JP2008207855A - Cap - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap which enables a cutting channel can be simply cut and a removed part to be unplugged even if a pull-ring is vertically pulled up when a spout of an inner plug is opened. <P>SOLUTION: The cap consisting of an inner plug fitted on the mouth cylindrical part of a container main body and a lid body is characterized in that the inner plug is equipped with the bottom wall and an inner peripheral wall standing the pull-ring through a support on the removing part provided with the cutting channel opening the spout, and the support for the pull-ring is erected on the removing part of the bottom wall so as to incline outward. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cap, particularly a cap that pulls up a pull ring to cut a cutting groove of a spout and unplugs a removal portion so that the spout is opened.

A cap consisting of an inner stopper provided with a dispensing tube and a lid is fitted on the mouth tube of the container body that stores food liquid, etc. A container that pulls up a continuous pull ring, cuts a cutting groove, unplugs a removal portion, and forms a spout is conventionally known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-104417 A

However, in the conventional container, when the pull ring is pulled upward on the cap center side at the opening of the outlet of the inner plug, there is no problem because the cutting groove is easily cut, but when the pull ring is pulled up vertically, the column of the removal unit There is a problem in that a force is applied upward in the entire vicinity of the connecting portion, a component force acting in the center direction for cutting the cutting groove is small, a strong force is required for cutting the cutting groove, and cutting is difficult.
In addition, when pulled outward, there is a problem that the removal part cannot be unplugged.

  The present invention has an object to solve the above problems, and a cap that can easily cut a cutting groove and unplug a removal portion even when a pull ring is pulled vertically at the opening of a spout of an inner plug. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is a cap including a cap that is fitted into the mouth tube portion of the container body as a cap, and the cap is a cutting groove that opens the spout. The removal part engraved with a bottom wall and an inner peripheral wall with a pull ring erected via a support column, and the pull ring support column is erected outwardly from the removal part of the bottom wall. The structure characterized by this is adopted.

  As an example of the support column, the support column is formed on the support column portion that is inclined to the outside from the upper surface of the removal portion, the side reinforcing portions that are formed on both sides of the support column portion, and the outer surface of the support column portion. The structure characterized by comprising an outer surface reinforcement part is employ | adopted.

  As an example of the removal portion and the cutting groove, the removal portion includes a spout portion, a column connecting portion formed narrower than the width of the spout portion, and a protrusion formed outside the column connecting portion. The projecting cutting groove part and the two parallel cutting groove parts are engraved on the outside of the column connecting part.

The present invention relates to an inner plug provided with a pouring tube having a bottom wall in which a pull ring is erected through a support column at a removal portion formed with a cutting groove that opens a spout, and the support column is inclined outward. Since the pulling ring is pulled vertically, the removal part can generate a pulling force inside the removal part in addition to the vertical force, and the cutting groove can be cut easily. .
Further, the force can be concentrated on the column connecting portion and the protruding portion of the removing portion, and the cutting groove can be cut more easily.

Next, an embodiment of the cap of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, A is a container main body, B is an inner stopper attached to the mouth tube portion of the container main body A, C is an inner cap detachably attached to the upper part of the dispensing cylinder of the inner stopper B, and D is the inside of the container. It is a lid for sealing.
The container body A includes a mouth tube portion 1 and a shoulder portion 2, and the mouth tube portion 1 is provided with an engaging portion 3 on an upper outer periphery, and a neck ring 4 is provided below the engaging portion 3.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the inner plug B includes an inner peripheral wall 5, a bottom wall 6 connected to the inner periphery of the lower end of the inner peripheral wall 5, and an upper wall connected to the outer periphery of the intermediate portion of the inner peripheral wall 5. 7 and an outer cylinder 8 suspended from the lower surface of the outer edge of the upper wall 7.
An engaging portion 9 that engages with the inner cap C is provided on the outer peripheral upper portion of the inner peripheral wall 5, and the engaging portion 3 of the mouth tube portion 1 of the container body A is engaged with the inner peripheral lower portion of the outer tube 8. An engaging portion 10 is provided.

