JP4753233B2 - Metering container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a quantitative application container, and more particularly to a quantitative application container suitable for storing a medicine to be applied to hair.

As a quantitative application container for hair growth agents, etc., a substantially cylindrical measuring unit with a concentric view of the discharge valve hole and the inflow valve hole on the top and bottom walls, respectively, is mounted on the mouth and neck of the container body. In the metering chamber, an operating member provided with valve bodies corresponding to the discharge valve hole and the inflow valve hole on both upper and lower ends of the valve rod is provided so that it can be moved up and down, and the discharge valve closes and the inflow valve opens when the operation member rises. Further, there is known a configuration in which the inflow valve is closed and the discharge valve is opened by lowering of the operating member (Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-337910

    However, in the container of Patent Document 1, the inside of the measuring chamber is always in communication with the outside in a state where the operating member is pulled inward and the content liquid is measured and then the operating member is pushed inward and the inflow valve is closed. When the medicine is applied to the hair upside down, there is a risk of excessive dispensing.

    Therefore, the present invention is only usable when the operation member is pulled out to the outside of the measuring chamber and weighed and then the operation member is pushed inward, and the pressing bar at the upper end of the measuring chamber is pressed against the scalp. An object of the present invention is to provide a quantitative application container that can apply liquid and is easy to use.

The first means forms a measuring chamber with a bottom plate with an inflow valve attached to the upper surface of the container body neck and neck and a pouring cap attached to the outer surface of the mouth and neck, and inserts the pouring port at the upper end of the pouring cap. In the quantitative application container provided so that the discharge valve is opened by pushing down the push bar pushed upward,
An operating member 40 is provided to erect a guide tube 44 from the upper surface of a valve plate 42 that closes the inflow valve hole 20 formed in the bottom plate 12 in a liquid-tight manner, and the lower portion of the push rod 62 is placed upward in the guide tube 44 The push-in member 60 urged and movably inserted is linked to the guide cylinder 44 so that the valve plate 42 can be pulled up via the push-in rod, so that the discharge valve 80 remains closed by the push-up rod 62 being pulled up. 54 is opened, and the inflow valve 54 is closed and the discharge valve 80 is opened by pushing down the push rod 62 ,
Either one of the inner surface of the guide tube 44 and the outer surface of the push rod 62 has an engagement recess 50 for restricting the movable width of the push rod in the vertical direction with respect to the guide tube, and the other is inserted into the engagement recess. Protrusions 72 are provided, so that when the push rod 62 is moved up and down beyond its vertical width, the engaging protrusions 72 are engaged with the upper and lower ends of the engaging recess 50 so that the guide tube 44 is interlocked. It is composed .

    In this means, the actuating member for opening and closing the inflow valve and the push bar for opening and closing the discharge valve are provided separately and linked to each other so that the inflow valve and the discharge valve can be operated in one operation. And the discharge valve can be closed each time the push bar is pressed against the scalp and released.

  The “actuating member” has the function of opening and closing the discharge valve hole and the inflow valve hole by moving up and down in the measuring chamber, and can be lifted up and down in conjunction with the push-in rod, and is metered when it is lifted It has a locking part for locking with a proper place in the room and maintaining the pulled-up state. In a preferred later-described embodiment, the upper end portion of the guide cylinder formed to have a small outer diameter is used as a locking portion, and the inner surface of the spout is fitted with the locking portion as a support portion that supports the pulled-up state of the operating member. The same locking portion and support portion may be formed, for example, on the inner surface of the depressed portion of the bottom plate, which will be described later, and the outer peripheral portion of the valve plate inserted into the depressed portion. Also good.

  The “push bar” has a function of pulling up or pushing down the operating member in cooperation with the operating member. In other words, “linkage” means that when the push rod is pushed within a certain vertical width in order to discharge liquid from the dispensing cap, only the push rod can be moved up and down without moving the operating member. When the push rod is lifted or pushed down beyond the width, the operating member can be moved up and down following the pulling or pushing down. In order to achieve this effect, as described later, the engaging recess is inserted into one of the opposing surfaces of the guide tube and the push rod, and the other is inserted into the engaging recess with a play corresponding to the above vertical width. What is necessary is just to form the engaged convex part.

  In the present specification, the terms “upper” and “lower” refer to the direction in which the container body is established unless otherwise specified.

