JP2007038048A - Discharge member of container for discharging foam content liquid - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a discharge member of a container for discharging a foam content liquid which is equipped with a nozzle head so that a holding unit of a pump pipe for other discharge member does not enter a nozzle opening with a large diameter when assembling a mounting cap, a pump mounting a suction pipe on a lower portion of the container and a nozzle head to form a discharge member, packing the discharge member in a box or the like and transporting it. <P>SOLUTION: The container for discharging a foam content liquid comprises a container, a pump mounting a suction pipe on a lower portion of the container body, a nozzle head mounted on an upper portion of the pump, and a mounting cap, wherein a gas-liquid mixing chamber is formed in the nozzle head, a mesh ring is mounted to foam a content liquid, and a foam content liquid is discharged from a nozzle opening with a large diameter, and a plurality of ribs are disposed on an inner surface of a discharge path of a nozzle of the nozzle head so that the suction pipe of other discharge container is prevented from entering the discharge path from the nozzle opening. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a nozzle head mounted on an upper part of a pump in a discharge member, particularly a foam-like content liquid discharge container.

A container body, a mounting cap attached to the mouth tube portion of the container body, a cylinder equipped with a suction pipe formed of a flexible material at the bottom, a pump consisting of a piston, and a nozzle head attached to the top of the pump By pushing down the nozzle head, the content liquid in the container body is sucked up by the suction pipe, the content liquid and air are mixed in the mixing chamber, and the mixed liquid is foamed through the foaming member. 2. Description of the Related Art A foam-like content liquid discharge container that discharges a foam-like content liquid from a nozzle port of a head has been conventionally known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-9-38543

  In case of a container with a low container body height as a liquid discharge container, there is a limit to forming the pump height low according to the height of the container due to the structure of the pump. The pipe is formed short to correspond to the height of the container.

  Also, before assembling the container as a product, assemble the mounting cap, the pump fitted with the suction pipe at the bottom, and the nozzle head, form the discharge member, pack the discharge member into many boxes and carry it Yes.

However, in the discharge container described in the cited document 1, since the nozzle port is formed to have a large diameter in order to discharge the content liquid in the form of foam, one discharge is performed when a large number of discharge members are packed and transported in a box or the like. The tip of the suction pipe of another discharge member may be inserted into the nozzle opening of the member.
For this reason, since the suction pipe itself is made of a flexible material, there are few problems, but there is a problem that the suction pipe falls out of the pipe holding portion.

  In particular, if the suction pipe is short, it is inserted into the nozzle port with the suction pipe up to the pipe holding part of the pump cylinder, and the pipe holding part breaks due to impact during transportation, and the suction pipe falls off. In some cases, the cylinder itself was damaged, or the nozzle opening itself was damaged, making it unusable as a product.

  In consideration of the above circumstances, the present invention assembles a pump having a mounting cap and a suction pipe attached to the lower part thereof and a nozzle head, serves as a discharge member, and is packed into a box or the like for transportation. Another object of the present invention is to provide a discharge member for a foam-like content liquid discharge container provided with a nozzle head that prevents a pipe holding portion of a pump of another discharge member from entering.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides, as a foam-like content discharge container, a container body, a pump having a suction pipe attached to the lower part, a nozzle head attached to the upper part of the pump, and a mounting cap. It is a content liquid discharge container that forms a gas-liquid mixing chamber in the nozzle head, attaches a mesh ring to make the content liquid foamy, and discharges the foamy content liquid from the large-diameter nozzle port. A configuration is employed in which a plurality of ribs are provided on the inner surface of the discharge passage of the nozzle of the head, and the suction pipe of another discharge container is prevented from entering the discharge passage from the nozzle opening.

  As a liquid discharge container using a general pump, a content liquid discharge container comprising a container body, a pump with a suction pipe attached to the lower part, a nozzle head attached to the upper part of the pump, and a mounting cap, A configuration is adopted in which a plurality of ribs are provided on the inner surface of the discharge path of the nozzle of the nozzle head, and the suction pipe of another discharge container is prevented from entering the discharge path from the nozzle port.

