JP2017154771A - Discharge container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a discharge container which facilitates visually recognizing a cover removing direction, and can avoid the occurrence of breakage of a container body.SOLUTION: A discharge container is obtained by: providing a cover 40 attached from the upper side to a stationary platen 30 so as to be upward removable and surrounding a nozzle 20 in a circumferential direction of a mouth 11; providing an engagement external wall part 35 whose outer surface is exposed to the outside in an attachment state of the cover 40, in one of the stationary platen 30 and the cover 40; and providing a part 45 to be engaged, comprising a pair of opposite surfaces arranged at an interval in the circumferential direction of the mouth 11, and fitting the engagement external wall part 35 when attaching the cover 40, in the other of the stationary platen 30 and the cover 40.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a container body in which a plurality of stems are erected on a cylindrical mouth portion, a nozzle attached to the plurality of stems, a fixed plate fixed to the mouth portion, and a cover that is detachably attached to the fixed plate. And a discharge container.

  Conventionally, as described in, for example, Patent Document 1, a container main body in which a plurality of stems are erected at a cylindrical mouth portion, and a content that is attached to the plurality of stems and flows from the stem by pressing down the stems There is known a discharge container comprising a nozzle capable of discharging an object, a fixed plate fixed to the mouth, and a cover which is detachably attached to the fixed plate from above and surrounds the nozzle in the circumferential direction of the mouth. ing.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-85981

  Such a discharge container is usually configured so that the entire discharge container has a substantially cylindrical shape. Therefore, when the user removes the cover for cleaning the nozzle or the cover, the user holds the cover upward. If it cannot be recognized that it should be removed, the cover may be twisted in the circumferential direction of the mouth, and the container body may be damaged at a site such as a stem.

  The present invention has been developed to solve such a problem, and provides a discharge container that makes it easy to visually recognize the direction in which the cover is removed, thereby avoiding the occurrence of breakage of the container body. For the purpose.

  The discharge container of the present invention is a container main body in which a plurality of stems are erected at a cylindrical mouth portion, and is attached to the plurality of stems, and can discharge the contents flowing in from the stems by pushing down the stems. A nozzle, a stationary plate fixed to the mouth, and a cover that is detachably attached to the stationary plate from above and surrounds the nozzle in the circumferential direction of the mouth. One of the covers includes a fitting outer wall portion whose outer surface is exposed to the outside in the attached state of the cover, and the other of the fixed plate and the cover is a pair of members arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion. A fitting portion is provided which is formed of an opposing surface and into which the fitting outer wall portion is fitted when the cover is attached.

  In the discharge container of the present invention, one of the fixed plate and the cover includes two symmetric fitting outer wall portions around the central axis of the mouth, and the other of the fixed plate and the cover includes Two fitting parts symmetrical about the central axis of the mouth are provided, and the cover is rotated at 180 degrees around the central axis of the mouth with respect to the fixed platen. In any case, it is preferably configured to be attachable.

  In the discharge container of the present invention, the cover includes an insertion peripheral wall portion that connects a pair of opposed surfaces that are the fitted portions to each other, and the fixing plate can insert the insertion peripheral wall portion from above. It is preferable to provide the fitting outer wall portion disposed adjacent to the groove portion.

  Furthermore, in the discharge container of the present invention, the nozzle has a base portion that is detachably attached to the plurality of stems, a discharge port that protrudes radially outward from the base portion, and has a discharge port for the contents at the tip. It is preferable that the cover includes a housing recess that surrounds the base portion of the nozzle in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion and projects the discharge port outward.

  According to the present invention, the fitting outer wall portion provided on one of the fixed platen and the cover and exposed to the outside is fitted vertically into the fitting portion provided on the other of the fixed platen and the cover and formed of a pair of opposed surfaces. The user can easily recognize visually that the cover can be removed upward.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a discharge container that facilitates visually recognizing the direction in which the cover is removed, and can prevent the container body from being damaged.

