JP2008049218A - Container for storing liquid for roller brush - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container for storing a liquid for a roller brush with which the liquid is uniformly applied to the roller brush without soiling floors, hands, faces, clothes and the like with the liquid and the roller brush is excellently cleaned with a liquid such as a cleaning liquid. <P>SOLUTION: The container for storing the liquid for the roller brush is provided with a container main body part for storing the liquid which has an opening at the upper part and a funnel like body having a circular hole for inserting the roller brush at the lower part and a side circumferential wall tapered to be narrow toward the circular hole. The container main body part and the funnel like body part are connected to each other at the opening part of the upper part of the container main body part to form a liquid tight structure in which the inside of the container main body part communicates with the outside through the circular hole of the funnel like body part and the liquid does not leaked from a place except the circular hole. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid container for a roller brush. More specifically, the present invention relates to a case where a roller brush is immersed in a liquid such as a paint or a paste liquid to apply the liquid to the roller brush. A liquid container for roller brushes that can uniformly apply a liquid to the roller surface while preventing the ink from adhering to the roller brushes, thereby forming a beautiful application surface without smears with good operability, Furthermore, when cleaning the roller brush used for application work and cleaning work with cleaning liquid, it is possible to clean the roller brush smoothly with a simple operation while preventing the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. from becoming dirty with the cleaning liquid. The present invention relates to a container for storing liquid for a roller brush.

  When applying paint by applying paint to a roller brush (paint roller), the roller brush is soaked in a can or other container that contains the paint, and if the paint adheres excessively, a roller is applied at the edge of the container. In general, the brush is used to remove excess paint and then used for painting. In that case, when the roller brush is immersed in the paint or when the extra paint is removed from the roller brush, the paint drips or scatters from the container or the roller brush, and the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. Often get dirty or waste paint. In addition, if the rim of the container containing the paint is removed to remove the excess paint attached to the roller brush, only the paint at a specific portion of the roller brush is removed, and the paint adheres uniformly to the entire surface of the roller brush. As a result, there were many problems such as smearing at the time of painting, resulting in a non-uniform finish, and scratching of the hand when the roller brush was squeezed at the edge of the container.

  Further, when cleaning a roller brush used for application work, cleaning work, etc., it has been generally performed that a cleaning liquid is put in a bucket and the roller brush is immersed in the brush. However, in that case, the cleaning liquid spilled from the bucket, scattered, or dropped from the roller brush, and the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. were often stained.

In view of the above, the paint was stored in order to smoothly scrape the excess paint without damaging the hand when the paint was applied to the roller brush by immersing the roller brush in the container containing the paint. There has been proposed a paint storage container in which a mesh body for scraping off excess paint is attached in a container (see Patent Document 1).
However, in this paint container, when the extra paint is scraped off from the roller brush using a mesh body, the paint is likely to be scattered and the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. are easily soiled.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-136057

The object of the present invention is to prevent the liquid from spilling or splashing from the container when the roller brush is immersed in a container containing a liquid such as paint or paste liquid and the liquid is attached to the roller brush. To provide a container for storing liquid for a roller brush, which does not sag from the roller brush, thereby preventing the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. from being contaminated with liquid.
Another object of the present invention is to prevent the liquid from spilling or splashing from the container when the roller brush is immersed in the container containing the liquid such as paint or paste liquid and the liquid is attached to the roller brush. It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid container for roller brushes that can uniformly adhere liquid to the roller brushes while preventing waste.
Furthermore, the object of the present invention is to prevent the cleaning liquid from spilling or splashing from the container when the roller brush is immersed in the cleaning liquid placed in the container for cleaning, and further, the cleaning liquid does not drop from the roller brush. It is an object of the present invention to provide a container for containing a liquid for a roller brush so that the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. are not contaminated with the cleaning liquid.
In addition, the object of the present invention is to immerse the roller brush in a container containing the liquid so that the liquid adheres to the roller brush, or when the roller brush is cleaned with the liquid. It is another object of the present invention to provide a liquid container for roller brushes that can be easily and easily performed.

