JP2003134981A - Container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container capable of unsealing a packed body containing a chemical which is volatile at ordinary temperature, e.g. an insecticide or an aromatic agent by one action without attaching the chemical to human fingers and gradually releasing the chemical into the air stably for a definite period. SOLUTION: This container comprises a container body equipped with a protruding part on a peripheral wall in the nearly center of the peripheral wall on the peripheral edge of the bottom wall, an impregnation-retaining material placed on the bottom wall, a dome-shaped outer lid having elasticity, equipped with holes and covering the container body and an inner lid disposed between the container body and the outer lid and having a supporting part having elasticity and supporting so as to directly oppose the packed body containing the chemical which is volatile at ordinary temperature to the protruding part. In the container, the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral end of the outer lid is engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral support of the inner lid, and the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the container body is fitted into the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral end of the outer lid.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention stores a hermetically sealed package containing a room temperature volatile chemical liquid such as insecticide, insect repellent, pest repellent, aroma, deodorant, and the like. The present invention relates to a container that can be stably released gradually into the air for a certain period.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a large number of containers containing volatile chemicals have been proposed and marketed for the purpose of insecticidal, insect control, pest repellent, aroma and deodorization. One of the representative ones is an air freshener container. This fragrance container is hermetically sealed with an inner plug, etc. until the time of use, and only when the fragrance aromatic liquid is stored, the outer lid is removed from the container body to seal the container body. By removing and then reattaching the outer lid (which is equipped with the absorbent core),
The absorbent core is immersed in the volatile aromatic liquid in the container body to guide the volatile aromatic liquid to the absorbent core, and the volatile aromatic liquid is discharged from the absorbent core into the room to obtain an aroma effect.

Another typical example is a liquid type electric mosquito catcher. This liquid type electric mosquito trap consists of a container that contains a heating volatile insecticide solution and is sealed with an outer lid equipped with an absorbent core immersed in the heating volatile insecticide solution, and a separate heating volatile device. For the first time, the outer lid of the container containing the heat-penetrating insecticide solution is removed and the container is attached to the heat volatilizer, and the exposed liquid core is heated by the heating element provided in the heat volatilizer. In this way, the heat-volatile volatile insecticide solution is released from the absorbent core into the room to obtain an insecticidal effect.

All of the above-mentioned examples are complicated in operation during use as described above, and it takes a lot of time to set them in use, and there is a risk that the liquid medicine may adhere to fingers and the like. In addition, the liquid-type electric mosquito catcher has a problem that it requires a separate heating volatilizer and that it can be used only in a place where there is a risk of fire and a power source.

[0005]

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a room temperature volatile chemical liquid such as insecticide, insect repellent, pest repellent, aroma, deodorant, etc. is used until the time of use. In addition to storing the contained package, the package can be opened with one action without the drug adhering to the fingers during use, and the room temperature volatilizable drug solution can be stably released gradually into the air. It is to provide a container that can.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present inventor has a container according to the present invention as defined in claim 1 and has a peripheral wall at the peripheral edge of the bottom wall and substantially the center of the bottom wall in the peripheral wall. An elastic dome shape having a container main body provided with a pointed projection on the inside, an impregnation holding material surrounding the projection and placed on the bottom wall, and a hole covering the projection side of the container main body. Of the outer lid, and an elastic member that is interposed between the container body and the outer lid to support the package containing the room temperature volatile chemical liquid on the protrusion so that the package containing the liquid medicine and the protrusion directly face each other. An inner lid provided with a support portion having a circumferential support on the circumferential support, the inner circumferential surface of the peripheral end portion of the outer lid and the outer circumferential surface of the circumferential support of the inner lid are engaged, and the container The inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the main body and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral end portion of the outer lid are fitted to each other. With such a configuration, the package containing the chemical solution is stored until the time of use, and at the time of use, the central portion of the dome-shaped outer lid is pressed against the container body side with fingers, etc. The package containing the chemical liquid is opened (broken bag) at the protruding portion to allow the chemical liquid to flow out. At this time, the chemical solution that has flowed out is absorbed by the impregnation holding material placed on the bottom wall of the container body, and the chemical solution is gradually released from the impregnation holding material into the air.
It has effects such as insecticidal, insect repellent, pest repellent, aroma and deodorant. Therefore, at the time of use, it can be set to the use state by a one-action operation, and the chemical liquid does not adhere to fingers and the like. In addition, there is no risk of fire and the place of use is not selected.

