JP2009106460A - Eyedrop bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eyedrop bottle equipped with an aid that securely locks the bottle at a use position only by sliding up the bottle if necessary and releases the lock and returns the bottle to its storage position only by mounting a cap on it after using the bottle. <P>SOLUTION: The eyedrop bottle has a cap 3 detachably mounted on the bottle mouth 2c and an aid 4 installed on the bottle barrel 2a. A stopper 4c that locks the aid 4 at the eyedrop bottle use position includes an elastic piece energized toward the bottle side. When the aid 4 is slid to the eyedrop bottle use position, the stopper 4c is energized toward the bottle 2 to engage with it. When the cap 3 is mounted on the bottle mouth 2c, the cap 2c pushes and moves the stopper 4c resisting to its energizing force and releases its engagement with the bottle 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an eye drop container having an eye drop assisting tool that can be used as a measure of an eye drop position when instilling eye drops.

As this type of conventional eye drop container, the one described in Patent Document 1 is already known.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-43832

  In this conventional eye drop assisting device, a support plate is attached to the shoulder portion of the eye drop tank, and an upper and lower slide piece with a stopper is provided on one side surface of the support plate, and the upper and lower slide pieces are raised during use. It is locked by hanging, and the slide piece is pressed against the upper eyelid or the lower eyelid to assist eye drops.

  In the conventional eye drop assisting tool, when the slide piece is to be returned to the original storage position after use, an operation for releasing the engagement of the stopper, that is, in the illustrated embodiment structure, once upward to release from the notch (3c). Even if an operation of lifting the slide piece to pull the lower end of the slide piece forward or another structure is adopted, some kind of unlocking operation is separately required.

  However, during such actual use of the ophthalmic container, such a detailed operation is complicated for the user, so that the mechanism can be unlocked without the user being conscious while ensuring stability in the locked state. Is desired.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means.

  That is, the present invention is an eye drop bottle provided with a mouth part for discharging the internal liquid at the upper end part of the body part for containing the internal liquid, and a cap detachably attached to the mouth part of the bottle, The eye drop assisting tool is mounted on the body of the bottle, and can be slid up and down to a use position extending from the outer periphery of the body along the mouth and a storage position along the side of the body. An eye drop container provided with a stopper that locks the slide piece in the use position, the stopper is an elastic piece biased toward the bottle, and the cap is opened from the mouth. When the slide piece is slid to the use position in the removed state, the stopper is urged toward the bottle side, so that the stopper is engaged with the bottle so as to lock the slide piece at the use position. The stopper that is engaged with the bottle by the cap is pushed against the urging force so that the engagement with the bottle is released. Is.

  According to the eye drop container of the present invention, since the stopper is forcibly released by attaching the cap after using the eye drop assisting tool, the lock in the engaged state can be strengthened. While improving the stability of the lock at the use position of the eye drop assisting device, the cap is attached after the eye drop is finished to release the engagement between the stopper and the bottle, and the slide piece can be easily and quickly moved to the storage position. It is possible to provide an eye drop assisting device that can be slid and does not require a special operation of unlocking it separately and is highly convenient.

  In the eye drop assisting device of the present invention, the bottle may have a shoulder portion between the trunk portion and the mouth portion, and a stopper may be engaged with the upper surface of the shoulder portion. According to this, since the shoulder portion originally provided in the instillation bottle is used as the engaged portion, the configuration of the bottle can be avoided from being complicated, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and the appearance of the product can be improved. Can be achieved. However, the present invention is not limited to such a structure, and may be a structure in which the stopper is engaged with an engagement recess provided near the upper end of the side surface of the bottle body.

  The stopper is an elastic piece whose upper end is integrally formed with the slide piece and whose lower end is swingable. When the stopper engages with the bottle, the stopper gradually moves toward the lower end. A smooth cap sliding surface that is displaced inward of the bottle can be formed. According to this, it is possible to smoothly perform the stopper disengagement operation by mounting the bottle.

  The eye drop assisting tool may further include a slider mounted on the outer periphery of the body of the bottle so as to be vertically slidable, and the slide piece may be integrally formed with the slider. According to this, it is possible to support the slide piece so that it can slide stably. The slider may be cylindrical or U-shaped in cross section. It is preferable that the vertical width of the slider is narrowed at the portion covering the side surface of the bottle so as to expose an area necessary and sufficient to squeeze the side surface of the bottle opposite to the slide piece.

  According to the present invention, an instillation provided with an eye drop assisting device that can be securely locked at the use position by simply sliding it upward when necessary, and can be unlocked and slid to the storage position by simply attaching the cap after use. Can provide a container.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the illustrated examples.

  1 to 5 show an eye drop container 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and the eye drop container 1 includes an eye drop bottle 2 for storing an internal liquid, a cap 3, and an eye drop assisting tool 4.

  The eye drop bottle 2 is provided with a mouth portion 2c for containing the liquid for internal use and for discharging the liquid for internal use via a shoulder portion 2b at the upper end of the bottomed cylindrical body portion 2a having a flat cross section that can be squeezed and deformed. It will be. An inner plug 5 for preventing liquid leakage is fitted into the mouth portion 2c.

  In this embodiment, the cap 3 is detachably attached to the mouth portion 2c with one touch. The shape and size of the outer peripheral surface of the cap 3 are substantially equal to the outer peripheral surface of the body portion 2a. And the bottle 2 have a sense of unity.

