JP2016120956A - Hinge cap, and container attached with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hinge cap preventing the finger which operates a lid body to an opening direction when upward operating the lid body from contacting a part of a bung hole of a cap body, and performing rotation operation of the opening of the lid body in a state of supporting the finger with a simple structure, in the hinge cap obtained by connecting the lid body through a hinge with the cap body.SOLUTION: Finger hook means 15 comprising a tabular body 14 protruding from a top plate 12 of a lid body 7 integrally includes a finger rest wall 17 which is suspended to a height position below a border height position 18 between the lid body 7 and a cap body 4, and receives the finger in a lid body opening operation, facing an opposite hinge side position 13 of the lid body 7 and the opposite hinge side position 13 of the cap body 4. The finger rest wall 17 is in a non-contact state by including a space 9 between the opposite hinge side position 13 of the cap body 4 and the finger rest wall 17.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a hinge cap attached to a container for containing a liquid and a container to which the hinge cap is attached.

  Traditionally, in restaurants, containers that contain various dressings and seasoning liquids to be applied to ingredients such as salads are arranged on counters and tables where customers sit, and customers can freely choose their favorite dressing and seasoning liquids. There are many stores that adopt forms. And in such a store, regarding the container for putting the dressing, seasoning liquid, etc., a container that is easy to handle is adopted so that a favorite dressing can be easily poured out.

  For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, a cap body integrally provided with a nozzle that protrudes upward and protrudes is attached to the mouth and neck portion of the container body, and is formed in a strip shape extending from the base portion of the cap body. A container has been proposed in which a small top cap is provided at the end of a flexible connecting body that can be bent, and the top cap can be put on the tip end of the nozzle.

  Furthermore, there are many hinge caps that are provided with a spout on the top surface of the cap body and that covers the entire top surface of the cap body so as to be pivotably connected to the cap body via a hinge. (See Patent Document 2). And when pouring out the stored liquid from the container to which this hinge cap is attached, the cap body is made to jump up in the direction of opening the lid while hanging the thumb of the hand on the portion of the lid opposite to the hinge. In order to close the spout, the lid can be folded down, and the cap can be opened and closed easily.

Utility Model Registration No. 3116898 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 05-024552

  However, since it is easy to open the lid in a container with a hinge cap attached, it is often handled by flipping up the lid of the hinge cap with the thumb of a hand holding the shoulder of the container. When opening the lid, there is a problem that the finger slides from the lid and touches the spout portion of the cap body, which makes the spout portion unsanitary.

  Specifically, as shown in Patent Document 2 above, in the lid of the hinge cap, from the lower part of the side wall on the side opposite to the hinge, as a finger-hanging part toward the outside in the radial direction of the lid The tongue piece is protruding. When opening the lid, put the belly of a fingertip such as the thumb around the periphery including the tongue, that is, from the lower part of the side wall of the lid to the upper part of the cylindrical part of the cap body. The lid is opened by applying a force to the upper side of the hinge obliquely upward.

  The lid itself rotates in the opening direction. However, since the force continues to be applied obliquely upward to the fingertip, the tongue of the lid is moved during the movement of the fingertip rotating and moving together with the lid. It will come off the piece and hit the spout portion, which will make the spout portion unsanitary.

  In addition, the dressing and seasoning liquid are not limited to those provided at the above restaurants, but are generally highly viscous. The hinge cap has a structure that has a discharge guide wall that is inclined upward and outwards so that the drainage is good even when a highly viscous liquid is poured out. However, the present situation is that liquid remains easily at the spout portion on the side opposite to the hinge. In such a hinge cap, when the fingertip hits the spout part by jumping up the lid with only the above-mentioned finger, the remaining dressing or seasoning liquid attaches to the fingertip and soils the fingertip There was also a problem.

  Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, in the hinge cap in which the lid body is connected to the cap body via the hinge, when the lid body is operated to open upward, the finger that operates the lid body in the opening direction is provided on the cap body. An object of the present invention is to provide a hinge cap which is intended to prevent contact with the spout portion, and is capable of rotating the lid opening with a finger supported with a simple structure. Objective.

(Invention of Claim 1)
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and a cap body having a spout portion on the top surface, and a lid body that is connected to the cap body via a hinge and covers the top surface of the cap body so as to be openable and closable. A finger cap means for hooking a finger when rotating the lid body in the opening direction is provided at a position opposite to the hinge side in the radial direction of the lid body. In the hinge cap
The finger hooking means is formed of a plate-like body projecting outward on the side of the anti-hinge side position on the top plate of the lid,
The finger hanging means hangs down from a portion closer to the lid side than the outer edge of the plate-like body to a height position that is lower than a boundary height position between the lid body and the cap body, A finger rest wall for receiving a finger when opening the lid body is provided integrally with the position opposite to the hinge side and the position opposite to the hinge side of the cap body,
The finger cap wall is provided in a non-contact state with respect to the anti-hinge side position of the cap body with a space interposed between the cap body and the anti-hinge side position of the cap body. Provided to solve the above problems.

