JP2008137693A - Container for refilling - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily refill a content in a container for refilling into a bottle to be refilled. <P>SOLUTION: A spout part 10 of the container 1 for refilling is equipped with a base part 11, a male screw cylindrical part 12 erected on a surface 11a of the base part 11, a plug body 13 erected on the inner side of the male screw cylindrical part 12 via a connection part 11c, and a cap body 14 screwed to the male screw cylindrical part 12. A space between the plug body 13 and the male screw cylindrical part 12 is communicated with the inner side of a container body 1a, and a spouting hole 14c is formed in a top face part 14a of the cap body 14. During the refilling, an outer peripheral surface 14b of the cap body 14 is fitted to an inner peripheral surface 20b of a mouth part of the bottle 2 to be refilled, the surface 11a of the base part 11 is abutted on an opening end face 20a of the mouth part 20, the plug body 13 is moved in the axial direction, and the spouting hole 14c is opened. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a refill container.

Conventionally, a thin-walled pouch container formed of a film has been widely used as a refill container. As such a pouch container, for example, a standing pouch having a gusset portion provided on the top and bottom of a pouch container as shown in Patent Document 1 and a spout portion on the top is known.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-329849

  However, since the conventional pouch container is relatively poor in shape retention, at the time of refilling, the pouch container cannot be held in a stable shape with respect to the bottle to be refilled, for example, the liquid is likely to leak, There was a problem that refilling was difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a refill container that can easily refill the contents in the refill container into the refill bottle.

In order to achieve the above object, a refilling container according to the present invention is a refilling container having a container body filled with contents and a spout part, and the spout part includes a base part and a base part. A spout cylinder part standing on the surface of the base part, a plug body standing on the surface of the base part inside the spout pipe part via a connecting part, and a cap attached to the spout part cylinder part A body, and a space between the plug body and the spout tube portion is communicated with the inside of the container body, and the top surface portion of the cap body is formed with a pouring hole into which the plug body is fitted for refilling. When refilling the contents in the bottle, the outer peripheral surface of the cap body is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the mouth portion of the bottle to be refilled, and the surface of the base portion is brought into contact with the opening end surface of the mouth portion. By moving the tube portion and the refill bottle fitted with the cap body relatively, the stopper body is moved in the axial direction. By, it is characterized in that it is configured to open a note Deana.
In the present invention, when refilling the contents in the refill bottle, the outer peripheral surface of the cap body is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the mouth portion of the refill bottle. It can be stabilized without wobbling or tilting. In addition, after the refill container before opening is connected to the mouth of the refill bottle, the refill bottle fitted with the cap cylinder and the refill bottle is moved relatively. It is possible to open the refill container, and it is possible to reliably prevent the contents in the refill container from leaking out during refilling.

Further, the refill container according to the present invention is a refill container having a container body filled with contents and a spout part, and the spout part is formed on the base part and the surface of the base part. On the surface of the spout tube portion that is erected, on the surface of the base portion, a plug body that is erected on the inside of the spout tube portion via a connecting portion, and a cap body that is attached to the spout tube portion The plug body and the spout tube portion communicate with the inside of the container body, and the top surface of the cap body is formed with a pouring hole into which the plug body is fitted. And when the contents are refilled in the refill bottle, the outer peripheral surface of the cap body is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the mouth of the refill bottle, And the refill bottle fitted with the cap body are moved relatively to move the stopper body in the axial direction, It is characterized in that it is configured to open the Deana.
In the present invention, when refilling the contents in the refill bottle, the outer peripheral surface of the cap body is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the mouth portion of the refill bottle. It can be stabilized without wobbling or tilting. In addition, after the refill container before opening is connected to the mouth of the refill bottle, the refill bottle fitted with the cap cylinder and the refill bottle is moved relatively. It is possible to open the refill container, and it is possible to reliably prevent the contents in the refill container from leaking out during refilling. Furthermore, since a through hole is formed in the top surface of the stopper, for example, the content to be refilled is a low-viscosity liquid, and the content in the refill container is placed in the refill bottle. When refilling due to its own weight or the like, as the contents are refilled, the air in the refill bottle can flow into the refill container through the inside of the stopper and the through hole. Therefore, even if the container body of the refill container is a thin pouch container formed of, for example, a film or the like, the container body is less likely to shrink and deform. The residual content can be reduced.