  By providing a plurality of ribs in the discharge path that communicates from the nozzle head to the nozzle port, the pump and nozzle head with the mounting cap and suction pipe attached to the lower part are assembled into a discharge member and packed in a box or the like. When transporting with a large diameter nozzle port, it can be prevented from entering the lower end of the pipe holding cylinder of other discharge members, so that the suction pipe can be prevented from falling off and the vibrator holding cylinder can be prevented from being damaged. became.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, A is a container main body for storing the content liquid, B is a mounting cap, C is a pump, D is a nozzle head, and E is a spacer that is detachably inserted between the nozzle head D and the mounting cap B. .
By assembling the mounting cap B and the pump C, the nozzle head D and the spacer E, the discharge member F is formed.

  The container body A includes a mouth tube portion 1, a body portion 2, and a bottom portion, and a screw 3 for attaching a mounting cap B is provided on the outer periphery of the mouth tube portion 1.

The mounting cap B includes an upper wall 5, a guide tube 6 erected on the inner edge of the upper wall 5, and a side peripheral wall 7 that hangs down on the outer edge of the upper wall 5.
The inner periphery of the guide tube 6 guides the vertical movement of the nozzle head D, and an engagement protrusion 8 is provided at the upper end of the outer periphery.
An engaging portion 9 that engages with the pump C is provided at the inner peripheral upper end of the side peripheral wall 7, and a screw 10 that fits the screw 3 of the container main body A is provided below the inner periphery.

The pump C includes a large-diameter cylinder 15 and a small-diameter cylinder 16, an air piston 17, a piston 18 for sucking up the content liquid, a piston guide 19 and a stem 20.
A pipe holding cylinder 21 is provided at the lower stage of the small diameter cylinder 16, and a suction pipe 22 is fitted into the pipe holding cylinder 21.

  The suction pipe 22 has a short length corresponding to the height of the container body A, and is formed of a flexible synthetic resin.

  A gas-liquid mixing chamber 23 is formed by the piston guide 19 and the stem 20, and a mesh ring 24 is mounted in the stem 20 following the gas-liquid mixing chamber 23.

  The structure in the pump is a well-known structure, and like the one described in Patent Document 1, air is supplied to the gas-liquid mixing chamber together with the content liquid, and the mixed gas-liquid is foamed with a foaming member. There is no particular limitation as long as it can be discharged from the nozzle.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the nozzle head D includes a head portion 26 provided with a nozzle 25 on one side, and an inner cylinder portion 27 and an outer cylinder portion 28 that are suspended below the head portion 26. Yes.
Inside the inner cylinder portion 27 is a flow passage 29, and following this flow passage 29, a discharge passage 30 is bored to the tip of the nozzle 25, and the tip is a nozzle port 31.

The size of the flow passage 29, the nozzle 25, and the discharge passage 30 is formed such that the content liquid can be discharged from the nozzle port 31 in the form of bubbles from the gas-liquid mixing chamber 23 through the mesh ring 24.
A plurality of ribs 32 project from the inner periphery of the discharge passage 30 with a predetermined length.

  In the embodiment, the four ribs 32 are arranged in a cross shape on the inner peripheral surface of the nozzle. However, a plurality of ribs may be arranged in parallel on the upper and lower surfaces, and the number and arrangement of the ribs. The position is not particularly limited.

  An engagement member 33 that engages with the engagement protrusion 8 of the guide tube 6 of the mounting cap B is mounted on the lower end of the outer tube portion 28 when the content liquid is not used.

Next, the effect of the container of this embodiment is demonstrated.
When discharging the foam-like content liquid, the nozzle head D is pushed down from above so that the content liquid is sucked into the pump C by the suction pipe 22 and mixed with air in the gas-liquid mixing chamber 23 to form a mesh ring. 24, the foamed liquid can be discharged from the nozzle port 31 through the flow passage 29 and the discharge passage 30.

  When the foam-like content liquid is not discharged, the spacer E is inserted between the nozzle head D and the mounting cap B to prevent the nozzle head D from being pushed down, and the content liquid is inadvertently discharged. Can be prevented.

