JP2005125067A - Foaming agent container and foaming agent to be contained in the container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container for a foaming agent that can easily produce foam on hot water surface by soap component or the like and to supply a foaming agent to contain the agent. <P>SOLUTION: The container includes floating parts 22 and 34 that float on the water surface and discharge outlets 33 that are provided above the waterline of the floating part 34 to discharge foam produced by a surfactant component from the inside to the outside. An almost inverse conical bag member 12 is provided on the lower side of the floating part 22 and an inlet 14 is provided near the top 12a of the bag member 12 to take water from the outside into the inside. Multiple discharge outlets 33 are provided almost at regular intervals along the circumferences of the floating parts 22 and 34. The foaming agent 42 contains a bubble generation agent 44 that generates CO<SB>2</SB>and a soap component that is a surfactant component. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a foaming agent container to be put in a bathtub or the like together with a foaming agent and a foaming agent to be put in the container.

  Conventionally, for example, there are various types of bathing agents to be put in a bathtub, such as liquid, powder, and solid. In addition to solid bathing agents which are directly put in hot water and melted, there are those which are put in a container such as a toy floating in hot water and melted on the hot water surface.

  As a container which puts such a solid bathing agent and floats on the hot water surface, there are a playground equipment of Patent Document 1 and a bathing agent toy of Patent Document 2. These containers are provided with a buoyancy body, a cavity forming body that is attached under the buoyancy body and into which a carbon dioxide foaming bathing agent is placed, and a through-hole that discharges bubbles at one location of the cavity formation body. . The use method of these containers is that when a carbon dioxide foam bath is put in the cavity forming body and immersed in the bath water, the carbon dioxide foam bath begins to dissolve, the active ingredients are eluted and carbon dioxide is generated. To do. Then, carbon dioxide gas pressure is applied to the cavity forming body, hot water in the cavity forming body is discharged from the through hole, and the play equipment advances toward the side opposite to the through hole.

Moreover, there exists a bathing agent accommodation float of patent document 3 as a container which does not advance to one direction but rotates at a substantially fixed position. This floating device includes a floating device main body having a lid and a foamed bathing agent disposing portion in the floating device main body, and a pair of through holes are formed in a substantially opposite portion of the floating device main body. The through holes are provided so as to be inclined in the same direction horizontally with respect to the wall of the play equipment main body. The method of using this container is to put the foamed bathing agent in the body of the float and submerge it in the bathtub. Then, the active ingredient is eluted and carbon dioxide gas is generated, and the hot water in the play equipment main body projects obliquely from the through hole, and the floating equipment main body is rotated by the reaction force. After a certain period of time, the hot water level in the float body lowers, the gas pressure in the float body temporarily escapes to the outside, and the ejection stops. After that, when gas accumulates in the container with the passage of time, the ejection starts again and the float body main body rotates.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-207045 JP 2003-103064 A Utility Model Registration No. 2564374

  Conventional containers for containing a solid foam bath agent are toys for children, and these containers have traveled in one direction or rotated intermittently. However, there was no function to spread the dissolved components of the bathing agent uniformly on the water surface. Moreover, the bathing agent used for these is only a hot spring water component, an aromatic component, a coloring component, or a carbonic acid component having a blood circulation promoting action, and floats fine bubbles on the surface of the bath water. It was not a thing. On the other hand, it is difficult for a bath agent containing a soap component like a bubble bath to spread fine bubbles uniformly on the surface of a bathtub.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and provides a foaming agent container capable of easily forming foam on the surface of a bath with a surfactant component, and a foaming agent to be put into the container. The purpose is to do.

  The present invention includes a floating portion such as a substantially circular shape or a hull that floats on water, a discharge port that is provided above the draft line of the floating portion, and foams formed by a surfactant component are discharged from the inside to the outside. For a foaming agent provided with a housing member that is attached to the lower side of the housing and contains a foaming agent having a surfactant component, and a suction port that is formed near the lower end of the housing member and into which water flows from the outside to the inside It is a container. Further, the floating portion is formed in a substantially circular shape, the discharge ports are provided concentrically on the upper surface of the floating portion, and a plurality of the discharge ports are provided at substantially equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the floating portion. It may be what you have. Furthermore, the upper surface of the floating portion may be provided with a concave portion provided radially toward the peripheral edge adjacent to the discharge port.

