JPH0872915A - Liquid discharging container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a liquid-discharging container wherein the inside and outside of a container can be shut off by a simple operation after a usage, a liquid can be easily discharged at the time of usage, and also, a communicating condition or non-communicating condition between the inside and outside of the container can be judged by a sound, and at the same time, those conditions can be judged by the sense of a hand as well. CONSTITUTION: A nozzle head 4 is constituted in such a manner that the turning for a specified width from a communicating condition to non-communicating condition between the inside and outside of a container can be done, and a sound is generated at the starting point and end point of the turning of the nozzle head 4, and at the same time, a sense of click can be obtained. Also, marks 36, 37, which meet to each other when a nozzle 27 is at a front surface position and under a communicating condition between the inside and outside of the container, are provided on the nozzle head 4 and a cap member 3 which is fixed on a container body 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a liquid dispensing container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a liquid pouring container, a container body in which a mouth and neck is erected from a squeezable body, and a partition wall which closes the mouth and neck upper end opening from a peripheral wall upper edge fitted to the mouth and neck outer periphery are laterally disposed. And a liquid passage that communicates with a nozzle projecting forward, after having a through hole penetrating through the central part of the partition wall, communicating the lower end with the through hole and extending upward. And a pipe having an upper end communicating with the through hole and a lower end hanging from the lower part of the container body.

These are constructed so that the body of the container is squeezed to discharge the liquid in the container from the tip of the nozzle through the liquid flow path from the pipe.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional container, the stored liquid leaks from the pipe through the liquid flow path when the container is accidentally tilted. Further, in the case where the stored liquid causes inconvenience when it is in contact with air, it is not preferable because the outside and the container body are always communicated with each other through the liquid flow path and the pipe.

In order to eliminate such an inconvenience, a nozzle cap may be fitted to the tip of the nozzle, but it is troublesome to use the cap every time it is used, and
The cap may be lost.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art. After use, the inside and outside of the container can be shut off by a simple operation, and the liquid can be easily poured out during use. It is an object of the present invention to propose a liquid pouring container capable of achieving the above.

Further, in addition to the above object, the present invention proposes a container which can surely discriminate a communication state and a non-communication state inside and outside the container by sound, and at the same time, can discriminate them by the feel of a hand. The purpose is.

Further, in addition to the above objects, it is another object of the present invention to propose a container capable of at a glance determining the pourable state of the container.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the container of the present invention has a container body 2 in which a mouth / neck part 7 is erected from a squeezable body part 5, and an outer periphery of the mouth / neck part 7. A top wall 12 is extended from the upper end edge of the peripheral wall 11 fitted so as not to be rotatable and unable to slip out, and a cylindrical plug 17 is erected at the center of the cylindrical portion 16 erected at the center of the top surface of the top wall 12. And the cylindrical part
A cap-shaped member 3 formed by forming a through hole 18 in the top wall 12 in 16
A pipe 20 having an upper end communicating with the through hole 18 and a lower end hanging down into the container body; and a peripheral wall 21 having a lower end rotatably fitted to the outer peripheral upper part of the cap-shaped member peripheral wall 11 The wall 22 is extended, and the inner and outer surfaces of the lower end of the spouting tube 26 vertically extending from the center of the rear surface of the top wall 22 are formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical plug 17 and the cylindrical portion.
A nozzle head 4 having a nozzle 27, which is fitted in the inner surface 16 in a liquid-tight and rotatable manner, and has a base end portion in communication with the upper end portion of the spout cylinder 26, is protruded from the front portion of the peripheral wall 21. 17 Vertical recessed grooves 28 and 29 are bored in the outer peripheral upper end portion and the inner peripheral lower end portion of the pouring tube 26, respectively, and a pair of stopper walls 30a and 30b are protruded at predetermined spaced positions on the outer surface of the cap-shaped member peripheral wall 11. , A pair of anti-rotation ribs 31a and 31b are provided at predetermined positions on the inner circumference of the nozzle head peripheral wall 21 so that the nozzle head 4 can have the above-mentioned concave grooves 2
A pair of ride-over ribs 32a which can be rotated by a predetermined width from the communication state of 8 and 29 to the non-communication state, and on which the rotation preventing ribs can pass over the outer surface of the cap-shaped member peripheral wall 11 near the stopper walls. , 32b protruding from the cap-shaped member, the sound-producing piece 34 and a pair of sound-producing fixing plates 35a, 35 provided at predetermined positions on the top wall 12 and the inner surface of the nozzle head peripheral wall 21.
The liquid pouring container is characterized in that it makes a sound at the start point and the end point of the rotation of the nozzle head 4 by the sound emitting mechanism constituted by b.

