JP2012051593A - Pouring cap - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability at opening.SOLUTION: In a pouring cylinder 11, a cutter ring 24 is fitted to a portion facing a connection part 23 connecting the pouring cylinder 11 to a blocking body 22 from above so as to be movable downward, and an over cap 13 is disposed so as to be movable downward relative to a middle plug 12. The cutter ring 24 is configured so that it can rupture a weakened portion of the connection part 23 by being pressed downward to the over cap 13 moving downward relative to the middle plug 12. The cutter ring 24 includes a dent 24a which is opened at least downward and also outward in the cap diameter direction. In a state where the over cap 13 is located at a moving-downward end position relative to the middle plug 12 together with the cutter ring 24, a pressed portion 23a of the connection part 23 which is pressed downward to a circumferential part of the lower end of the cutter ring 24 where the dent 24a is located is supported from the inside in the cap diameter direction with the cutter ring 24 being fitted in the pouring cylinder 11.

Description

  The present invention relates to a dispensing cap.

Conventionally, as a dispensing cap, an inner cap that is attached to the mouth of a container in which the contents are stored and includes a dispensing cylinder from which the contents are dispensed, and an overcap that covers the dispensing cylinder so as to be freely opened and closed , And a closed body that blocks communication in the axial direction within the dispensing cylinder is connected to the dispensing cylinder via a weakening portion.
Further, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1 below, a cylindrical body protrudes downward from the overcap, and a first engagement portion protrudes from the cylindrical body inward in the cap radial direction. A pouring cap is known in which a closing member is inserted into a cylindrical body and a first engaging portion is engaged with a second engaging portion that is engaged from one side in the circumferential direction of the cap.
In this dispensing cap, when the overcap is rotated to one side in the circumferential direction of the cap with respect to the inner plug, the weakening portion is arranged in the circumferential direction of the cap by the first engagement portion engaging the second engagement portion. It is broken and opened by shearing force.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-40687

  However, the conventional pouring cap improves the operability at the time of opening, such as the possibility that the closing body may fall into the container at the time of opening, or that the closing body needs to be removed from the dispensing cylinder after opening. There was room for.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a dispensing cap that can improve the operability at the time of opening.

  In order to solve the above problems and achieve such an object, the pouring cap of the present invention is attached to the mouth of a container in which the contents are stored, and the pouring cylinder into which the contents are poured out. A pouring cap comprising: an inner cap including: an overcap that covers the pouring cylinder so that the pouring cylinder is openable and closable; and a closing body connected to the pouring cylinder for blocking an axial communication in the pouring cylinder. And at least a part of the connecting portion connecting the pouring cylinder and the closing body is a weakened breakable portion, and a cutter ring is formed in a portion facing the connecting portion from above in the pouring cylinder. The overcap is disposed so as to be able to move downward with respect to the inner plug, and the cutter ring is pressed by the overcap that moves downward with respect to the inner plug. The weakened part is configured to be breakable. The cutter ring is formed with a recess that opens at least downward and outward in the radial direction of the cap, and the overcap is located at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug together with the cutter ring. However, in the connecting portion, the pressed portion that is pressed by the circumferential portion of the lower end portion of the cutter ring is supported from the inner side in the cap radial direction while being fitted in the dispensing cylinder. It is characterized by doing.

According to the present invention, when the overcap is moved downward with respect to the inner cap, the weakening portion is broken by the cutter ring being pressed by the overcap, whereby the inside of the dispensing cylinder communicates in the axial direction. And then opened.
At this time, since the hollow portion is formed in the cutter ring, the pressing force that acts on the pressed portion among the connecting portions that connect the closing body and the dispensing cylinder is applied to the other portions. It can be kept lower. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the pressed portion of the connection portion from being broken, and it is possible to suppress the closing body from falling into the container at the time of opening, and the lower end portion of the cutter ring. The pressed portion can be smoothly passed downward with little catching.
Then, in a state where the overcap is located at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug together with the cutter ring, the pressed portion of the connection portion is moved in the cap radial direction while the cutter ring is fitted in the dispensing cylinder. Since it is supported from the inside, when the contents are poured out from the dispensing cylinder after opening, it is possible to prevent the closing body from turning upward about the pressed portion due to the flow of the contents. It becomes possible, and it can prevent that the extraction of the content is inhibited.
In addition, although the said recessed part may penetrate in a cap radial direction or may not penetrate, when it does not penetrate, when the cutter ring is pushed down by the overcap and moves down in the dispensing cylinder , It is possible to suppress the deformation of the cutter ring so that the hollow portion is crushed in the circumferential direction, and it is even more reliably that the connecting portion is pushed down with an equal force over the entire circumference by the cutter ring. Can be suppressed.

