JP2016141406A - cap - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap capable of easily adjusting the amount of a content poured while achieving simplification and miniaturization of the structure at a low cost.SOLUTION: A cap 10 includes: a cap section 20 having a cap top wall 31 disposed in a container mouth cylindrical section 61; and an inner lid 50 disposed on a lower surface side of the cap top wall 31. The cap top wall 31 has a pouring port planned section 32 or a pouring port 34 and an outer peripheral section 33. The inner lid 50 has a lid base section 51 and a lid connection section 54 for oscillatably connecting the lid base section 51 to a lower surface of the outer peripheral section 33. The lid base section 51 has a flow passage forming section 52 which is not overlapped with the pouring port planned section 32 or the pouring port 34 when viewed in a vertical direction in a state of closing the inner lid 50 with respect to the cap top wall 31.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a container cap to be mounted on a container mouth tube, and more particularly to a container cap capable of adjusting the amount of content dispensed.

  Conventionally, a first pouring member having a cap top wall (partition wall) that is attached to a container mouth tube portion and has a first pouring port formed as a cap capable of adjusting the amount of pouring of the contents; A cap comprising a second pouring member connected to the pouring member via a hinge and having a nozzle formed with a second pouring port, and an overcap connected to the second pouring member via the hinge It is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 5362434

  In the cap described in Patent Document 1, when the user tries to pour out a small amount of the content liquid, the overcap is rotated with respect to the second pouring member to open the overcap, and then the second pour. When a small amount of content liquid is poured out from the second pouring port formed on the dispensing member, and the user tries to pour out a large amount of content liquid, the second dispensing member is attached to the first dispensing member. After rotating and opening the second pouring member, a large amount of content liquid is poured out from the first pouring port formed in the first pouring member.

  However, in the cap described in Patent Document 1, the structure is complicated, so the productivity is poor, and the size of the entire cap increases, so that the material cost increases and the filling in a normal filling line There is a problem that can not be done.

  Therefore, the present invention solves these problems, and provides a cap capable of easily adjusting the amount of contents to be dispensed while realizing simplification and downsizing of the structure at low cost. It is the purpose.

  The present invention includes a cap portion having a cap top wall disposed in a container mouth tube portion, and an inner lid disposed on a lower surface side of the cap top wall, and the cap top wall is defined by a breakable line. A spout planned portion or spout, and an outer peripheral portion formed around the spout planned portion or spout, and the inner lid includes a lid base portion and a lower surface of the outer peripheral portion. A lid connecting portion for slidably connecting the lid base portion, and the lid base portion has the spout when viewed in the vertical direction with the inner lid closed with respect to the cap top wall. By having a flow path forming portion that does not overlap the planned portion or the spout, the above-mentioned problem is solved.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the cap top wall of the cap portion has the spout planned portion or spout and the outer peripheral portion, and the inner lid is the lid base portion and the lid base on the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion. A lid connecting portion that pivotably connects the portion, and when the lid base portion is viewed in the vertical direction with the inner lid closed with respect to the cap top wall, By having a non-overlapping channel forming part, the lid base in which the channel forming part is formed by selecting the direction in which the container is tilted when the contents are poured out and adjusting the position of the inner lid with respect to the top wall of the cap The amount of content to be dispensed is limited by the part, the first state where a small amount of content can be dispensed, and the amount of content to be dispensed is not restricted by the lid base part. Since it is possible to use different possible second states, the structure is simple at low cost And while realizing miniaturization can be easily adjusted to pouring of the contents.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the flow path forming portion is constituted by a through hole formed in the lid base portion or a notch portion formed in the outer edge of the lid base portion. By adjusting the quantity, size, and shape of the holes or notches, it is possible to easily adjust the amount of content to be dispensed when the amount of content to be dispensed is limited by the lid base portion.
According to the invention of claim 3, the state before removing the spout planned portion is formed on the lower surface of the spout planned portion by forming the middle lid locking portion that can be engaged with the middle lid. Therefore, since it is possible to prevent the inner lid from swinging with respect to the top wall of the cap, it is possible to improve the handling of the cap, for example, the cap can be easily attached to the container mouth tube portion.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the inner lid locking portion protrudes from the lower surface of the spout planned portion and is formed so as to be engageable with the flow passage forming portion. Since it can be also used as an engaged portion of the lid locking portion, the configuration of the lid base portion can be simplified.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the bearing portion is formed on the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion, and the lid connecting portion has the shaft portion that is supported by the bearing portion. Since it is possible to control the movement well, it is possible to satisfactorily adjust the dispensing amount of the contents by selecting the direction in which the container is tilted.
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the bearing portion has the holding recess that opens downward, and the shaft portion is attached to the holding recess from below, so that the shaft portion of the inner lid with respect to the holding recess of the bearing portion The attachment of the inner lid to the cap portion can be easily achieved by a simple operation of fitting the cap from below.
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the cap base and the upper lid are hinge-coupled by setting the swing direction of the lid base portion to be orthogonal to the swing direction of the upper lid. Based on the position of the part, the direction in which the container is tilted when the contents are poured out becomes clear.

