JP2001158486A - Aerosol container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aerosol container for which loads working on a spout member and a stem are effectively relieved by stabilizing the contact state at the external wall surface of the spout member for restricting excessive inclination without employing a shoulder cover. SOLUTION: For an aerosol container 10 which is in a structure wherein a spout member 11 is attached to a stem 15 projecting from the center of a mountain cup 14 of the aerosol container having a tilt valve 13 and liquid contents are ejected from the tip of the spout member 11 with the stem 15 tilted through the spout member 11, an indented groove 19 in an arc-like section formed at the external surface at the lower end of the spout member 11 is brought into contact with a curved surface of an annular collar part 17 in an arc-like section constituting the front end of the mountain cup 14, and thereby the stem 15 is prevented from tilting excessively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an aerosol container provided with a tilt valve.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A tilt valve for discharging an internal solution from an aerosol container discharges contents by tilting a stem attached to the tilt valve, and releases the tilt. To stop the discharge.

[0003] The stem attached to the tilt valve has:
A spout member, which is a substantially cone-shaped cover button body having an opening for discharging the inner solution at its tip, is mounted, and the tip of the spout member is pressed or hit against the surface to which the inner solution is to be applied. The stem is tilted through the spout member.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-278981 discloses that an aerosol container 50 is covered with a shoulder cover 52 having a circular opening at the center thereof so as to cover a mountain cup 51 as shown in FIG. And the outer wall surface 55 of the spout member 54 is contacted to limit the inclination of the spout member 54, or the lower end of the spout member 54 is brought into contact with the bottom surface 57 of the central depression 56 of the mountain cup 51 so that the spout member 54 An aerosol container with a tilt valve to limit tilting is described.

[0005] However, according to the conventional method for limiting such excessive tilting of the stem 58, the shoulder cover 52 is not provided.
Abutment between the spout member 54 and the flat inner wall surface 53 of the shoulder cover 52 and the angular portion of the outer wall surface 55 of the spout member 54, resulting in an unstable contact state, The load tends to concentrate on the contact part. In addition, according to the method in which the lower end of the spout member 54 is brought into contact with the bottom surface 57 of the mountain cup 51, the distance between the tip of the spout member 54 pressed against the surface to be coated and the contact portion supporting the pressing force is reduced. As the length becomes longer, the moment force to be supported becomes larger, and the load on the spout member 54 and the stem 57 is rather increased, so that the spout member 54 and the stem 57 are easily damaged.

The present invention is directed to an aerosol container capable of effectively reducing the load on the spout member and the stem by stabilizing the contact state of the outer wall surface of the spout member for limiting excessive tilting of the stem. For the purpose of providing.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an aerosol container which limits excessive tilting of the stem without using a shoulder cover.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided an aerosol container having a tilt valve, wherein a spout member is attached to a stem protruding from the center of the mountain cup in the aerosol container having a tilt valve, wherein the spout member comprises the mountain cup. The above object has been achieved by providing an aerosol container having a lower end outer surface capable of abutting against a curved surface of an annular collar having an arcuate cross section constituting a front end portion of the aerosol container.

The spout member described above is mounted on the stem to maintain good operability of opening and closing the tilt valve by tilting the stem, and is attached to adjust the appearance of the aerosol container. Means a cover button that is further protruded from the stem and mounted.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An aerosol container 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, contains a hair growth agent as an internal solution in a cylindrical container body 18, for example. While applying a massage by grasping with hands and pressing or hitting the tip of the spout member 11 against the head, the inner solution is sprayed and ejected from the liquid ejecting opening 12 and applied to clean the scalp and hair. The scalp touch type aerosol container 10 is employed.

The aerosol container 10 includes a tilt valve 1
3 and a spout member 11 is attached to a stem 15 projecting from the center of a mountain cup 14 constituting an upper end portion of the aerosol container 10.
Of the spout member 11
The inner solution is ejected from the liquid jet opening 12 at the tip of the.
Further, according to the aerosol container 10, the lower end outer surface 16 of the spout member 11 is brought into contact with the curved surface of the annular collar 17 having an arc-shaped cross section constituting the upper end of the mountain cup 14, and Limit excessive leaning.

The spout member 11 is a cover button having a substantially conical shape made of, for example, polyethylene, and a lower end portion outer surface 16 below the skirt portion 22 which is flared at the end of the conical shape extends over the entire circumference thereof. , Spout member 1
1 stands substantially parallel to the central axis.

The inner portion of the lower end outer surface 16 located below the inner solution flow passage 24 of the spout member 11 has a hollow portion 27.
The hollow portion 27 has a mountain cup 14
The lower end outer surface 16 can be inserted deeply into the substantially central portion of the concave portion 23 inside the annular collar portion 17 while the tilt valve mounting portion 21 is inserted and arranged.