  The housing member is formed so that the foaming agent is positioned above the suction port. The housing member may be provided with an inner bottom portion having a through hole between the suction port and the floating portion, and a foaming agent may be placed in the inner bottom portion. The housing member is a bag member made of, for example, a nonwoven fabric or a cup member made of a thin synthetic resin. The floating portion may be provided with a design such as an animal, other character, or a ship.

  The present invention also relates to a foaming agent comprising a bath agent containing a bubble generating agent for generating carbon dioxide gas and a surfactant component. The foaming agent is obtained by separately solidifying the bubble generating powder and a portion obtained by adding a bath agent to the soap component powder which is the surfactant. Further, the surfactant may be a bathtub cleaning agent.

  The foaming agent container according to the present invention has a simple structure and can be sufficiently foamed by the surfactant and the bubble generating agent component to fill the entire bath surface with fine bubbles. Thereby, when entering a bathtub, it can feel the touch of foam and can take a bath comfortably. Further, the foaming agent of the present invention can easily float fine bubbles on the surface of the hot water by the bubble generating agent and the surfactant, and can be easily used as a bathing agent or a cleaning agent.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention. A foaming agent container 10 of this embodiment is provided with a substantially conical bag member 12 which is a housing member for containing a foaming agent 42 described later. It has been. The bag member 12 is made of a flexible synthetic resin or the like, and in the vicinity of the top portion 12a, for example, four suction holes 14 which are through holes are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. On the inner side of the bag member 12, a shape retaining ring 16 is fitted in a portion perpendicular to the central axis of the bag member 12 at a portion slightly away from the top portion 12 a than the suction port 14, so that the shape of the bag member 12 is changed. keeping. The shape retaining ring 16 may be attached as appropriate.

  A lower case 18 made of a hard synthetic resin is attached to the opening 12 b opposite to the top 12 a of the bag member 12. The lower case 18 is provided with a cylindrical portion 20 that is inserted into the opening 12 b of the bag member 12. On the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 20, a lower floating portion 22 that extends outward from the middle of the cylindrical portion 20 at a substantially right angle to the cylindrical portion 20 is integrally provided, and the peripheral portion 22a of the lower floating portion 22 is dish-shaped. Is curved upward. On the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral edge portion 22 a of the lower floating portion 22, an engagement protrusion 24 that engages with an upper floating portion 34 of the upper case 28 described later is formed to make a round.

  The opening 12b of the bag member 12 is located near the boundary between the cylindrical portion 20 and the lower floating portion 22 of the lower case 18, and the bag member 12 is placed on the outer surface of the opening 12b of the bag member 12 on the lower case 18. A pressing ring 26 that presses against the cylindrical portion 20 is fitted. The cross-sectional shape of the pressing ring 26 is an L shape that is in close contact with the vicinity of the boundary between the cylindrical portion 20 and the lower floating portion 22.

  A disk-shaped upper case 28 that covers the upper surface of the lower case 18 is attached to the lower case 18. The upper case 28 is made of a hard synthetic resin like the lower case 18. A central portion of the upper case 28 is formed as a disc-shaped lid portion 30. Four support portions 32 are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the lower side surface of the peripheral edge portion of the lid portion 30, and a donut-shaped upper floating portion 34 is integrally provided at the lower end of each support portion 32. It has been. A space surrounded by the pair of support portions 32, the lid portion 30, and the upper floating portion 34 becomes a discharge port 33. The outer peripheral edge 34a of the upper floating portion 34 is curved downward, and an engagement groove 36 that engages with the engagement protrusion 24 of the lower floating portion 22 of the lower case 18 goes around the curved inner peripheral surface. Is provided. A cylindrical fixing portion 38 that is fitted to the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 20 of the lower case 18 is provided on the lower side surface of the upper floating portion 34 between the outer peripheral edge portion 34a and the inner peripheral edge portion 34b.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the upper floating portion 34 is provided with a concave portion 40 at an intermediate position between the pair of support portions 32 in a substantially radial direction from the inner peripheral edge portion 34 b of the upper floating portion 34. The tip of the recess 40 on the side of the outer peripheral edge 34a is curved in a certain direction with respect to the radial direction, and here, the outer tip of the recess 40 is curved in the clockwise direction in FIG. And the recessed part 40 is formed so that the width | variety is so thin that it approaches the outer side front-end | tip.

