JP2015126788A - Eye drop container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eye drop container capable of sufficiently securing an area of a visible mirror plane in application, and improving certainty of application.SOLUTION: An eye drop container 1 includes: a container body 3 having a cylindrical mouth 5 communicated with a storage space for storing content fluid, and a shoulder part 13 extending from the lower end of the mouth 5 to the outside; and a cylindrical inside plug 7 having an injection port 25 for content fluid, and fixed to the mouth 5. There is included around the mouth 5 of the container body 3, at least a mirror plane part M extending along the shoulder part 13 and visible in application.

Description

  The present invention relates to an eye drop container for accurately instilling eye drops.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an eye drop container used for instilling eye drops, a container in which an eye drop is dropped from a spout provided at a distal end while holding the container body in an inverted posture above the eyes is known. In such an eye drop container, it is difficult to instill the eye drops accurately, and the eye drops that could not be dropped on the eyes were wasted.

  For the purpose of solving such problems, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses an eye drop container in which a mirror is provided at the base of a nozzle. When you look at the nozzle to instill this eye drop container, the eye to be poured is reflected in the mirror, so you can know the position of the nozzle, improve the reliability of eye drop, and the eye drop solution touches the surroundings, and germs Prevents it from getting into the eyes.

JP 2011-152380 A

  However, in the above eye drop container, a mirror is provided only on the upper surface of the cylindrical mouth portion having a screw portion for fixing the cap, and the area of the mirror surface visible at the time of instillation is small. There was room for improvement in the reliability of eye drops.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such problems, and provides an eye drop container capable of ensuring a sufficient area of a mirror surface that can be visually recognized during instillation and improving the certainty of instillation. The purpose is to do.

In order to solve the above problems, an eye drop container according to the present invention includes a cylindrical mouth portion communicating with a storage space for containing a content liquid, and a container body having a shoulder portion extending outward from a lower end of the mouth portion,
It has a spout for the content liquid, and includes a cylindrical inner plug attached to the mouth,
Around the mouth of the container body, there is provided a mirror surface portion that extends at least along the shoulder portion and is visible when instilled.

  In the eye drop container according to the present invention, it is preferable that the mirror surface portion is provided on a rotating body that is rotatably attached to the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion.

Further, in the eye drop container according to the present invention, the mirror surface portion is provided on a label having an upper surface portion along the shoulder portion and a side surface portion that is bent from the upper surface portion and extends along the side surface of the container body. ,
The label is preferably deformable so that the side surface portion is flush with the upper surface portion.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the area of the mirror surface which can be visually recognized at the time of instillation is fully ensured, and the eye drop container which can improve the certainty of instillation can be provided.

It is the front view which showed the eye drop container which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention partially in the cross section. (A) is a top view which shows the state which removed the cap from the eyedrop container of FIG. 1, (b) is a top view which shows the state which rotated the rotation body 90 degrees from the state of FIG. 2 (a). is there. It is a figure showing the mode at the time of instilling using the eye drop container of FIG. (A) is the perspective view which showed the eyedrop container which concerns on other embodiment of this invention, (b) is the perspective view which shows the use condition of the eyedrop container of Fig.4 (a).

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, an eye drop container 1 according to the present embodiment is attached to a container main body 3 that forms a storage space for storing eye drops (content liquid), and an upper end of a mouth portion 5 that communicates with the storage space. A cylindrical inner plug 7, a cap 9 that is detachably attached to the mouth portion 5 so as to cover the inner plug 7, and a rotating body 11 that is rotatably attached to the container main body 3 are provided.
FIG. 1 is a front view of the eye drop container 1 in a non-use state in which the cap 9 is attached to the mouth portion 5 of the container body 3.

