JP2008296935A - Container with hinge cap - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container with a hinge cap in which the taking-out operation of a content is easily visual. <P>SOLUTION: In the container with the hinge cap, a spout 5 is formed in a top wall 4 of the hinge cap 3 attached to a mouth 2 of a container body 1, and a fitting cylinder 17 formed on a lid body 6 of the hinge cap 3 is engaged with the spout 5 in an opening/closing manner. The lid body 6 is connected to a hinge cap body 8 in an opening/closing manner by a hinge 9 and a tension belt 10. An engagement part 11 is formed on a rear outer cylinder 15 of the hinge cap body 8, and an engagement part 12 to be attachably/detachably engaged with the engaging part 11 is formed on a rear outer wall 16 of the lid body 6. The lid body 6 of the hinge cap 3 can be automatically opened at a large angle by the effect of the tension belt 10, and the lid body 6 can be fixed to the hinge cap body 8 to allow the taking-out operation of the content to be considerably easily visual. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hinge cap attached to a mouth portion of a container body of a tube container or a bottle container, and more particularly to a container with a hinge cap capable of fixing a lid of the hinge cap to a side surface of the hinge cap body.

Conventionally, a hinge cap has been attached to the mouth of the container body of a tube container or bottle container by a method such as screwing, and the lid can be opened and closed with one finger and can be opened and closed. Some of them have a function capable of fixing. As a conventional container with a hinge cap, there exists a container with a hinge cap shown in FIGS. The main body of the hinge cap 50 is screwed into the mouth portion 52 of the container main body 51, and a spout 58 having a flange portion formed on the top surface of the hinge cap 50 is fitted into the mouth portion 52. The spout 58 having this flange portion is closed by the engagement cylinder 53 of the lid 54 so that the contents can be taken out. The hinge cap 50 is composed of a main body and a lid body 54. As shown in FIG. 11, the main body of the hinge cap 50 and the lid body 54 are integrally connected only by a hinge 55. A body locking portion 56 protruding outward is formed on the side wall of the body of the hinge cap 50 below the hinge 55, and the gap between the left and right hinges 55 of the lid 54 is A lid locking portion 57 protruding in the shape is formed. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 11, when the lid body 54 is opened, the lid body 54 rotates around the flange 55, and the main body locking portion 56 and the lid locking portion 57 are engaged. The lid 54 is engaged with and fixed to the main body locking portion 56 (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 3387035

However, the conventional container with a hinge cap has the following problems.
(1) As shown in FIG. 11, the lid 54 of the left and right hinges 55 is formed with a lid locking portion 57 protruding upward, and on the side wall of the main body of the hinge cap 50 below the hinge 55. The main body locking portion 56 is formed, but the connection portion between the main body of the hinge cap 50 and the lid body 54 in terms of the mold design because of the formation of the lid locking portion 57 and the main body locking portion 56 described above. In addition, there is a drawback that it is impossible to integrally form the hinge and the tension band.
(2) Since only the hinge 55 connects the main body of the hinge cap 50 and the lid body 54 and no tension band is provided, the lid body 54 is first touched with a finger as shown in FIG. When the lid is lifted up and opened, the lid 54 opens only about 90 ° (α in FIG. 9). However, the lid 54 does not automatically open largely, so the lid 54 becomes in the way and the contents can be taken out. There is a drawback that it is not visually visible enough. The present invention has been made paying attention to such a problem, and by designing a mold, by integrally providing a hinge and a tension band at a connecting portion between the main body of the hinge cap 50 and the lid body 54, The hinge cap lid automatically opens at a large angle, and the lid can be fixed to the rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap main body to provide a container with a hinge cap in which the contents can be easily removed visually. For the purpose.

  In order to solve this problem, the solution means of the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a spout is formed in the top wall of the hinge cap attached to the mouth of the container body, and the lid of the hinge cap is formed in the spout. In a container with a hinge cap that is engaged with a fitting cylinder formed in an openable and closable manner, the lid is connected to the hinge cap body so as to be freely opened and closed with a hinge and a tension band, and a rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body In the container with a hinge cap, an engaging portion is formed on the outer wall of the rear portion of the lid body. The engaging portion is detachably engaged with the engaging portion.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the engaging portion formed on the rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body is an engaging protrusion, and the engaging portion formed on the rear outer wall of the lid is an engaging groove. It is a container with a hinge cap characterized by being.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the engaging portion formed on the rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body is an engaging groove, and the engaging portion formed on the rear outer wall of the lid is an engaging protrusion. It is a container with a hinge cap characterized by being.

