JP2019026330A - Coating container measuring content and coating - Google Patents

Abstract

To easily change a measured discharge amount of contents.SOLUTION: A coating container 1 includes a container body 2, an inner plug member 4 on which a communication hole 5 that communicates inside the container body 2 is formed, a measurement cylindrical member 7 that is, in between the inner plug member 4, elastically deformable and forms a measurement chamber 6 communicating inside the container body 2 through the communication hole 5, a coating plug 9 on which a tip part 26 projects from the measurement cylindrical member 7 to the outside of the measurement chamber 6 and an operation member 50 locked on the measurement cylindrical member 7. On the measurement cylindrical member 7 or the coating plug 9 a discharge hole 8 is formed that communicates the measurement chamber 6. The coating plug 9 is provided in a freely moveable manner in a container axis O direction between a measurement position at which the communication of the discharge hole 8 and the measurement chamber 6 is blocked and the measurement chamber 6 is made to communicate with the communication hole 5 and a coating position at which the communication of the measurement chamber 6 and the communication hole 5 is blocked, and the discharge hole 8 is made to communicate with the measuring chamber 6. The operation member 50, when the coating plug 9 moves in a state of being positioned at the coating position, is blocked on the measurement cylindrical member 7 and makes the measurement cylindrical member 7 elastically deform and reduces the volume of the measurement chamber 6.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a coating container.

  Conventionally, the following application containers are known. The coating container includes a bottomed cylindrical container main body in which contents to be applied to the application portion are accommodated, an inner plug member that is attached to the mouth of the container main body and has a communication hole that communicates with the container main body. In addition to forming a measuring chamber that communicates with the inside plug member through the communication hole in the container body, a measuring cylinder member having a discharge hole that communicates with the measuring chamber at the top, and a measuring chamber, A coating plug whose tip is projected from the discharge hole to the outside of the measuring chamber and a cap body that is detachably attached to the mouth of the container main body and covers the tip of the discharge hole and the coating plug are provided. The application plug blocks the communication between the discharge hole and the measuring chamber, and is positioned below the measuring position where the measuring chamber communicates with the communicating hole and below the measuring position, and the communication between the measuring chamber and the communicating hole is blocked. In addition, it is disposed so as to be movable in the container axial direction between an application position where the discharge hole communicates with the measuring chamber. When the cap body is removed from the mouth of the container body, the application plug is pulled up by the cap body and moves from the application position to the measurement position.

  As this type of application container, for example, a configuration as shown in Patent Document 1 below is known. In this application container, the measured content is applied by pressing the tip of the application stopper against the application part.

Japanese Patent No. 3759428

  However, in the conventional application container, the measured contents can be discharged only from the discharge holes little by little, and it is difficult to discharge a large amount of the measured contents at a time.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the situation mentioned above, Comprising: It aims at providing the application container which can switch the discharge amount of the measured content easily.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
The application container according to the present invention has a bottomed cylindrical container main body in which contents to be applied to the application target part are accommodated, and a communication hole that is attached to the mouth of the container main body and communicates with the container main body. An elastically deformable measuring cylinder member that forms a measuring chamber communicating with the inside of the container body through the communication hole between the inner plug member formed and the inner plug member; An applicator plug that protrudes from the measuring cylinder member to the outside of the measuring chamber; and an operation member that is movably disposed in the container body and engages with the measuring cylinder member. Alternatively, the application plug is formed with a discharge hole that communicates with the measurement chamber, the application plug blocks communication between the discharge hole and the measurement chamber, and allows the measurement chamber and the communication hole to communicate with each other. The measuring position and the container axis direction more than the measuring position It is located on the bottom side of the container body, and it is movable in the container axis direction between the application position that blocks the communication between the measuring chamber and the communication hole and connects the discharge hole and the measuring chamber. The operation member is disposed in the state where the application plug is located at the application position, and is locked to the measurement cylinder member to elastically deform the measurement cylinder member and reduce the volume of the measurement chamber. Features.

According to this invention, when discharging a small amount of the measured contents, the tip of the coating plug is moved forward in the axial direction of the coating container toward the coated portion with the coating plug positioned at the coating position. Is pressed against the part to be coated. Then, for example, a small amount of the contents in the measurement chamber is swung out from the discharge hole due to the moment of advance of the application container or the impact when the application stopper comes into contact with the application part, or the tip of the application stopper is A small amount of the contents in the measurement chamber is discharged from the discharge hole along the surface of the coating plug while being pressed against the portion to be coated.
On the other hand, when discharging a large amount of the weighed contents, the operation member is moved in a state where the application plug is located at the application position. Then, the operating member is locked to the measuring cylinder member, the measuring cylinder member is elastically deformed, and the measuring chamber is reduced in volume. Thereby, the contents in the measurement chamber are pressurized and discharged in large quantities from the discharge holes.
As described above, by changing the usage method of the application container, the discharge mode of the contents can be easily switched in the same application container, and the measured contents can be discharged in small quantities or in large quantities as necessary. You can do it.