  Here, the cutter ring may be formed with an engaging portion that engages the inner plug and restricts the lowering movement of the cutter ring when positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug.

  In this case, since the engagement portion is formed in the cutter ring, the cutter ring can be reliably positioned in the dispensing cylinder when the overcap is positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug. As a result, the above-described effects are surely achieved.

  According to the present invention, the operability at the time of opening can be improved.

It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the unopened state of the extraction | pouring cap of one Embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the unsealed state of the extraction | pouring cap of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the state which removes the overcap from the pouring cap of FIG. 2, and is pouring the contents. It is a perspective view which shows the cutter ring of the extraction | pouring cap of FIGS. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the unopened state of the extraction | pouring cap of other embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the unsealed state of the extraction | pouring cap of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the state which removed the overcap from the extraction | pouring cap of FIG. 6, and is pouring the contents.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the dispensing cap 1 according to the present embodiment is attached to the mouth portion 4 of the container 3 in which the contents are accommodated, and the dispensing cylinder 11 from which the contents are poured out. And an overcap 13 that covers the dispensing tube 11 so as to be freely opened and closed.
Here, the inner plug 12 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the overcap 13 is formed in a topped cylindrical shape, and these 12, 13 are arranged coaxially with the common shaft. Hereinafter, this common axis is referred to as a cap axis O, the overcap 13 side along the direction of the cap axis O is referred to as the upper side, and the container 3 side is referred to as the lower side. A direction perpendicular to the cap axis O is referred to as a cap radial direction, and a direction around the cap axis O is referred to as a cap circumferential direction. In the illustrated example, the central axis of each of the container 3 and the dispensing cylinder 11 also coincides with the cap axis O.

The inner plug 12 includes a mounting cylinder 14 that is externally fitted to the mouth 4 of the container 3, and a male screw cylinder 15 that extends upward from the mounting cylinder 14 and to which the overcap 13 is detachably screwed. The above-described dispensing tube 11 extends upward from the male screw tube 15.
The male screw cylinder 15 has a smaller diameter than the mounting cylinder 14 and a larger diameter than the extraction cylinder 11 and is disposed coaxially with the cap shaft O. Further, a seal cylinder 16 fitted into the mouth 4 of the container 3 projects downward from a connection portion between the mounting cylinder 14 and the male screw cylinder 15. Furthermore, the upper end part of the extraction pipe | tube 11 is extended toward the outer side of a cap radial direction.

  The overcap 13 extends downward from the top wall portion 17 and is inserted downwardly into the extraction tube 11 so as to be movable downward, and extends downward from the top wall portion 17. A female screw cylinder 19 that surrounds the pressing cylinder 18 from the outside in the radial direction and is detachably screwed to the male screw cylinder 15 of the inner plug 12, and extends downward from the top wall portion 17 and has a female screw cylinder 19 having a diameter. An outer cylinder 20 that surrounds from the outside in the direction and whose lower end edge reaches the upper end portion 6 of the body portion 5 of the container 3.

  Here, the upper end portion 6 of the body portion 5 of the container 3 is formed to have a smaller diameter than other portions. An outer band 21 that covers the upper end portion 6 of the body 5 of the container 3 is connected to the lower end edge of the outer cylinder 20 of the overcap 13 via an easily breakable portion 25 that can be broken. The lower end opening edge of 21 is close to or abutting on the stepped portion connecting the upper end portion 6 and the other portion of the body portion 5 of the container 3 from above. This restricts the overcap 13 from moving downward relative to the container 3 and the inner plug 12 before the outer band 21 is detached from the outer cylinder 20.

