JP2002362659A - Liquid jetting container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid jetting container wherein a pump B is fitted on the upper end of the container body A, and at the same time, which is equipped with a sliding bottom plate 3 at the lower section in the container body, and is constituted in such a manner that the sliding bottom plate may be raised accompanying the reduction of the liquid in the container body by the operation of the pump, and wherein the remaining amount of the housed liquid can be known, and the structure is simple as well. SOLUTION: A display plate 9 which is visibly and slidably extended is provided between the container body A and an external cylinder 10 which is fitted on the external surface of the container body. In this case, one end of the display plate 9 is connected with the sliding bottom plate 3. Then, this liquid jetting container is constituted in such a manner that a section, which is located on the outside of the container body, of the display plate may descend accompanying the ascent of the sliding bottom plate, and the remaining amount of the housed liquid may be known.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a liquid ejection container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A liquid ejecting pump of a head press operation type is mounted on an upper end of a container body as a liquid ejecting container.
It is known that a sliding bottom plate is provided at a lower portion of a container body, and the sliding bottom plate rises as the liquid in the container body decreases by operating a pump. Further, among these liquid ejection containers, those in which a container body is formed opaque for the purpose of protecting the stored liquid from ultraviolet rays and the like are known.

[0003]

In the above-described liquid ejection container, the liquid in the container is ejected by the operation of pushing down the head which is urged upward, and the ejection causes the pressure in the container to become negative, thereby causing the sliding bottom plate to move. Although it rises and the negative pressure state is eliminated, the position of the sliding bottom plate cannot be seen through the container body because the container body is opaque, so that the amount of liquid in the container body cannot be known. Was. Therefore, even though the sliding bottom plate has risen to the upper limit and the liquid in the container has disappeared, the user may not notice the fact.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and proposes a liquid ejection container having a very simple structure, which allows the remaining amount of the stored liquid to be known. Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid ejecting container that can be easily assembled with a display plate for displaying the remaining amount of the stored liquid.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a liquid ejection container according to the first aspect of the present invention, in which a head pushing operation type liquid ejection pump is mounted on an upper end of an opaque container body. In a liquid jetting container having a sliding bottom plate 3 at a lower portion and configured so that the sliding bottom plate 3 rises as the liquid in the container is reduced by the operation of the pump, the sliding bottom plate 3
And one end is connected to the container body A and the outer cylinder 10 fitted to the outer surface of the container body is visibly and slidably extended between the container body A and the container body A as the sliding bottom plate 3 rises. The liquid ejection container is provided with a display plate 9 whose position is lowered.

Further, the liquid ejection container according to the second aspect of the present invention is configured as the liquid ejection container according to the first aspect, wherein the outer cylinder is a transparent outer cylinder.

Further, in the liquid ejection container according to the third aspect of the present invention, the outer cylinder 10 is an opaque outer cylinder 10b, and the opaque outer cylinder 10b is provided.
The liquid ejection container according to claim 1 is provided with a window hole 12 in which the lowering of the display plate 9 can be recognized.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the liquid jetting container, the outer cylinder 10 is fitted on the outer surface of the bottom cap 16 fitted to the lower end portion of the container body A with a predetermined interval between the bottom walls. The display plate 9 is temporarily fixed at one end to the bottom cap bottom wall 20, and the bottom cap peripheral wall 19 and the outer cylinder 10 are provided.
And a fitting hole 29 formed so as to be visible and slidable between the bottom cap 20 and a projection 28 projecting from the sliding bottom plate 3 and fitted through the insertion window 21 of the bottom cap bottom wall 20. When the bottom cap 16 previously fitted with the display plate 9 and the outer cylinder 10 is fitted to the container body A, the projection 28 is fitted into the fitting hole 29 and the display plate 9 is moved to the sliding bottom plate. 3. The liquid ejection container according to claim 1, which is fixed so as to be able to be pulled up to 3.

[0009]

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

[0010] As shown in the drawings, the liquid ejection container 1 of the present invention.
Includes a container A and a liquid ejection pump B.