  The operation member may include a pressing portion that can be pressed in a radial direction, and a locking portion that moves in a container axial direction and is locked to the measuring cylinder member when being pressed to the pressing portion. .

  In this case, the operation member includes a pressing portion and a locking portion. Therefore, the user can elastically deform the measuring cylinder member by pressing the pressing portion in the radial direction and moving the locking portion in the container axis direction, thereby locking the locking portion with the measuring cylinder member. . Thereby, the operativity at the time of discharge of a large amount of contents can be improved.

  A pair of the pressing portions may be arranged with the container shaft interposed therebetween.

  In this case, a pair of pressing portions are arranged with the container shaft interposed therebetween. Therefore, when the pair of pressing portions are pressed in the radial direction, for example, the pressing of the pressing portion can be realized by sandwiching and grasping the container main body by hand. Thereby, the operativity at the time of discharge of a lot of contents can be improved more.

  A cap body that is detachably attached to the mouth portion and covers the discharge hole may further be provided, and a placement recess in which the pressing portion is disposed may be formed in the mouth portion.

  In this case, an arrangement recess is formed in the mouth. Therefore, when the cap body is attached to and detached from the mouth portion, the pressing portion can be placed in the placement recess. Thereby, it can suppress that a press part obstructs at the time of attachment or detachment of a cap body.

  According to the present invention, the discharge amount of the weighed contents can be easily switched.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the application container which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the application container shown in FIG. 1 and shows a state in which a cap body is transmitted. In the application container shown in FIG. 1, after removing a cap body from the opening | mouth part of a container main body, it is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which made the application container the inverted posture. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the application stopper is moved to the application position in the application container shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where an operation member is moved in the application container shown in FIG. 4.

  Hereinafter, an application container according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The application container 1 contains contents such as a hair-restoring agent and a chemical solution applied to a portion to be applied such as a human scalp or skin.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a coating container 1 is attached to a bottomed cylindrical container body 2 in which contents to be coated on a portion to be coated are stored, and a mouth 3 of the container body 2. An elastically deformable measuring cylinder member 7 forming a measuring chamber 6 communicating with the inside of the container main body 2 through the communication hole 5 between the inner plug member 4 in which the communication hole 5 communicating with the inner plug member 4 is formed. And a fixing member 40 for fixing the measuring cylinder member 7 to the mouth 3 of the container main body 2, and a coating plug 9 provided in the measuring chamber 6 and having a distal end portion 26 protruding from the measuring cylinder member 7 to the outside of the measuring chamber 6. And an operation member 50 that is movably disposed on the container body 2 and engages with the measuring cylinder member 7, and is detachably attached to the mouth 3 of the container body 2, and a discharge hole 8 and an application plug 9 described later. And a cap body 10 that covers the distal end portion 26.

  Here, the central axes of the mouth 3 of the container body 2, the measuring cylinder member 7, and the cap body 10 are arranged on a common axis. Hereinafter, this common axis is referred to as a container axis O, and a bottom side (lower side in FIG. 1) of the container body 2 along the container axis O direction is the lower side, and the mouth 3 of the container body 2 along the container axis O direction. The side (the upper side in FIG. 1) is referred to as the upper side. In addition, a direction orthogonal to the container axis O in a plan view viewed from the container axis O direction is referred to as a radial direction, and a direction around the container axis O is referred to as a circumferential direction.

  The mouth part 3 of the container body 2 has a smaller diameter than the body part 2b, the bottom part, and the shoulder part 2c other than the mouth part 3 in the container body 2. The outer diameter of the upper end portion of the mouth portion 3 is smaller than the outer diameter of a portion of the mouth portion 3 located below the upper end portion (hereinafter referred to as “attached portion”). An annular or arcuate protrusion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the portion so as to protrude outward in the radial direction and extend in the circumferential direction. A male screw portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 3. The male screw portion is disposed in the attached portion of the mouth portion 3. The male thread portion may be a multi-thread thread such as a double thread. Further, when the cap body 10 is plugged into the mouth portion 3, an undercut convex portion or the like may be formed on the attached portion instead of the male screw portion.

An arrangement recess 3 a is arranged in the mouth 3. The arrangement recess 3 a is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth 3. The arrangement recess 3a is arranged in the adherend portion. The arrangement recess 3a is formed in a longitudinal groove shape extending in the container axis O direction. The arrangement | positioning recessed part 3a has cut | disconnected the external thread part longitudinally in the container axis O direction.
The shoulder 2c is provided with an extended recess 2a. The extended recess 2a is provided on the outer surface of the shoulder 2c. The extension recessed part 2a is extended toward the outer side of radial direction from the lower end of the arrangement | positioning recessed part 3a. The radially outer end of the extended recess 2a opens toward the radially outer side.

