JP2014008989A - Pouring container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new pouring container that is capable of quantitatively pouring its contents stepwise while being inverted, and that has excellent operability to be ease-of-use.SOLUTION: A pouring container comprises a container 1, and a pouring device 2 pouring its contents. While screwed on a cylindrical mouth portion 1a in a removable manner, the pouring device 2 includes: a base part 3 in which a recessed space S2 is formed so as to open its front side; two measuring members 4A and 4B slidably arranged in the recessed space S2 in the base part 3; and a spring member 5 urging the measuring members 4A and 4B. The base part 3 has an intake A1 and an outlet A2, arranged in an upstream portion and a downstream portion forming the recessed space S2 into which the measuring members 4A and 4B are to be arranged, respectively, so as to be apart from each other in a fore-and-aft direction. Each of the measuring members 4A and 4B has a measuring chamber S3 therein penetrating from the upstream portion to the downstream portion. The measuring member 4A includes an engaging portion 4w that is brought into contact with a front face of the measuring member 4B to interlock the measuring member 4B with the measuring member 4A.

Description

  The present invention relates to a take-out container that can take out contents in a state where the container body is inverted.

  In the conventional take-out container, a measuring recess is provided inside the main body covered with a lid, and the container main body is turned upside down while being tilted, and then upright again (standing up the mouth tube portion of the main body of the container), Some contents such as tablets can be taken out quantitatively by holding the contents in a measurement recess and sliding the lid with respect to the main body (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-166959 A

  However, in the conventional take-out container, since the container needs to be erected after being inverted, the take-out operation becomes complicated and there is room for improvement. In addition, the conventional take-out container can take out the contents quantitatively, but it cannot be carried out in stages, for example, by taking the quantitative take out in several times.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a new take-out container that can perform quantitative take-out of contents in stages while the container is inverted, and is excellent in operability and easy to use. It is in.

The present invention comprises a container body having a mouth tube portion and a passage leading to a content filling space formed therein, and a take-out device for taking out the contents from the container body,
The take-out device is detachably screwed to the mouth tube portion, and is slidably disposed in a concave portion formed in the base portion in which a concave space having an open front is formed. A plurality of measuring members, and a spring member for biasing the measuring member,
The base portion has an inlet and an outlet that are shifted in the front-rear direction on the upstream side and the downstream side that form a concave space in which the measuring member is disposed,
Each of the plurality of measuring members has a measuring chamber penetrating from the upstream side to the downstream side on the inside thereof, and is biased via a spring member so that the inlets of the measuring chambers are aligned with the inlets of the base portion, respectively. In addition, each of the outlets of the measuring chamber is aligned with the outlet of the base part by pushing against the spring member,
The measuring members are arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction,
In order from one measuring member arranged on the end side in the axial direction to contact the front surface of another measuring member arranged adjacent to the one measuring member to interlock the other measuring member with the one measuring member. A stop portion is provided.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that an elastic tongue having a protrusion is provided on the side wall of the measuring member, and the protrusion is slidably engaged through a long hole formed in the side wall of the base portion.

  In the present invention, a slit is extended in the side wall of the base portion in parallel with the long hole, and an elastically deformable portion that can be deformed and restored is formed between the slit and the long hole. The portion can be provided with a protrusion for locking the protrusion of the elastic tongue piece.

  In the present invention, the base portion of the take-out device is formed with a concave space where the front of the base portion is open, and the intake port and the take-out port are formed in the front-rear direction on the upstream side and the downstream side that form the concave space, respectively. In addition, a plurality of measuring members having a measuring chamber penetrating from the upstream side to the downstream side are slidably arranged in the concave space, and the inlets of these measuring chambers are respectively the inlets of the base portion Therefore, the contents from the container main body can be filled into the measuring chamber by a simple operation of inverting the container main body.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the take-out port of the weighing chamber is configured to align with the take-out port of the base portion by pushing against the spring member, and a plurality of weighing members are arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction. In addition, since the other measuring member is interlocked with the one measuring member by the engaging portion provided on the one measuring member, the other measuring members which are not provided with the engaging portion among the plurality of measuring members. Step by step to select a measuring member in sequence toward one measuring member provided with a locking part, or select all of the measuring members by selecting a measuring member provided with a locking part. The contents can be taken out quantitatively at once.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform a quantitative removal of contents in stages while the container is inverted, and to provide a new removal container with excellent operability and ease of use. it can. According to the present invention, at least two measuring members may be present. If three or more measuring members are provided, the contents can be taken out in stages.

