JP2007099322A - Measuring cup and container mounted with measuring cup - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid measuring cup with a spout portion for delivering a small quantity of a content liquid to enable delivery of a small quantity of the liquid according to a need in addition to ordinary delivery through a measuring cup mouth. <P>SOLUTION: A flat plate 11 with a valve 12 is placed and fixed on the bottom wall 3 of a cup body 2, which has a valve hole 4 bored at its center. The flat plate has the valve 12 with a plurality of connecting pieces 13, and the upper surface of the valve hole 4 is closed elastically with the valve 12 to form a delivery valve 15. A rod-like material 16 is inserted loosely from the center of the valve into the valve hole to extend down, and the rod-like material is pushed up to force the delivery valve 15 to open against elasticity. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring cup and a mounting container with the measuring cup.

A cylinder with a suction valve and a suction pipe is suspended into the container body, and a suction pipe having an annular piston at its lower end is erected up and down from the inside of the cylinder, and a discharge valve is provided at the upper end of the suction pipe. A measuring cup is attached, and the liquid in the container is sucked into the cylinder by pulling up the measuring cup with the suction pipe, and then pushed down, the liquid in the cylinder enters the measuring cup through the suction pipe, and the There is known a container with a measuring cup provided so that the measuring cup is pulled up from the state so that the liquid in the measuring cup can be used (Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 3667497

  Conventional measuring cups only measure, but if a measuring cup is used for liquid detergent, for example, a very small amount of liquid detergent can be applied to the spot to remove stains attached to clothing. It is desirable to give the measuring cup a function that can be performed.

  According to the present invention, a very small amount of the liquid stored in the measuring cup can flow out, and when the measuring cup is attached to a liquid container, the metering liquid can be injected into the measuring cup.

  As a first means, it comprises a cup body 2 having a valve hole 4 formed in the center of the bottom wall 3 and a base 11 with a valve body mounted and fixed on the bottom wall of the cup body. The upper surface of the valve hole 4 is elastically closed by a valve body 12 with a plurality of elastic connecting pieces 13 to form a discharge valve 15, and a rod-like object 16 is lifted by being freely inserted into the valve hole from the center of the valve body. The discharge valve 15 is formed to be openable.

  As a second means, the first means was provided, the rod-like object 16 was formed by the injection pipe 26, and the valve body 12 was penetrated to stand up into the upper portion of the cup body 2.

  As a third means, the protective cylinder 9 was suspended from the peripheral edge of the valve hole 4 shorter than the rod-like object 16 while having the first or second means.

  As a fourth means, the first, second, or third means is provided, and the rubbing material 10 is suspended from the bottom surface of the bottom wall 3 to substantially the same position as the lower end surface of the rod-like object 16 so as to surround the protective cylinder 9. It was.

  As a fifth means, the top plate 19 with the mouth portion 18 is provided with the upper end opening surface of the peripheral wall 5 which has the first, second, third or fourth means and rises from the outer periphery of the bottom wall of the measuring cup 1. The mouth 18 was closed with a lid plate 21 so as to be opened and closed.

  As a sixth means, the guide cylinder 38 is fitted to the upper part of the cylinder 35 suspended in the container 31, and the upper part of the stem 32 which is urged upward from the cylinder and passes through the guide cylinder. A saucer 33 is erected from the outer surface, and the liquid in the container is sucked into the cylinder by the vertical movement of the saucer, and a pump-type liquid container that allows the liquid in the cylinder to be ejected from the upper end of the stem 32 is provided. The lower portion of the measuring cup according to claims 1 to 5 is detachably fitted, and the upper end surface of the stem 32 is brought into watertight contact with the lower surface of the bottom wall portion of the outer periphery of the valve hole 4.

The seventh means includes the sixth means, and a fitting cylinder 33a as a male screw cylinder is suspended from the tray 33, and the male screw cylinder is screwed to the inner surface of the guide cylinder 38. Item 7. A measuring cup mounting container according to item 6.

