JP2012066849A - Liquid pouring container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid pouring container by which a series of operations of pouring and receiving of a content can be easily performed by a single hand.SOLUTION: In the liquid pouring container 10 including a container body 12 and a pump 40 freely detachably attached to a mouth portion 30 of the container body 12 and capable of pouring a liquid content contained in the container body 12, the pump 40 includes a cylindrical mounted cap 42 mounted on the mouth portion 30, a cylinder portion 44, a sucking tube 46 sucking the liquid content, a piston portion 50 urged to an upper part of the mounted cap 42 from the inner part of the cylinder portion 44, and a discharge head portion 52 disposed on an upper end side of the piston portion 50 and provided with a discharge nozzle 54 discharging the liquid content sucked by the sucking tube 46 and further includes an extended portion 60 disposed on a lower side of a lower end position of the discharge head portion 52 and on an upper side of a position of a boundary edge BL between the mouth portion 30 and the container body 12 and extended in a side direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid extraction container, for example, in a mouth portion of a bag body that contains various liquid contents such as a shampoo, a rinse, a hair soap such as a treatment, a liquid soap, a cosmetic, and a hair styling. The present invention relates to a liquid dispensing container in which a pump capable of manually dispensing contents is detachably assembled.

The prior art as the background of the present invention relates to a liquid container with a pump that is used in an embodiment in which a refill new liquid is filled and provided in a refill package, and the refill package can be more easily and more easily loaded. There is known a liquid container with a pump that can be reliably used (for example, see Patent Document 1). In this liquid container with a pump, the liquid absorption part of the stab tube is present at a position inside the refill packaging body, and it becomes possible to absorb the liquid in the refill packaging body and pour out from the spout. ing.
However, in the conventional liquid container with a pump shown in Patent Document 1, the refilling operation of the new liquid for replenishment becomes complicated, and when the number of refills increases, the outer frame of the container and There is a possibility that the inner frame is contaminated, which causes a problem.

  Moreover, as a prior art which is the background of the present invention, in order to eliminate the above-described problems, a refill container for an extrusion pump in which the contents are taken out by an extrusion pump attached to a mouth portion, There has been proposed a container holder that is held in an upright state so that it can be pushed (see, for example, Patent Document 2). The refill container is a flexible bag-shaped container body, a hard resin mouth provided at the upper end of the container body, a shampoo or a treatment attached to the mouth, and stored in the container body. And an extrusion pump adapted to pour out the contents. The container holder has a pair of support members formed by bending a metal bowl and a pair of spring members that connect the support members to each other, and is refilled between the pair of support members connected by the spring members. Since the refilling container can be held in an upright state simply by inserting the mouth of the refilling container, the refilling container can be easily replaced.

JP 2009-269651 A (page 29, line 29 to page 10, line 7; FIGS. 1 to 4) JP 2003-20049 A (2nd page, 2nd column, line 47 to 3rd page, 4th line, 18th line, FIGS. 1-2)

  However, in the conventional technique shown in Patent Document 2, although the refilling container for the extrusion pump is held upright by the container holder and the refilling container can be easily replaced, it is accommodated in the container body. When using contents such as shampoo and rinse, the pressing part of the extrusion pump was pressed downward with one hand, the contents were discharged from the discharge pipe, and the other hand was discharged from the discharge pipe. The specification for receiving the contents is the same as that of the conventional liquid container with a pump shown in Patent Document 1. In any case, the liquid is poured from the container main body. In principle, both hands had to be used for the out operation.

  As described above, in the conventional liquid dispensing container in which both hands are used in principle, it is difficult to operate with the eyes closed, for example, in the case of washing the hair. Even those who are handicapped are difficult to handle. That is, in each of the above prior art configurations, the contents pouring operation is troublesome under a situation where only one hand can be used, which is very inconvenient.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a liquid dispensing container in which a series of operations of dispensing and receiving contents can be easily performed with one hand.

