JP2020001801A - Hinge cap - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a hinge cap that can make the width of outward projection substantially the same between a hinge part and a positioning projection, and enables coexistence of the hinge part and positioning projection compactly.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a hinge cap comprising a cap body A mounted on a container body D and an upper lid C connected continuously to the cap body A through the hinge part B, wherein the cap body A has an outer cylinder 9 mounted on a mouth part 1 of the cap body D, and a positioning projection 16 provided at an outer periphery of the outer cylinder 9 vertically from a reverse surface of the hinge part B, and the hinge part B has a deformation allowing part 23 around an upper end part of the positioning projection 16.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a hinge cap attached to a mouth of a container body, and more particularly to a hinge cap that facilitates alignment between the container body and the hinge cap.

In the case of large-capacity containers, a container with a handle on one side is used for convenience in lifting and tilting the container to pour out the liquid content.In this case, the direction opposite to the handle on the container body is used. The hinge direction is limited to the ejection direction, and it is necessary to mount the hinge cap with the ejection direction adjusted accordingly.
Therefore, in order to align the container body with the hinge cap, the container is provided with an alignment rib on the side circumference of the hinge cap so that the hinge cap can be set on a jig or the like and attached to the container body. Is conventionally known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-249102 A

  When the hinge cap described in Patent Document 1 is used for a container with a limited pouring direction, such as a container with a handle, the positioning rib is in a different direction from the direction of the hinge portion, and after the stopper is inserted, the other portion of the hinge portion is used. Of the container, the efficiency of shrink-wrapping the container is reduced, and the appearance is deteriorated.

  In order to increase the efficiency of the shrink wrapping and improve the appearance, as shown in FIG. 7, when the positioning rib 45 is disposed below the hinge portion B of the cap body A, the positioning rib 45 is moved to the hinge portion B. In order not to interfere with the bent portion 46, the bent portion 46 must be located outside the width d2 of the positioning rib 45 protruding outward. There has been a problem that the protrusion width d0 is large, and it cannot be made compact.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and to provide a hinge cap in which the outward projection width of the hinge portion and the alignment projection can be made substantially equal, and the hinge portion and the alignment projection can coexist compactly. The purpose is to provide.

  The present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, is a hinge cap including, as a hinge cap, a cap main body attached to a container main body and an upper lid connected to the cap main body via a hinge portion, Has an outer cylinder attached to the mouth of the container body, and a positioning projection which is provided on the outer periphery of the outer cylinder from the lower surface of the hinge part, and the hinge part is provided around the upper end of the positioning projection. A configuration characterized by having a deformation permitting portion is employed.

As an embodiment of the hinge cap, the hinge portion adopts a configuration characterized by having a hinge on which an alignment projection is vertically provided from a lower surface, and an elastic body formed adjacent to the hinge. Has a first connecting portion connected to the cap body, a second connecting portion connected to the upper lid, a deformable bent portion connecting the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, and positioning. A configuration is adopted in which the protrusion is vertically provided from the lower surface of the hinge on the first connecting portion side of the first connecting portion and the bent portion.
Furthermore, as a specific embodiment of the deformation permitting portion, a configuration is adopted in which the deformation permitting portion is a thin portion, and a configuration is adopted in which the deformation allowing portion is a through hole. I do.

  In the hinge cap of the present invention, the positioning protrusion of the cap main body makes it easy to position the container main body and the hinge cap that need to be aligned, and further, the positioning protrusion projects outward of the hinge portion when the lid is closed. Since the protrusions can be formed with the same width as the protrusion width, the hinge portion and the positioning protrusion can coexist compactly.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the closed state of the container with a hinge cap which is an Example of this invention, (a) is sectional side view, (b) is a principal part enlarged view of (a). It is a figure which shows the lid open state of the hinge cap which is an Example of this invention, (a) is sectional side view, (b) is a principal part enlarged view of (a). It is a figure which shows the lid open state of the hinge cap which is an Example of this invention, (a) is a bottom view, (b) is a principal part enlarged view of (a). It is a figure which shows the closing state of the hinge cap which is an Example of this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a rear view. It is a figure which shows the closed state of the container with a hinge cap which is a modified example of this invention, (a) is sectional side view, (b) is a principal part enlarged view of (a). It is a figure which shows the lid open state of the hinge cap which is a modified example of this invention, (a) is a principal part enlarged view of a sectional side view, (b) is a principal part enlarged view of a bottom view. It is a figure which shows the closed state of the conventional container with a hinge cap, (a) is sectional side view, (b) is a principal part enlarged view of (a).

A hinge cap according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment.
In the following description, referring to FIG. 1A, the vertical direction is referred to as “axial direction”, the upper direction is referred to as “up”, the lower direction is referred to as “down”, and the left direction is referred to as “front side” Opposite side) "and the right direction is" back side (hinge side) ".

  In FIG. 1, A is a cap body of a hinge cap, B is a hinge portion in which an upper lid C is continuously provided on the back side of the cap body A, and D is a container body to which the cap body A is attached.

