JPH0655626B2 - Liquid dispensing container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a liquid dispensing container used by being attached to a container for containing a liquid, and more specifically, when a liquid (liquid product, content liquid) is dispensed. The present invention relates to a liquid pouring container capable of preventing liquid dripping on the surface or the like of the liquid pouring container.

[Prior Art] Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-41166, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 58-160262, and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 54-2252 disclose conventional techniques relating to a liquid pouring container for preventing dripping.
5, JP-A-54-163186, JP-A-5
9-152160 and the like.

That is, JP-B-58-41166 and JP-A-58-41
In JP-A-160262, there is provided a spout cylinder that projects upward from a partition plate, an outer peripheral wall portion that surrounds the spout cylinder, and a hole that circulates the liquid dropped on the partition plate into the storage container. A liquid dispensing container of structure is disclosed. And in the former liquid pouring container, the pouring outlet and the reflux hole are independent of each other, but in the latter liquid pouring container,
The spout and the reflux hole form an integral opening.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-22525 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-54
Japanese Patent No. 163186 discloses a measuring cap capable of preventing the liquid adhering to the inner wall of the cap from contaminating the surface of the liquid pouring container through the fixing device even when the cap is used as a measuring container. There is. And in the former liquid pouring container, the threaded portion is provided on the outer peripheral wall portion and the measuring cylinder is hung vertically inward thereof, but in the latter liquid pouring container, the outer cylindrical portion (measuring cylinder) is provided. A screw part is provided on the outer wall of the body.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-152160 discloses an example in which the other ones disclosed in the above-mentioned gazettes are combined, but a new effect is not obtained by combining these.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional technique, since the liquid dropped from the spout cylinder and / or the measuring cap is circulated back into the storage container, it is effective in preventing the surface of the liquid spout container from being contaminated, but is stored in the storage container. To the unpoured liquid being dispensed,
There is a significant drawback from the viewpoint of maintaining the quality of the liquid product that the refluxed liquid that may have caused fouling or oxidation reaction is mixed.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to collect and store the liquid dropped from the spout cylinder and / or the measuring cap without returning to the storage container, and collect and store the collected and stored liquid in the storage container at the time of the next pouring. This is to prevent the reflux liquid from being mixed into the container by allowing the liquid to be poured out together with the liquid.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides the following liquid pouring container,
This is a solution to the problems of the conventional liquid dispensing container.

A projecting cylinder projecting upward from the partition plate, a liquid recovery space provided between the projecting cylinder to surround the projecting cylinder, and an outer peripheral wall portion connected to the pouring cylinder by the partition plate, and the projecting cylinder. Is provided with a spouting tube formed by partitioning in the axial direction, and the spouting tool has a storage part for storing the liquid recovered from the liquid recovery space, and the storage part A liquid pouring container, characterized in that the collected and stored liquid can be poured out from the protruding cylinder.

[Action]

In the use of the liquid pouring container of the present invention, first, the liquid is put in the container 3 and the pouring tool 1 and the measuring cap 2 are screwed together to a sealed state.

Then, the measuring cap 2 is removed, and the liquid is poured out as shown in FIG.

After pouring out a desired amount of liquid, the container 3 is returned to the upright posture and the pouring from the pouring tube 12 is completed. At this time, the amount of the liquid dripped from the upper end portion 12a of the spout barrel 12 is minimized, but a part of the liquid flows down the outer surface of the spout barrel 12 and flows through the recovery passage 15. After that, it is stored in the storage unit 14.

Next, the measuring cap 2 is reversed, returned to the top of the dispensing tool 1, and screwed to a sealed state. When the liquid is measured by the measuring cap 2, the liquid attached to the inner wall of the measuring cap 2 is also stored in the storage unit 14 via the recovery passage 15.

The recovered liquid stored in the storage unit 14 is directly poured out from the protruding cylinder 17 together with the liquid poured out from the storage container 3 through the pouring cylinder 12 at the next pouring time. During this pouring, the pouring liquid from the pouring cylinder 12 does not flow into the liquid recovery space 4, and the pouring liquid from the pouring cylinder 12 and the protruding cylinder 17
It does not mix with the pour-out liquid in the pour-out tool 1.

Therefore, the surface of the liquid pouring container is not contaminated,
Further, the liquid dropped from the spouting barrel 12, the projecting barrel 17 and the measuring cap 2 is collected and stored in the storage unit 14 and is poured out together with the liquid in the storage container 3 from the projecting barrel 17 at the time of the next spouting. The collected and stored liquid that may have undergone an oxidation reaction or the like does not mix with the unpoured liquid stored in the storage container 3.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the liquid pouring container of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described.

