restored, the lateral hole 27b is closed, and the pressure chamber 29 is made negative pressure. The check valve 23 is opened, and the mixed content in the cylindrical portion 33 a in the main container 10 is sucked from the tip of the suction pipe 22 through the suction pipe 22 to the pressure chamber 29 from the suction port 21 a of the housing 21.

  Thereafter, the piston 27 is pushed against the coil spring 24 by pushing the ejection button 28 with a finger again, and the pressure in the pressure chamber 29 in the cylinder 25 is increased, and the suction port 21a is opened by the check valve 23. At the same time, the on-off valve 26 is deformed to open the lateral hole 27b, and the mixed contents in the pressure chamber 29 are put into the ejection passage 28a from the lateral hole 27b through the discharge passage 27a and ejected from the ejection port a to the outside. .

  After the ejection, when the push-down of the ejection button 28 is released, the mixed contents of the main container 10 are similarly sucked into the pressure chamber 29 through the suction pipe 22. By repeating this, the mixed contents of the first storage chamber 14 and the second storage chamber 36 can be completely ejected from the ejection port a.

  And according to this invention, in the ejector which mixes two contents in use, at the time of use, the push button 34 which is an operation member is pushed, and the 1st storage chamber 14 is moved by moving the partition plug 33. Since the first contents and the second contents are mixed by communicating between the second storage chamber 36 and the second storage chamber 36, the partition plug 33 can be returned by operating the push button 34, for example, without destroying the parts in use. For example, the first storage chamber 14 and the second storage chamber 36 can be partitioned again, and the contents can be refilled in each storage chamber after use to be reusable.

  After use, the empty auxiliary container 31 is removed from the main container 10 together with the housing 32, and the removed auxiliary container 31 is refilled with the second content and attached to the main container 10 again, or the second It is possible to replace the auxiliary container 31 with the second content stored in the storage chamber 36, and the refilling of the content after use can be simplified and reuse can be facilitated.

  In the above-described example, the case where the pump-type ejector is provided with the content mixing device 30 for mixing two contents has been described. However, the content mixing device may be provided in a widely used aerosol type or extrusion type ejector. Although not shown in the drawings, in an aerosol-type ejector, a valve device is attached to the mouth of the container, and then the contents are accommodated in the container together with the propellant, and the contents are mixed by the contents mixing device 30 as described above. Then, the valve device is operated to open the valve, and the mixed contents are ejected from the jet port provided in the valve device toward the outside by the pressure of the propellant. On the other hand, in the extrusion-type ejector, the contents are mixed by the contents mixing device 30 as described above, and then the container is crushed to push out the mixed contents contained in the container from the outlet of the container. To do.

It is an external view of a pump type ejector provided with the content mixing apparatus by this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the ejector shown in FIG. It is a top view of the stopper member used with the ejector shown in FIG. It is a partial expanded longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the pushing state of the push button in the content mixing apparatus with which the ejector shown in FIG. 1 is equipped.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main container 14 1st storage chamber 30 Content mixing apparatus 31 Auxiliary container 33 Partition plug 34 Push button (operation member)
35 Stopper member 36 Second storage chamber a Spout

Claims (6)

A first storage chamber for storing a first content;
A second storage chamber for storing a second content;
A partition plug that is movably provided between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber so as to freely open and close the storage chamber;
An operation member that releases the partition by moving the partition plug to communicate between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber;
A content mixing device for an ejector, comprising:   The content mixing device for an ejector according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper member that restricts the operation of the operation member.   While providing the said 1st storage chamber in a main container, providing the said 2nd storage chamber by providing the said partition stopper in the auxiliary container attached to the said main container, and partitioning between the said 1st storage chamber, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. The content mixing device for an ejector according to claim 1 or 2.   The content mixing apparatus of the ejector according to claim 3, wherein the stopper member is detachably provided by being inserted and removed in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the main container.   An ejector comprising the content mixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The ejector according to claim 5, wherein the main container is formed in a cylindrical shape, a jet outlet is provided on one opening side thereof, and an operation member of the content mixing device is provided on the other opening side. .

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