JP2014080218A - Plug member for refill vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plug member for a refill vessel which easily and smoothly refills contents only by pressing the plug member against a mouth of a refilled vessel without causing a troublesome issue in discarding the refill vessel after refilling.SOLUTION: A plug member 20 for a refill vessel, which is fixed to the refill vessel 11 and is used for refilling contents, comprises: a stationary member 21 including a stationary part 24 fixed to the refill vessel 11, and a topped cylinder-shaped extraction tube 23 which has a bung hole at a peripheral wall; and a moving member 31 which is fixed to the extraction tube 23 to close the bung hole 22. The moving member 31 comprises: a bung hole closing part 32; a pressing part 35 which is pressed against a mouth neck part of a refilled vessel; a connection part 33 which includes an air hole 34; and a positioning engagement part 34 which engages with an inner peripheral surface or an outer peripheral surface of the mouth neck part. The moving member 31 is pressed against the mouth neck part 18 of the refilled vessel 11, thereby moving along the extraction tube 23 to the side of the stationary part 24 to open the bung hole 22.

Description

  The present invention relates to a plug member for a refill container, and more particularly, to a plug member for a refill container for refilling contents in a refill container and a refill container with contents.

  In recent years, with regard to synthetic resin containers that contain various liquids and other contents, it has become possible to reduce the environmental burden, and various thin-walled containers have been developed that reduce the amount of resin used. Yes. In addition, refill containers such as standing pouches are often used as containers for storing various detergents and foods. By refilling or refilling the refilled container with a refilled container with a pump device on the lid or a refilled container with a dispensing part such as a dispensing spout, An expensive refill container can be used for a long time without being discarded each time.

  In addition, as a refilling container for refilling the contents into a refilling container that does not have a pouring part such as a pouring spout, a mounting cylinder that is attached to the mouth of the refilling container and has a spout formed therein; The operating member supported by the mounting cylinder so as to be slidable and a pressing body disposed in the mounting cylinder, and by sliding the operating member through the mouth of the refill container, the pressing body is There has been proposed a refill container that presses the sealing body of the sealing portion of the spout to open the spout (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-012061 A

The standing pouch is formed of a soft wrapping material that is rich in flexibility and flexibility, and the container is likely to be deformed and unstable in a refilling operation. Standing pouches generally use a hand or scissors to cut off a part of the seal and open the spout.In addition to empty refill containers, there is no need to discard the cut pieces. Cost. For example, when refilling shampoo or the like in a bathroom, the left excised piece flows due to shower or unintentional hot water, etc., and the excised piece must be collected from the dirty drainage outlet. In some cases. A pull-ring type unsealed container may similarly cause a pull ring disposal problem.
On the other hand, in the refill container of Patent Document 1, when the spout is opened, the liquid flowing from the refill container toward the refill container flows through substantially the entire area in the mounting cylinder. The internal air is not sufficiently released due to the inflow of liquid to the tank, and it takes time to refill, or the liquid adhering to the vicinity of the mouth of the container to be refilled becomes air discharged from the container to be refilled. There is a risk of inconvenience such as being pushed back and leaking from the gap between the containers.

  The present invention does not require time and effort for disposal after refilling, and can easily and smoothly refill the contents by simply pressing the mouth of the refilling container. It relates to members.

  The present invention is a refill container plug member that is fixed to a refill container and used for refilling contents, and has a fixed cylinder fixed to the refill container, and a dome-shaped cylinder having a spout on the peripheral wall And a movable member that is attached to the dispensing cylinder and closes the dispensing outlet, and the movable member includes a dispensing outlet closing portion that closes the dispensing outlet, and refilling A pressing portion pressed against the mouth portion of the container, a connecting portion that connects the spout closing portion and the pressing portion, and a positioning engagement portion that engages with an inner peripheral surface or an outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion. A vent hole is formed in the connecting portion, and the movable member is moved toward the fixed portion along the dispensing cylinder by pressing the movable member against the mouth of the refill container. And providing a plug member for a refill container in which the spout is opened. A.

  Further, the present invention provides a refill container with contents, wherein the refill container stopper member is fixed to a refill container containing liquid contents so as to cover the refill outlet. It is.

  According to the plug member for a refill container and the refill container with contents according to the present invention, it is not necessary to dispose of after refilling, and the contents can be easily and smoothly simply pressed against the mouth of the refill container. It is possible to refill items.

