JP2020018530A - Applicator - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an applicator that can more uniformly apply contents to an application object.SOLUTION: An applicator comprises an impregnated body 11 comprising a plurality of finger parts 23 divided by slits 21A extending toward a base end part from a tip part, and a supporting body 12 supporting the impregnated body 11 and capable of being fitted to a mouth part 3 of a container body 2. The supporting body 12 comprises a plurality of holding parts 32, 32L, and 32R holding the finger parts 23 out of the impregnated body 11 respectively. The holding parts 32, 32L, and 32R can be displaced so as to expand the slits 21A when the supporting body 12 is fitted to the mouth part 3 of the container body 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an applicator.

  There has been proposed a coating container including a column-shaped impregnated body and a cylindrical comb-shaped body having comb teeth surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the impregnated body and protruding upward from the impregnated body (for example, Patent Document 1). reference). In such an application container, for example, a hair dye is applied to hair by pressing an impregnated body impregnated with a content such as a hair dye onto an elongated object to be applied such as hair. In addition, in this application container, the comb teeth regulate the flow of the hair, so that the applicator can be easily moved along the hair, so that the hair dye is easily applied uniformly to the hair.

Japanese Patent No. 4852454

  However, even in the above-mentioned conventional applicator, although the hair dye can be uniformly applied to the head hair by the comb teeth, application unevenness still occurs.

  Then, an object of the present invention is to provide an applicator which can apply contents more uniformly to an object to be applied.

  The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above problems. That is, the applicator of the present invention supports an impregnated body having a plurality of finger portions divided by slits extending from the distal end portion toward the base end portion, and supports the impregnated body, and is attached to the mouth of the container body. And a supporter, wherein the supporter has a plurality of holding portions for holding the finger portions of the impregnated body separately, and the holding portion is the opening of the container body of the supporter. It is characterized by being displaceable so as to expand the slit when mounted on the part.

In the present invention, the support is displaced in a state where the applicator is attached to the mouth of the container main body, and the slit between the fingers is expanded, so that the application target (for example, hair) is located between the fingers during application. Therefore, the contact area between the impregnated body and the application target increases, and the impregnated body can be more reliably brought into contact with the application target. Thereby, the content contained in the impregnated body is more uniformly applied to the application target.
In addition, since the holding portion is intentionally displaced, the slit can be reliably opened while the applicator is attached to the mouth.

Further, in the applicator of the present invention, the holding portion may individually clamp the finger portions in a direction orthogonal to both a direction in which the slit expands and a direction along the direction in which the slit extends. .
According to the present invention, since the surface of the finger portion, which faces in the direction orthogonal to both the direction in which the slit expands and the direction along the direction in which the slit extends, is suppressed from being exposed to the outside, these surfaces are not applied. (For example, the scalp when the application target is the hair) can be suppressed. Therefore, the operability of the applicator is improved.

Further, in the applicator of the present invention, a plurality of the slits may be formed at intervals in a direction in which the slit expands.
According to the present invention, since the finger portions are arranged in a comb-teeth shape, it is possible to apply the content to the application target by passing the elongated application target through the slit between the finger portions. Therefore, the content can be more uniformly applied to the application target.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the applicator which concerns on this invention, the slit between finger parts is expanded and the contact area with an application object increases, and it can contact an application object more reliably with an impregnation body. Therefore, the content contained in the impregnated body can be more uniformly applied to the application target. In addition, since the holding portion is intentionally displaced, the slit can be reliably expanded in the applicator attached to the mouth.

1 is an axial front cross-sectional view illustrating an applicator and an applicator provided with the applicator according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an axial cross-sectional view of a side surface showing the application container of FIG. 1. It is a front view which shows the applicator shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the applicator shown in FIG. 3 before being mounted on a container body. It is a side view which shows the applicator of FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the applicator in FIG. FIG. 2 is a front axial sectional view showing the applicator of FIG. 1 and another applicator provided with the applicator. FIG. 8 is an axial sectional view of a side surface showing the application container shown in FIG. 7.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the applicator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each drawing used in the following description, the scale may be appropriately changed in order to make each member recognizable.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the applicator 1 according to the present embodiment is attached to a mouth 3 of a bottomed cylindrical container body 2, and forms an application container 4. The application container 4 contains, for example, a liquid hair dye as a content, and the applicator 1 is used to apply the content to an elongated application target such as, for example, head hair.