  Further, between the top wall portion 17 of the overcap 13 and the upper end of the pouring cylinder 11 of the inner cap 12, the lower end of the female screw cylinder 19 of the overcap 13, and the upper end of the mounting cylinder 14 of the inner plug 12; A gap in the direction of the cap axis O is provided between each of the two. As a result, when the overcap 13 and the inner plug 12 are rotated relatively to the tightening side around the cap axis O in a state where the outer band 21 is detached from the outer cylinder 20, the overcap 13 12 and the container 3 are configured to be moved downward.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a closing body 22 that blocks communication in the cap axis O direction in the dispensing cylinder 11 is connected to the dispensing cylinder 11.
In the illustrated example, the closing body 22 is a disk-like body, and the connecting portion 23 between the outer peripheral edge and the lower end opening edge of the dispensing tube 11 is a weakened portion that can be broken all around.

And in this embodiment, the cutter ring 24 is fitted in the part which opposes the connection part 23 from upper direction in the extraction | pouring cylinder 11 so that a downward movement is possible.
In the illustrated example, the cutter ring 24 is located in the extraction tube 11 over the entire length in the cap axis O direction. The cutter ring 24 is sandwiched between the push-down cylinder 18 of the overcap 13, the closing body 22, and the connection portion 23 in the cap axis O direction. Furthermore, the upper end opening edge of the cutter ring 24 is abutted with the lower end opening edge of the pressing cylinder 18 of the overcap 13. As the overcap 13 moves downward with respect to the inner cap 12 and the container 3, the cutter ring 24 is pushed down by the push-down cylinder 18 and moves downward to break the weakened portion of the connection portion 23.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the cutter ring 24 is not dropped from the dispensing cylinder 11 in the state where the overcap 13 is positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug 12. Is kept fitted.
In the illustrated example, the distance that the overcap 13 can move downward with respect to the container 3 and the inner plug 12 is the top wall portion 17 of the overcap 13 and the upper end of the dispensing tube 11 of the inner plug 12. The distance in the cap axis O direction, the distance in the cap axis O direction between the lower end of the female screw cylinder 19 of the overcap 13 and the upper end of the mounting cylinder 14 of the inner plug 12, and the lower end of the outer cylinder 20 of the overcap 13 3 or less, and is equal to at least one of the distances in the cap axis O direction.

  Further, the cutter ring 24 is formed with a recess 24a that opens at least downward and outward in the cap radial direction. In the present embodiment, the recessed portion 24a is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cutter ring 24, opens downward, and is non-penetrating in the cap radial direction. As shown in FIG. 4, the recess 24 a is formed in a quadrangular shape when the cutter ring 24 is viewed from the side. The length of the recess 24a in the circumferential direction of the cap is appropriately set so that the closing body 22 can rotate downward about the pressed portion 23a as will be described later. Note that the lower end portion of the cutter ring 24 is inclined with respect to the cap axis O so that both inner and outer peripheral surfaces approach each other in the cap radial direction, and gradually becomes thinner from the upper side to the lower side.

  Next, the operation of the dispensing cap 1 configured as described above will be described.

  First, in the overcap 13, the easy-breaking portion 25 is broken and the outer band 21 is detached from the outer cylinder 20, and then the overcap 13 is rotated to the tightening side with respect to the inner plug 12 and the container 3 and screwed. While moving down. Thereby, the pressing cylinder 18 of the overcap 13 pushes the cutter ring 24 downward, and the weakened portion of the connection portion 23 is broken by the cutter ring 24.

  At this time, in the connecting portion 23, the pressed portion 23 a pressed to the circumferential portion where the recess 24 a is located at the lower end portion of the cutter ring 24 has less pressing force from the cutter ring 24 than the other portions. The pouring cylinder 11 and the closing body 22 are kept connected. Accordingly, when the overcap 13 is continuously moved downward, the cutter ring 24 is also moved downward, so that the closing body 22 is directed downward about the pressed portion 23a as shown in FIGS. While being rotated, the inner plug 12 is curved along the inner peripheral surface shape of the dispensing cylinder 11.

