JP4557767B2 - Multiple container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is provided with a plurality of storage bodies each filled with different types of contents, and the contents are simultaneously poured out from each storage body at a desired ratio, mixed, and used individually or for each storage body. The present invention relates to a multiple-type container suitable for taking out and using, and is intended to quickly and accurately dispense the contents filled and stored in each storage body.

The so-called multiple-type container, which is equipped with a plurality of containers filled with different types of contents, and the contents are poured out from each container at the same time, mixed and used, is reactive such as hair dyeing solution. In recent years, it has become possible to change the dispensing mode so that alternative dispensing from each container, fine adjustment of the mixing ratio, and mixed dispensing can be performed. A structure is also proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-59881 A

  A conventional multiple-type container is basically composed of a double container body in which separate containers containing different kinds of liquids are arranged side by side and tied together with a connecting member, and each container is provided with each container. A predetermined amount of contents were poured out by pressing the pumps simultaneously or individually.

  By the way, in this type of container, depending on the contents of cosmetics, medicines, etc., when it is desired to dispense a fixed amount at a predetermined mixing rate or in a single operation without a pressing operation by a pump. However, no multiple container has been proposed to meet these demands.

  The subject of the present invention is a novel multiple-type system capable of corresponding to a desired dispensing form, such as when quantitative dispensing is performed at a predetermined mixing ratio in one operation or when single quantitative dispensing is performed from each container Proposed container.

In the present invention, at least two storage bodies for filling and storing contents, and the contents in each storage body individually disposed at the mouth of each storage body, and the contents relating to the measurement through the spout A multiple-type container equipped with a measuring unit for discharging to the outside,
The measuring part has a valve body for maintaining a passage leading to the inside of the storage body in a closed state, and an inner stopper fixedly held at the mouth of the storage body, and covering the inner stopper together with the valve body, A dispensing head that forms a measuring space and is rotatably held outside the mouth of the storage body.
In said plug, while providing the upstanding wall, the metering space, said upstanding wall arranged sliders to have a wall forming the bottom of the metering space, the inner wall and the wall of the slider of the dispenser head The liquid reservoir is partitioned by the body,
The slider has a threaded portion that engages with a threaded portion formed on the outer wall of the inner plug on the inner wall surface, and the outer wall surface is non-rotatable and vertically movable with respect to the inner wall surface of the dispensing head. And the volume of the liquid reservoir in the measurement space is changed by reciprocating the wall body according to the forward rotation and reverse rotation of the dispensing head .
The dispensing head is provided with interlocking means for mutually rotating and synchronously rotating the dispensing heads, and a lid that is detachably fitted to the dispensing port to seal the dispensing port,
The lid body is a multiple container having a rod that presses the valve body in a sealing posture of the spout and opens the passage.

  In the multiple container having the above-described configuration, sliders that move in the same direction or move in opposite directions are applied.

  The interlocking means is provided along the outer wall of the dispensing head, and is composed of gear-like irregularities that mesh with each other and rotate the other dispensing head in synchronization with the rotation of the one dispensing head; Alternatively, a belt made of an endless belt that is wound around a slider and rotates each slider synchronously by rotation along the slider is advantageously suitable.

  Furthermore, the lid body can be swingably supported on the dispensing head via a hinge.

  When the dispensing head is rotated, the wall in the measuring chamber of each storage body moves and the measuring volume fluctuates, so that quick and accurate quantitative dispensing can be performed.

  When the container is turned upside down once and then returned to the normal position, a predetermined amount of contents will be stored in each weighing chamber. I can take it out.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings.
1 (a) and 1 (b) are a plan view and a front view (shown in cross section) showing an embodiment of a multiple-type container (double-line type) according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the container shown in FIG. It is a side view.

  In the figure, 1 and 2 are storage bodies each filled with different contents, and 3 and 4 are weighing sections respectively arranged at the mouths of the storage bodies 1 and 2.

The measuring units 3 and 4 have valve bodies 3a and 4a (elastically supported by springs or the like) for maintaining the passages t ₁ and t ₂ connected to the inside of the storage bodies 1 and ₂ in a closed state. Inner plugs 3b, 4b fixedly held by screw engagement to the mouths of the bodies 1, 2 and the inner plugs 3b, 4b are covered with the valve bodies 3a, 4a, and the measuring spaces K ₁ , K ₂ are provided inside thereof. It is formed of dispensing heads 3c and 4c that are formed and held rotatably at the outer periphery of the mouths of the storage bodies 1 and 2, and the dispensing heads 3c and 4c are provided in the measuring spaces K ₁ and K ₂ . Outlets 3c ₁ and 4c ₁ are provided for discharging the contents weighed in ( ₁ ) to the outside.