Further, in the container of the second aspect of the present invention, the outer surface of the cap-shaped member peripheral wall 11 and the outer surface of the nozzle head peripheral wall 21 coincide with each other when the nozzle 27 is in the front position and the recessed grooves 28, 29 are in communication with each other. The mark 36, 37 is provided and the mark 1 is provided.
It was constructed as the described liquid dispensing container.

[0011]

In the state shown in FIG. 1, the concave groove 29 of the nozzle head 4 and the concave groove 28 of the cap-shaped member 3 overlap each other, and the pipe 10, the through hole 18, the concave grooves 28, 29, and the pouring are formed inside and outside the container. The container 26 and the nozzle 27 are communicated with each other, and when the container body 5 is squeezed in this state, the liquid in the container body is discharged from the tip of the nozzle 27 through the above-mentioned parts.

When the squeezing of the body 5 is released, the elastic restoring force of the body makes the inside of the body negative, and the outside air is introduced from the tip of the nozzle 27.

After use, when the nozzle head 4 is rotated in a predetermined direction with respect to the cap-shaped member 3, first one of the rotation preventing ribs 31a gets over the overcoming rib 32a, and a click feeling occurs, and immediately after that. When the sound output fixing plate 35a gets over the sound output piece 34, the sound output piece 34 vibrates and emits sound.

Then, when the head 4 is still rotated,
The other sound output fixing plate 35b rides over the sound output piece 34 and emits sound, and then the other rotation stop rib 31b rides over the other ride over rib 32b to generate a click feeling and lock the other stopper wall 30b. To be done. At this point, the recessed grooves 28, 29 are moved to the displaced positions and are in a non-communication state, and as a result, the inside and outside of the container body 2 are blocked and the state shown in FIG. 2 is obtained.

In the state of FIG. 1, it can be seen at a glance that the marks 36 and 37 are in alignment and the stored liquid can be poured out, and in the state of FIG. 2, the positions of the marks are displaced and stored. It turns out that the liquid cannot be poured.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 denotes a liquid pouring container. The container 1 includes a container body 2, a cap-shaped member 3, and a nozzle head 4.

The container body 2 has a bottomed cylindrical body portion 5 which is formed so as to be squeezable by forming it into a thin wall, and a mouth portion 7 through a shoulder portion 6.
It is composed by standing up. Further, a projecting strip 8 for locking the cap-shaped member 3 is circumferentially provided in the central portion of the outer circumference of the mouth / neck portion 7 in the vertical direction, and the outer peripheral surface of the reduced diameter portion 9 provided around the upper end of the outer circumference of the mouth / neck portion 7 is provided at the front and rear portions. A group of ribs 10 for preventing rotation is provided in a protruding manner.

The cap-shaped member 3 is attached to the container body 2 by fitting the peripheral wall 11 on the outer periphery of the container body neck 7 and the peripheral wall.
11 A top wall 12 is provided extending from the upper edge to close the upper opening of the mouth / neck portion 7. A ridge 13 is provided at the center of the inner wall of the peripheral wall 11 in the up-down direction so as to ride over and engage with the lower surface of the ridge 8 of the container neck 7
The protrusions are engaged with each other to prevent the protrusions from coming out upward, and the inner peripheral upper end of the peripheral wall 11 is engaged with the rib group 10 at the front and rear portions thereof to rotate relative to each other. A rib group 14 is provided so as to prevent this. In addition, a lower diameter-reduced portion 11a and an upper diameter-reduced portion 11b are formed on the upper end of the outer periphery of the peripheral wall 11 via two steps of upward facing portions.

Further, a cylindrical seal cylinder 15 vertically extending from the peripheral edge of the back surface of the top wall 12 is closely fitted to the upper end of the inner circumference of the mouth / neck portion 7 to prevent the liquid from leaking from this portion. ing.

Further, a cylindrical portion 16 is erected from the central portion of the upper surface of the top wall 12, and a cylindrical plug 17 is erected from the upper surface of the top wall 12 in the center of the cylindrical portion 16 so that the top wall 12 in the cylindrical portion 16 is erected. A through hole 18 is formed so as to vertically pass through. In addition, the top wall 12 around the through hole 18
A fitting cylinder 19 is hung vertically downward from the rear surface, and a pipe 20 having an upper end tightly fitted therein is provided in the fitting cylinder 19. This pipe
The lower end of 20 is suspended from the lower end of the container body 5.