Further, this means proposes the above-described engaging recess and engaging protrusion as means for interlocking and linking the push rod and the guide cylinder in the cylinder axis direction. These engaging concave portions and engaging convex portions may be provided on the peripheral surface of the guide tube or the push rod.

The second means has the first means and is provided with a top cylindrical outer cap 84 that covers the measuring chamber 36 and closes the spout 34, and the push rod 62 is closed at the lower end. The plug-shaped portion 86 that is suspended from the back surface of the top plate of the outer cap 84 is inserted into the cylindrical hole 68, and the plug-shaped portion is inserted between the outer surface of the plug-shaped portion and the inner surface of the cylindrical wall of the push rod 62. Engaging rods 70 and 88 for pulling up the guide cylinder by disengaging the outer cap 84, which are arranged so as to be engageable with each other, and are further guided to a part of the operating member 40 formed by the guide cylinder 44 and the valve plate 42. the stopper 46 to place the engagement of the metering chamber 36 when the cylinder 44 is somewhat lifted provided, one of the two engagement Article constitutes forced to ride Yue example so that the other by engagement of said stopper ing.

  This means proposes an engaging strip that engages with each other so that the guide tube can be pulled up by using a part of the lifting force of the cap. The engaging force between the engaging strips is provided so that one of the engaging strips can get over the other by the engagement of the stopper.

The third means has the first means or the second means , and the upper end portion of the guide tube 44 is used as a locking portion 48 for maintaining the pulled-up state of the operating member 40, and the dispensing cap 30 The push-out rod 62 is detachably fitted into the spout 34.

  In this means, by providing the locking portion, the pulled-up state of the operating member (in other words, the open state of the inflow valve) can be maintained, and the pressing force can be appropriately adjusted during the pressing operation of the pressing rod. Is formed.

  The `` locking part '' is preferably a small outer diameter part that is reduced in diameter from the guide cylinder part excluding the upper end part via the upward step part, and then the upward step part is used as a stopper of the third means. The structure of the third and fourth means can be easily realized.

The fourth means includes any one of the first means to the third means, and the bottom plate 12 fixes the outer peripheral portion to the container body neck 6 and the central portion thereof has a bottomed cylindrical shape. An inflow valve hole 20 is formed in the bottom wall portion of the depressed portion, and the outer peripheral portion of the valve plate 42 is detachably held by the peripheral wall portion of the depressed portion.

    In this means, the valve closing function of the inflow valve is enhanced by holding the outer peripheral portion of the valve plate by the peripheral wall portion of the depressed portion.

The invention according to the first means has the following effects.
○ The actuating member 40 for opening and closing the inflow valve 54 and the push rod 62 for opening and closing the discharge valve 80 are separated, and the push rod 62 is urged upward against the actuating member 40, so it is pushed into the scalp. When the tip of the rod is pressed and released, the discharge valve is closed each time, and the liquid can be prevented from leaking excessively.
O Since the actuating member and the push-in rod 62 are linked together, the discharge valve and the inflow valve can be brought into the required state by the operation of pulling out the push-in rod and pushing it in.
○ Since the push rod 62 is fitted in the guide tube 44, the push rod 62 can be prevented from being inclined or rattling, and a uniform touch feeling can be obtained when the push rod is brought into contact with the scalp.

According to the invention according to the first aspect, it is possible because providing the engaging recess and the engaging projection to push rod 62 outer surface and the guide tube 44 the inner surface, to coordinate the push rod and the guide tube with a simple structure .

According to the invention relating to the second means, the inflow valve can be opened by the operation of removing the outer cap 84 from the container body 2, and the operation is simplified, so that it is easy to use.

The invention according to the third means has the following effects.
○ Because the operating member 40 can be kept pulled up simply by inserting and fitting the locking portion 48 formed at the upper end of the guide tube 44 into the spout, the inflow valve hole can be easily and reliably without complicating the structure. Can be maintained in the open state.
○ When the pushing bar 62 is pulled up and pressed against the scalp, the frictional force between the outer surface of the locking portion 48 and the inner surface of the spout 34 until the locking portion 48 is detached from the inner surface of the spout 34, and the operating member 40 After the valve plate 42 comes into contact with the bottom plate 12, the force of the push rod can be reduced by the elastic force of the elastic member 74, and both of them become double cushions, and the actuating member can move to the bottom plate without such buffering. Compared with the case of collision, the touch of the push rod 62 to the scalp is softened, so the feeling of use is good.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the valve plate 42 from being separated from the inflow valve hole 20 due to the reaction of the operation of applying the pushing rod 62 to the scalp, and the inflow valve is not completely closed.

