JP2011245447A - Container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily position a nozzle of a delivery apparatus in a specific direction to a container body, in a trigger type spray container or the like.SOLUTION: In this container 10, at one places of the circumferential directions of an opening 12 of the container body 11 and an engaging section 23 of the delivery apparatus 20, positioning engaging sections 51 and 52 engaging with each other in the circumferential directions of them are disposed. When a screw ring 30 is screwed to the opening 12 of the container body 11, the positioning engaging section 52 disposed in the engaging section 23 of the delivery apparatus 20 engages with the positioning engaging section 51 disposed in the opening 12 of the container body 11 in the circumferential direction, and the nozzle 21 of the delivery apparatus 20 is positioned in the specific direction to the container body 11.

Description

  The present invention relates to a container such as a trigger spray container and a container with a push pump.

  As a conventional trigger type spray container, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a nozzle is provided, and a discharger having a fitting part fitted to the mouth part of the container main body is rotated to the outer periphery of the fitting part of the discharger. There is a screw ring that has a screw ring that is freely and axially locked and attached in one direction to press the fitting portion into at least the mouth portion of the container body and screwed into the mouth portion of the container body. .

  As a conventional container with a push pump, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, a screw cap that slidably houses a piston integrally attached to a nozzle head is inserted into the mouth of the container body and covers the flange of the cylinder Is screwed onto the outer periphery of the mouth of the container body, and the cylinder is pressed against the container body and fixed. At this time, the inner peripheral keyway of the cylinder flange is fitted into the outer peripheral keyway of the mouth of the container body. As a result, even when the nozzle head is rotated to lift up the nozzle head and the piston at the beginning of use when the user purchases the container, the cylinder is connected to the opening of the container body via the piston integrated with the nozzle head. It is intended to eliminate the inconvenience that the screw cap holding the cylinder does not rotate relative to the part and rotates together with the cylinder and comes off from the mouth of the container body.

Patent 4067157 JP2003-192068

  In the trigger type spray container described in Patent Document 1, when the nozzle of the dispenser (the liquid discharge direction of the nozzle) is positioned in a specific direction such as the front of the container body in the assembled state, the screw ring is attached to the mouth of the container body. When the fitting portion of the discharger is tightened to the mouth of the container body to some extent, the direction of the discharger is aligned with the container body, and then the screw ring is further screwed to fit the fitting portion of the discharger. Needs to be firmly tightened to the mouth of the container body.

  In a container with a push pump described in Patent Document 2, a screw cap that presses and fixes a cylinder connected to a nozzle head against the mouth of the container body is used together with the cylinder when the user starts using the container. This prevents rotation and disengagement from the mouth of the container body, and there is no place where the nozzle head is positioned in a specific direction such as forward of the container body in the assembled state.

  An object of the present invention is to easily position a nozzle of a discharger in a specific direction with respect to a container body in an assembled state in a trigger type spray container or the like.

  The invention of claim 1 is provided with a nozzle and a discharger having a fitting part fitted into the mouth part of the container main body, and the fitting in the axial direction in a rotatable manner on the outer periphery of the fitting part of the discharger. The container has a screw ring that is locked and attached in at least one direction to press the portion against the mouth of the container body, and is screwed into the mouth of the container body. A positioning engagement portion that engages in the circumferential direction is provided at one place in each circumferential direction of the attachment portion, and the positioning engagement portion is an outer periphery of the mouth portion of the container main body, directly above the male screw portion. Fitting that is provided around the opening end of the mouth portion into which the fitting portion of the discharge device is fitted, and that rotates with the tightening rotation of the screw ring screwed to the male thread portion of the container body A body-side positioning engagement portion having a rising wall shape substantially perpendicular to the rotation direction of the portion; A falling wall that is provided on the downward end surface of the fitting portion of the ejector and that is substantially perpendicular to the rotation direction of the fitting portion that rotates along with the tightening rotation of the screw ring screwed to the male thread portion of the container body. When the screw ring is screwed into the mouth portion of the container body, the ejector side positioning engagement portion provided at the fitting portion of the dispenser is the mouth portion of the container body. The nozzle of the discharger is positioned in a specific direction with respect to the container main body.

