JP2003252338A - Refill vessel, and housing vessel to be loaded with the refill vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refill vessel of which the appearance is not impaired, and the arrangement space thereof is not increased, and a housing vessel with the refill vessel fitted therein which does not require any complicated work to refill a content to an existing vessel from a thin-walled vessel of very small shape-keeping property. <P>SOLUTION: The refill vessel 100 comprises a base part 161 which has a pedestal 160 on a flange 131 provided on a thin-walled vessel body of very small shape-keeping property and is fitted to the flange 131, and a leg part 162 which is integrally extended from the base part 161 along the axis of the vessel body 110, and supports the vessel body 110 in an inverted condition. The housing vessel 211 comprises an outer vessel body 210, an internal space R<SB>2</SB>to charge the refill vessel 100 through a housing opening 211 of the outer vessel body 210, and a cover 220, and the base part 161 of the vessel body 120 is stably held by steps of upper ends 213 of a plurality of ribs 212 provided on an inner surface and the cover 220. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refill container having a container main body composed of a thin main body having extremely small shape retention and an opening communicating with the inner space of the main body via a neck portion, and the refilling thereof. The present invention relates to a storage container for loading a container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Refill containers can be molded with a small amount of resin because they have a thin container body.
Moreover, since it can be folded and discarded after use, it is used, for example, as a container for filling kitchen detergent, clothing detergent, and the like.

[0003]

However, since such a refillable container has a very small shape-retaining property in the main body, the bottom of the main body is grounded like a general container to be displayed on a product shelf or in a kitchen or the like. If you buy it in, the refill container may buckle at the body. For this reason, there is a disadvantage that the appearance is impaired when the product is displayed as a product, and a large space for displaying or purchasing is required to be secured as compared with a container manufactured under the same standard.

Further, in the conventional refill container, when the contents previously filled in the container main body are transferred to the existing container, the contents are poured from the mouth of the container, so that the container main body retains its shape-retaining property. It is extremely small, so it is necessary to take care not to deform the refill container during refilling and to prevent liquid dripping.
The work was complicated.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and can be arranged without impairing the appearance of a refill container, and the refill container does not require a large space for its arrangement. An object of the present invention is to provide a container and a storage container for loading a refill container that does not require a complicated operation for refilling contents from a thin-walled container having extremely small shape retention property to an existing container.

[0006]

In order to solve this problem, the refill container according to the first aspect of the invention communicates with a thin-walled main body portion having extremely small shape retention and an internal space of the main body portion via a neck portion. In a refillable container comprising a container body consisting of a mouth part and a cap for sealing the mouth part,
The neck portion is provided with a pedestal consisting of a base portion attached to the neck portion, and a leg portion which integrally extends from the base portion along the axis of the container body and supports the container body in an inverted state in which the cap faces downward. It is characterized by that.

A storage container for loading a refill container according to a second aspect of the present invention is a container main body including a thin main body having extremely small shape retention and a mouth communicating with the internal space of the main body via a neck portion. And a cap that closes the mouth, the neck portion has a base portion attached to the neck portion, and the container body in an inverted state in which the cap extends downward from the base portion integrally along the axis of the container body. A refill container having a pedestal composed of legs supporting the inner container, an inner space into which the refill container is loaded through the storage opening, and an outer container body having an inner step for stably locking the base of the pedestal in the storage opening. And a cover that closes the storage opening in a locked state of the refill container due to the inner step and fixes and holds the leg portion of the pedestal between the inner step and the inner step. It is.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view showing a refill container 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
1A and 1B are respectively an enlarged view of an essential part showing the periphery of the pedestal 160 shown in FIG. 1 and a perspective view of an essential part showing the cap band with the virgin cap 150 shown in FIG. 1 removed. Furthermore, FIGS. 3 and 4 respectively show a refill container 1
00 is a perspective view showing a state in which 00 is displayed, and a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the refill container 100 is loaded in the storage container 200.

