JP2013133119A - Measuring cap - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring cap for grasping an amount of liquid at a glance without observing the scale.SOLUTION: A container includes a bottle 10, a nozzle cap 14 having a nozzle 12 for discharging contained liquid and attached to the bottle 10, and a measuring cap 18 having a measuring cylindrical part 16 for measuring the contained liquid discharged from the nozzle 12 and detachably attached to the nozzle cap 14. The measuring cylindrical part 16 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a circular cross-section, and inner cylinders 22 (22a, 22b, 22c) have hollow variant cylindrical shapes different from each other and are provided to stand in substantially coaxially so as to extend from a bottom part of the measuring cylindrical part 16 to an opening side.

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring cap for measuring contents such as liquids, powders, granular detergents and seasonings.

  Containers such as liquid detergents and softeners that measure and use liquids, powders, and granules have a bottle and a nozzle for pouring out the content liquid, and a nozzle cap that is attached to the bottle, and from the nozzle A container having a measuring cylinder portion for measuring the dispensed content liquid and including a measuring cap that is detachably attached to the nozzle cap is generally used.

  This measuring cap is convenient because it can be stored by attaching it to the nozzle cap after the content liquid has been measured and used, but in order to make it easier to see the amount of liquid to be measured, it can be engraved or printed. It was necessary to display.

  Measuring while looking at the scale is one way to grasp the amount of liquid, but it is a behavior that uses nerves for elderly people with low vision, so that the amount of liquid can be understood more easily. A method was desired.

  As a conventional technique, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-221153 (Patent Document 1) discloses that a concave portion into which a liquid is put into a measuring cap is formed, and a bent portion (stepped portion) at the opening of the concave portion is used as a measuring mark. A metering cap is disclosed that can be metered into the meter.

  Further, for example, in Japanese translations of PCT publication No. 2009-541909 (patent document 2), in the measuring and diluting cup of the medicine described above, a cylindrical region or a conical region in which the measuring chamber has a reduced diameter concentric with the main body is formed. And injecting and metering liquid into concentric cylindrical or conical regions is disclosed.

  In the measuring means described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, when pouring into the cylindrical portion, the liquid is measured by pouring after the last step where the liquid spreads at the stepped portion.

  However, in the measuring means disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the cross-sectional shape does not change much in the height direction in the cylindrical portion or the conical shape portion, and the target is not obtained until the liquid reaching the step portion spreads. It was difficult to confirm that the measuring part was filled with the liquid because it was found that the liquid was filled up to the point.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-221153 Special table 2009-541090

  Even without looking at the scale as described above, it was not possible to easily grasp the change in the liquid level at a glance while measuring while looking at the level difference.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said problem, Comprising: It aims at providing the measuring cap for grasping | ascertaining a liquid quantity at a glance without seeing a scale.

The present invention includes a bottle, a nozzle for pouring out the content liquid, a nozzle cap attached to the bottle, and a measuring tube portion for measuring the content liquid poured out from the nozzle, and the nozzle cap In a container composed of a measuring cap that is detachably attached,
The measuring cap of the measuring cap has one or a plurality of inner cylinders having a height and a cross-sectional shape different from those of the measuring cylinder.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the plurality of inner cylinders have irregularities formed in the lateral direction, and each inner cylinder is formed in a shape having a different number of irregularities.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the measuring cylinder portion has a circular cross section, and the plurality of inner cylinders have a polygonal cross section with a polygon having fewer sides toward the inner side.

  According to the measuring cap of the present invention, the measuring cylinder portion of the measuring cap has one or a plurality of inner cylinders having different heights and different cross-sectional shapes, so that the shape of the liquid level changes depending on the amount of the measured liquid. Even if the scale is not seen, the liquid amount can be easily grasped by visual observation just by looking at the shape, and the liquid can be easily measured.

It is description of the measuring cap which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, (a) is a side view of the container which provided the measuring cap, (b) is a side view which assembled the measuring cap and the nozzle cap, (c) is a measuring cap. The perspective view seen from the bottom face side, (d) is the perspective view seen from the opening part of the measurement cap. It is explanatory drawing of the measurement cap which concerns on Embodiment 1, (a) is a side view of the state which orient | assigned the opening part upwards, (b) is an end elevation along a BB line, (c) is a CC line (D) is an end view along the DD line. It is description of the measuring cap which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention, (a) is a side view of the container which provided the measuring cap, (b) is the external view seen from the bottom face side of the measuring cap, (c) is an opening part FIG. 4D is an external view of the state with the face up, and (d) is a perspective view seen from the opening side. It is explanatory drawing of the measurement cap which concerns on Embodiment 2, (a) is a side view in the state which opened the opening part, (b) is an end elevation along the BB line of (a), (c) is the same. The end view which follows CC line, (d) is the end view which follows the DD line.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 and 2 are explanatory views of a measuring cap 18 for a container according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the measuring container according to the first embodiment has a bottle 10 and a nozzle 12 that pours out the content liquid, and is poured out from the nozzle cap 14 that is attached to the bottle 10 and the nozzle 12. The container includes a measuring cylinder portion 16 for measuring the content liquid, and a measuring cap 18 that is detachably attached to the nozzle cap 14.