  The container body 3 includes a shoulder portion 13 that extends outward from the lower end of the mouth portion 5, a cylindrical trunk portion 15 that hangs down from the outer edge of the shoulder portion 13, and a bottom portion 17 that closes the lower end of the trunk portion 15. An annular upper fitting convex portion 19 protruding outward is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 5, and has a larger diameter than the upper fitting convex portion 19 below the upper fitting convex portion 19. An annular lower fitting convex portion 21 is formed.

  The inner plug 7 provided at the upper end of the mouth portion 5 is composed of a dispensing tube (nozzle) 26 having a spout 25 at the tip, and a flange 27 protruding outward from an intermediate portion of the outer peripheral surface of the dispensing tube 26. Has been. The flange 27 is placed on the upper end of the mouth portion 5, and a portion below the flange 27 of the dispensing tube 26 is inserted and fitted inside the mouth portion 5. In the present embodiment, the central axis (hereinafter simply referred to as “axis”) C of the spout 25 coincides with the central axes of the pour pipe 26, the mouth 5, and the trunk 15.

  The rotating body 11 includes a cylindrical connecting tube 29 disposed outside the mouth portion 5, an upper wall 31 that extends outward from the upper end of the connecting tube 29, extends along the shoulder portion 13, and an outer edge of the upper wall 31. The side wall 35 extends downward through the inclined portion 33. A mirror surface portion M is formed on the upper surface of the upper wall 31. The mirror surface portion M can be configured to be mirror-finished by vapor deposition, tack label, hot stamping, or the like. In the present embodiment, the upper surface of the upper wall 31 having the mirror surface portion M is perpendicular to the axis C.

  An annular recess 37 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the connecting cylinder 29. When the annular recess 37 is fitted to the lower fitting projection 21, the rotating body 11 is restricted from moving in the axis C direction with respect to the container body 3. Further, an engaging convex portion 39 that suppresses rotation around the axis C is formed above the annular concave portion 37. In the present embodiment, the engaging convex portions 39 are formed at two opposing positions on the inner peripheral surface of the connecting cylinder 29. The engaging convex portion 39 is sandwiched between a pair of holding convex portions 40 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 5, and suppresses unintended rotation of the rotating body 11 around the axis C with respect to the container body 3. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, in the present embodiment, the pair of holding convex portions 40 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 5 equally at four locations in the circumferential direction. With this configuration, each time the rotating body 11 is rotated by 90 ° with respect to the container body 3, the engaging convex portion 39 enters between the pair of holding convex portions 40, thereby suppressing the rotation of the rotating body 11. To do. The rotating body 11 can be held at an arbitrary rotation angle with respect to the container body 3.

  The cap 9 has a side wall 43 that hangs down from the outer edge of the top wall 41, a fitting cylinder part 45 that hangs down from the top wall 41 inside the side wall 43, and a hang down from the top wall 41 inside the fitting cylinder part 45. It is comprised by the protrusion 47 which seals the spout 25 of the stopper 7. FIG. On the inner peripheral surface of the fitting tube portion 45, a fitting recess 20 that fits with the upper fitting projection 19 is formed. The cap 9 is attached by being pushed into the mouth portion 5 of the container body 3 from above, and can be removed by being pulled out from the mouth portion 5.

  Fig.2 (a) is a top view of the state which removed the cap 9 from the eyedrop container 1 of FIG. The mirror surface portion M is disposed so as to cover the shoulder portion of the container body 3. The rotating body 11 can be rotated in any direction around the axis C with respect to the container body 3. FIG. 2 (b) shows a state rotated 90 ° from the state of FIG. 2 (a).

  When using the eye drop container 1 of the present embodiment, the cap 9 is removed from the non-use state shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the container main body 3 is placed above the eyes in an inverted posture, and the eye drop is dropped from the spout 25 by pressing the trunk portion 15. At this time, the eye to be instilled and the dispensing cylinder 26 in which the spout 25 is formed are reflected on the mirror surface portion M, and the positions of the eyes and the spout 25 can be confirmed at the same time.

