JP2000142759A - Liquid pouring container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a pouring member having trough-shaped pouring part for pouring removable out of a mouth/neck part. SOLUTION: A projected fitting stripe 3 is provided circumferentially at the external face of a mouth/neck part while a fitting groove 5 is provided circumferentially at an elastically deformative outer circumferential wall 4 fitted to the external face of the mouth/neck part, and the projected fitting stripe 3 is fitted into the fitting groove 5. A plurality of splits 6, with the lower ends thereof being opened respectively, are provided vertically at the outer circumferential wall 4, and a cap fitting cylinder 8 is erected at the upside of an inwardly- looking flangelike top wall 7 provided at the upper end of the outer circumferential wall 4. A dangling cylinder 11 having an inclined lower end face 10 with its front being raised is hung down from the internal face at the lower end of the fitting cylinder 8, contacting watertightly with the internal face of the mouth/neck part, and an aqueduct-shaped pouring part 13 with its rear face and upside opened is erected, rising from the inner circumference of an inwardly-looking flange 12 provided at the lower end of this dangling cylinder 11, so that it becomes higher than the cap fitting cylinder 8. A cover member C is detachably fitted to the external face of the outer circumferential wall 4 while a measuring cup D is screwed down onto the external face of the cap fitting cylinder 8, and with the outer circumferential wall 4 elastically deformed toward the outside in the diametral direction after the measuring cup D and the cover member C are removed, the fitting groove 5 is made separable from the projected fitting stripe 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid dispensing container in which a dispensing part is attached to the mouth and neck of a container containing a liquid such as a detergent.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 62-99541, for example, a hanging cylinder is suspended from the upper end of the mouth and neck of a container via a first inward flange, and is attached to the lower end of the cylinder. From the inner circumference of the second inward flange, the spouting tube stands up higher than the mouth and neck of the container body, and the inner wall of the upper end of the hanging cylinder is fitted with the side wall hanging down from the outer periphery of the top plate, A measuring cup for placing an annular shoulder attached to the side wall portion on the first inward flange, further inserting a pouring tube from the center of the top plate portion into the tube, and hanging down the cylindrical measuring wall portion. It has been known. Also, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-193962, it includes a hollow plastic container having a neck with a threaded external thread, a mounting member, and an interengaging means between the mounting member and the neck. In a closure and mounting member for containing and dispensing liquid for use in packaging, the mounting member has an inner wall portion, the inner wall portion defining an injection lip, wherein the injection lip is from within the neck and at the end of the neck. The mounting member comprises an annular outer wall portion connected to the inner wall portion, the cup-shaped closure member including a top wall and a peripheral wall portion extending from the top wall, The portion extends axially inward within the outer wall of the mounting member, the closure member has an annular outer wall, the annular outer wall has internal threads, and the internal threads are external threads on the neck of the container. Engaged with the mountain,
Liquid containing and dispensing packages are known that include means on a mounting member that engages the neck of the container to define a seal, and means that define a seal between the sealing member and the mounting member. .

[0003]

When the liquid in the refill container is refilled into the container body, the spout of the refill container is usually made to face the mouth and neck of the container body. However, in the former of the above-mentioned known examples, the spout cylinder and the injection lip in the latter stand higher than the upper end of the neck of the container body. It is difficult to make them come close to. For this reason, it is desired that the dispensing cylinder and the injection lip can be detached from the container at the time of refilling. However, in the former case of the known example, since the hanging cylinder portion for erecting the pouring cylinder is integral with the container body, it is impossible to remove the pouring cylinder. On the other hand, in the latter known example, the mounting member having the injection lip and the neck of the container are separate bodies, but the outer peripheral end of the annular outer wall portion of the mounting member is fitted to the upper end of the neck of the container by tightening. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to remove the annular outer wall from the neck of the container.

[0004] In the liquid dispensing container according to the first aspect of the present invention, the outer peripheral wall to be fitted to the mouth and neck portion is provided with a split groove so that the outer peripheral wall can be detached from the mouth and neck portion. Sometimes, a pouring member having a gutter-like pouring portion can be detached from the container body.

[0005]

