JP2008044659A - Slide-leveling type metering cap - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metering cap by which a content does not stick to the fingers at the time of metering, of which the operation is simple, and by which a proper amount can accurately be measured. <P>SOLUTION: This slide-leveling type metering cap is fitted on the nozzle section 3 of a container 2 filled with a content, and measures by slide-leveling the content shaken out from the container 2. The slide-leveling type metering cap has a main body cap 4 fitted on the nozzle section 3 of the container 2, and an upper cap 5 movably engaged with the main body cap 4. The main body cap 4 has a metering chamber 20 having an open top and a specified capacity and communicating with the inside of the container 2. The upper cap 5 is engaged with the main body cap 4 capable of being displaced between a position where the upper end opened section is closed and a position where the upper end opened section is opened along the slide-leveling surface 19 of the metering chamber 20 of the main body cap 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cut-off measuring cap used when a granular material content in a container is cut and measured.

  Conventionally, as a container for measuring the contents of a granular material, (A) one using a measuring spoon (see Patent Document 1), (B) one that weighs in a measuring cap (see Patent Document 2), ( C) There is a system in which the primary measuring chamber is filled by an inverted operation, returned to an upright position, dropped into a secondary measuring chamber, and inverted again to discharge (see Patent Document 3).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 51-134461 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-1224058 JP-A-8-282715

  Among these, (A), (B), etc. had the adhesion of the powder to fingers, and there was troublesome use. In addition, all of the methods have large variations in measurement, and it has been difficult to accurately measure an appropriate amount. Further, (C) has a complicated structure and a considerably complicated operation.

  In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring cap that is easy to operate and capable of accurately measuring an appropriate amount without causing contents to adhere to fingers during measurement.

Corresponding to this purpose, the wear-off measuring cap of the present invention is a wear-off measuring cap that is attached to a nozzle portion of a container that is filled with contents and that measures the contents to be shaken out from the container.
A main body cap mounted on the nozzle portion of the container; and an upper cap movably engaged with the main body cap;
The main body cap has a measuring chamber having a fixed volume with an open upper end at a tip portion, an internal space for sending contents from the container to the measuring chamber, and a platform forming a part of the measuring chamber, The upper cap is engaged with the main body cap so as to be displaceable between a position where the upper end opening portion is closed and an opening position along the cut surface of the measuring chamber of the main body cap.

  In the measuring cap of the present invention, as the swing-out operation, the container is tilted so that the contents are filled in the measuring chamber of the main body cap, the upper cap is pulled forward, and the contents accumulated in the measuring chamber are scraped off, The contents are shaken out with the cap facing down, but the holding operation and the filling operation for tilting the container, the scraping operation for pulling the upper cap forward, and the swinging operation for lowering the main body cap all with one hand. Since it can be performed, the operation is very easy.

  In addition, since the contents are divided into the weighing portions not by the scale amount or the backflow prevention mechanism but by the scraping, the weighing can be performed accurately.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a measuring cap, and the measuring cap 1 is attached to a nozzle portion 3 (FIG. 4) of a container 2 for storing contents, and the contents in the container 2 are measured and measured. It is used when drawing out.

  The measuring cap 1 includes a main body cap 4 and an upper cap 5.

  The main body cap 4 is a portion that is fixed to the nozzle portion 3 of the container 2, and the upper cap 5 is slidably engaged with the main body cap 4 to perform a sliding operation.

  The main body cap 4 includes a proximal end portion 6, an intermediate portion 7, and a distal end portion 8. The base end portion 6 has a cylindrical shape and has an inner diameter that is fitted onto the nozzle portion 3 of the container 2. The intermediate portion 7 has a cylindrical shape in which the rear half portion 11 extends from the base end portion 6, and the front half portion 12 forms a hook-like portion 13 that vertically divides the rear half portion 11 whose upper end is open.

  A base 15 is provided over the rear half part 11 and the front half part 12 at a position having a substantially radial height from the bottom part 14 of the intermediate part 7. A base plate 16 is stretched on the upper surface of the base 15, and the front and rear end portions 17 and 18 are closed. The front end portion 8 has a substantially ¼ spherical shell shape, the upper end is open, and the rear end is closed by the front end portion 17 of the intermediate portion 7. The tip of the tip 8 constitutes the measuring chamber 20, and therefore the measuring chamber 20 forms a 1/4 spherical space. The upper end surface of the measuring chamber 20 is a cut surface 19 that cuts through the contents. The upper cap 5 has an upside down shape, that is, an upturned boat shape, and includes a front end portion 21 and a rear end portion 22. The tip portion 21 has a substantially ¼ spherical shell shape, and can close the upper end open portion of the weighing chamber 20 of the main body cap 4, and the lowermost end surface of the tip portion 21 is a slide of the upper end surface of the weighing chamber 20. It can be displaced back and forth along the cut surface 19.