The present inventors have intensively studied to achieve the above-described object. As a result, the liquid to be adhered to the roller brush or the cleaning liquid for cleaning the roller brush is put into the upper open container body, and the opening of the container body has a circular hole into which the roller brush can be inserted at the lower part. When the body is connected so that the inside of the container body communicates with the outside only through the circular hole, the roller brush is immersed in the container body from the funnel-like body portion through the roller brush insertion hole at the lower part thereof to form the roller brush. When the liquid is attached or when the roller brush is washed with the cleaning liquid in the container body, the liquid in the container body is prevented from leaking or splashing to the outside. And found that dirt on the face, clothes, etc. can be prevented.
Furthermore, the present inventors, in the container for storing liquid having the above-described structure, make the size of the circular hole for inserting the roller brush in the funnel-like body suitable for the size of the roller brush. When removing the roller brush inserted into the container body from the circular hole, an appropriate and uniform squeezing action is applied to the entire circumference of the roller brush, so that the liquid is evenly distributed on the entire circumference of the roller brush. It was found that the liquid was prevented from dripping from the roller brush.

In addition, when connecting the above-mentioned funnel-like body to the upper opening portion of the container body, the present inventors have a container body in which the circular hole provided in the lower portion of the funnel-like body is lower than the upper opening of the container body. The circular hole provided in the lower part of the funnel-shaped body may be located outside the container body above the upper opening of the container body, It discovered that the above-mentioned outstanding effect was obtained.
Furthermore, it is desirable for the inventors to form a short cylindrical extension under the circular hole for inserting the roller brush provided in the lower part of the funnel-like body, whereby the container body part through the circular hole is formed. The roller brush can be inserted into and removed from the container body more smoothly and stably, and the excess liquid can be removed from the roller brush more smoothly, and through the circular hole. The present inventors have found that it is possible to reduce the damage to the roller at the time of inserting and removing the roller brush, and to prevent the early breakage of the circular hole, and based on these findings, the present invention has been completed.

That is, the present invention
(1) A liquid container main body portion having an opening in the upper part and a funnel-like body part are provided, and the funnel-like body part has a circular hole for inserting a roller brush in the lower part and is tapered toward the circular hole. It has a funnel-like structure with converging side peripheral walls, and the container main body and the funnel-shaped body communicate with the outside through the circular hole of the funnel-shaped body in the interior of the container main body from a place other than the circular hole. Is a liquid container for roller brushes, characterized in that it has a liquid-tight structure that does not cause liquid leakage to the outside and is connected at the opening at the top of the container body.

And this invention,
(2) The liquid container for roller brush according to the above (1), wherein the container body for storing liquid is a bottomed cylindrical body or bottle-shaped body having an opening at the top;
(3) A circular hole for inserting a roller brush provided in the lower portion of the funnel-shaped body portion is positioned inside the container main body portion below the upper opening of the container main body portion so that the container main body portion and the funnel-shaped body portion are positioned. (1) or (2) a container for storing a liquid for a roller brush;
(4) A circular hole for inserting a roller brush provided in the lower part of the funnel-like body part is positioned outside the container body part above the opening of the upper part of the container body part so that the container body part and the funnel-like body part are located. (1) or (2) a container for storing a liquid for a roller brush;
(5) Liquid storage for a roller brush according to any one of the above (1) to (4), which has a short cylindrical extension under the circular hole for inserting the roller brush provided at the lower part of the funnel-shaped body. container;
(6) The circular hole provided so that the cylindrical extension provided below the circular hole for inserting the roller brush in the funnel-like body can be replaced in accordance with the diameter of the roller brush inserted into the liquid container. A container for storing liquid for roller brush according to (5) above, and
(7) A container for storing a liquid for a roller brush according to any one of the above (1) to (6), which is a container for applying a liquid to a roller brush or cleaning the roller brush with a liquid;
It is.

When using the liquid container for roller brushes of the present invention, the application liquid or cleaning liquid in which the roller brush is placed in the container body from the funnel-like body portion of the liquid container through the lower roller brush insertion hole. The liquid in the container body is prevented from leaking outside or splashing by immersing it in a liquid such as, and attaching the liquid to the roller brush, or washing the roller brush with the cleaning liquid in the container body. It is possible to prevent the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. from being contaminated by the liquid in the container body.
In the liquid container for roller brushes of the present invention, the size of the circular hole for inserting the roller brush in the funnel-shaped body is adapted to the roller diameter of the roller brush, so that When the roller brush inserted in the roller is pulled out, a moderate and uniform squeezing action (squeezing action) acts on the entire peripheral surface of the roller brush, so that the liquid can be uniformly applied to the entire peripheral surface of the roller brush. Moreover, it is possible to prevent the liquid from dripping from the roller brush.