As an eighth means, the sixth or seventh means is provided, and the engaging element 41 is protruded outward from a position opposite to the upper end of the peripheral wall of the receiving tray 33, and the lever 42 intermediate part is swung at the outer end of these engaging elements. Make it possible to hold it,
The lower portion of the peripheral wall 5 of the measuring cup according to claim 1 is formed in a small outer diameter portion via an outward flange 6, and the lower outer surface of the small outer diameter portion and the outer peripheral lower surface of the outward flange 6 are First and second ridges 7 and 8 are arranged around
When the lower portion of the measuring cup is fitted into the receiving tray 33, the first protrusion 7 is fitted into a recess formed on the upper inner surface of the receiving peripheral wall, and the upper end surface of the lever 42 is inward of the second protrusion 8. The lower end of both levers 42 is pushed inward from this state, so that the upper end of the lever pushes up the measuring cup 1 through the second protrusion 8 and the push-up operation The measuring cup mounting container according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the measuring cup mounting container is formed so as to be detachable upward from one protrusion 7 or a recess.

As a ninth means, a measuring tube mounting container is formed by fitting a mounting cylinder 54 suspended from the receiving cylinder 53 to a container mouth / neck having an elastically squeezable body, and the receiving cylinder 53 has a peripheral wall 5. The lower part is formed as a small diameter part through an inward flange 55 and a discharge pipe 57 is formed at the center part of the bottom plate 56, the pipe upper part 57a is projected upward, and the lower part 57b is suspended,
6. The outer periphery of the bottom wall 3 of the measuring cup according to claim 2 is placed on the upper surface of the inward flange 55, the lower part of the measuring cup 1 is detachably fitted into the lower part of the peripheral wall 5, and The injection pipe portion was loosely inserted into the discharge pipe 57, and the upper end surface of the discharge pipe upper portion 57a was brought into watertight contact with the lower surface of the outer periphery of the valve hole of the measuring cup bottom wall 3.

  By adopting the structure according to claim 1, the discharge valve 15 can be opened by pushing up the rod-like object 16 suspended from the valve body 12 that elastically closes the upper surface of the valve hole 4, so that the rod-like object 16 is pushed larger and smaller. By increasing the flow rate, the amount of liquid discharged by opening the discharge valve can be increased or decreased slightly, and in the case of a small amount of spillage, it can flow down a rod-like material, allowing the liquid to flow only to the adherent part such as a stain. I can do it.

  According to the second aspect, the liquid can be injected into the measuring cup through the injection pipe 26 and the injection pipe partially pushed down downward as in the case of the first aspect. The discharge valve can be opened larger or smaller.

  According to the third aspect, since the protective cylinder 9 surrounds the rod-shaped object when the rod-shaped object is pushed up, the rod-shaped object is not greatly inclined and the elastic connecting piece 13 is not damaged.

  By making it like Claim 4, the dirt part, such as clothes, can be rubbed off with the rubbing material 10, and can be removed.

  According to the fifth aspect, liquid can be injected from the mouth portion 18 into the measuring cup, and the mouth portion can be opened and closed with the lid plate 21.

  According to the sixth aspect, the measuring cup 1 can be easily attached to the liquid container, and the liquid can be easily injected into the measuring cup, and the liquid discharged into the measuring cup is discharged from the receiving tray 33. Can be removed.

  By making it like Claim 7, the saucer 33 and the stem 32 can be hold | maintained at a low state in the press-down state.

  According to the eighth aspect, the fitting of the lower portion of the measuring cup into the receiving tray 33 can be ensured, and the measuring cup can be easily removed from the receiving tray by operating the lever 42.

  According to the ninth aspect, it is easy to inject the liquid in the container into the measuring cup 1, and when the liquid in the measuring cup is poured out, the measuring cup 1 can be removed and the rod-shaped object 16 is pushed up. It is convenient to dispense a small amount of liquid or a large amount from the upper opening of the measuring cup.

  Referring to the drawings, 1 is a measuring cup shown in the first embodiment, and the measuring cup has a cup body 2. The cup body has a valve hole 4 at the center of the bottom wall 3 and a peripheral wall 5 stands up from the outer periphery of the bottom wall. An outward flange 6 is provided at an intermediate portion of the peripheral wall 5 so that the upper portion has a large outer diameter portion. A first protrusion 7 is provided on the lower outer surface of the lower half of the peripheral wall, and a second protrusion 8 is provided on the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the outward flange. A protective cylinder 9 is suspended from the outer periphery of the valve hole. Further, a rubbing material 10 formed of a large number of brushes is suspended from the lower surface of the bottom wall 3 so as to surround the protective cylinder 9, and the rubbing material may be formed of sponge or the like, and is attached to clothes or the like. It is possible to remove the dirt by rubbing.

