JP2013028376A - Measuring cap - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring cap capable of simplifying a structure by reducing a number of parts and enhancing operability.SOLUTION: The measuring cap has a cylindrical storing member 3 outwardly mounted on a mouth part 2a of a container 2 storing contents, a measuring member 4 detachably arranged in the storing member 3, having a bottomed cylindrical shape, and making the mouth part a spout opening 5, a hollow cylindrical storing chamber 22 formed between the storing member 3 and the measuring member 4, a through hole 23 opening to the storing chamber 22 and communicating the storing chamber 22 and the inside of the container 2, and a measuring hole 24 positioned at the bottom part side of the measuring member 4 along a cap axis O direction more than the through hole 23 and opening to the peripheral wall 19a of the measuring member 4.

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring cap.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, as described in Patent Document 1 below, a cylindrical storage member that is attached to a mouth portion of a container that stores contents, and a bottomed cylindrical measuring member that is disposed in the storage member And a measuring cap provided with the above.
In this measuring cap, a stopper lid is attached to the mouth of the storage member, and the container is turned upside down with the stopper lid closed, and the contents are stored in the storage member. Next, by placing the container in an upright posture, the contents in the storage member flow into the measuring member and are measured. Then, when the stopper lid is pulled up and the mouth of the storage member is opened, the tube stopper connected to the stopper lid blocks communication between the inside of the measuring member and the container. From this state, the container is tilted and the measured content is poured out from the mouth of the storage member.

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  However, the above-described conventional measuring cap has a large number of parts, a complicated structure, and a troublesome operation.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, Comprising: It aims at providing the measuring cap which can reduce a number of parts, can simplify a structure, and can improve operativity.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
The measuring cap of the present invention is a cylindrical storage member that is externally attached to the mouth of a container that contains contents, and is detachably disposed in the storage member, and has a bottomed cylindrical shape. A metering member whose mouth is a spout, a hollow cylindrical storage chamber formed between the storage member and the metering member, an opening in the storage chamber, and the storage chamber and the container It is characterized by comprising a communicating hole that communicates, and a measuring hole that is located closer to the bottom of the measuring member along the cap axial direction than the communicating hole and opens in the peripheral wall of the measuring member.

  In order to weigh the contents using the measuring cap, first, the container is turned upside down, and the contents in the container are caused to flow into the storage chamber through the communication hole. When the contents are collected in the storage chamber, the contents in the storage chamber flow into the measuring member through the measuring hole and are weighed by setting the container in an upright posture. From this state, the container is tilted and the weighed contents are poured out from the spout.

  According to the measuring cap of the present invention, since the measuring hole is located on the bottom side of the measuring member along the cap axial direction with respect to the communication hole, the contents in the storage chamber can easily flow into the measuring member. That is, surplus contents in the storage chamber return to the container through the communication hole, and necessary contents are also introduced into the measuring member from the measuring hole, so that the measurement is performed with high accuracy.

Further, since the storage member is externally attached to the mouth portion of the container and the measuring member is detachably disposed in the storage member, it can be easily replaced with a measuring cap corresponding to various measurement values.
The measuring cap has a small number of parts and a simple structure, and the contents can be measured and poured out only by a simple operation of tilting the container.

  In the measuring cap of the present invention, the storage member is formed with a wall portion capable of shielding the measuring hole by rotating the measuring member around the cap axis with respect to the storing member. It is good.

In this case, after the contents flow into the measuring member, the measuring member can be rotated around the cap axis with respect to the storage member, and the measuring hole can be shielded by the wall. When the liquid is poured out, the contents are prevented from returning from the measuring hole into the storage chamber. That is, even if the contents are poured out from any position around the cap axis among the spouts of the measuring member, the contents are poured out accurately as measured. Therefore, an erroneous operation of dispensing is prevented.
In this case, it is preferable to provide a positioning means for determining the rotation range of the measuring member in accordance with the opening / closing position of the measuring hole.

  According to the measuring cap of the present invention, the number of parts can be reduced, the structure can be simplified, and the operability can be improved.

It is side sectional drawing which shows the measurement cap which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the procedure which measures the content with the measurement cap of FIG. It is a figure explaining the procedure which measures the content with the measurement cap of FIG.

