JP2010083578A - Liquid supplying container with pump - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid supplying container with a pump that has appearance improved in design, and facilitates the refill of liquid at a low cost. <P>SOLUTION: The liquid supplying container with the pump includes: a liquid refilling container that is formed in a shape of a box with a circular flange at the top and stores liquid in the box by affixing or welding a film on the upper surface of the flange; and a lid with the pump that has a pump unit including a pump for discharging the liquid and a liquid suction pipe extending down from the pump and that is attached to the liquid refilling container. The lid with the pump is equipped with a substantially bell-like skirt formed of a rigid resin so as to cover the liquid refilling container from above. The skirt has claws at its inside so as to fix the lid with the pump and the liquid refilling container to each other by fitting the flange of the liquid refilling container inside the claws. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid supply container with a pump that can replenish the contents with a container for refilling, and more particularly, to a liquid supply container with a pump that has a high design and can be refilled easily and inexpensively.

  For products such as cosmetics, perfumes, shampoos, and liquid detergents that store and use liquids in containers with manual pumps, systems that supply refilling liquids in separate containers so that the container body can be reused have become widespread. Yes. For example, the applicant of the present invention has conventionally proposed a liquid refill container having a high design property and a pump so as to embody a high-class brand image not only in the container body but also in a refill container in high-grade cosmetics and the like. A liquid supply container with a pump equipped with a lid equipped with a unit has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-158382 (page 5-6, FIG. 1)

  By the way, the conventional liquid supply container with a pump adopts a structure in which a soft resin is employed for the lid portion to ensure the sealing performance between the lid portion and the liquid refill container. However, in actuality, a laminate film or the like is welded to the liquid refilling container, and the through hole of the liquid suction pipe is small. It was. In addition, the lid made of soft resin, which is complicated to attach and detach and easily deteriorates due to frequent attachment and detachment, can not be colored more colorfully than a liquid refill container and can not produce a high-class feeling. There was also a problem that it was low.

  In addition, refills that are mass-produced due to the recent increase in consumer awareness of recycling and resource saving, and the demand from manufacturers that they do not want to pass on the increase in raw material costs due to soaring crude oil prices to sales prices as much as possible. Containers have to be manufactured at a low cost with the simplest possible shape. On the other hand, in order to differentiate from other companies, the potential needs of manufacturers who want to make product packaging highly design are still strong.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and a lid with a pump is equipped with a skirt made of hard resin having a high degree of freedom in molding and coloring, and the lid with pump is refilled with a general-purpose liquid. It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid supply container with a pump that can be refilled with liquid easily and inexpensively while realizing a highly-designable container appearance by mounting and fixing to a container.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the liquid supply container with a pump according to the present invention is formed in a box shape having a circular flange on the upper portion, and a film is bonded or welded to the upper surface of the flange to store the liquid inside the box body. A liquid refill container, a pump unit including a pump for discharging liquid and a liquid suction pipe extending below the pump, and a lid portion with a pump attached to the liquid refill container, The lid with pump includes a substantially bell-shaped hard resin skirt that covers the liquid refill container from above, and the skirt is fitted with a flange of the liquid refill container, And a claw portion for fixing the liquid refill container.
According to the above configuration, the liquid refill container is covered with the skirt by attaching the lid with a pump to the liquid refill container, and the skirt occupies most of the appearance. Moreover, since the shape and color of the skirt can be freely selected, various variations can be applied to the design of the container appearance. Moreover, since a general-purpose liquid refill container is used, refilling can be performed easily and inexpensively. Furthermore, since the lid portion with a pump has a simple configuration, the manufacturing cost on the lid side can be reduced. Moreover, attachment and detachment are easy and the use performance at the time of refilling can be improved.

Moreover, the liquid supply container with a pump according to the present invention is the liquid supply container with a pump according to claim 1, wherein the liquid suction pipe has an outer diameter at a position through which the liquid suction pipe penetrates. A through hole having a smaller diameter is formed in advance.
According to the above configuration, the liquid suction pipe can be easily inserted when the lid with pump is mounted on the liquid refill container.

A pumped liquid supply container according to the present invention is the liquid supply container with a pump according to claim 2, wherein an air hole having a very small diameter is further formed in the vicinity of the through hole. To do.
According to the above configuration, since the air in the container is replaced when the liquid is discharged to the outside through the liquid suction pipe, the liquid can be smoothly supplied to the outside.

Moreover, the liquid supply container with a pump of this invention is a liquid supply container with a pump of Claim 3, Comprising: The said through-hole and the said air hole are previously covered with the peelable sheet-like seal | sticker. Features.
According to the above configuration, since leakage of liquid from the through hole and the air hole is prevented, the liquid refill container can be transported, carried or the like alone.

  According to the pumped liquid supply container of the present invention, it is possible to realize a container appearance with high designability by applying various designs and coloring to the skirt that occupies most of the appearance. Moreover, since the liquid refill container accommodated inside the skirt can use a general-purpose product, the liquid can be refilled easily and inexpensively.

  Hereinafter, a liquid supply container with a pump according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a pumped liquid supply container according to an embodiment of the present invention. The liquid supply container with a pump is mainly composed of a lid 100 with a pump including the pump unit 10 and the skirt 20, a liquid refill container 200, and the like.

  The pump unit 10 is a push-type pump. Under the pump head 11 and the nozzle 12, a liquid suction pipe 13 formed of a flexible resin or hard rubber reaches the bottom surface of the liquid refill container 200. It is extended to the extent to do. By manually pressing the pump head 11, the liquid in the container is sucked and discharged from the nozzle 12.