The container for storing liquid according to the present invention has a funnel-like body having a circular hole for inserting a roller brush in the lower part of the upper part of the container body and a side wall converging in a tapered shape toward the circular hole. Since the parts are connected, when the roller brush is inserted into the liquid container and when the roller brush is removed from the liquid container, the liquid dripping from the roller brush is collected in the funnel-shaped body. Since it flows down to the container main body along the tapered side peripheral wall, the liquid dripping from the roller brush can be prevented from dripping from the liquid container to the outside. It can be prevented from splashing outside.
Furthermore, among the liquid storage containers of the present invention, those having a short cylindrical extension on the lower side of the circular hole for inserting the roller brush provided in the lower part of the funnel-shaped body, the container body part through the circular hole It is possible to smoothly and stably remove the roller brush from the container body and smoothly remove excess liquid from the roller brush, and remove the roller brush through the circular hole. It is possible to reduce damage to the roller during insertion and extraction, prevent early breakage of the circular hole, and more smoothly squeeze the liquid from the roller of the roller brush.

The present invention is described in detail below.
A liquid container for roller brushes of the present invention (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “liquid container of the present invention”) includes a container body having an opening in the upper part for storing liquid, and a funnel-shaped body. Have a structure in which the container is connected at the upper opening of the container body.
The container main body in the container for storing liquid according to the present invention is a container that can store liquid and has an opening in the upper part, and the liquid stored in the container can be applied to the roller brush in the container. Any container can be used as long as it can clean the roller brush in the container with the liquid (cleaning liquid) contained in the container.
Among them, the container body portion is a bottomed cylindrical body or bottle-like body having an opening in the upper portion, and it is easy to store the liquid in the container body portion, and the roller brush that stores the liquid in the container body portion. It is preferable from the point that the operation | work which makes a liquid adhere to the surface or the operation | work which wash | cleans a roller brush can be performed smoothly.

  In the case where the container main body portion is composed of a bottomed cylindrical body having an opening at the top, the cylindrical body may be, for example, a circular cylinder (cylindrical), a rectangular cylinder (square or rectangular in cross section), a polygonal cylinder (The cross section may be any shape such as a polygon such as a hexagon or an octagon). The cylindrical body may have the same cross-sectional shape and inner diameter (internal dimensions) from the bottom surface to the upper opening, as long as the operation of the roller brush in the liquid container is not hindered. Depending on circumstances, the shape may be constricted in the middle (diameter narrowed), or the inner diameter (internal dimension) may be gradually reduced or expanded from the bottom toward the upper opening. May be.

When the container main body is composed of a bottomed cylindrical body, the shape and dimensions of the upper opening in the bottomed cylindrical body forming the container main body are the cross-sectional shape and inner diameter (internal dimensions) of the cylindrical body. It may be the same or smaller than the inner diameter (internal dimension) of the cylindrical body.
In the container for liquid storage of the present invention, the circular hole for inserting the roller brush provided at the lower portion of the funnel-shaped body portion is positioned below the opening at the top of the bottomed cylindrical body forming the container main body portion, That is, when connecting a cylindrical body (container main body part) and a funnel-shaped body part to be located inside the cylindrical body, for example, a liquid storage container shown in FIGS. The shape and dimensions of the opening at the top of the cylindrical body are the same as the shape and dimensions of the uppermost portion of the side peripheral wall of the funnel-shaped body, and the funnel-shaped body part is surrounded around the opening at the top of the tubular body. It is preferable to match the periphery of the uppermost part of the side peripheral wall so that the peripheral parts are connected in a liquid-tight manner.

In addition, when the container main body portion is made of a bottle-shaped body having an opening in the upper portion, the formation of the bottle-shaped body is not particularly limited. For example, the cross section is circular, square (square or rectangular), polygonal cylinder ( Any shape such as a hexagon or an octagon may be used. In the bottle-like body, the main body portion (main body portion other than the opening portion) of the bottle-like body may have the same cross-sectional shape and inner diameter (internal dimensions) from the bottom surface to the upper part, and may contain the liquid of the roller brush. As long as there is no hindrance to the operation in the container, it may have a constricted shape (diameter narrowed) in some cases, or the inner diameter gradually increases from the bottom to the upper opening. It may be a reduced shape or an enlarged shape.
In the bottle-shaped body, the inner diameter of the upper opening is generally smaller than the inner diameter (internal dimensions) of the bottle-shaped body, but the inner diameter of the opening is large enough to allow the insertion of a roller brush. It is necessary.