  A solid foaming agent 42 having a bath additive component is placed inside the bag member 12 attached to the lower case 18. The foaming agent 42 has a two-layer structure or two bodies, and is provided with a layer of a bathing agent bubble generating agent 44 containing a carbonic acid component, and a layer containing a soap component 46 and other bathing agent as a surfactant, The soap component 46 is formed thinner than the bubble generating agent 44. In addition, as a bath agent component put into the foaming agent 42, various hot spring components and the like can be appropriately selected.

  Examples of the foaming agent include sodium carbonate 50%, succinic acid 42%, polyvinylpyrrolidone or malic acid 1%, lubricants such as polyethylene glycol 5%, powder detergent 2%, and the like. The layer of the soap component 46 is sodium hydrogen carbonate 18%, sodium carbonate 25%, succinic acid 25%, lubricant 20%, powder detergent 12%, and the like. The composition of these components and layers can be changed as appropriate.

  Next, the usage method of the container 10 for foaming agents of this embodiment is demonstrated. First, the upper case 28 is opened from the lower case 18, the foaming agent 42 is put into the bag member 12, and the engaging protrusion 24 of the lower case 18 is elastically deformed and inserted into the engaging groove 36 of the upper case 28. Stop. In this state, the foaming agent container 10 together with the foaming agent 42 is placed in the bath water of the bathtub. The foaming agent container 10 is formed with a floating portion surrounded by an upper floating portion 34 of the upper case and a lower floating portion 22 of the lower case 18. Air is confined in the space, and floats on the surface of the bath water. The member 12 is located below the surface of the bath water. In this state, the discharge port 33 is located above the water line.

  Bath water enters from the suction port 14 of the bag member 12, melts the bubble generating agent 44 and the soap component 46 of the foaming agent 42, and the generated carbon dioxide gas strikes and stirs the melted soap component. The bubbles rise and are discharged outside through the discharge ports 33 between the support portions 32 of the upper case 28. At this time, the inner space of the cylindrical portion 20 of the lower case 18 that is inside the annular shape of the upper floating portion 34 and the lower floating portion 22 becomes a pool of bubbles formed by the surfactant and bubbles, and the discharge port 33. It becomes possible to discharge continuously. The discharged foam is discharged in a certain direction along the recess 40. And the container 10 for foaming agents rotates to a fixed direction with the reaction force of the foam to discharge. In addition, bubbles naturally spread on the surface of the bath and fill the bathtub.

  According to the foaming agent container 10 of this embodiment, the soap component can be easily foamed to fill the bathtub, the foam feel can be obtained during bathing, and the body can be washed comfortably. The foaming agent 42 has good foaming because the bubble generating agent 44 and the soap component 46 are divided into two layers. Moreover, the bag member 12 is not crushed by the shape retaining ring 16, and the foaming of the bathing agent and the flow of the foam and water are smoothly performed without any trouble.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the same members as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. The foaming agent container 48 of this embodiment is provided with a bag member 50 that is a housing member for containing the foaming agent 42. The bag member 50 is made of a cylindrical nonwoven fabric, and one end portion 50a of the bag member 50 is formed in a conical shape whose width is narrower than the other end portion 50b. One end portion 50 a of the bag member 50 is opened and serves as a suction port 52. The other end portion 50 b of the bag member 50 is attached with an adhesive or the like near the lower end portion of the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 20 of the lower case 18.

  The lower case 18 is integrally provided with a lower floating portion 22 from the middle of the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 20. An engagement protrusion 24 is formed around the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral edge portion 22 a of the lower floating portion 22, and an annular upper case 54 that covers the upper surface of the lower case 18 is attached. A central portion of the upper case 54 serves as an opening 56 that communicates with the cylindrical portion 20 of the lower case 18. A cylindrical fixing portion 58 that is fitted to the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 20 of the lower case 18 is provided on a slightly outer peripheral side of the peripheral edge portion 56 a of the opening portion 56. The peripheral portion of the opening 56 is a donut-shaped upper floating portion 34, the outer peripheral edge 34 a of the upper floating portion 34 is curved downward, and the curved inner peripheral surface has a lower floating portion 22 of the lower case 18. An engagement groove 36 for engaging the engagement protrusion 24 is provided around the circuit.