The body 2b is provided with a locking recess 2d. The locking recess 2d is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the body 2b. The circumferential position of the locking recess 2d is equivalent to the circumferential position of the placement recess 3a. The locking recess 2d is disposed below the placement recess 3a. The locking recess 2d is arranged to be spaced downward with respect to the extended recess 2a. The locking recess 2d is recessed toward the inside in the radial direction.
A pair of the placement recess 3a, the extension recess 2a, and the locking recess 2d are arranged with the container shaft O interposed therebetween.

The inner plug member 4 includes a bottomed cylindrical cylinder 12 disposed in the mouth 3 of the container body 2, a support 11 protruding upward from the bottom wall of the cylinder 12, and the cylinder 12 Projecting outward in the radial direction from the outer peripheral edge of the container body 2 and the outer fitting cylinder projecting upward from the outer peripheral edge of the flange 13. 17 and a seal tube portion 14 that protrudes downward from the flange portion 13 and is fitted in the mouth portion 3.
In the present embodiment, the cylinder tube 12, the support 11, the flange portion 13, the outer fitting tube 17 and the seal tube portion 14 of the inner plug member 4 are integrally formed.

  The support 11 is formed in a top cylinder shape that is arranged coaxially with the container axis O. The upper end portion of the support 11 protrudes above the cylinder cylinder 12 and the outer fitting cylinder 17. The outer peripheral edge part of the upper end part (top part) of the support body 11 is depressed below the central part located radially inward of the outer peripheral edge part. The outer peripheral edge portion forms a restricting portion 11b. The restricting portion 11 b restricts the lower end position of the application plug 9.

The cylinder cylinder 12 is arranged coaxially with the container axis O. A plurality of communication holes 5 are formed in the cylinder cylinder 12 at intervals in the circumferential direction, and the inside of the cylinder cylinder 12 communicates with the inside of the container body 2 through the communication holes 5. The communication hole 5 is integrally formed over the bottom wall of the cylinder cylinder 12 and the peripheral wall of the support 11, and is not formed in the peripheral wall of the cylinder cylinder 12. The lower end portion of the application plug 9 is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the cylinder cylinder 12 so as to be slidable up and down.
An annular or arcuate protrusion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the outer fitting cylinder 17 so as to protrude outward in the radial direction and extend in the circumferential direction.

The measuring tube member 7 is located between the mounting tube portion 18 mounted on the inner plug member 4, the cylindrical top portion 19 positioned above the mounting tube portion 18, and the mounting tube portion 18 and the top portion 19. And a connecting cylinder portion 20 that connects these 18 and 19. The measuring cylinder member 7 is integrally formed. The material forming the measuring cylinder member 7 is, for example, a soft material that is softer than the material forming the inner plug member 4 and the fixing member 40.
In the illustrated example, the diameter of the measuring cylinder member 7 is gradually reduced from the lower side toward the upper side in the order of the mounting cylinder part 18, the connecting cylinder part 20, and the top part 19.

The mounting cylinder portion 18 is fitted in the outer fitting cylinder 17. A flange 18 a is provided at the upper end of the mounting cylinder 18. The flange portion 18a protrudes outward from the mounting cylinder portion 18 in the radial direction. The flange portion 18 a is located on the upper end opening edge of the outer fitting cylinder 17.
The connecting cylinder part 20 is formed thinner than the mounting cylinder part 18 and the top part 19. The connection cylinder part 20 has comprised the top cylinder shape which has a cyclic | annular top wall and a surrounding wall. The peripheral wall of the connecting cylinder part 20 protrudes upward from the inner peripheral edge of the upper end surface of the mounting cylinder part 18, and the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall is flush with the inner peripheral surface of the mounting cylinder part 18. The top wall of the connecting cylinder portion 20 gradually extends upward as it goes inward in the radial direction.

The top portion 19 protrudes upward from the inner peripheral edge portion of the top wall of the connecting cylinder portion 20. The inside of the top portion 19 is a sliding hole 19a. In the sliding hole 19a, the application plug 9 is fitted so as to be slidable (movable forward and backward) in the container axis O direction. The application plug 9 is closely fitted in the sliding hole 19a. In addition, the upper end part and lower end part are larger diameter than the intermediate part located among these among the sliding holes 19a. An overhanging portion 19b is formed in the middle portion of the sliding hole 19a so as to project toward the inside in the radial direction.
In the present embodiment, the space defined by the mounting cylinder part 18 and the connecting cylinder part 20 in the measuring cylinder member 7 and the support 11, the cylinder cylinder 12 and the flange part 13 in the inner plug member 4 is the measuring chamber 6. Has been.