It is a top view of the discharge container concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a partial cross section front view of the discharge container of FIG. It is a partial cross section right view of the discharge container of FIG. It is a right view of the discharge container of FIG. It is a top view of the modification of the discharge container of FIG. It is a partial cross section front view of the discharge container of FIG. It is a top view of the other modification of the discharge container of FIG. It is a partial cross section front view of the discharge container of FIG. It is a right view of the discharge container of FIG. It is a partial cross section front view which shows a mode when the cover of the discharge container of FIG. 7 is removed.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 1-4, the discharge container 1 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is illustrated and demonstrated in detail.

  In the present specification, the vertical direction means a direction along the central axis O of the cylindrical mouth portion 11 of the container body 10, and the upper side is the side where the stem 13 is located when viewed from the container body 10 (FIG. 3). The lower side is the opposite side. Further, the front-rear direction means a direction along the central axis of the discharge cylinder portion 23 of the nozzle 20, and the front is the side where the discharge port 22 is located when viewed from the nozzle 20 (left side in FIG. 3). Is the other side. Furthermore, the left-right direction means the left-right direction when viewed from the front to the rear.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the discharge container 1 according to the present embodiment includes a container body 10, a nozzle 20, a fixed plate 30, a cover 40, and a push-down lever 50.

  The container body 10 includes a top cylindrical mouth portion 11, a cylindrical body portion 12 that is continuous with the mouth portion 11 and has a diameter larger than that of the mouth portion 11, and a bottom portion that closes the lower end of the body portion 12 (not shown). ).

  The container main body 10 accommodates two inner bags that contain different types of contents. Two stems 13 erected on the mouth 11 are assigned to these inner bags one by one. In the present embodiment, the container body 10 contains a propellant such as compressed gas that generates pressure for discharging the contents to the outside, and opens the valve by pushing down the stem 13 to open the contents from the tip of the stem 13. It is configured as an aerosol container that discharges water.

  The container body 10 is not limited to an aerosol container, and may be configured as a pump container including a pump mechanism that can discharge the contents from the tip of the suction stem 13 by repeatedly pressing and returning the stem 13, for example. Good. In addition, the contents stored in the two inner bags are not necessarily different types, and the same contents may be stored. In that case, two stems 13 may be assigned to one inner bag.

  A nozzle 20 is attached to the two stems 13. The nozzle 20 includes a base 21 that is detachably attached to the two stems 13, and a discharge cylinder portion 23 that protrudes radially outward (forward) from the base 21 and has a content discharge port 22 at the tip. And. The nozzle 20 can discharge the contents flowing in from the stem 13 by pushing down the two stems 13 from the discharge port 22 through the inside of the base portion 21 and the discharge cylinder portion 23.

  A fixed plate 30 made of, for example, a synthetic resin is fixed to the mouth portion 11. The fixed plate 30 has a cylindrical shape that covers an annular annular convex portion 11a provided around the mouth portion 11 from the outer peripheral side and is fitted to the annular convex portion 11a via an undercut shape. It has. That is, the fixed platen 30 is fixed to the mouth portion 11 by the fitting fixing portion 31. In the present embodiment, the annular convex portion 11a is formed, for example, by fixing the outer edge of the metal mounting cup to the bottomed cylindrical outer container made of metal or synthetic resin by tightening or the like. ing.

  An annular flange portion 32 extending outward in the radial direction is connected to the lower end edge of the cylindrical fitting fixing portion 31. Engagement pieces 33 that can lock the cover 40 are erected on the left and right side portions of the flange portion 32. The engagement piece 33 has a support wall portion 33a that has an arc shape in plan view and protrudes upward from the flange portion 32, and a locking projection 33b that protrudes from the outer surface of the support wall portion 33a.

  Further, on the front and rear side portions of the flange portion 32, fitting outer wall portions 35 are provided so as to partition and form a groove portion 34 having a circular arc shape when viewed from the fitting fixing portion 31. The outer surfaces of the two fitting outer wall portions 35 are exposed to the outside when the cover 40 is attached. Further, the two fitting outer wall portions 35 have a symmetrical shape around the central axis O of the mouth portion 11.

  For example, the cover 40 made of synthetic resin is attached to the fixed platen 30 so as to be detachable from above, and has a cylindrical cylindrical wall portion 41 surrounding the mouth portion 11, and the nozzle 20 connected to the cylindrical wall portion 41 above the nozzle 20. A surrounding wall portion 42 that surrounds the mouth portion 11 in the circumferential direction.