According to the present embodiment, the lower end outer surface 16 of the spout member 11 located above the annular collar portion 17
In the upper end portion, a concave groove 29 having an arc-shaped cross section having a curved surface matching the curved surface of the annular collar portion 17 is formed.
Is provided on the circumference of the. The concave groove 29 is formed such that when the spout member 11 is tilted until the outer surface thereof comes into contact with the annular collar portion 17, its curved surface matches the curved surface of the annular collar portion 17 and closely adheres to each other. Formed at the location.

By pressing or hitting the spherical tip 25 of the spout member 11 against the scalp, the hair restorer can be directly sprayed on the scalp. That is, the spout member 11 and the stem 15 integrated with the spout member 11 are tilted by the force applied when the spherical tip portion 25 reaching the ground through the hair comes into contact with the scalp, and the tilt valve 1 is tilted.
3 is in the valve-open state, and the hair active agent is ejected from the container body 18 to the scalp, and at the same time, the scalp is massaged by these operations.

Here, the aerosol container 10 of the present embodiment is used.
According to this, during the operation of massaging the scalp while discharging the hair restorer, if the inclination of the spout member 11 increases,
The concave groove 29 having an arcuate cross section formed on the outer surface 16 at the lower end portion of the spout member 11 comes into contact with the curved surface of the annular collar 17 of the mountain cup 14, so that excessive tilting of the stem 15 is limited. Become. Further, since the curved surface of the concave groove 29 of the spout member 11 abuts against the curved surface of the annular collar portion 17 in a state of being in close contact with the surface, the load is dispersed without concentrating the load at one point at the abutting portion. In addition, the contact portion can be effectively prevented from deviating, and the excessive tilting of the stem can be limited in a stable state even when the pressing or hitting force is increased.

Further, according to the aerosol container 10 of the present embodiment, unlike the prior art, without the intervention of the shoulder cover,
The outer wall surface of the spout member 11 is brought into direct contact with the annular collar portion 17 of the mountain cup 14 to limit excessive tilting, so that an economical configuration is provided by omitting the shoulder cover, thereby saving resources. Can be achieved.

Furthermore, the aerosol container 10 of the present embodiment
According to this, the lower end outer surface 16 of the spout member 11 is lowered and inserted deeply into the depression 23 of the mountain cup 14 so that the spherical tip portion 25 of the spout member 11 and the lower end outer surface 16 are brought into contact with each other. It is possible to prevent the distance to the contact portion from becoming unnecessarily long, and to effectively prevent the moment force to be supported from becoming excessively large and increasing the load on the spout member 11 and the stem 15 to damage them. It becomes possible to do.

That is, the aerosol container 1 of the present embodiment
According to 0, the contact state of the lower end outer surface 16 of the spout member 11 for limiting excessive tilting of the stem 15 is stabilized, and the load on the spout member 11 and the stem 15 is effectively reduced. Becomes possible.

It is not necessary to provide a concave groove having an arc-shaped cross section on the outer surface of the lower end portion of the spout member. good. Also in this case, due to the contact between the flat surface and the curved surface, the contact state is close to the planar contact,
It is possible to limit excessive tilting of the stem in a stable state. In addition, the aerosol container of the present invention is not limited to an aerosol container that discharges a hair growth agent, and may be employed as various aerosol containers provided with a tilt valve that discharges other internal solutions.

[0021]

According to the aerosol container of the present invention, without using a shoulder cover, the contact state of the outer wall surface of the spout member for limiting excessive tilting is stabilized, and the load on the spout member and the stem is reduced. Can be effectively reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a main part of an aerosol container according to an embodiment of the present invention when not in use.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part showing a state when the aerosol container according to one embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a main part of an aerosol container provided with a conventional tilt valve.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Aerosol container 11 Spout member 12 Liquid injection opening 13 Tilt valve 14 Mountain cup 15 Stem 16 Lower end portion outer surface 17 Annular collar portion 18 Container main body 23 Depressed portion 24 Internal solution flow passage 25 Spherical tip 27 Cavity portion 29 Groove

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An aerosol container provided with a spout member on a stem protruding from the center of a mountain cup in an aerosol container provided with a tilt valve, wherein the spout member has an arc-shaped cross section forming a tip portion of the mountain cup. An aerosol container having a lower end outer surface capable of abutting against a curved surface of the annular collar portion. 2. The outer surface of a lower end portion of the spout member,
A concave groove having an arc-shaped cross section having a curved surface that matches the curved surface of the annular collar portion is provided on the periphery of the lower end outer surface, and the curved surface of the concave groove is provided on the annular collar portion of the mountain cup. The aerosol container according to claim 1, which is brought into contact with the aerosol container.