  The fixing member 40 has a top tube shape having an annular top wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall of the fixing member 40 is externally fitted to the upper end portion of the mouth portion 3 of the container body 2, the outer fitting cylinder 17 of the inner plug member 4, and the flange portion 18 a of the measuring cylinder member 7. On the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the fixing member 40, two annular or arcuate protrusions that protrude inward in the radial direction and extend in the circumferential direction are formed at intervals in the container axis O direction. Of these two projections, the lower projection is undercut fitted into the projection of the mouth portion 3, and the upper projection is undercut fitted into the projection of the outer fitting cylinder 17. Yes. The top wall of the fixing member 40 is disposed on the upper surface of the flange portion 18a.

  The application plug 9 is formed in a top cylinder shape coaxial with the container axis O. The application plug 9 includes a top wall 9a and a peripheral wall 9b. The top wall 9a is located below the upper end portion of the peripheral wall 9b. The upper end portion of the peripheral wall 9b protrudes upward from the top wall 9a. The peripheral wall 9 b is extrapolated to the support 11. The lower part of the peripheral wall 9 b is inserted into the cylinder cylinder 12. The upper part of the peripheral wall 9b is inserted into the sliding hole 19a.

  The coating plug 9 is formed with an intermediate hole 9 c communicating with the measuring chamber 6 and a discharge hole 8. The intermediate hole 9c is formed in the peripheral wall 9b. A plurality of intermediate holes 9c are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction. The intermediate hole 9 c communicates between the measuring chamber 6 and the inside of the application plug 9. The discharge hole 8 is formed in the top wall 9a. The discharge hole 8 penetrates the top wall 9a in the container axis O direction. A plurality of discharge holes 8 are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction. The discharge hole 8 communicates the inside of the coating plug 9 with the outside. The discharge hole 8 communicates with the inside of the measuring chamber 6 through the coating plug 9 and the intermediate hole 9c.

The application plug 9 blocks the communication between the discharge hole 8 and the measurement chamber 6 and connects the measurement chamber 6 and the communication hole 5 (for example, the state shown in FIG. 3), and below the measurement position ( It is located on the bottom side of the container main body along the container axial direction, blocks communication between the measurement chamber 6 and the communication hole 5, and allows the discharge hole 8 and the measurement chamber 6 to communicate (here, "to communicate"). And the application position (for example, the state shown in FIGS. 1, 4, and 5) between the application position (including the meaning of “communicating or enabling communication”) and the container axis O direction (vertical direction) ) Is movably disposed.
In the illustrated example, the discharge hole 8 communicates with the inside of the measurement chamber 6 through the intermediate hole 9c in a state where the application plug 9 is located at the application position, and the contents in the measurement chamber 6 can be discharged. With the application plug 9 positioned at the measurement position, the communication between the measurement chamber 6 through the intermediate hole 9c and the application plug 9 is blocked, and the contents in the measurement chamber 6 cannot be discharged.

As shown in FIG. 1, the peripheral wall 9b of the application plug 9 is formed in a multistage cylindrical shape. The peripheral wall 9b is disposed in the order of the seal portion 24, the sliding portion 25, and the tip portion 26 from the bottom to the top. The seal part 24, the sliding part 25, and the tip part 26 have a smaller diameter in this order.
The seal portion 24 is closely inserted on the support 11 of the inner plug member 4 so as to be slidable up and down. In other words, the support 11 is densely inserted inside the seal portion 24 so as to be relatively movable in the container axis O direction. The lower end of the seal portion 24 is slidably fitted inside the cylinder cylinder 12 at the application position of the application plug 9. In the illustrated example, the thickness of the lower end portion of the seal portion 24 is thinner than the thickness of other portions. The seal portion 24 is fitted into the cylinder cylinder 12 when the application plug 9 is located at the application position, and blocks communication between the measurement chamber 6 and the communication hole 5, while when the application stopper 9 is located at the measurement position, the cylinder cylinder The measurement chamber 6 and the communication hole 5 are communicated with each other.