1 to 5 show one embodiment of the liquid pouring container of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a state in which it is removed, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the state, and FIG. In these drawings,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a spouting tool, which has an outer peripheral wall portion 11 that can be fitted into the mouth / neck portion 32 of the container 3 having an opening at the top.
Further, inside the outer peripheral wall portion 11, there is provided a protruding cylinder 17 which is provided with the liquid recovery space 4 between the outer peripheral wall portion 11 and the upper end and protrudes upward. Are connected by a partition plate 13. Further, inside the projecting cylinder 17, a dispensing cylinder 12 is formed by a vertical partition wall 17c that partitions the projecting cylinder 17 in the axial direction. Further, the partition plate 13 below the liquid recovery space 4 is provided inside the protruding cylinder 17 and on the lower portion outside the spout cylinder 12.
A storage portion 14 for the liquid to be recovered from the liquid recovery space 4 is provided with the upper part as the recovery passage 15, and the recovery passage 15 is inclined according to the property of the liquid.
Further, although 16 is a spout of the spout cylinder 12, it also has an effect as an air displacement hole. Further, the outer peripheral wall portion 11
The measuring cap 2 can be fitted on the inside of the upper part of the.

The embodiment will be described in more detail. The fixing devices 11a, 11b, and 11c are provided inside the outer peripheral wall portion 11 of the spout 1 described above. The fixing device 11a is for engaging with the fixing device 21a provided on the outer side surface of the side wall 21 of the measuring cap 2 and is formed by a screw thread in this embodiment. The fixing device 11b is a fixing device 32 provided on the outer surface of the mouth / neck portion 32 of the container 3.
It is for engaging with a and is formed by a screw thread in this embodiment. Further, when the fixing device 11c is rotated to remove the measuring cap 2, the pouring tool 1 also rotates following the rotation, and the fixing device 11b,
32a for preventing the loosening due to the reverse rotation in the engagement between the spout 1 and the storage container 3 by 32a,
In this embodiment, ratchet teeth are formed as described later.

Further, the protruding cylinder 17 of the spout 1 has the outer peripheral wall portion 11
The upper end portion 17a is formed in an arc shape in order to minimize the dropping action.
Further, the protruding cylinder 17 is formed with an axially separating portion 17b which reaches the partition plate 3 from the upper end thereof in a direction substantially opposite to the pouring direction (see the arrow in FIG. 3). The storage portion 14 and the recovery passage 15 communicate with each other by 17b. The separating portion 17b may be provided only on the lower portion of the protruding cylinder 17.

The pouring tube 12 in the pouring tool 1 is formed by partitioning the surface connecting the central axis of the projecting tube 17 and the separating portion 17b with the vertical partition wall 17c. In the case of the embodiment, it faces in the pouring direction.

Further, although the recovery passage 15 on the partition plate 13 of the spout 1 has a downward slope toward the central axis of the spout 1, there is also a slight downward slope toward the separating portion 17b. It may be attached. Further, an inner ring 13a and a contact ring 13b are annularly provided on the lower surface of the partition plate 13, and the container 3
The content liquid is prevented from leaking from between the pouring tool 1 and the pouring tool 1.

Further, in the case of the embodiment, the storage portion 14 of the spout 1 is inscribed inside the protruding cylinder 17 and is formed in a split circle shape,
The volume is more than the volume for storing the recovered liquid.

The shape of the spout 16 of the spout 1 is a split circle in the case of the embodiment. By setting the opening shape of the spout 16 in this way, when pouring out from one side in the longitudinal direction at the time of pouring, air displacement effectively acts on the other side,
There is an advantage that the dispensing is performed smoothly. However, the opening shape of the spout 16 is not limited to this embodiment, and may be elliptical or polygonal.

Further, the measuring cap 2 is formed in a cup shape as a whole and is composed of a side wall 21 and a ceiling wall 22. The side wall 21 is provided with a fixing device 21a composed of a screw thread that engages with the fixing device 11a of the spout 1 as described above. The side wall 2 is provided on the upper part of the fixing device 21a.
1 is formed with a shoulder portion 21c protruding outward from the outer side surface of the fixing device 11a, 21a.
At the same time, it is possible to prevent foreign matter from mixing in, and at the same time, it has an effect as a finger hook flange when holding the measuring cap 2 in its reverse state. Also, the lower end portion 21b of the side wall 21
In the embodiment, the measuring cap 2 and the partition plate 1 are
It is configured as a seal ring that prevents the content liquid from leaking from between the lower end portion 21b and the lower end portion 21b.
The bottom end of the is thinly formed.