  A base 11 with a valve body is placed and fixed on the bottom wall 3 of the cup body. As shown in FIG. 2, the base has a valve body 12 at the center, and elastic connection pieces 13 project in an arc from the outer circumference of the valve body at equal intervals in the same spiral direction. Connect to the inner edge of the plate 14. A space is formed between the valve body 12 and the ring-shaped plate 14 between the elastic connecting pieces, and the discharge valve 15 is formed by closing the upper surface of the valve hole 4 with the valve body 12 as shown in the figure. Further, the rod 16 is suspended from the center of the valve body through the valve hole, and the valve body 12 is pushed up against the elasticity of the elastic connecting piece 13 by pushing up the lower end of the rod, and the discharge valve 15 is By opening and releasing the push-up, the elastic connecting piece is elastically restored and the discharge valve is closed.

  The upper end surface of the measuring cup peripheral wall is closed by a top plate 19 with a mouth portion 18 formed by a short cylindrical nozzle 17, and the mouth portion is projected through a hinge 20 attached to a part of the top plate outer periphery. 21 is closed openably. A peripheral wall is suspended from the outer periphery of the cover plate, and the lower end of the peripheral wall is detachably fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the top plate 19, and a seal cylinder 22 suspended from the cover plate 21 in the fitted state is connected to the inner surface of the short cylindrical nozzle 17 It is provided to fit watertight.

  FIG. 4 shows the measuring cup shown in the second embodiment. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. Only the different parts will be described. Forms a downward stepped portion 23 and is provided with a male screw 24 on the lower half outer surface of the peripheral wall, and a cover plate 21 for opening and closing the upper end surface of the peripheral wall is projected from the upper end of the peripheral wall via a thin hinge 25. The top plate 19 is fitted with a peripheral wall that hangs from the outer periphery of the top plate 19, and the top plate 19 is provided with a mouth portion 18 formed by raising a short cylindrical nozzle 17, and the lid plate 21 is closed by a lid. A seal cylinder 22 is provided so as to fit in a watertight manner to the inner surface of the short cylindrical nozzle 17.

  The previously described rod-like object 16 is formed by the injection pipe 26, and the pipe penetrates through the center of the valve body 12 so that the upper end thereof stands up into the upper part of the peripheral wall of the cup body. The pipe is formed by closing the upper end surface and opening a through hole 27 outwardly from the upper part. By ejecting liquid into the measuring cup 1 through the injection pipe 26, the ejected liquid passes through the through hole 27. The liquid entering the cup body and entering the cup body above the through-hole 27 is discharged through the through-hole 27 and the injection pipe 26 by stopping the liquid injection through the injection pipe. As shown in the figure, an amount of liquid having a water surface at the lower end position of the through hole is provided in the cup body so as to remain in the cup body.

  The measuring cup 1 of the first embodiment already described is attached to the container 31 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The container is formed by modifying a part of a known pump-type liquid ejection container. The main modification part is to remove the push-down head with a nozzle fitted to the upper end of the stem, and replace the head with the upper part of the stem 32. The tray 33 is erected from the outer surface.

  Briefly describing the known part, 34 is a mouth and neck portion, and an outward flange at the upper end of the cylinder 35 suspended from the container body via packing is placed on the upper end surface of the mouth and neck portion. From the inside of the cylinder, a stem 32 having a cylindrical piston 36 on the lower outer surface is urged upward to be erected, and is fitted to a fitting cylinder 37 erected from the upper surface of the outward flange so as to be guided to the inner surface of the cylinder upper portion. Is fitted. Further, the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion of the outward flange at the upper end of the cylinder is engaged with the lower surface of the inward flange at the upper end of the mounting cylinder 39 screwed to the outer surface of the container neck.