In the refill container according to the present invention, it is preferable that the lower end opening of the stopper is opened in the container body.
In the present invention, it is possible to reliably secure a flow path between the inside of the refill bottle and the inside of the container main body, and the above-described operational effects are more reliably exerted.

Further, in the refill container according to the present invention, a male screw is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the spout tube portion, a female screw is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap body, and the surface of the base portion is the mouth portion. After making contact with the opening end surface of the bottle, the outlet tube portion and the refill bottle are rotated relative to each other around the axis, and the stopper is moved in the axial direction to open the outlet hole. It is preferable.
In the present invention, after the refill container before opening is connected to the mouth of the refill bottle, the outlet cylinder and the refill bottle are rotated relative to each other around the axis, and the stopper is By moving in the direction, the refill container can be opened, and the contents in the refill container can be reliably prevented from leaking during refilling.

In the refill container according to the present invention, it is preferable that the top surface portion of the cap body is detachably provided with a covering member that closes the opening peripheral edge of the pouring hole.
In the present invention, when the contents are refilled in the bottle to be refilled, the covering member is removed from the refill container so that the refill container can be inserted into the refill container from between the stopper and the dispensing hole during transportation. For example, foreign matter such as dust can be prevented from entering.

  According to the refill container of the present invention, the refill container can be stabilized without causing the refill container to stagger or tilt.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a refill container according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the refill container 1 according to the present embodiment is for refilling the contents into the refill bottle 2, and the container main body 1 a and the spout part 10 are filled with the contents. And have.
The spout portion 10 of the refill container 1 includes a base portion 11, a male screw tube portion 12 (spout tube portion) erected on the surface 11 a of the base portion 11, and a surface 11 a of the base portion 11. The plug body 13 is erected on the inner side of the male screw cylinder portion 12 via the connecting portion 11 c, and the cap body 14 is screwed onto the male screw cylinder portion 12. Here, the extraction space 15 between the stopper 13 and the male screw cylinder 12 communicates with the inside of the container main body 1a. Further, a pour hole 14 c into which the plug body 13 is fitted is formed in the top surface portion 14 a of the cap body 14.

As shown in FIG. 1, the spout portion 10 includes a main body fixing cylinder portion 16 that is suspended from the back surface 11 b of the base portion 11. An upper inner surface of a container main body 1a formed in a bag shape with, for example, a film or the like is bonded to the main body fixing cylinder portion 16. Here, the inside of the container main body 1a, the inside of the main body fixing cylinder portion 16, and the extraction space 15 communicate with each other.
In addition, the base part 11, the external thread cylinder part 12, the plug body 13, and the main body fixing cylinder part 16 are each integrally formed in a state of being arranged coaxially.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, in this Embodiment, the covering member 17 which obstruct | occluded the opening periphery of the extraction hole 14c is provided in the top | upper surface part 14a of the cap body 14 so that removal is possible.
Furthermore, an air vent groove 14A extending over the entire length in the axial direction is formed on the outer peripheral surface 14b of the cap body 14.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the protrusion part 12a which protruded to radial direction inner side is formed in the front-end | tip part internal peripheral surface of the external thread cylinder part 12. As shown in FIG. A support cylinder portion 14 </ b> B is suspended from the top surface portion 14 a of the cap body 14 so as to be positioned between the male screw cylinder portion 12 and the plug body 13. On the outer peripheral surface of the lower end of the support cylinder portion 14B, a locking convex portion 14d that locks to the protruding portion 12a is formed.

