JP3631327B2 - Liquid container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a spontaneous discharge type liquid container that includes a liquid amount display tube, injects liquid from an upper opening, and discharges the liquid from a lower opening.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A conventional liquid container is provided with an inner container having an upper and lower opening in an outer case, a shoulder member is coupled to the upper end of the outer case, a bottom member is coupled to the lower end, and a base (7 ) , A liquid passage is provided in the lower opening of the inner container , a liquid passage normally closed on- off valve unit is connected to the liquid passage, and the discharge port of the liquid passage of the on- off valve unit is connected to the pedestal below the bottom member . Provided toward the space and a liquid level indicator tube is erected on the front side of the outer case outside the inner container, and the lower end of the liquid amount indicator tube is connected to the liquid passage of the on-off valve unit via a hollow pipe. The liquid was injected from the upper opening of the liquid and the liquid in the inner container was naturally discharged from the discharge port.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In a liquid container having such a conventional configuration, coffee, tea, etc. may be used in particular, but when used over a long period of time, coffee, tea, etc. will adhere to the liquid level display tube, making it difficult to see inside the liquid level display tube. The amount of liquid in the inner container cannot be confirmed, and there has been a problem that in order to clean the inside of the liquid amount display tube, it must be disassembled sequentially from the pedestal portion of the liquid container.
[0004]
The present invention was made in order to solve this problem, forcibly fitted bind against the bottom of the coupling portion of the liquid level indicator tube body it is possible to easily clean the solution amount indicator tube Thus, it can be securely fixed and held . It is another object of the present invention to provide a liquid container capable of reliably preventing dust and the like from entering the liquid amount display tube.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the liquid container according to the present invention, an inner container 3 having an upper and lower opening is provided in an outer case 2, a shoulder member 4 is coupled to the upper end of the outer case, a bottom member 6 is coupled to the lower end, and a space is formed below the bottom member. The base 7 is provided with a liquid passage in the lower opening of the inner container, the liquid passage normally closed on-off valve unit 8 is connected to the liquid passage, and the outlet of the liquid passage of the on-off valve unit is a bottom member. The liquid level indicator tube 9 is provided on the outside of the inner container, and the lower end of the liquid level indicator tube is connected to the liquid passage of the on-off valve unit via the hollow pipe 16. A liquid container 1 for injecting liquid from the upper opening of the inner container and spontaneously discharging the liquid in the inner container from the discharge port, and a joint member between the lower end of the liquid amount display tube 9 and the hollow pipe 16 18 is provided, and a liquid passage is provided in the joint member. A solution amount indicator tube and the hollow pipe communicated with, the upper forcibly fitted portion 21 and the lower force-fit portion 22 provided on the joint member 18, the cutout portion 13 provided on the front surface of the bottom member 6, the notches An upper projection piece 14 is provided at the end of the lower portion, and a lower projection piece 15 is provided at the lower portion of the lower portion. On the other hand, the shoulder member 4 is provided with a liquid passage communicating with the upper end of the liquid amount display tube, and an opening for the liquid passage is provided at the upper end of the shoulder member 4. Yes.
[0006]
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The liquid container 1 includes an inner container 3 surrounded by an outer case 2, a shoulder member 4 coupled to the upper end of the outer case 2, a lid 5 detachably attached to the upper end of the shoulder member, and a lower body coupled to the lower end of the outer case 2. From the bottom member 6, a base 7 provided at a lower portion of the bottom member, an opening / closing valve unit 8 for discharging the liquid in the inner container, and a liquid amount display tube 9 for displaying the liquid amount in the inner container It is configured.
[0007]
The outer case 2 is formed by bending a thin iron plate into a cylindrical shape and gob-folding, then bending the upper and lower ends inward, and connecting a screw ring to the lower end inside. A long and narrow elongated hole is formed on the front surface of the outer case so that a liquid level display tube, which will be described later, can be seen through, and a transparent seal is attached to the surface.