As a first means, a container body A in which a mouth and neck part 2 is erected and a fitting ridge 3 is provided around the lower outer surface of the mouth and neck part; A fitting groove 5 is provided around the lower inner surface of the elastically deformable outer peripheral wall 4 fitted to the outer surface, and the fitting ridge 3 is removably fitted into the fitting groove. 4, a plurality of split grooves 6 having a lower end opening are vertically provided, and a cap fitting cylinder 8 is erected from the upper surface of an inward flange-like top wall 7 attached to the upper end of the outer peripheral wall. The hanging cylinder portion 11 that comes into contact with the inner wall surface in a watertight manner is hung down, and the gutter-like pouring portion 13 having the rear surface and the upper surface open from the inner periphery of the inward flange 12 attached to the lower end of the hanging cylinder portion is removed from the cap fitting cylinder 8. And an inward flange-like engaging plate 15 at the upper end of a cover tube 14 detachably fitted to the outer surface of the outer peripheral wall 4. A cover member C provided with the engagement plate engaged with the upper surface of the inward flange-like top wall 7 and a lower outer surface of a peripheral wall 19 vertically provided from the outer periphery of the top plate 18 to the lower inner surface of the hanging cylinder 11. The outer flange 21 attached to the outer surface of the peripheral wall is placed on the upper end of the cap fitting cylinder 8 while the outer cylinder 21 hanging from the outer periphery of the outward flange is placed on the outer surface of the cap fitting cylinder 8 while being fitted watertight. The fitting groove 5 has a threaded measuring cup D, and the elastic coefficient of the outer peripheral wall 4 is elastically deformed outward in the radial direction. It is set to a value that can be released outward. As a second means, in addition to having the first means, the lower end surface 10 of the hanging cylinder portion 11 is formed with a front part having a high inclination.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a liquid dispensing container according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention
The container, the spouting member, the cover member, and the measuring cup are the main members. A is a container body, with the mouth-and-neck portion 2 standing upright from the upper end of the body portion 1, a fitting ridge 3 is provided on the outer surface of the mouth-and-neck portion, and the upper surface of the fitting ridge is a first large-diameter lower portion. It is formed on the inclined surface 3a.

Reference numeral B denotes a pouring member, which is provided with a fitting groove 5 on the inner surface of the lower end portion of the elastically deformable outer peripheral wall 4 fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck portion 2, and the fitting protrusion projects into the fitting groove. Article 3 is fitted. Outer wall 4
A pair of split grooves 6 opening vertically on the lower surface of the outer peripheral wall are vertically provided at substantially axially symmetric positions. As shown, these split grooves gradually increase in width as going downward. Further, an inner surface of a portion below the fitting groove 5 of the outer peripheral wall 4 is formed as a second inclined surface 5a having a large diameter below, and an outer surface of a lower end portion of the outer peripheral wall 4 is formed through a first tapered portion having a large diameter below. Formed at the diameter.

An inward flange-like top wall 7 is attached to the upper end of the outer peripheral wall 4, a cap fitting cylinder 8 is erected from the upper surface of the inner peripheral portion of the inward flange-like top wall, and a male screw 9 is provided on the outer surface of the fitting cylinder. Form. The outer surface of the upper part of the cap is brought into water-tight contact from the inner surface of the lower end portion of the cap fitting tube 8 to the upper inner wall surface of the mouth and neck portion 2, and the hanging holding tube portion 11 having the lower end surface 10 having a high front portion is hung down. The gutter-like pouring portion 13 having the rear surface and the upper surface open from the inner periphery of the inward flange 12 attached to the lower end of the hanging holding tube portion 11 stands higher than the cap fitting tube 8.

A cover member C is provided with an inward flange-like engaging plate 15 at the upper end of the cover tube 14 fitted to the outer surface of the outer peripheral wall 4, and the engaging plate is attached to the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion of the inward flange-like top wall 7. And the inner surface of the lower end portion of the cover tube 14 is formed into a large inner diameter portion through a lower second large taper portion, and the second taper portion is connected to the first taper portion on the outer surface of the outer peripheral wall 4. Engage. A ridge 17 for gripping is provided on the outer surface of the upper end of the cover cylinder 14.

Reference numeral D denotes a measuring cup for fitting the outer surface of the lower end of the peripheral wall 19 vertically suspended from the outer periphery of the top plate 18 to the inner surface of the lower end of the hanging cylinder 11 in a watertight manner. An outward flange 20 attached to a vertically intermediate portion of the peripheral wall 19 is placed on the upper surface of the cap fitting cylinder 8, and a female screw 22 formed on an inner surface of an outer cylinder 21 hanging from the outer periphery of the outward flange 20 is fitted with a cap. It is screwed into the male screw 9 on the outer surface of the cylinder 8. Further, as shown in the drawing, the fitting tube 23 is hung down from the lower surface of the outward flange 20, and the fitting tube is fitted to the inner surface of the upper end portion of the cap fitting tube 8 in a watertight manner. Usually, a scale for measurement is attached to the peripheral wall 19.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. In order to dispense the liquid such as the detergent in the container A, the measuring cup D is unscrewed from the cap fitting tube 8 and the container A
Is tilted forward, and the liquid in the container is discharged from the trough-shaped discharge portion 13 into the measuring cup D. When the liquid in the measuring cup D is transferred to another container or the like, a small amount of the liquid may flow down from the upper end of the measuring cup D along the outer surface of the peripheral wall 19. It does not flow down and adhere to the floor.