Sectional drawing which shows the cap which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Sectional drawing which shows the cap of the state which removed the spout planned part. The top view which shows a cap main body seeing from the downward | lower direction. The top view which shows the state which attached the inner cover to the cap main body seeing from the downward direction. Sectional drawing which shows the mode of the cap at the time of pouring out a small amount of contents. Sectional drawing which shows the mode of the cap at the time of pouring out a large amount of contents. The top view which shows the modification of an inner cover.

  Below, cap 10 concerning one embodiment of the present invention is explained based on a drawing.

  First, as shown in FIG. 1, the cap 10 includes a cap portion 20 attached to the container mouth tube portion 61 of the container 60, and an inner lid 50 disposed on the lower surface side of the cap top wall 31 of the cap portion 20. I have.

  The cap portion 20 is configured as a synthetic resin hinged cap. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cap body 30, the upper lid 40 connected to the cap body 30 so as to be opened and closed, the cap body 30, and the upper lid. A hinge coupling portion 21 that couples 40 is integrally formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cap main body 30 has a substantially disc-shaped cap top wall 31 disposed so as to close the opening of the container mouth tube portion 61.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the cap top wall 31 has a flat plate-shaped planned outlet portion 32 defined by a breakable line 32 a and an annular flat plate-shaped outer periphery formed around the planned outlet portion 32. Part 33.
As shown in FIG. 1, a tensile ring 32b is continuously provided on the upper surface of the spout planned portion 32, and the breakable line 32a is broken and pulled out by putting the finger on the pulling ring 32b and pulling it. The planned portion 32 is removed from the cap top wall 31, and a spout 34 is formed in the cap top wall 31 as shown in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 1, a protruding inner lid locking portion 32 c is formed on the lower surface of the planned spout portion 32, and this inner lid locking portion 32 c is formed in the through hole 52 of the inner lid 50. By engaging with one, the state in which the inner lid 50 is closed with respect to the cap top wall 31 can be maintained.
In addition, a pair of bearing portions 35 for bearing a shaft portion 54 a (described later) of the inner lid 50 is formed on the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion 33. These bearing portions 35 have holding recesses 35a that open downward, and the inner lid 50 can be attached to the cap body 30 by fitting the shaft portion 54a into the holding recesses 35a from below.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cap body 30 is formed continuously with a cylindrical skirt wall 36 that hangs down from the periphery of the outer peripheral portion 33, and a lower end edge of the skirt wall 36. It has a cylindrical outer peripheral wall 37 disposed on the side, a pouring cylinder portion 38 extending upward from the outer peripheral portion 33, and an annular portion 39 protruding from the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion 33.

  A main body side locking portion 36a is formed on the outer periphery of the upper portion of the skirt wall 36, and an upper lid side locking portion 44 (described later) is snap-fitted to the main body side locking portion 36a. Keep closed. A container engaging portion 36b is formed on the lower inner periphery of the skirt wall 36, and the container side engaging portion 62 of the container mouth tube portion 61 is engaged with the container engaging portion 36b. The cap part 20 is attached to the container 60. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the annular portion 39 is inserted into the container mouth tube portion 61 so that the outer periphery thereof is in close contact with the inner periphery of the container mouth tube portion 61.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper lid 40 includes a disk-shaped top surface wall 41 and a cylindrical side wall 42 that hangs down from the periphery of the top surface wall 41. An annular sealing wall 43 is formed on the lower surface of the top wall 41 so as to protrude downward, and the outer periphery of the sealing wall 43 is disposed around the cap body with the upper lid 40 closed with respect to the cap body 30. By tightly adhering to the inner peripheral side of the 30 extraction cylinder part 38, the sealing performance in the closed state is improved even after the scheduled outlet part 32 is removed from the cap top wall 31. An upper lid side locking portion 44 is formed at the lower end of the inner periphery of the side wall 42.