  As described above, according to the eyedrop container 1 of the present embodiment, the eye to be instilled and the position of the spout 25 can be instilled simultaneously and easily by the mirror surface portion M having a large area, The certainty of eye drops can be improved.

  Moreover, in the eye drop container 1 of this embodiment, since the angle of the rotating body 11 with respect to the container main body 3 can be changed to an arbitrary angle and instilled, the eye to be instilled, the dispensing cylinder 26, The angle of the rotating body 11 is appropriately adjusted so that the eye drop can be easily recognized, and the reliability of eye drops can be further improved.

  Hereinafter, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the same or corresponding components as those in the previous embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals.

  An eye drop container 100 shown in FIG. 4 includes a container main body 3, an inner stopper 7, and a cap (not shown). The container body 3 is provided with a label 51 having a mirror surface portion M which has been subjected to mirror surface processing, and constitutes a rotating body. In the eye drop container 100 shown in FIG. 4 (a), the label 51 is provided on the front side of the container body 3 from the upper surface 51a covering the upper surface of the shoulder 13 around the mouth 5 of the container body 3 and the upper surface 51a. And a side surface portion 51b disposed on the back side.

  When using the eye drop container 100, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the side surface 51b of the label 51 is lifted from the end and opened so that the upper surface 51a and the side 51b are flush with each other. To be deformed. By deforming the label 51 in this way, the area of the mirror surface portion M that can be visually recognized at the time of instillation can be enlarged. Thereby, it becomes easy to simultaneously confirm the own eye reflected on the large mirror surface portion M and the position of the dispensing tube 26, and the reliability of eye drops can be improved.

  The label 51 can be attached to the container body 3 by an arbitrary method, but can be adhered using, for example, an adhesive. In this case, the side surface portion 51b is preferably bonded so that it can be easily peeled by using an adhesive having a lower adhesive strength than the upper surface portion 51a or by reducing the bonding area. In addition, in the eyedrop container 100 of this embodiment, the label 51 can be further rotated with respect to the container body 3 in a state where the side surface 51b of the label 51 is lifted and opened as shown in FIG. It is also possible. In this case, for example, a rotating member that is rotatably fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 5 is provided, and the label 51 is attached to the rotating member. In the present embodiment, the shape of the label 51 is a shape bent from the upper surface portion 51a to both the front side and the back side, but may be a shape bent only to one side.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the illustrated examples, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed within the scope of the claims. For example, the cap 9 and the container The engagement with the mouth portion 5 of the main body 3 may be a screw engagement.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,100 Eye drop container 3 Container main body 5 Mouth part 7 Inner plug 9 Cap 11 Rotating body 13 Shoulder part 15 Body part 17 Bottom part 19 Upper fitting convex part 20 Fitting concave part 21 Lower fitting convex part 25 Outlet 26 Pour out Tube 27 Flange 29 Connecting tube 31 Upper wall 33 Inclined portion 35 Side wall 37 Annular recess 39 Engaging protrusion 41 Top wall 43 Side wall 45 Fitting tube portion 47 Projection 51 Label 51a Top surface portion 51b Side surface portion M Mirror surface portion

Claims (3)

A container body having a cylindrical mouth portion communicating with the accommodation space for containing the content liquid, and a shoulder portion extending outward from the lower end of the mouth portion;
It has a spout for the content liquid, and includes a cylindrical inner plug attached to the mouth,
An eye drop container having a mirror surface portion extending at least along the shoulder portion and visible at the time of instillation around the mouth portion of the container body.   The eye drop container according to claim 1, wherein the mirror surface portion is provided in a rotating body that is rotatably attached to an outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion. The mirror surface portion is provided on a label having an upper surface portion along the shoulder portion and a side surface portion that is bent from the upper surface portion and extends along the side surface of the container body,
The eye drop container according to claim 1, wherein the label is deformable so that the side surface portion is flush with the upper surface portion.

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