JPS6019718Y2 - air freshener container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an air freshener container which is mainly installed in an automobile and can diffuse the fragrance in the container body only when necessary.

Various types of air freshener containers have been devised for use inside automobiles or indoor rooms, but most of them have a mechanism that constantly releases air freshener.
Due to the continuous emission of air fresheners, if the ventilation inside the car is insufficient, the concentration of air fresheners in the car interior will exceed the specified amount, which will not only cause discomfort to the passengers, but also in extreme cases. There was a problem that it caused health problems by causing nausea.

Another drawback is that the air freshener continues to emit air even when there is no need to emit a fragrance, such as when the car is left in a parking lot overnight or when the car is not used for a certain period of time, so the air freshener is wasted and is uneconomical. there were.

Therefore, the present invention is intended to solve such drawbacks of the prior art, and its purpose is to make it possible for the air freshener in the container body to be released into the interior of a car only when necessary, so that it can be used by passengers. The purpose is to maintain a refreshing feeling and health.

Another purpose is to prevent wasteful consumption of fragrance by allowing the fragrance in the container body to emit the appropriate amount at a time when needed, thereby achieving economical use of fragrance and extending its lifespan. be.

Still another object is to enable continuous supply of the fragrance solution by integrally combining the container body and the pedestal.

The present invention will be explained below based on the illustrated embodiments.
5, 1 is a container body made of glass or synthetic resin, for example, filled with an aromatic solution, and the inside of the container body communicates with the outside through an opening 2.
A locking ring 3 is formed on the outer periphery of.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a cylindrical inner stopper made of synthetic resin that is watertightly fitted into the opening 2 of the container body 1 and has a hollow interior.The inner end of the inner stopper 4 is closed off by a partition wall 5. , an aromatic solution, i.e., a content liquid W, contained in the container body 1 is located in the center of the partition wall 5.
It has an outlet 6 for introducing the water into the hollow interior.

Furthermore, an outward annular flange portion 7 that is engaged with the tip of the opening 2 of the container body is protruded from the outer proximal end of the inner plug body, and the insertion width of the inner plug into the opening 2 is limited. It is regulated.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a cylindrical cap made of synthetic resin that is fitted around the outer periphery of the opening 2 of the container body, and in the center of the sealing part 9 is a discharge port 10 equipped with a tapered valve seat that opens into the hollow interior of the inner stopper 4. At the same time, an annular contact ring 1 is provided on the inner surface of the sealing part 9 and at a position outside the discharge port 10 to tightly contact the outward flange part 7 of the inner stopper to prevent liquid leakage.
1 is provided so as to protrude.

Furthermore, the cylindrical cap 8 is provided with an annular locking ring 13 on the inner periphery of its mounting portion 12 for removably attaching the cap to the opening 2 of the container body, and the contact ring 11 and the locking ring 13 prevents the liquid content W in the container body 1 from leaking to the outside from locations other than the outlet 10 of the cap.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a cylindrical valve body made of synthetic resin, which is installed inside the cap 8 and inside the hollow part of the inner stopper 4, and which opens and closes the discharge port 10 of the cap 8. On the outer periphery of the middle part, there is a valve body extending radially outward. An arbitrary number of wing-like spring receiving portions 15 are provided at predetermined intervals to abut against the inner circumferential wall of the inner plug 4.

Reference numeral 16 denotes an elastic body, such as a coil spring, which is installed inside the hollow part of the inner stopper 4 and can be expanded and contracted in the vertical direction. raise to position.

The elastic body 16 is connected to the partition wall 5 of the inner stopper and the spring receiving portion 15 of the valve body.
It is wrapped around the outer periphery of the valve body 14 between the holes.

Further, the circumferential gap 17 formed between the spring receivers 15 and 15 of the valve body allows the liquid W in the container body 1 to flow from the outlet 6 of the inner stopper 4 to the outlet 10 of the cap 8. It becomes a flow path.

Furthermore, a valve portion 18 having an inverted conical cross section is formed at the outer tip of the valve body 14, and is capable of watertightly fitting into a tapered valve seat of the discharge port of the cap. body 1
6, the cap 8 is pressed downward and inserted into the discharge port 10 of the cap 8, and the tapered surface contacts the tapered valve seat in the fluid flow direction to close the discharge port.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a synthetic resin pedestal that holds the capped container main body 1 in an inverted state so that it can be raised and lowered, and is formed by removably combining a top lid 20 and a bottom lid 21 with a substantially U-shaped cross section.