  The left and right side portions of the cover 40 (the cylindrical wall portion 41 and the surrounding wall portion 42) each have a large diameter portion having an inner diameter dimension that can be fitted to the outer surface of the support wall portion 33a of the engagement piece 33 of the fixed plate 30. Yes. The left and right large-diameter portions are each provided with a locking lever 44.

  The locking lever 44 includes a locking arm portion 44a defined by a U-shaped slit 43a and an operation arm portion 44b defined above by an inverted U-shaped slit 43b. The locking arm portion 44 a is provided with a locking portion 44 a 1 that engages with the locking protrusion 33 b of the engaging piece 33 of the fixed platen 30. The locking lever 44 can release the engagement with the engagement piece 33 of the stationary platen 30 by pressing the operation arm 44b inward to swing the locking arm 44a outward. .

  The front and rear side portions of the cylindrical wall portion 41 of the cover 40 are each composed of a pair of opposing surfaces arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion 11 and the fitting outer wall portion of the fixed plate 30 when the cover 40 is attached. A fitted portion 45 into which 35 is fitted is provided. Specifically, the fitted portion 45 including a pair of facing surfaces is formed by a bent portion in which the large diameter portion of the cylindrical wall portion 41 is bent from the circumferential direction of the mouth portion 11 toward the radially inner side.

  Here, the “insertion” includes the case where the fitting outer wall portion 35 is inserted into the fitting portion 45 leaving a slight gap as shown in FIG. It is out.

  Further, the two fitted portions 45 provided in the front and rear side portions of the cylindrical wall portion 41 have a symmetrical shape around the central axis O of the mouth portion 11.

  A portion of the cylindrical wall portion 41 that connects the pair of opposed surfaces that are the fitted portions 45 is an insertion peripheral wall portion 46 that can be inserted into the groove portion 34 adjacent to the inside of the fitting outer wall portion 35 of the fixed platen 30 from above. Is configured.

  The surrounding wall portion 42 of the cover 40 defines an accommodation recess 42 a that surrounds the base portion 21 of the nozzle 20 in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion 11 and projects the discharge port 22 outward.

  A pressing lever 50 made of, for example, synthetic resin is attached to the housing recess 42a above the nozzle 20. The push-down lever 50 includes a lever support portion 51 fixed by being fitted to the surrounding wall portion 42 via an undercut shape, and a push-down operation portion having a front end coupled to the lever support portion 51 via a hinge 52. 53. The pressing operation portion 53 has a contact protrusion 53a on the lower surface thereof, and by pressing down the pressing operation portion 53, the upper surface of the base portion 21 of the nozzle 20 is pressed downward via the contact protrusion 53a. The stem 13 is pushed down so that the contents can be discharged.

  The discharge container 1 configured as described above can remove the cover 40 in the following manner for cleaning the nozzle 20 and the cover 40. First, the operation arm portion 44 b of the locking lever 44 is pressed inward to release the engagement with the engagement piece 33 of the stationary platen 30. In this state, the cover 40 is pulled out from the fixed platen 30 and removed.

  Here, when removing, since it can be seen that the fitting outer wall portion 35 of the fixed plate 30 is fitted in the fitting portion 45 in the vertical direction, the user can remove the cover 40 upward. It can be easily recognized visually. Therefore, it is avoided that the user accidentally tries to remove the cover 40 by twisting the cover 40 in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion 11 and causes the container body 10 to be damaged at a site such as the stem 13.

  Further, when removing the cover 40, in this embodiment, the nozzle 20 can be removed together with the cover 40 while being held in the housing recess 42 a of the surrounding wall portion 42 of the cover 40. Further, the cover 40 and the nozzle 20 held by the cover 40 are attached to the fixed plate 30 and the two stems 13 at any of two rotational positions rotated by 180 ° around the central axis O of the mouth portion 11. be able to.