The present invention according to claim 1 is a container body, a mouth portion disposed at an upper end portion of the container body, and a detachably attached to the mouth portion so that liquid contents stored in the container body can be poured out. A liquid dispensing container including a pump, wherein the pump has a cylindrical mounting cap that is mounted on the mouth, a cylinder portion that is suspended from the mounting cap, and a drooping from the lower end side of the cylinder portion A suction tube that sucks up liquid contents, a piston portion that is urged from the inside of the cylinder portion to above the mounting cap, and reciprocates within the cylinder portion, and is disposed on the upper end side of the piston portion. A discharge head portion having a discharge nozzle for discharging the raised liquid contents, and is disposed below the lower end position of the discharge head portion and above the position of the boundary end between the mouth portion and the container body. The extension part that is installed and extends to the side Characterized in that it comprises in al, a liquid dispensing container.
Since the present invention according to claim 1 has the above-described configuration, the liquid content in the container main body pumped up by the action of the cylinder portion and the piston portion of the pump passes through the suction tube, and the discharge head portion. It is discharged from the discharge nozzle. In particular, since the present invention has an extension part, when using, for example, the palm is inserted between the extension part and the container body with one palm facing upward, and the extension part is extended with the palm. If the liquid dispensing container is held so that it is supported from the lower side, a certain amount of liquid from the discharge nozzle to the palm can be obtained simply by pressing the discharge head with the thumb of the hand holding the liquid dispensing container. The contents can be poured out. That is, according to the present invention of claim 1, a series of operations of pouring and receiving liquid contents can be easily performed with one hand with a single touch.
The present invention according to claim 2 is an invention dependent on the invention according to claim 1, wherein the extension part is an intermediate part in the axial direction of the mounting cap, one end part in the axial direction of the mounting cap and its vicinity, and mounting. A liquid dispensing container including a flange member that is fitted to the other end portion in the axial direction of the cap and any portion in the vicinity thereof and extends in the radial direction of the mounting cap.
In the present invention according to claim 2, in particular, since the extending portion includes the flange member, when using, for example, the palm is placed between the extending portion and the container body with one palm facing upward. It is also possible to hold and hold the liquid dispensing container from below with the palm in the state where the cap is sandwiched between the index finger and the middle finger, or between the middle finger and the ring finger. It is possible to hold the liquid dispensing container more stably. If the discharge head portion is pressed with the thumb of one hand while holding the liquid discharge container in such a manner, a certain amount of liquid content can be discharged from the discharge nozzle to the palm. ing. That is, in the present invention according to claim 2, as in the case of the invention according to claim 1, the series of operations for dispensing and receiving the liquid contents can be easily performed with one hand with one touch. .
The present invention according to claim 3 is an invention subordinate to the invention according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the container body includes a self-supporting plastic bag. It is a container.
The present invention according to claim 3 includes a plastic bag body in which the container main body can stand on its own, and the container main body is lightweight, so that the container main body is placed in a desired place or the container main body is held in one hand. As in the first and second aspects of the invention, a series of operations for pouring and receiving the liquid contents can be easily performed with one hand.

  According to the liquid dispensing container of the present invention, there is an effect that a series of operations of dispensing and receiving contents can be easily performed with one hand.

  The above-mentioned object, other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments for carrying out the invention with reference to the drawings.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of embodiment of the liquid extraction container concerning this invention. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the use condition of the liquid extraction container shown in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the other example of embodiment of the liquid extraction container concerning this invention.

  The liquid dispensing container according to the present invention has a purpose of easily performing a series of operations of dispensing and receiving contents with one hand, below the lower end position of the discharge head portion of the liquid dispensing container, and This was realized by attaching an extending part extending laterally above the position of the boundary end between the mouth part and the container body.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an embodiment of a liquid dispensing container according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a usage state of the liquid dispensing container shown in FIG.
The liquid dispensing container 10 according to the present embodiment includes a container body 12 formed, for example, in a soft plastic bag. In the container main body 12, various liquid contents such as cosmetics and hair-styling materials can be accommodated in addition to shampoos, rinses, treatments and the like, and liquid soaps.
The container body 10 includes a front part 14a, a back part 14b, and an insert (not shown). As shown in FIG. 1, the front part 14a and the back part 14b are rectangular in front view and overlap each other. Has been. The insert (not shown) has a bottom gusset portion 16a, a left side gusset portion 18a, and a right side gusset portion 20a. A bottom surface portion 16 is formed by the bottom gusset portion 16a, and a left side surface portion 18 is formed by the left side gusset portion 18a. The right side surface portion 20 is formed by the right side gusset portion 20a. The front surface portion 14a, the back surface portion 14b, the bottom surface portion 16, the left side surface portion 18, and the right side surface portion 20 are a bottom heat seal portion 22, a left heat seal portion 24, a right heat seal portion 26, and an upper heat seal portion. By fixing with 28a, 28b, the connection end part with the front part 14a, the back part 14b, the bottom part 16, the left side part 18, and the right side part 20 is given rigidity.