  The upper floating portion 34 is provided with a recess 40 in a substantially radial direction from the peripheral edge portion 56 a of the opening 56. The concave portion 40 is provided at four positions along the peripheral edge portion 56 a of the opening portion 56 at four equal positions. A pair of guide protrusions 62 are arranged along the peripheral edge 56 a of the opening 56 on the inner peripheral surface 60 of the cylindrical fixing portion 58 in the vicinity of the peripheral edge 56 of the opening 56 and in the middle of the pair of recesses 40. Is formed.

  A lid member 64 is detachably attached to the opening 56 of the upper case 54, and the lid member 64 is provided with a disk portion 66 having substantially the same size as the opening 56 and slightly curved upward. Support portions 68 projecting downward from the disc portion 66 are provided at four equal intervals on the periphery of the disc portion 66, and a locking projection 70 is provided on the lower end portion of the support portion 68 on the outside. Protrusively provided. The width of the support portion 68 is formed so as to be fitted with a slight clearance between the pair of guide protrusions 62 provided on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical fixing portion 58. The locking projection 70 of the support portion 68 elastically supports the support portion 68 in a groove portion surrounded by the peripheral portion 56 a of the opening 56 of the upper case 54, the cylindrical fixing portion 58, and the cylindrical portion 20 of the lower case 18. It is fitted and attached by deforming. At this time, a space surrounded by the pair of support portions 68, the disc portion 66, and the upper floating portion 34 becomes the discharge port 72.

  Next, the usage method of the container 48 for foaming agents of this embodiment is demonstrated. First, the upper case 54 is attached to the lower case 18, the foaming agent 42 is put into the bag member 50, and the support portion 68 of the lid member 64 is elastically deformed below the peripheral edge portion 56 a of the opening 56 of the upper case 54. The lid member 64 is locked to the upper case 54. In this state, the foaming agent container 48 together with the foaming agent 42 is placed in the bath water of the bathtub.

  Bath water enters from the suction port 52 of the bag member 50, melts the bubble generating agent 44 and the soap component 46 of the foaming agent 42, and the generated carbon dioxide gas strikes and stirs the melted soap component. The bubbles rise and accumulate in the discharge port 72 between the upper case 58 and the lid member 64 and are discharged from the discharge port 72 to the outside. The discharged foam is discharged in a certain direction along the recess 40. The foaming agent container 48 moves or rotates in a certain direction by the reaction force of the discharged foam. In addition, bubbles naturally spread on the surface of the bath and fill the bathtub.

  According to the foaming agent container 48 of this embodiment, the same effects as those of the above embodiment are obtained. And since the bag member 50 is made of a nonwoven fabric, the cost is low, and processing and handling are easy.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the same members as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. The foaming agent container 74 of this embodiment is provided with a cup member 76 that is a housing member for containing the foaming agent 42. The cup member 76 is made of a thin synthetic resin and has an appropriate shape retaining property, and is provided with a circular bottom portion 78 and a cylindrical side surface portion 80. The upper end portion of the side surface portion 80 is attached to the vicinity of the lower end portion of the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 20 of the lower case 18 by fitting or bonding. A cut line having a predetermined shape is formed in the bottom portion 78, and an inner portion of the cut line is bent toward the inside of the bottom portion 78 to open the suction port 80. Inside the cup member 76, an inner bottom portion 82 is provided in the vicinity of the bottom portion 78 in parallel with the bottom portion 78, and a through hole 84 is provided in the inner bottom portion 82. In addition, the shape of the suction port 80 of the bottom part 78 and the through-hole 84 of the inner bottom part 82 can be designed freely, and can be used without the inner bottom part 82.