  The above-described stem 32 has a small-diameter portion at the top via an upward stepped portion 40, and the tray 33 has a through-hole formed in the center of the bottom wall, and the small-diameter portion of the stem passes through the through-hole. A fitting cylinder 33a that is suspended from the bottom surface of the bottom wall with the lower surface of the peripheral portion in contact with the upper surface of the stepped portion is fitted to the outer surface of the stem portion below the upward stepped portion 40, and the fitting tube is a male screw tube. The outer surface is screwed to the inner surface of the guide cylinder 38. The receiving tray 33 projects the engaging elements 41, 41 outward from the left and right or front-rear facing positions of the upper end of the peripheral wall, and the outer ends of these engaging elements are connected to the middle of the lever 42 in the vertical direction and freely swingable. A recess is provided around the upper inner surface of the tray peripheral wall, and the protrusion 7 of the measuring cup 1 of the first embodiment described above is fitted into the recess, and the upper end surface of the lever 42 is the above-mentioned The measuring cup second protrusion 8 is engaged with the lower surface of the inward flange portion on the inside.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 3, when the liquid is made to enter the measuring cup, the tray 33 is turned and screwed off from the guide tube 38. When the screw 32 is unscrewed, the measuring cup 1 is pushed up together with the receiving tray 33 by upward urging, and the liquid in the container is sucked into the cylinder through the suction valve 43 at the lower end of the cylinder. By pushing down, the liquid in the cylinder passes through the stem 32, further pushes up the valve body 12 of the discharge valve, flows into the measuring cup 1, and rises up the stem 32 and the like by releasing the receiving tray 33, and then reserve liquid again into the cylinder. Flows in. From this state, the upper end of the lever swings outward by pushing inward at the lower part of the lever 42 and pushes up the second protrusion 8, so that the first protrusion 7 is disengaged from the recess. From this state, the measuring cup 1 And the lid is opened to release the liquid in the measuring cup. The liquid in the measuring cup can be discharged without removing the measuring cup from the container. If you want to discharge a small amount of liquid in the measuring cup, press the lower end of the rod-shaped object 16 against the object to be washed etc. from the condition that the liquid is in the measuring cup. The discharge valve 15 is opened by being raised, and the liquid in the measuring cup can be caused to flow down through the discharge valve. When the rubbing material 10 is used, the laundry to which the liquid detergent or the like as the flowed-down liquid adheres What is necessary is just to rub an object part with the rubbing material.

  FIG. 5 shows a measuring cup mounting container in the second embodiment. In this embodiment, FIG. 4 shows the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4 in which the mounting cylinder 54 suspended from the outer surface of the receiving cylinder 53 is screwed into the outer surface of the container neck 53 having the body 51 capable of elastic pressure contact. In this example, the measuring cup of the embodiment is detachably mounted. The receiving cylinder 53 has an inward flange 55 at a lower part of the middle wall of the peripheral wall, and the peripheral wall part below the inward flange has a small diameter. At the center of the bottom plate 56 at the lower end, an upper portion 57a is projected upward, and a lower portion 57b is suspended downward to form a discharge pipe 57. The peripheral wall portion above the inward flange 55 is a female screw cylinder, and the lower part of the measuring cup may be screwed into the female screw cylinder, and the outer peripheral lower surface of the bottom wall 3 of the measuring cup is placed on the inward flange 55. The injection pipe portion below the valve body 12 is inserted into the discharge pipe upper portion 57a, and the upper end of the discharge pipe upper portion 57a is brought into watertight contact with the outer peripheral portion of the lower surface of the valve hole 4 so that the rubbing material 10 is inward It is suspended in the receiving tube part below the flange 55.

  In this embodiment, the liquid is introduced into the measuring cup 1 by squeezing the container body. By increasing the pressure in the container by the squeezing, the liquid in the container passes into the discharge pipe 57 and further into the measuring cup 1 through the injection pipe 26, and the excess liquid that has entered the cup passes through the through hole 27, And since the fixed amount of liquid remains in the measuring cup after being discharged through the injection pipe, the fixed amount of liquid remaining in the measuring cup is removed and used. In this case, as in the case of the first embodiment, the discharge can be performed without removing the measuring cup. A small amount of liquid in the measuring cup is poured out and the rubbing material 10 is used in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