  When the container main body is made of a bottle-shaped body, the inner diameter (internal dimension) of the upper opening is often smaller than the uppermost dimension of the side peripheral wall of the funnel-shaped body. As in the liquid container shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, a circular hole for inserting the roller brush provided in the lower part of the funnel-like body part is provided at the upper part of the container body part (bottle-like body). By connecting the container body part and the funnel body part while maintaining liquid tightness at the connection part, the container body part and the funnel body part are positioned above the container body part (bottle-like body). A container for liquid storage is obtained.

The height and inner volume of the container body are not particularly limited, and can be determined according to the size of the roller brush handled in the liquid container of the present invention (particularly, the length and diameter of the roller portion of the roller brush). In order to allow the liquid to be applied to the entire surface or almost the entire surface of the roller of the roller brush, and in order to be able to clean the entire roller of the roller brush, the height of the container body portion is set to It must be larger than the length of the roller.
In general, the height of the container body (height from the bottom surface of the container body to the upper opening) is 1.1 times or more, especially about 1.3 to 3 times the length of the roller brush roller. It is preferable to keep it.

The funnel-shaped body portion of the liquid container according to the present invention has a funnel-like structure having a circular hole for inserting a roller brush in the lower part and having a side peripheral wall converging in a tapered shape toward the circular hole. Any may be used.
The side peripheral wall converged in a tapered shape in the funnel-shaped body portion may be any one of, for example, a truncated cone shape, a quadrangular frustum shape, and a pentagonal truncated pyramid shape.
Further, the side peripheral wall converged in a tapered shape in the funnel-shaped body portion may extend to the circular hole for inserting the lower roller brush while maintaining the tapered shape, and for example, FIG. ) And (c) as shown in the container for containing liquid, a side peripheral wall converging the funnel-shaped body portion in a tapered shape, a flat bottom surface located at the lower end of the side peripheral wall, and a bottom surface You may form from the circular hole for roller brush insertion.

  The inclination angle of the tapered side peripheral wall in the funnel-shaped body part is an angle at which the liquid that has fallen from the roller brush into the funnel-shaped body part can smoothly flow down from the lower circular hole into the container body part, Moreover, when a roller brush is inserted into the container main body from the circular hole of the funnel-shaped body part, or when the roller brush is pulled out through the circular hole, the liquid does not splash outside the funnel-shaped body part. It is desirable to have an angle with a certain spread so that it can be collected. From the above points, the inclination angle of the tapered side peripheral wall in the funnel-shaped body is generally 5 ° to 60 °, more preferably 10 ° to 30 °, and particularly preferably 15 ° to 20 °.

  In addition, the inner diameter (the longest diameter in the case of a polygon) or the length of one side (in the case of a square) of the uppermost part (the uppermost part of the tapered peripheral wall) in the funnel-shaped body part is the size of the roller brush to be handled, It may vary depending on the structure, size of the container body, and whether the circular hole at the bottom of the funnel body is located inside or outside the container body, but generally the inner diameter of the container body (internal 0.8) to 1.3 times, particularly 0.9 to 1.0 times the dimension), the container main body portion and the funnel-shaped body portion can be smoothly connected, and the liquid container It is preferable from the viewpoints that it is difficult to fall down, the handling property of the liquid container is good, and the portability is excellent.

  Further, the height of the upper end portion of the side peripheral wall from the lower circular hole in the funnel-shaped body portion is such that the circular hole of the funnel-shaped body portion is positioned inside the container main body portion or positioned outside the container main body portion. Or, depending on the inner diameter (internal dimensions) of the upper end portion of the side peripheral wall of the funnel-shaped body part, the inclination angle of the side peripheral wall, etc., it is generally about 10 to 50 mm, particularly about 15 to 30 mm. preferable. If the height of the upper end portion of the side peripheral wall from the lower circular hole in the funnel-shaped body portion is too small, the liquid accumulated in the funnel-shaped body portion easily leaks out from the funnel-shaped body portion, while the height is too large. When the roller brush is inserted into the container body from the circular hole at the bottom of the funnel body, the roller part of the roller brush is not sufficiently immersed in the liquid in the container body, so that the liquid is applied to the roller of the roller brush. The roller is not sufficiently applied, or the roller is not sufficiently cleaned with the cleaning liquid.