Hereinafter, a measuring cap according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the measuring cap 1 is disposed in a cylindrical storage member 3 that is externally attached to the mouth portion 2a of the container 2 that stores the contents, and is detachably disposed in the storage member 3. A measuring member 4 having a bottomed cylindrical shape and having a mouth portion serving as a spout 5; and an overcap 6 having a topped cylindrical shape and closing the spout 5 of the measuring member 4 so as to be freely opened and closed. Yes.
Here, the measuring member 4 and the overcap 6 are arranged coaxially with the common shaft.
Hereinafter, this common axis is referred to as a cap axis O, the overcap 6 side along the cap axis O direction is referred to as the upper side, the bottom side of the measuring member 4 is referred to as the lower side, and the direction orthogonal to the cap axis O is referred to as the radial direction. The direction that goes around the cap axis O is called the circumferential direction.

  The container 2 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and a male screw portion 2b is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 2a. In the illustrated example, the central axis (container axis) of the container 2 and the cap axis O are coaxial with each other.

  The storage member 3 includes a connection cylinder 7 that is attached to the mouth 2 a of the container 2, and a storage cylinder 8 that is disposed on the upper side of the connection cylinder 7.

  The connecting cylinder 7 includes an outer cylinder part 9 disposed on the radially outer side of the mouth part 2 a of the container 2, an inner cylinder part 10 disposed on the radially inner side of the mouth part 2 a of the container 2, and the outer cylinder part 9. A flange portion 11 that protrudes radially inward from the inner peripheral surface and extends in the circumferential direction, and connects the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylindrical portion 9 and the upper end opening of the inner cylindrical portion 10; And a support cylinder 12 erected on the upper surface of the flange portion 11.

  An internal thread portion 9 a is formed at the center portion in the cap axis O direction on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 9. The female screw portion 9 a is screwed into the male screw portion 2 b of the mouth portion 2 a of the container 2. Further, the flange portion 11 is connected to an upper portion of the female screw portion 9 a on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 9. The thickness of the upper part of the outer cylinder part 9 from the flange part 11 is formed thinner than the thickness of the lower part of the flange part 11. An annular projection 9b that protrudes radially inward and extends along the circumferential direction is formed at the upper end opening of the outer cylinder portion 9.

The inner cylinder part 10 is inserted into the mouth part 2 a of the container 2.
A seal ring 13 is disposed between the upper end opening edge of the mouth portion 2 a of the container 2 and the lower surface of the flange portion 11.
The support cylinder 12 is disposed on the radially inner side of the upper end portion of the outer cylinder part 9 with a gap between the support cylinder 12 and the outer cylinder part 9.

  The housing cylinder 8 includes a connecting cylinder 14 that is connected to the connecting cylinder 7 and an exterior cylinder portion 15 that is disposed on the upper side of the connecting cylinder 14.

  The connecting cylinder 14 is inserted into the gap between the upper end portion of the outer cylinder portion 9 of the connecting cylinder 7 and the support cylinder 12. The lower end opening edge of the connecting cylinder 14 is in contact with the flange portion 11 from above. The connecting cylinder 14 is formed with an annular protrusion 14a that protrudes radially outward and extends in the circumferential direction. The annular protrusion 14 a is in contact with the upper end portion of the outer cylinder portion 9 from the inside in the radial direction. The annular protrusion 14a and the annular protrusion 9b of the outer cylinder portion 9 are undercut fitted. The support cylinder 12 is fitted to the connecting cylinder 14 from the inside in the radial direction.

  The exterior cylinder portion 15 includes a housing portion 16 disposed on the upper side of the connecting tube 14 and a storage portion 17 disposed on the upper side of the housing portion 16 and having a larger diameter than the housing portion 16. The exterior cylinder part 15 of this embodiment is formed of a transparent material, and the operator can visually recognize the inside of the exterior cylinder part 15 from the outside.

  The accommodating portion 16 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and includes a peripheral wall 16a and a bottom wall 16b. In the illustrated example, the inner diameter of the peripheral wall 16 a is larger than the inner diameter of the mouth portion 2 a of the container 2. The central portion in the radial direction of the bottom wall 16b penetrates in the direction of the cap axis O so as to be cut out in a circular hole shape. A connecting cylinder 14 is suspended from the radially inner edge of the bottom wall 16b.

  The storage part 17 has a bottomed cylindrical shape and includes a peripheral wall 17a and a bottom wall 17b. Portions other than the radially outer portion of the bottom wall 17b penetrate in the direction of the cap axis O so as to be cut out in a large circular hole shape. A peripheral wall 16 a of the housing portion 16 is suspended from the radially inner edge of the bottom wall 17 b of the storage portion 17. Further, an annular protrusion 17c that protrudes radially outward and extends along the circumferential direction is formed at the upper end portion of the peripheral wall 17a of the storage portion 17.