  The applicator 1 and the container body 2 are arranged with their central axes located on a common axis. Hereinafter, this central axis is referred to as a container axis O, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the direction from the bottom of the container body 2 (a bottom lid 52 described later) to the applicator 1 along the container axis O is upward. , And the opposite direction is downward. Further, a direction intersecting the container axis O in a plan view as viewed from the container axis O is defined as a radial direction, and a direction rotating around the container axis O is defined as a circumferential direction. Further, of the radial directions, the short axis direction of the flat applicator 1 is referred to as the front-rear direction, and the direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction in plan view is referred to as the left-right direction.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the applicator 1 includes a plate-shaped impregnating body 11 formed of, for example, felt and elastically deformable, and a support 12 that supports the impregnating body 11.
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the impregnated body 11 has a head 21 that is long in the left-right direction, and a leg 22 that is connected to the lower end of the head 21 and is long in the vertical direction. It is T-shaped. The head 21 and the leg 22 have substantially the same thickness in the front-rear direction.

A plurality (three in the present embodiment) of slits 21A extending from the distal end (upper end) to the proximal end (downward) are formed in the head 21 at intervals in the left-right direction. The head 21 is divided into a plurality of (four in the present embodiment) finger portions 23 arranged in the left-right direction by the slits 21A. The width in the left-right direction of the slit 21A between the finger portions 23 formed by the slits 21A is gradually narrowed from above to below.
The leg 22 extends downward from a central portion in the left-right direction on the lower end surface of the head 21.
In the impregnated body 11, the finger 23 is closed as shown in FIG. 4 before the applicator 1 is attached to the mouth 3 of the container body 2.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the support 12 is formed by a pair of support halves 31 which are disposed in front and rear, and whose lower ends are hinged to each other. The support 12 includes a plurality of (four in the present embodiment) holding portions 32 for separately holding the finger portions 23, and a pair of guide portions 33 for attaching the support 12 to the opening 3 of the container body 2. And
The lower end of the holding part 32 is connected to the lower end of another holding part 32 adjacent in the left-right direction, and the gap in the left-right direction between the holding parts 32 is gradually narrowed from the upper part to the lower part. The left-right gap between the holding portions 32 extends below the slit 21A.

  The holding section 32 has a pair of holding sections 34 that hold the finger section 23 in the front-rear direction. The finger portion 23 extends both above the holding portion 34 and in the left-right direction. A plurality of (three in this embodiment) holding projections 34A projecting inward in the front-rear direction are formed on the inner surface of the sandwiching part 34 facing inward in the front-rear direction at intervals in the vertical direction. Further, a comb tooth portion 35 protruding upward is formed at an upper end of the holding portion 34. The comb teeth 35 project above the finger 23. The comb teeth 35 are preferably hard.

Of the plurality of holding parts 32, holding parts 34 R, 34 L respectively forming holding parts 32 R, 32 L located at both ends in the left-right direction include a first side wall part 36 facing the finger 23 in the front-rear direction, and a first side wall part 36. A second side wall portion 37 extending inward in the front-rear direction from an outer edge in the left-right direction of the side wall portion 36, and both a left-right direction and a front-rear direction from lower end edges of the first and second side wall portions 36, 37. And a bottom wall portion 38 extending toward the inside of the body. The inner edges in the front-rear direction of the pair of second side walls 37 are in contact with or close to each other, and similarly, the inner edges in the front-rear direction of the pair of bottom walls 38 are in contact with or close to each other. I have.
A first locking projection 37A protruding outward in the left-right direction is provided on an inner edge of the upper end of the second side wall 37 in the front-rear direction. A second locking projection 37B is provided on the inner edge of the lower end of the second side wall 37 in the front-rear direction, and protrudes outward in the left-right direction.

  The guide portion 33 extends downward from the bottom wall portion 38 forming the holding portions 32R and 32L. And the guide part 33 is comprised by the pair of guide piece parts 41 arrange | positioned at the front and back. The lower ends of the pair of guide pieces 41 are connected to each other via a hinge 42. A mounting hole 41A is formed at the upper end of the guide piece 41 provided on the front side of the pair of guide pieces 41, and is provided on the rear side of the pair of guide pieces 41. At the upper end of the guide piece 41, a mounting protrusion 41B that locks into the mounting hole 41A is provided so as to project forward.

