JP2002045738A - Contents release mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the releasing section of a contents release mechanism to be turned by a user to a desired direction in the outside space, improving the convenience of the mechanism. SOLUTION: A tubular linking base 6 is fitted into a linking section 42 which is a part of a cover body 4 of a container containing various contents. To the linking base, a turning member 7 is attached so that it can turn in the direction C (turning axis: A-A'). A united item comprising a turning axis member 9 and a nozzle member 11 turnable in the direction D (turning axis: B-B') is attached to the turning member 7. The attaching section 9b of the turning axis member 9 after attached is fitted into a communicating hole 7b of the turning member 7. The nozzle member 11 turns in the direction D relating to the turning member 7, which turns in the direction C relating to the cover body 4 (container), enabling the nozzle to be set in an arbitrary direction, up or down and right or left. The contents are moved from 42b of the cover body 4 through the inner space of the turning member 7, the turning axis member 9, etc., to a nozzle attachment section 11g.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content discharging mechanism for discharging the contents of a container to an external space, and more particularly, to changing the direction of a discharging portion (such as a nozzle) of the contents with respect to a container body over a wide range. The present invention relates to a content release mechanism that can be used.

In general, an aerosol type container that discharges contents to an external space by the action of a liquefied gas or a compressed gas, and a pump type container that discharges contents to an external space by the action of an inflow valve and a discharge valve are widely used. Have been.

[0003] In order to improve the usability of these containers, it is desirable to increase the range in which the direction of the discharge section provided in the contents discharge mechanism can be set as large as possible. The present invention meets such a demand. is there.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the direction of a discharge portion of a content discharge mechanism is fixed in a predetermined direction with respect to a container body and an operation button portion. In the case where the direction of the emission unit is made variable, the settable range is limited to a narrow portion within a specific plane.

For this reason, when the user intends to change the direction of the discharge portion over a wide range in a narrow gap, for example, the user must change the direction of the hand holding the container body or re-hold the container body. Work such as is required.

[0006]

In view of the limited manner in which the user can normally hold the container body and the range in which the direction of the hand can be changed, such a change operation is particularly necessary in a narrow place. Is likely to be complicated, and the range in which the direction of the discharge unit can be changed is naturally limited.

That is, in the conventional contents discharge mechanism which does not actively adopt a means capable of changing the direction of the discharge portion over a wide range, the place of use tends to be restricted.
There is a problem that the usability is poor.

Therefore, in the present invention, the discharging portion such as a nozzle is connected to the first and second portions with respect to the main body of the content discharging mechanism, so to speak.
It is intended to improve the convenience of the contents release mechanism by allowing the user to set the discharge section in any direction of the external space by setting the discharge section to be able to rotate individually in the direction of I do.

[0009]

The present invention solves this problem as follows. (1) In a content discharging mechanism for discharging a content stored in a container to an external space, a passage portion of the content (for example, an inlet-side cylindrical portion 42a and an outlet-side cylindrical portion 42 described later)
b) output section (for example, a connection action section 42 described later)
And an axis in a first direction (for example, A
-A '), and an intermediate member (for example, a rotating member 7 to be described later) rotatable around the intermediate member, and a rotatable shaft about a second direction (for example, BB' to be described later) with respect to the intermediate member. A discharge section (for example, a nozzle member 11 described later) to which the content is supplied from the passage portion. (2) In the above (1), the intermediate member is provided with a space for allowing the contents to pass therethrough by allowing the passage portion and the discharge portion to communicate with each other. (3) In the above (1) and (2), the axis in the first direction and the axis in the second direction are set to be substantially orthogonal.

According to the present invention, as described in (1) above, the discharge section of the content rotates about the first and second axes with respect to the output section having the passage section of the content. Because of the movement, the direction of the discharge portion with respect to the container body can be changed over a wide range.

Further, as described in (2) above, since the space for communication of the contents is provided in the intermediate member which rotates with respect to the output portion and serves as a rotation reference for the discharge portion, the contents can be output. From the section to the discharge section.

Further, since the axes in the first direction and the second direction are set to be substantially orthogonal to each other as in the above (3), the changeable range of the direction of the discharge portion with respect to the container body is, for example, right and left.
It becomes wider in the vertical direction.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the entire configuration of the container and its contents discharging mechanism, FIG. 2 shows an enlarged part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows a state before assembling the contents discharging mechanism.