  When the engagement protrusion 8 of the guide cylinder 6 of the mounting cap B and the engagement member 33 attached to the outer cylinder portion 28 of the nozzle head D are engaged when the content liquid is not used, dust, moisture, etc. are generated. Intrusion into the container can be prevented.

The mounting cap B, the pump C, the nozzle head D, and the spacer E are assembled to form a discharge member F, which is packed in a box or the like and transported.
At that time, even if the tip of the suction pipe below the pump C of another discharge member F enters from the nozzle 31 of the nozzle head D, the tip of the suction pipe 22 enters the discharge path 30 of the nozzle head D. It can abut against the provided rib 32 and prevent further intrusion into the discharge passage 30.

  As a result, the pipe holding cylinder 21 of the pump C of the other discharge member F can be prevented from entering the discharge path 30 of the nozzle 25, and damage to the pipe holding cylinder 21 and drop-off of the suction pipe 22 can be prevented. can do.

  In the above-described embodiment, a plurality of ribs 32 are projected in a predetermined length in the discharge path 30 in the nozzle head D. However, the ribs 32 are provided up to the nozzle port 31 and are mounted on pumps of other discharge members. The tip of the raising pipe itself may not enter the flow path.

In the above embodiment, the foam-like content discharge container using the pump that discharges the content liquid in the form of foam has been described. However, even in a conventionally known discharge container having a pump mounting cap, a pump, and a discharge nozzle, the discharge member In the case of assembling and transporting in a box, it is possible that the pump of another discharge member may enter the discharge nozzle, and in this case, if a rib is provided on the inner periphery of the discharge path of the discharge nozzle, It is possible to prevent the suction pipe of another discharge member from entering, and to obtain the operational effect of preventing the pipe from being dropped during transportation and the pipe holding cylinder from being damaged.
Therefore, the discharge container is not limited to the foam-like content discharge container.

The present invention provides a rib in the flow passage that communicates with the nozzle opening of the nozzle head to prevent the lower part of the pump cylinder of other discharge members from entering the flow passage. As a result, there was no damage to the discharge member.
The nozzle head of the present invention can be widely used as a nozzle head of a content liquid discharge container that discharges cosmetics, chemicals, and other content liquids in the form of foam, and further has a discharge nozzle having a large discharge port It can also be used.

It is a partial cross section elevation view of an embodiment container of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of a nozzle head, (a) is a cross-sectional elevation view, (b) is a front view of a nozzle.

Explanation of symbols

A Container body B Mounting cap C Pump D Nozzle head E Spacer F Discharge member 1 Mouth tube portion 2 Body portion 3, 10 Screw 5 Upper wall 6 Guide tube 7 Side peripheral wall 8 Engagement ridge 9 Engagement portion 15 Large diameter cylinder 16 Small diameter cylinder 17 Air piston 18 Piston 19 Piston guide 20 Stem 21 Pipe holding cylinder 22 Suction pipe 23 Gas-liquid mixing chamber 24 Mesh ring 25 Nozzle 26 Head part 27 Inner cylinder part 28 Outer cylinder part 29 Flow path 30 Discharge path 31 Nozzle port 32 rib 33 engaging member

Claims (2)

It consists of a container body, a pump with a suction pipe attached to the lower part, a nozzle head attached to the upper part of the pump, and a mounting cap.
A content liquid discharge container that forms a gas-liquid mixing chamber in the nozzle head, attaches a mesh ring to foam the content liquid, and discharges the foam-like content liquid from the large-diameter nozzle port,
A plurality of ribs are provided on the inner surface of the discharge path of the nozzle of the nozzle head,
A foam-like content discharge container characterized in that the suction pipe of another discharge container is prevented from entering the discharge path from the nozzle opening. A content liquid discharge container comprising a container body, a pump having a suction pipe attached to the lower part, a nozzle head attached to the upper part of the pump, and a mounting cap,
A plurality of ribs are provided on the inner surface of the discharge path of the nozzle of the nozzle head,
A content discharge container characterized in that the suction pipe of another discharge container is prevented from entering the discharge path from the nozzle opening.

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