Reference numerals 5 and 6 denote sliders arranged in the measurement spaces K ₁ and K ₂ . The sliders 5 and 6 are provided with wall bodies 5a and 6a that form the bottoms of the measuring spaces K ₁ and K ₂ at their tip portions, and screw portions formed on the outer walls of the inner plugs 3b and 4b on the inner wall surfaces thereof. Screw portions n ₃ and n ₄ that engage with n ₁ and n ₂ are provided. The outer wall surfaces of the pouring heads 3c and 4c are engaged with the vertical grooves and ribs (or projections) formed on the opposing surfaces so that they cannot rotate and can move up and down. By rotating the dispensing heads 3c and 4c, the sliders 5 and 6 move up and down while rotating, whereby the standing walls 3b ₁ and 4b ₁ provided on the inner plugs 3b and 4b The volumes of the liquid reservoirs m ₁ and m ₂ defined by the inner walls of the ejection heads 3c and 4c and the wall bodies 5a and 6a (volume that can store the contents) are changed.

  Reference numerals 7 and 8 are interlocking means for mutually coordinating and rotating the dispensing heads 3c and 4c. The interlocking means 7 and 8 can be constituted by gear-like irregularities 7a and 8a provided along the outer walls of the dispensing heads 3c and 4c. The irregularities 7a and 8a mesh with each other. By rotating one of the dispensing heads 3c and 4c, the other dispensing head is rotated synchronously.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a lid that is supported so as to be swingable via a hinge h and seals the outlets 3c ₁ and 4c _{1 of the} outlet heads 3c and 4c. The cover 9 is stopper 9a to freely fitted removably to spout 3c _1, 4c _1, 9b and, infusion outlet 3c _1, 4c ₁ of the sealing posture valve body 3a against the repulsive force of the spring s , 4a is pressed to open the passages t ₁ and t _2, and rods 9c and 9d are provided. A connecting band 10 is integrally formed at the lower ends of the inner plugs 3b and 4b and connects the storage bodies 1 and 2 to each other.

Of the screw portions n ₃ and n ₄ provided on the inner wall surfaces of the sliders 5 and 6, for example, the screw portion n _{3 of the} slider 5 and the screw portion n ₁ of the inner plug 3 b that engages with the screw portion n ₃ are reversed screws ( The screw portion n ₄ and the screw portion n ₂ of the inner plug 4b that engages with the screw portion n ₄ may be reversed), and when the dispensing heads 3c and 4c are rotated, the slider 5 moves downward. On the other hand, the slider 6 moves upward, whereby the mixing ratio (ratio) of the contents to be weighed in the liquid reservoirs m ₁ and m ₂ is changed (variable ratio).

The container shown in FIG. 1 shows a state in which 100% is measured at the liquid reservoir m ₁ and 0% is measured at the liquid reservoir m ₂ (when only the contents of the container 1 are poured out). After reversing the container and returning it to the normal position, only the contents of the container ₁ are stored in the liquid reservoir m ₁ .

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the contents of the container shown in FIG. 1 (when the measuring unit 3 is 100% and the measuring unit 4 is 0%) are weighed and the lid 9 is opened. At this time, the passages t ₁ and t ₂ connected to the inside of the storage bodies 1 and ₂ are kept closed by the valve bodies 3a and 4a, and the container is inverted to discharge the contents of the liquid reservoir m _1. However, only the contents related to weighing will be discharged.

  The containers according to FIGS. 1 to 3 have a wide range of cases in which the storage body 1 is measured as 0% and the storage body 2 as 100% to the case where the storage body 1 is measured as 100% and the storage body 2 as 0%. The contents can be dispensed at a quick and accurate mixing ratio (variable mixing ratio).

Further, in the configuration according to the above掲図1-3, threaded portion n ₃ provided on the inner wall of the slider 5, 6, n ₄ and inner plug 3b, and the relationship between the threaded portion n _1, n ₂ of 4b, When changing to the same type of screw structure that moves up and down in the same direction as the dispensing heads 3c and 4c rotate, the sliders 5 and 6 move in the same direction by the same amount while rotating synchronously. It is also possible to change from the structure in which the mixing ratio is variable to a structure in which variable quantitative extraction is possible.

4 (a), 4 (b), and 5 show another embodiment of a multiple container according to the present invention. In this container, the thread parts n ₃ and n ₄ are of the same type, and the dispensing heads 3c and 4c are integrally formed, and endless as an interlocking means around the sliders 5 and 6 inside the dispensing heads 3c and 4c. The belt 11 is wound around, and the sliders 5 and 6 are synchronized by rotating the endless belt 11 through the window hole 12a of the cover 12 that integrally connects the base ends of the dispensing heads 3c and 4c. While rotating, it moves up and down by the same amount in the same direction, and the contents can be weighed by the same amount in the liquid reservoir m ₁ and liquid reservoir m ₂ (variable determination).