(Invention of Claim 2)
In the present invention, the finger rest wall is separated from the position on the side opposite to the hinge of the lid, and the position on the side opposite to the hinge of the lid that is spread and deformed when the lid is opened is not contacted with the finger rest wall. It is preferable that the deformation absorbing portion to be formed is formed from a space between the spaced finger rest wall and the anti-hinge side position of the lid.

(Invention of Claim 3)
In the present invention, it is preferable that the flat cross section of the finger rest wall is provided in a curved shape that is convex outward.

(Invention of Claim 4)
Another aspect of the present invention is a container characterized in that the hinge cap is attached to the mouth and neck, and this container is provided to solve the above problems.

(Effect of the invention of claim 1)
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the finger resting wall has a certain length in the height direction of the cap even when the finger is placed on the lid side and opened. The receiving surface is widened, and by receiving the fingertip on the wide surface of the finger rest wall, the force when the fingertip itself is stably operated to open the lid is easily applied to the lid, and thus the lid is opened. There is an advantage that it becomes easy.

  In addition, since the finger rest wall has a certain length in the height direction of the cap, the lid body must be moved in the opening direction with the finger tip attached to the finger rest wall. Therefore, the finger rest wall is between the finger and the spout and the fingertip is prevented from coming into contact with the spout of the cap body, and the spout can be kept hygienic. Moreover, even if the liquid residue has arisen in the part of the spout, it can prevent that the accommodated liquid remaining in the liquid adheres to the finger.

  In general, in a container with a hinge cap attached, when the stored liquid is poured out, a part of the stored liquid travels outside the spout and reaches the anti-hinge side position on the top surface of the cap body. In many cases, it remains, and when the lid is closed with momentum, the stored liquid splashes and scatters, resulting in the problem of soiling clothes and the counter surface on which the containers are arranged.

  On the other hand, in the invention of claim 1, the finger hooking means includes a finger resting wall opposite to the position opposite to the hinge of the lid and the position opposite to the hinge of the cap body, so that when the lid is closed Even if the stored liquid splatters, it is blocked by the finger rest wall, and can be prevented from adhering to clothes or the counter surface on which the container is placed.

(Effect of the invention of claim 2)
According to the invention of claim 2, the finger resting wall is separated from the position opposite to the hinge side of the lid, and the position of the lid opposite to the hinge that deforms and spreads when the lid is opened is defined as the finger resting wall. A non-contact deformation absorbing portion is provided as a space between the finger resting wall and the position opposite to the hinge of the lid, and the lid is also bent when operated in the opening direction by placing the finger on the lid. The hinge side position is not pushed by the fingertip, the deformation in the diameter increasing direction when the lid is opened is not hindered, and the lid can be easily opened without increasing the resistance.

(Effect of the invention of claim 3)
Further, according to the invention of claim 3, since the flat cross-section of the finger rest wall is provided in a curved shape that is convex outward, it scatters from the position opposite to the hinge when the lid is closed. Even if the splashes collide with the finger rest wall, the possibility that the splash is splashed outward from the finger rest wall is reduced, and the surrounding dirt due to the splash of the splash can be more reliably prevented.

(Effect of the invention of claim 4)
According to the invention of claim 4, even when the operation of opening the lid with the finger of the hand holding the container is held, the finger does not touch the portion of the spout, and the portion where the finger is hung is wide and sure. The container can be operated to open the lid.

The Example of the container which attached the hinge cap which concerns on this invention is shown, (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the state seen from upper direction, (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the state seen from the front side. The Example of the hinge cap which concerns on this invention is shown, (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the cover body was closed, (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the cover body was opened. It is explanatory drawing which shows the closed state of the hinge cap in an Example in a cross section. It is explanatory drawing which shows the cross-section at the time of the opening of the hinge cap in an Example similarly. It is explanatory drawing shown in the state which looked at the time of opening of the hinge cap in an Example similarly from the upper direction.

  Next, the present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiment shown in FIGS. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a bottle-type container for storing a viscous liquid such as dressing or seasoning liquid. The container 1 has a mouth and neck connected to the mouth through a shoulder as shown in FIG. The container body 2 is continuous with the body having a larger diameter than the neck, and the hinge cap 3 is placed on the mouth and neck of the container body 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the hinge cap 1 is connected to the cap body 4 that covers the mouth and neck portion and a part on the top surface 5 side of the cap body 4 via the hinge 6, so that the top of the cap body 4 is connected. The cap body 4 and the lid body 7 are integrally formed in the form via the hinge 6 with a synthetic resin material, for example.

