JP2007320608A - Aerosol container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily remove a residual gas in a used aerosol container. <P>SOLUTION: In an aerosol container, a residual gas removing mechanism 20 includes a cylindrical fitting part 22 equipped with a first inner peripheral face 22a to which a stem 12 is fitted, and a long tack seal 21 penetrated with the fitting part 22. The length of the first inner peripheral surface 22a in the axial direction of the fitting part 22 is set to be shorter than the projecting length of the stem 12 from an upper end face 18a of the aerosol container body 11. After a spray head 13, a cover part 15 and the residual gas removing mechanism 20 are detached from the aerosol container body 11 and the stem 12 is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface 22a of the fitting part 22, the cover part 15 is locked to a locking part 10a. Thus, the stem 12 is depressed by pressing the fitting part 22 downward at a lower end face in which an inlet 13a of the spray head 13 is opened toward the upper end face 18a of the aerosol container body 11, and the residual gas is removed therefrom. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an aerosol container provided with a residual gas venting mechanism.

As an aerosol container of this type, for example, as shown in the following Patent Document 1, an aerosol container body having a stem erected on an upper end surface in an upwardly biased state, and a spray head having an introduction port into which the stem is fitted In addition, a configuration is known that includes a spraying head that supports the spray head so as to be movable up and down, and a cover portion that is locked to a locking portion that is provided on the aerosol container body.
JP 2001-31158 A

  However, in the conventional aerosol container, the consumer exhausts the residual gas in the used aerosol container by continuously pushing the spray head with a finger after using up the contents in the container.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an aerosol container that can easily extract residual gas in a used aerosol container.

In order to solve the above problems and achieve such an object, an aerosol container according to the present invention includes an aerosol container body in which a stem is erected in an upward biased state on an upper end surface, and the stem is fitted. A residual gas venting mechanism is provided in the aerosol container that includes a spray head having an inlet and a cover portion that supports the spray head so as to be movable up and down and is latched by a latch portion provided in the aerosol container body. The residual gas venting mechanism includes a cylindrical fitting portion having a first inner peripheral surface into which the stem can be fitted, and a long tack seal through which the fitting portion is provided. The length of the first inner peripheral surface in the direction of the central axis of the fitting portion is shorter than the length of the stem protruding from the upper end surface of the aerosol container body, and the spray head, the cover And residual gas After removing the mechanism from the aerosol container body and fitting the stem to the first inner peripheral surface of the fitting portion, the cover portion is locked to the locking portion, whereby the introduction port in the spray head Is configured to extract the remaining gas by pressing the fitting portion downward at the lower end surface that opens toward the upper end surface of the aerosol container body to push down the stem.
In this invention, the residual gas in the used aerosol container can be easily extracted. That is, first, after removing the spray head, the cover part, and the residual gas venting mechanism from the aerosol container body, and then fitting the stem to the first inner peripheral surface of the fitting part, the cover part is used as the locking part. By locking, the spray head and the cover are attached to the aerosol container body.
At this time, when the stem is fitted to the first inner circumferential surface of the fitting portion, the length of the first inner circumferential surface of the fitting portion is made shorter than the protruding length of the stem, and 1 Since a gap is provided between the opening end surface of the inner peripheral surface and the upper end surface of the aerosol container main body, when the fitting portion is pressed downward by the spray head, the fitting portion seems to reduce the gap. It will be pushed down with the stem.
Therefore, the residual gas can be extracted simply by attaching the spray head and the cover part to the aerosol container main body with the fitting part fitted on the stem as described above.

Here, a flange portion projects from the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion, and the fitting portion is formed on the tack seal from the upper end surface side opposite to the lower end surface where the first inner peripheral surface opens. It may be inserted into the through-hole and protruded from the tack seal in a state where the tack seal is adhered to the flange portion.
In this case, a residual gas venting mechanism that exhibits the above-described effects can be reliably realized.

  Further, the cover portion may support the spray head so as to be movable up and down with its rising end position and falling end position regulated.