   According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the engaging portion formed on the rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body and the engaging portion formed on the rear outer wall of the lid body are both hook-shaped engaging portions. It is a container with a hinge cap characterized by these.

   According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the lid connected by the hinge and the tension band is automatically opened at an angle of 120 ° or more by the action of the tension band, and the lid is opened, A container with a hinge cap, characterized in that an engagement portion formed on the rear outer wall of the lid body engages with an engagement portion of a rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body, and the lid body is fixed to the hinge cap body. .

According to the present invention, because of the design of the mold, the hinge and the tension band can be continuously formed in the vicinity of the hinge. Therefore, the lid of the hinge cap is automatically enlarged by the action of the tension band. Since the lid can be opened at an angle and the lid can be fixed to the hinge cap body, the contents can be easily removed. In addition, the present invention produces an effect that can be handled by a conventional mold facility without requiring a new apparatus.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a drawing showing Example 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a container body which is a tube container or a bottle container made of a synthetic resin. A mouth part 2 having a slightly wide mouth is formed from a squeezable body part through a shoulder part. Is formed. Reference numeral 3 denotes a hinge cap. As shown in FIG. 1, the hinge cap 3 includes a hinge cap main body 8 and a lid body 6, and is connected by a hinge 9 and a tension band 10 so as to be freely opened and closed. That is, the rear outer wall 16 of the outer wall formed on the outer peripheral edge of the lid 6 and the rear outer cylinder 15 of the outer cylinder 15 formed on the outer peripheral edge of the hinge cap body 8 can be opened and closed by the hinge 9 and the tension band 10. It is connected. The lid body 6 and the hinge cap main body 8 are integrally molded by a mold.

  Next, the spout 5 is erected above the top wall 4 of the hinge cap body 8, and a flange portion 14 is suspended below the top wall 4 to close the mouth 2 of the tube container or bottle container. is doing. Then, the mouth portion 2 and the hinge cap 3 are formed by screwing the female thread portion of the inner cylinder 13 suspended from the top wall 4 into the male screw of the mouth portion 2 or, as another embodiment, the mouth portion 2 and the inner cylinder 13. Are fixed by forcibly fitting (not shown) in an undercut format. The outer cylinder 15 at the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 4 is suspended on the shoulder of the container body 1.

  In the first embodiment, an engagement protrusion 11 a is formed on the rear outer cylinder 15 of the hinge cap body 8 of the hinge cap 3, while an engagement groove 12 b is formed on the rear outer wall 16 of the lid body 6. Thereby, when the lid body 6 of the hinge cap 3 is in the open state, the engagement groove 12b of the lid body 6 engages with the hinge cap body 8 as shown in FIG. 4 (end surface of the γ-γ line in FIG. 3). By engaging the protrusion 11 a, the lid body 6 is securely fixed to the rear outer cylinder 15 of the hinge cap body 8. That is, the feature of the present invention is that, as shown in FIG. 3, the hinge 9 and the tension body 10 are continuously formed on the left and right sides thereof, and the lid 3 is automatically opened widely. It exists in the point which can be fixed to the cap main body 8.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the engagement projection is not formed in the vicinity of the connecting portion in the connection of the hinge cap body 8 and the lid body 6 in the design of the mold. 10 can be provided continuously. Therefore, the lid body 6 is automatically opened largely by the action of the tension body 10 only by slightly lifting the lid body 6 with a finger. That is, when the lid 6 is first lifted up slightly with a finger, it opens 5 to 45 °, then it is opened 120 to 155 ° by the action of strongly pulling the lid 6 of the tension body 10 upward, and finally 180 to 270 °. (Β shown in FIG. 3) is opened and the lid 6 is securely fixed to the hinge cap body 8. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp the content take-out operation.