  Specifically, the bottle 10 is formed by blow molding or the like, and is for containing various contents such as liquids such as softeners, detergents or bleaches, powders and granules, and is shown in FIG. In the upright state shown, a cylindrical mouth portion 10a having a diameter smaller than that of the bulging main body protrudes upward, and a male screw thread is formed around the mouth portion 10a.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the nozzle cap 14 has a cylindrical lower portion and a female screw formed therein, and the upper portion is recessed in a bowl shape, and a substantially cylindrical nozzle 12 is directed upward at the center thereof. Standing up. A male screw is formed on the outer periphery of the upper portion of the nozzle cap 14. The female screw at the lower portion of the nozzle cap 14 is screwed onto the mouth portion 10a of the bottle 10, and the male screw at the upper portion of the nozzle cap 14 is covered with the flange portion 20 of the measuring cap 18 so as to be female inside. Screws are screwed together and fixed.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the measuring cap 18 according to the first embodiment includes one or a plurality of inner cylinders 22 having a height and a cross-sectional shape different from those of the measuring cylinder portion 16. Have.

  Specifically, it has a dome shape in which one end in the upward axial direction shown in FIGS. 1A to 1C is closed, and a measuring cylinder portion 16 is formed to extend to the other end in the downward direction. The flange portion 20 is formed on the outer periphery of 16.

  In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, three inner cylinders 22 that are lower in the axial direction than the measuring cylinder part 16 and have a different cross-sectional shape from the measuring cylinder part 16 inside the measuring cylinder part 16. (22a, 22b, 22c).

The measuring cylinder portion 16 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a circular cross section. Each of the inner cylinders 22 (22a, 22b, 22c) extends from the bottom of the measuring cylinder part 16 toward the opening side (along the axial direction), has a different shape and is substantially concentric with a hollow deformed cylinder. Standing up.
Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1D and 2, each inner cylinder 22 (22 a, 22 b, 22 c) is substantially concentric and has side irregularities, and has a plurality of curved shapes in a cross-sectional view. Each of the inner cylinders 22 (22a, 22b, 22c) has a continuous outline petal shape, and is different from each other in that the number of irregularities (the number of curved portions) is smaller on the inner side than on the outer side.
Further, each inner cylinder 22 (22a, 22b, 22c) has a height (the height of the end in the axial direction), the inner cylinder 22a positioned on the outer side is lower than the measuring cylinder section 16, and is smaller than the inner cylinder 22a. The inner cylinder 22b is lower, and the inner cylinder 22c is further lower than the inner cylinder 22b. That is, the inner cylinders 22a, 22b, and 22c are sequentially lowered.

  Examples of the material of the measuring cap 18 include plastics such as polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyethylene terephthalate.

  In the first embodiment, according to the measuring cap 18, the measuring cylinder portion 16 has one or a plurality of inner cylinders 22 having different heights and different cross-sectional shapes. The shape changes. That is, when the liquid is poured from the nozzle 12 into the measuring cap 18 and the liquid enters the inner cylinder 22, the innermost inner cylinder 22c is filled first, so that the opening of the inner cylinder 22c as shown in FIG. It becomes a liquid surface shape according to the shape of the end. Therefore, the liquid poured into the measurement cylinder part 16 becomes a thing according to the internal volume of the inner cylinder 22c.

  Further, when the liquid is poured, the liquid gets over the inner cylinder 22c and enters the inner cylinder 22b adjacent to the outside. Thereafter, the inside of the inner cylinder 22b is filled with the liquid, and as shown in FIG. 2C, the liquid surface has a shape corresponding to the shape of the opening end of the inner cylinder 22b.

  Thereafter, when the liquid is poured, the adjacent inner cylinder 22a is filled with the liquid, and as shown in FIG. 2B, a liquid surface shape corresponding to the shape of the open end of the inner cylinder 22a is obtained.

  Therefore, according to the measuring cap 18 of the first embodiment, the measuring tube portion 16 of the measuring cap 18 has one or a plurality of inner tubes 22 (22a, 22b, 22c) having different heights and different cross-sectional shapes. ), The shape of the liquid level changes depending on the measured amount of liquid, and even without looking at the scale, the amount of liquid can be easily grasped by visual observation and the liquid can be easily measured.