The diameter of the circular hole provided in the lower part of the funnel-shaped body portion needs to be adapted to the diameter of the roller of the roller brush handled by the liquid container. If the hole diameter of the circular hole is too small, it becomes difficult to insert the roller brush into the container body part through the circular hole or to remove it from the container body part. On the other hand, if the hole diameter of the circular hole is too large, Moderate removal of liquid from the roller brush (squeeze) is not performed.
In general, the diameter of the circular hole provided in the lower part of the funnel-shaped body is 1 to 1.7 times, especially 1.1 to 1.3 times the diameter of the roller of the roller brush handled in the liquid container. It is preferable that
When the roller of the roller brush to be handled is made of an elastic material whose diameter can be considerably reduced when pressed, the diameter of the circular hole at the bottom of the funnel-like body part is slightly larger than the diameter of the roller of the roller brush. It can be small.

Further, in the funnel-shaped body portion, a circular hole for inserting a roller brush may be simply formed in the lower portion thereof, but it is preferable to form a short cylindrical extension portion below the circular hole. By forming a short cylindrical extension, the roller brush can be inserted into the container body through the circular hole and the roller brush can be removed from the container body more smoothly and stably. Thus, the excess liquid can be removed more smoothly, damage to the roller during insertion and withdrawal of the roller brush through the circular hole can be reduced, and premature breakage of the circular hole can be prevented.
The length of the cylindrical extension formed below the circular hole may vary depending on the shape and size of the roller brush to be handled, the size of the liquid container, etc., but is generally 3 to 15 mm, particularly 5 It is preferable that it is about 10 mm from the point which can exhibit the above-mentioned function of a cylindrical extension part favorably.

The cylindrical extension may be formed integrally with the circular hole at the bottom of the funnel-shaped body part, or a short cylindrical body corresponding to the cylindrical extension is separately formed, and the cylindrical body is formed into the circular shape. You may make it attach to a hole.
When a short cylindrical body is separately formed and attached to the circular hole, a plurality of short cylindrical bodies having different inner diameters are prepared, and depending on the roller diameter of the roller brush handled by the liquid container If the cylindrical body having an inner diameter conforming thereto can be detachably and replaceably attached to the circular hole in the lower portion of the funnel-shaped body portion, the liquid container of the present invention has a different roller diameter. It can be commonly used for a plurality of roller brushes.

In the liquid container according to the present invention, the container main body and the funnel-shaped body are communicated with the outside only through the circular hole of the funnel-shaped body. It has a structure in which a liquid-tight structure that does not cause liquid leakage into the container is connected at the upper opening of the container body.
As described above, the container body part and the funnel-shaped body part are the inner side of the container body part below the opening of the upper part of the container body part through the circular hole for inserting the roller brush provided in the lower part of the funnel-like body part. [For example, (a) to (e) of FIG. 1 to be described later], or a circular hole for inserting a roller brush provided in the lower portion of the funnel-shaped body portion may be formed on the container body portion. You may connect in the state located in the outer side of the container main-body part above the upper opening [for example, (a)-(c) of Drawing 2 mentioned below].
When connecting the container body part and the funnel-shaped body part, it is preferable that the circular hole for inserting the roller brush of the funnel-shaped body part is positioned at or near the central axis in the height direction of the container body part. In some cases, the circular hole for inserting the roller brush of the funnel-shaped body portion may be connected so as to be located at a position away from the central axis of the container main body portion [for example, FIG. Liquid storage container].

  In the liquid container according to the present invention, when connecting the container main body portion and the funnel-shaped body portion, it may be integrally formed including a short cylindrical extension in the funnel-shaped body portion (for example, integral molding or the like). ), The container body part and the funnel-like body part may be formed separately and connected inseparable later, or the container body part and the funnel-like body part may be separately formed and detachable The container body and the funnel-shaped body may be integrally formed except for the short cylindrical extension in the funnel-shaped body, and then cylindrical into the circular hole for inserting the roller brush in the funnel-shaped body. You may attach an extension part so that attachment or detachment is impossible.

Moreover, in the container for liquid accommodation of this invention, you may attach a handle or a belt for body mounting | wearing as needed for the holding, conveyance of a container, and a portable stool as needed.
Furthermore, when the liquid container of the present invention is not used, the upper opening of the funnel-shaped body (upper opening of the side peripheral wall) prevents dust and the like from entering and prevents the liquid in the container body from spilling out. A lid that covers the cover may be detachably provided.

The material of the liquid storage container of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is formed of a material that is resistant to the liquid stored in the liquid storage container and does not leak, such as metal, It can be formed from plastic or the like. Among them, it is preferable to form from a plastic because it is lightweight, excellent in handleability and transportability, easy to manufacture, and low in cost. Examples of the plastic at that time include polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate, thermoplastics such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polycarbonate and polylactic acid, and FRP.
When the container for storing liquid of the present invention is formed of transparent plastic, the amount and state of the liquid stored in the container can be confirmed from the outside, which is convenient.