Further, the tack seal is in a state in which the stem is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface of the fitting portion, and in the portions of the locking portion of the aerosol container body that face each other in the radial direction of the container body, The length may be such that the aerosol container main body can be integrally attached across the upper end surface.
In this case, after the tack seal is integrally attached across the upper end surface of the aerosol container main body to the portions of the locking portion of the aerosol container main body that are opposed to each other in the radial direction of the container main body, Of these, the cover portion can be locked to the locking portion in a state where the portion located in the locking portion is sandwiched between the locking portion and the cover portion. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the fitting portion from being detached from the stem in the process of pushing down the fitting portion with the spray head.

  According to the aerosol container according to the present invention, the residual gas in the used aerosol container can be easily extracted.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The aerosol container 10 according to this embodiment includes an aerosol container body 11 in which a stem 12 is erected on an upper end surface 18a in an upward biased state, a spray head 13 having an inlet 13a into which the stem 12 is fitted, The spray head 13 is supported so as to be movable up and down with respect to the upper end surface 18a, and includes a cover portion 15 locked to a first locking recess 10a provided on the outer peripheral surface of the aerosol container body 11. In addition, this 1st latching recessed part 10a is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the aerosol container main body 11 over the perimeter.

  In the present embodiment, the aerosol container body 11 includes an upper end of a container body that includes a body portion 16 extending in the direction of the central axis O, and a shoulder portion 17 provided at the upper end of the body portion 16 in the direction of the central axis O. A mounting cup 18 is wound around the opening, and the stem 12 is erected in an upward biased state on the upper surface of the mounting cup 18. The shoulder portion 17 has an outer peripheral surface shape that is gradually reduced in diameter as it goes upward in the direction of the central axis O.

The cover portion 15 includes a top plate portion 15a and a peripheral wall portion 15b that is substantially suspended from the outer peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion 15a. The top plate portion 15a has a circular shape in plan view, and a support hole 15c that supports the spray head 13 so as to be movable up and down is formed in a central portion in the radial direction. The peripheral wall portion 15b includes a small-diameter portion 15d provided continuously with the top plate portion 15a, and a large-diameter portion 15e provided continuously with the lower end of the small-diameter portion 15d and having a larger diameter than the small-diameter portion 15d. It is a two-stage shape.
And the 1st latching convex part 15f which protruded radially inward is formed in the lower end part in the internal peripheral surface of this large diameter part 15e, and this 1st latching convex part 15f is used as an aerosol container main body. The cover portion 15 is attached to the aerosol container body 11 together with the spray head 13 by being locked in the first locking recess 10 a formed on the outer peripheral surface of 11. Here, in this embodiment, the 1st latching recessed part 10a is formed in the connection part with the shoulder part 17 in the trunk | drum 16 in the outer peripheral surface of the aerosol container main body 11, and the cover part 15 is formed in the aerosol container main body 11. In the attached state, a space is formed between the inner surface of the cover portion 15 and the outer peripheral surface of the shoulder portion 17 of the aerosol container body 11.
Furthermore, a second locking convex portion 15g is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 15d, and the second locking convex portion 15g protrudes from the lower end portion of the inner peripheral surface of the overcap 19. When the third locking convex portion 19a is locked, the overcap 19 is attached to the cover portion 15, and the portion of the spray head 13 that protrudes from the outer surface of the top plate portion 15a is covered.

  The spray head 13 is formed in a columnar shape, and has an introduction port 13a that opens to a lower end surface facing the upper end surface 18a of the aerosol container body 11 and into which the stem 12 of the aerosol container body 11 is fitted, and the introduction port. A nozzle hole 13b communicating with 13a and opening on the side surface is formed. Further, on the side surface of the spray head 13, a first convex portion 13 c protruding outward in the radial direction is formed in the central portion in the central axis O direction, and the diameter is formed in the lower end portion in the central axis O direction. A second convex portion 13d protruding outward in the direction is formed. And the part located between the 1st, 2nd convex parts 13c and 13d in the side surface of this spray head 13 is inserted in the said support hole 15c of the cover part 15. As shown in FIG. As a result, the spray head 13 supported by the support hole 15c so as to be movable up and down is regulated by the first and second convex portions 13c and 13d, respectively, in both the rising end position and the falling end position with respect to the top plate portion 15a. The support hole 15c is prevented from coming off.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in the standby state in which the cover portion 15 is attached to the aerosol container body 11 together with the spray head 13 and the stem 12 is fitted to the inlet 13 a of the spray head 13, the spray head 13. While the upper surface of the second convex portion 13d and the inner surface of the top plate portion 15a of the cover portion 15 are in contact with each other, the first convex portion 13c of the spray head 13 is more centered than the outer surface of the top plate portion 15a of the cover portion 15. It is located above the O direction.