  The quantitative application container according to the present invention includes a container body 2, a bottom plate member 10, a dispensing cap 30, an operating member 40, a pushing member 60, and an outer cap 84. Each of these members can be formed of a synthetic resin material.

  The container body 2 has a mouth-and-neck portion 6 erected from the trunk portion via the shoulder portion 4. An annular rib is provided around the outer surface of the base of the mouth and neck, and a first detent projection 8 is provided on the upper surface of the annular rib.

  The bottom plate member 10 mounts the outer peripheral portion of the bottom plate 12 on the upper end surface of the mouth neck portion 6, and hangs the plug cylinder 14 fitted on the inner surface of the upper end portion of the neck portion 6 from the back surface of the bottom plate 12. It is fixed to the neck 6. The bottom plate portion inside the plug cylinder 14 is recessed into a bottomed cylindrical shape, and the recess 16 is provided with an inflow valve hole 20 in the bottom wall portion 18 leaving the outer peripheral portion as a valve seat. is doing. Further, the cylindrical wall portion 22 of the depressed portion 16 is provided with a flow groove 24 vertically at the lower end portion of the cylindrical wall portion at a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction. Further, the cylindrical wall portion 22 has at least the lower end portion of the cylindrical wall portion as a holding cylinder for a later-described valve plate, and has a size (diameter) that allows the outer periphery of the valve plate to be fitted. The cylindrical wall portion excluding the lower end portion is formed to have a slightly larger diameter than the lower end portion so that the valve plate can be reliably closed, and the valve plate detached from the lower end portion is easily pulled up from the cylindrical wall portion 22. It is better to configure so that it can. In the illustrated example, the seal cylinder 26 is erected from the outer edge of the bottom plate 12.

  The dispensing cap 30 has a lower half portion of the peripheral wall 32 fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck portion 6, and an upper half portion of the peripheral wall 32 is raised above the mouth and neck portion 6. Is bent in an upward and inward direction to have a small diameter at the upper end, and a nozzle-shaped spout 34 is formed at the upper end. The lower end of the peripheral wall 32 is formed with a large inner diameter so as to accommodate the annular rib with the first anti-rotation convex portion 8 described above, and is engaged with the first anti-rotation convex portion 8. The portion 35 protrudes from the inner surface of the lower end of the peripheral wall. Further, the seal cylinder 26 is fitted in a liquid-tight manner on the inner surface of the intermediate portion of the peripheral wall 32.

  The upper half of the peripheral wall 32 of the pouring cap 30 and the bottom plate member 10 form a measuring chamber 36.

  The actuating member 40 has a guide tube 44 standing upright from the upper surface of the valve plate 42, and the valve plate 42 is fitted to the lower end portion of the tube wall portion 22 of the recessed portion 16 to close the inflow valve hole 20 in a liquid-tight manner. In addition, the inflow valve hole 20 is provided so that it can be opened by pulling it up through a push rod described later, and the inflow valve 54 is formed by the outflow valve hole 20 and the valve plate 42. In addition, the guide tube 44 is formed with an upper end portion of the tube wall having a small outer diameter through an upward stepped portion that is a stopper 46, and serves as a locking portion 48 for maintaining the pulled-up state. It is provided so that it can be inserted and fitted into the inner surface. Further, an engagement recess 50 having a slightly larger outer diameter is provided as a recess in the middle portion of the inner surface of the guide tube 44. The structure of the engaging recess will be described later.

    The pushing member 60 has a hollow rod-like (or cylindrical) shape and is formed by projecting an elastic member 74 formed by a spring from the lower end of the pushing rod 62 closed at the lower end, and the lower half of the pushing rod 62 and the elastic member 74. Is inserted into the guide tube 44.