Thereby, when the overcap 13 is positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug 12, the pressed portion 23 a of the connection portion 23 is kept in a state where the cutter ring 24 is still fitted in the dispensing cylinder 11. Is supported from the inside in the cap radial direction.
At this time, the top wall portion 17 of the overcap 13 and the upper end of the extraction tube 11 of the inner cap 12, the lower end of the female screw tube 19 of the overcap 13, the upper end of the mounting tube 14 of the inner plug 12, and the overcap At least one set of the lower end of the 13 outer cylinders 20 and the stepped portion of the body portion 5 of the container 3 abuts each other.
In the dispensing cap 1 opened as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, the overcap 13 is detached from the inner plug 12 and the inside of the dispensing cylinder 11 is opened to dispense the contents. It pours out through the inside of the delivery tube 11.

  As described above, according to the dispensing cap 1 according to the present embodiment, when the dispensing cap 1 is opened as described above, the recess 24a is formed in the cutter ring 24, so that the connecting portion 23 is formed. Among these, since the pressing force acting on the pressed portion 23a can be suppressed lower than the pressing force acting on the other portions, it is possible to suppress the closing body 22 from falling into the container 3 at the time of opening. At the same time, the lower end portion of the cutter ring 24 can be smoothly passed through the pressed portion 23a with little catching.

  Then, in a state where the overcap 13 is located at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug 12 together with the cutter ring 24, the pressed portion of the connecting portion 23 while the cutter ring 24 is fitted in the dispensing cylinder 11. 23a is supported from the inside in the cap radial direction, so that when the contents are poured out from the dispensing cylinder 11 after opening, the closing body 22 is directed upward with the pressed portion 23a as the center by the flow of the contents. It is possible to suppress the rotation, and it is possible to prevent the content from being hindered.

  Moreover, since the hollow part 24a is non-penetrating in the cap radial direction, the hollow part 24a is crushed in the circumferential direction when the cutter ring 24 is pushed down by the overcap 13 and moves downward in the dispensing cylinder 11. As described above, it is possible to suppress the deformation of the cutter ring 24, and it is possible to more reliably suppress the connection portion 23 from being pressed down by the cutter ring 24 with an equal force over the entire circumference.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. The same parts as those of the above-described embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals, the description thereof will be omitted, and only different points will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, the cutter ring 30 of the pouring cap 2 is fitted into the pouring cylinder 11 so as to be movable downward, and the upper end portion is located above the pouring cylinder 11. A main body cylinder portion 31 projecting from the main body cylinder portion 31 and a lead-out portion 32 formed upward from the main body cylinder portion 31 and extending downward from the main body cylinder portion 31. A recess 24a is formed in the bottom. The main body cylinder part 31 and the lead-out part 32 are connected via a flange-shaped step part (engagement part) 33. The upper end part of the derivation | leading-out part 32 is extended toward the outer side of a cap radial direction.
As shown in FIG. 5, the lower surface of the stepped portion 33 and the upper end opening edge of the dispensing cylinder 11 are opposed to each other in the direction of the cap axis O, and there is a gap in the direction of the cap axis O between the both 33 and 11. Is provided.
Further, the push-down cylinder 18 of the overcap 13 is detachably fitted in the lead-out portion 32. At least one set of the lower end of the pressing cylinder 18, the stepped portion 33, the upper end of the lead-out portion 32, and the top wall portion 17 of the overcap 13 is in contact with each other.
The dispensing cylinder 11 of the inner plug 12 extends straight in the direction of the cap axis O.

  Next, the operation of the dispensing cap 1 configured as described above will be described.

First, the exterior band 21 is detached from the outer cylinder 20 of the overcap 13, and then the overcap 13 is moved downward and the weakened portion of the connection portion 23 is broken by the cutter ring 30, as in the above embodiment.
When the overcap 13 is positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug 12 as shown in FIG. 6, the stepped portion 33 of the cutter ring 30 is opened at the upper end of the dispensing cylinder 11 of the inner plug 12. By coming into contact with the edge from above, the downward movement of the cutter ring 30 with respect to the inner plug 12 is restricted, and the main body cylinder portion 31 of the cutter ring 30 is maintained in a state of being fitted into the extraction cylinder 11. Further, at this time, the cutter ring 30 is sandwiched in the cap axis O direction by the upper end opening edge of the pouring cylinder 11 of the inner plug 12 and at least one of the top wall portion 17 and the pressing cylinder 18 of the overcap 13. Fixed.