  According to the present invention, in a trigger type spray container or the like, the screw ring is screwed into the mouth of the container body, and the assembly process of tightening the fitting portion of the dispenser to the mouth of the container body is completed at the same time. The nozzle can be easily positioned in a specific direction with respect to the container body.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a completed assembly state of the container. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the screw ring of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view in the assembly process showing the positioning engagement portions of the mouth portion of the container main body and the fitting portion of the discharge device attached by the screw ring. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing the positioning engagement portions of the mouth portion of the container main body and the fitting portion of the discharger by removing the screw ring.

  The trigger type spray container 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a discharger 20 fixed to the mouth part 12 by a screw ring 30 that is attached to the mouth part 12 of the container body 11 and screwed. In the container 10, the nozzle 21 provided in the discharge device 20 is positioned in a specific direction such as in front of the container main body 11, and the glue material, the coating material, and the like are discharged from the nozzle 21 in the spray direction toward the specific direction.

  The discharger 20 includes an inner cylindrical portion 20A and an outer cylindrical portion 20B inside, and a cylindrical fitting portion 23 is provided on the outer periphery of the outer cylindrical portion 20B so as to protrude substantially in a flange shape. The part 23 is fitted to the opening end of the mouth part 12 of the container body 11 downward from the outside in the axial direction. A dip tube 25 is fitted into the inner cylindrical portion 20 </ b> A, and the dip tube 25 extends to the bottom of the container inner space 11 </ b> A of the container main body 11.

  The screw ring 30 includes an annular protrusion 32 that protrudes inward at the upper end of the annular body 31, and is rotatably locked to the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20 by the annular protrusion 32. Since the screw ring 30 is locked to the discharger 20 by the annular protrusion 32 at the upper end of the annular body 31, when the screw ring 30 is attached to the container body 11 by the annular body 31, the discharger in the axial direction. The 20 fitting portions 23 are pressed against the mouth portion 12 of the container main body 11. In the present embodiment, the annular protrusion 32 of the screw ring 30 rotates between the fitting portion 23 and the side of the discharger 20 that forms the pump chamber 41 around the outer cylinder 20B of the discharger 20. It engages freely and is attached to the outer periphery of the fitting part 23 of the discharger 20 so that it can be locked in both directions in the axial direction. The screw portion 33 is screwed to the male screw portion 13 provided on the outer periphery of the mouth portion 12 of the container main body 11 to be provided on the inner periphery of the annular body 31.

  The container 10 has a trigger 40 in the discharger 20. The trigger 40 pushes the piston 42 against the compression spring 43 and allows the piston 42 to be operated. When the trigger 40 is pushed in, the liquid material in the pump chamber 41 is discharged from the nozzle 21 in a specific direction such as in front of the container body 11. When the pushing operation of the trigger 40 is released, the piston 42 is returned to the original position by the compression spring 43, the suction pressure acts on the pump chamber 41, and the liquid material in the container inner space 11A is sucked into the pump chamber 41.

  However, the container 10 has the following configuration in order to allow the nozzle 21 of the discharger 20 (the liquid discharge direction of the nozzle 21) to be easily positioned and assembled in a specific direction such as the front of the container body 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the container 10 has a main body side positioning member that engages in one circumferential direction of each of the mouth portion 12 of the container main body 11 and the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20 in the circumferential direction. A joint portion 51 and a discharger side positioning engagement portion 52 are provided.

  The main body side positioning engagement portion 51 is the outer periphery of the mouth portion 12 of the container main body 11, and is the outer periphery directly above the external thread portion 13, and the opening of the mouth portion 12 to which the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20 is fitted. It is provided on the outer periphery near the end, and forms a rising wall shape that is substantially perpendicular to the rotation direction of the fitting portion 23 that rotates along with the tightening rotation of the screw ring 30 that is screwed onto the male thread portion 13 of the container body 11. The outer peripheral wall of the mouth portion 12 of the container main body 11 on which the main body side positioning engagement portion 51 is provided is smooth from the wall upper end 51 </ b> A of the rising wall-like positioning engagement portion 51 along the rotation direction of the fitting portion 23. The lower end 51B of the main body side positioning engagement portion 51 is connected to the main body side positioning engagement portion 51 through a gently inclined surface 51C continuously descending, and no rising portion other than the positioning engagement portion 51 is provided. That is, the gently inclined surface 51C goes around the outer peripheral wall of the mouth portion 12 from the wall upper end 51A to the wall lower end 51B.

  As is clear from the figure, the main body side positioning engagement portion 51 has a smaller diameter than the male screw portion 13 and is provided in the upper portion of the mouth portion 12 so as to be recessed from the surface on which the male screw portion 13 is formed. It is.