The container A is made of a synthetic resin or the like, has an opaque wall for preventing the transmission of light such as ultraviolet rays for protecting the contents, and has a liquid-tight slide on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 2. The one provided with the sliding bottom plate 3 whose peripheral edge is fitted so as to be movable is used. Then, a structure is used in which the sliding bottom plate 3 is raised by negative pressure inside when the stored liquid is drawn out by the pump B.

As the liquid ejection pump B, one having a known mechanism configured to be fitted to the container A and to pump out the stored liquid is used. The pump B in the illustrated example is detachably mounted in a state where the lower end cylinder 6 is suspended above the container body by the mounting cap 5 fitted to the outer periphery of the mouth and neck 4 of the container body.
A well-known pump mechanism is provided which is configured to suck up the liquid in the container body by the vertical movement of the pressing head 7 protruding from the upper end and to eject the liquid from the ejection port 8.

The present invention relates to a liquid ejection container of this kind,
A display plate 9 for indicating the remaining amount of the stored liquid is provided. The display plate has one end connected to the sliding bottom plate 3 and extends between the container body A and the outer cylinder 10 fitted to the outer surface of the container body so as to be visible and slidable. With the rise, the portion located outside the container body is lowered to indicate the remaining amount.

The outer cylinder 10 is formed of a synthetic resin or the like, and has a cylindrical shape fitted and fixed to the outer periphery of the container body. As shown in the example shown in FIG. Although a clearance may be provided between the outer periphery of the container body A and the display plate 9 so that the display plate 9 can be slidably fitted, the display plate 9 is fitted and fixed. The gap for fitting the display plate 9 is
It may be formed only in the portion where the display plate is present, may be formed including other portions, or may be formed over the outer periphery of the container peripheral wall 2, and can be selected as appropriate.

As means for making the display panel 9 visible, there are a case where the outer cylinder 10 is a transparent outer cylinder 10a and a case where an opaque outer cylinder 10b is used. When the opaque outer cylinder 10b is used, a window is formed so that the lowering of the display panel 9 can be recognized. The term “opaque” in this case includes a case in which the display panel cannot be observed or is difficult to observe by applying a decorative layer or the like to the surface even if it is substantially transparent. FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIGS. 7 and 8 show examples of the transparent outer cylinder 10a, and FIGS.
Shows an example of the opaque outer cylinder 10b. As for the form of the window hole, various forms can be adopted as long as the lowering of the display board can be recognized,
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a vertical slot-like window hole 12 vertically provided at a position corresponding to the display panel installation, or a plurality of discontinuously vertically provided window holes 12 as shown in FIG. 5. May be.

The display plate 9 may be formed by forming a bendable band-shaped thin plate such as a synthetic resin film or a metal thin plate into a predetermined shape. The display plate 9 is adhered, fused and physically fitted to the lower surface of the sliding bottom plate 3. One end is fixed by an appropriate fixing means such as a dressing or a combination thereof, and is folded back at the lower part of the container body and the other end is connected to the container body A
And the outer cylinder 10 is interposed in the gap 11. As the specific shape of the display plate 9, various types can be adopted as long as the portion located outside the container body is lowered with the rise of the sliding bottom plate 3, and for example, as shown in FIG. The one in the form of extending the annular portion 9b surrounding the container body at the tip of 9b,
As shown in FIG. 6, various forms such as a mere whole formed in an elongated rectangular shape can be adopted.

Although the end point when the display plate 9 is completely lowered is not necessarily specified, the user feels that the liquid cannot be poured out and that the front end of the display plate 9 has been lowered to the lower end. Although it can be easily understood, it is convenient to provide a means for displaying the end point, since it is more certain that the stored liquid has run out.

Various types of end point display means for displaying the end point can be employed. When the outer cylinder 10 is a transparent outer cylinder 10a, the outer cylinder 10a is used.
Alternatively, a mark indicating the end point may be provided on the container body A by printing or the like, and when the outer cylinder 10 is an opaque outer cylinder 10b, a mark 14 is provided at a predetermined position on the outer surface of the outer cylinder 10b as shown in FIG. good. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, an end point window 14a may be formed in the opaque outer cylinder 10b, and the end point may be set when the front end of the display plate 9 enters the window hole 14a.