It is a schematic perspective view explaining the situation where the contents are refilled to the refill container by the refill container to which the plug member for the refill container according to one embodiment of the present invention is attached. It is a perspective view which shows the stopper member for refill containers shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view in the state where the spout was closed by the movable member, (b) is a perspective view in the state where the spout was opened. is there. It is a figure which shows the fixing member of the plug member for refill containers shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is sectional drawing along II of (a), (c) is (a). It is sectional drawing along II-II. It is a figure which shows the movable member of the plug member for refill containers shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a top view, (c) is sectional drawing along III-III of (b). is there. It is sectional drawing which shows the closed spout vicinity of the refill container which attached the plug member for refill containers. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which set the refill container which attached the plug member for refill containers to the inverted state, and set the plug member for refill containers in the mouth part of the to-be-refilled container. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which pushed down the refill container which attached the plug member for refill containers, and opened the spout. It is a top view which shows the movable member in the stopper member for refill containers of other embodiment of this invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a refill container stopper member 20 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention has a refill flow at the tip of a refill container 11, for example, at the mouth portion 12 of a thin-walled bottle-shaped container. Attached over the outlet 13 (see FIG. 5). Here, the refill container 11 has a bottom portion 14 having a self-supporting placement portion, a mouth portion 12 having a refill outlet 13 for pouring the contents, and a thickness between the bottom portion 14 and the mouth portion 12. For example, it is formed including a body portion 15 of about 50 to 150 μm. The refill container 11 is preferably in an inverted state with the mouth portion 12 facing downward, and the contents filled and accommodated therein are not replaced by air through the refill outlet 13, and the trunk portion 15 itself. The body portion 15 is configured to be flexible so that it can be poured out to a certain extent while being contracted and deformed.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the refill container 11 refills or replenishes the contents to the refill container 16 that does not have the spout spouted on the mouth part of the container body 17. It is a refill container. More specifically, the refill container 16 has a lid (not shown) provided with a pump device at the mouth part 18 provided at the upper end of the container body 17 after refilling or refilling the contents. ) And can be used as a container with a pump. The pump device, for example, discharges an appropriate amount of liquid contents such as shampoo and rinse by pushing down the pressing portion of the pump by hand, and various known devices can be used. A refill container for refilling a refill container provided with a dispensing spout (pouring nozzle) is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2010-235152 and 2010-247896.

  The plug member 20 for a refill container according to the present embodiment inserts a dispensing tube 23 having a spout 22 into the mouth part 18 of the refill container 16 to store the contents stored in the refill container 11. An operation for efficiently flowing into the refill container 16 and opening the spout closed by the movable member 31 so as to allow the refill container 11 and the refill container 16 to communicate with each other. Is provided with a function that enables smooth and easy operation.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the refill container plug member 20 of the present embodiment covers the refill outlet 11 that opens at the end of the mouth part 12 at the mouth part 12 of the refill container 11. It is attached.
The refill container stopper member 20 includes a fixed member 21 and a movable member 31 as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, the fixing member 21 is fixed to the refill container 11 so as to cover the refill outlet 13 and has a spout 22 on the circumferential surface as shown in FIG. A cylindrical pouring tube 23 is provided. The fixing member 21 includes a mounting skirt portion 24 for fixing to the refill container 11. The mounting skirt portion 24 is screwed, fitted, and heat-sealed to the outer peripheral portion of the mouth portion 12 of the refill container 11. It can be fixed to the refill container 11 by being bonded by an arbitrary method such as an adhesive. The mounting skirt portion 24 is a fixing portion of the fixing member 21 in the present embodiment.

  An annular base portion 25 is formed between the mounting skirt portion 24 and the dispensing cylinder 23 and is substantially parallel to the opening surface of the refill outlet 13. As shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 3 (c), the dispensing tube 23 has one end in a direction parallel to the central axis C closed by the top surface portion 26, while the peripheral wall 27 is near the top surface portion 26. A spout 22 that communicates the inside and the outside of the spout cylinder 23 is formed. A pair of outlets 22 are formed at opposite portions of the peripheral wall 27 of the outlet cylinder 23, and an opening is formed between the outlet 22 and the outlet 22 in the circumferential direction of the outlet cylinder 23. There is no non-opening region 28. The non-opening region 28 has a length in the circumferential direction of the dispensing cylinder 23 that is 25 to 75% of the entire circumference of the dispensing cylinder 23. This is preferable from the viewpoint of adjusting the flow rate and smoothly discharging the air in the refill container.

  In addition, two annular convex portions 29 are formed on the upper and lower sides of the spouts 22 and 22 in the spout cylinder 23 to enhance the sealing performance between the inner peripheral surface of the movable member 31 and the non-opening region 28. In the vicinity of each of the annular protrusions 29, a holding protrusion 30 for enhancing the retention of the movable member 31 is formed extending in the circumferential direction. The annular convex portion 29 and the holding convex portion 30 are integrally formed on the outer surface of the pouring cylinder 23 and are formed so as to protrude from the outer surface of the peripheral wall 27 of the pouring cylinder 23 by about 0.1 to 1 mm. . In the present embodiment, the annular projecting portion 29 and the retaining projecting portion 30 function as stable retaining means for retaining the movable member 31 at the initial position for closing the spout 22.