  In addition, a wall portion 18 is provided on the bottom wall 17b of the storage portion 17 so that a cross section perpendicular to the cap axis O forms an arc shape. The wall 18 extends along the circumferential direction, and the length along the circumferential direction is larger than the length (groove width) along the circumferential direction in the communication path 21 of the measuring member 4 described later. Further, the inner diameter of the wall portion 18 (the radius around the cap axis O on the inner peripheral surface of the wall portion 18) is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the peripheral wall 16 a of the housing portion 16.

  The measuring member 4 includes a measuring tube 19 disposed in the housing tube 8 and a mounting tube 20 mounted on the upper end opening of the housing tube 8.

The measuring cylinder 19 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and has a peripheral wall 19a and a bottom wall 19b. The lower end portion of the peripheral wall 19a is fitted to the peripheral wall 16a of the accommodating portion 16 from the inside in the radial direction. Further, the radially outer portion of the bottom wall 19b is in contact with the bottom wall 16b of the accommodating portion 16 from above.
A portion of the circumferential wall 19a in the circumferential direction is recessed inward in the radial direction, and is formed in a groove shape extending along the cap axis O direction. The communication path 21 is used to circulate the contents between the inside of the storage chamber 22.

The communication passage 21 extends downward from the central portion of the peripheral wall 19a in the cap axis O direction, and opens to the bottom wall 19b. The groove depth (the length along the radial direction) at the lower end portion of the communication path 21 is larger than the groove depth at portions other than the lower end portion. In the illustrated example, the groove depth of the communication path 21 increases stepwise as it goes downward, and the groove depth at the lower end of the communication path 21 is about the radius of the peripheral wall 19a.
Of the lower end portion of the communication passage 21, a portion other than the outer portion in the radial direction is opened toward the connection cylinder 14, and the communication passage 21 and the container 2 are in communication.

  The portion other than the lower end portion of the peripheral wall 19a of the measuring cylinder 19 has a slightly larger diameter than the lower end portion. An annular step portion 19c extending along the circumferential direction is formed at a connecting portion between the lower end portion of the peripheral wall 19a and a portion other than the lower end portion. The stepped portion 19c is disposed on the upper side of the bottom wall 17b of the storage portion 17 and is separated from the bottom wall 17b.

  Of the portion of the peripheral wall 19a that is positioned adjacent to the upper side of the step portion 19c, a portion corresponding to the wall portion 18 along the circumferential direction is in contact with the wall portion 18 from the inside in the radial direction. In FIG. 1, the part arrange | positioned so that the communicating path 21 in the surrounding wall 19a may be pinched | interposed from the circumferential direction is contact | abutted to the wall part 18, respectively.

  The measuring cylinder 19 has a smaller diameter than the storage portion 17, and a hollow cylindrical space formed between the peripheral walls 19a and 17a serves as a storage chamber 22 for storing contents. In FIG. 1, among the portions of the communication passage 21 facing the peripheral wall 17 a of the storage portion 17, portions other than the upper end portion are shielded by the wall portion 18, while the upper end portion of the communication passage 21 is the storage chamber 22. And a communication hole 23 for communicating the storage chamber 22 with the inside of the container 2.

  Further, on the opposite side of the peripheral wall 19a of the measuring cylinder 19 from the communication hole 23 with the cap shaft O interposed therebetween, a measurement hole 24 that is located below the communication hole 23 and opens to the peripheral wall 19a is formed. ing. The measuring cap 1 is set so that the volume of the portion below the measuring hole 24 in the measuring tube 19 becomes a predetermined internal volume (measured value).

  In the present embodiment, the volume of the upper portion of the storage chamber 22 and the communication passage 21 above the lower end opening edge of the communication hole 23 (specifically, the content storage area indicated by the symbol L in FIG. 2) is measured. The volume of the cylinder 19 is equal to the volume of the portion below the measuring hole 24.

In FIG. 1, the measuring cylinder 19 of the measuring member 4 is rotatable about the cap axis O with respect to the storage cylinder 8 of the storing member 3, and the measuring member 4 is rotated about the cap axis O with respect to the storing member 3. By rotating and moving, the wall portion 18 can shield the measuring hole 24.
Further, the longitudinal section of the upper end opening of the peripheral wall 19a of the measuring cylinder 19 is formed in a curved shape so as to gradually incline toward the outside in the radial direction toward the upper side, and then change the direction from the outer side in the radial direction to the lower side. The upper end opening is the spout 5.