In the following, embodiments of the drawings will be described in detail.
In FIG. 1, the container body A has a mouth-neck portion 4 standing upright via a shoulder portion 15 from an upper end edge of a cylindrical peripheral wall 2 having a lower end opened, and a bottom cap 16 is fitted to the lower end opening. . A first downward step 17a and a second downward step 17b are formed at the upper end of the outer periphery of the container body peripheral wall 2, and a small diameter section 18 for fitting the outer cylinder 10 therebetween is formed. The lower portion of the portion 17b is recessed for the gap 11 for fitting the display plate.

The bottom cap 16 has a bottom wall 20 extending from a lower end edge of a peripheral wall 19 fitted to the outer peripheral lower portion of the container peripheral wall 2, and an insertion window 21 for inserting the display panel 9 into a predetermined position of the bottom wall 20. Has been drilled. The sliding bottom plate 3 has an annular sliding portion 22 having upper and lower ends fitted to the inner surface of the peripheral wall 2 so as to protrude from an outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate portion 23. The display plate 9 has an elongated rectangular plate-shaped band-shaped portion 9a having one end fixed to the center of the lower surface of the sliding bottom plate 3 and folded back through the insertion window 21 and fitted into the gap 11. A
An annular portion 9b fitted on the outer periphery extends.

The outer cylinder 10 is a transparent outer cylinder 10a, the upper end of which is fitted to the outer periphery of the small diameter portion 18 of the container body, an annular gap 11 is provided below the outer cylinder, and a bottom wall 24 extending from the lower edge is further provided. Is mounted at an interval from the bottom cap bottom wall 20. The bottom wall 24 is provided with an outside air introduction hole 25.

When the holding head 7 is pressed down from the state shown in FIG. 1 and the stored liquid is ejected from the ejection port 8, the sliding bottom plate 3 is raised by the negative pressure inside the container and the display plate 9 is raised accordingly. Then, the portion located on the outer surface of the container body descends to indicate a decrease in the liquid. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the stored liquid has been reduced by about half, and FIG. 3 shows a state in which the stored liquid has almost disappeared.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment. The liquid ejection container 1 of the present embodiment has a bottom cap 16 fitted to the lower end of the container A.
Is provided with a bottomed transparent outer cylinder 10a fitted to the bottom walls at predetermined intervals. The bottom cap 16 has a peripheral wall 19 of a predetermined length fitted on the outer periphery of the container body peripheral wall 2, and an insertion window is provided at the center of the bottom wall 20 extending from the lower edge of the peripheral wall 19.
In addition, a temporary fixing protrusion 27 is provided at the center of the lower surface of the bottom wall 20 via a support arm 26. The outer cylinder 10 is fitted to the peripheral wall of the bottom cap with a gap 11 for fitting the display plate, and a bottom wall 24 is extended from the bottom edge of the outer cylinder 10 at a distance from the bottom cap bottom wall 20. And the bottom wall 24 has an outside air introduction hole
25 are provided.

Further, one end is temporarily fixed to the bottom cap bottom wall 20, and is visually and slidably extended between the bottom cap peripheral wall 19 and the outer cylinder 10. The display panel 9 has a fitting hole 29 formed by fitting a projection 28 projecting through the insertion window 21 of the wall 20. The display plate 9 has a small hole formed at the end thereof inserted into the temporary fixing projection 27 and is locked, and the other end is provided with a gap 11 for fitting the display plate through a gap between both bottom walls. It is extended and fitted. The gap 11 for fitting the display plate is
The display plate 9 has a shape substantially the same as that of the display plate 9 fitted between the two.

When the bottom cap 16 previously fitted with the display plate 9 and the outer cylinder 10 is fitted to the container A, the projection 28 is fitted into the fitting hole 29 to slide the display plate 9. It is fixed to the bottom plate 3 so that it can be pulled up. The tip of the projection 28 is the display plate 9
Are bulged to have a slightly larger diameter than the fitting hole 29, and the bulged portion is fitted through the fitting hole 29 to fix them. In this case, the fitting strength between the projection 28 and the fitting hole 29 is adjusted to be larger than the fitting strength between the temporary fixing protrusion 27 and the small hole,
When the sliding bottom plate 3 is raised, the temporary fixing is released and the display plate 9 is raised. Other configurations are substantially the same as in FIG.
The description is omitted because it is the same as in the case of.