The upper lid 20 is separated from an upper surface part 22 and an annular side wall 23, and has a receiving cylinder part 24 projecting upwardly from the center of the upper surface part 22 to hold the capped opening 2 of the container body 1 in a vertically movable manner. It is set up.

Further, an arbitrary number of ventilation holes 25 extending in the longitudinal direction are arranged in parallel at equal intervals around the receiving cylinder part 24, and a top cover 20 is detachably fitted to the bottom M21 at the lower end of the inner circumference of the side wall 23. It has a locking ring 26 of.

The bottom cover 21 has a flat base 27 and an annular side wall 28, and the inside of the annular side wall 28 is formed into a storage chamber 29 for an impregnated body 34, which will be described later. An arbitrary number of support pieces 30 for raising the bottom of the base 27 are provided protrudingly provided on the base 27.

Further, in the center of the storage chamber 29, a support column 31 is protruded to support the valve body 14 located inside the cap 8 from the outside through the discharge port 10 of the cap.

The valve body support provided at the tip of the support column 31 allows the liquid content W accumulated in the hollow interior of the inner stopper 4 to be discharged from the gap between the support column 31 and the discharge port 10 when the container body 1 is lowered. As such, it is formed to have a slightly smaller diameter than the inner diameter of the discharge port 10.

Further, the side wall 28 of the bottom lid has a locking ring 2 on the outer periphery thereof so that it can be removably engaged with the side wall 23 of the top lid.
6 and a corresponding locking ring 32.

Further, the bottom cover 21 is provided with a protruding handle 33 at an arbitrary location on the base 27 to facilitate attachment and detachment of the top cover 20.

Reference numeral 34 denotes an impregnated body installed in the storage chamber 29 of the pedestal, which is made of a porous material with good permeability such as a fiber material or a cavernous body that absorbs and releases the liquid content W dripped from the discharge port 10 of the cap. .

The impregnated body 34 has an arbitrary thickness, is slightly smaller than the inner circumference of the side wall of the bottom cover 21, and has a central opening 35 in the center through which the support column 31 of the bottom cover 21 is inserted. It is held in the storage chamber 29 with the bottom raised.

36 is a fixing member such as an adhesive tape or a magnet, and is attached to the base 1.
It is attached to the lower surface of the bottom cover 21 of the holder 9 to detachably hold the pedestal 19 in an arbitrary installation location.

Reference numeral 37 denotes an internally hollow elastic frame body formed by bending a band-like member into a shape matching the outer circumferential shape of the container body 1, and serves to raise and lower the container body 1 in the vertical direction along its center line.

The frame body 37 is cut at an arbitrary point in the width direction to form a separation part 38, and is provided with a guide cylinder part 39 for receiving the receiving cylinder part 24 of the pedestal in a manner that spans the separation part 38.

When attaching the frame 37 to the container body 1, the capped opening 2 of the container body 1 is attached at the position of the guide cylinder portion 39.
When the frame body opening 2 is inserted into the guide tube 39 from the side and the frame body 37 is released, the frame body 1 is moved back into the vessel body 1 due to the elastic return of the frame body. The frame can be attached.

In the above configuration, when the container body 1, in which the inner stopper 4, the elastic body 16, and the valve body 14 are sealed in advance with the cap 8, is installed in the receiving cylinder part 24 of the base 19 with the opening 2 facing downward. , the discharge port 10 of the cap 8 is connected to the elastic body 16 unless the container body 1 receives downward pressure from the upper part.
It is completely closed by the valve portion 18 of the valve body 14 that receives the optical power.

When a fragrance is required, when the container body 1 is pressed downward against the optical power of the elastic body 16, the inner stopper 4 fitted in the opening 2 of the container body and the outer periphery of the opening 2 are fitted. The cap 8 moves downward as a unit, but the valve body 14 provided inside the hollow part of the inner stopper 4 is fixed in position by the pillar 19 of the base and cannot move downward.

