JPH09140780A - Volatilizer storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To increase the volatilization efficiency by increasing the contact area with air by providing a space inside the volatilizer, and to improve the volatilization efficiency, such as gel or solid with low fluidity. Provided is a volatile agent storage container which can be applied not only to a volatile agent having a property but also to a volatile agent having a high fluidity such as a gel or particles having no shape retention. [Structure] In a volatile agent storage container 1 for volatilizing a volatile component from a volatile agent 3 stored in a container body 2 into the atmosphere, a tubular wall provided with a plurality of holes 10 through which the volatile component passes. 7, the space 8 whose upper side is opened is formed into the container main body 2
The volatile agent 3 is defined inside the container main body 2 excluding the space 8.
To store.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a volatilizing agent storage container containing a volatilizing agent such as a deodorant, an aromatic agent and an insect repellent.
In particular, it relates to a volatilizing agent storage container for effectively volatilizing a volatile component from the stored volatilizing agent into the atmosphere.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Volatilizers using volatile substance carriers containing volatile chemical components such as deodorants, fragrances and insect repellents are used as they are in the container body. When using a volatilizer container,
To prevent volatilization of volatile components into the atmosphere, peel off the sealing material such as the aluminum foil heat-sealing material that seals the opening of the container body, and then provide a hole that connects the outside air with the inside of the container. By covering the opening of the container body again with an overcap, the volatile agent in the container is brought into contact with air to vaporize the volatile components.

However, in such a volatilizing agent storage container, since only the exposed upper surface of the volatilizing agent stored in the container body is the portion in contact with air, the volatilizable component is simply discharged from the upper surface of the volatilizing agent. Only by being volatilized, the volatilizing agent is hardly volatilized from the inside, and the volatilization efficiency is poor.

Therefore, in order to deal with such a problem, a columnar hole (space portion) penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface of the volatilizing agent housed in the container body is provided, and It has been conventionally known that the contact area with air also increases the contact area with air to enhance the volatilization efficiency. (See, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-20267, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-38758, etc.)

Further, a cylinder is provided so as to cover the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical hole penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface of the volatilizing agent, and the exposed area of the inner peripheral surface is adjusted by changing the length of the cylinder. Accordingly, a volatilizing agent storage container in which the contact area between the volatilizing agent and air is arbitrarily set has been conventionally known. (Shinkaisho 5
(See Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-62328)

[0006]

By the way, regarding the conventionally known technique of increasing the volatilization efficiency by increasing the contact area with the air by providing the space portion penetrating the inside of the volatilizing agent as described above, In any case, it can be carried out only when the physical properties of the volatilizer contained in the container body are gel or solid with low fluidity to the extent that the shape of the space can be maintained due to its own hardness. However, there is a problem that it cannot be carried out in the case where the physical property of the volatilizing agent is gel or granular having high fluidity and the shape of the space cannot be maintained by itself.

The present invention aims to solve the problems of the prior art as described above. Specifically, by providing a space inside the volatilizing agent, the contact area with air can be increased. Increasing the volatilization efficiency means not only for the shape-retaining volatile agent having low fluidity such as gel or solid, but also for the shape-free volatile such as highly fluid gel-like or granular. It is an object of the present invention to provide a volatilizing agent storage container that can be applied to agents.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and to achieve the object, the present invention, as described in claim 1 above, volatilizes from a volatilizing agent contained in a container body. In a volatilizing agent storage container for volatilizing a component into the atmosphere, a cylindrical wall provided with a plurality of holes through which the volatile component passes forms a space part open at the top in the container body, The volatile agent is contained in the container body excluding the parts.

Further, in the volatilizer storage container according to claim 1, as described in claim 2, a plurality of cylindrical walls define a plurality of space portions in the container body. The above-mentioned claim 3 is characterized in that
As described above, the diameter of the tubular wall is different in the vertical direction.

[0010]

[Operation] With the above configuration, even if the volatilizing agent stored in the container body itself does not have a shape-retaining property, the presence of the tubular wall reliably defines the space reaching the inside of the volatilizing agent. Therefore, in the volatile agent stored in the container, the volatile component is volatilized from the upper surface into the atmosphere, and at the same time, the volatile component is passed from the inside of the volatile agent through the hole of the cylindrical wall through the space. As it volatilizes into the atmosphere and its volatilization efficiency increases, the volatilization amount from the inside of the volatilizing agent is controlled by the size and number of the holes provided in the cylindrical wall.