In this embodiment, the container body D is a container with a handle, and the handle may be of any shape. Although not shown, for example, a separate handle is provided on the shoulder or the body of the container body D. Examples of the shape include a fitted shape, a shape integrally formed on a shoulder portion and a body portion of the container body D, and a grip (grip) portion integrated with a waist portion of the container body D.
As shown in FIG. 1, the container body D is provided with an opening 1 for mounting the cap body A.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the cap main body A includes a partition wall 5 that seals the inside of the container main body D, and an inner cylinder 6 that hangs down from the peripheral edge of the partition wall 5 and fits on the inner circumference of the opening 1 of the container main body D. A pouring cylinder 7 erected from the peripheral edge of the partition 5, a base wall 8 extending outward from the partition 5, and an outer fitting hanging down from the outer peripheral edge of the base wall 8 and fitting to the outer periphery of the mouth 1. A cylinder 9 and a lid engaging cylinder 10 that stands upright from the base wall 8 and engages with the upper lid C to maintain a closed state are provided.

A breakable thinned portion 11 is provided inside the partition wall 5, and the thinned weakened portion 11 defines a removing portion 12 that forms a spout that communicates with the inside of the container body D when broken. I have.
A pull ring 14 is provided on the rear side (hinge part B side) of the removing unit 12 via a support 13.
In the present embodiment, the partition wall 5 seals the inside of the container until the thin-wall weakened portion 11 is broken and opened. However, the partition wall 5 having a spout opening may be used in advance. Instead, a small diameter nozzle cylinder may be erected from the inside of the partition wall 5 to form a spout.

  The pouring cylinder 7 is formed to have a high front side in order to guide the pouring direction of the content liquid, and the front side is the pouring direction of the content liquid together with the spout of the partition wall 5.

An annular undercut portion 15 is formed on the inner periphery of the outer cylinder 9 to engage with the outer periphery of the mouth 1 of the container body D.
In this embodiment, after the cap body A is positioned and mounted on the container body D, the outer circumference of the inner cylinder 6 and the inner circumference of the outer cylinder 9 of the cap body A, the inner circumference of the mouth 1 of the container body D, and The outer periphery is engaged, and the hinge cap is firmly fitted to the container body D so as not to rotate.
Any structure may be used as long as the hinge cap can be prevented from rotating with respect to the container body D after the positioning and mounting.

A hinge portion B is continuously provided on the rear side in a predetermined range on the outer periphery upper portion of the outer cylinder 9, and further, on the outer periphery of the outer cylinder 9, a circumferential alignment is performed when the outer cylinder 9 is mounted on the container body D. A projection 16 is vertically provided from the lower surface of the hinge portion B.
The positioning protrusion 16 is provided so as to protrude from the lower surface of the hinge portion B, and the outward protrusion width d2 is substantially equal to the outward protrusion width d1 of the hinge portion B when the lid is closed. The projection width is formed.
Note that the projection width d1 of the hinge portion B and the projection width d2 of the positioning projection 16 when the lid is closed need not be exactly the same, and one of them may be slightly larger.

  A lid fitting portion 17 that engages with the upper lid C and maintains the closed state is provided on the outer periphery of the lid engaging tubular portion 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the hinge portion B includes a center hinge 19 and elastic pieces 24 adjacent to both sides of the hinge 19, and the hinge 19 is connected to the first connecting portion connected to the cap body A. 20, a second connecting portion 21 connected to the upper lid C, and a deformable bent portion 22 that connects the first connecting portion 20 and the second connecting portion 21 and is deformable.
In this embodiment, the hinge portion B has the hinge 19 and the elastic piece 24 formed continuously, but the hinge 19 and the elastic piece 24 may be formed with an interval.
Further, the hinge portion B may have an elastic piece formed in the center and hinges formed on both sides of the elastic piece.

As shown in FIG. 3, an alignment protrusion 16 is vertically provided on a central lower surface of the first connection portion 20 and the bent portion 22 on the first connection portion 20 side, and hinges around an upper end portion of the alignment protrusion 16 are provided. 19, a U-shaped thin portion 23 is formed as a deformation allowing portion, which is recessed from the lower surface and has a smaller thickness than other portions.
The thin portion 23 is formed with a predetermined width from the cap body A side to the upper lid C side along both side surfaces of the positioning protrusion 16 shown in FIG. Are formed wider than the predetermined width.
In this embodiment, the thin portion 23 is formed in a range from the cap body A side of the first connecting portion 20 to the middle of the second connecting portion 21 via the bent portion 22. It is not always necessary to form up to the second connecting portion 21 depending on the shape and the like.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the upper lid C includes a top wall 30 and a side peripheral wall 31 that is suspended from the periphery of the top wall 30. A sealing ring 32 for sealing 7 is provided vertically.
A second connecting portion 21 of the hinge 19 of the hinge portion B is continuously provided on a rear side of the outer peripheral lower end of the side peripheral wall 31, and a knob 33 to which a finger is applied when opening and closing the upper lid C is provided on a front outer peripheral lower end. Are protruding.
A fitting portion 34 that engages with the cover fitting portion 17 of the cap body A and maintains the closed state is provided at a lower portion of the inner peripheral portion of the side peripheral wall 31.