  The discharger-side positioning engagement portion 52 is provided on the downward end surface of the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20, and is a fitting portion that rotates along with the tightening rotation of the screw ring 30 that is screwed to the screw portion 13 of the container body 11. It forms a falling wall shape substantially perpendicular to the rotation direction of 23. The outer peripheral portion where the positioning engagement portion 52 of the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20 is provided extends from the wall upper end 52A of the discharge-side positioning engagement portion 52 having a falling wall shape along the above-described rotation direction of the fitting portion 23. In addition, the lower end 52B of the positioning engagement portion 52 is connected to the lower end 52B of the positioning engagement portion 52 via the gently inclined surface 52C that is smoothly continuous. That is, the gently inclined surface 52C goes around the outer periphery of the fitting portion 23 from the wall upper end 52A to the wall lower end 52B.

  Then, the positioning engagement portion 51 on the container body 11 side and the positioning engagement portion 52 on the discharge device 20 side are in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion 12 of the container body 11 and the fitting portion 23 of the discharge device 20. When colliding and engaging, the nozzle 21 of the discharger 20 is arranged to be positioned in a specific direction with respect to the container body 11.

  Accordingly, when the container 10 is assembled, the screw ring 30 is screwed onto the male thread portion 13 of the container body 11 from the initial assembly state of FIG. 3, and the fitting portion of the discharger 20 that rotates as the screw ring 30 is tightened and rotated. 23, the discharger side positioning engaging portion 52 is circumferentially connected to the main body side positioning engaging portion 51 provided in the mouth portion 12 of the container main body 11, as shown in FIGS. When the assembled state is reached, the nozzle 21 of the discharger 20 is positioned in a specific direction with respect to the container body 11.

That is, according to the present embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
When the screw ring 30 that is rotatably locked to the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20 is screwed into the mouth portion 12 of the container body 11 when the container 10 is assembled, A discharger side positioning engagement portion 52 provided in the fitting portion 23 of the rotating discharger 20 is engaged with and engaged with a main body side positioning engagement portion 51 provided in the mouth portion 12 of the container main body 11, The fitting part 23 of the discharger 20 is prevented from rotating. At this time, each of the positioning engagement portions 51 and 52 is provided only at one place in the circumferential direction thereof, and the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20 and eventually the nozzle 21 are brought into contact by the collision of the two positioning engagement portions 51 and 52. Is positioned in a predetermined direction with respect to the container body 11. That is, as the screw ring 30 is screwed, the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20 is tightly fastened to the mouth portion 12 of the container body 11 at the above-described anti-rotation position. As a result, the screw ring 30 is screwed into the mouth portion 12 of the container body 11 and the assembly step of tightening the fitting portion 23 of the discharger 20 to the mouth portion 12 of the container body 11 is completed, and at the same time, the nozzle 21 of the discharger 20. Is positioned in a specific direction with respect to the container body 11, and the direction can be easily adjusted.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, without providing a gently inclined surface, the discharger side positioning engagement portion 52 and the main body side positioning engagement portion 51 may be formed of small protrusions that protrude from the horizontal plane, or the discharger side or the main body Only one of the sides may be a positioning engagement portion configured to connect the upper and lower sides of a gentle slope as in the embodiment, and the other may be a positioning engagement portion formed by a small protrusion protruding in a horizontal plane.

  The present invention can also be applied to a container with a push pump.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in a trigger type spray container etc., the nozzle of a discharger can be easily located in the specific direction with respect to a container main body in an assembly state.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Container 11 Container main body 12 Mouth part 20 Discharger 21 Nozzle 23 Insertion part 30 Screw ring 51, 52 Positioning engagement part

Claims (1)

A dispenser comprising a nozzle and a fitting portion fitted to the mouth of the container body;
Screw that is rotatably attached to the outer periphery of the fitting portion of the discharger and is attached in the axial direction by being locked in one direction to press the fitting portion against at least the mouth portion of the container body, and screwed to the mouth portion of the container body A container having a ring,
A positioning engagement portion that engages in the circumferential direction is provided at one circumferential position of each of the mouth portion of the container body and the fitting portion of the discharge device, and the screw ring is screwed to the mouth portion of the container body. When the positioning engagement portion provided in the fitting portion of the discharger is engaged in the circumferential direction with the positioning engagement portion provided in the mouth portion of the container main body, the nozzle of the discharger is positioned in a specific direction with respect to the container main body. .

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