The nozzle head 4 is a peripheral wall in which the lower end is rotatably fitted around the outer periphery of the lower reduced diameter portion 11a of the cap-shaped member 3.
21 a top wall 22 is extended from the upper end edge, a cylindrical locking cylinder 23 is hung from the central portion of the lower surface of the top wall 22, and a projection line 24 is provided around the lower part of the inner surface of the locking cylinder 23. The ridge 25 that is provided around the outer periphery of the part 16
It is configured to engage with the lower surface and rotate, but to prevent upward slipping out. Further, from the central portion of the lower surface of the top wall 22 in the locking cylinder 23, a lower inner surface is fitted to the outer surface of the cylindrical plug 7 and a lower outer surface is fitted to the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 16 so as to be liquid-tight and rotatable, respectively. The tube 26 is hung vertically. Further, the base end portion is made to communicate with the upper end portion of the pouring tube 26, and the nozzle 27 that penetrates the locking cylinder 23 and the peripheral wall 21 and has its tip projecting forward of the peripheral wall 21.
Has been extended.

A pair of vertical grooves 28, 29 are formed at the outer peripheral upper end of the cylindrical plug 17 and the inner peripheral lower end of the pouring cylinder 26 at positions separated by about 180 °. The pipe 20 and the nozzle 27 communicate with each other at a position where 29 overlap, and by extension, the container body 2 communicates with the outside.

Further, the above-mentioned reduced diameter portion of the cap-shaped member 3
11b A pair of stopper walls 30a, 30b are provided so as to protrude from each other on the left and right sides of the outer peripheral surface by approximately 180 °. On the other hand, a pair of anti-rotation ribs 31a and 31b are vertically provided at a predetermined position at an inner peripheral lower portion of the nozzle head peripheral wall 21 at a position separated by about 90 °.
A rotation restricting mechanism is provided which is configured to be rotatable about 90 ° from a position where a is engaged with one stopper wall 30a to a position where the other rotation stop rib 31b is engaged with the other stopper wall 30b. . With this rotation restricting mechanism, the rotation width of the nozzle head 4 is linked to the overlapping and non-overlapping of the concave grooves 28 and 29, and the one rotation stopping rib 31a is connected to the one stopper wall 30a.
In the locking position of No. 27, the nozzle 27 faces forward and each groove 28, 29
Are in communication with each other, and when the other rotation stopping rib 31b is in engagement with the other stopper wall 30b, the nozzle 27
Is oriented laterally, and the concave grooves 28, 29 are configured so as not to communicate with each other. Needless to say, at the position where the one rotation stop rib 31a is locked to the one stopper wall 30a, the recessed grooves 28 and 29 are in the fully opened state, and the communicating portion becomes narrower as the head 4 rotates.

Further, in the vicinity of the rear of the stopper walls 30a, 30b, the rotation preventing ribs 31a, 31a,
Overhang ribs 32a, 32b are provided so as to project easily over the 31b. Each of the overrunning ribs 32a, 32b has a relatively steep inclined surface on the stopper wall 30a, 30b side and a gentle inclined surface on the opposite side to the stopper wall, and each rotation stopping rib 31a, 31b is a stopper wall. It is configured so that a click feeling is generated when it is fitted between the steeply inclined side surface and the stopper wall or when the stopper wall is pulled out.

Further, a sound output piece 34 is provided forward from the upper end of the front surface of the substrate 33 which is erected at a predetermined position on the front surface of the upper surface of the cap-shaped member top wall 12.
On the other hand, a pair of sound output fixing plates 35a, 35 for overcoming and sounding the sound output piece 34 while elastically deforming at a predetermined position of about 90 ° on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 21 of the nozzle head 4.
b is projected.

The sound output piece 34 and the sound output fixing plates 35a, 35
The position of b is also linked to the communication and non-communication of the recessed grooves 28 and 29, and the locking rib 31a is separated from the locked state immediately before being locked to the stopper wall 30a. Immediately after making a sound, the other rotation stop rib 31
It is configured to emit a sound immediately before b is locked to the other stopper wall 30b or immediately after it is separated from the locked state, so that opening / closing of the container can be auditorily sensed in parallel with the sensing by the above-mentioned feeling. It is configured like this.

In this embodiment, the sound output piece is provided on the cap member and each sound output fixing plate is provided on the nozzle head. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the sound output piece is fixed on the nozzle head and each sound output is fixed. The plate may be provided on the cap-shaped member. However, it is necessary that the positional relationship of each part satisfies the above conditions.

Further, a triangular projecting mark 36 is provided on the front surface of the peripheral wall 11 of the cap member 3, and an inverted triangular projecting mark 37 is also projected on the lower part of the front surface of the peripheral wall 21 of the nozzle head 4. The nozzle head 4 faces the front when both marks 36 and 37 are aligned. When the marks are in alignment, the liquid can be poured out with the one rotation stopping rib 31a being fitted and locked between the one riding rib 32a and the stopper wall 30a.