In the present embodiment, the aerosol container 10 is provided with a residual gas venting mechanism 20.
The residual gas venting mechanism 20 has a first inner peripheral surface 22a to which the stem 12 can be fitted, and is arranged in communication with the first inner peripheral surface 22a coaxially and has a smaller diameter than the outer diameter of the stem 12. The cylindrical fitting part 22 provided with the 2nd internal peripheral surface 22b which cannot fit the stem 12 is provided, and the elongate tack seal 21 with which this fitting part 22 was penetrated was provided. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the residual gas venting mechanism 20 has a tack seal 21 that extends on the outer peripheral surface of the body portion 16 of the aerosol container body 11 in the direction of the central axis O. In this state, it is attached so as to be detachable.

  Here, the length of the first inner peripheral surface 22a in the direction of the central axis of the fitting portion 22 is shorter than the protruding length of the stem 12 from the upper end surface 18a of the aerosol container body 11. Moreover, the internal diameter in the lower end opening part of the inlet 13a of the spray head 13 is made smaller than the outer diameter of the fitting part 22, and the fitting part 22 cannot be fitted in the inlet 13a. In addition, the outer diameter of the part except the flange part 23 in the fitting part 22 is made equivalent over the full length. Further, the tack seal 21 has a belt-like shape formed of a flexible resin material, and a fitting portion 22 projects from the longitudinal center portion thereof. The length of the tack seal 21 is such that both ends of the tack seal 21 in the longitudinal direction of the aerosol container body 11 are in the state in which the stem 12 is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface 22a of the fitting portion 22. It is set as the magnitude | size which is located below the center axis line O direction from the part which mutually opposes in the radial direction of this container main body 11 among 1 latching recessed parts 10a. Furthermore, the surface of the tack seal 21 is a non-adhesive surface 21a provided with no adhesive layer, and the back surface of the tack seal 21 is an adhesive surface 21b provided with an adhesive layer.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the flange part 23 is protrudingly provided on the outer peripheral surface of the fitting part 22. In the example shown in the drawing, the flange portion 23 protrudes from the lower end surface of the fitting portion 22 where the first inner peripheral surface 22a opens to the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion 22 so as to protrude radially outward. It is installed. And the fitting part 22 is inserted into the through-hole formed in the tack seal 21 from the upper end face side where the second inner peripheral face 22b is opened from the adhesive face 21b side, and tacks on the upper face of the flange part 23. The tack seal 21 protrudes from the tack seal 21 with the seal 21 attached.

  From the above, as shown in FIG. 3, the spray head 13, the cover portion 15, the overcap 19 and the residual gas venting mechanism 20 are removed from the aerosol container body 11, and the stem is formed on the first inner peripheral surface 22 a of the fitting portion 22. 12, and the tack seal 21 is straddled across the upper end surface 18 a of the aerosol container body 11 on the portion of the first locking recess 10 a of the aerosol container body 11 that faces each other in the radial direction of the container body 11. After being integrally attached, as shown in FIG. 4, the portion of the tack seal 21 that is positioned in the first locking recess 10 a of the aerosol container body 11 is moved to the first locking recess 10 a and the cover portion 15. In this state, the cover portion 15 is locked to the first locking recess 10a, so that the introduction port 13a is formed in the aerosol container in the spray head 13. Press down the stem 12 to press the engaging portion 22 downwardly at the lower end surface that is open toward the upper end face 18a of 11, so as extract the remaining gas. At this time, the rising end position of the spray head 13 is regulated by the contact between the upper surface of the second convex portion 13d and the opening peripheral edge portion of the support hole 15c on the lower surface of the top plate portion 15a of the cover portion 15. The depressed state of the stem 12 is maintained.