As shown in FIG. 4, the movable member 31 includes a cylindrical spout closing portion 32, a pressing portion 35 pressed against the mouth portion of the refill container, a spout closing portion 32, and a pressing portion 35. And a positioning engaging portion 34 that engages with the inner peripheral surface of the mouth portion. The connecting portion 33 projects outwardly from the outer peripheral surface of the spout closing portion 32. The positioning engaging portion 34 projects in an annular shape on one side of the connecting portion 33. The pressing portion 35 is formed in an annular shape outward from the positioning engagement portion 34.
As shown in FIGS. 2A and 5, the movable member 31 has a spout closing portion 32 fitted to the outside of the spout cylinder 23 and covers the entire spout 22 of the spout cylinder 23. By providing the closing portion 32, the spout 22 is closed in a liquid-tight manner.
The connecting portion 33 connects the spout closing portion 32 and the pressing portion 35 so as to be integrally displaced. In addition, a plurality of vent holes 36 are formed in the connecting portion 33 at intervals in the circumferential direction. As shown in FIG. 6, when the movable member 31 is pressed against the mouth 18 of the refill container 16, the positioning engagement portion 34 abuts against the inner surface side of the opening of the mouth 18 and presses it. The state where the portion 35 is in contact with the opening peripheral edge of the mouthpiece 18 is stably maintained, and the pouring tube 23 is separated from the inner peripheral surface of the mouthpiece 18 of the refill container 16. To be inserted into.

The plug member 20 for a refill container according to the present embodiment combines the fixed member 21 and the movable member 31 so that the spout closing portion 32 of the movable member 31 closes the pair of spouts 22, and the state thereof. , It is attached to the mouth part 12 of the refill container 11. In the initial state in which the spout 22 is closed, the movable member 31 of the refill container plug member 20 is maintained in a stable state unless a force is applied to the movable member 31.
Therefore, for example, even if the refill container 11 filled with the liquid content is in an inverted state in which the refill outlet 13 is turned downward as shown in FIG. 5, no liquid leakage occurs.

  The refill container with contents thus obtained is a preferred embodiment of the refill container with contents of the present invention. Examples of liquid contents stored in the refill container include cosmetics such as shampoos, rinses, conditioners, body soaps, hand soaps, liquid detergents, softeners, bleaching agents, and the like.

  And in order to refill the liquid of the contents from the refill container 11 to the refill container 16, the refill container 11 with the refill container plug member 20 fixed to the refill container 11, as shown in FIG. With the spout 22 being closed, the refill container plug member 20 is placed so that the pressing portion 35 of the movable member 31 hits the peripheral edge of the opening of the mouth 18 of the refill container 16. Set to. And as shown in FIG. 7, the refill container 11 of the state is pushed down by hand. Thereby, the movable member 31 moves along the pouring tube 23 from the position where the pouring port 22 is closed until it hits the base portion 25, and accordingly, the pouring port 22 of the pouring tube 23 is opened. The liquid in the refill container 11 is injected into the refill container 16 from the spout 22 as indicated by an arrow A. Further, as the liquid flows in, the air in the refill container 16 is released to the outside through the vent hole 36.

  According to the refill container plug member 20 of the present embodiment, as described above, the spout 22 is opened simply by pressing the refill container 16 against the neck 18 of the refill container 16, and the contents of the refill container 11 are covered. The refill container 16 can be refilled, and the contents can be refilled easily and smoothly.

  According to the refill container plug member 20 of the present embodiment, the state in which the movable member 31 and the fixed member 21 are separated after the contents are refilled while being fixed to the refill container 11. Don't be. For this reason, the refill container plug member 20 and the refill container 11 may be disposed of as one body, and therefore, disposal is easy.

  Further, by pushing down the refill container 11, the spout 22 of the dispensing tube 23 moves toward the inside of the refill container 16, so that liquid flows from the opening of the refill container 16 by the backflowing air. The phenomenon of overflowing is less likely to occur.