  The holding portion 34 provided on the front side of the plurality of pairs of holding portions 34 and the guide piece portion 41 provided on the front side of the guide portion 33 are provided on the front side of the pair of support halves 31. A supporting half 31 is formed, and a pair of holding portions 34 provided on the rear side of the plurality of pairs of holding portions 34 and a guide piece portion 41 provided on the rear side of the guide portion 33 form a pair. The support half 31 disposed on the rear side of the support half 31 is configured.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container body 2 has a cylindrical shape with a bottom. The cylindrical body 51 has a cylindrical shape and a bottomed cylindrical shape attached to the lower end of the cylindrical body 51. And a lid 52. The tubular main body 51 and the bottom cover 52 are arranged coaxially with the container axis O.
The cylindrical main body 51 has a cylindrical body 53 and a cylindrical mouth 3 continuously connected upward from an upper edge of the body 53. The body 53 and the mouth 3 are arranged coaxially with the container axis O.

  The mouth portion 3 has a cylindrical screw tube portion 61 continuously connected upward from an upper end edge of the body portion 53, and a cylindrical connection tube connected continuously upward from the upper end edge of the screw tube portion 61. It has a portion 62 and a rectangular tubular mounting tube portion 63 continuously connected upward from the upper end edge of the connection tube portion 62. The screw tube 61, the connection tube 62, and the mounting tube 63 are arranged coaxially with the container axis O.

A male screw part 61A is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the screw cylinder part 61.
The inner diameter and the outer diameter of the upper portion of the connection cylinder 62 gradually decrease as going upward, and the upper end opening of the connection cylinder 62 has a rectangular shape in plan view.
As shown in FIG. 1, a locked projection 63 </ b> A protruding inward in the left-right direction is formed on the inner surface of the mounting cylinder 63 in the left-right direction. The inner surface of the locked projection 63A is inclined so as to be inward in the left-right direction as going downward from the upper end. Further, the length in the left-right direction of the upper end opening edge of the mounting cylinder portion 63 is longer than the length in the left-right direction of the support 12 of the applicator 1 before being attached to the mouth portion 3. Is shorter than the length in the left-right direction of the support 12 of the applicator 1 before being attached to the mouth portion 3. Therefore, in the applicator 1 mounted on the container body 2, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the plurality of holding portions 32 are displaced so that the central portion in the left-right direction as a whole projects upward. Thereby, the slit 21A is expanded. As shown in FIG. 1, the first locking projection 37A of the applicator 1 is locked from above with respect to the upper end surface of the mounting cylinder 63, and the second locking projection 37B is locked. It is locked from below with respect to the lower end surface of the projection 63A.
As shown in FIG. 2, a mounting projection 63 </ b> B protruding inward in the front-rear direction is formed on the inner surface in the front-rear direction at the lower end of the mounting cylinder 63. The lower end surface of the holding portion 32 is placed on the placement protrusion 63B.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bottom lid body 52 has a disc-shaped bottom plate portion 71 and a cylindrical bottom tube portion 72 continuously connected upward from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate portion 71. . The bottom plate 71 and the bottom cylinder 72 are arranged coaxially with the container axis O.
The bottom plate portion 71 has a bowl shape whose central portion bulges downward. The bottom cylinder 72 is fitted inside the trunk 53. Note that the bottom tubular portion 72 may be detachable from the trunk 53 of the tubular main body 51. Thereby, the contents can be replenished in the container body 2.

Further, inside the container body 2, a column-shaped suction body 75 which is formed of, for example, felt and is long in the vertical direction is provided. At the center of the upper end of the suction body 75, an accommodation recess 75A for accommodating the lower end of the leg 22 is formed.
Further, a cap 81 having a cylindrical shape with a top is screwed to the mouth 3 of the container body 2.
The cap 81 has a cap-shaped cylindrical cap body 82 and a cap-shaped cylindrical inner plug body 83 fitted inside the cap body 82. The cap body 82 and the inner plug body 83 are arranged coaxially with the container axis O.