[0008]
The inner container 3 is formed on a vacuum double wall made of glass or stainless steel. The upper opening has a wide opening so that liquid can be easily injected, and the lower opening has a narrow opening. Around this lower opening, a sealing material 10 is bonded so that there is no liquid leakage when the tip of a liquid passage of an on-off valve unit described later is inserted into the lower opening.
[0009]
The shoulder member 4 is forcibly fitted and joined to the upper end of the outer case, and a central opening communicating with the upper opening of the inner container is formed at the center. The shoulder member 4 is provided with a liquid channel in the vertical direction on the front surface so as to communicate with the upper end of a later-described liquid amount display tube, and a closing plug 11 is detachably attached to an open port at the upper end of the liquid channel.
[0010]
The lid 5 is detachably attached to the central opening of the shoulder member 4 and opens and closes the lower lid that covers the lower lid, communicates with the opening of the lower lid, opens the center, and opens the lower lid. It consists of an open / close lever.
[0011]
The bottom member 6 is screwed to a screw ring at the lower end of the outer case 2, and a tightening member 12 is screwed to the center to form a cutout portion 13 with a part cut away on the front surface. The tightening member 12 pushes up the inner container by contacting the upper end with the bottom of the inner container.
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the notch 13 on the front surface of the bottom member is formed with an upper protrusion piece 14 at the end of the notch and a lower protrusion 15 at the lower back. A plurality of notches in the bottom member may be provided in the circumferential direction of the bottom member. An opening / closing valve unit described later is provided in front of the lower end of the bottom member.
[0012]
The on-off valve unit 8 includes an L-shaped unit pipe that forms a liquid passage, an on-off valve that closes and opens the liquid passage inside the unit pipe, and an operation lever that operates the on-off valve from the outside front surface. . One end of the unit pipe of the on-off valve unit 8 communicates with the inside of the inner container through the sealing material 10, and the other end is formed toward the space portion of the pedestal described later with the discharge port as a discharge port.
The unit pipe of the on-off valve unit 8 is connected to a hollow pipe 16 communicating with a later-described liquid amount display pipe on the way.
A cover 17 covers the lower side of the bottom member 6 and the on-off valve unit 8.
[0013]
The liquid amount display tube 9 is made of a transparent glass or plastic hollow pipe, and the upper end communicates with the liquid path of the shoulder member and the lower end communicates with the hollow pipe 16 via the joint member 18. As shown in FIG. 4, the joint member 18 has an upper tube pedestal portion 19, a hollow pipe connecting portion 20 extending rearward from the lower end of the tube pedestal portion, and an upper projection piece 14 of the notch portion 13 of the bottom member. It consists of an upper forcible fitting portion 21 that is hooked from the bottom and a lower forcible fitting portion 22 that is hooked from the lower side into the lower protrusion 15 of the notch portion 13 of the bottom member.
The hollow pipe connecting portion 20 has one end penetrating from the bottom of the tube pedestal portion 19 and forming a hollow portion penetrating the rear end of the hollow pipe connecting portion through the hollow portion. And communicate with.
[0014]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper forcible fitting portion 21 and the lower forcible fitting portion 22 of the joint member 18 are forcibly fitted and joined to the bottom member from the vertical direction of the cutout portion 13 inside the bottom member 6. Yes. Therefore, the joint member to the bottom member, since as fitted hook from upper and lower sides of the bottom member, Ki de be surely fixed, and, the pressing force from above with respect to the cleaning liquid level indicator tube If it is a place with the hook part of the upper side of the bottom member which can resist, you may make it hook-fit in that part.
The pedestal 7 has a rear portion coupled to a rear portion of the bottom member, and a cup or the like that receives liquid discharged from a discharge port of a unit pipe of the on-off valve unit 8 can be placed in a space portion on the front surface.