  As described above, according to the dispensing cap 2 according to the present embodiment, the step portion 33 is formed on the cutter ring 30, so that when the overcap 13 is positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug 12. The cutter ring 30 can be reliably positioned in the dispensing cylinder 11, and the above-described effects can be reliably achieved.

  The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the said embodiment, although the connection part 23 which connects the extraction pipe | tube 11 and the obstruction | occlusion body 22 was made into the weakening part which can be fractured | ruptured over a perimeter, it is good also considering a part of connection part 23 as a weakening part.
Moreover, although the overcap 13 is screwed to the inner plug 12, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be appropriately changed such as fitting.
Further, between the outer peripheral surface of the cutter rings 24 and 30 and the inner peripheral surface of the dispensing tube 11 of the inner plug 12, a rotation preventing portion that restricts relative rotational movement around the cap axis O is formed. May be.
Further, the shape of the recessed portion 24a in the side view of the cutter ring 24 is not limited to a quadrangular shape, and may be appropriately changed, for example, a circular shape or a polygonal shape.
Further, the recess 24a may penetrate in the cap radial direction.

  Further, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, when the overcap 13 is positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug 12, the stepped portion 33 formed on the cutter ring 30 is changed to the inner plug 12. The structure in which the downward movement of the cutter ring 30 with respect to the inner plug 12 is regulated by contacting the upper end opening edge of the dispensing cylinder 11 from above is not limited to this. For example, the outer peripheral surface of the cutter ring, and A longitudinal groove having a lower end surface extending in the direction of the cap axis O and facing upward is formed on any one of the inner peripheral surfaces of the extraction cylinder, and the longitudinal groove is formed on the other side. You may change suitably, such as forming the protrusion which engages so that a downward movement is possible.

Further, in the embodiment, the outer band 21 is disposed on the overcap 13, but the outer band 21 is not provided, the upper end portion 6 of the trunk portion 5 of the container 3 is exposed, the lower end opening edge of the outer cylinder 20, and the container A gap in the direction of the cap axis O may be provided between the step portion of the body portion 5 of the third body. Even in this configuration, the downward movement of the overcap 13 relative to the container 3 and the inner plug 12 can be restricted to some extent by the breaking resistance of the weakened portion formed in the connection portion 23.
Furthermore, in the embodiment, the overcap 13 is attached to the inner plug 12, but it may be attached to the container 3.

  In addition, it is possible to appropriately replace the constituent elements in the above-described embodiments with well-known constituent elements without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the above-described modified examples may be appropriately combined.

  The operability at the time of opening can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Pouring cap 3 Container 4 Mouth part 11 Pouring pipe | tube 12 Middle stopper 13 Overcap 22 Closure body 23 Connection part 23a Pressed part 24 Cutter ring 24a Depression part 33 Step part (engagement part)

Claims (2)

An inner stopper equipped with a dispensing cylinder that is attached to the mouth of a container in which the contents are stored and into which the contents are poured out,
An overcap covering the dispensing tube so as to be freely opened and closed,
A pouring cap connected to the pouring tube, a closing body for blocking axial communication in the pouring tube,
At least a part of the connecting portion connecting the extraction tube and the closing body is a weakened portion that can be broken,
A cutter ring is fitted to the portion facing the connection portion from above in the dispensing cylinder so as to be movable downward,
The overcap is disposed so as to be able to move downward with respect to the inner plug, and the cutter ring is configured to be capable of breaking the weakened portion when pressed by the overcap that moves downward with respect to the inner plug. ,
The cutter ring is formed with a recess that opens at least downward and outward in the cap radial direction,
In the state where the overcap is positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug together with the cutter ring, the recess is formed in the lower end portion of the cutter ring at the connection portion while the cutter ring is fitted in the dispensing tube. A pouring cap characterized in that a pressed portion pressed by a circumferential portion where the portion is located is supported from the inside in the cap radial direction. A dispensing cap according to claim 1,
The cutter ring is formed with an engaging portion that engages with the inner plug and restricts the lowering movement of the cutter ring when positioned at the lower end position with respect to the inner plug. Out cap.

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