From the viewpoint of preventing the liquid from overflowing from the opening of the refill container 16, the refill container plug member 20 includes the pour tube 23, and the intermediate position P <b> 1 of the spout 22 is located on the refill container 16. It is preferable that insertion is possible from the position P2 that is half the height T of the mouth neck 18 to the back. Here, the height T of the mouth part 18 is a distance from the position P3 of the opening part of the mouth part 18 of the plug member for the refill container to the position P4 of the hem part of the mouth part 18, as shown in FIG. is there.
From the same viewpoint, the movable member 31 of the refill container plug member 20 preferably has a maximum moving distance in the direction of the base portion 25 from the initial position where the spout 22 is closed is 6 mm or more. Preferably it is 10 mm or more. The upper limit of the maximum moving distance is not particularly limited, but is preferably 30 mm or less.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the refill container 11 is formed by the stretch blow molding using synthetic resins, such as a polypropylene, polyethylene, a polyethylene terephthalate, for example. In addition, the refill container 11 includes a shoulder portion 19 that constitutes the upper end portion of the refill container 11 continuously above the trunk portion 15. A cylindrical mouth portion 12 is integrally provided so as to protrude upward from a central portion of the upper end of the shoulder portion 19. The mouth part 12 of the refill container 11 is formed to be thick and has a shape-retaining rigidity that is difficult to deform with the force of the hand. The outlet 13 is open.

  The refill container stopper member 20 is preferably made of a synthetic resin for both the fixed member 21 and the movable member 31, and is preferably a molded product using a synthetic resin such as polypropylene or polyethylene. The fixed member 21 and the movable member 31 may each be formed by integrating molded products separately formed by injection molding or the like by a known method such as heat fusion or adhesion.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the positioning engagement portion may be engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion, and the positioning engagement portion is engaged with the inner peripheral surface of the mouth portion as the movable member 31A shown in FIG. You may have the positioning engagement part 34 to match, and the positioning engagement part 34B engaged with the outer peripheral surface of a mouth part. Moreover, the positioning engaging part 34 may contact | abut to a part of circumferential direction of a mouth part. For example, a plurality of protrusions may be provided intermittently in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral portion of one side of the connecting portion 33, and these protrusions may be used as the positioning engagement portions.

  Moreover, the shape of the cross section orthogonal to the central axis C is not limited to a circular shape, and the cross-sectional shape may be a square, a rectangle, a triangle, an ellipse, or the like.

  The number of outlets of the extraction pipe is not necessarily two, but may be one, two, or three or more. Even when the number of outlets is two, The position may not be a position facing each other.

  In addition, the refill container to which the refill container plug member is attached is not necessarily a thin-walled bottle-shaped container, and the refill container plug member of the present invention is attached to various other refill containers. Can be used. For example, a refill container stopper member 20 ′ may be attached to a standing pouch so as to cover a refill outlet formed by attaching a synthetic resin injection molded member.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Refill container 12 Mouth part 13 Outlet 14 Bottom part 15 Body part 16 Refillable container 17 Container body 18 Mouth part 19 Shoulder part 20 Refill container plug member 21 Fixing member 22 Outlet 23 Outlet cylinder 24 Installation skirt part ( Fixed part)
25 base part 26 top surface part 27 peripheral wall 28 non-opening area 29 annular convex part 30 convex part for holding (stable holding means)
31 Movable member 32 Outlet closing portion 33 Connecting portion 34 Positioning engagement portion 35 Pushing portion 36 Ventilation hole

Claims (6)

A refill container plug member fixed to a refill container and used for refilling contents,
A fixed member having a fixed portion fixed to the refill container and a fixed member having a ceiling-shaped extraction tube having a spout on the peripheral wall, and a movable member attached to the spout tube and closing the spout,
The movable member includes a spout closing portion that closes the spout, a pressing portion that is pressed against the neck of the refill container, and a connecting portion that connects the spout closing portion and the pressing portion. A positioning engagement portion that engages with an inner peripheral surface or an outer peripheral surface of the neck portion, and a ventilation hole is formed in the connection portion,
The refill is configured such that the movable member is moved to the fixed portion side along the dispensing cylinder and the dispensing port is opened by pressing the movable member against the mouth portion of the refill container. Container stopper.   2. The plug member for a refill container according to claim 1, wherein the movable member has a maximum moving distance of 6 mm or more from an initial position at which the spout is closed to a fixed portion.   The plug member for a refill container is configured such that the dispensing tube can be inserted into an intermediate position of the spout from a position half the height of the mouth portion of the refill container to the back. 3. A plug member for a refill container according to 1 or 2.   The clogging according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the movable member is attached to the pouring tube in a state in which a top surface portion of the pouring tube protrudes from an end portion of the movable member. Replacement plug member.   The refilling container plug member according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the dispensing tube includes a stable holding means for holding the movable member at an initial position for closing the dispensing port.   A refill container filling member according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the refill container plug member is fixed to a refill container containing liquid content so as to cover the refill outlet. Replacement container.

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