  The seal portion 24 is provided with a first stopper portion 24c. The first stopper portion 24 c is formed by the upper end surface of the seal portion 24. The first stopper portion 24c is formed in an annular shape extending along the circumferential direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the first stopper portion 24 c comes into contact with the protruding portion 19 b of the sliding hole 19 a in the measuring cylinder member 7 in the container axis O direction when the application plug 9 is positioned at the measuring position. Thus, even when an external force is applied to the measuring chamber 6 in the direction of moving the coating plug 9 outward along the container axis O direction, the coating plug 9 positioned at the measuring position is directed further outward. Movement is restricted. At this time, a part of the seal portion 24 is fitted in the sliding hole 19a.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sliding portion 25 is closely fitted in the sliding hole 19a so as to be slidable up and down.
The sliding portion 25 is provided with a second stopper portion 25a. The second stopper portion 25 a is formed by the lower end surface of the sliding portion 25. The second stopper portion 25a is formed in an annular shape extending along the circumferential direction. At the application position of the application plug 9, the second stopper portion 25 a comes into contact with the restriction portion 11 b of the support 11 and is supported by the restriction portion 11 b from below.
The sliding portion 25 is further provided with the intermediate hole 9c. The intermediate hole 9 c is provided at the lower end portion of the sliding portion 25. As shown in FIG. 1, when the application plug 9 is located at the application position, the intermediate hole 9 c opens into the measuring chamber 6. As shown in FIG. 3, when the application plug 9 is located at the metering position, a part of the seal portion 24 is fitted into the slide hole 19a, and the first stopper portion 24c abuts against the overhang portion 19b. In this state, the communication between the intermediate hole 9c and the measuring chamber 6 is blocked. At this time, the space between the outer peripheral surface of the seal portion 24 and the inner peripheral surface of the sliding hole 19a may be sealed, or the space between the first stopper portion 24c and the overhang portion 19b may be sealed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the distal end portion 26 of the application plug 9 protrudes upward from the top portion 19 of the measuring cylinder member 7. An annular or arcuate engaged portion 26 a that protrudes outward in the radial direction and extends in the circumferential direction is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end portion of the distal end portion 26.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. When the operation member 50 moves in a state where the application plug 9 is located at the application position, the operation member 50 is engaged with the measurement cylinder member 7 to elastically deform the measurement cylinder member 7 and reduce the volume of the measurement chamber 6. The operation member 50 includes a pressing portion 51 that can be pressed in the radial direction, and a locking portion 52 that moves in the container axis O direction and is locked to the measuring cylinder member 7 when the pressing portion 51 is pressed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the locking portion 52 includes a cylindrical portion 53 that is extrapolated to the measuring cylindrical member 7, and a ring portion 54 that extends from the cylindrical portion 53 toward the inside in the radial direction. The lower end portion of the cylindrical portion 53 is located below the upper end portion of the fixing member 40. The upper end portion of the tubular portion 53 is located above the upper end portion of the peripheral wall of the connecting tubular portion 20. As shown in FIG. 1, the ring portion 54 gradually extends downward from the outer side in the radial direction toward the inner side. An inner peripheral edge portion of the ring portion 54 is disposed on the top wall of the connecting cylinder portion 20. The ring portion 54 is supported from below by the connecting cylinder portion 20.

  A pair of pressing parts 51 are arranged with the container axis O interposed therebetween. The pressing part 51 extends downward from the locking part 52. The pressing part 51 is arrange | positioned at the arrangement | positioning recessed part 3a and the extension recessed part 2a. The pressing part 51 includes an upper part 55, an intermediate part 56 and a lower part 57. The upper part 55, the intermediate part 56, and the lower part 57 are arranged in this order from the upper side to the lower side.

  The upper portion 55 extends straight from the locking portion 52 downward. The upper part 55 is arrange | positioned at the arrangement | positioning recessed part 3a. The intermediate portion 56 extends from the lower end portion of the upper portion 55 toward the outside in the radial direction. The intermediate portion 56 extends downward toward the outside in the radial direction. The intermediate portion 56 is disposed in the extended recess 2a. The lower portion 57 extends straight from the radially outer end of the intermediate portion 56 downward. The lower end portion of the lower portion 57 faces the locking recess 2d from the outside in the radial direction.

  A reinforcing rib 56 a is provided on the lower surface of the intermediate portion 56. The reinforcing rib 56a protrudes downward from the intermediate portion 56. The reinforcing rib 56 a extends on the lower surface of the intermediate portion 56 over the entire length in the radial direction. The radially outer end of the reinforcing rib 56 a is connected to the upper end of the lower portion 57. The lower surface of the reinforcing rib 56a (the lower surface of the intermediate portion 56) and the bottom surface of the extended recess 2a are separated from each other in the container axis O direction.

  At the lower end portion of the lower portion 57, a locking convex portion 58 that protrudes inward in the radial direction is disposed. The locking projection 58 is disposed in the locking recess 2d. The locking projection 58 is locked to the inner surface of the locking recess 2d, and the release of the locking projection 58 from the locking recess 2d in the container axis O direction is restricted. The locking projection 58 is locked to the inner surface of the locking recess 2d so as to be slidable along the radial direction. When the locking projection 58 slides inward in the radial direction on the inner surface of the locking recess 2d, the locking projection 58 is guided downward by the inner surface of the locking recess 2d.