  Further, the mounting cylinder 20 is provided with a storage chamber lid portion 25 attached to the upper end portion of the storage portion 17, and a connecting portion 26 that is disposed above the storage chamber lid portion 25 and has a smaller diameter than the storage chamber lid portion 25. And.

  The storage chamber lid portion 25 has a crested cylindrical shape, and includes a peripheral wall 25a and a top wall 25b. Moreover, the storage chamber cover part 25 has a support cylinder 25c that is disposed with a gap on the radially inner side of the peripheral wall 25a and is suspended from the top wall 25b. An annular protrusion 25d that protrudes radially inward and extends along the circumferential direction is formed at the lower end opening of the peripheral wall 25a.

  The upper end portion of the storage portion 17 is inserted into the gap between the peripheral wall 25a and the support tube 25c. The upper end opening edge of the storage part 17 is in contact with the top wall 25b from below. The annular protrusion 17c is in contact with the peripheral wall 25a from the inside in the radial direction. The annular protrusion 17c and the annular protrusion 25d of the storage chamber lid portion 25 are undercut fitted. Further, the support cylinder 25 c is fitted into the upper end opening of the storage portion 17 from the inside in the radial direction.

Portions other than the radially outer portion of the top wall 25b penetrate in the direction of the cap axis O so as to be cut out into a large circular hole shape. A cylindrical connecting portion 26 is erected on the radially inner edge of the top wall 25b.
A male screw portion 26 a is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the connecting portion 26. An annular flange portion 27 that protrudes radially inward and extends in the circumferential direction is formed at the upper end opening of the connecting portion 26, and the upper end portion of the connecting portion 26 is interposed through the flange portion 27. And the upper end part in the outer peripheral surface of the surrounding wall 19a of the measurement cylinder 19 is connected.

  The overcap 6 has a peripheral wall 6a and a top wall 6b. Further, the overcap 6 has a closed cylinder 6c that is disposed with a gap on the radially inner side of the peripheral wall 6a and is suspended from the top wall 6b.

A female screw portion 6d is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 6a. The female screw portion 6 d is screwed into the male screw portion 26 a of the measuring member 4. The overcap 6 is detachably attached to the measuring member 4 by this screwing. In the illustrated example, the overcap 6 is formed separately from the measuring member 4.
The top wall 6b shields the upper end opening (the spout 5) of the measuring cylinder 19 of the measuring member 4 so as to cover it from above. The closing cylinder 6c is fitted into the upper end opening of the measuring cylinder 19 from the inside in the radial direction.

In order to weigh the contents using the measuring cap 1 of the present embodiment described above, first, as shown in FIG. 2, the container 2 is turned upside down, and the contents L in the container 2 are moved to the communication path 21. And, it flows into the storage chamber 22 through the communication hole 23. When the contents L flow into the storage chamber 22 and reach the lower end opening edge of the communication hole 23 (the upper end opening edge in the inverted state), the internal pressure of the storage chamber 22 and the internal pressure of the container 2 are balanced. Further, the inflow of the contents L into the storage chamber 22 is stopped.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, even if the container 2 is turned upside down with the overcap 6 removed from the measuring member 4, the contents L may leak out from the measuring member 4 to the outside. It is prevented.

When the contents L are accumulated in the storage chamber 22, as shown in FIG. 3, the contents L in the storage chamber 22 pass through the measuring holes 24 in the measuring member 4 by placing the container 2 in an upright posture. Into and weighed.
From this state, the container 2 is tilted, and the measured content L is poured out from the spout 5. At this time, it is preferable to incline the measuring member 4 so that the measuring hole 24 is arranged on the upper side so that the contents L do not return from the measuring hole 24 to the storage chamber 22.

  According to the measuring cap 1 of the present embodiment, the measuring hole 24 is located below the communication hole 23 (on the bottom side of the measuring member 4 along the cap axis O direction), so the contents in the storage chamber 22 It is easy to allow the object L to flow into the measuring member 4, and the measurement is performed with high accuracy.

Further, since the storage member 3 is externally attached to the mouth 2a of the container 2, and the measuring member 4 is detachably disposed in the storage member 3, the storage member 3 and the measuring member 4 are exchanged. Thus, the measuring cap 1 can be easily exchanged according to various measuring values.
The measuring cap 1 is simple in structure with a small number of parts, and is excellent in operability because the contents L can be measured and poured out only by a simple operation of tilting the container 2.