The cap body 82 has a disk-shaped top plate portion 84 and a cylindrical peripheral tube portion 85 that is continuously provided downward from the outer peripheral edge of the top plate portion 84. The top plate 84 and the peripheral cylinder 85 are arranged coaxially with the container axis O. On the inner peripheral surface at the lower end of the peripheral cylindrical portion 85, a female screw portion 85A that is screwed with a male screw portion 61A formed on the screw cylindrical portion 61 is formed.
The inner plug body 83 has a disk-shaped upper plate portion 86 and a cylindrical side tube portion 87 continuously connected downward from the outer peripheral edge of the upper plate portion 86. The upper plate portion 86 and the side cylinder portion 87 are disposed coaxially with the container axis O.
A lower end portion of the side tube portion 87 is externally fitted to a lower portion of the connection tube portion 62 of the mouth portion 3. This suppresses evaporation of the contents when the application container 4 is not used.

  The applicator 1 having the above configuration is mounted on the mouth 3 by inserting the guide portion 33 of the support 12 from above along the mounting tube 63 of the mouth 3. When the guide 33 is inserted into the mounting cylinder 63 in a state where the left-right direction of the applicator 1 and the left-right direction of the mounting cylinder 63 are aligned, the pair of guides 33 is locked by the mounting cylinder 63. The projection 63A guides the projection 63A so as to be inclined inward in the left-right direction as it goes downward. In response to this, the plurality of holding portions 32 are displaced so that the central portion in the left-right direction as a whole projects upward. Thereby, the interval between the two holding portions 32 adjacent in the left-right direction is expanded so as to gradually increase from below to the top, and the width of the slit 21A between the two finger portions 23 adjacent in the left-right direction is also increased. , Are expanded so as to gradually increase from below to above. The first locking projection 37A of the holding portion 32 is locked from above on the upper end surface of the mounting cylinder portion 63, and the second locking projection 37B of the guide portion 33 is locked on the lower end surface of the mounting cylinder portion 63. Lock from below. This suppresses the displaced applicator 1 from being deformed by restoring. In this way, the applicator 1 is attached to the mouth 3.

Next, a method of using the coating container 4 having the coating tool 1 configured as described above will be described.
The contents in the container body 2 are sucked by the wick 75, and the contents are supplied to the impregnated body 11 from the wick 75. After removing the cap 81, the container body 2 is appropriately inverted to make contact with the hair to be applied. At this time, a part of the hair contacts the upper end surface of the finger 23. In addition, since the slit 21A between the finger portions 23 adjacent in the left-right direction is widened, a part of the hair is located between the finger portions 23 and comes into contact with the surface of the finger portion 23 facing the left-right direction. In this state, the hair dye, which is the content contained in the impregnated body 11, is applied to the hair by moving the application container 4 in the front-rear direction with respect to the hair. Further, since the finger 23 projects from the tip of the holding portion 34 and at least a part of the slit 21A between the finger 23 is exposed in the front-back direction, the hair is pinched by the finger 23 in the slit 21A. It is applied so that it is.

Here, the comb teeth 35 protrude from the tip of the finger 23, and when the application container 4 is moved in the front-rear direction, the flow of the hair is adjusted by the comb teeth 35, so that the hair along the hair. It becomes easy to move the applicator 1. Further, since the comb teeth 35 protrude from the tip of the finger 23, the finger 23 is prevented from coming into contact with the scalp. Similarly, since the exposure of the surface of the finger portion 23 facing in the front-rear direction to the outside is suppressed by the holding portion 34, the contact of the finger portion 23 with the scalp is suppressed.
After the application of the hair dye to the hair is completed, the cap 81 is screwed into the mouth 3.
As described above, the coating container 4 having the coating tool 1 is used.

As described above, according to the applicator 1 according to the present embodiment, since the slit 21A between the finger portions 23 is expanded to increase the contact area with the hair, the impregnated body 11 can be surely brought into contact with the hair. Therefore, the contents contained in the impregnated body 11 can be more uniformly applied to the hair. Further, since the holding portion 32 is intentionally displaced, the slit 21A between the finger portions 23 can be reliably opened at the time of mounting.
Furthermore, since the holding portion 34 suppresses the exposure of the surface of the finger portion 23 facing the front-rear direction to the outside, it is possible to suppress the surface of the finger portion 23 from contacting a portion that is not the application target such as the scalp. Therefore, the operability of the applicator 1 is improved.
In addition, since the fingers 23 are arranged in a comb shape, the hair can be passed through the slit 21A between the fingers 23 to apply the contents. Therefore, the content can be more uniformly applied to the hair.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, the container main body is not limited to a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and may be another shape such as a cylindrical shape with a bottom as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