  Further, the left side gusset portion 18a and the right side gusset portion 20a have, for example, triangular bent flaps 29a and 29b, respectively. The folding flaps 29a and 29b are fixed to the front surface portion 14a, the back surface portion 14b, the left side gusset portion 18a, and the right side gusset portion 20a with the left heat seal portion 24 and the right heat seal portion 26, respectively. The bent flaps 29a and 29b, the left heat seal portion 24, and the right heat seal portion 26 can have a large sealing strength and can have a higher rigidity.

  In this embodiment, since the container body 12 has the above-described configuration, the container body 12 can be expanded by the left side gusset portion 18a and the right side gusset portion 20, and the capacity of the container body 12 can be increased. Further, the bottom surface portion 16 is expanded by the bottom gusset portion 16 a, and a rectangular bottom surface is formed on the bottom surface of the container body 12. Further, the bottom side heat seal part 22, the left side heat seal part 24, the right side heat seal part 26, and the upper side heat seal parts 28a and 28b, the front part 14a, the back part 14b, the bottom part 16, the left side part 18 and the right side part 20 Since the connection end portion of the container body is rigid, the container body 12 can be made to be able to stand upright and stably.

  In the central portion of the upper end edge of the container body 12, for example, a hard plastic mouth portion 30 is disposed. The mouth part 30 includes, for example, a cylindrical mouth part body 32 having a threaded surface 32a on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and the mouth part body 32 is supported by the container body 12 by a bracket part 34 having a substantially rhombic shape in plan view. The bracket portion 34 has a plurality of rib groove portions 34 a extending on the outer peripheral surface thereof at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction, and the outer peripheral surface of the bracket portion 34 is welded to the container body 12. . The bracket portion 34 has, for example, a circular through hole 36 in the center thereof, and the through hole 36 communicates with the hole 32 a of the mouth portion main body 32.

The above-described mouth portion 30 has a structure in which a pump 40 that can dispense liquid contents stored in the container body 12 is detachably mounted.
That is, the pump 40 includes, for example, a cylindrical mounting cap 42 that is mounted on the mouth portion 30. The mounting cap 42 has, on its inner peripheral surface, a screw surface (not shown) that can be screwed onto the screw surface 32a of the mouth. Further, a large number of rib strips 42 a extending in the axial direction of the mounting cap 42 protrude from the outer peripheral surface of the mounting cap 42. Further, a ring member 48 having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the mounting cap 42 is disposed on the mounting cap 42. The ring member 48 supports a piston portion 50 described later on the mounting cap 42 so as to be rotatable.
A cylinder portion 44 is suspended from the mounting cap 42 and extends downward from the mounting cap 42. The cylinder portion 44 is provided with a suction tube 46 that hangs down from the lower end side of the cylinder portion 44 and sucks up the liquid content stored in the container body 12.

  The pump 40 further includes a piston portion 50 that is urged from the inside of the cylinder portion 44 above the mounting cap 42 by an urging means (not shown) such as a coil spring and reciprocates in the cylinder portion 44. On the upper end side of the piston portion 50, a disc-shaped discharge head portion 52 for discharging the liquid contents sucked up by the suction tube 46 is disposed. The discharge head unit 52 includes, for example, one discharge nozzle 54 on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The discharge nozzle 54 includes, for example, a circular tubular nozzle body 56, and the nozzle body 56 is formed so that the nozzle hole 56a faces obliquely downward.

In particular, the liquid dispensing container 10 according to the present embodiment is disposed below the lower end position of the ejection head portion 52 and above the position of the boundary end BL between the mouth portion 30 and the container body 12. Further, it is characterized by further including an extending portion 60 extending laterally.
That is, the extension part 60 includes, for example, a substantially elliptical annular flange member 62 in plan view as shown in FIG. The flange member 62 is formed such that the length in the major axis direction is, for example, approximately three times the diameter of the mounting cap 42 described above, and the length in the minor axis direction is approximately twice the diameter of the mounting cap 42. It is weakly formed. The flange member 62 is made of, for example, hard plastic and thin. The flange member 62 is disposed in a stepped portion S between the mounting cap 42 and the ring member 48 located on the upper side thereof. The flange member 62 is fixed to the stepped portion S. In this case, the flange member 62 may be fixed to the stepped portion S by a fixing means such as an adhesive, or may be formed integrally with the stepped portion S.