[0015]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the present invention, an inner container having an upper and lower opening is provided in an outer case, a shoulder member is coupled to the upper end of the outer case, a bottom member is coupled to the lower end, and a pedestal provided with a space portion below the bottom member. A liquid passage is provided in the lower opening of the inner container, and a liquid passage normally closed on-off valve unit is connected to the liquid passage, and the discharge port of the liquid passage of the on-off valve unit is located below the bottom member in the space of the base. A liquid level indicator tube is installed on the outside of the inner container, and the lower end of the liquid level indicator tube is connected to the liquid passage of the on-off valve unit via a hollow pipe. Is a liquid container that spontaneously discharges the liquid in the inner container from the discharge port, and a joint member is provided between the lower end of the liquid amount display tube and the hollow pipe, and a liquid passage is provided in the joint member. Through this liquid passage, the liquid volume display tube and hollow pipe The joint member is provided with an upper forcible fitting portion and a lower forcible fitting portion, a notch portion is provided on the front surface of the bottom member, an upper protrusion piece is provided at the end of the notch portion, and a lower protrusion is provided at the lower back portion. The upper forcible fitting part and the lower forcible fitting part are hooked into the upper protruding piece and the lower protruding piece of the notch portion of the bottom member, respectively, and are forcibly fitted and connected, while the shoulder member communicates with the upper end of the liquid amount display tube Since the liquid channel opening is provided at the upper end of the shoulder member, and the closure plug is detachably attached to the opening, the liquid volume display tube can be easily cleaned and the liquid volume can be easily removed. it can be bonded portion of the lower portion of the display tube and forcibly fitted bind against the body, securely fixed and held. In addition, it is possible to reliably prevent dust and the like from entering the liquid amount display tube.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion B in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded perspective view showing a main part of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Liquid container 2 ... Outer case 3 ... Inner container 4 ... Shoulder member 5 ... Cover body 6 ... Bottom member 7 ... Base 8 ... On-off valve unit 9 ... Liquid quantity display tube 10 ... Sealing material 11 ... Blocking plug 12 ... Fastening Member 13 ... Notch part 14 ... Upper protrusion piece 15 ... Lower protrusion piece 16 ... Hollow pipe 17 ... Cover 18 ... Joint member 19 ... Pipe pedestal part 20 ... Hollow pipe connection part 21 ... Upper forcible fitting part 22 ... Lower forcible fitting part

Claims (1)

An outer container (3) having an upper and lower opening is provided in the outer case (2), a shoulder member (4) is coupled to the upper end of the outer case, a bottom member (6) is coupled to the lower end, and a space is formed below the bottom member. A pedestal (7) provided with a section is provided, a liquid passage is provided in the lower opening of the inner container, a liquid passage normally closed on-off valve unit (8) is connected to the liquid passage, and the liquid passage of the on-off valve unit is discharged. An outlet is provided below the bottom member toward the space of the pedestal, and a liquid level display tube (9) is erected outside the inner container, and the lower end of the liquid level display tube is connected via a hollow pipe (16). A liquid container (1) connected to the liquid passage of the on-off valve unit, for injecting liquid from the upper opening of the inner container, and for spontaneously discharging the liquid in the inner container from the discharge port, the liquid amount display tube (9) A joint member (18) is provided between the lower end of the pipe and the hollow pipe (16), and a liquid passage is formed in the joint member. Only, it communicated with a liquid amount display tube and a hollow pipe through which a liquid passage, an upper force-fit portion to the joint member (18) (21) and the lower force-fit portion (22) is provided, the bottom member (6) A notch (13) is provided in the front of the upper part, an upper protrusion (14) is provided at the end of the notch, and a lower protrusion (15) is provided at the bottom of the lower part. The shoulder member (4) is provided with a liquid passage communicating with the upper end of the liquid amount display tube, and is connected to the upper protrusion piece and the lower protrusion piece of the notch portion of the bottom member by hooking. Is provided at the upper end of the shoulder member (4), and the closure plug (11) is detachably attached to the opening.

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