In order to refill the liquid in the refill container (not shown) into the container body A, it is necessary to first remove the spouting member B from the mouth and neck portion 2, as shown in FIG. 2. Next, the ridge 17 for gripping the cover member C is gripped,
The cover tube 14 is lifted and removed from the outer peripheral wall 4. Next, a nail or the like is hung on the lower end surface of the outer peripheral wall 4 and the outer peripheral wall 4 is pulled forward (to the left in the drawing) as shown in FIG. When the front part of the wall 4 is elastically deformed forward, the fitting groove 5 in the front part of the outer peripheral wall 4 is separated from the fitting ridge 3 forward. By lifting the front part of the outer peripheral wall 4 in this state, the outer peripheral wall 4 can be removed from the mouth and neck part 2. After the spout member B is removed from the mouth and neck 2 in this way, the spout (not shown) of the refill container faces the container body mouth and neck 2 to perform refilling.

After the refilling, in order to attach the pouring member B to the mouth and neck part 2, the outer peripheral wall 4 may be fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck part 2, and then the second inclined surface 5a of the outer peripheral wall 4 is set. The outer peripheral wall 4 is elastically deformed radially outward by engaging with the first inclined surface 3 a of the fitting ridge 3 and expanding the split groove 6. When the second inclined surface 5 a gets over the fitting ridge 3, the fitting groove 5 is fitted to the fitting ridge 3 by the elastic deformation resistance of the outer peripheral wall 4.

When the cover cylinder 14 is fitted to the outer surface of the outer peripheral wall 4 after the mounting of the pouring member B, the second tapered portion of the cover cylinder 14 engages with the first tapered portion of the outer peripheral wall 4 and faces inward. The flange-like engagement plate 15 is placed on the upper surface of the inward flange-like top wall 7. When the measuring cup D is screwed into the cap fitting tube 8, the liquid stored in the liquid reservoir 24 falls into the hanging holding tube 11 and flows into the container A.

[0015]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, in the liquid dispensing container, the fitting groove on the outer peripheral wall of the dispensing member is fitted to the fitting ridge, and the dividing groove is formed on the outer peripheral wall. Therefore, when the split groove is expanded, the outer peripheral wall is elastically deformed and the fitting groove is detached from the fitting ridge, so that by raising the outer peripheral wall, the pouring member with the gutter-like pouring portion is moved from the mouth and neck portion. It can be easily removed, so that when refilling the container from the refill container to the container, the pouring member does not hinder the refilling, so that the refill can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a half sectional view showing a liquid discharging container according to the present invention, with a part thereof being cut away.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory view showing a state at the time of removing a pouring member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Mouth and neck 3 Fitting ridge 4 Outer peripheral wall 5 Fitting groove 6 Split groove 7 Inward flanged top wall 8 Cap fitting cylinder 10 Lower end face 11 Suspended cylindrical part 12 Inward flange 13 Gutter-like pouring part 14 Cover tube 15 Inward flange-like engagement plate 18 Top plate 19 Peripheral wall 20 Outward flange 21 Outer tube A Container body B Discharge member C Cover member D Measuring cup

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A container body A having a mouth and neck portion 2 standing upright and a fitting ridge 3 provided on a lower outer surface of the mouth and neck portion, and an elastically deformable fitting fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck portion. A fitting groove 5 is provided around the lower inner surface of the outer peripheral wall 4, and the fitting ridge 3 is removably fitted into the fitting groove. And a cap fitting tube 8 is erected from the upper surface of the inward flanged top wall 7 attached to the upper end of the outer peripheral wall, and the hanging holding tube portion watertightly contacts the inner wall surface of the mouth and neck from the inner surface of the lower portion of the fitting tube. 11, a pouring member B standing upright from the inner periphery of the inward flange 12 attached to the lower end of the hanging holding tube portion, and a gutter-like pouring portion 13 having a rear surface and an open upper surface higher than the cap fitting tube 8; Cover tube 14 detachably fitted to the outer surface of the outer peripheral wall 4
A cover member C having an inward flange-like engaging plate 15 attached to the upper end thereof and engaging the engaging plate with the upper surface of the inward flange-like top wall 7, and a top plate 18 on the lower inner surface of the hanging cylinder 11. The lower outer surface of the peripheral wall 19 suspended from the outer periphery is fitted in a watertight manner, the outward flange 20 attached to the outer surface of the peripheral wall is placed on the upper end of the cap fitting cylinder 8, and the outer surface is suspended from the outer periphery of the outward flange. A measuring cup D in which the cylinder 21 is screwed to the outer surface of the cap fitting cylinder 8, and the elastic coefficient of the outer peripheral wall 4 is elastically deformed radially outward so that the fitting groove is formed. 5. A liquid pouring container characterized in that 5 is set to a value which can be detached radially outward from the fitting ridge 3. 2. The liquid dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein a lower end surface of the hanging holding cylinder portion 11 is formed so that a front portion has a high inclination.