(Cap body)
The cap body 4 is provided with a cylindrical body portion 8 integrally with an outer peripheral portion of the top surface 5. On the top surface 5 of the cap body 4, a locking annular portion 9 that is stepped is disposed at a position along the outer periphery. (See Figs. 3-5)

  In addition, a spout 10 is opened in the center of the top surface 5 and is tapered upward in order to arrange the direction in which the stored liquid is poured out from the periphery of the spout 10 to improve the liquid drainage. An inclined discharge guide plate 11 is opened. The portion on the hinge side in the discharge guide plate 11 surrounding the spout 10 is shaped like a paragraph and has a lower height than the other portions of the discharge guide plate 11.

(Lid)
In the lid 7, as shown in FIG. 3, the outer side in the radial direction of the lid from the side of the anti-hinge side position 13 on the top plate 12 of the lid 7 opposite to the hinge 6. The plate-like body 14 is projected toward the direction, and the plate-like body 14 forms a finger hooking means 15 for hooking a finger when the lid body 7 is rotated in the opening direction. The finger hooking means 15 is integrally provided with a finger rest wall 17 extending downward from the lower surface of the portion of the plate-like body 14 that is closer to the lid than the outer edge 16.

  As shown in the drawing, the length of the plate-like body 14 in the direction along the lid radial direction is the outer peripheral surface of the trunk of the container body 2 when the container 1 is viewed from above. The length is set so that the outer edge 16 does not exceed the position a corresponding to the position of the outer peripheral surface of the body part and is close to the position corresponding to the position of the outer peripheral surface of the body part.

  As described above, the finger rest wall 17 is continuous with the portion where the upper portion is closer to the lid body 7 than the outer edge 16 of the finger hooking means 15 (plate-like body 14). Up to a height position below the boundary height position 18 with the main body 4, and in this embodiment, the height position does not fall below the lower height position of the cap main body 4 and reaches the lower height position of the cap main body 4. It is designed to be in a suspended state.

  Since the lid body 7 does not normally have a tall shape, the operation of applying a fingertip to open the lid body 7 of the container 1 is performed on the outer edge 16 side of the finger hooking means 15. The fingertip is aligned with the height position corresponding to the side portion of the lid body 7 and the belly of the fingertip is also at the boundary height position 18 between the lid body 7 and the cap body 4. It is common to become compatible.

  That is, since the finger rest wall 17 is extended to a height position below the boundary height position 18, the belly of the fingertip applied to the finger hooking means 15 as described above is surely provided on the finger rest wall 17. The outer surface receives and supports it. Further, since the finger rest wall 17 is extended to the height position below the cap body 4, the fingertip when performing the lid opening operation can be more reliably applied to the finger rest wall 17.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the finger rest wall 17 is in a state (when the lid is closed) facing the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the lid body 7 and the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the cap body 4. In addition, a space 19 is interposed between the lid body 7 and the anti-hinge side position 13, and the space 19 is also interposed between the cap body 4 and the anti-hinge side position 13. Is provided in a non-contact state with respect to the non-hinge side position 13 of the lid 7 and the cap body 4.

  As described above, in the hinge cap 3 of the present embodiment, the finger-like means 15 is provided by projecting the plate-like body 14 outward from the top plate 12 of the lid body 7, and the finger-hanging means 15 is provided downward from the finger-hanging means 15. The contact wall 17 is extended. Therefore, when the lid body 7 is rotated in the opening direction while the fingertip is applied to the outer edge 16 side of the plate-like body 14 and the finger rest wall 17 in the finger hooking means 15, the finger rest wall 17 naturally also has the hinge 6. It will rotate (opening direction) about the position of.

  Since the finger rest wall 17 exists between the fingertip and the spout 10 of the cap body 4, particularly between the discharge guide plate 11, the finger rest wall does not touch the spout guide plate 11. In this state, the vehicle is guided so as to draw a path of the arc in a state where it is on board. Therefore, the spout 10 and the discharge guide plate 11 around it are kept clean.

  Further, since the finger rest wall 17 is opposed to the anti-hinge side position 13 of the lid body 7 and the anti-hinge side position 13 of the cap body 4, it is temporarily opposite to the hinge on the top surface 5 of the cap body 4. Even if a part of the stored liquid adheres to the side as a residue and the stored liquid splatters when the lid 7 is closed, the finger rest wall 17 prevents the finger resting wall 17 from splashing outward.