As described above, according to the aerosol container 10 according to the present embodiment, the residual gas in the used aerosol container 10 can be easily extracted.
That is, first, the spray head 13, the cover portion 15, and the residual gas venting mechanism 20 are removed from the aerosol container body 11, and then the tack seal 21 in a state where the stem 12 is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface 22 a of the fitting portion 22. Is attached to the aerosol container body 11, and then the spray head 13 and the cover part 15 are attached to the aerosol container body 11 by locking the cover portion 15 to the first locking recess 10 a of the aerosol container body 11.

At this time, when the stem 12 is fitted to the first inner circumferential surface 22 a of the fitting portion 22, the length of the first inner circumferential surface 22 a of the fitting portion 22 is made shorter than the protruding length of the stem 12. Since the gap is provided between the opening end surface of the first inner peripheral surface 22a of the fitting portion 22 and the upper end surface 18a of the aerosol container body 11, the fitting portion 22 is pressed downward by the spray head 13. And this fitting part 22 will be pushed down with the stem 12 so that the said clearance gap may be shortened. Moreover, since the tack seal 21 is affixed to the aerosol container main body 11 in a state where the stem 12 is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface 22a of the fitting portion 22, it is possible to prevent the fitting portion 22 from falling off the stem 12. it can.
Therefore, the residual gas can be extracted simply by attaching the spray head 13 and the cover portion 15 to the aerosol container body 11 with the fitting portion 22 fitted to the stem 12 as described above.

  Further, in the state where the tack seal 21 is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface 22a of the fitting portion 22 and the stem 12 is fitted, each of the first locking recesses 10a of the aerosol container main body 11 in the radial direction of the container main body 11 is mutually connected. Since the length is such that it can be integrally attached across the upper end surface 18a of the aerosol container body 11 to the opposite portion, the tack seal 21 is attached in this manner when extracting the residual gas. The cover portion 15 is locked to the first locking recess 10a in a state where the portion of the seal 21 located in the first locking recess 10a is sandwiched between the first locking recess 10a and the cover portion 15. Is possible. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the fitting portion 22 from being detached from the stem 12 in the process of pushing down the fitting portion 22 with the spray head 13.

The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the tack seal 21 of the residual gas venting mechanism 20 is detachably attached to the outer peripheral surface of the body portion 16 of the aerosol container body 11 while extending in the direction of the central axis O. However, instead of this, for example, the tack seal 21 may be detachably attached to the outer peripheral surface of the trunk portion 16 or the outer peripheral surface of the shoulder portion 17 in a state of extending in the circumferential direction. Alternatively, the space formed between the outer peripheral surface of the shoulder portion 17 and the inner surface of the cover portion 15 in a state where the tack seal 21 is loosely rolled and the mounting cup 18 and the shoulder portion 17 are inserted in the central portion in the radial direction. The residual gas venting mechanism 20 may be provided in the aerosol container 10 by being accommodated in the inner peripheral surface of the cover portion 15 by the elastic restoring force of the tack seal 21 from the rolled state. . Further, instead of this, a tack seal 21 may be attached to the surface of the cover portion 15 or the overcap 19 and provided on the aerosol container body 11.

In the embodiment, the flange portion 23 of the fitting portion 22 is fitted in such a manner that its lower surface projects radially outward from the lower end surface of the fitting portion 22 where the first inner peripheral surface 22a opens. However, instead of this, for example, the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion 22 may be formed at the central portion in the central axis direction, or the flange portion 23 may not be provided. Good.
Furthermore, in the said embodiment, in the state which fitted the stem 12 to the 1st internal peripheral surface 22a of the fitting part 22 as the tack seal 21, this container main body 11 among the 1st latching recessed parts 10a of the aerosol container main body 11 is shown. In the radial direction, the length of the aerosol container main body 11 is shown in such a configuration that the length can be integrally pasted across the upper end surface 18a. For example, the aerosol container body 11 can be pasted only on the upper end surface 18a. It may be a length, or may be a length that can be integrally attached across the upper end surface 18a to portions of the shoulder portion 17 that are opposed to each other in the radial direction of the aerosol container body 11. Is not particularly limited.