The type of liquid used by being stored in the liquid storage container of the present invention is not particularly limited, and any liquid may be used as long as it can be applied to various substrates using a roller brush and used for cleaning the roller brush. Specific examples include paints, adhesives, glues, water, liquids added with detergents, organic solvents, and the like.
When the liquid storage container of the present invention stores the application liquid, the liquid in the container is transferred to the liquid storage container by inserting the roller portion of the roller brush through the circular hole of the funnel-shaped body. Then, the liquid is deposited on the entire surface or almost the entire surface of the roller by removing the roller from the liquid container through the circular hole, and the liquid is uniformly adhered to the entire surface of the roller. A coating film can be formed.
Also, when a cleaning liquid such as water, a detergent-added liquid, or an organic solvent is stored in the liquid storage container of the present invention, the roller portion of the roller brush is inserted through the circular hole of the funnel-shaped body portion. The material adhering to the roller is removed, and the roller is removed from the liquid container through the circular hole, so that the cleaning liquid adhering to the roller is squeezed by the circular hole and the cylindrical extension below the circular hole. As a result, the roller brush is smoothly washed. In performing this cleaning operation, after the roller brush is inserted into the liquid container from the circular hole, the cleaning liquid may be stirred by shaking the container in order to promote cleaning.

The liquid container according to the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
(A)-(e) of FIG. 1 is the figure which showed typically the specific example of the container for liquid storage of this invention.
In FIGS. 1A to 1E, 1 is a container body (bottomed cylindrical body), 11 is an upper opening of the container body 1, 2 is a funnel body, and 21 is a funnel body. 2 is a circular hole for inserting a roller brush provided at the lower part of 2; 22 is a tapered side peripheral wall of the funnel-shaped body part; 23 is a short cylindrical extension provided below the circular hole 22; and 24 is a funnel. An upper end of the side peripheral wall 22 converging in a tapered shape of the body 2, 25 is a bottom surface provided with a circular hole 22 in the funnel body 2, and 3 is a handle.

In FIG. 1, the liquid storage container (a) has a bottomed cylindrical container body 1, and the liquid storage containers (b) and (e) have a bottomed rectangular cylindrical container body 1. 1 (c) has a bottomed hexagonal cylindrical container body 1, and (d) the liquid storage container has a cylindrical shape (drum shape) whose diameter narrows in the middle. It has the container main-body part.
1A to 1E, the lower circular hole 21 of the funnel-like body portion 2 is located below the upper opening 11 of the container main body portion 1 and is a circular hole. In a state where 21 is located inside the container body 1, the periphery of the opening 11 of the container body 1 and the periphery of the upper end 24 of the side peripheral wall 22 of the funnel body 2 are connected in a liquid-tight state (container The liquid contained in the main body 1 is prevented from leaking from the connecting portion), and the inside of the container main body 1 is exposed through the circular hole 22 and the cylindrical extension 23 provided in the lower part of the funnel-shaped body 2. Communicated with.
In the liquid container of the present invention as illustrated in FIG. 1, the funnel-like body portion 2 having the circular hole 22 for inserting the roller brush is a container as shown in FIGS. 1 (a) to (d). It is preferable from the viewpoints of handleability, ease of manufacturing of the liquid storage container, and the like that the center of the main body 1 (position of the central axis) or approximately the center is preferred. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the funnel-shaped body portion 2 having the circular hole 22 may be disposed at a position shifted from the center of the container main body portion 1 as illustrated in FIG.

(A)-(c) of FIG. 2 is the figure which showed typically the other specific example of the container for liquid storage of this invention.
2 (a) to 2 (c), 1 is a container main body (bottle-shaped body), 11 is an upper opening of the container main body 1, 2 is a funnel-shaped body, and 21 is a lower portion of the funnel-shaped body 2. A circular hole for inserting a roller brush provided on the side, 22 is a tapered side peripheral wall of the funnel-like body part, 23 is a short cylindrical extension provided below the circular hole 22, and 24 is a funnel-like body part. Reference numeral 25 denotes an upper end of the side peripheral wall 22 converging in a tapered shape, and 25 denotes a bottom surface provided with the circular hole 22 in the funnel-shaped body portion 2.