Further, a handle 31 is provided on the storage container 3,
When the user uses the liquid pouring container of the present invention, the pouring operation can be easily performed. When the handle 31 is provided, unless the direction of the separating portion 17b of the protruding cylinder 17 is regulated, the recovery liquid may be poured out from the separating portion 17b. Therefore, the center of the separating portion 17b is the protruding cylinder. It is preferable to position and orient on the line connecting the central axis of 17 and the central line of the handle 31. However, in practice, the central axis of the protruding cylinder 17 is the center, and for example, it is located in the range of about 30 degrees to the left and right. It does not matter if you let it. This orientation is performed, for example, by a fixing device 32a provided on the outer side surface of the mouth / neck part 32 of the storage container 3 and a fixing device 11b provided on the inner side surface of the outer peripheral wall part 11 of the dispensing tool 1.
Can be achieved by forming the threads with threads as in the embodiment and adjusting the mounting position of each thread to adjust the engagement between the spout 1 and the container 3.

Further, the fixing device 32b provided on the lower outer surface of the mouth / neck portion 32 in the storage container 3 and the fixing device 11c provided at the lower end portion of the outer peripheral wall portion 11 of the spout 1 are shown in FIG. As described above, the ratchet teeth are formed so that the spout 1 is locked to the storage container 3 by the engagement thereof. As shown in FIG. 11, this locking is performed by forming the fixing device 11c with ratchet teeth and making the inner diameter of the outer peripheral wall 11 slightly smaller than the diameter of the tip of the fixing device 32b formed with ratchet teeth. Can also be done by. In these embodiments, the ratchet teeth are formed over the entire circumference, but they may be provided only on a part of the circumference.

When using the liquid pouring container shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 configured as described above, first, the liquid is put into the container 3 and the pouring tool 1 and the measuring cap 2 are screwed to a sealed state. Let

Next, the measuring cap 2 is removed, and the liquid is poured out from the pouring tube 12 as shown in FIG. Although FIG. 6 shows the case where the measurement is performed using the measurement cap 2, it is not always necessary to perform the measurement using the measurement cap 2.

When the desired amount of liquid has been poured out, the container 3 is returned to the upright posture, and the pouring from the pouring tube 12 is completed. At this time, the amount of liquid dripped from the upper end portion 12a of the spout barrel 12 is minimized, but a part of the liquid flows down along the outer surface of the spout barrel 12 and passes through the recovery passage 15. It is stored in the storage unit 14.

Next, the measuring cap 2 is reversed, returned to the top of the dispensing tool 1, and screwed to a sealed state. When the liquid is measured by the measuring cap 2, the liquid attached to the inner wall of the measuring cap 2 is also stored in the storage unit 14 via the recovery passage 15.

The recovered liquid stored in the storage unit 14 will be
Along with the liquid that is poured from the storage container 3 through the pouring cylinder 12, the liquid is poured from the protruding cylinder 17 directly. During this pouring, the pouring liquid from the pouring cylinder 12 does not flow into the liquid recovery space 4, and the pouring liquid from the pouring cylinder 12 and the protruding cylinder 17
It does not mix with the pour-out liquid in the pour-out tool 1.

Therefore, the surface of the liquid pouring container is not contaminated,
Further, the liquid dropped from the spouting barrel 12, the projecting barrel 17 and the measuring cap 2 is collected and stored in the storage unit 14 and is poured out together with the liquid in the storage container 3 from the projecting barrel 17 at the time of the next spouting. The collected and stored liquid that may have undergone an oxidation reaction or the like does not mix with the unpoured liquid stored in the storage container 3.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the liquid pouring container of this embodiment, the vertical partition wall 17c is provided so as to be orthogonal to the pouring direction (see the arrow), and the pouring port 16 is pouring out. The construction is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 except that the spout 16 and the storage portion 14 are arranged in parallel in series in the spouting direction. However, in the case of this embodiment, if the inclination angle of the liquid pouring container at the time of pouring is small, the liquid may not flow out from the reservoir 14.