It is sectional drawing which shows this invention measuring cup by 1st Embodiment. 1 is a plan view of a base with a valve body as a main member of the measuring cup. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the measuring cup attached to the measuring cup mounting container of the present invention as the first embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows this invention measuring cup by 2nd Embodiment. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the measuring cup attached to the measuring cup mounting container of the present invention as the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Measuring cup 4 Valve hole 9 Protection cylinder 10 Rub material
11 Base with valve body 12 Valve body
15 Discharge valve 16 Bar
26 Injection pipe 31 container
32 Stem 33 Sauce pan
37 Installation cylinder 38 Guide cylinder
41 Engagement element 42 Lever
53 Receptacle 57 Discharge pipe

Claims (9)

A cup body 2 having a valve hole 4 formed in the center of the bottom wall 3 and a base 11 with a valve body placed and fixed on the bottom wall of the cup body, a plurality of elastic connecting pieces 13 included in the base. The upper surface of the valve hole 4 is elastically closed with a valve body 12 with a discharge valve 15, and the discharge valve 15 is opened by pushing up a rod-like object 16 that is loosely inserted into the valve hole from the center of the valve body. A measuring cup characterized by being made possible. The measuring cup according to claim 1, wherein the rod-like object (16) is formed by an injection pipe (26) and the valve body (12) is penetrated to rise into the upper part of the cup body (2). The measuring cup according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the protective cylinder (9) is suspended from the periphery of the valve hole (4) shorter than the rod-like object (16). The measuring cup according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the rubbing material 10 is suspended from the lower surface of the bottom wall 3 to substantially the same position as the lower end surface of the rod 16 surrounding the protective cylinder 9. The upper end opening surface of the peripheral wall 5 rising from the outer periphery of the bottom wall of the measuring cup 1 is closed with a top plate 19 with a mouth portion 18, and the mouth portion 18 is closed with a lid plate 21 so as to be freely opened and closed. The measuring cup according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4. The guide cylinder 38 is fitted to the upper part of the cylinder 35 suspended in the container 31, and the tray 33 is erected from the upper outer surface of the stem 32 which is urged upward from the cylinder and passes through the guide cylinder. Then, a pump-type liquid container is provided that allows the liquid in the container to be sucked into the cylinder by the vertical movement of the tray, and the liquid in the cylinder can be ejected from the upper end of the stem 32, and into the tray 33. A measuring cup mounting container, wherein the lower part of the measuring cup according to Item 5 is detachably fitted, and the upper end surface of the stem 32 is brought into watertight contact with the lower surface of the bottom wall portion of the outer periphery of the valve hole 4. 7. The measuring cup mounting container according to claim 6, wherein a fitting cylinder 33a as a male screw cylinder is suspended from the tray 33, and the male screw cylinder is screwed onto the inner surface of the guide cylinder 38. Engagement element 41 protrudes outward from the opposite position of the upper end of the peripheral wall of the tray 33, and the lever 42 intermediate part is swingably held at the outer end of these engagement elements,
The lower portion of the peripheral wall 5 of the measuring cup according to claim 1 is formed in a small outer diameter portion via an outward flange 6, and the lower outer surface of the small outer diameter portion and the outer peripheral lower surface of the outward flange 6 are First and second ridges 7 and 8 are arranged around
When the lower portion of the measuring cup is fitted into the receiving tray 33, the first protrusion 7 is fitted into a recess formed on the upper inner surface of the receiving peripheral wall, and the upper end surface of the lever 42 is inward of the second protrusion 8. The lower end of both levers 42 is pushed inward from this state, so that the upper end of the lever pushes up the measuring cup 1 through the second protrusion 8, and The measuring cup mounting container according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the first protrusion 7 is formed so as to be detachable upward from the recess. A fitting tube 54 suspended from the receiving tube 53 is fitted into a container mouth and neck having a body that can be squeezed elastically to form a measuring cup mounting container. The receiving tube 53 has an inward flange 55 at the lower part of the peripheral wall 5. And a discharge pipe 57 at the center of the bottom plate 56, with the pipe upper part 57a protruding upward and the lower part 57b hanging down,
6. The outer periphery of the bottom wall 3 of the measuring cup according to claim 2 is placed on the upper surface of the inward flange 55, the lower part of the measuring cup 1 is detachably fitted into the lower part of the peripheral wall 5, and A measuring cup mounting container, wherein the injection pipe portion is loosely inserted into the discharge pipe 57 and the upper end surface of the discharge pipe upper portion 57a is brought into watertight contact with the lower surface of the outer periphery of the valve hole of the measuring cup bottom wall 3.

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