Further, the storage member 3 is formed with a wall portion 18 that can shield the measurement hole 24 by rotating the measurement member 4 around the cap axis O with respect to the storage member 3. Is obtained.
That is, after the content L flows into the measuring member 4, the measuring member 4 can be rotated to shield the measuring hole 24 by the wall portion 18, and then when the content L in the measuring member 4 is poured out. The content L does not return from the measuring hole 24 into the storage chamber 22. That is, even if the content L is poured out from any position in the circumferential direction among the spouts 5 of the measuring member 4, the content L is poured out accurately as measured. Therefore, misoperation of extraction is prevented.
The measuring member 4 may be configured not to rotate around the cap axis O with respect to the storage member 3.

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

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the storage member 3 has a structure in which the connection cylinder 7 attached to the mouth portion 2a of the container 2 and the accommodation cylinder 8 that accommodates the measuring member 4 are coupled in the cap axis O direction. However, the connecting tube 7 and the housing tube 8 may be integrally formed.

  Moreover, although the exterior cylinder part 15 was formed with the transparent material and the operator was able to visually recognize the inside of the exterior cylinder part 15 from the outside, it is not limited to this.

  In addition, although the measurement hole 24 is formed on the opposite side of the peripheral wall 19a of the measurement cylinder 19 with the cap shaft O between the communication hole 23, the measurement hole 24 is not limited to this. However, according to the configuration described in the present embodiment, when the container 2 is turned upside down, the container 2 is inclined so that the contents L can easily pass through the communication path 21 (the spout 5 in FIG. 1). And the direction in which the container 2 is tilted when the contents L are poured out from the container 2 returned to the upright posture, and the operability is good. .

  Moreover, as shown by the code | symbol 28 in FIG. 1, it is enclosed between the step part 19c and the bottom wall 17b, and between the part adjacent to the lower side of the step part 19c and the wall part 18 in the surrounding wall 19a. An arcuate auxiliary flow path that is formed in the shape and extends along the circumferential direction may be provided. Here, the auxiliary flow path 28 is disposed below the measuring hole 24, and the cross-sectional area of the flow path is sufficiently smaller than that of the measuring hole 24. In this case, even if there is an extra content L that has not entered the measuring member 4 from the storage chamber 22, the content L passes through the auxiliary flow path 28 and is returned from the communication path 21 into the container 2. .

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the volume of the upper part of the storage chamber 22 and the communication passage 21 above the lower end opening edge of the communication hole 23 is equal to the volume of the lower part of the measurement cylinder 19 below the measurement hole 24. However, it is not limited to this. However, in this case, it is preferable that the volume of the upper part from the lower end opening edge of the communication hole 23 in the storage chamber 22 and the communication path 21 is larger than the volume of the lower part of the measurement cylinder 19 from the measurement hole 24. Thus, once the container 2 is changed from the inverted posture to the upright posture, the content L corresponding to the measured value flows into the measuring member 4 with certainty.

The overcap 6 described in the above embodiment is a screw-type cap that can be detached from the measuring member 4 and is detachably attached to the measuring member 4 by screwing, but is not limited thereto. Instead, for example, a stopper cap that is detachably attached to the measuring member 4 by a pushing operation may be used. Further, the overcap 6 may be a hinged cap that is integrated with the measuring member 4 via a hinge and that is pivoted about the hinge and is detachably attached to the measuring member 4.
Further, the overcap 6 may not be provided.

  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.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Measuring cap 2 Container 2a Mouth 3 Reserving member 4 Measuring member 5 Spout 18 Wall part 19a Perimeter wall 22 Reserving chamber 23 Communication hole 24 Measuring hole O Cap axis

Claims (2)

A cylindrical storage member that is externally attached to the mouth of a container that contains the contents;
A measuring member that is detachably disposed in the storage member, has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and its mouth portion is a spout.
A hollow cylindrical storage chamber formed between the storage member and the metering member;
A communication hole that opens to the storage chamber and communicates the storage chamber with the inside of the container;
A measuring cap comprising: a measuring hole that is located on a bottom side of the measuring member along the cap axial direction with respect to the communication hole, and that opens in a peripheral wall of the measuring member. A measuring cap according to claim 1,
The measuring cap, wherein the storage member is formed with a wall portion capable of shielding the measuring hole by rotating the measuring member around the cap axis with respect to the storing member.

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