Further, according to the constitution described in claim 2, the volatile component is efficiently vaporized from each portion inside the volatilizing agent, and according to the constitution described in claim 3, For example, since the surface area of the tubular wall is increased as compared with the case where the diameter of the tubular wall is not changed in the vertical direction, it is possible to further increase the amount of volatilization from the inside of the volatilizing agent performed through the tubular wall.

[0012]

EXAMPLES Examples of the volatilizing agent storage container of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a volatilizing agent storage container according to the present invention. A volatilizing agent storage container 1 of the present embodiment (first embodiment) is a fragrance storage container and is made of glass or In a state where the fragrance 3 is contained in the plastic container body 2, the container opening is heat-sealed with the heat-sealing end 4 of the aluminum foil laminate material, and then the heat-sealed container opening is further covered. The resinous overcap 5 having the vent holes 6 is detachably attached to the container body 2 by means such as screwing or forced elastic fitting.

A plurality of cylindrical tubular walls 7 are erected from the bottom surface in the container body 2 of this fragrance container 1, and the inside of each cylindrical wall 7 is opened upward. A cylindrical space 8 is formed, and a highly fluid gel-like or granular fragrance 3 is stored outside each cylindrical wall 7 in the container body 2.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of (seven) cylindrical walls 7 are arranged and fixed on a single substrate 9 in advance. By placing the substrate 9 on which the body 7 is integrally fixed on the bottom surface of the container body 2, each cylindrical wall 7 is erected from the bottom surface of the container body 2.

Each cylindrical wall 7 integrated with the substrate 9
After being installed in the container main body 2, by filling the outside of each cylindrical wall 7 in the container main body 2 with the fragrance agent 3, the inside of each cylindrical wall 7 becomes a space portion 8, The fragrance 3 is contained in the container body 2 other than the portion 8.

As shown in FIG. 3, each cylindrical wall 7 is provided with a large number of holes 10, and each hole 10 has a highly fluid gel-like or granular fragrance 3 itself. Is large enough not to flow into the space 8 inside the cylindrical wall 7, and the volatile component of the aromatic 3 can pass through.

In use of the above-mentioned fragrance container 1, the overcap 5 is once removed from the container body 2, the heat seal end 4 is peeled from the opening of the container body 2, and the overcap 5 is again removed. As shown in FIG. 4, the volatile component is volatilized from the upper surface of the fragrance 3 contained in the container body 2 and the holes 10 of each cylindrical wall 7 are attached. Through the space portion 8, the volatile components inside the fragrance 3 are volatilized, and the volatilized fragrance flows out into the atmosphere from the vent hole 6 of the overcap 5.

The fragrance container 1 of this embodiment as described above
According to this, although the fragrance 3 contained in the container body 2 is a highly fluid gel-like or granular one and does not have shape retention itself, the presence of each cylindrical wall 7 As a result, the columnar space 8 reaching the inside of the fragrance 3 is surely defined, so that the volatile components are volatilized from the upper surface of the fragrance 3 stored in the container, and at the same time from the inside of the fragrance 3. Also, the volatile component can be volatilized from the hole 10 of each tubular wall 7 through the space 8 and the volatilization efficiency can be increased.

The size of the holes 10 formed in each cylindrical wall 7 is set appropriately within a range in which the fragrance 3 itself does not flow into the space 8, or the number thereof is set appropriately. By doing so, it is possible to control the volatilization amount of the volatile component volatilized from the inside of the fragrance 3 through the space portion 8 per hour.

Further, by appropriately arranging a plurality of (7) cylindrical cylindrical walls 7 having a relatively small diameter as in the present embodiment, each portion inside the fragrance 3 is separated. The volatile component can be volatilized evenly.

Further, the plurality of cylindrical walls 7 are connected to one substrate 9
By arranging and fixing in advance on the container body 2 and storing it in the container body 2, the plurality of cylindrical walls 6 can be easily arranged in the container body 2.

In the illustrated embodiment, each of the plurality of cylindrical walls 7 has a cylindrical shape, and the number of the cylindrical walls 7 is seven. (Diameter)
The size, the arrangement state of the respective tubular walls, etc. are appropriately set according to the physical properties of the aromatic agent 3, the volatilization amount to be volatilized, and the like, and the number and size of the holes 10 provided in each tubular wall. The same applies to the above.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the volatilizing agent storage container according to the present invention. In this embodiment (second embodiment), the cylindrical wall 7 of the embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment. The present invention relates to the fragrance storage container which is different only in the number and shape, and in the following description, description of parts that are not particularly different from those of the first embodiment will be omitted.