  In particular, in the structure in which the endless belt 11 is used to rotate the sliders 5 and 6 synchronously, the unevenness in which the sliders 5 and 6 and the endless belt 11 mesh with each other in order to prevent slippage between them. Can be provided.

The outer surface of the container displays how much content is stored in the liquid reservoirs m ₁ and m ₂ according to the degree of rotation of the dispensing heads 3c and 4c or the degree of rotation of the endless belt 11. Provide an indicator or scale.

Also in this embodiment, as in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to ₃ , the screw portions n ₃ and n ₄ provided on the inner wall surfaces of the sliders 5 and 6 and the screw portions n ₁ and n _{2 of the} inner plugs 3b and 4b In this case, the sliders 5 and 6 move in the opposite directions as the dispensing heads 3c and 4c rotate, allowing variable quantity extraction. It is possible to change from the structure to a structure in which the mixing ratio is variable.

  In each embodiment of the present invention, the structure in which the lid body 9 is swingably supported by the dispensing heads 3c and 4c via the hinge h is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the lid body 9 is It is also possible to adopt a structure that is separately molded and undercut fitted to the dispensing heads 3c, 4c. Similarly, each structure of the container according to the present invention is appropriately changed in design without departing from the present invention. Is possible.

  It is possible to provide a multiple-type container that can quickly and accurately dispense the contents.

It is the figure which showed embodiment of the multiple container according to this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is the figure which showed the front surface by the cross section. It is a side view of the container shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the state which removed the cover body in the container shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed other embodiment of the multiple container according to this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is the figure which showed the front surface by the cross section. It is a side view of the container shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Storage body 2 Storage body 3 Measuring section
3a Disc
3b Inner plug
3b ₁ standing wall
3c dispensing head
3c ₁ Outlet 4 Weighing section
4a Disc
4b Inner plug
4b ₁ Standing wall
4c dispensing head
4c ₁ outlet
5 Slider
5a Wall 6 slider
6a Wall 7 Interlocking means 8 Interlocking means 9 Lid
9a plug
9b plug
9c rod
9d rod
10 Connecting belt
11 Endless belt
12 Cover
12a Window hole
t ₁ passage
t ₂ passages
s Spring
K ₁ Weighing space
K ₂ weighing space
n ₁ thread
n ₂ thread
n ₃ thread
n ₄ thread
m ₁ liquid reservoir
m ₂ liquid reservoir

Claims (5)

At least two storage bodies for filling and storing the contents, and the contents placed in the mouths of the respective storage bodies are individually weighed, and the contents related to the measurement are discharged to the outside through the spout. A multiple-type container equipped with a weighing unit,
The measuring part has a valve body for maintaining a passage leading to the inside of the storage body in a closed state, and an inner stopper fixedly held at the mouth of the storage body, and covering the inner stopper together with the valve body, A dispensing head that forms a measuring space and is rotatably held outside the mouth of the storage body.
In said plug, while providing the upstanding wall, the metering space, said upstanding wall arranged sliders to have a wall forming the bottom of the metering space, the inner wall and the wall of the slider of the dispenser head The liquid reservoir is partitioned by the body,
The slider has a threaded portion that engages with a threaded portion formed on the outer wall of the inner plug on the inner wall surface, and the outer wall surface is non-rotatable and vertically movable with respect to the inner wall surface of the dispensing head. And the volume of the liquid reservoir in the measurement space is changed by reciprocating the wall body according to the forward rotation and reverse rotation of the dispensing head .
The dispensing head is provided with interlocking means for mutually rotating and synchronously rotating the dispensing heads, and a lid that is detachably fitted to the dispensing port to seal the dispensing port,
The said cover body has a rod which presses a valve body with the sealing attitude | position of this spout, and opens a channel | path, The multiple container characterized by the above-mentioned.   The multiple container according to claim 1, wherein all the sliders move in the same direction or move in opposite directions.   The interlocking means is provided along an outer wall of the dispensing head, and includes gear-like irregularities that mesh with each other and rotate the other dispensing head in synchronization with the rotation of the one dispensing head. Or the multiple container of 2 description.   The multiple container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the interlocking means comprises an endless belt that is wound around a slider and rotates each slider synchronously by rotation along the periphery of the slider.   The said cover body is a multiple container in any one of Claims 1-4 supported by the extraction | pouring head through a hinge so that rocking | fluctuation is possible.

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