  FIG. 2 is a drawing showing Example 2 of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that an engagement groove 11b is formed in the rear outer cylinder 15 of the hinge cap body 8 of the hinge cap 3, while an engagement protrusion 12a is formed in the rear outer wall 16 of the lid body 6. It is a point. As shown in FIG. 5 (end surface of the γ-γ line in FIG. 3), after the lid body 6 is opened, the engagement protrusion 12 a of the lid body 6 engages with the engagement groove 11 b of the hinge cap body 8, The lid body 6 is securely fixed to the rear outer cylinder 15 of the hinge cap body 8.

  6 and 7 show the third embodiment, which is different from the first embodiment in that the rear outer cylinder 15 of the hinge cap body 8 of the hinge cap 3 and the rear outer wall 16 of the lid body 6 have hook-like shapes, respectively. The engagement pieces 13a and 13b are formed. FIG. 7 is an end view showing a state where the hook-like engagement pieces 13a and 13b are engaged with each other when the lid body 6 is opened and fixed to the hinge cap body 8. FIG.

  As another embodiment, the engagement piece formed on the outer cylinder 15 of the hinge cap body 8 and the engagement piece formed on the shoulder portion of the tube container or bottle container ride on each other and engage with each other. The present invention can also be applied to a tube container or a bottle container having a positioning device (a known technique) (not shown).

  The container with a hinge cap according to the present invention can be widely used as a tube container and a bottle container that can be widely filled with cosmetics, foods, pharmaceuticals, and the like.

Sectional drawing which shows Example 1 of the state which closed the cover body of the container with a hinge cap which concerns on this invention. Section which shows Example 2 of the state which closed the cover body of the container with a hinge cap which concerns on this invention. The front view which shows the state which opened the cover body of the container with a hinge cap which concerns on this invention. The γ-γ line enlarged end elevation of Drawing 3 showing Example 1 of a container with a hinge cap concerning the present invention. The γ-γ line enlarged end elevation of Drawing 3 showing Example 2 of a container with a hinge cap concerning the present invention. The γ-γ line enlarged end elevation of Drawing 3 showing Example 3 of the container with a hinge cap concerning the present invention. The γ-γ line enlarged end elevation of Drawing 3 showing Example 3 of the container with a hinge cap concerning the present invention. Sectional drawing which shows the state which closed the cover body in the conventional container with a hinge cap. Sectional drawing which shows the state which opened the cover body in the conventional container with a hinge cap. The right view which shows the state which opened the cover body of the container with a conventional hinge cap. The expansion perspective view which shows the site | part of the hinge of the container with a conventional hinge cap.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 2 Mouth part 3 Hinge cap 4 Top wall 5 Spout 6 Lid body 7 Fitting cylinder 8 Hinge cap main body 9 Hinge 10 Pulling band 11 Engagement part 11a Engagement protrusion 11b Engagement groove 12 Engagement part 12a engagement Protrusion 12b engaging groove 13a hook-like engaging part 13b hook-like engaging part

Claims (5)

The spout is formed in the top wall of the hinge cap attached to the mouth of the container body, and the fitting cylinder formed on the lid of the hinge cap is engaged with the spout so as to be freely opened and closed. In the attached container,
The lid body is connected to the hinge cap body by a hinge and a tension band so as to be freely opened and closed, and an engagement portion is formed on a rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body, and the engagement portion is detachably engaged with the engagement portion. A container with a hinge cap, wherein an engaging portion to be joined is formed on a rear outer wall of the lid.   2. The engagement portion formed on the rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body is an engagement protrusion, and the engagement portion formed on the rear outer wall of the lid body is an engagement groove. The container with a hinge cap as described.   The engaging portion formed on the rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body is an engaging groove, and the engaging portion formed on the rear outer wall of the lid body is an engaging protrusion. The container with a hinge cap as described.   2. The engagement portion formed on the rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body and the engagement portion formed on the rear outer wall of the lid body are both hook-shaped engagement portions. Container with hinge cap.    The lid connected by the hinge and the tension band is automatically opened at an angle of 120 ° or more by the action of the tension band, and is formed on the rear outer wall of the lid when the lid is opened. The container with a hinge cap according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion engages with an engaging portion of a rear outer cylinder of the hinge cap body, and the lid body is fixed to the hinge cap body.

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