  As described above, the finger rest wall 17 is spaced apart from the anti-hinge side position 13 of the cap body 4 with the space 19 interposed therebetween, and also between the anti-hinge side position 13 of the lid body 7. The hinge cap 1 is provided with a space 19 between the finger rest wall 17 and the non-hinge side position 13 of the lid body 7 as the lid deformation absorbing portion 20.

(Cover deformation absorption part)
In the present hinge cap 3, in order to stably maintain the closed state of the lid body 7, that is, to prevent the closed lid body 7 from being lifted in the opening direction inadvertently. 4 is provided on the inner peripheral edge of the lower end of the lid body 7 so as to be detachably latched with the above-mentioned latching annular section 9, and when the lid body 7 is closed, the locking annular portion on the cap body 4 side is provided. The portion 9 and the receiving annular portion 21 on the lid 7 side are engaged with each other.

  When the lid body 7 is rotated in the opening direction, the receiving annular portion 21 at the position 13 on the anti-hinge side of the lid body 7 spreads in the diameter increasing direction when it is disengaged from the locking annular portion 9 on the cap body 4 side. This deformation is applied to the entire periphery of the lower end of the lid body 7 starting from the portion 13 on the anti-hinge side position 13 of the lid body 7. And the cover deformation | transformation absorption part 20 is provided between the finger rest wall 17 and the anti-hinge side position 13 of the cover body 7, and the anti-hinge side position 13 of the cover body 7 expands at the time of cover body opening operation. Thus, even if it spreads and deforms in the radial direction, the deformation is absorbed by the lid deformation absorbing portion 20, and the lid deformation absorbing portion 20 also absorbs the widening deformation of the diameter method when the lid 7 is closed. In FIG. 3, the deformation is indicated by a virtual line b.

  Thus, even if the lower end portion of the lid body 7 that expands and deforms in the radial direction and the finger rest wall 17 are opposed to each other, the lid body deformation absorbing portion 20 is disposed between them so as to be in non-contact. Therefore, the expansion and deformation of the lid 7 can be freely performed when the lid 7 is opened and closed. Of course, when the lid 7 is operated to open the lid 7 by placing the fingertip against the finger rest wall 17, the lid 7 is opened without pushing the anti-hinge side position 13 of the lid 7 to be deformed with the fingertip. The lid 7 can be operated in the opening direction without hindering deformation in the diameter increasing direction.

  The finger rest wall 17 is provided in a curved shape with a flat cross section projecting outward. As a result, when the lid 7 is closed, the splashes splashed by the collision between the portion at the anti-hinge side position 13 of the lid 7 and the portion at the anti-hinge side position 13 of the cap body 4 collide with the finger rest wall 17. However, it is possible to reduce the possibility of splashing outward from the finger rest wall 17.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container 2 ... Container main body 3 ... Hinge cap 4 ... Cap main body 5 ... Top surface 6 ... Hinge 7 ... Cover body 8 ... Main body trunk | drum 9 ... Locking annular part 10 ... Outlet 11 ... Discharge guide plate 12 ... Top plate 13 ... Position opposite to the hinge 14 ... Plate-like body 15 ... Finger hooking means 16 ... Outer edge 17 ... Finger rest wall 18 ... Boundary height position 19 ... Space 20 ... Lid deformation absorbing portion 21 ... Receiving annular portion

Claims (4)

A hinge cap comprising a cap body having a spout on the top surface and a lid body connected to the cap body via a hinge so as to cover the top surface of the cap body so as to be openable and closable. In the hinge cap provided with finger hooking means for hooking a finger when rotating the lid body in the opening direction at a position opposite to the hinge on the opposite hinge side position,
The finger hooking means is formed of a plate-like body projecting outward on the side of the anti-hinge side position on the top plate of the lid,
The finger hanging means hangs down from a portion closer to the lid side than the outer edge of the plate-like body to a height position that is lower than a boundary height position between the lid body and the cap body, A finger rest wall for receiving a finger when opening the lid body is provided integrally with the position opposite to the hinge side and the position opposite to the hinge side of the cap body,
The hinge cap, wherein the finger rest wall is provided in a non-contact state with respect to the anti-hinge side position of the cap body with a space interposed between the finger rest wall and the anti-hinge side position of the cap body. A deformation absorbing portion that makes the finger resting wall non-contact with the finger resting wall, wherein the finger resting wall is spaced apart from the position opposite to the anti-hinge side of the lid, and the anti-hinge side position of the lid that is spread and deformed during the lid opening operation The hinge cap according to claim 1, wherein the hinge cap is formed from a space between the spaced finger rest wall and the position opposite to the hinge of the lid. The hinge cap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a flat cross section of the finger rest wall is provided in a curved shape that is convex outward. A container, wherein the hinge cap according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is attached to the mouth and neck.

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