The present invention according to claim 2 provides the invention according to claim 1.
The container described in the above is characterized in that the supporting portion is provided with a positioning means for positioning the drug solution-containing package. By configuring in this way,
Even if an external force is applied to the container during transportation or the like, the drug solution-containing package can be reliably secured at a predetermined position.

Further, the present invention according to claim 3 is the container according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the package containing the drug solution has an upper surface and a recess formed in a substantially central portion thereof for containing the drug solution. And a sheet-like lid provided to seal the recess by heat-bonding to the upper surface of the article, the sheet-like lid facing the protrusion. It is characterized by being supported by. With this configuration, the support portion provided on the inner lid can easily support the tip, and the center portion of the dome-shaped outer lid can be easily pushed by pressing the center portion of the outer lid with the fingers to the container body. The sharp protrusion allows the package to be easily opened (broken).

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention described above will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1A and 1B show an embodiment of a container according to the present invention, FIG. 1A is a schematic sectional view, FIG. 1B is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 1A, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a container body constituting the container shown in FIG. FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 are (a) of the outer lid which constitutes the container shown in FIG.
Is a side view, (b) is a plan view, FIG. 4 is a plan view of (a) of the inner lid constituting the container shown in FIG. 1, and (b) is XX of (a).
FIG. 5 is a line end view, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a method of using the container according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a container, 2 is a container body, 3 is an outer lid, 4 is an inner lid, 5 is a package, and 6 Is an impregnation holding material, 21 is a bottom wall, 22 is a peripheral wall, 23 is a protrusion, 24 is an annular recess, 31
Is a hole, 32 is an annular convex portion, 33 is an annular notch, 41 is a support portion, 42 is a circumferential support body, 43 is a positioning means, 44 is an annular projection portion, 51 is a molded body, 52 is a sheet-like lid body, A Indicates the top of the outer lid, and L indicates the chemical solution.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a container according to the present invention (a) is a schematic sectional view, (b) is an enlarged view of a main part of (a),
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a container body constituting the container shown in FIG. 1. The container 1 has a circular bottom wall 21 with a peripheral wall 22 and a pointed tip substantially at the center of the bottom wall 21 in the peripheral wall 22. Protrusion 23
A container main body 2 provided with, the impregnation holding material 6 that surrounds the protruding portion 23 and is placed on the bottom wall 21, and a plurality of parts at locations other than the top A that covers the protruding portion 23 side of the container main body 2. An elastic dome-shaped outer lid 3 provided with a hole 31 (see FIG. 3) and a package body 5 containing a room temperature volatile chemical liquid on the protrusion 23 by being interposed between the container body 2 and the outer lid 3. The elastic support portion 41 for supporting the packaging body 5 and the projection portion 23 so as to directly face each other is provided on the circumferential support body 42, and protrudes toward the outer lid 3 side on the support portion 41. The inner lid 4 is provided with a positioning means 43 for positioning the packaging body 5, an annular recess 24 is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall 22 of the container body 2, and the circumferential support of the inner lid 4 is provided. An annular protrusion 44 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of 42, and the outer lid is further provided. The outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral end portion of the inner lid 4 are fitted with the annular concave portion 24 provided on the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 22 of the container body 2, respectively. The annular notch 33 that engages with the annular protrusion 44 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical support body 42 is provided, and the outer lid 3 and the inner lid 4 are provided with the annular protrusion 44 and the annular notch 3.
3, the container body 2 and the outer lid 3 are fitted together by the annular concave portion 24 and the annular convex portion 32.

The container body 2 is an injection-molded article made of a synthetic resin and is not particularly limited as long as it is a resin which can be injection-molded. For example, polypropylene, polyester or the like can be used, and if necessary. You may color it. The impregnating and holding material 6 is not particularly limited as long as it is a material that has a liquid absorbing property and from which the chemical solution can be volatilized gradually. For example, felt, non-woven fabric, paper, cloth or the like can be used. Can be mentioned.

