JP2000159260A - Liquid container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid container which is capable of easily and surely recognizing the kind of a stored liquid though a body part of the container is held for use, free from any mistaken use, and advantageous in inexpensive manufacture with a simple structure, and expression of non-use of the container. SOLUTION: A liquid container comprises a container body provided with a small amount of liquid feeding means A at its tip part, a cap 3 which is fitted to a neck part in an attachable/detachable manner and having a fitting hole 13 recessed in an upper surface, and an oscillation plate 4 which is fitted to the container body in an oscillating manner, has a content indication B of a stored liquid and in which a fitting projecting part 17 to be forcibly fitted to the fitting hole 13 is projected through a breakage part 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a liquid container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There has been known a liquid container having a container body having a small amount of liquid supply means at the tip of the mouth and neck and a cap removably fitted to the mouth and neck.

[0003] The small-volume liquid supply means is, for example, a nozzle-type one which is fitted to the tip of the mouth and neck and has a small tip, or a porous member such as a sponge is fixed to the tip of the mouth and neck. There are known those which exude liquid through a member, and those which are provided with a valve body capable of urging the distal end opening of a nozzle fitted to the distal end of the mouth and neck outward with a spring or the like and pushing it in.

These contain various liquids such as, for example, for storing eye drops or athlete's foot chemicals.

[0005]

The conventional container of this kind stores various liquids as described above, so that there is a problem in the case where a wrong use occurs depending on the contents. For example, it is difficult to mistake the container containing the drug for athlete's foot for the container for eye drops, and vice versa, there is a problem that there is no harm and no effect.

[0006] In these containers, generally, the indication of the purpose of use and the like is displayed on the outer periphery of the body of the container, but these containers are used by grasping the body. Therefore, the display is hidden by hand and is difficult to understand.
May cause misuse.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points. In spite of use with a body portion, the type of the stored liquid can be easily and surely confirmed, and there is no risk of misuse. An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid container having an advantage that it can be manufactured easily and at low cost.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a container comprising a container having a mouth and neck portion rising from a body portion and a small amount liquid supply means at the tip end. 2 and a cap 3 which is detachably fitted to the mouth and neck, and has a fitting hole 13 formed in the upper surface, and both lower ends are swung in the front-rear direction below the cap fitting portion on both sides of the container 2. It is possible to connect the cap and extend over the upper and lower sides of the cap on both sides, and forcibly fit the fitting projection 17 protruding from the upper central lower surface through the breaking portion 16 into the fitting hole 13, Further, the liquid container is provided with a rocking plate 4 on which a content indication B of the stored liquid is provided.

The container according to the second aspect of the present invention is provided with an auxiliary cylinder 8 fitted on the outer periphery of the mouth and neck portion 6 and provided with a fixed shaft 7 at a lower part of the outer periphery. 2. The swing plate 4 according to claim 1, wherein the cap 3 is removably fitted by fitting the pivot holes 4 to the fixed shafts 7 so that the shaft holes 18 at the lower left and right sides are respectively rotatably fitted. It was configured as a liquid container.

[0010]

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

The container 1 of the present invention includes a container body 2, a cap 3, and a rocking plate 4.

The container body 2 has the mouth and neck 6 erected from the trunk 5 and is provided with a small amount liquid supply means A at the tip. The body 5 may be configured to be squeezable if necessary, and may be formed by appropriately selecting the material, thickness, and the like.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the container body 2 is formed by a molding method such as blow molding using a synthetic resin, and a reduced diameter portion 5a is formed at the upper end of a cylindrical body 5. Yes,
On both sides of the reduced diameter portion 5a, horizontal columnar fixed shafts 7 for axially attaching the swinging plate 4 are provided in a protruding manner. The mouth and neck 6 is further reduced in diameter to form a thread around the outer periphery. As shown in FIG. 4, the outer periphery of the mouth or neck 6 or the mouth or neck 6
An auxiliary cylinder 8 may be provided so as to fit over the outer periphery of the upper end of the body 5. By providing the auxiliary cylinder 8, the fixed shaft, which is difficult to obtain a sharp shape by blow molding or the like, can be formed into a sharp shape, and its strength can be increased.

The small amount liquid supply means A is a means for dropping, applying, and pouring a small amount of liquid. For example, a nozzle provided with a fine hole having a tapered tip portion for dropping the liquid is fitted. Attached, or a porous member fixed for the purpose of application, and oozes out the liquid through the member, or the nozzle orifice fitted at the tip of the mouth and neck is opened outward by a spring or the like. Means conventionally used for this type of liquid container, such as a device provided with a valve body which can be urged and pushed in, can be employed.

In the illustrated example, a lower portion is fitted in a liquid-tight manner on the inner peripheral upper portion of the mouth and neck portion 6, and a cylindrical nozzle 9 having a smaller diameter as the upper portion protruding upward from the mouth and neck portion tapers upward. A bar plug 10 that is fixedly attached and that closes the opening at the tip is constantly urged upward by a coil spring 11 that extends integrally from the lower portion of the bar plug 10 and locks the lower end at the lower end of the inner periphery of the nozzle 9. When the plug 10 is pushed in, the liquid can be poured out through a groove 12 provided vertically in the upper part of the outer periphery.