In the pressing portion 51, when the lower portion 57 is pressed toward the inner side in the radial direction, the lower portion 57 is elastically deformed toward the inner side in the radial direction, starting from a portion where the intermediate portion 56 and the lower portion 57 are connected. To do. Here, in this embodiment, since the reinforcing rib 56a is formed in the intermediate portion 56, it is possible to suppress the pressing force applied to the lower portion 57 to the intermediate portion 56 and the upper portion 55, and to effectively elastically deform the lower portion 57. Can be made.
When the lower portion 57 is elastically deformed inward in the radial direction and the locking projection 58 moves inward in the radial direction, the locking projection 58 slides on the inner surface of the locking recess 2d. Thereby, the lower part 57, the intermediate part 56, and the upper part 55 are pulled down integrally, while the lower surface of the intermediate part 56 and the bottom face of the extension recessed part 2a approach the container axis O direction. As a result, the locking part 52 is also pulled down together with the pressing part 51, and the ring part 54 deforms the connecting cylinder part 20 in the container axis O direction.

  The cap body 10 has a top tube shape, and an internal thread portion that is screwed to the external thread portion of the mouth portion 3 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the lower portion of the peripheral wall. The female thread portion may be a multiple thread such as a double thread. Instead of the cap body 10 being detachably screwed to the mouth portion 3, for example, the smooth outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 3 is detachably fitted to the smooth inner peripheral surface of the cap body 10. Alternatively, the cap body 10 may be appropriately changed such that the cap body 10 is detachably attached to the mouth portion 3 undercut. Further, instead of attaching the cap body 10 to the mouth portion 3, for example, the cap body 10 may be attached to the measuring cylinder member 7.

  The top wall of the cap body 10 projects downward, and the lower end portion is between the outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion 26 of the application plug 9 located at the application position and the inner peripheral surface of the sliding hole 19a. A lifting cylinder 31 inserted into the gap is formed. The pulling cylinder 31 is closely fitted in the sliding hole 19a so as to be detachable. On the inner peripheral surface of the lifting cylinder 31, an annular or arc-shaped lifting protrusion 31 a that protrudes inward in the radial direction and extends in the circumferential direction is formed. The lifting protrusion 31 a is undercut fitted to the engaged portion 26 a of the distal end portion 26 of the application plug 9. As the cap body 10 moves upward with respect to the mouth portion 3 and the measuring cylinder member 7, the application plug 9 is moved. Pulled up and moved to the weighing position. The lifting cylinder 31 may be positioned above the top portion 19 of the measuring cylinder member 7.

  The cap body 10 includes an abutting portion 27 that abuts on the distal end portion 26 of the coating plug 9 from above. The contact portion 27 protrudes downward from the top wall of the cap body 10. The abutting portion 27 is disposed on a portion of the top wall of the cap body 10 located inside the lifting cylinder 31. A plurality of contact portions 27 are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction, and are formed integrally with the inner peripheral surface of the lifting cylinder 31. The lower end edge of the contact portion 27 is located above the lower end opening edge of the lifting cylinder 31. The lower end edge of the contact portion 27 is in contact with the upper end opening edge of the distal end portion 26 of the coating plug 9. The contact portion 27 may be formed in an annular shape.

  In the present embodiment, the cap body 10 includes an inner cap 10A and an outer cap 10B. The inner cap 10 </ b> A is formed with the aforementioned female thread portion, the lifting cylinder 31, and the contact portion 27. The outer cap 10B covers the inner cap 10A. In the illustrated example, the outer cap 10B covers the inner cap 10A over the entire area. The outer cap 10B is formed in a cylindrical shape with a top. The inner cap 10A is fixed inside the outer cap 10B in a state where relative movement in the circumferential direction and the container axis O direction is restricted.

When forming the application container 1, first, the inner stopper member 4, the measuring cylinder member 7, and the application stopper 9 are assembled to form a metering applicator. The metering applicator is fixed to the mouth 3 of the container body 2 filled with the contents via the fixing member 40, and the operation member 50 is disposed on the container body 2. At this time, for example, the pressing portion 51 of the operation member 50 is elastically deformed outward in the radial direction starting from the portion where the pressing portion 51 and the locking portion 52 are connected (the upper end portion of the upper portion 55). The stop 52 is extrapolated to the measuring cylinder member 7 and the fixing member 40. When the lower part 57 of the pressing part 51 reaches the outer side in the radial direction of the body part 2b of the container body 2, the pressing part 51 is deformed and deformed in the radial direction, and the locking convex part 58 enters the locking concave part 2d.
Thereafter, the application container 1 is formed by screwing the cap body 10 into the mouth 3.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the application container 1 of the present embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, before use of the application container 1, the lower end portion of the seal portion 24 of the application plug 9 is fitted inside the peripheral wall of the cylinder cylinder 12, and the measurement chamber 6 and the communication hole 5 are communicated with each other. Blocked.
In order to apply the contents in the container body 2 to the portion to be coated, first, the cap body 10 is moved upward and detached from the mouth 3 of the container body 2. At this time, the pulling protrusion 31a of the pulling cylinder 31 and the engaged portion 26a of the tip end portion 26 of the coating plug 9 are engaged with each other in the container axis O direction, whereby the coating plug 9 is pulled up by the cap body 10. Move to the weighing position. In addition, when the external thread part of the opening | mouth part 3 and the internal thread part of the cap body 10 are double thread threads (multi-thread thread), the lead | lead of a thread becomes large compared with the structure which is a single thread thread. For this reason, the amount of displacement in the container axis O direction with respect to the amount of rotation of the cap body 10 in the circumferential direction can be increased. As a result, the coating plug 9 can be quickly moved upward, and the cap body 10 can be quickly detached from the mouth 3 of the container body 2.