Next, a method for refilling the contents of the refill container 1 configured as described above into the refill bottle 2 will be described.
First, after removing the covering member 17 shown in FIG. 1 from the top surface portion 14a of the cap body 14, the cap body 14 is fitted to the inner peripheral surface 20b of the mouth of the refill bottle 2 as shown in FIG. Then, the surface 11 a of the base portion 11 is brought into contact with the opening end surface 20 a of the mouth portion 20. At this time, the air vent groove 14A is closed by the opening end surface 20a of the mouth and the surface 11a of the base portion 11, and the inside of the refill bottle 2 is sealed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the external thread cylinder portion 12 and the refill bottle 2 fitted with the cap body 14 are relatively moved, the stopper body 13 is moved in the axial direction, and the cap body 14 The dispensing hole 14c is opened. In the present embodiment, the base 11, the external thread cylinder 12, the plug 13, and the main body fixing cylinder 16 are moved backward with respect to the extraction hole 14c to open the extraction hole 14c. The surface 11a of the base part 11 is separated from the opening end face 20a, and the base part 11 side of the air vent groove 14A is opened. The cap body 14 is held by the mouth inner peripheral surface 20b of the refill bottle 2 without being rotated when the male screw cylinder 12 and the refill bottle 2 are moved as described above.
In this way, the inside of the container main body 1a and the inside of the refill bottle 2 are communicated with each other through the pouring space 15, the main body fixing cylinder portion 16, and the pouring hole 14c, and the arrow in the two-dot chain line in FIG. As shown in the figure, the contents in the container main body 1a can be transferred to the refill bottle 2 by communicating the inside and the outside of the refill bottle 2 through the air vent groove 14A.

In the refill container according to the present embodiment described above, when the contents are refilled in the refill bottle 2, the outer peripheral surface 14b of the cap body 14 is fitted to the inner peripheral surface 20b of the mouth of the refill bottle 2, And since the surface 11a of the base part 11 and the opening end surface 20a of the mouth part 20 are brought into contact with each other, the refilling container 1 is stabilized without being staggered or tilted with respect to the bottle 2 for refilling. Can do.
Further, after the refill container 1 before opening is connected to the mouth part 20 of the refill bottle 2, the refill bottle 2 fitted with the male screw cylinder 12 and the cap body 14 is relatively moved. By doing so, it is possible to open the refill container 1 and reliably prevent the contents in the refill container 1 from leaking out during refilling.

  Moreover, since the covering member 17 which obstruct | occluded the opening periphery of the extraction hole 14c is provided in the top | upper surface part 14a of the cap body 14 so that removal is possible, when refilling the contents in the bottle 2 for refilling, By removing the member 17 from the refill container 1, it is possible to prevent foreign matters such as dust from entering the refill container 1 from between the plug 13 and the extraction hole 14 c during transportation. it can.

Next, modifications of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. However, the same or similar members and parts as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. A different configuration will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the plug body 13 of the refill container 1 according to the present modification has a top tube shape, a through hole 13 a is formed on the top surface, and the lower end opening 13 b is a container. It opens in the main body 1a. That is, the inside of the stopper 13 communicates with the inside of the container body 1a. In the illustrated example, the lower end opening 13b of the stopper 13 is positioned inwardly in the axial direction of the container main body 1a with respect to the main body fixing cylinder 16 to which the upper inner surface of the container main body 1a is bonded.
Further, the air vent groove 14A shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is not formed in the cap body 14 of the present embodiment.

In the refill container 1 according to this modification, in addition to the same effects as the above-described embodiment, a through hole 13a is formed on the top surface of the stopper 13, and a lower end opening 13b is formed in the container body 1a. When the content in the refill container 1 is refilled into the refill bottle 2 by its own weight or the like, the contents in the refill bottle 2 are refilled as the content is refilled. It becomes possible to allow air to flow into the refill container 1 through the inside of the plug body 13 and the through hole 13a.
Therefore, even if the container main body 1a of the refill container 1 is a thin pouch container formed of, for example, a film or the like, the container main body 1a is less likely to shrink and deform. Residual content remaining in the container 1 can be reduced.

  Moreover, since the lower end opening part 13b of the stopper 13 is opened in the container main body 1a, it becomes possible to ensure the flow path between the inside of the refill bottle 2 and the inside of the container main body 1a. Thus, the above-described operational effects are more reliably achieved.

  Further, after the refill container 1 before opening is connected to the mouth part 20 of the refill bottle 2, the male screw cylinder 12 and the refill bottle 2 are rotated relative to each other around the axis line, and the plug body By moving 13 in the axial direction, the refill container 1 can be opened, and the contents in the refill container 1 can be reliably prevented from leaking during refilling.