The cap 3 is detachably fitted to the mouth and neck 6 and has a fitting hole for locking the swing plate 4 on the upper surface.
13 is recessed. In the illustrated example, a top wall 15 that covers the upper part of the small amount liquid supply means A from the upper edge of the peripheral wall 14 screwed to the outer periphery of the mouth and neck 6 is extended and detachably mounted. Also, the top wall
At the center of the top surface 15, a circular fitting hole 13 is formed in a plan view.

The swinging plate 4 is connected to the lower end portions of the container body 2 below the cap fitting portions on both sides thereof so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction, and extends over the outer sides of both sides of the cap and the upper side thereof. A fitting protrusion 17 protruding from the upper central lower surface via a break portion 16 is forcibly fitted into the fitting hole 13 and is provided so as to be able to undulate by displaying the content B of the stored liquid.

The rocking plate 4 is provided so as not to mistake the contents of the stored liquid, and is provided for the purpose of expressing the unused state of the container. If the display of the outer periphery of the torso 5 is hidden by the hand held during use, the type of the liquid content can be easily grasped by the presence of the rocking plate 4 and the break portion 16 is not broken. It is configured so that liquid cannot be poured out.

As the content display B, various forms can be adopted. For example, the type of the content liquid can be displayed by characters. The printing position of the character may be selected as necessary from the front and rear surfaces or the upper surface of the rocking plate.

As the content display B, a three-dimensional graphic display according to the purpose of use may be engraved. For example, in the case of a stored liquid for athlete's foot, a three-dimensional figure display that resembles a toe is provided,
In the case of a liquid for eye drops, a three-dimensional graphic display that resembles the eyes is provided. In addition, various three-dimensional graphic displays according to the purpose of use can be adopted.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a horizontally long rectangular connecting plate 20 is connected between the upper ends of a pair of right and left legs 19 having circular shaft holes 18 opposed to each other at the lower end. Connecting plate
20 Fitting projection 17 from the center of the lower surface through a thin rod-shaped breaking part 16
And the shaft holes 18 at both lower ends are rotatably fitted to the respective fixed shafts 7 so as to be connected so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction.
The fitting projection 17 is forcibly fitted to the fitting hole 13 and mounted.

Although not shown, the lower edges are connected to the upper and lower surfaces of the fitting frame fitted to the upper portion of the container body below the cap fitting portion via thin hinges, respectively, and the fitting protrusions are formed into fitting holes. May be forcibly fitted to the container body 2.

The above members are preferably formed of a synthetic resin.

[0024]

As described above, in the container of the present invention, both lower ends are connected to be able to swing back and forth below the cap fitting portions on both sides of the container body so as to extend outwardly on both sides of the cap and above the upper surface. The swinging plate with the contents of the stored liquid is provided so that it can be raised and lowered, so that the contents of the stored liquid can be easily grasped by the presence of the swinging plate. The inconvenience of misidentifying eye drops and athlete's foot medicine and misusing them is surely solved.

Also, since the fitting projection projecting from the upper central lower surface of the rocking plate via the breaking portion is forcibly fitted into the fitting hole on the upper surface of the cap top wall, unless the breaking portion is broken. The cap cannot be opened and unused containers can be expressed with a simple structure.

Further, in the container according to the second aspect of the present invention, the fixed shaft can be made strong and excellent in durability, and even if the rocking plate is repeatedly rocked, the rocking plate may come off. There is no danger of inconvenience, and a click feeling can be easily given to the rocking plate.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a half sectional view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment in an inverted state.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a usage state of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a half sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... container body, 3 ... cap, 4 ... rocking plate, 5 ... trunk, 6
... mouth and neck, 7 ... fixed shaft, 8 ... auxiliary cylinder, 13 ... fitting hole, 14 ...
Peripheral wall, 16: broken part, 17: fitting projection, 18: shaft hole, A: small liquid supply means, B: content display

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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A mouth and neck (6) is erected from a trunk (5).
A container body 2 having a small amount of liquid supply means A at its tip, a cap 3 which is detachably fitted to the mouth and neck, and has a fitting hole 13 formed in the upper surface, and a cap fitted on both sides of the container body 2. At the lower part of the joint, the lower ends are pivotably connected in the front-rear direction, and are extended over the outer sides of the both sides of the cap and over the upper surface. A liquid container comprising: a swinging plate having a portion forcibly fitted into a fitting hole and a content indication B of a stored liquid. 2. Fitting the outer periphery of the mouth and neck 6 and
An auxiliary cylinder 8 having a fixed shaft 7 protruding from the lower part of the outer periphery is provided.
2. The liquid container according to claim 1, wherein the rocking plate 4 is mounted by detachably fitting the shaft holes 18 at the lower left and right ends thereof to the fixed shafts 7 respectively.