  The rear end portion 22 has a bowl shape with an open lower end obtained by dividing the cylindrical body vertically, and is connected to the rear end of the front end portion 21. The rear end portion 22 is slidably closely fitted in the rear half portion 11 of the intermediate portion 7 of the main body cap 4. The upper cap 5 can be displaced back and forth along the center line 23 of the main body cap 4, and an advanced position where the tip 21 completely closes the measuring chamber 20 of the main body cap 4, and a retracted position where the measuring chamber 20 is completely opened. It can be displaced between. When the upper cap 5 is in the advanced position, the internal space 29 of the container 2 includes the internal space 24 of the base end portion 6 of the main body cap 4, the internal space 25 of the rear half portion 11 of the intermediate portion 7, and the rear end portion of the upper cap 5. The measurement chamber 20 communicates with the internal space 27 of the upper cap 5 and the internal space 28 of the tip 21 of the upper cap 5. On the other hand, when the upper cap 5 is in the retracted position, the communication is blocked by the wall 31 of the front end portion 21 of the upper cap 5.

  A protrusion 32 that protrudes outward is provided at the upper end of the upper cap 5, and when the protrusion 32 abuts against the tip 33 of the rear half portion 11 of the intermediate portion 7 of the main body cap 4, the retracted position of the upper cap 5 is changed. In addition, a scraping portion 34 is provided at the lower end of the upper cap 5, and the advancement position of the upper cap 5 is defined when the scraping portion 34 abuts against the tip inner side 35 of the main body cap 4. .

  Three types of guide mechanisms for guiding the displacement of the upper cap 5 relative to the main body cap 4 are provided between the main body cap 4 and the upper cap 5.

  The first-type guide mechanism 36 allows the upper cap 5 to be linearly displaced by fitting the bowl-shaped rear end portion 22 of the upper cap 5 to the cylindrical rear half portion 11 of the intermediate portion 7 of the main body cap 4. It is said.

  Next, a second type guide mechanism 37 is provided. In the second type of guide mechanism 37, a guide rail 38 is provided on the side of the main body cap 4 in the direction of the center line from the base 15, and a guide shoe 41 that is slidably contacted is provided on the inner side of the upper cap 5. The linear displacement of the upper cap 5 is realized.

  Next, a third type guide mechanism 42 is provided. In the third type of guide mechanism, the rail cylinder 44 is fixed to the main body cap 4 side, and the shoe cylinder 45 is fixed to the upper cap 5 side. In the rail cylinder 44, a rail bar 47 is disposed concentrically inside a cylindrical frame 46, and an insertion space 48 formed of a cylindrical space is formed in the center line direction therebetween. The insertion space 48 is opened toward the upper cap 5, and the rail cylinder 44 is fixed on the base 15.

  Further, a spring 55 is incorporated in the insertion space 48 so that the tip of the upper cap 5 is normally urged toward the inside of the tip of the main body cap 4.

  On the other hand, the shoe cylinder 45 is formed with a linear insertion deep hole 52 in the center line direction by a cylindrical wall 51. The insertion deep hole 52 is opened toward the main body cap 4. In this configuration, the cylindrical wall 51 of the shoe cylinder 45 is slidably inserted into the insertion space 48, the rail bar 47 is slidably inserted into the insertion deep hole 52, and the upper cap 5 with respect to the main body cap 4 is inserted. Allows linear relative displacement. As described above, by providing a plurality of types of guide mechanisms, the scraping operation in the measuring cap 1 is restricted, correct weighing is realized, and even when the measuring cap 1 is made of a relatively flexible plastic, the main body The relative position of the cap 4 and the upper cap 5 can be maintained correctly, and in particular, leakage of the contents of the powder can be reliably prevented.

  The weighing and swinging operations of the weighing cap 1 configured as described above are as follows.

  With the upper cap 5 removed from the measuring cap 1, only the main body cap 4 is attached and fixed to the container 2, and the contents are injected into the container 2 and filled through the internal space 25 of the rear half 11 of the main body cap 4. . Thereafter, the upper cap 5 is fitted into the main body cap 4 by utilizing the elastic deformation of the main body cap 4 and the upper cap 5, and the open portion of the measuring chamber 20 is closed at the tip 21 of the upper cap 5. At this time, in the first type guide mechanism 36, the bowl-shaped rear end portion 22 of the upper cap 5 is fitted into the cylindrical rear half portion 11 of the intermediate portion 7 of the main body cap 4, and the second type guide mechanism is provided. 37, the guide shoe 41 of the upper cap 5 is engaged with the guide rail 38 of the main body cap 4, and the tip of the shoe cylinder 45 of the upper cap 5 is connected to the rail cylinder 44 of the main body cap 4 in the third type guide mechanism 42. It will be in the state (refer FIG. 1) fitted so that sliding was possible. This completes the product. In filling, the measuring cap 1 may be fitted to the container 2 after the measuring cap 1 is removed from the container 2 and filled from the opening of the container 2.