When the cap 8 also descends as the container body 1 descends, the relative positions of the cap and the valve body 15 shift, and the discharge port 10 of the cap moves downward away from the valve portion 18 of the valve body, and as a result, the support column 31 A gap is created between the discharge port 10 and the discharge port 10, and the discharge port is opened.

Therefore, an appropriate amount of the liquid W accumulated in the hollow interior through the outlet 6 of the inner stopper 4 is transferred from the outlet 10 to the column 3 of the pedestal 19.
1 onto the impregnated body 34, and permeates the entire surface of the impregnated body.

After that, when the pressure on the container body 1 is released, the container body 1 moves upward due to the restoring force of the elastic body 16, and at the same time, the cap 8 also rises, and the discharge port 10 of the cap 8 is again closed by the valve part 18 of the valve body. It is completely closed, and the supply of an appropriate amount of the content liquid W to the impregnated body 34 is stopped.

On the other hand, the liquid content W dripped into the impregnated body 34 gradually evaporates and vaporizes from the raised evaporation surface consisting of the front and back surfaces of the impregnated body 34 according to the amount of dripping, and the vaporized fragrance component is It diffuses into the atmosphere through the ventilation opening 25 of the pedestal 19, and the desired fragrant aroma wafts inside the car in which the container body 1 is installed.

After that, after a certain period of time has passed and the air freshener component inside the car is diluted and eliminated, the container body 1 is pressed again to drop an appropriate amount of air freshener solution W into the impregnated body 34 and permeate it, adding a new fragrance to the car interior. The desired interior environment can be obtained by repeating the same operation as necessary.

Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, and the second embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals used for the same components as in the first embodiment. Container body 1
Guide grooves 40 are carved on both sides of the container body in the moving direction for raising and lowering the container body, while a pedestal 19 that holds the container body 1 in an inverted state so that it can be raised and lowered is provided with guide grooves 40 for moving the container body 1 up and down. A pair of blade members 41 that are fitted into each guide groove 40 are provided upright.

In this second embodiment, since both sides of the container body 1 are held between the pair of blade members 41, the container body 1 can be held more stably than in the first embodiment.

Note that the top lid 42 of the embodiment is attached by fitting into an opening of a bottom lid 43 having a box shape.

In the figure, reference numeral 44 denotes a sealing member for sealing the opening 2 of the container body before it is attached to the pedestal 19. When in use, the sealing member is peeled off to open the opening 2 of the container body, and the content liquid W in the container body is removed. is supplied to the impregnated body 34 in an appropriate amount.

Still another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, and this third embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals attached to the same components as in the first embodiment. The partition wall 5 of the inner stopper has a plurality of outlet ports 45, so that a large amount of fragrance solution can be supplied to the base 19.

Valve body 14 held in position inside the hollow part of inner stopper 4
The spring receiving portion 15 is provided with an arbitrary number of through holes 46 that serve as flow paths for the fragrance solution.

Further, the upper lid 20 of the pedestal has a cylindrical peripheral wall 47 vertically disposed at a position directly below the receiving cylinder portion 24 that projects upward at the center thereof.
Further, a partition wall 48 is provided at the lower end of the peripheral wall 47.

The upper lid 20 is provided with a support 49 in the center of the partition wall 48 that supports the valve body 14 from the outside through the discharge port 10 of the cap.
It has an arbitrary number of discharge ports 50 for discharging the contents W of the container main body flowing out onto the impregnated body 34.

In this third embodiment, since a plurality of discharge ports 50 are provided in the partition wall 48 of the upper lid 20, the aromatic solution can be supplied to the impregnated body 34 over a wider range compared to the first and second embodiments. This can be done easily and quickly.

Furthermore, since the peripheral edge of the discharge port 50 is formed into a tapered surface, there is an advantage that the aromatic solution can be efficiently discharged.

In this embodiment, when the aromatic agent container is not in use or during transportation, an annular backing 51 is inserted between the partition wall 48 and the cap 8 to close the discharge port 50 of the upper lid. Completely prevents leakage.

On the other hand, during use, by removing the backing 51, the discharge port 50 of the upper lid is opened and the supply of the aromatic solution is started.

The present invention has the above-mentioned structure and function, and unless the container body is pressed, the cap fitted on the container body will be watertight with the valve body due to the elastic body installed inside the hollow part of the inner stopper. Since the outlet is closed, the air freshener solution in the container body is prevented from constantly escaping from the impregnated body in the base, and the air freshener is only released into the interior of a car when necessary. can be released.