The bottom wall 6 is provided with a cutting groove 12 for cutting the removal portion 11 that forms the spout.
The removal portion 11 is formed of a spout portion 11a and a support column connecting portion 11b. A support column 13 is provided on the upper surface of the support column connecting portion 11b so as to extend outward and inclined at a fixed angle a. A pull ring 14 is connected to the tip of 13.
The support column connecting portion 11b of the removing portion 11 is formed in a substantially square shape having a protruding portion on the outer side, and its lateral width is narrower than the width of the spout portion 11a.

The support column 13 includes a support column portion 13a formed outward from the upper surface of the support column connecting portion 11b of the removal unit 11, side surface reinforcing portions 13b formed on both sides of the support column portion 13a, and an outer surface of the support column portion 13a. The outer surface reinforcing portion 13c is formed.
Further, a protruding portion 11 c that engages with the shape of the outer surface reinforcing portion 13 c of the column 13 is formed outside the column connecting portion 11 b of the removing unit 11.

  The cutting groove 12 is formed in accordance with the shape of the removal portion 11, and a protruding cutting groove portion 12a and two parallel cutting groove portions 12b are provided on the outside of the column connecting portion 11b, and the spout portion 11a. A cutting groove portion 12c is provided on the outer edge of.

The inner cap C is provided on the bottom surface of the pour tube 15, the upper wall 16 connected to the outer periphery of the bottom end of the pour tube 15, and the bottom surface of the top wall 16. And an engagement cylinder 18 that is suspended from the outer edge of the upper wall 16 and has an inner periphery mounted on the inner peripheral wall 5 of the inner plug B.
The engaging cylinder 18 is provided with a locking projection 19 that engages with a locking portion 9 on the outer periphery of the inner peripheral wall 5 of the inner plug B on the inner periphery, and a knob portion 20 on the outer periphery.

  The lid D is suspended from the top wall 25, the central lower surface of the top wall 25, the outer periphery engages with the inner periphery of the extraction tube 15 of the inner cap C, and a predetermined lower surface of the top wall 25. The inner periphery engages with the neck ring 4 of the mouth tube portion 1 of the container main body A, and the inner cylinder 27 for attaching the lid D to the container main body A, and the outer edge of the top wall 25 are suspended. An outer cylinder 28 is provided.

Next, the function and effect of the cap of this embodiment will be described.
In using the cap, the lid D is removed from the container main body A, the lid is opened, and then the inner cap C is removed from the upper part of the inner plug B.
Next, a finger or the like is put on the pull ring 14 of the inner plug B and pulled upward, and the removal portion 11 is removed from the bottom wall 6 through the cutting groove 12 to form a spout.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the inner plug B is unplugged, the column 13 extending from the removing portion 11 is erected in advance at a predetermined angle a, so that the pull ring 14 is pulled up vertically. However, as shown in FIG. 3A, the vertical pulling force F acts as a component force on the column connecting portion 11 b of the removing unit 11 from the outside to the inside due to the inclination of the column 13.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, the tensile force f is cut in a concentrated manner in the protruding cutting groove portion 12a outside the support column connecting portion 11b together with the vertical tensile force F.
Next, the column connecting portions 11b are separated from the outside to the inside by the parallel cutting portions 12b, and the removal portion 11 can be easily separated from the bottom wall 6 and can be plugged.

  At this time, the protruding portion 11c of the removing portion 11 is formed by engaging with the outer surface reinforcing portion 13c of the column 13 outside the column connecting portion 11b, so that the cutting force concentrates on the protruding portion 11c and the cutting groove is formed. 12 is cut from the vicinity of the protruding portion 11c, and the column connecting portion 11b of the removing portion 11 is narrower in width than the spout portion 11a. Cutting becomes easy.