FIG. 8 shows still another embodiment of the present invention. In the liquid pouring container of this embodiment, a cutting line 16a for cutting out which can form the pouring opening 16 is inserted to open the pouring opening 16a. This is to prevent liquid leakage from the inside of the storage container 3 during transportation. In use, the leg 1 erected in the inner portion surrounded by the cut line 16a for cutting out.
Finger hanging ring 16 integrally provided on the upper end of 6b
When c is hung on a finger and pulled up, the inner portion surrounded by the cut line 16a is removed to form a spout similar to that in the previous embodiment. Further, the pouring barrel 12 in this embodiment is
Although it is formed as a separate part with respect to the other part of the pour-out tool 1, similarly, for example, the pour-out cylinder 12 and the liquid storage part 14 can be formed as a separate part with respect to the other part of the pour-out tool 1.

FIG. 9 shows still another embodiment of the present invention.
In the liquid pouring container of this embodiment, a pouring cylinder 12 is extended upward and an annular fitting portion 2 is provided at a lower portion of a ceiling wall 22 of a measuring cap 2.
2a is provided, and the upper end portion 12a of the spout barrel 12 is fitted with the fitting portion 22a.
The spout 1 during transportation by fitting
The liquid leakage from 6 is prevented, and the fixing device 11
a and 21a are not screw threads but are annular locking protrusions, and the measuring cap 2 is pushed into the pouring tool 1 so as to be locked, and the embodiment shown in FIGS. It is similarly configured. It is needless to say that the upper end portion 17a of the protruding cylinder 17 may be similarly extended upward and fitted to the lower portion of the top wall 22 of the measuring cap 2.

Although various embodiments of the liquid pouring container of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. For example, the protruding cylinder 17 may be provided eccentrically from the central axis of the spout 1, or the spout 16 may be provided with a flow regulating plate having a cross shape or the like. It is also possible to provide an indicator on the inner surface of the side wall of the measuring cap 2 for indicating the level for measuring the liquid. Further, if the measuring cap 2 is made of a transparent or relatively transparent semitransparent material, the side wall of the side wall can be formed. It is also possible to provide an indicator on the outer surface for indicating the level for measuring the liquid. Further, in the above-described various fixing devices using the screw thread, the ventilation hole can be provided by cutting out a part of the screw thread. Further, the storage container 3 may have any desired structure as long as it can engage with the spout 1 and can store a liquid therein.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the liquid pouring container of the present invention includes a protruding cylinder protruding upward from the partition plate, and a liquid recovery space is provided between the protruding cylinder to surround the protruding cylinder and the partition to the protruding cylinder. Since it is provided with a spouting tool composed of an outer peripheral wall portion joined by a plate and a spouting tube formed by partitioning the projecting cylinder in the axial direction, it is possible to prevent the surface from being soiled at the same time. It is possible to prevent the recovered liquid, which may have been once poured and deteriorated in quality such as an oxidation reaction, from being mixed with the unpoured liquid contained in the container. Further, since the recovered liquid can be poured out together with the liquid in the storage container at the next pouring time, it has various advantages such as preferentially pouring out from the recovered liquid.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a measuring cap is removed, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of the state. FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view showing the container attached to a container, FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view showing the usage thereof, and FIG. 7 is a plan view corresponding to FIG. 4 of another embodiment of the present invention. 8 and 9 are vertical cross-sectional views of another embodiment of the present invention shown in a state of being attached to a container, and FIG. 9 is a longitudinal section of yet another embodiment of the present invention shown in a state of being attached to a container. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of an engagement mode between a pour tool and a storage container, and FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing another example of an engagement mode between the pour tool and a storage container. is there. 1 ... Pour-out tool 11 ... Outer peripheral wall 12 ... Pour-out tube 13 ... Partition plate 17 ... Projecting tube 2 ... Measuring cap 3 ... Storage container 4 ... Liquid recovery space

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A projecting cylinder projecting upward from a partition plate, and an outer peripheral wall portion surrounding the projecting cylinder by providing a liquid recovery space between the projecting cylinder and being joined to the projecting cylinder by the partition plate. And a spouting tube formed by partitioning the projecting tube in the axial direction, the spouting tool having a reservoir for storing the liquid recovered from the liquid recovery space, and A liquid pouring container characterized in that the liquid collected and stored in the storage part can be poured out from the protruding cylinder. 2. The liquid dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing cylinder is formed in a substantially split circle shape. 3. A pouring tube is formed with an axially separating portion reaching from a top end thereof to a partition plate, and a surface connecting the central axis of the protruding cylinder and the separating portion is partitioned to form a pouring tube. The liquid pouring container according to claim (1) or (2), which is formed. 4. The liquid pouring container according to any one of claims (1) to (3), wherein the pouring tool has a shape to be fitted into the mouth and neck of the container. 5. The liquid pouring container according to any one of claims (1) to (4), which has a measuring cap fitted on the top of the pouring tool.