Next, a description will be given of a usage mode and an operation effect of the present embodiment.
First, the upper lid C is closed on the cap body A via the hinge portion B, and a hinge cap in a closed state is obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when the lid is closed, the bent portion 22 of the hinge 19 is bent by 180 °, but the U-shaped thin portion 23 near the upper end of the alignment projection 16 is easily deformed, and the bent portion 22 is bent. Since there is no effect on the deformation, there is no need to provide the bent portion 46 outside the projection width d2 of the positioning rib 45 as in the conventional example shown in FIG. It can be formed compact with a projection width similar to the projection width d1.

Next, the hinge cap according to the present embodiment is plugged and attached to the mouth 1 of the container body D in the closed state shown in FIG.
The stoppering step uses the positioning projection 16 so that the hinge portion B is directed toward the position of the handle of the container, and the opposite side is the center position of the dispensing cylinder 7 which is the dispensing direction of the content liquid. The mouth 1 of the container body D is applied to the annular groove formed between the inner cylinder 6 and the outer cylinder 9, and when the pressing force is applied from above the upper lid C, the mouth 1 gets over the undercut portion 15. The mouth 1 is sandwiched and mounted between the outer circumference of the inner cylinder 6, the inner circumference of the outer cylinder 9 and the base wall 8.

In order to use the container equipped with the hinge cap of the present embodiment, the upper lid C is opened, the pull ring 14 is pulled upward, the removed portion 12 of the partition wall 5 is pulled up via the column 13, and the thinned weakened portion 11 is broken. The removal unit 12 is separated from the partition wall 5 and removed, and the spout is opened.
Next, the container main body D is tilted in the pouring direction, and the liquid in the container main body D is guided out from the pouring opening of the partition wall 5 by the pouring cylinder 7 and discharged.

In the present embodiment, the first connecting portion 20, the second connecting portion 21, and the bent portion 22 of the hinge 19 of the hinge portion B are provided with a U-shaped thin portion 23 around the upper end of the positioning projection 16 from the lower surface. However, as in the modified embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the first connecting portion 20, the second connecting portion 21 and the A U-shaped through hole 40 penetrating the bent portion 22 from the lower surface to the upper surface may be formed.
The through hole 40 is formed in the same range as the thin portion 23, and does not necessarily need to be formed up to the second connecting portion 21.
Also in this modified embodiment, the hinge 19 near the upper end of the positioning projection 16 is easily deformed and does not affect the deformation of the bent portion 22. d2 does not interfere with the bent portion 22, and the hinge portion B and the positioning protrusion 16 can coexist compactly.

  In this embodiment, the container with the hinge cap is a container with a handle.In addition to the container with a handle, the container can be adjusted to the shape of the container, or to the container label, etc. It can be used for a container with a hinge cap that requires alignment between the main body and the cap.

  In the hinge cap of the present invention, the positioning protrusion of the cap main body makes it easy to position the container main body and the hinge cap that need to be positioned, and further, the positioning protrusion is directed outward of the hinge portion when the lid is closed. The hinge cap can be formed with the same width as the projection width, so that the hinge part and the alignment projection can coexist compactly, and the hinge cap can be positioned and attached to a container with a handle that has a fixed pouring direction. It is suitable as.

Reference Signs List A Cap body B Hinge part C Top lid D Container body d0, d1, d2 Projection width 1 Portion 5 Partition wall 6 Inner cylinder 7 Discharge cylinder 8 Base wall 9 Outer cylinder 10 Lid engaging cylinder part 11 Thinned part 12 Removal part 13 Post 14 Pull ring 15 Undercut portion 16 Alignment protrusion 17 Lid fitting portion 19 Hinge 20 First connection portion 21 Second connection portion
22, 46 bent part 23 thin part (deformation allowable part)
24 Elastic piece 30 Top wall 31 Side peripheral wall 32 Sealing ring 33 Knob part 34 Fitting part 40 Through hole (deformation permitting part)
45 Positioning rib

Claims (5)

A hinge cap including a cap body attached to the container body and an upper lid connected to the cap body via a hinge portion,
The cap body has an outer cylinder attached to the mouth of the container body, and a positioning projection that is vertically provided on the outer periphery of the outer cylinder from the lower surface of the hinge portion,
A hinge cap, wherein the hinge portion has a deformation allowing portion around an upper end portion of the alignment projection.   The hinge cap according to claim 1, wherein the hinge portion has a hinge on which an alignment protrusion is vertically provided from a lower surface, and an elastic body formed adjacent to the hinge. The hinge has a first connecting portion connected to the cap body, a second connecting portion connected to the upper lid, a deformable bent portion connecting the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion,
The hinge cap according to claim 2, wherein the positioning projection is vertically provided from a lower surface of the hinge on the first connecting portion side of the first connecting portion and the bent portion.   The hinge cap according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the deformable portion is a thin portion.   The hinge cap according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the deformation permitting portion is a through hole.

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