  Further, instead of the spray head 13 and the cover portion 15 of the above-described embodiment, for example, in the top plate portion 15a of the cover portion 15, on the opposite side to the one peripheral portion with the central axis O sandwiched from one peripheral portion. A portion extending to the other peripheral edge portion (hereinafter referred to as a “rotating portion”) can be rotated so that the other peripheral edge side moves up and down in the direction of the central axis O around the one peripheral edge portion. The present invention can also be applied to a configuration in which a cylindrical spray head is provided vertically on the inner surface of the rotating portion, and the inner surface of the cylindrical spray head is used as an inlet 13a to which the stem 12 is fitted. In such a configuration, the cover portion 15 may be provided with a stopper member that regulates the rising end position in the direction of the central axis O on the other peripheral edge side in the rotating portion.

Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the cover part 15 was latched by the 1st latching recessed part 10a provided in the outer peripheral surface of the aerosol container main body 11, instead of this, for example, the top plate part 15a of the cover part 15 An inner ring is suspended from the lower surface, and the cover 15 is locked to the aerosol container body 11 by fitting the inner ring to a tightening portion between the upper end opening of the container body and the mounting cup 18. You may do it.
Furthermore, in the embodiment, when the residual gas is extracted, the tack seal 21 is attached to the aerosol container body 11 in a state where the stem 12 is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface 22a of the fitting portion 22. In this degassing, the stem 12 may be fitted to at least the first inner peripheral surface 22a of the fitting portion 22.

  Residual gas in the used aerosol container can be easily extracted.

It is a partial cross section side view which shows the standby state of the aerosol container shown as one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. In the aerosol container shown in FIG. 1, it is a perspective view which shows the state by which the residual gas venting mechanism was stuck on the outer peripheral surface of the trunk | drum. In the aerosol container shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the overcap, the cover part, and the spray head are removed, the stem is fitted to the fitting part of the residual gas venting mechanism, and the tack seal is the first locking of the aerosol container body. It is a partial cross section side view which shows the state which affixed integrally on the part which mutually opposes in the radial direction of this container main body across the upper end surface of an aerosol container main body among recessed parts. It is a partial cross section side view which shows the state which attached the cover part and the spray head to the aerosol container main body shown in FIG. 3, and is extracting the residual gas in this container.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Aerosol container 10a 1st latching recessed part (locking part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Aerosol container main body 12 Stem 13 Spray head 13a Inlet 15 Cover part 18a Upper end surface 20 Residual gas venting mechanism 21 Tack seal 22 Fitting part 22a 1st inner peripheral surface 23 Flange part O Center axis

Claims (4)

An aerosol container body in which a stem is erected in an upwardly biased state on the upper end surface, a spray head having an introduction port in which the stem is fitted, and the spray head is supported so as to be movable up and down. An aerosol container provided with a residual gas venting mechanism in an aerosol container provided with a cover portion locked to the provided locking portion,
The residual gas venting mechanism includes a cylindrical fitting portion having a first inner peripheral surface into which the stem can be fitted, and a long tack seal through which the fitting portion is provided,
The length of the first inner peripheral surface in the direction of the central axis of the fitting portion is shorter than the protruding length of the stem from the upper end surface of the aerosol container body,
The spray head, the cover part, and the residual gas venting mechanism are removed from the aerosol container body, and after the stem is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface of the fitting part, the cover part is locked to the locking part. Thus, in the spray head, the introduction port is configured to extract the remaining gas by pressing the fitting portion downward at the lower end surface that opens toward the upper end surface of the aerosol container body to push down the stem. An aerosol container. The aerosol container according to claim 1,
A flange portion protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the fitting portion, and the fitting portion is formed in a through hole formed in the tack seal from the upper end surface side opposite to the lower end surface where the first inner peripheral surface opens. An aerosol container which is inserted and protruded from the tack seal in a state where the tack seal is adhered to the flange portion. The aerosol container according to claim 1 or 2,
The said cover part supports the said spray head so that raising / lowering is possible in the state which controlled the raise end position and the fall end position, The aerosol container characterized by the above-mentioned. The aerosol container according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The tack seal is formed in an aerosol container at portions of the locking portion of the aerosol container body that are opposed to each other in the radial direction of the container body in a state where the stem is fitted to the first inner peripheral surface of the fitting part. An aerosol container having a length capable of being integrally attached across the upper end surface of the main body.

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