In these figures, 1 is an insecticide, a medicine,
A container for storing various contents such as cosmetics and paint; 1a, an annular projection formed on the outer peripheral surface of the container; 2, a mountain cap attached to the opening of the container 1; 2a, an edge of the mountain cap; Is the passage of the contents (not shown)
And a cover body 41 having a function of engaging with the annular projection 1a of the container 1 and the edge 2a of the mountain cap 2 so as to allow the contents from the stem 3 to pass to the nozzle side described later, and 41 is the cover body. A cylindrical cover portion of the cover body, 41a is an engagement portion with the annular convex portion 1a, 41b is an engagement portion with the edge portion 2a,
42 is a connecting action portion of the cover body, 42a is an inlet-side tubular portion for passing contents, 42b is an outlet-side tubular portion continuing downstream thereof, and 42c is a sheath-like portion surrounding the outlet-side tubular portion. ,
42d is an inner surface, 42e is a vertical groove formed on the inner surface,
42f is a ceiling surface, 42g is a bottom surface, 5 is an operation button, 5a is T
A communicating space portion having a vertical cross section of a letter shape, one opening end of which is fitted to the stem 3 and the other opening end of which is fitted to the inner cylindrical portion 42a; The cylindrical connecting base portion 6a fitted to the portion 42b and the sheath-shaped portion 42c is formed of a tapered surface and a step formed on the outer peripheral surface of the connecting base portion, and has an annular projection engaged with the vertical groove portion 42e of the connecting action portion 42. ,
6b is a downstream inner peripheral surface, 7 is a rotating member that rotates about the axis AA 'with respect to the connection action portion 42 and the connection base 6, 7
a is a rotatable state, and a cylindrical mounting portion that fits with the downstream inner peripheral surface 6b of the connecting base 6 and the outlet cylindrical portion 42b of the connecting action portion 42, and 7b is formed on the outer peripheral surface of this mounting portion. Inner peripheral surface 6b on the downstream side of the connecting base 6 which comprises a tapered surface and a stepped portion
, A communication hole, 7d is a ceiling, 7e is a hole formed in the ceiling, 7f is a bottom, and 7f is a bottom.
g is a hole formed in the bottom portion, and 7h is a connecting action portion 42 (42d, 42f, 42d) when the ceiling portion or the bottom portion rotates.
g), a curved surface portion for preventing contact with 8), an O-ring 8 fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the mounting portion 7a, 9 a rotating shaft member fixed to the rotating member 7, and 9a a rotating shaft member. Hole 7e
9b is a cylindrical mounting portion that fits into the communication hole 7c of the rotating member, 9c is a communication space, 9d is a horizontally long opening formed on the downstream side of the communication space, Reference numeral 9e denotes a cylindrical small-diameter lower portion having this horizontally elongated opening, 9f denotes an annular projection formed of a tapered surface and a step formed on the outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter lower portion and biting into the inner peripheral surface of the holding rotating portion 11a, and 10 denotes a small diameter. An O-ring 11 fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the lower portion 9e, a nozzle member 11 that rotates about the axis B-B 'with respect to the rotating member 7 and the rotating shaft member 9, and 11a is in close contact with the rotating shaft member 9. The holding and rotating portion in a sheath shape for holding in a state, 11b is a mounting portion 9b.
11c is a horizontally long hole corresponding to the mounting portion 9b, 11d is an upright portion corresponding to the hole 7e of the rotating member 7, 1
1e is a convex bottom corresponding to the hole 7g of the rotating member 7, 11f.
Denotes a communication space portion, 11g denotes a nozzle mounting portion, 11h denotes a nozzle, AA 'denotes an axis in a left-right direction (first direction), and BB' denotes an axis in a vertical direction (second direction). . It should be noted that a reference number with a lowercase letter indicates that the component is a part of each component corresponding to the numeral before the lowercase letter.

Of these components, O-rings 8, 10
Is made of metal, and the others are made of synthetic resin. The vertical opening 11b and the horizontally long hole 11c are connected.
The extent of the elongated holes 9d and 11c is arbitrary. Further, the outermost cross section of the connecting action portion 42 may be a circular shape (instead of a rectangular shape as shown).