  When the application plug 9 is moved to the measuring position, the first stopper portion 24c of the application plug 9 comes into contact with the overhanging portion 19b of the measuring cylinder member 7 (the opening peripheral edge portion of the sliding hole 19a). From this state, the cap body 10 further moves upward with respect to the mouth portion 3 of the container body 2, so that the lifting protrusion 31 a of the lifting cylinder 31 of the cap body 10 is engaged with the distal end portion 26 of the coating plug 9. The cap body 10 is removed from the container main body 2 and the application plug 9 over the portion 26a.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the contents of the container main body 2 are moved into the measuring chamber 6 through the communication hole 5 by placing the application container 1 in an inverted posture with the application stopper 9 positioned at the measurement position. Let it flow. As a result, a predetermined amount of content is weighed in the weighing chamber 6.
Next, as shown in FIG. 4, when the distal end portion 26 of the application plug 9 positioned at the measurement position is pressed against the application target portion, the application plug 9 moves toward the application position. In this process, the intermediate hole 9 c is communicated with the measuring chamber 6, the second stopper portion 25 a is abutted against the regulating portion 11 b of the inner plug member 4, and the lower end portion of the seal portion 24 is connected to the peripheral wall of the cylinder cylinder 12. Fit inside.
As a result, the application container 1 blocks communication between the measuring chamber 6 and the communication hole 5, and connects the discharge hole 8 and the measuring chamber 6 to apply the contents from the discharge hole 8 to the application portion. Can do.

  When a small amount of the measured content is to be discharged, the application container 1 is advanced in the direction of the container axis O toward the application portion while the application plug 9 is positioned at the application position, and the tip 26 of the application plug 9 is moved. Press against the part to be coated. Then, for example, a small amount of the contents in the measuring chamber 6 is swung out from the discharge hole 8 due to the moment when the application container 1 moves forward, the impact when the application stopper 9 comes into contact with the application part, or the like. With the distal end portion 26 of the stopper 9 pressed against the portion to be applied, the contents in the measuring chamber 6 are transferred from the discharge hole 8 in a small amount along the surface of the application stopper 9 (for example, the inner surface of the peripheral wall 9b). It is discharged.

  On the other hand, when discharging a large amount of the weighed contents, the operation member 50 is moved in a state where the application plug 9 is located at the application position. Then, the operation member 50 is locked to the measuring cylinder member 7, the measuring cylinder member 7 is elastically deformed, and the measuring chamber 6 is reduced in volume. At this time, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the pressing portion 51 is pressed inward in the radial direction to be elastically deformed, and the locking portion 52 is moved in the container axis O direction, thereby connecting the connecting tube portion 20. The volume inside the measuring chamber 6 is reduced by elastic deformation. At this time, the top wall of the connection cylinder part 20 is elastically deformed upward from the part where the top wall and the peripheral wall of the connection cylinder part 20 are connected. As a result, the contents in the measuring chamber 6 are pressurized and discharged in large quantities from the discharge holes. When the pressing of the pressing portion 51 is released, the operation member 50 and the measuring tube member 7 are restored and deformed based on the elastic deformation force of the pressing portion 51 and the measuring tube member 7.

  After use (after application), the lower end portion of the lifting cylinder 31 of the cap body 10 is inserted into the gap between the inner peripheral surface of the discharge hole 8 and the outer peripheral surface of the tip end portion 26 of the coating plug 9, and In the state where the lifting protrusion 31 a of 31 is brought into contact with the engaged portion 26 a of the tip end portion 26 from above the engaged portion 26 a, the female screw portion of the cap body 10 is changed to the male screw portion of the mouth portion 3 of the container body 2. Screw together. As a result, the lifting protrusion 31a is moved over the engaged portion 26a downward, and the cap body 10 is attached to the mouth 3 of the container body 2.

As described above, according to the application container 1 according to the present embodiment, by changing the usage method of the application container 1, the discharge mode of the contents can be easily switched and measured in the same application container 1. The contents can be discharged in small amounts or in large amounts as required.
In addition, when only a small amount discharge mode can be implemented as in a conventional application container, it is difficult to confirm whether or not the entire amount of contents weighed in the measuring chamber 6 has been discharged. On the other hand, when a large amount discharge mode can be implemented as in the application container 1, when it is considered that the discharge of the entire amount of the contents has been completed, by performing the large amount discharge mode, it is temporarily measured. Even if the contents remain in the chamber 6, the remaining portion can be forcibly discharged. As a result, the entire content measured in the measuring chamber 6 can be reliably discharged. Such an operational effect is remarkably achieved particularly when a medicine or the like that is strictly required to use the entire amount of the weighed contents is stored in the application container 1 as the contents.