It is the side view which shows the extraction container for powder detergents which is one form of this invention, and its partially expanded view. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which showed the same form typically with the measuring member as the principal part. It is XX sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which inverted the same form and hold | gripped the housing | casing wall of the base part with the measurement member. In the same form, it is a principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a state when taking out the powder detergent quantified with the other measurement member selected from two measurement members. In the same form, it is a principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a state when taking out the powder detergent quantified with one measuring member selected from two measuring members. It is an exploded view which shows the measuring member, the spring member, and base part which comprise the taking-out apparatus which concerns on the same form with the top view.

  Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, a take-out container for a powder detergent, which is an embodiment of the present invention, will be described in detail.

  Reference numeral 1 denotes a bottle-shaped container main body having a mouth tube portion 1a (see FIG. 2), a shoulder portion 1b, a body portion 1c, and a bottom portion 1d, which is a blow molded product made of synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 2, a passage R is formed on the inner side of the mouth tube portion 1a to allow the filling space S1 of the powder detergent as the contents to communicate with the outside.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a take-out device for taking out the powder detergent from the container body 1.

  The take-out device 2 has a base portion 3 fixed to the mouth tube portion 1a. The base portion 3 has a mounting portion 3a, and a screw portion 3s that is removably screwed with a screw portion 1s formed in the mouth tube portion 1a is formed inside the mounting portion 3a. A partition wall 3b disposed above the mouth tube portion 1a is integrally formed inside the mounting portion 3a. In the partition wall 3b, an intake A1 for taking in the powder detergent from the passage R is formed. In addition, an annular peripheral wall 3c that seals the inner peripheral surface of the mouth tube portion 1a is provided inside the mounting portion 3a.

  A housing wall 3d stands up from the mounting portion 3a. As shown in FIG. 3, the housing wall 3d is located on the rear side of the inlet A1 when the side on which the inlet A1 is disposed is located on the front side. It comprises two side walls 3d1 arranged so as to be sandwiched between the axis O and a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction, and a rear wall 3d2 arranged behind the side walls 3d1.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the side wall 3d1 and the rear wall 3d2 function as a pinch portion that is sandwiched between four fingers such as an index finger and the thumb. For this reason, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the rear wall 3d2 is formed of a curved surface to improve the fit between the four fingers and the thumb.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, an extraction wall 3d3 as a lid is provided at the tip of the housing wall 3d. As a result, a concave space S2 having an open front is formed between the partition wall 3b and the extraction wall 3d3.

  In addition, a rectangular outlet A2 (see FIG. 7) for taking out the powder detergent from the passage R is formed in the extraction wall 3d3. As shown in FIG. 2, the outlet A2 is arranged behind the inlet A1, so that the inlet A1 and the outlet A2 are not arranged on the same axis with respect to the front-rear direction. ing.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes a measuring member for measuring the powder detergent from the container body 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the take-out device 2 of the present embodiment has two measuring members 4 </ b> A and 4 </ b> B and is arranged adjacent to the axis O direction. Each of the measuring members 4A and 4B has an upstream flat surface (hereinafter “upstream flat surface”) 4b and a downstream flat surface (hereinafter “downstream flat surface”) 4c. The two measuring members 4 can be slidably adjacent to each other by combining the upstream flat surface 4b and the downstream flat surface 4c.

  Each of the measuring members 4A and 4B is housed in the concave space S2 from the front of the base portion 3 and is slidably held by the partition wall 3b and the extraction wall 3d3 of the base portion 3. One measuring member 4A arranged on one end side (upstream side) in the axis O direction can be slidably arranged by combining the upstream flat surface 4b and the partition wall 3b. Further, the other measuring member 4B arranged on the other end side (downstream side) in the axis O direction can be slidably arranged by combining the downstream flat surface 4c and the take-out wall 3d3. .

  Each of the measuring members 4A and 4B has a measuring portion 4a, and a measuring chamber S3 is formed inside thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the measuring chamber S3 is composed of a rectangular through-hole formed between the upstream flat surface 4b and the downstream flat surface 4c.

  In the measuring chamber S3, as shown in FIG. 2, an opening disposed at a position adjacent to the inlet A1 of the base portion 3 functions as an inlet A3 for the powder detergent. Powder detergent can be filled. Note that the powder detergent from the inlet A1 of the base portion 3 is formed in the partition wall 3b of the base portion 3 by forming an annular inclined surface so as to surround the inlet A1, thereby taking the powder detergent from the passage R into the inlet A1. It can also be configured to lead to

  In addition, the measuring members 4A and 4B are provided with a bulging portion 4g for grasping and pushing into the concave space S2 together with the base portion 3 (housing wall 3d). In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the bulging portion 4g is configured to make it easier to hook the fingertip by making the lateral width narrower than the measuring portion 4a.