  The skirt 20 is formed of a hard resin such as polycarbonate or ABS resin, and the pump unit 10 is attached to the top of the skirt 20 by screwing. As shown in the figure, the skirt 20 has a bell shape and is mounted so as to substantially cover the liquid refill container 200. For example, a high design can be realized by a novel design such as molding the lower opening of the skirt 20 into a wavy shape. In addition, by applying dimple processing to the surface of the skirt 20 or painting, it is possible to impart high designability to the appearance of the container.

  As shown in the drawing, claw portions 21 and 22 that are erected in the center direction are formed inside the skirt 20. A disc-shaped flange 201 of a liquid refill container 200 to be described later is fitted into the claw portions 21 and 22, and the lid part 100 with the pump and the liquid refill container 200 are fixed. The four claw portions are processed into two types of shapes. The claw portion 21 presses the flange 201 of the liquid refill container 200 from above, and the claw portion 22 presses the flange 201 from the bottom to connect the lid portion 100 with the pump and the liquid. The refill container 200 is fixed. A hole for facilitating mold processing is formed immediately above the claw portion 22.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the liquid refill container 200 of the pump-equipped liquid supply container according to the embodiment of the present invention. The liquid refill container 200 includes a disk-shaped flange 201 and a box body portion 202 that stores the liquid. The film 203 is adhered or welded to the upper surface of the flange 201, and further, the upper surface of the film 203 is sealed with a through hole 204 through which the liquid suction pipe 13 penetrates and an air hole 205 that promotes replacement of air during liquid discharge. A sealing seal 206 is adhered to prevent leakage of liquid.

  As described above, since the lid portion with pump 100 has a simple configuration, the manufacturing cost on the lid side can also be reduced. Moreover, attachment / detachment is easy and the use performance at the time of refilling can be improved compared with the past. Moreover, since the cover part 100 with a pump is the structure which the skirt 20 covers the container 200 for liquid refilling, it is not necessary to consider the designability for the liquid refilling container 200, and an inexpensive general-purpose refilling container is used. be able to.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the lid 100 with pump is attached to the liquid refilling container 200 of the liquid supply container with pump according to the embodiment of the present invention. When the lid 100 with a pump is attached to the liquid refill container 200, the sealing seal 206 is peeled off from the film 203, the through hole 204 and the air hole 205 are exposed, and the flange portion while the liquid suction pipe 13 is inserted. 201 is inserted into the aforementioned claw portions 21 and 22.

  The film 203 is not limited to the resin sheet material, but, for example, a known cap seal material based on an aluminum alloy foil, such as a film produced by coating or pasting a synthetic resin on both surfaces of an aluminum alloy foil May be used. The sealing seal 206 may also be a known sealing material such as a synthetic resin sheet or a paper coated with a synthetic resin. Further, the sealing seal 206 may have a shape that covers only the vicinity of the through hole 204 and the air hole 205 as shown in FIG. 2 or a shape that covers the entire film 203.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 3, it is preferable that the end of the liquid suction pipe 13 to be penetrated into the film 203 has a notch or taper and has a sharp tip. Thereby, penetration of the pipe 13 for liquid suction can be performed easily. Further, the diameter of the through hole 204 is set to be slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the liquid suction pipe 13. Thereby, the film 203 and the liquid suction pipe 13 are in close contact with each other when the liquid suction pipe 13 penetrates.

  Next, FIG. 4 is a figure for demonstrating the state at the time of use of the liquid supply container with a pump in embodiment of this invention. When the pump head 11 that is screwed and sealed at the time of manufacture is twisted in the opposite direction, the pump head 11 is raised by a pump spring (not shown). In use, the pumped head 11 is pressed to suck and discharge the filled liquid.

  Although the push type pump is used in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the gist of the present invention can be implemented using any other manual type pump such as a trigger type. Needless to say.

  The liquid supply container with a pump according to the present invention has an effect that a liquid can be refilled easily and inexpensively while realizing a highly-designable container appearance, and the design of containers such as cosmetics and shampoos is important. It is useful in an attached liquid supply container.

  The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the liquid supply container with a pump in embodiment of this invention   The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the container for liquid refilling of the liquid supply container with a pump in embodiment of this invention   The figure for demonstrating a mode that the cover part with a pump is mounted | worn in the container for liquid refilling of the liquid supply container with a pump in embodiment of this invention.   The figure for demonstrating the state at the time of use of the liquid supply container with a pump in embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pump unit 11 Pump head 12 Nozzle 13 Liquid suction pipe 20 Skirt 21, 22 Claw part 100 Cap part with pump 200 Liquid refilling container 201 Flange 202 Box part 203 Film 204 Through-hole 205 Air hole 206 Sealing seal

Claims (4)

A liquid refill container which is formed in a box shape having a circular flange on the upper part, and a film is adhered or welded to the upper surface of the flange to store the liquid inside the box;
A pump unit including a pump for discharging liquid and a liquid suction pipe extending below the pump, and a lid portion with a pump attached to the liquid refill container; and
The lid portion with a pump includes a substantially bell-shaped hard resin skirt that covers the liquid refill container from above.
The skirt is fitted with a flange of the liquid refilling container, and a claw part for fixing the pumped lid part and the liquid refilling container is formed inside thereof. Liquid supply container.   2. The with-pump according to claim 1, wherein a through hole having a diameter slightly smaller than an outer diameter of the liquid suction pipe is formed in advance at a position of the film through which the liquid suction pipe penetrates. Liquid supply container.   The liquid supply container with a pump according to claim 2, wherein an air hole having a very small diameter is further formed in the vicinity of the through hole.   The liquid supply container with a pump according to claim 3, wherein the through hole and the air hole are covered in advance with a peelable sheet-like seal.

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