  Next, when taking out the contents of the granular material from this product, first, the container 2 is grasped with the palm of one hand (right hand or left hand) and turned upside down, and the measuring cap 1 is turned down.

  As a result, the contents in the container 2 are transferred from the container 2 to the internal space 24 of the base end portion 6 of the main body cap 4, the internal space 27 of the rear end portion 22 of the upper cap 5, and the internal space of the distal end portion 21 of the upper cap 5. 28 enters the weighing chamber 20.

  When the upper cap 5 is pushed down to the retracted position with the thumb in this state, the upper cap 5 moves along the cut surface on the upper surface of the measuring chamber 20, and the measuring chamber 20 is cut off. The protrusion 32 of the upper cap 5 abuts on the tip 33 of the rear half portion 11 of the intermediate portion 7 of the main body cap 4 to stop the retreat, and the open portion of the measuring chamber 20 is completely opened. If the container 2 is tilted in this state, the contents in the weighing chamber 20 are shaken out.

  5 and 6 show a measuring cap 1b according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In this measuring cap 1b, the base end portion 6 of the main body cap 4 in the measuring cap 1 of the first embodiment is omitted, and the intermediate portion 7 of the main body cap 4 is attached to the nozzle portion 3 of the container 2, and an intermediate An inward projection 53 for the stopper is formed at the tip of the portion 7, and an outward projection 54 for the stopper is formed at the rear end of the upper cap 5, so that the inward projection 53 and the outward projection 54 come into contact with each other It is configured as possible. With this structure, the positioning of the upper cap 5 is further ensured.

  7 and 8 show a measuring cap 1c according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In this measuring cap 1c, since the container 2 to be mounted is not a straight cylinder but is bent and has directionality, the posture of the measuring cap 1c to be mounted on it is selected.

In the measuring cap 1b according to the second embodiment and the measuring cap 1c according to the third embodiment, the spring 55 used in the measuring cap 1 according to the first embodiment is not used. In order to operate the upper cap 5 for closing the upper cap 5, the measuring caps 1 b and 1 c may be urged by the spring 55 using the spring 55 as in the measuring cap 1, 5 may be moved manually.

The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state where the measuring cap is closed. The rear view of a measurement cap. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of a state where the measuring cap is opened. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which mounted | wore the container with the measurement cap. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which mounted | wore and closed the measurement cap of other embodiment. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which mounted | wore and opened the measuring cap of other embodiment. Furthermore, the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which mounted | wore and opened the measuring cap of other embodiment. Furthermore, the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which mounted | wore and opened the measuring cap of other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1b, 1c Measuring cap 2 Container 3 Nozzle part 4 Main body cap 5 Upper cap 6 Base end part 7 Middle part 8 Tip part 11 Late part 12 Front half part 13 Gutter-like part 14 Bottom part 15 Unit 16 Base plate 17 Front end part 18 Rear end Part 19 Sliced surface 20 Measuring chamber 21 Front end 22 Rear end 24 Internal space 25 Internal space 26 Internal space 27 Internal space 28 Internal space 31 Wall 32 Projection 33 Front end 34 Slip part 35 Front end 36 First type guide mechanism 37 Second type guide mechanism 38 Guide rail 41 Guide shoe 43 Third type guide mechanism 44 Rail cylinder 45 Shoe cylinder 46 Frame cylinder 47 Rail rod 48 Insertion space 51 Cylindrical wall 52 Insertion deep hole

Claims (4)

A wear-off measuring cap that is attached to a nozzle portion of a container that is filled with contents and that measures the contents that are shaken out from the container.
A main body cap mounted on the nozzle portion of the container; and an upper cap movably engaged with the main body cap;
The main body cap has a measuring chamber having a fixed volume with an open upper end at a tip portion, an internal space for sending contents from the container to the measuring chamber, and a platform forming a part of the measuring chamber, The upper cap is slidably engaged with the main body cap so as to be displaceable between a position where the upper end open portion is closed and an open position along the surface of the main body cap. Measuring cap. In a position where the upper cap closes the upper end opening, a passage is formed in which the contents are fed from a container to the measuring chamber through the inner space of the main body cap and the upper cap, and the upper cap is opened at the upper end. The contents fed into the weighing chamber when moving to the position to open the part are scraped off by the upper cap, and when the upper cap has fully opened the upper end opening, the upper cap is the content of the main body cap. 2. The scraping measuring cap according to claim 1, wherein the material feeding passage is closed. The scraping-measuring cap according to claim 1, further comprising a guide mechanism provided between the main body cap and the upper cap for guiding the displacement of the upper cap. 3. The guide mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the guide mechanism includes a cylindrical body and a rod body that are slidably fitted, and the fitting is maintained in the range of the displacement of the upper cap. Cut-off measuring cap.

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