  Further, the operation member 50 includes a pressing part 51 and a locking part 52. Therefore, the user presses the pressing portion 51 in the radial direction and moves the locking portion 52 in the container axis O direction, thereby locking the locking portion 52 to the measuring tube member 7 and moving the measuring tube member 7. It can be elastically deformed. Thereby, the operativity at the time of discharge of a large amount of contents can be improved.

  A pair of pressing portions 51 are disposed with the container shaft O interposed therebetween. Therefore, when the pair of pressing portions 51 are pressed in the radial direction, for example, the pressing of the pressing portions 51 can be realized by sandwiching and grasping the container body 2 by hand. Thereby, the operativity at the time of discharge of a lot of contents can be improved more.

  In addition, an arrangement recess 3 a is formed in the mouth 3. Therefore, when the cap body 10 is attached to and detached from the mouth portion 3, the pressing portion 51 can be placed in the placement recess 3a. Thereby, it can suppress that the press part 51 becomes obstructive at the time of attachment or detachment of the cap body 10. FIG.

  The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, the distal end portion 26 of the coating plug 9 or the entire coating plug 9 is formed of a soft material, the distal end portion 26 of the coating plug 9 is formed in a curved shape, or only the distal end portion 26 of the coating plug 9 is formed. The application feel of the application plug 9 is made by using a separate material made of a soft material or by forming the application plug 9 by insert molding so that only the tip 26 of the application plug 9 is made of a soft material. It is also possible to make the touch less comfortable and comfortable.

  In the embodiment, the discharge hole 8 is formed in the coating plug 9. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The discharge hole 8 may be formed in the measuring cylinder member 7. In this case, the inside of the top portion 19 which is the sliding hole 19a in the above embodiment can be adopted as the discharge hole 8. For example, when the application plug 9 is not closely fitted in the top portion 19, the outer peripheral surface of the application plug 9 and the inner peripheral surface of the top portion 19 (the inner periphery of the discharge hole 8) with the application plug 9 positioned at the application position. The contents of the measuring chamber 6 can be discharged through a gap between the surface and the surface.

The operation member 50 may include only one pressing portion 51 or may include three or more.
The operation member 50 may have another form that does not include the pressing portion 51 and the locking portion 52.
The cap body 10 may not include both the inner cap 10A and the outer cap 10B. For example, the outer cap 10B may not be provided.

  In addition, it is possible to appropriately replace the constituent elements in the embodiment with known constituent elements without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the above-described modified examples may be appropriately combined.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Application | coating container 2 Container main body 3 Mouth part 3a Arrangement recessed part 4 Inner plug member 5 Communication hole 6 Measuring chamber 7 Measuring cylinder member 8 Discharge hole 9 Application plug 10 Cap body 50 Operation member 51 Pressing part 52 Locking part O Container shaft

Claims (4)

A bottomed cylindrical container body in which the content to be applied to the application part is stored;
An inner plug member attached to the mouth of the container body and having a communication hole communicating with the container body;
An elastically deformable measuring cylinder member that forms a measuring chamber that communicates with the inside plug member through the communication hole in the container main body,
An application stopper that is provided in the measuring chamber and has a tip protruding from the measuring cylinder member to the outside of the measuring chamber;
An operation member that is movably disposed on the container main body and is engaged with the measuring cylinder member,
The measuring tube member or the application plug is formed with a discharge hole communicating with the measuring chamber,
The application plug is
A measurement position that blocks communication between the discharge hole and the measurement chamber and connects the measurement chamber and the communication hole;
An application position that is located on the bottom side of the container body along the container axial direction from the measurement position, blocks communication between the measurement chamber and the communication hole, and connects the discharge hole and the measurement chamber. , Are arranged to be movable in the container axial direction,
The operation member is engaged with the measuring cylinder member when the application plug moves in a state where the application plug is located at the application position, elastically deforms the measuring cylinder member, and reduces the volume of the measuring chamber. container.   The operation member includes a pressing portion that can be pressed in a radial direction, and a locking portion that moves in a container axial direction in accordance with the pressing to the pressing portion and locks to the measuring cylinder member. The coating container according to claim 1.   The applicator container according to claim 2, wherein a pair of the pressing portions are disposed with a container shaft interposed therebetween. A cap body that is detachably attached to the mouth and covers the discharge hole;
The coating container according to claim 2 or 3, wherein an arrangement recess in which the pressing portion is arranged is formed in the mouth portion.

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