  Next, a method of using the foaming agent container 74 of this embodiment will be described. First, the upper case 54 is attached to the lower case 18, the foaming agent 42 is put into the cup member 76, and the support portion 68 of the lid member 64 is elastically deformed below the peripheral edge portion 56 a of the opening 56 of the upper case 54. The lid member 64 is locked to the upper case 54. The foaming agent 42 is placed on the inner bottom 82 of the cup member 76. In this state, the foaming agent container 74 together with the foaming agent 42 is placed in the bath water of the bathtub.

  Then, bath water enters from the suction port 80 of the cup member 76 and the through hole 84 of the inner bottom portion 82, and bubbles generated from the foaming agent 42 are discharged from the discharge port 72, and the foaming agent is generated by the reaction force of the discharged foam. The container 74 rotates and the foam spreads on the surface of the bath and fills the bathtub.

  According to the foaming agent container 74 of this embodiment, the same effect as that of the above embodiment is obtained. The cup member 76 is durable and can be used repeatedly, and by making it from a transparent resin, it can be confirmed from the outside that the foaming agent 42 can be dissolved. Further, the suction port 80 may have a structure closed with a net.

  In addition, the container for foaming agents of this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A dimension, a number, a material, a shape, its relative arrangement etc. can be changed suitably. For example, the surface-active agent may be a bathtub cleaning agent. Before the hot water is thrown away after bathing, the foaming agent is put in the hot water to foam, and after the bubbles of the bath cleaning agent float on the hot water surface, the hot water is discarded. Thus, the dirt on the inner wall surface of the bathtub is naturally washed away by the bubbles of the bathtub cleaning agent.

  Further, the foaming agent to be put into the foaming agent container may be other than the foaming agent which is a bathing agent having a two-layer structure. Moreover, the soap component of the surfactant contained in the foaming agent can be selected as appropriate, such as a synthetic detergent, and the shape and form are not limited. Moreover, you may provide designs, such as an animal, another character, a ship, in the cover part of an upper side floating part.

  In addition, after using this foaming agent container, the lid 30 can be removed and a bulb placed at the position of the lid so that it floats on the water surface and can be used for hydroponics. At that time, by placing a weight such as a stone in the bag member 12, the plant is stabilized on the water.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the container for foaming agents of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view (A) of an upper case of a container for foaming agents of this embodiment, II sectional view (B), and II-II sectional view (C) of a crevice. It is the perspective view seen from the upper case side of the container for foaming agents of this embodiment. It is the perspective view seen from the bag member of the container for foaming agents of this embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the container for foaming agents of 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the container for foaming agents of 3rd embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Foaming agent container 12 Bag member 14 Suction port 16 Shape holding ring 18 Lower case 20 Cylindrical part 22 Lower floating part 24 Engagement protrusion 26 Holding ring 28 Upper case 30 Lid part 32 Support part 33 Ejection port 34 Upper floating part 36 Engaging groove 38 Cylindrical fixing part 40 Recess 42 Foaming agent 44 Bubble generating agent 46 Soap component

Claims (8)

  A floating part floating on the water surface, a discharge port provided above the water line of the floating part and formed by a surfactant component and discharged from the inside to the outside, and a surfactant attached below the floating part A container for a foaming agent, comprising: a housing member that contains a foaming agent having a component; and a suction port that is formed near the lower end of the housing member and into which water flows from the outside to the inside.   The floating portion is formed in a substantially circular shape, the discharge ports are provided concentrically on the upper surface of the floating portion, and a plurality of the discharge ports are provided at substantially equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the floating portion. The foaming agent container according to claim 1.   2. The foaming agent container according to claim 1, further comprising a recess provided on the upper surface of the floating portion adjacent to the discharge port in a radial direction toward the peripheral edge.   The foaming agent container according to claim 1, wherein the foaming agent is located above the suction port of the housing member.   2. The foaming agent according to claim 1, wherein the housing member is provided with an inner bottom portion having a through hole between the suction port and the floating portion, and the foaming agent is located on the inner bottom portion. container.   A foaming agent comprising a bubble generating agent that generates carbon dioxide and a surfactant component.   The foaming agent according to claim 6, wherein the foaming agent is obtained by separately solidifying the foaming agent powder and a portion obtained by adding a bath agent to the soap component powder as the surfactant. The foaming agent according to claim 6, wherein the surfactant is a bathtub cleaning agent.

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