As mentioned above, although embodiment and modification of the container for refilling by this invention were described, this invention is not limited to said embodiment and modification, It can change suitably in the range which does not deviate from the meaning. is there.
For example, in the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the air vent groove 14A is formed on the outer peripheral surface 14b of the cap body 14, but the air vent groove 14A may not be formed.
Moreover, in this Embodiment and the modification, although the cap body 14 which formed the internal thread in the internal peripheral surface is screwed to the external thread cylinder part 12 which formed the external thread in the outer peripheral surface, it is not limited to this, For example, an outer periphery A configuration that fits a spout tube portion that does not form a male screw on the surface and a cap body that does not form a female screw on the inner peripheral surface, or a spout tube portion that allows undercut fitting at multiple positions in the height direction. Various configurations such as a configuration in which a plurality of annular protrusions are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cap body and a fitting protrusion that can be fitted to the annular protrusions are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap body can be adopted.
In the above-described embodiment, the covering member 17 has a structure formed integrally with the cap body via a breakable connecting piece. For example, the covering member 17 is covered with an adhesive label, a shrink film, or the like so as to cover the outlet hole 14c. You may comprise.
As the refill container in the above embodiment, a pouch container is employed, but a blow bottle, a tube container, or the like can also be employed. At this time, the surface of the container main body 1a and a flange-like portion projecting radially outward from the lower end portion of the dispensing opening cylindrical portion are configured as the base portion 11.

It is the principal part expanded sectional view which was partly fractured and shows the container for refilling by embodiment of this invention. It is a partially broken figure which shows the state which connected the container for refilling shown in FIG. 1 to the bottle for refilling. It is a partially broken figure which shows the state at the time of refilling of the container for refilling shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2. It is the principal part expanded sectional view which was partly fractured and shows the container for refilling by the modification of this Embodiment. It is a partially broken figure which shows the state which connected the container for refilling shown in FIG. 4 to the bottle for refilling. FIG. 6 is a partially broken view showing a state when the refill container shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is refilled.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container for refilling 2 Bottle for refilling 10 Spout part 11 Base part 11a Surface 11c Connection part 12 Male thread cylinder part (spout part cylinder part)
13 Cap body 13a Through hole 13b Lower end opening 14 Cap body 14A Air vent groove 14c Outlet hole 17 Cover member 20 Port 20a Open end face 20b Open inner peripheral surface

Claims (5)

A refill container having a container body filled with contents and a spout part,
The spout part includes a base part,
A spout tube portion erected on the surface of the base,
On the surface of the base part, a plug erected on the inside of the spout tube part via a connecting part,
A cap body mounted on the spout tube portion;
With
Between the plug body and the spout tube portion, communicating with the inside of the container body, and the top surface portion of the cap body is formed with a pour hole into which the plug body is fitted,
When refilling the contents of the refill bottle, the outer peripheral surface of the cap body is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the mouth of the refill bottle, and the surface of the base is abutted against the open end surface of the mouth. A structure in which, after being brought into contact, the stopper body is moved in the axial direction by relatively moving the spout tube portion and the refill bottle fitted with the cap body, thereby opening the outlet hole. A refillable container characterized by the above. A refill container having a container body filled with contents and a spout part,
The spout part includes a base part,
A spout tube portion erected on the surface of the base,
On the surface of the base part, a plug erected on the inside of the spout tube part via a connecting part,
A cap body mounted on the spout tube portion;
With
Between the plug body and the spout tube portion, communicating with the inside of the container body, and the top surface portion of the cap body is formed with a pour hole into which the plug body is fitted,
The plug body has a cylindrical shape with a top, and a through hole is formed on the top surface thereof.
When refilling the contents in the refill bottle, the outer peripheral surface of the cap body is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the mouth portion of the refill bottle, and the refill bottle portion and the cap body are fitted. A refill container characterized in that the stopper is moved in the axial direction by moving the bottle relative to each other to open the pouring hole.   The refill container according to claim 2, wherein a lower end opening of the plug body is opened in the container main body.   A male screw is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the spout tube portion, and a female screw is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap body. The surface of the base portion is brought into contact with the opening end surface of the mouth portion. After that, the outlet tube portion and the refill bottle are rotated relative to each other around the axis, and the stopper is moved in the axis direction to open the outlet hole. The refill container according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The refill container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a covering member that closes an opening periphery of the pouring hole is detachably provided on the top surface portion of the cap body. .

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