3A and 3B are a side view and a plan view, respectively, of the outer lid constituting the container shown in FIG. 1. The outer lid 3 has a dome shape and has a spherical surface other than the top portion A. It is an injection-molded product made of synthetic resin in which holes 31 of two sizes, large and small, are provided at a total of 8 positions in FIG. 3 and an annular convex portion 32 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral end portion, and are flexible. It is designed to have elasticity by using a synthetic resin. The synthetic resin used for this is not particularly limited as long as it is a resin having flexibility, but polyethylene, polypropylene, etc. are suitable in view of moldability and cost, and may be colored if necessary. It is a thing. Further, by being configured to have transparency in both uncolored and colored, it is possible to provide the convenience that the unsealing of the package 5 described later can be visually confirmed. As will be described later, the hole 31 is designed to have a size such that a finger such as an infant who may lick the finger touches the impregnated holding material 6 in which the drug solution is absorbed, It is desirable to configure so that infants, etc. will not come into contact with the drug solution. The holes 31 are formed in order to volatilize the chemical liquid absorbed in the impregnation holding material 6 from the container 1 into the air in the room or the like. The number of the holes 31 is shown in FIG. As shown, the number is not limited to eight, and an appropriate number may be provided.

4A is a plan view of the inner lid constituting the container shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4B is an end view of the inner lid 4 taken along line XX of FIG. The circumferential support 42 is provided with a support portion 41 that is convexly curved and formed at a position that divides the circumferential support 42 into four equal parts in the circumferential direction. The circumferential support 42 in one position
Is provided with a positioning means 43 composed of a projecting piece projecting in the opposite direction, and an annular projection 44 is further provided on the outer peripheral surface of the circumferential support body 42, which is surrounded by the four positioning means 44. Further, the package 5 containing the chemical liquid (see FIG. 1) is installed on the support portion 41, and the package 5 is positioned by the positioning means 44. The inner lid 4 is an injection-molded product made of a synthetic resin, and is made of a flexible synthetic resin, and the support portion 41 is formed in a convex curved shape. , Is designed to have elasticity. The synthetic resin used for this is not particularly limited as long as it is a flexible resin, but polyethylene, polypropylene, etc. are suitable in view of moldability and cost, and this is also colored as necessary. It's okay.

Next, the package containing the drug solution, which is laid on the supporting portion 41, will be described. The package 5 containing the chemical liquid is provided with a molded body 51 having an upper surface and a recessed portion for accommodating the chemical liquid formed substantially in the center thereof, and the recessed portion is hermetically sealed by thermal bonding to the upper surface of the molded body 51. The sheet-like lid 52 is provided. The molded body 51 may be an injection molded product molded by injection molding a synthetic resin, or may be a draw molded product molded by vacuum and / or pressure forming a synthetic resin sheet. Also, it may be a press-formed product formed by press-forming a metal foil,
In the case of the injection molded product or the drawn product, it is necessary to prevent the chemical liquid from volatilizing from the package 5 for a certain period when the package 5 is formed, and it is particularly necessary to have a structure excellent in the water vapor gas barrier property. Further, the sheet-like lid 52 is required to have a water vapor gas barrier property similarly to the above-mentioned molded body 51, and as will be described later, a hole is formed by being pierced by the pointed protrusion 23 provided on the container body 2. In order to be opened, it is necessary to make it easy to pierce. In addition, the molded body 51
Since the sheet-like lid body 52 and the sheet-like lid body 52 are hermetically sealed by heat-bonding, the heat-bonding surfaces of the molded body 51 and the sheet-like lid body 52 need to be heat-bondable. The molded body 51 satisfying the above requirements is, for example, an injection molded product made of propylene resin or polypropylene (PP).
Sheet and PP / ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer /
Examples include a draw-molded product of a co-extruded sheet made of PP and a press-molded product in which a heat-adhesive resin layer is provided on one surface of an aluminum foil, and the sheet-like lid body 52 includes biaxially stretched polyethylene. Terephthalate (PET)
/ Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer sheet / Heat adhesive resin layer (PP sheet etc.), PET / Aluminum foil /
Examples thereof include a heat-adhesive resin layer (PP sheet or the like). The medical-solution-containing package 5 is not limited to the above-mentioned molded product, but may be a packaging bag of a three-sided seal or a four-sided seal type.