Even if the pull ring 14 is pulled vertically when the removing portion 11 is unplugged, the inner plug B of the present invention is inward from the outside of the column connecting portion 11b of the removing portion in addition to the vertical force due to the inclination of the column 13. Since a tensile force is generated, the cutting force on the column connecting portion 11b and the protruding portion 11c of the removing portion 11 can be increased, and the cutting groove 12 can be cut more easily than the conventional one.
Furthermore, even if it is pulled so as to be inclined outward, it can be cut by applying a force within the angle a.
After unplugging, the inner cap C is fitted into the inner plug B, and the lid D is fitted from above.

When the content liquid is poured out, the outer lid D is removed, the container is tilted, and the liquid is poured out from the outlet 15 of the inner cap C.
At that time, since the content liquid is stored inside the inner peripheral wall 5 and the inner periphery of the inner cylinder 17 of the inner cap C and the lower surface of the upper wall 16, it is possible to pour a certain content liquid from the extraction cylinder 15 of the inner cap C. it can.
Moreover, when the container main body A is a thing which can be pressed, the trunk | drum of the container main body A can be pressed and it can pour out from the extraction pipe | tube 15 vigorously.

  In addition, the inner cap C can be removed and poured out through the inner periphery of the inner peripheral wall 5 of the inner plug B. In this case, the inclination of the container can be adjusted by hand to obtain a desired dispensing amount. .

In the above embodiment, the inner plug B and the inner cap C are formed separately, but the inner cap C may be connected to the upper portion of the inner plug B via a hinge and integrally formed.
When the inner cap is removed from the inner plug, it is connected with the hinge, so that it is possible to prevent only the inner cap from being lost.

The present invention relates to the bottom wall 6 of the inner plug B. In the above embodiment, the inner cap C is mounted on the upper portion of the inner plug B. However, if not necessary, the inner cap may not be provided.
The lid D can be attached to the container by, for example, providing a screw on the outer periphery of the inner plug B and screwing it with the inner periphery of the lid D, or connecting the inner plug and the lid through a hinge. And may be mounted.
The configuration other than the configuration related to the bottom wall of the inner plug is not limited to the above embodiment.

In the present invention, by pulling the pull ring vertically, in addition to the force in the vertical direction, a pulling force can be generated from the outside of the removing portion to the inside, and the cutting groove can be easily cut. be able to.
Further, any container can be used regardless of the content liquid as long as the container pulls the pull ring provided in the inner plug and unplugs the removal portion.

It is a vertical front view of the container of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of an inner stopper, (a) is a top view, (b) is a vertical front view, (c) is a bottom view. It is explanatory drawing at the time of unplugging of an inside stopper, (a) is the time of a pull ring pull start, (b) is the time of the removal part plug start start.

Explanation of symbols

A Container body B Inner plug C Inner cap D Lid F, f Tensile force 1 Mouth tube portion 2 Shoulder portion 3 Engagement portion 4 Neck ring 5 Inner peripheral wall 6 Bottom wall 7, 16 Upper wall 8, 28 Outer tube 9 Locking Part 10 Engagement part 11 Removal part 11a Spout part 11b Strut connecting part 11c Protruding part 12 Cutting groove 12a Protruding cutting groove part 12b, c Cutting groove part 13 Post 13a Post part 13b Side surface reinforcing part 13c Outer surface reinforcing part 14 Pull ring 15 Extraction Tubes 17, 27 Inner tube 18, 26 Engagement tube 19 Locking projection 20 Knob 25 Top wall

Claims (3)

A cap made of an inner plug fitted into the mouth tube portion of the container body and a lid,
The inner plug has a bottom wall and an inner peripheral wall in which a pull ring is erected through a support column in a removal portion in which a cutting groove that opens a spout is formed,
A cap characterized in that the pull ring support column is erected outwardly from the bottom wall removal portion.   The strut is composed of a strut portion standing upright from the upper surface of the removal portion, a side reinforcing portion formed on both sides of the strut portion, and an outer surface reinforcing portion formed on the outer surface of the strut portion. The cap according to claim 1, wherein the cap is provided.   The removal part is composed of a spout part, a column connecting part formed narrower than the width of the spout part, and a protruding part formed on the outside of the column connecting part, on the outside of the column connecting part, The cap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a protruding cutting groove and two parallel cutting grooves are formed.

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