    The push rod 62 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape with a closed lower end, and the upper portion thereof is a large outer diameter portion 64 having substantially the same outer diameter as the locking portion 48, and the upper end portion of the large outer diameter portion is outward. It protrudes and is slidably inserted into the spout 34. The large outer diameter portion 64 has a plurality of vertical grooves 66 formed vertically on the outer surface portion excluding its lower end portion, and a discharge valve 80 is formed by the outer surface of the large outer diameter portion 64 and the inner surface of the spout 34. . In addition, the inner surface of the upper end of the cylindrical hole 68 of the push rod is formed with a slightly larger inner diameter for accommodating the plug-shaped portion described later, and a first engaging strip 70 for pulling up the guide tube is provided around the larger inner diameter surface. is doing.

    Further, an engaging convex portion 72 fitted in the engaging concave portion 50 of the guide tube is provided around the outer surface of the lower end portion of the push rod 62. The vertical width of the engaging concave portion may be determined so that the length obtained by removing the vertical width of the engaging convex portion from the width corresponds to the required pressing length of the pressing rod 62.

  The elastic member 74 is preferably formed of a synthetic resin integrally with the push rod 62.

    The outer cap 84 has a cylindrical shape with a top, and the lower part of the cylindrical wall is screwed into the lower part of the peripheral wall 32 of the pouring cap 30, and the plug-like part 86 suspended from the center part on the back of the top plate is inserted into the push-in bar A second engagement strip 88 is fitted around the inner surface of the cylindrical hole 68 of 62 and engaged with the first engagement strip 70 on the outer surface of the plug-like portion 86 to pull up the guide tube 44. The first and second engaging strips 70 and 88 are formed so that the second engaging strip can get over the first engaging strip 70 by engaging the stopper 46 with the spout 34.

  In the above configuration, the inflow valve 54 and the discharge valve 80 are both closed in the state of FIG. When the outer cap 84 is rotated in the opening direction from the state of FIG. 1, the outer cap is screwed up, and the plug-like portion 86 of the outer cap 84 is engaged by the engagement of the first and second engaging strips 70 and 88. The push rod 62 is pulled up, and the push rod pulls up the guide cylinder 44 of the operating member 40 by the engagement between the engagement convex portion 72 and the engagement concave portion 50, so that the valve plate 42 is separated from the inflow valve hole 20 and flows in. Valve 54 opens. Further, when the stopper 46 hits the edge of the spout 34 by pulling up the guide rod, the guide tube 44 stops, and the push rod 62 is further moved by the engagement between the engaging convex portion 72 and the upper end of the engaging concave portion 50. Since it stops, as shown in FIG. 2, the second engaging strip 88 forcibly gets over the first engaging strip 70, and the plug-like portion 86 is disengaged from the cylindrical hole 68 of the push rod 62.

  When the container body 2 is turned upside down after removing the outer cap 84 in this way, the discharge valve 80 is closed and the inflow valve 54 is open as shown in FIG. The liquid enters the measuring chamber 36 from the inflow valve 54 through the flow groove 24 and fills the measuring chamber to complete the measurement. Next, when the pushing rod 62 is brought into contact with the scalp S, the pushing rod is pushed into the measuring chamber, and at the same time, the guide tube 44 slides on the inner surface of the spout by pushing force through the elastic member 74. It is pushed inward. When the valve plate 42 connected to the guide tube hits the bottom wall portion 18 of the recessed portion 16, the guide tube 44 also stops, and only the push-in rod 62 against the guide tube against the elastic force of the elastic member 74. Slide into the weighing chamber. At this time, the engagement protrusion 72 of the push bar 62 also moves in the engagement recess 50 from the end near the spout to the end near the bottom plate, and hits the end near the bottom plate. It stops with respect to the guide cylinder 44 and reaches the state of FIG. In this state, since the outflow valve 54 is closed and the discharge valve 80 is open, the liquid in the measuring chamber 36 is applied to the scalp S through this discharge valve. If the tip of the pushing rod 62 is moved away from the scalp during the coating operation, the elastic member 74 is elastically restored and the discharge valve 80 is closed as shown in FIG.