Next, a method of using the container of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a method of using the container according to the present invention. The container 1 of the present invention is protected by an exterior such as a paper box in the state shown in FIG. 1 until the user uses it. First, the user takes out the container 1 from the exterior such as a paper box. Then, the container 1 is installed at a desired location, and the top portion A of the outer lid 3 is pressed with fingers or the like to push down the drug solution-containing package 5 laid on the support portion 41 of the inner lid 4,
As shown in FIG. 5A, the sheet-like lid body 5 of the packaging body 5 is formed by the pointed projection portion 23 provided in the substantially central portion of the container body 2.
The package 5 is opened by breaking through 2. When the opening of the package 5 is confirmed and then the pressure is removed, the outer lid 3 and the inner lid 4 return to their original states by elasticity as shown in FIG. 5B. The chemical liquid L in the package 5 spontaneously flows down by breaking through the sheet-like lid 5, and is absorbed by the impregnating holding material 6 placed on the bottom wall 21 of the container body 2 and the impregnating holding material 6
The chemical liquid L absorbed in the above is gradually released from the impregnated holding material 6 into the air, and effects such as insecticidal, insect repellent, pest repellent, aroma, and deodorant are exhibited for a certain period. As described above, it can be set in a use state by a one-action operation at the time of use and is extremely hygienic and safe without the chemical liquid L adhering to fingers or the like. Also, there is no danger of fire,
I don't even choose a place.

Further, in the container 1 of the present invention, by pressing the top portion A of the outer lid 3 with a finger or the like, the package 5 containing the chemical liquid laid on the support portion 41 of the inner lid 4 is pushed down, as shown in FIG. As shown in a), the packaging body 5 is unsealed by piercing the sheet-like lid body 52 of the packaging body 5 by the pointed projection portion 23 provided in the substantially central portion of the container body 2. However, when pressing the top portion A of the outer lid 3 with fingers or the like,
The container 1 may have a stopper function so that the container 1 cannot be pushed down more than a certain distance.

[0017]

As described above, the container of the present invention stores the package containing the room temperature volatile chemicals such as insecticide, insect repellent, pest repellent, aroma and deodorant until use. During use, the package can be opened in one action without the chemicals adhering to the fingers, which is extremely hygienic and safe, and the chemicals absorbed by the impregnating and holding material are gradually airborne from the impregnating and holding material. Since it is released into the soil, it exhibits a number of excellent effects such as stable effect for insecticide, insect repellent, pest repellent, aroma and deodorant for a certain period of time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a container according to the present invention (a).
Is a schematic sectional view, and (b) is an enlarged view of a main part of (a).

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a container body that constitutes the container shown in FIG.

3 (a) is a side view and FIG. 3 (b) is a plan view of an outer lid constituting the container shown in FIG.

4A is a plan view of the inner lid constituting the container shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4B is an end view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method of using the container according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 container 2 container body 3 outer lid 4 Inner lid 5 packaging 6 Impregnation holding material 21 bottom wall 22 Perimeter wall 23 Projection 24 annular recess 31 holes 32 annular protrusion 33 annular notch 41 Support 42 Circular support 43 Positioning means 44 Annular protrusion 51 molded body 52 Sheet-shaped lid A top of the outer lid L chemical

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container body having a peripheral wall on the periphery of a bottom wall, and a pointed protrusion at substantially the center of the bottom wall in the peripheral wall, and an impregnation holder that surrounds the protrusion and is placed on the bottom wall. Wood and
An elastic dome-shaped outer lid having a hole for covering the protruding portion side of the container body, and a package containing a room temperature volatile chemical liquid on the protruding portion, interposed between the container body and the outer lid. An inner lid provided with an elastic support portion for supporting the package containing the liquid medicine and the protrusion so as to directly face each other, and an inner peripheral surface of a peripheral end portion of the outer lid. A container characterized in that an outer peripheral surface of a peripheral support of the inner lid is engaged with each other, and an inner peripheral surface of a peripheral wall of the container main body and an outer peripheral surface of a peripheral end portion of the outer lid are fitted to each other. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is provided with positioning means for positioning the package containing the chemical liquid. 3. The package containing the chemical liquid includes a molded body having an upper surface and a recess formed in a substantially central portion of the package for containing the chemical liquid, and the recess is sealed by heat-bonding to the upper surface of the molded body. 3. The container according to claim 1, comprising a sheet-like lid body provided so as to be provided, and the sheet-like lid body is supported so as to face the protruding portion.