  Next, a measuring cap 18 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  The measuring cap 18 according to the second embodiment is configured such that the measuring tube portion 16 is indicated by reference numerals 16a and 16b having different cross-sectional shapes with the lower end surface of the flange 20 as a boundary, and the inner side of the measuring tube portion 16a. The inner cylinder 24 is formed from the bottom of the measuring cylinder portion 16a toward the opening side (along the axial direction), and the measuring cylinder portion 16a is circular, 16b is triangular, and the inner cylinder 24 is quadrangular. It consists of

  In Embodiment 2, according to the measuring cap 18, the measuring cylinder part 16 has two measuring cylinder parts 16 (16a, 16b) having different cross-sectional shapes along the axial direction, and the measuring cylinder part 16 (16a). 16b), the shape of the liquid surface changes depending on the amount of liquid weighed.

  That is, when the liquid is poured from the nozzle 12 into the measuring tube portion 16 of the measuring cap 18, first, the lowermost (back side) measuring tube portion 16b is filled, so that the measuring tube as shown in FIG. The liquid surface has a triangular cross section corresponding to the cross sectional shape of the portion 16b. Therefore, the liquid poured into the measuring cylinder part 16 becomes a thing according to the internal volume of the measuring cylinder part 16b, ie, the liquid of the content integral is measured.

  Further, when the liquid is poured, the liquid enters the inner cylinder 24 that continues over the upper end surface of the measuring cylinder portion 16b. Thereafter, until the inside of the inner cylinder 24 is filled with the liquid, as shown in FIG. In this case, the liquid poured into the measuring cylinder portion 16 corresponds to the total volume of the inner volumes of the measuring cylinder portion 16b and the inner cylinder 24, that is, the content integral liquid is measured. .

Thereafter, when the liquid is poured, the liquid enters the measuring cylinder portion 16a adjacent to the inner cylinder 24, and as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the liquid level shape corresponding to the circular shape of the opening end of the measuring cylinder portion 16a is obtained. Become. In this case, the liquid poured into the measuring cylinder part 16 corresponds to the total volume of the inner volumes of the measuring cylinder parts 16a and 16b, that is, the liquid with its content integral is measured.

  Therefore, according to the measuring cap 18 of the second embodiment, the measuring cylinder portion 16 is composed of 16a and 16b having different cross-sectional shapes with the lower end surface of the flange 20 as a boundary, and 1 inside the measuring cylinder portion 16a. Two inner cylinders 24 are formed from the bottom of the measuring cylinder part 16a toward the opening side (along the axial direction), and the measuring cylinder part 16a is circular, 16b is triangular, and the inner cylinder 24 is rectangular. Therefore, the shape of the liquid level changes depending on the measured amount of liquid, and even without looking at the scale, the amount of liquid can be easily grasped by visual observation, and the liquid can be easily measured. Moreover, in the measuring cap 18 according to the first embodiment, the inner cap 22 (22a, 22b, 22c) is adjacent and the injection mold is likely to be complicated, the measuring cap according to the second embodiment. 18, since only one inner cylinder 24 is formed in the axial direction of the measuring cylinder portion 16, the injection mold has a simple structure, and the punching at the time of injection molding is easy and the production efficiency is increased. .

  In the first embodiment, three inner cylinders 22 (22a, 22b, 22c) are provided. In the second embodiment, one inner cylinder 24 is provided. However, in the present invention, these inner cylinders are provided. The number of formation may be one or more as long as it is one or more, and may be modified within the scope of the present invention, such as other cross-sectional shapes.

  In the present invention, the contents are not limited to liquids as described above, but are also applied to measuring caps for the contents of fluid powder and granules that can be measured by pouring into a measuring cap in the same manner as liquids. it can.

  The measuring cap of the present invention is used for measuring various liquids such as liquid softeners, detergents and bleaches, as well as granular detergents such as granular laundry detergents or granular automatic dishwashing detergents, powder seasonings, and powders. It can also be used when measuring a granular material such as food.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Bottle 12 Nozzle 14 Nozzle cap 16 Measuring cylinder part 16a, 16b Each measuring cylinder part 18 which concerns on Embodiment 2 Measuring cap 20 Flange part 22 (22a, 22b, 22c) Inner cylinder (Each inner cylinder) which concerns on Embodiment 1
24 Inner cylinder according to the second embodiment

Claims (1)

It has a bottle and a nozzle for pouring the content liquid, and has a nozzle cap to be attached to the bottle, and a measuring cylinder portion for measuring the content liquid poured out from the nozzle, and is detachably attached to the nozzle cap. In a container composed of a weighing cap
The measuring cap of the measuring cap has one or a plurality of inner cylinders having a height and a cross-sectional shape different from those of the measuring tube.

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