  The inner lid 50 is swingably attached to the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion 33, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the disc-like lid base portion 51 and the lid base portion 51 are attached to the outer peripheral portion 33. And a lid connecting portion 54 to be connected.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the lid base portion 51 is in a state where the inner lid 50 is closed with respect to the cap top wall 31 (that is, a contact portion 53 described later is in contact with the outer peripheral portion 33). It has a plurality of through-holes 52 that are arranged to face the planned spout 32 (spout 34) and penetrate the front and back. These through holes 52 form a flow path for pouring the contents C of the container 60 and injecting air from the outside while the inner lid 50 is closed with respect to the cap top wall 31. It functions as the unit 52.

In addition, about the specific aspect of the flow-path formation part 52, when it sees in an up-down direction in the state which closed the inner cover 50 with respect to the cap top wall 31, it does not overlap with the spout planned part 32 (spout 34). As long as it is formed as described above, for example, as shown in FIG. 7 (e), the flow path forming part 52 is constituted by a notch part 52 formed at the outer edge of the lid base part 51. Alternatively, the flow path forming part 52 may be configured by combining the through hole 52 and the notch part 52.
Further, when the flow path forming part 52 is configured from the through hole 52, as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D, the quantity, size, and shape of the through hole 52 are the inner lid with respect to the cap top wall 31. Any device may be used as long as it can pour out the contents C with air 50 closed and inject air from the outside. For example, the number of through holes 52 may be one.

  On the upper surface of the lid base portion 51, an annular convex contact portion 53 protruding upward at the outer edge of the lid base portion 51 is formed. The contact portion 53 is formed so as to protrude outside the outer shape of the spout planned portion 32 (pour port 34) and to contact the outer peripheral portion 33 in a state where the inner lid 50 is closed with respect to the cap top wall 31. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the lid coupling portion 54 includes a shaft portion 54 a that is supported by the bearing portion 35 and a connection portion 54 b that connects the shaft portion 54 a and the lid base portion 51. In the present embodiment, as described above, the lid base portion 51 is separately engaged and connected to the cap top wall 31, but the connection between the cap top wall 31 and the lid base portion 51 is performed. As long as the inner lid 50 is swingably attached to the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion 33, for example, the lid base portion 51 is integrally hinged to the cap top wall 31 by a band portion. Also good.

  Further, the swinging direction of the lid base portion 51 is set to be orthogonal to the swinging direction of the upper lid 40. In other words, the axial direction of the shaft portion 54 a of the lid base portion 51 is the hinge coupling portion 21. It is set to be orthogonal to the hinge axis direction.

  Next, the usage method of the container 60 equipped with the cap 10 of this embodiment will be described below. 5 and 6, the illustration of the upper lid 40 is omitted.

First, by placing a finger on the pulling ring 32 b and pulling it, the planned spout portion 32 is removed from the cap top wall 31, and a spout 34 is formed in the cap top wall 31.
At this time, along with the removal of the spout planned portion 32, the inner lid locking portion 32 c engaged with one of the through holes 52 is also removed, and the inner lid 50 swings relative to the cap top wall 31. It becomes ready to move. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, when the container 60 is in an upright state (a state where the cap 10 is directed upward), the inner lid 50 is supported by the shaft portion 54 a by the bearing portion 35 and suspended by gravity. become.

Next, when a small amount of content C is poured out, as shown in FIG. 5, the container 60 is tilted so that the shaft portion 54a and the bearing portion 35 come upward.
Then, the inner lid 50 is closed with respect to the cap top wall 31 (that is, the spout 34 is closed by the lid base portion 51), and the amount of the content C poured out is limited by the lid base portion 51. A small amount of contents C can be poured out through the through hole 52 and the spout 34.
At that time, the upper through hole 52 acts as an air hole.