Also in this case, when the pressurizing head 7 is pressed down and the stored liquid is jetted from the jet port 8, the sliding bottom plate 3 is raised by the negative pressure inside the container, and the display plate 9 is raised accordingly, and the outer surface is raised. Is lowered to indicate the decrease of the liquid. When the stored liquid runs out, the front end of the display panel 9 reaches the lower end, and the user is made to understand that the liquid has run out.

[0027]

As described above, the liquid ejection container according to the first aspect of the present invention has the above-described structure, so that the amount of the stored liquid is always known during use, even though the container is opaque. It is also possible to easily judge when the stored liquid is exhausted, and to use it conveniently without giving the consumer anxiety or misunderstanding.

Further, in the liquid ejection container according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the outer cylinder 10 is a transparent outer cylinder 10a, the entire display plate 9 located outside the container body can be clearly confirmed, and the liquid in use can be confirmed. The remaining amount can be more clearly understood.

In the liquid ejection container according to the third aspect of the present invention, the outer cylinder is an opaque outer cylinder 10b, and the opaque outer cylinder 10b has a window hole 12 through which the lowering of the display plate 9 can be recognized. Since the remaining amount of liquid in use can be clearly grasped, and decoration can be applied to the outer surface of the outer cylinder, it also has the advantage that the decoration of the entire container can be complemented by the decoration of the outer cylinder without decorating the container body. ing.

The liquid ejection container according to the fourth aspect of the present invention includes a bottom cap 16 in which the display plate 9 and the outer cylinder 10 are set in advance.
When the is fitted, the sliding bottom plate 3 and the display plate 9 are connected, so that the assembling operation becomes extremely easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cutaway side view of a main part showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cutaway side view of a main part of the embodiment with the sliding bottom plate raised.

FIG. 3 is a cutaway side view of a main part of the embodiment with the sliding bottom plate further raised.

FIG. 4 is a main part rear view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of a main part showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a main part rear view showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cutaway side view of a main part showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of a main part of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 ... sliding bottom plate, 9 ... display plate, 16 ... bottom cap, 19 ... bottom cap peripheral wall, 20 ... bottom cap bottom wall, 21 ... insertion window, 29 ... projection, A ... container body, B ... pump

Claims (4)

[Claims] An opaque container A is provided with a liquid ejecting pump B of a head pressing operation type at an upper end thereof, and a sliding bottom plate 3 provided at a lower portion of the container. In the liquid jetting container configured so that the moving bottom plate 3 is raised, one end is connected to the sliding bottom plate 3 and is visible between the container body A and the outer cylinder 10 fitted to the outer surface of the container body. And a display plate (9) which is slidably extended, and has a display plate (9) in which a portion located outside the container body is lowered as the sliding bottom plate (3) rises. 2. A liquid ejection container according to claim 1, wherein said outer cylinder is a transparent outer cylinder. 3. The outer cylinder 10 is an opaque outer cylinder 10b, and the opaque outer cylinder 10b has a window hole 12 through which the lowering of the display panel 9 can be recognized.
2. The liquid ejection container according to claim 1, wherein the container has an opening. 4. The outer cylinder 10 is a bottomed outer cylinder fitted on an outer surface of a bottom cap 16 fitted on a lower end portion of the container body A at a predetermined interval from the bottom walls. A plate 9 is temporarily fixed at one end to the bottom cap bottom wall 20, and extends between the bottom cap peripheral wall 19 and the outer cylinder 10 so as to be visible and slidable, and protrudes from the sliding bottom plate 3. A display plate having a fitting hole 29 in which a projection 28 is fitted through the insertion window 21 of the bottom cap bottom wall 20, and the bottom cap 16 in which the display plate 9 and the outer cylinder 10 are previously mounted is attached to the container body A. 2. The liquid jetting container according to claim 1, wherein when fitted, the projection is fitted into the fitting hole and the display plate is fixed to the sliding bottom plate so as to be pulled up.