  Here, the measuring member 4A is provided with a locking portion 4w that hangs down from the downstream flat surface 4c integrally with the bulging portion 4g. As shown in FIG. 2, the locking portion 4w comes into contact with the front surface of the bulging portion 4g of the measuring member 4B by pushing the measuring member 4A disposed on the upstream side. Thereby, the measuring member 4B disposed on the downstream side in conjunction with the pressing of the measuring member 4A can also be pressed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the bulging portion 4 g is integrally provided with a flange portion 4 f that is caught by the inner portion of the index finger when gripped in an inverted state together with the container body 1.

  Similarly, as shown in FIG. 4, the base portion 3 has a flange portion 3 f that is caught by a finger crotch portion (so-called water scraping portion) between the index finger and the thumb when gripped in an inverted state together with the container body 1. Are provided integrally. As shown in FIG. 3, the flange portion 3 f extends rearward while extending in the lateral direction.

  Reference numeral 5 shown in FIG. 2 is a spring member interposed between the base portion 3 and the measuring members 4A and 4B. As shown in FIG. 2, the spring member 5 is held by a mount portion 4m provided on the rear wall 4e of the measuring portion 4a and a mount portion 3m provided on the rear wall 3d2 of the housing wall 3d. The measuring member 4 is urged so that the inlet A3 of the portion 4a is positioned on the same axis as the inlet A1 of the base portion 3.

  In other words, in this embodiment, when the base member 3 is assembled with the measuring members 4A and 4B together with the spring member 5, the inlet A3 of each of the measuring members 4A and 4B is the inlet of the base portion 3, as shown in FIG. The intake A1 is provided so as to coincide with A1. Further, the base portion 3 is provided with a take-out wall 3d3 so that the take-out port A4 of the measuring member 4B is sealed when the intake port A3 of each of the measuring members 4A and 4B is aligned with the intake port A1. As a result, by aligning the inlet A1 with the inlet A3, even when the powder detergent is filled, the powder detergent filled in the measuring chamber S3 is not taken out through the outlet A4.

  In addition, in this embodiment, when the base member 3 pushes the measuring member 4A or 4B against the urging force of the spring member 5, the outlet A4 of each of the measuring members 4A and 4B matches the outlet A2. The outlet A2 is provided. Thereby, if the measuring member 4A or 4B is pushed in and the outlet A4 of the measuring member 4B is aligned with the outlet A2, the powder detergent can be taken out through the outlet A2.

  When taking out the powder detergent from the container body 1, the container body 1 is inverted vertically by grasping the take-out device 2 (housing wall 3 d) with a reverse hand so as not to push the measuring members 4 </ b> A and 4 </ b> B from the upright state shown in FIG. 1. When the take-out device 2 is inverted so as to be able to be held, it can be held in the state shown in FIG. Thereby, powder detergent can be taken in into each measurement chamber S3 from the inlet A1 of the base part 3 through the inlet A3 (refer the state which reversed FIG. 2).

  After the powder detergent is filled in the measuring chamber S3, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the measuring member 4B is pushed into the base portion 3 against the urging force of the spring member 5, the outlet of the measuring member 4B is taken out. Since A4 (measurement chamber S3) coincides with the takeout port A2 of the base 3, the content can be quantitatively taken out through the takeout port A2 by the amount filled in the measurement chamber S3 of the measurement member 4B. .

  Next, when the measuring member 4A is pushed in, as shown in FIG. 6, the measuring chamber S3 of the measuring member 4A coincides with the extracting port A2 of the base portion 3 together with the measuring chamber S3 of the measuring member 4B. The powder detergent can be taken out by the amount filled in the measuring chamber S3 of the measuring member 4A.

  Alternatively, when only the measuring member 4A arranged on the upstream side is pushed in, the measuring member 4B arranged on the downstream side is interlocked with the pushing of the measuring member 4A by the locking portion 4w provided on the measuring member 4A. It is pushed together with the measuring member 4A. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, when the measuring chamber S3 of the measuring members 4A and 4B coincides with the outlet A2 of the base 3, the amount of powder filled in the two measuring chambers S3 through the outlet A2. The detergent can be removed at once.