On the other hand, when pouring out a large amount of the contents C, the container 60 is tilted so that the shaft portion 54a and the bearing portion 35 come downward as shown in FIG.
Then, the inner lid 50 is opened with respect to the cap top wall 31 (that is, the lid base portion 51 is separated from the spout 34), and a large amount of contents C can be poured out through the spout 34. .

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various design change can be performed without deviating from this invention described in the claim. Is possible.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the spout planned portion defined by the breakable line is formed on the cap top wall, but the spout is not formed from the spout from the beginning. You may form in a cap top wall.
In the above-described embodiment, the inner lid locking portion has been described as engaging with one of the through holes of the inner lid. However, a specific aspect of the inner lid locking portion is related to the inner lid. Any one can be used as long as the inner lid can be locked to the cap portion.
In the above-described embodiment, the cap portion is configured as a so-called hinged cap in which the cap body and the upper lid are hinge-coupled. However, a specific aspect of the cap portion can be attached to the container mouth tube portion. Any configuration may be used (for example, a mode in which the cap main body and the upper lid are separately screw-engaged with each other, a mode called a so-called pull cap may be used).
In the above-described embodiment, the description has been given on the assumption that the swinging direction of the lid base portion is set to be orthogonal to the swinging direction of the upper lid. You may set so that a predetermined angle (60 degrees, 75 degrees, etc.) may be comprised with respect to a moving direction.
In the above-described embodiment, the content is described as being in a liquid form, but a specific form of the content may be in a powder form.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Cap 20 ... Cap part 21 ... Hinge coupling part 30 ... Cap main body 31 ... Cap top wall 32 ... Outlet scheduled part 32a ... Breakable line 32b ... Tension ring 32c ... Locking part for inner lid 33 ... Outer peripheral part 34 ... Outlet 35 ... Bearing part 35a ... Holding recess 36 ... Skirt wall 36a ... Locking on the main body side Part 36b ... Container engaging part 37 ... Outer peripheral wall 38 ... Outlet tube part 39 ... Annular part 40 ... Upper lid 41 ... Top wall 42 ... Side wall 43 ... Sealing wall portion 44 ・ ・ ・ Upper lid side locking portion 50 ・ ・ ・ Middle lid 51 ・ ・ ・ Lid base portion 52 ・ ・ ・ Flow path forming portion (through hole, notch portion)
53 ... Contact part 54 ... Lid connecting part 54a ... Shaft part 54b ... Connection part 60 ... Container 61 ... Container mouth tube part 62 ... Container side engaging part C ... · Contents

Claims (7)

A cap portion having a cap top wall disposed in the container mouth tube portion, and an inner lid disposed on the lower surface side of the cap top wall;
The cap top wall has a spout planned portion or spout defined by a breakable line, and an outer peripheral portion formed around the spout planned portion or spout.
The inner lid includes a lid base portion and a lid coupling portion that pivotably couples the lid base portion to the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion,
The lid base portion has a flow path forming portion that does not overlap the spout planned portion or the spout when viewed in the vertical direction with the inner lid closed with respect to the cap top wall. And cap.   2. The cap according to claim 1, wherein the flow path forming portion is configured by a through hole formed in the lid base portion or a notch portion formed at an outer edge of the lid base portion. . In the cap top wall, the spout planned portion is formed,
The cap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a locking portion for an inner lid that can be engaged with the inner lid is formed on a lower surface of the planned spout portion.   The cap according to claim 3, wherein the inner lid locking portion protrudes from the lower surface of the spout planned portion and is formed to be engageable with the flow path forming portion. A bearing portion is formed on the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion,
The cap according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the lid connecting portion has a shaft portion supported by the bearing portion. The bearing portion has a holding recess opened downward,
The cap according to claim 5, wherein the shaft portion is attached to the holding recess from below. The cap portion has a cap body having the cap top wall, an upper lid, and a hinge coupling portion that hinge-couples the cap body and the upper lid,
The cap according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a swinging direction of the lid base portion is set to be orthogonal to a swinging direction of the upper lid.

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