In FIG. 2, the liquid storage container (a) has a cylindrical bottle-shaped container main body 1, and the liquid storage container (b) has a square cylindrical bottle-shaped container main body 1. (C) The liquid storage container has a hexagonal cylindrical bottle main body 1.
In the liquid container shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, the circular hole 21 in the lower portion of the funnel-shaped body portion 2 is located above the opening 11 in the upper portion of the container main body portion 1, and the container main body portion 1. The periphery of the opening 11 of the container body 1 and the periphery of the cylindrical extension 23 provided below the circular hole 22 of the funnel body 2 are connected in a liquid-tight state. (The liquid accommodated in the container body 1 does not leak from the connecting part), and the inside of the container body 1 has a circular hole 22 and a cylindrical extension 23 provided in the lower part of the funnel-shaped body 2. It communicates with the outside through.
In the liquid container of the present invention as illustrated in FIG. 2, the funnel-shaped body portion 2 having the circular hole 22 for inserting the roller brush is, as shown in (a) to (c) of FIG. It is preferable that the container main body 1 is positioned at the center (position of the central axis) or substantially at the center from the viewpoints of handleability, ease of manufacturing the liquid container, and prevention of the liquid container from being inverted.

In the liquid container of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container main body 1 and the funnel-shaped body 2 may be integrally formed so that they cannot be removed, or the container main body 1 manufactured separately. And the funnel-shaped body 2 may be connected by fixing so that they cannot be removed, or the container body 1 and the funnel-shaped body 2 manufactured separately may be connected so as to be separable (detachable) from each other. Also good.
In addition, the liquid container of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 includes a handle 3 at any position for convenience such as carrying as shown in FIG. And other transport or portable means may be provided.
Although not shown in the drawings, the liquid storage container of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 has dust inside the container body 1 when not in use, or the liquid in the container body 1 is exposed to the outside. In order to prevent spillage, a lid that covers the entire upper end 24 of the side peripheral wall 22 of the funnel-shaped body 2 may be detachably provided.

In the liquid container of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the inclination angle of the tapered side peripheral wall 22 in the funnel-shaped body portion 2 [α shown in FIG. 1 (a) and FIG. 2 (a)] As well as other liquid storage containers] is generally 5 ° to 60 °, more preferably 10 ° to 30 °, and particularly preferably 15 ° to 20 °, as described above.
Further, in the liquid container of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the height of the upper end portion 24 of the side peripheral wall 22 from the circular hole 21 in the lower portion of the funnel-shaped body portion 2 [FIG. H as shown in (a) of 2; the same applies to other liquid storage containers], as described above, is generally about 10 to 50 mm, particularly about 15 to 30 mm.
Furthermore, in the liquid container of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hole diameter of the circular hole 21 at the bottom of the funnel-shaped body 2 is the same as that of the roller of the roller brush handled by the liquid container as described above. It is preferably about 1 to 1.7 times the diameter, particularly about 1.1 to 1.3 times.
The length of the cylindrical extension 23 formed below the circular hole 21 below the funnel-shaped body 2 is generally about 3 to 15 mm, particularly about 5 to 10 mm as described above. Is preferred.

In the liquid container of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cylindrical extension 23 provided on the lower side of the circular hole 21 at the bottom of the funnel body 2 is formed integrally with the circular hole 21. Alternatively, a short cylindrical body corresponding to the cylindrical extension 23 may be separately formed, and the cylindrical body may be attached to the circular hole 21.
FIG. 3 is a view showing an embodiment of a structure for attaching the cylindrical extension 23 to the circular hole 21 in the lower part of the funnel-shaped body 2, in which a short cylindrical body is separately formed, When attaching to the hole, as illustrated in FIG. 3, a plurality of short cylindrical bodies 23 a, 23 b, 23 c,... Having a flange 231 and having different inner diameters are prepared and handled by a liquid container According to the roller size (roller diameter) of the brush, a material suitable for each roller brush is selected so that the flange can be attached to the circular hole 21 of the funnel-shaped body portion 2 in a detachable and replaceable manner. One liquid container can be used in common for a plurality of roller brushes having different roller diameters.

In using the above-described container for storing liquid according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4A, a liquid to be attached to the roller brush and a cleaning liquid for cleaning the roller brush are placed in the container A for storing liquid. After that, by inserting the roller portion of the roller brush B from the circular hole 21 of the funnel-shaped body portion 2, the liquid in the liquid container A adheres to the roller, or the adhered matter on the roller is washed by the cleaning liquid. Washed off.
Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, when the roller brush B is extracted from the liquid container A, excess liquid adhering to the roller is compressed by the cylindrical extension 23 and the circular hole 21 (squeeze). The liquid is uniformly attached to the entire roller surface (when the liquid stored in the liquid storage container A is a coating liquid), or the cleaning liquid attached to the roller is smoothly removed from the roller. (When the cleaning liquid is stored in the liquid storage container A).