FIG. 4 shows a preferred positional relationship among the stopper walls 30a and 30b, the rotation stopping ribs 31a and 31b, the overrunning ribs 32a and 32b, the sound producing piece 34, and the sound producing fixing plates 35a and 35b. It is not limited to this.

It should be noted that all of the above members may be formed of synthetic resin.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the portion through which the liquid flows can be closed when the container is not used, the stored liquid will leak even if the container is accidentally tilted. It is possible to prevent inconveniences such as the above, and it is possible to prevent oxidation of the stored liquid as much as possible.

Further, since it is possible to switch from the pourable state of the stored liquid to the non-pourable state by an extremely simple operation of rotating the nozzle head, the opening / closing operation can be performed very easily.

Further, by restricting the rotation width of the nozzle head,
The starting point and the ending point are linked with the opening and closing of the container, and the starting point and the ending point can be sensed by the click feeling and the sound, respectively, which is very convenient in use and is convenient for the visually impaired and the deaf. Even a person can easily discriminate between opening and closing.

In addition to the above effects, the invention according to claim 2 is more convenient because the open state of the container can be seen at a glance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part showing an embodiment of a container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part of the nozzle head of the embodiment, which is rotated by about 90 °.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of the cap-shaped member of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... container body, 3 ... cap-shaped member, 4 ... nozzle head,
5 ... Body, 7 ... Mouth and neck, 11 ... Cap-shaped member peripheral wall, 12 ...
Cap-shaped member top wall, 16 ... Cylindrical part, 17 ... Cylindrical plug, 18 ... Through hole, 20 ... Pipe, 21 ... Nozzle head peripheral wall, 22 ... Nozzle head top wall, 26 ... Pouring cylinder, 27 ... Nozzle, 28 ... Grooves, 29 ... Grooves, 30a, 30b ... Stopper walls, 31a, 31b ... Rotation stop ribs, 32a, 32b ... Overcoming ribs, 34 ... Sound output pieces, 35a, 35b
Sound output fixing plate, 36 ... mark, 37 ... mark

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A container body 2 in which a mouth / neck portion 7 is erected from a squeezable body portion 5, and a peripheral wall 11 fitted to the outer periphery of the mouth / neck portion 7 in a non-rotatable and non-pullable manner. Along with extending, a cylindrical plug 17 is erected in the center of the cylindrical portion 16 erected in the central portion of the upper surface of the top wall 12, and a through hole 18 is bored in the top wall 12 in the cylindrical portion 16. The cap-shaped member 3 and the through hole 18
A pipe with the upper end communicating with and the lower end hanging into the container.
20 and a peripheral wall 21 having a lower end rotatably fitted to the upper peripheral part of the peripheral wall 11 of the cap-shaped member, a top wall 22 extending from the upper edge of the peripheral wall 21, and a spouting cylinder vertically extending from the center of the rear surface of the top wall 22. A nozzle 27 having a lower end inner and outer surfaces of the cylinder 26 fitted to the outer surface of the cylindrical plug 17 and the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 16 in a liquid-tight and rotatable manner, and a base end portion of which is connected to the upper end portion of the spout cylinder 26 is provided at the front portion of the peripheral wall 21. And the nozzle head 4 that protrudes to the upper end of the cylindrical plug 17 and the spout 26
Vertical recessed grooves 28 and 29 are formed in the lower end of the inner periphery, and a pair of stopper walls 30a and 30b are provided at predetermined spaced positions on the outer surface of the peripheral wall 11 of the cap-shaped member, and the peripheral wall of the nozzle head is formed.
21 A pair of anti-rotation ribs 31a and 31b are provided at predetermined spaced positions on the inner circumference to allow the nozzle head 4 to rotate by a predetermined width from the communicating state of the concave grooves 28 and 29 to the non-communicating state. , A pair of ride-over ribs capable of getting over the rotation-stopping ribs on the outer surface of the cap-shaped member peripheral wall 11 near the respective stopper walls
32a and 32b are provided in a projecting manner, and a sound producing mechanism including a sound producing piece 34 and a pair of sound producing fixing plates 35a and 35b provided at predetermined positions of the cap-shaped member top wall 12 and the inner surface of the nozzle head peripheral wall 21 is provided. A liquid pouring container characterized in that the nozzle head 4 is configured to emit sound at the starting point and the ending point of the rotation. 2. A mark 3 which is aligned with the outer surface of the cap-shaped member peripheral wall 11 and the outer surface of the nozzle head peripheral wall 21 when the nozzle 27 is in the front position and the recessed grooves 28, 29 are in communication with each other.
The liquid pouring container according to claim 1, which is provided with 6, 37.