  Since the liquid dispensing container 10 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has the structure described above, the liquid content in the container body 12 pumped up by the action of the cylinder part 44 and the piston part 50 of the pump 40 is The liquid is discharged from the nozzle hole 56 a of the discharge nozzle 54 through the suction tube 46. In the present embodiment example, in particular, since the extending portion 60 has, for example, a flange member 62, when the liquid dispensing container 10 is used, for example, as shown in FIG. If the liquid dispensing container 10 is held by inserting the palm between the flange member 62 and the container body 12 and holding the flange member 62 from below with the palm, the liquid dispensing container 10 is retained. A certain amount of liquid content can be poured out from the nozzle hole 56a of the discharge nozzle 54 to the palm simply by pressing the discharge head portion 52 with the thumb of the hand of the hand. In this case, after the discharge head portion 52 is pushed down against the biasing means (not shown) for biasing the piston portion 50 upward, the pressing force is released and the discharge head portion 52 is biased. The liquid content in the container main body 12 is discharged from the nozzle hole 56 a of the discharge nozzle 54 by returning (raising) to the original position by not shown.

  In the present embodiment example, since the extending portion 60 is formed by the flange member 62, when the palm is inserted between the flange member 62 and the container body 12 with one palm facing upward, for example, In the state where the mounting cap 42 is sandwiched between the index finger and the middle finger or between the middle finger and the ring finger, the liquid dispensing container 10 can be held and supported from below by the palm. The liquid dispensing container 10 can be held more stably. When the discharge head portion 52 is pressed with the thumb of one hand while holding the liquid discharge container 10 in such a manner, a fixed amount of liquid content is poured from the nozzle hole 56a of the discharge nozzle 54 to the palm. Can be issued.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment example, since the container body 12 is formed in a plastic bag that can stand on its own, the weight of the container body 12 itself is reduced, and the container body 12 is placed at a desired location. In a state or a state in which the container body 12 is lifted with one hand, a series of operations for pouring and receiving the liquid contents can be easily performed with one hand.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing another example of the embodiment of the liquid dispensing container according to the present invention.
The embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is different from the above-described embodiment in particular in the attachment structure to the extension part 60 and the container main body 12. In this case, in the above-described embodiment, the flange member 62 constituting the extending portion 60 is fixed to the stepped portion S between the mounting cap 42 and the ring member 48 located on the upper side thereof, whereas In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the flange member 70 is detachably disposed on the container body 12.
That is, in the liquid dispensing container 10 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the extending portion 60 includes, for example, an elliptical flange member 70 in plan view. The flange member 70 has, for example, a circular through hole 72 in the center thereof, and includes a plurality of V-shaped notches 74 in a plan view, for example, in the circumferential direction of the through hole 72 with a predetermined interval therebetween. It has become a thing. Each of the plurality of notches 74 has a base end side communicating with the through hole 72 and a tip end side extending radially with a predetermined length toward the outer peripheral side of the flange member 70.

  The flange member 70 is disposed at an intermediate portion in the axial direction of the mounting cap 42. The mounting cap 42 is fitted into the through hole 72 of the flange member 70 at the center in the axial direction. At this time, the trapezoidal piece 76 in a plan view provided between a plurality of adjacent cutouts 74 is partially engaged between a large number of rib strips 42 a of the mounting cap 42. That is, the piece 76 has a function as a stopper when the flange member 70 is inserted into the mounting cap 42.

  In the liquid dispensing container 10 of the present embodiment example, the flange member 70 constituting the extending portion 60 can be detachably fitted to the mounting cap 42, so that the mounting position of the flange member 70 is, for example, mounted. The cap 42 can be fitted to the axial intermediate portion, one axial end portion and the vicinity thereof, the other axial end portion and the vicinity thereof, and is convenient in handling. It has become.