  When the application operation is finished, the container is brought into an upright state from the state shown in FIG. 5 and the outer cap 84 is fitted, so that the plug-like portion 86 is inserted into the cylindrical hole 68 of the push rod 62, and the state shown in FIG. Return.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the container which concerns on this invention. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the outer cap is removed from the container. FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which a liquid is filled in a measuring chamber by inverting the outer cap after removing the outer cap. FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which a liquid in a measuring chamber is applied by pressing a push bar against the scalp in the container of FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the pushing rod is temporarily released from the scalp during the application operation of FIG. 4 in the container of FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... Container body 4 ... Shoulder 6 ... Mouth and neck 8 ... Non-rotating projection 10 ... Bottom plate member
12 ... Bottom plate 14 ... Tube 16 ... Depression 18 ... Bottom wall 20 ... Inlet valve hole 22 ... Cylinder wall
24 ... circulation groove 26 ... seal tube 30 ... pour cap 32 ... peripheral wall 34 ... spout
35 ... Second detent projection 36 ... Measuring chamber 40 ... Actuating member 42 ... Valve plate 44 ... Guide tube
46 ... Stopper 48 ... Locking part 50 ... Engaging recess 54 ... Inflow valve 60 ... Pushing member
62 ... Pushing rod 64 ... Large diameter part 66 ... Vertical groove 68 ... Cylinder hole 70 ... First engagement strip
72 ... engagement projection 74 ... elastic member 80 ... discharge valve
84 ... Outer cap 86 ... Plug-like part 88 ... Second engagement strip S ... Scalp

Claims (4)

A push rod that forms a measuring chamber with a bottom plate with an inflow valve attached to the upper surface of the container body neck and neck and a pouring cap attached to the outer surface of the mouth and neck, and is biased upward by inserting the spout at the upper end of the pouring cap. In the quantitative application container provided so that the discharge valve opens by pushing down,
It has an operating member ( 40 ) for erecting a guide tube ( 44 ) from the upper surface of a valve plate ( 42 ) that liquid-tightly closes the inflow valve hole ( 20 ) drilled in the bottom plate ( 12 ) , and the guide tube ( 44 ) , The lower part of the push rod ( 62 ) is urged upward and the push member ( 60 ) is inserted movably into the guide tube ( 44 ) so that the valve plate ( 42 ) can be pulled up via the push rod. by cooperating, the discharge valve by pulling the push rod (62) (80) inlet valve (54) opens while closed, and inlet valve by depression of the push rod (62) (54) is closed with a discharge valve ( 80 ) is set to open ,
Either one of the inner surface of the guide tube (44) and the outer surface of the push rod (62) has an engagement recess (50) for restricting the vertical movable width of the push rod with respect to the guide tube, and the other is the engagement recess. The engaging protrusions (72) are provided respectively at the upper and lower ends of the engaging recess (50) when the push rod (62) is moved up and down beyond its vertical width. ) Is locked and the guide tube (44) is interlocked . The measuring chamber ( 36 ) is covered with a top cylindrical outer cap ( 84 ) that closes the spout ( 34 ) , and the push rod ( 62 ) is formed in a cylindrical shape with the lower end closed. Insert the plug-like part ( 86 ) suspended from the back of the top plate of the outer cap ( 84 ) into the cylindrical hole ( 68 ) , and between the outer surface of the plug-like part and the inner wall surface of the push rod ( 62 ) , mutually it is engageable positioned, the Kakarigojo (70,88) for the guide tube pulled by withdrawal of the outer cap (84) is provided to form further de guide tube (44) the valve plate (42) A stopper ( 46 ) is provided on a part of the actuating member ( 40 ) to engage with an appropriate position of the measuring chamber ( 36 ) when the guide tube ( 44 ) is pulled up to some extent. characterized in that one of the conditions is configured to forcibly ride Yue example so that the other, quantification coating vessel of claim 1, wherein. The guide tube and upper end part (44), as a locking portion for keeping the pulling state of the actuating member (40) (48), Note push rod to the outlet (34) of the pouring cap (30) (62 The fixed-quantity application container according to claim 1, wherein the fixed-quantity application container is detachably fitted by pressing. The bottom plate ( 12 ) fixes the outer peripheral portion to the container neck and neck ( 6 ) , and the central portion thereof is depressed into a bottomed cylindrical shape, and an inflow valve hole ( 20 ) is formed in the bottom wall portion of the depressed portion. was set, and characterized in that the outer peripheral portion of the valve plate (42) was able to embrace pulling in the peripheral wall portion of the該陥deaths portion, quantified coated container according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

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