In this embodiment (second embodiment), the cylindrical wall 7 erected in the container body 2 of the fragrance container 1 has one relatively large diameter and its diameter is large. The cup shape is different in the vertical direction, specifically, the diameter is increased upward, and the lower end portion thereof is fixed in advance on the substrate 9 as in the first embodiment. By placing 9 on the bottom surface of the container body 2, the container 9 is erected on the bottom surface of the container body 2.

The cylindrical wall 7 is provided with a large number of holes 10 having a size such that the fragrance 3 itself does not flow into the space 8 and through which volatile components of the fragrance 3 can pass. After the cylindrical wall 7 is installed in the container body 2, the outside of the cylindrical wall 7 in the container body 2 is filled with the fragrance 3 so that the inside of the cylindrical wall 7 has an inverted truncated cone shape. The fragrance 3 is stored in the container body 2 as the space 8.

The fragrance container 1 of this embodiment as described above
According to the above, as in the first embodiment, even if the fragrance agent 3 is a highly fluid gel-like or granular agent, the volatile component is volatilized from the inside of the fragrance agent 3 and its volatilization efficiency is increased. The amount of volatilization from the inside of the fragrance 3 can be controlled by changing the size and number of the holes 10.

Since the surface area of the tubular wall 7 is increased as compared with the case where the tubular wall 7 has a cylindrical shape whose diameter does not change in the vertical direction, the inside of the fragrance 3 is passed through the tubular wall 7. It is possible to set a larger amount of volatilization.

Further, as in the present embodiment, the tubular wall 7 has a cup shape in which the diameter is increased upward, so that the volatile component is volatilized and the aromatic 3 Although the amount of volatilization that volatilizes through the cylindrical wall 7 decreases as the position of the upper surface of the fragrance decreases, the area of the upper surface of the fragrance 3 increases in inverse proportion to it, and the amount of volatiles from the top of the fragrance 3 increases. Therefore, the amount of volatilization per unit time from the entire fragrance 3 with the lapse of usage time can be made constant.

The volatile agent storage container of the present invention is as described above.
Although each embodiment using the air freshener storage container has been described, the present invention is not limited to the air freshener storage container as in each of the above embodiments, but can be applied as a storage container for other volatile agents such as deodorants and insect repellents. Needless to say, the specific structure is not limited to that shown in the examples, and various embodiments are possible.

That is, for example, in order to stand the tubular wall inside the container body, it is possible to directly form the tubular wall on the bottom surface of the container body without using the substrate 9 as in each embodiment. Further, by providing a hole in the bottom surface of the container body or the substrate, not only the upper part of the space inside the cylindrical wall is opened, but also the lower part of the space is opened to the outside of the container body. Good.

When a plurality of cylindrical walls are provided,
As described above, it is possible to appropriately change the number, size, and arrangement state, and in the case of providing one tubular wall, the tubular wall may have a simple cylindrical shape,
Further, it may have a truncated cone shape that expands downward so that the volatilizing agent can be easily filled.

Further, when the container body and the volatilizing agent are transparent or translucent, a decorative pattern is attached to the cylindrical wall, or the shape of the cylindrical wall or the shape of the hole has a decorative effect, It is also possible to enhance the decorative effect of the entire container by the tubular wall by considering the respective colors of the plurality of tubular walls.

[0034]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION According to the volatilizing agent storage container of the present invention as described above, not only the volatilizing agent having a shape-retaining property but also the shape-retaining property such as highly fluid gel-like or granular Even for volatilizing agents that do not exist, the space that reaches the inside of the volatilizing agent can be reliably defined, and the volatilizing components can be volatilized not only from the upper surface of the volatilizing agent but also from the inside, resulting in volatilization efficiency. It is possible to control the amount of volatilization from the inside of the volatilizing agent as well as to increase the

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment (first embodiment) of a volatilizing agent storage container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view showing the arrangement structure of the tubular walls in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a part of the tubular wall shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a usage state of the volatilizing agent storage container shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment (second embodiment) of the volatilizing agent storage container of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Volatile Agent Storage Container 2 Container Body 3 Fragrance (Volatilizer) 7 Cylindrical Wall 8 Space 10 Holes

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A volatilizing agent storage container for volatilizing a volatile component from a volatilizing agent stored in a container body into the atmosphere, wherein a tubular wall provided with a plurality of holes through which the volatile component passes. A volatilizing agent storage container, characterized in that a space portion having an open top is defined in the container body, and the volatilizing agent is stored in the container body excluding the space portion. 2. The volatilizing agent storage container according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of space portions are defined in the container body by a plurality of cylindrical walls. 3. The volatilizer container according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical walls have different diameters in the vertical direction.