  As described above, in the discharge container 1 of the present embodiment, the fitting outer wall portion 35 provided on the stationary platen 30 and exposed to the outside is fitted into the fitting portion 45 provided on the cover 40 and formed of a pair of opposed surfaces. With this configuration, it is easy to visually recognize the direction in which the cover 40 is removed, and the occurrence of damage to the container body 10 can be avoided.

  In the discharge container 1 of the present embodiment, the stationary platen 30 includes two symmetric fitting outer wall portions 35 around the central axis O of the mouth portion 11, and the cover 40 is around the central axis O of the mouth portion 11. Two symmetrical fitting parts 45 are provided, and the cover 40 is configured to be attachable to any one of two rotational positions rotated by 180 ° around the central axis O of the mouth part 11 with respect to the fixed platen 30. Therefore, according to the discharge container 1 of the present embodiment, the removal direction of the cover 40 can be visually recognized from either the front or the rear, and the trouble of adjusting the front and rear directions of the cover 40 when the cover 40 is attached can be saved. Complicated installation work can be avoided. It should be noted that instead of such a symmetric configuration, an asymmetric configuration may be used so that it can be attached only in one direction.

  Further, in the discharge container 1 of the present embodiment, the cover 40 includes an insertion peripheral wall portion 46 that connects a pair of opposed surfaces that are the fitted portions 45 to each other, and the fixed plate 30 removes the insertion peripheral wall portion 46 from above. Since the fitting outer wall portion 35 disposed adjacent to the insertable groove portion 34 is provided, the cover 40 can be stably held on the stationary platen 30.

  Furthermore, the discharge container 1 of the present embodiment has a configuration in which the cover 40 includes an accommodation recess 42 a that surrounds the base portion 21 of the nozzle 20 in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion 11 and protrudes the discharge port 22 outward. Therefore, if the user accidentally twists the cover 40 in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion 11, the nozzle 20 also rotates together with the cover 40, so that the stem 13 is particularly likely to be damaged. Therefore, in the discharge container 1 having such a configuration, it is possible to particularly advantageously enjoy the effects provided by the fitting outer wall portion 35 and the fitted portion 45 of the present embodiment.

  In the above-described embodiment, two sets of the fitting outer wall portion 35 and the fitted portion 45 are provided. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to such a configuration, and the fitting outer wall portion 35 and the fitted portion 45 are set to one. Only a set may be provided, or three or more sets may be provided.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the groove portion 34 is provided inside the fitting outer wall portion 35. However, the configuration is not necessarily limited to such a configuration. For example, the groove portion 34 is not provided, and the inside of the fitting outer wall portion 35 is directly formed. It is good also as a structure which continues to the fitting fixing | fixed part 31. FIG. In that case, instead of the insertion peripheral wall portion 46 inserted into the groove portion 34, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the cylindrical wall portion 41 is provided with a notch opened downward for inserting the fitting outer wall portion 35 from below.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the fitting outer wall portion 35 exposed to the outside is provided on the fixed platen 30, and the fitted portion 45 into which the fitting outer wall portion 35 is fitted is provided on the cover 40. A fitting outer wall portion exposed to the outside may be provided on the cover 40, and a fitting portion into which such a fitting outer wall portion is fitted may be provided on the fixed platen 30.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 5 to 6, the discharge container 1 ′ which is a modification of the embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 6, the discharge container 1 ′ of the present modification is the same as that described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 except that the shape of the left and right sides of the cover 40 ′ and the fixed plate 30 ′ are different in plan view. The configuration is the same as that of the embodiment.

  That is, in the present modification, the left and right side portions of the cover 40 ′ and the fixed plate 30 ′ are formed in an arc shape having a larger radius of curvature in plan view so that the left and right side portions project outward in plan view. It is configured.

  Therefore, according to this modification, it is possible to make it easier for the user to visually recognize that the cover 40 ′ should be removed when removed.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10, a discharge container 1 ″ which is another modification of the embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the discharge container 1 ″ of the present modification has the same configuration as that of the embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 except that the configuration of the locking lever 44 ″ is different. It has become.