  Thus, after the powder detergent from the container body 1 is filled into the two measuring chambers S3 by turning the container body 1 upside down, the powder detergent in the measuring chamber S3 of the measuring member 4B is pushed by pressing the measuring member 4B. Then, by pressing the measuring member 4A, the powder detergent in the measuring chamber S3 of the measuring member 4B is sequentially removed step by step, or the measuring member 4A is pressed in by the pressing of the measuring member 4A. Thus, the amount filled in the two measuring chambers S3 can be taken out at a time.

  Thus, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a concave space S2 having an open front is formed in the base portion 3 of the take-out device 2, and an upstream side and a downstream side that form the concave space S2 are formed. The inlet A1 and the outlet A2 are respectively shifted in the front-rear direction, and two measuring members 4A and 4B having a measuring chamber S3 penetrating from the upstream side to the downstream side are slidably arranged in the concave space S2. At the same time, the inlets A3 of the measuring chambers S3 are urged through the spring members 5 so as to align with the inlets A1 of the base part 3, so that the container body 1 can be simply turned upside down. The weighing chamber S3 can be filled with powder detergent.

  In addition, the take-out port A4 of the measuring chamber S3 is aligned with the take-out port A2 of the base portion 3 by pushing against the spring member 5, and the two measuring chambers S3 are adjacent to each other in the axis O direction. In addition, the container main body 1 is re-corrected by interlocking the measuring member 4B arranged on the downstream side with the measuring member 4A arranged on the upstream side by the locking portion 4w provided on the measuring member 4A. Of the two measuring members 4A and 4B, the two measuring members 4A and 4B are sequentially selected from the measuring member 4B arranged on the downstream side toward the measuring member 4A arranged on the upstream side without standing. Thus, the powder detergent can be taken out quantitatively at a time by stepwise or by selecting the measuring member 4A arranged on the upstream side and pushing in all the two measuring members 4A, 4B.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to quantitatively extract the powder detergent while the container is inverted, and to provide a new extraction container that is excellent in operability and easy to use. it can. According to the present invention, it is sufficient that at least two measuring members 4 exist. If three or more measuring members 4 are provided, the powder detergent can be taken out more gradually. Also in this case, if the measuring member disposed on the upstream side is provided with the locking portion 4w, the metering member disposed on the upstream side is sequentially pushed in from the measuring member disposed on the downstream side, thereby enabling stepwise removal. In addition, it is possible to take out a large amount at a time by pushing the measuring member arranged on the upstream side and interlocking the measuring member arranged on the downstream side.

  Incidentally, the measuring member 4 further includes two side walls 4h extending rearward from the rear wall 4e of the measuring portion 4a as shown in FIG. The side wall 4h is slidably held inside the side wall 3d1 of the housing wall 3d of the base portion 3, and an elastic tongue piece 4t is integrally provided. The elastic tongue 4t is formed by a slit 4s penetrating the side wall 4h, and an outward projection 4p is provided at the tip.

  On the other hand, elongated holes 3n extending in the front-rear direction are formed in the side walls 3d1 of the housing wall 3d of the base portion 3, respectively. As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 1, the elongated hole 3n is engaged with the projection 4p of the measuring member 4A or 4B through the inside. Accordingly, the long hole 3n guides the movement of the measuring member 4A or 4B in the front-rear direction, and the front end edge 3n1 and the rear end edge 3n2 come into contact with the protrusion 4p, so that the measuring member 4A or 4B Functions as a stopper that restricts movement in the front-rear direction.

  In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, two slits 3L having a width smaller than that of the long hole 3n are formed on the side wall 3d1 of the base portion 3. Each of the slits 3L is disposed so as to sandwich the long hole 3n in the flow direction (axis O direction) and extends along the front-rear direction. The slit 3L extends in the front-rear direction in parallel with the long hole 3n, thereby forming an elastically deformable portion 3r that can be deformed and restored with the long hole 3n.

  Each of the two elastically deforming parts 3r is provided with a protrusion 3p. The protrusion 3p positions each measuring member 4A, 4B on the protrusion 3p by the protrusion 4p of the measuring member 4A or 4B being caught. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the measuring member 4A or 4B is in a state in which the protrusion 4p is locked to the protrusion 3p, as shown in FIG. 4a intake A3 (measuring chamber S3) is positioned at a position coincident with intake A1. The locking of the projections 3p and 4p cannot be released until the projection 4p pushes open the projection 3p provided on the elastic deformation portion 3r and gets over when the user pushes the measuring member 4A or 4B with a certain force or more. .