Therefore, there is no fear that the concentration of the air freshener in the car will increase more than necessary, and this has the effect of maintaining the refreshment and health of the passengers.

In addition, since the fragrance solution is dripped into the impregnated body and consumed only when the container body is pressed, wasteful consumption of the fragrance solution can be prevented unless the container body is pressed when necessary, making it possible to save money on fragrances. This has the effect of increasing the usage and lifespan of the vehicle.

Furthermore, since the impregnated body installed in the pedestal is held in a raised position, the fragrance solution can be evaporated and vaporized from the back side of the impregnated body, allowing for efficient use of the fragrance by expanding the evaporation area. It's also effective.

Furthermore, since a fixing member such as adhesive tape is provided on the pedestal that holds the container body, not only can the air freshener container be quickly fixed in an appropriate location, but the installation location can also be easily changed. be.

Furthermore, by integrating the container body with the pedestal, the fragrance solution can be continuously supplied to the impregnated body as needed, so it is possible to save the trouble of searching for the container body each time to replenish the fragrance solution.

Furthermore, since the elastic member is wrapped around the outer circumference of the valve body, the direction of action of the elastic member is constant and the valve body does not fall, so regardless of the direction in which the container body is operated, the valve body The opening and closing operation of the discharge port can be performed reliably.

In addition, the valve part at the tip of the valve body has an inverted conical cross section, and this is brought into contact with the tapered valve seat of the discharge port in the fluid flow direction, resulting in sealing performance due to the "wedge effect". It has various effects such as further improving (sealing degree, sealing speed, and fluid control amount).

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the main part showing the open state of the air freshener container, Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line X-X in Figure 9, and Figure 4 is the bottom cover of the pedestal. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the container body with the frame attached, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another container main body and a pedestal, and Fig. 7 shows the air freshener container in a closed state. 8 is a side view showing the same air freshener container in a closed state, FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional view of a main part showing another air freshener container in a closed state, and FIG. 10 is a side view showing the same air freshener container in a closed state. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line X--X, and a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state in which the backing is inserted into the aromatic agent container. Explanation of symbols, 1... Container body, 2...
Opening, 3.13, 26.32... Locking ring, 4... Inner stopper, 5, 48... Partition wall, 6
, 45... Outlet, 7... Flange part, 8... Cap, 9... Sealing part, 1
0.50...Discharge port, 11...Contact ring, 12...Mounting part, 14...
・Valve body, 15... Spring receiving part, 16...
Elastic body, 17... Gap, 18... Valve portion, 19... Pedestal, 20, 42... Top lid, 21, 43...・Bottom cover, 22... Top surface part, 23.28... Side wall, 24... Receiver part, 25... Ventilation opening, 27... ... base, 29 ... storage chamber, 30 ... support piece,
31.49...post, 33...handle,
34... Impregnated body, 35... Central opening, 3
6... Fixed member, 37... Frame, 38
...Separation part, 39...Guide cylinder part, 4
0...Guide groove, 41...Blade member,
44... Seal member, 46... Through hole,
47... Peripheral wall, 51... Backing, W... Content liquid.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] (1) A container body in which the aromatic agent to be supplied to the impregnated body of the pedestal is filled inside the supporting part of the pedestal, which is equipped with a ventilation hole for dispersing the aromatic agent impregnated into the built-in impregnated body to the outside. The opening of the container body is fitted into the opening so as to be freely raised and lowered, and a valve body is provided in the opening of the container body to open and close the opening by raising and lowering the container body, and the valve body is biased in the closing direction of the opening. At the same time, in an air freshener container equipped with an elastic member that urges the container body toward the reverse pedestal side, the elastic member is wound around the outer periphery of the valve body, and the valve portion at the tip of the valve body is formed to have an inverted conical cross section. An air freshener container characterized in that the valve portion is brought into contact with the outlet in a tapered surface in the direction of fluid flow. (2) The fragrance container according to item (1), wherein the impregnated body is raised from the bottom by a support piece provided on the bottom surface of the pedestal. (3) The fragrance container according to item (1), wherein the pedestal is provided with a fixing member on the outside of the bottom surface.