The refill container 100, as shown in FIG.
It has a container body 110 formed by blow molding a synthetic resin such as PE (polyethylene) or PP (polypropylene). The container body 110 includes a thin body portion 120 having extremely small shape retention and a mouth portion 140 communicating with the inner space R1 of the body portion 120 through a neck portion 130. The mouth portion 140 is a virgin cap. Enclosed by 150.

The virgin cap 150 is for providing the consumer with a high quality product by indicating to the consumer that the refill container 100 is unopened, and is shown in FIG. 2 (a). As described above, the screw-type cap body 151 for sealing the mouth portion 140 and the cap band 152 attached to the pedestal 160, which will be described later, are included. The cap body 151 and the cap band 152 are detachably connected by a plurality of connecting ribs 153, and the cap band 152 is integrally formed with the pedestal 160.

The refill container 100 has a neck portion 1
30 has a flange 131, and the flange 131 is provided with a pedestal 160. This pedestal 160 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the base 161 attached to the flange 131 and the container main body 110 integrally formed from the base 161.
In the inverted state in which the virgin cap 150 extends downward along the axis line of (1), the legs 162 are the same as the top surface of the virgin cap 150 or support the container body 110 without the top surface being grounded.

The base portion 161 has an opening 163 at the center thereof, through which the mouth portion 140 penetrates, and an edge of the opening portion 163 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of step portions 164 are formed on the pedestal 160 integrally formed with the cap band 152. Accordingly, the virgin cap 150 can be attached to the flange 131 integrally with the pedestal 160. Further, a convex portion 165 is formed at the inner tip of the step portion 164, and these convex portions 165 forcefully go over and catch the flange 131 when the pedestal 160 is attached to the flange 131. As a result, the base 160 and the cap band 150 are fixed to the flange 131.

That is, since the refill container 100 integrally has the pedestal 160 in the container body 110, according to the refill container 100, as shown in FIG. The container main body 110 can be supported in the inverted state in which the container faces downward, which is the same as the top surface of the virgin cap 150 or the ground surface is not grounded. For this reason,
Even when the refill container 100 is displayed on a product shelf or purchased in a kitchen or the like, the thin-walled main body portion 120 having extremely small shape retention does not buckle.

Therefore, the refill container 10 according to the present embodiment.
According to 0, the refill container can be placed in a product shelf, a kitchen, or the like without impairing its appearance, and the placement space does not become large.

The refill container 100 may be used alone as a container, but as shown in FIG. 4, it can be used as an inner container. The storage container 200 is an outer container into which the refill container 100 itself is loaded, and includes an outer container body 210 and a cover 220 that closes the storage opening 211 of the outer container body 210. The outer container body 210 is
It has an internal space R2 for loading the refill container 100 through the storage opening 211, and a plurality of ribs 212 are provided on the inner surface thereof. The upper ends 213 of the ribs 212 are the pedestals 160 of the refill container 100 loaded in the internal space R2.
Is formed, and the base 161 of the pedestal 160 is stably locked in the storage opening 211 by the inner step 213.

The cover 220 is a screw type cap that closes the storage opening 211 while the refill container 100 is locked by the inner step 213. This cover 220
Has a through hole 221 for attaching the push-type pump 230 in its central portion, and an inner end edge 221e of the through hole 221 is internally fitted to the opening 140 when the cover 220 is attached. Further, the cover 220 has an inner top surface,
It has an annular fitting rib 222, and this fitting rib 222
Is the opening edge 214 of the outer container body 210 and the pedestal 160.
The leg portions 162 of and are sandwiched between the outer wall 223 and held.

Therefore, the storage container 200 has the pedestal 160.
The refill container 100 is stably locked at the opening 211 by the base 161 of the contacting the inner step 213. At the same time, in the storage container 200, while the refill container 100 is in the locked state, the inner edge 221e of the cover 220 is internally fitted to the mouth portion 140 of the refill container 100, and the fitting rib 222 and the outer wall 223 are provided. An opening edge 214 of the outer container body 210 is formed in the formed annular gap.
The refill container 100 is fixedly held in the internal space R2 by sandwiching it with the leg 162 of the pedestal 160.