  On the other hand, when the measuring member 4A or 4B is pushed in and the protrusion 4p pushes open the protrusion 3p, the pushing becomes possible until the protrusion 4p contacts the rear edge 3n2 of the elongated hole 3n. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6, the weighing chamber S3 can be pushed into a position that coincides with the take-out port A2.

  Thus, by providing a means for positioning the measuring member 4A or 4B, the measuring chamber S3 of each measuring member 4A, 4B can be reliably aligned with the intake port A1 of the base portion 3, and each measuring member 4A, 4B can be positioned. The weighing chamber S3 can be reliably aligned with the outlet A2 of the base portion 3. Moreover, since each measuring member 4A, 4B does not slide unnecessarily, it is easy to carry and easy to use. According to the present invention, it is preferable that the protrusion 4p can push open the protrusion 3p provided on the elastic deformation portion 3r by the urging force of the spring member 5. Specific examples include appropriately setting the urging force of the spring member 5 and the shapes and dimensions of the elastically deforming portion 3r and the protrusion 3p. In this case, each of the measuring members 4A and 4B is automatically returned to the initial position (position shown in FIG. 1) by the urging force of the spring member 5 when the pushing-in is released. According to such a configuration, it is possible to repeatedly perform quantitative extraction with a smooth operation.

  The above description only shows one embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. For example, the take-out wall 3d3 of the base portion 3 can be detachable from the housing wall 3d. Therefore, the take-out wall 3d3 can be connected to the housing wall 3d via the hinge so as to be openable and closable. In addition, the shape of the measuring portion 4a is not limited to a rectangular shape as long as the measuring members 4A and 4B can slide in the concave space S2 of the base portion 3, and those having various cross-sectional shapes can be adopted. . The same applies to the base 3 and the inlets and outlets of the measuring members 4A and 4B. Moreover, the container main body 1 can also be manufactured by various methods, without being limited to a blow molded product. Further, the container body 1 is not limited to its shape, and the material thereof is not limited to the synthetic resin container, and can be made of various materials such as glass.

  The present invention can be applied not only to powders such as powder detergents but also to contents such as granules such as tablets.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container body 1a Mouth part 1s Thread part 2 Take-out device 3 Base part 3a Mounting part 3b Partition wall 3d Housing wall 3d1 Side wall 3d2 Rear wall 3d3 Extraction wall 3f Flange part 3L Slit 3n Long hole 3n1 Rear edge 3n2 Rear edge 3n2 Protrusion (for measuring member positioning)
3r Elastic deformation part 3s Screw part 4A Measuring member (one measuring member)
4B Measuring members (other measuring members)
4a Metering section 4b Upstream flat surface 4c Downstream flat surface 4e Rear wall 4f Flange section 4g Swelling section 4h Side wall 4p Projection 4s Slit 4t Elastic tongue 4w Locking section A1 Base section inlet A2 Base section outlet A3 Measuring chamber Inlet A4 Measuring chamber outlet S1 Content filling space S2 Recessed space (Measuring member storage space)
S3 Weighing room

Claims (3)

A container body having a mouth tube portion and a passage leading to a filling space for the contents formed therein, and a take-out device for taking out the contents from the container body,
The take-out device is detachably screwed to the mouth tube portion, and has a base portion in which a recessed space having an open front is formed inside thereof, and a plurality of slidably arranged in the recessed space of the base portion. Having a measuring member and a spring member for biasing the measuring member;
The base portion has an inlet and an outlet that are shifted in the front-rear direction on the upstream side and the downstream side that form a concave space in which the measuring member is disposed,
Each of the measuring members has a measuring chamber penetrating from the upstream side to the downstream side on the inside thereof, and each intake port of the measuring chamber is urged via a spring member so as to align with the intake port of the base portion. In addition, each of the outlets of the measuring chamber is aligned with the outlet of the base part by pushing against the spring member,
The measuring members are arranged adjacent to each other in the axial direction,
In order from one measuring member arranged on the end side in the axial direction to contact the front surface of another measuring member arranged adjacent to the one measuring member to interlock the other measuring member with the one measuring member. A take-out container, characterized in that a stop is provided.   The take-out container according to claim 1, wherein an elastic tongue having a protrusion is provided on the side wall of the measuring member, and the protrusion is slidably engaged through a long hole formed in the side wall of the base portion. .   In Claim 1 or 2, a slit is extended in a side wall of a base part in parallel with a long hole, and between this slit and a long hole constitutes an elastic deformation part which can be changed and restored, and the elasticity A take-out container, wherein the deformable portion is provided with a protrusion for locking the protrusion of the elastic tongue piece.

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