  The eye drop assisting tool 4 is attached to the bottle body 2a, and has a flat cross-sectional cylindrical slider 4a that is slidably mounted on the outer periphery of the bottle body 2a, and one of the two long sides of the slider 4a. And a slide piece 4b extending integrally upward from the top. The upper and lower ends of the side surface of the bottle body 2a are provided with restricting convex portions 6 and 7 for restricting the slide upper limit position and the lower limit position of the slider 4a. A slider 4a is externally fitted.

  The sliding piece 4b slides the slider 4a up and down to extend upward from the outer periphery of the trunk portion 2a along the mouth portion 2c (see FIGS. 1, 4, and 5), and the side surface of the trunk portion 2a. Is formed in a flat plate shape that can be slid up and down in the storage position (see FIGS. 2 and 3), and has a curved shape similar to the side surface shape of the body portion 2a in order to improve the accommodation during storage. Yes. The slide piece 4b is provided with a stopper 4c for locking the slide piece 4b at the use position.

  The stopper 4c is formed at the center of the slide piece 4b, and is an elastic piece whose upper end is provided integrally with the slide piece 4b and whose lower end is swingable in and out of the bottle. The lower end is directed toward the bottle. It has elasticity that is biased inward. The stopper 4c is configured such that when the slide piece 4b is slid to the use position with the cap 3 removed from the mouth portion 2c, the stopper 4c is urged toward the bottle to lock the slide piece 4b at the use position. The stopper 4c is engaged with the upper surface of the bottle shoulder 2b from above, and the stopper 4c engaged with the bottle shoulder 2b by the cap 3 resists the biasing force by attaching the cap 3 to the mouth 2c. And the engagement with the bottle shoulder 2b is released. Further, when the stopper 4c is engaged with the bottle 2, a smooth cap sliding surface is formed so that the inner surface of the stopper 4c gradually displaces inward of the bottle as it reaches the lower end side. As shown in FIG. 5, when the cap 2 is mounted, the lower end of the cap 3 abuts against the cap sliding surface, and the cap 3 is pushed further to smoothly unlock the stopper 4c. It is like that. In order to ensure the smoothness of the unlocking, it is preferable that the outer diameter of the bottle and the outer diameter of the lower end of the cap are substantially equal at the portion corresponding to the stopper 4c.

  The eye drop container 1 of this embodiment can be instilled by squeezing one side surface of the bottle body 2a that is exposed without being covered by the slider 4a, regardless of whether the eye drop aid 4 is in the storage position or the use position. . That is, when the eye drop assisting tool 4 is not particularly necessary, the upper side of one side surface of the bottle body 2a opposite to the side where the slide piece 4b is provided with a finger while the slide piece 4b is housed. It can be instilled by pressing. If the user desires, simply sliding the eye drop assisting tool 4 upward, the stopper 4c engages with the bottle shoulder 2b and is locked at that position. The eye drop operation can be performed by using for expanding and the like. After the instillation is completed, the cap 3 is simply attached to the mouth 2c, and the cap 4 releases the engagement between the stopper 4c and the bottle shoulder 2b. The eye drop assisting tool 4 can be slid to the storage position.

  6 to 9 show an eye drop container 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that a cap 3 is screwed into a bottle mouth portion 2c. 3 is that it has a truncated cone shape, and the other configurations are the same, so the same reference numerals are given and detailed description is omitted.

It is an eye drop container concerning the 1st example of the present invention, Comprising: It is a perspective view showing the state where the cap was removed and the eye support device was locked in the use position. It is a perspective view which shows the state which was the same eye drop container and equipped with the cap and the eye drop assistance tool was stored in the storage position. The same eye drop container is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is a front view which shows the state which locked the eyedrop assistance tool of the eyedrop container in the use position. It is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the process of mounting | wearing with the cap of an eye drop container. It is an eye drop container concerning 2nd Example of this invention, Comprising: It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the cap and locked the eye drop assistance tool in the use position. It is a perspective view which shows the state which was the same eye drop container and equipped with the cap and the eye drop assistance tool was stored in the storage position. The same eye drop container is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is a front view which shows the state which locked the eyedrop assistance tool of the eyedrop container in the use position.

Explanation of symbols

1 eye drop container 2 eye drop bottle 2a body 2b shoulder 2c mouth 3 cap 4 eye support 4a slider 4b slide piece 4c stopper

Claims (4)

An eye drop bottle provided with a mouth part for discharging the internal liquid at the upper end part of the body part for containing the internal liquid, a cap detachably attached to the mouth part of the bottle, and a body part of the bottle The eye drop assisting tool includes a slide piece that can slide up and down between a use position extending from the outer periphery of the trunk portion along the mouth and a storage position along the side surface of the trunk section. In the eye drop container provided with a stopper that locks the slide piece at the use position,
The stopper is composed of an elastic piece urged toward the bottle side, and when the slide piece is slid to the use position with the cap removed from the mouth, the stopper is urged toward the bottle side. The stopper is engaged with the bottle so as to lock the slide piece in the use position, and the stopper that is engaged with the bottle by the cap is pushed against the biasing force by attaching the cap to the mouth. The eye drop container is configured to be disengaged from the bottle.   The ophthalmic container according to claim 1, wherein the bottle has a shoulder portion between the body portion and the mouth portion, and a stopper is engaged with the upper surface of the shoulder portion.   The stopper is an elastic piece whose upper end is integrally formed with the slide piece and whose lower end is swingable. When the stopper engages with the bottle, the bottle gradually moves toward the lower end as the inner surface of the stopper reaches the lower end. The ophthalmic container according to claim 1, wherein a smooth cap sliding surface that is displaced inward is formed.   The eye drop assisting device further includes a slider mounted on the outer periphery of the body of the bottle so as to be vertically slidable, and the slide piece is integrally formed on the slider. The eye drop container described.

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