  That is, in this modification, the locking lever 44 ″ includes a locking arm portion 44a ″ that is defined by two slits 43 ″ that are opened downward and formed in the cylindrical wall portion 41 ″ of the cover 40 ″. The locking arm portion 44a ″ is provided with a locking portion 44a1 ″ that engages with the locking projection 33b of the fixed plate 30. Further, the lower end of the locking arm portion 44a ″ is provided downward. An operation portion 44c ″ that extends obliquely outward is provided. Two locking levers 44 ″ are provided corresponding to the two locking projections 33b provided on the fixed plate 30.

  Accordingly, when the cover 40 ″ is removed, as shown in FIG. 10, the cover 40 ″ can be removed by spreading the two locking levers 44 ″ with fingers of both hands and pushing them upward as they are.

  Therefore, according to the present modification, it is possible to further reduce the possibility that the user mistakenly twists the cover 40 ″ in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion 11 when removing the cover 40 ″.

  The above description shows only one embodiment of the present invention, and it goes without saying that various modifications may be made within the scope of the claims.

  For example, in the embodiment described above, two stems are provided, but three or more stems may be provided.

  Further, although the push lever is configured to be attached separately from the cover, it may be formed integrally with the cover. Further, the push lever may be omitted, and the nozzle may be pushed down directly with a finger.

  Furthermore, although the nozzle is configured separately from the cover, the nozzle may be integrated with the cover via a hinge, for example. In that case, the nozzle may be formed integrally with the cover. The nozzle is configured to be removed together with the cover when the cover is removed, but the nozzle may be configured to be removed before the cover. Further, the nozzle can be configured to discharge the contents upward rather than forward.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 discharge container 10 container main body 11 mouth part 11a cyclic | annular convex part 12 trunk | drum 13 stem 20 nozzle 21 base part 22 discharge port 23 discharge cylinder part 30 fixed plate 31 fitting fixing part 32 flange part 33 engaging piece 33a support wall part 33b Stop projection 34 Groove part 35 Fitting outer wall part 40 Cover 41 Cylinder wall part 42 Enclosing wall part 42a Accommodating concave part 43a Slit 43b Slit 44 Locking lever 44a Locking arm part 44a1 Locking part 44b Operation arm part 45 Fit part 46 Insertion Peripheral wall part 50 Push-down lever 51 Lever support part 52 Hinge 53 Push-down operation part 53a Contact protrusion 1 'Discharge container 30' Fixing plate 40 'Cover 1 "Discharge container 40" Cover 41 "Cylindrical wall part 43" Slit 44 "Engagement Stop lever 44a "Locking arm 44a1" Locking 44c "Operation part O Center axis

Claims (4)

A container body in which a plurality of stems are erected at a cylindrical mouth,
A nozzle attached to the plurality of stems and capable of discharging contents flowing from the stems by pressing down the stems;
A fixed platen fixed to the mouth;
A cover that is removably attached to the fixed plate from above and surrounds the nozzle in the circumferential direction of the mouth, and
One of the fixed platen and the cover includes a fitting outer wall part whose outer surface is exposed to the outside in the mounting state of the cover,
The other of the fixed plate and the cover includes a fitted portion that is formed of a pair of opposed surfaces that are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the mouth portion and that fits the fitting outer wall portion when the cover is attached. A discharge container characterized by that. One of the fixed platen and the cover includes two fitting outer wall parts that are symmetrical around the central axis of the mouth part,
The other of the stationary platen and the cover includes the two fitted parts that are symmetrical around the central axis of the mouth part,
2. The discharge container according to claim 1, wherein the cover is configured to be attachable to any one of two rotational positions rotated by 180 ° around the central axis of the mouth portion with respect to the fixed platen. The cover includes an insertion peripheral wall portion that interconnects a pair of opposed surfaces that are the fitted portions,
The discharge container according to claim 1, wherein the fixed plate includes the fitting outer wall portion disposed adjacent to a groove portion into which the insertion peripheral wall portion can be inserted from above. The nozzle includes a base portion that is detachably attached to the plurality of stems, and a discharge cylinder portion that protrudes radially outward from the mouth portion from the base portion and has a discharge port for the contents at the tip.
The said cover is a discharge container as described in any one of Claims 1-3 provided with the accommodation recessed part which makes the said discharge outlet protrude outside while surrounding the said base of the said nozzle in the circumferential direction of the said opening.

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