The container main body 101 of the application container 100 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 includes an elliptical cylindrical main body 102 and a bottomed elliptical cylindrical bottom cover (not shown).
The tubular main body 102 has an elliptical tubular body 103 and an elliptical tubular mouth 104 continuously connected upward from an upper end edge of the body 103. The mouth portion 104 includes an elliptical tubular mounting tubular portion 105, a tubular connecting tubular portion 106, and a rectangular tubular mounting tubular portion 107.
On the outer peripheral surface at the upper end portion of the mounting cylindrical portion 105, a housing groove portion 105A depressed inward in the radial direction is formed over the entire circumference, and a seal ring 108 having an elliptical shape in plan view is provided in the housing groove portion 105A. Have been. In addition, a first mounting protrusion 105 </ b> B protruding radially outward is formed on the outer peripheral surface at the lower end of the mounting cylinder 105.
In addition, a cap 110 having an elliptical cylindrical shape with a top is attached to the mouth 104 of the container body 101. The cap 110 has an elliptical cylindrical outer cylindrical part 111 and a top elliptical cylindrical inner cylindrical part 112 continuously connected upward from a vertically intermediate portion of the outer cylindrical part 111. An inner peripheral surface of a lower portion of the lower portion of the outer cylinder portion 111 than a portion connected to the inner cylinder portion 112 is in contact with the seal ring 108. Thereby, the applicator 1 is sealed. A second mounting projection 112A that protrudes radially inward and locks from below with the first mounting projection 105B is formed on the inner peripheral surface at the lower end of the outer cylindrical portion 111.

Further, the content is not limited to the hair dye, but may be another content, and is not limited to a liquid as long as the content is impregnated with the impregnated body. Further, the application target is not limited to the hair, and may be another application target.
The impregnated body is not limited to felt, and may be formed of other materials such as sponge, may include contents, and may be elastically deformable if it can be displaced so as to expand the slit. Absent.
The shape of the impregnated body is not limited to the T-shape, and may be appropriately changed.
The support body can be displaced so as to expand the slit, and only needs to be able to maintain the expanded state of the slit when attached to the mouth, and need not be elastically deformable. Here, if at least one of the holding portion and the finger portion is elastically deformable so as to spread in the left-right direction, at least one of the holding portion and the finger portion is restored after the support is attached to the mouth. By trying to deform, it is possible to increase the engagement force between the support, and eventually the applicator and the mouth (mounting cylinder), and to more reliably prevent the stopper from coming off.
The support is formed by a pair of support halves, but may have other configurations.
The holding portion sandwiches the finger portion, but may have another configuration as long as the finger portion can be held, for example, a skewer-like configuration penetrating the finger portion in the vertical direction. Further, although the holding portion is provided with the comb-tooth portion, the comb-tooth portion may not be provided.
It is sufficient that at least one slit is formed.
The slit is formed linearly downward from the upper end of the impregnated body, but may have another shape such as an S-shape, and does not necessarily need to extend in parallel with the vertical direction. Further, the shape of the slit is not limited to a linear shape, but may be another shape such as a V-shaped groove.
The slits are arranged at intervals in the left-right direction, but may be arranged in other forms such as, for example, a cross shape in plan view.
In the container body, a wick is disposed, but for example, the contents can be impregnated in the impregnated body by inverting the container body, so even if the wick is not disposed. Good.
In the description of each component, "cylindrical", "rectangular cylindrical", "elliptical" and the like are described, but other shapes such as other polygons such as a triangle may be used as appropriate. Good.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the industrial applicability is recognized about the applicator which can apply a content more uniformly with respect to an application object.

Reference Signs List 1 applicator, 2,101 container body, 3,104 mouth, 11 impregnated body, 12 support, 21A slit, 23 finger part, 32, 32L, 32R holding part

Claims (3)

An impregnated body having a plurality of fingers divided by a slit extending from the distal end toward the proximal end,
A support that supports the impregnated body and can be attached to the mouth of the container body,
The support has a plurality of holding portions for separately holding the finger portion of the impregnated body,
The applicator, wherein the holding portion is displaceable so as to expand the slit when the support is attached to the mouth of the container body.   2. The coating according to claim 1, wherein the holding unit separately holds the finger portions in a direction orthogonal to both a direction in which the slit expands and a direction along a direction in which the slit extends. 3. Utensils.   3. The applicator according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the slits are formed at intervals in a direction in which the slits expand. 4.

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