The container for storing liquid according to the present invention has a circular hole 21 for inserting a roller brush in the lower part of the opening 11 in the upper part of the container body 1, and a side peripheral wall 22 converging in a tapered shape toward the circular hole 21. As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the roller brush from the liquid container is inserted when the roller brush is inserted into the liquid container. Since the liquid dripping from the roller brush is collected in the funnel-shaped body portion 2 and flows down to the container main body portion 1 through the tapered side peripheral wall 22, the liquid dripping from the roller brush is removed. It is possible to prevent the liquid storage container from drooping to the outside, and further to prevent the liquid from splashing outside the liquid storage container.
On the other hand, as is generally done in the past, an application liquid or cleaning liquid is put in an open bucket or other container at the top, and a roller brush is inserted there to attach the liquid to the roller. When the roller brush is washed with the cleaning liquid, the liquid is likely to scatter from the bucket or other containers, and the application of the liquid to the roller brush and the cleaning of the roller brush with the cleaning liquid cannot be performed smoothly.

  The liquid, such as paint or paste, is adhered to the roller brush using the liquid container for roller brush of the present invention, so that the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. are contaminated with the liquid, or excessive liquid is transferred to the roller brush. The liquid can be uniformly adhered to the entire roller surface, thereby forming a beautiful coated surface free from smears with good operability, and the roller brush of the present invention. By cleaning the roller brush by putting the cleaning liquid in the container for storing liquid, the roller brush can be smoothly cleaned by a simple operation while preventing the floor, hands, face, clothes, etc. from being soiled by the cleaning liquid. Therefore, the container for storing liquid according to the present invention can be effectively used as a container for applying a liquid to the roller brush, a container for cleaning the roller brush, and the like.

It is a figure which shows the specific example of the container for liquid storage for roller brushes of this invention. It is a figure which shows another specific example of the container for liquid storage for roller brushes of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the attachment structure of the cylindrical extension part to the opening part of the funnel-shaped body part in the container for liquid storage for roller brushes of this invention. It is a figure which shows the usage method of the container for liquid storage for roller brushes of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state at the time of use of the container for liquid storage for roller brushes of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

A Liquid container B Roller brush 1 Container body 11 Upper opening 2 of container body Funnel body 21 Circular hole 22 of funnel body Tapered side peripheral wall 23 of funnel body Below the circular hole Cylindrical extension 24 provided on the upper end 3 of the tapered peripheral wall of the funnel-shaped body 3

Claims (7)

  A liquid container main body portion having an opening in the upper portion and a funnel-shaped body portion, and the funnel-shaped body portion has a circular hole for inserting a roller brush in the lower portion and converges in a tapered shape toward the circular hole. It has a funnel-shaped structure having a peripheral wall, and the container body and the funnel-shaped body communicate with the outside through the circular hole of the funnel-shaped body, and the container body and the funnel-shaped body are outside the circular hole. A liquid container for roller brushes, wherein the container is connected at an opening at the upper part of the container main body with a liquid-tight structure in which no liquid leakage occurs.   2. The container for storing a liquid for brushes according to claim 1, wherein the container main body for storing liquid is a bottomed cylindrical body or bottle-shaped body having an opening at the top.   The roller hole insertion circular hole provided in the lower part of the funnel-like body part is located inside the container body part below the opening of the upper part of the container body part to connect the container body part and the funnel-like body part. The container for liquid storage for roller brushes according to claim 1 or 2.   A circular hole for roller brush insertion provided in the lower part of the funnel-like body part is positioned outside the container body part above the opening of the upper part of the container body part to connect the container body part and the funnel-like body part. The container for liquid storage for roller brushes according to claim 1 or 2.   The container for liquid storage for roller brushes of any one of Claims 1-4 which has a short cylindrical extension part under the circular hole for roller brush insertion provided in the lower part of the funnel-shaped body part.   The cylindrical extension provided on the lower side of the circular hole for inserting the roller brush in the funnel-like body is attached to the circular hole in a replaceable manner according to the roller diameter of the roller brush inserted into the liquid container. The container for liquid storage for roller brushes of Claim 5 which becomes. The container for storing a liquid for a roller brush according to any one of claims 1 to 6, which is a container for applying a liquid to the roller brush or washing the roller brush with a liquid.

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