The contents discharge container shown in the figure is roughly composed of: a container 1 containing various contents; a stem 3 movably attached to the container 1; a cover 4 fixed to the container 1 (the cylindrical portion 41). And the connection action portion 42) The stem 3 and the connection action portion 42 (the inlet side tubular portion 42)
Operation button 5 fixed to a) Connection base 6 fixed to connection action section 42 Rotating member 7 attached to connection base 6 so as to be rotatable in the C direction (rotation axis: AA '). A rotating shaft member 9 fixed to the rotating member 7. The rotating shaft member 9 is provided with a nozzle member 11 attached to the rotating shaft member 9 so as to be rotatable in the D direction (rotating shaft: BB ′).

The annular projection 6a of the connecting base 6 incorporated in the connecting portion 42 is connected to the ceiling surface 42f of the connecting portion 42.
And each of the bottom surfaces 42g.

First, the rotation of the nozzle will be described. The nozzle 11h is rotated about the axis on a specific surface including the nozzle at right angles to the rotation axis BB ′ by a rotation operation in the D direction with respect to the rotation shaft member 9. Then, the specific surface is tilted with reference to the rotation axis AA ′ by the rotation operation in the C direction.

For this reason, the nozzle 11h has a rotation axis A-
It rotates in an arbitrary direction on a specific surface (within the range corresponding to the horizontally long hole portion 11b) having an arbitrary inclination including A 'or a parallel line thereof. That is, the nozzle 11h can be rotated without changing the direction of the container 1 by the rotation operation in the C direction and the D direction.
Can be set in substantially any direction in the external space.

Next, the release route of the contents will be described. The operation button 5 is tilted clockwise in the figure around the inlet-side cylindrical portion 42a together with the stem 3 by the pressing operation.

With this tilting, the hole (not shown) of the stem 3 which has been closed is opened, and the contents of the container 1 are discharged from the nozzle 11h to the external space through the path indicated by the arrow. .

The path indicated by the arrow indicates the communication space 5a of the stem 3—the operation button 5—the inlet-side tubular portion 42a and the outlet-side tubular portion 42b of the cover body 4 (connecting action portion 42) —the rotating member 7 (attachment). Internal space of portion 7a)-communication hole 7c of rotating member 7-
A communication space 9c and a horizontally long opening 9d of the rotating shaft member 9 (mounting portion 9b) -a communication space 11f of the nozzle member 11 and a nozzle 11h.

Next, a procedure for attaching a so-called content discharging block from the connecting base 6 to the nozzle member 11 to the cover 4 will be described.

To attach the rotating shaft member 9 and the nozzle member 11 to the rotating member 7, (1) the rotating shaft member 9 with the O-ring 10 attached to the nozzle member 11, and the mounting portion 9 b thereof has a vertical opening. 11b, and are fitted together. (2) Put the rotating shaft member 9 and the nozzle member 11 in this fitted state between the ceiling 7d and the bottom 7f of the rotating member 7. The upright portion 11d of the nozzle member 11 is inserted into the hole 7e,
What is necessary is just to fit the convex bottom portion 11e into the hole 7g, and to fit the mounting portion 9b of the rotating shaft member 9 into the communication hole 7c.

The rotation shaft member 9 of (1) relatively smoothly advances by the action of the tapered surface of the annular projection 9f. On the way, the contact portion with the annular protrusion (the holding and rotating portion 11a)
The inner peripheral surface) is slightly deformed once.

(2) Rotating shaft member 9 and nozzle member 11
Advances relatively smoothly by the action of the upstream tapered surfaces of the head 9a and the convex bottom 11e. On the way, the ceiling 7d of the rotating member 7 is once spread outward by the head 9a of the rotating shaft member 9 and the bottom 7f is once spread outward by the convex bottom 11e of the nozzle member 11.

In addition, the mounting portion 7a of the rotating member 7 is inserted into the connecting base 6, and the connecting base is connected to the connecting action portion 4.
2, the contents discharging block from the connection base 6 to the nozzle member 11 is covered with the cover body 4.
Attached to.