  In the liquid pouring container 10 shown in FIG. 1, the flange member 62 as the extending portion 60 is fixed to the step portion S between the mounting cap 42 and the ring member 48 located on the upper side thereof, and the liquid pouring shown in FIG. In the container 10, the flange member 70 as the extension portion 60 is detachably attached to the intermediate portion in the axial direction of the attachment cap 42, but the attachment position of the extension portion 60 is not limited thereto. For example, the extension portion 60 may be attached to the upper surface side of the bracket portion 34 below the attachment cap 42. That is, the extension part 60 is appropriately attached to a desired part as long as it is below the lower end position of the discharge head part 52 and above the position of the boundary end BL between the mouth part 30 and the container body 12. It can be done.

  For example, in this case, when the flange members 62 and 70 constituting the extending portion 60 are fixedly disposed on the piston portion 50, if the flange members 62 and 70 are pressed with, for example, the back of the hand, the piston is interlocked with the piston. Since the portion 50 is pressed and lowered, the liquid content discharged from the nozzle hole 56a of the discharge nozzle 54 can be received by the palm. Even in this case, a series of operations of pouring and receiving the liquid contents with one touch can be performed with one hand in a state where the container main body 12 is placed at a desired place or the container main body 12 is lifted with one hand. It can be done easily.

  Further, the flange members 62 and 70 constituting the above-described extending portion 60 have an outer shape formed in, for example, an elliptical ring shape in plan view, but the outer shape of the flange members 62 and 70 is not limited thereto. For example, it may be formed in various annular bodies such as a rectangular ring in plan view, a circular ring shape in plan view, a triangular ring shape in plan view, a diamond ring shape in plan view, and a polygonal ring shape in plan view.

  Furthermore, the extending portion 60 is not limited to the flange members 62 and 70 described above, and may be formed of, for example, a rod member, a plate-like member, an arcuate surface member, or the like that faces the mounting cap 42 in the diameter direction. .

  In each of the above-described embodiments, a one-push type in which the user operates the pump 40 by pressing the discharge head 52 with a thumb or the like is presented. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It can also be applied to a trigger type that triggers a pump action by pulling a finger hooked on a trigger (trigger).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Liquid extraction container 12 Container main body 14a Front part 14b Back part 16 Bottom part 16a Bottom gusset part 18 Left side part 18a Left gusset part 20 Right side part 20a Right gusset part 22 Bottom side heat seal part 24 Left side heat seal part 26 Right side heat seal Portions 28a and 28b Upper heat seal portions 29a and 29b Folding flaps 30 Port portions 32a Portions of the main body of the mouth portion 32b Screw surfaces of the mouth portion 32 Portion of the main body 34 Bracket portions 36 Through holes of the bracket portion 40 Pump 42 Mounting cap 42a Rib strip 44 Cylinder part 46 Suction tube 48 Ring member 50 Piston part 52 Discharge head part 54 Discharge nozzle 56 Nozzle body 56a Nozzle hole 60 Extension part 62, 70 Flange member 72 Through hole 74 Notch part 76 Single part BL mouth part and container Boundary edge with the body S Stepped portion between mounting cap and ring member

Claims (3)

Container body,
A liquid outlet container including a mouth disposed at an upper end portion of the container main body, and a pump that is detachably attached to the mouth part and allows the liquid content stored in the container main body to be poured out. There,
The pump is
A cylindrical mounting cap mounted on the mouth,
A cylinder part suspended from the mounting cap;
A suction tube that hangs down from the lower end side of the cylinder part and sucks up the liquid content;
A piston portion that is urged from the cylinder portion above the mounting cap and reciprocates in the cylinder portion, and the liquid content that is disposed on the upper end side of the piston portion and sucked up by the suction tube. Including a discharge head portion having a discharge nozzle for discharging;
It further includes an extending portion that is disposed below the lower end position of the discharge head portion and above the boundary end position between the mouth portion and the container body, and extends laterally. A liquid dispensing container. The extension part is
An axial intermediate portion of the mounting cap;
One end portion in the axial direction of the mounting cap and its vicinity, and
It is fitted to the other end portion in the axial direction of the mounting cap and any part in the vicinity thereof,
The liquid dispensing container according to claim 1, further comprising a flange member extending in a radial direction of the mounting cap.   The liquid container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the container body includes a plastic bag body that can stand by itself.

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