In this case, the storage container 200 is refilled by the inner step 213 and the cover 220.
Since 0 can be loaded as it is, it is possible to eliminate the complicated refilling work that occurs when the contents are refilled from the refill container 100 having extremely small shape retention property to the existing container. Therefore, according to this embodiment, in addition to the effect of the refill container 100, the contents can be efficiently transferred without taking out the content from the refill container 100.

As another embodiment of the storage container 200, the legs 162 of the pedestal 160 together with the opening edge 214 of the outer container body 210, the outer wall 223 and the fitting rib 222 are provided.
It is also possible to press only the tips of the legs 162 of the pedestal 160 against the inner top surface of the cover 220 without sandwiching and holding them in the gap formed therebetween.

In addition, in this embodiment, since the cover 220 is provided with the push type pump 230 that is directly inserted into the mouth portion 140 of the refill container 100 loaded in the storage container 200 and discharges the contents from the mouth portion 140, the refill container is provided. 10
The contents in the refill container 100 can be taken out without moving the storage container 200 loaded with 0.

The above description merely shows the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications within the scope of the claims. For example, the legs 162 of the pedestal 160 are not limited to the annular cross section as in the present embodiment, and may have a polygonal cross section such as a triangle or a quadrangle as long as the shape can support the container body 110. .

[0023]

The thin synthetic resin container according to the first aspect of the present invention can support the container body in an inverted state in which the cap for closing the mouth portion of the container body faces downward on the neck portion of the container body. . For this reason, even if a thin synthetic resin container is displayed on a product shelf or purchased in the kitchen,
The thin container body having extremely small shape retention does not buckle. Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the refill container can be placed on a product shelf, a kitchen, etc. without impairing its appearance, and the placement space does not need to be large.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage container for loading a refill container, wherein the refill container according to the first aspect of the present invention is loaded through the storage opening and the base of the pedestal is stably locked in the storage opening. Since it comprises an outer container body having an inner step, and a cover for fixing and holding the leg portion of the pedestal between the inner step and the storage opening in a locked state of the refill container by the inner step, The refill container can be loaded as it is by the inner step and the cover of the storage container. Therefore, according to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect of the invention, the complicated refilling work that is required to refill the contents from the thin-walled container with extremely small shape retention into the existing container is eliminated, and the contents from the refillable container are removed. It is possible to transfer efficiently without taking things out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a refill container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are respectively an enlarged view of a main part showing a periphery of a pedestal and a perspective view of a cap with a virgin cap removed from a refill container in the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which refill containers are displayed in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which a refill container is loaded in a storage container in the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 refillable containers 110 container body 120 body 130 neck 131 flange 140 mouth 150 virgin cap 151 cap body 152 cap band 152e Cap band outer edge 153 Rib for connection 160 pedestal 161 base 162 legs 163 opening 164 step 165 convex portion 165 200 storage containers 210 Outer container body 211 Storage opening 212 ribs 213 inner step 214 Opening edge of outer container body 220 cover 221 through hole 221e Inner edge of through hole 222 Annular fitting rib 223 outer wall 230 push type pump R1, R2 internal space

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A refillable container comprising a container body including a thin main body portion having extremely small shape retention and a mouth portion communicating with the inner space of the main body portion through a neck portion, and a cap for sealing the mouth portion. In the neck portion, a base portion attached to the neck portion, and a leg portion extending from the base portion along the axis of the container body and supporting the container body in an inverted state in which the cap faces downward. A refillable container characterized by having a pedestal consisting of and. 2. A container main body comprising a thin-walled main body portion having extremely small shape retention and a mouth portion communicating with the internal space of the main body portion via a neck portion, and a cap for sealing the mouth portion, The neck portion includes a base portion attached to the neck portion, and a leg portion that integrally extends from the base portion along the axis of the container body and supports the container body in an inverted state in which the cap faces downward. A refill container provided with a pedestal, an internal space in which the refill container is loaded through the storage opening, an outer container body having an inner step for stably locking the base of the pedestal in the storage opening, and the inner step The refill container comprises a cover that closes the storage opening when the refill container is in the locked state, and fixedly holds the leg portion of the pedestal between the refill container and the inner step. Container loading the example container.