Also at this time, the rotating member 7 and the connecting base 6 advance relatively smoothly due to the action of the respective tapered surfaces of the annular projections 7b and 6a, respectively. Alternatively, the annular protrusion 6a) is slightly deformed once.

The order of assembling between the components of the content discharging block is arbitrary. However, the rotating shaft member 9
And the nozzle member 11 are handled as one set.

As shown in the figure, the contents discharging block after the assembly is such that: the step of the annular projection 6a engages with the vertical groove 42e of the connecting action portion 42; and the step of the annular projection 7b is connected. Downstream inner peripheral surface 6b of base 6
・ The stepped portion of the annular projection 9f is the nozzle member 11 (the holding and rotating portion 1).
1a) bites into the inner peripheral surface, the upright portion 11d fits into the hole 7e of the rotating member 7, and the convex bottom portion 11e fits into the hole 7g of the rotating member 7.

As described above, the components can be reliably connected to each other by a simple assembling operation, and a contents releasing mechanism which does not have to be disengaged from each other can be produced.

The present invention is not limited to the one shown in the drawings, but may be applied to a content discharging mechanism using a trigger lever type operation button or a vertical movement type operation button.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the content discharging portion is rotated about the first and second axes with respect to the output portion having the content passage portion. Therefore, the direction of the discharge portion with respect to the container body can be changed over a wide range.

Further, since the space for communicating the contents is provided in the intermediate member which is rotated with respect to the output portion and serves as a rotation reference of the discharge portion, the contents are reliably supplied from the output portion to the discharge portion. can do.

Further, since the axes in the first direction and the second direction are set to be substantially orthogonal to each other, the changeable range of the direction of the discharge portion with respect to the container body is made wider, for example, in the horizontal and vertical directions. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an entire configuration of a container and a content discharging mechanism of the container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a state where a part of FIG. 1 is enlarged in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state before assembling a content discharging mechanism according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Container containing various contents 1a: Annular convex part 2: Mountain cap 2a: Edge part 3: Stem 4: Cover body 41: Cylindrical cover part 41a: Engagement part with annular convex part 1a 41b: Edge part Engagement portion with 2a 42: Connection action portion 42a: Inlet-side tubular portion 42b: Outlet-side tubular portion following the inlet-side tubular portion 42c: Sheath-like portion surrounding the outlet-side tubular portion 42d: Inner surface 42e: Vertical groove 42f: ceiling surface 42g: bottom surface 5: operation button 5a: communication space 6: coupling base 6a: annular protrusion 6b: downstream inner peripheral surface 7: turning around axis AA ' Moving rotating member 7a: cylindrical mounting portion 7b: annular projection 7c: communication hole 7d: ceiling 7e: hole formed in ceiling 7f: bottom 7g: hole formed in bottom 7h: curved surface Part 8: O-ring fitted on the outer peripheral surface of mounting part 7a 9: Rotating member 7 A fixed rotating shaft member 9a: a head 9b: a cylindrical mounting portion 9c: a communication space portion 9d: a horizontally long opening formed downstream of the communication space 9e: a cylindrical small-diameter lower portion 9f having a horizontally long opening 9f : O-ring fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter lower part 9e 11: Nozzle member rotating around the axis BB '11a: Sheath-shaped holding and rotating part 11b: Corresponding to the mounting part 9b 11c: a horizontally long hole corresponding to the mounting portion 9b 11d: an upright portion corresponding to the hole 7e 11e: a convex bottom portion corresponding to the hole 7g 11f: a communication space portion 11g: a nozzle mounting portion 11h: a nozzle A -A ': axis in the left-right direction (first direction) B-B': axis in the vertical direction (second direction)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A contents discharging mechanism for discharging contents stored in a container to an external space, comprising: an output portion having a passage portion for the contents; and an axis in a first direction with respect to the output portion. An intermediate member rotatable about the axis in the second direction with respect to the intermediate member, and a discharge section to which the contents are supplied from the passage portion. Content release mechanism. 2. The content discharging mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a space is provided in the intermediate member so as to allow the content to pass through the communication between the passage portion and the discharging portion. . 3. The contents discharging mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the axis in the first direction and the axis in the second direction are set to be substantially orthogonal to each other.