JP5014894B2 - Powder body container - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a granular material dispensing container, and particularly to a dispensing container in which a large granular material stored in the container is pulverized and shaken.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a dispensing container in which granular materials such as pepper and sesame contained in a container are pulverized with a pulverizer equipped with a female blade and a male blade mounted on the container and discharged from an outlet is known ( For example, see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
JP 2001-128862 A JP 2001-224511 A

However, in the conventional dispensing container, the crushing device crushes the granular material by rotating the inner and outer blades in the opposite direction, and attaches the male blade to the inner cylinder to which the female blade is attached. I had to rotate the outer cylinder.
It was not easy to use rotating the outer cylinder with respect to the container body when shaking out the crushed particles and powder.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing container in which the outer cylinder is moved up and down relative to the dispensing container so that the direction in which the granular material is ejected matches the operation direction of the outer cylinder. And

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is a dispensing container including a container containing a granular material, an inner cap having a pulverized tooth body, and an operation tube as the dispensing container, The outer cylinder is mounted on the outer side of the inner cap so as to be movable up and down, and the inner cylinder is connected to the outer cylinder and has a pulverized tooth body that cooperates with the pulverized tooth body of the inner cap. Thus, a configuration is adopted in which the granular material is pulverized and discharged by both pulverized tooth bodies.

  As an embodiment for moving the operation cylinder up and down, a locking cylinder is suspended from the upper wall of the outer cylinder, and is locked to the guide cylinder of the inner cap, between the lower surface of the upper wall and the upper surface of the upper wall of the inner cap. Adopting a structure characterized in that a spring is mounted.

  As an example of the pulverized tooth body, a configuration is adopted in which the pulverized tooth body is formed by a plurality of serrated tooth bodies extending in the circumferential direction.

  The present invention provides a grinding tooth body which is provided with a grinding tooth body on the inner side of the inner cap, is mounted with an outer cylinder of an operation cylinder so as to be movable up and down, and is connected to the outer cylinder and cooperates with the grinding tooth body of the inner cap. Since the inner cylinder is provided, the granular material can be discharged from the outlet by moving the outer cylinder up and down with respect to the container, and the direction of operation and the operation direction of the outer cylinder match. As a result, it has become easier to use as a dispensing container.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, A is a container containing large particles, B is an inner cap screwed into the container A opening, C is an operation cylinder mounted on the side wall of the inner cap B so as to be movable up and down. It consists of a cylinder C1 and an inner cylinder C2.
D is an overcap.

Container A consists of mouth 1, body 2, and bottom 3, and contains contents such as spices and granular spices such as sesame, and the top of mouth 1 is sealed with an aluminum sheet or the like. Has been.
A screw 4 is screwed to the mouth portion 1, and a step portion is formed below the trunk portion 2, following the trunk portion 2.
The bottom portion 3 includes an inner peripheral wall 6 and an outer peripheral wall 7 on which a bottom wall 5 is installed, and is fitted to the lower end of the trunk portion 2 by the inner peripheral wall 6 and the outer peripheral wall 7.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the inner cap B is erected from the upper wall 10, the side peripheral wall 11, and the inner peripheral edge of the upper wall 10, and the engagement wall 13 having the upper and lower surfaces as a horizontal surface and the lower surface as an inclined surface 12. And a guide tube 14 provided continuously from the upper inner periphery of the engagement wall 13.
A screw 15 that engages with the screw 4 is screwed on the inner periphery of the side peripheral wall 11, and a number of concave grooves 16 that extend in the vertical direction are provided on the outer periphery.
On the inner surface of the guide tube 14, several stages of sawtooth-shaped pulverized tooth bodies 17 that spirally protrude inward are formed over the entire circumference. A stop ridge 18 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the operation cylinder C includes an outer cylinder C1 that covers the upper part of the container A and the inner cap B, and a saw-tooth pulverized tooth body 17 of the inner cap B that is connected to the upper part of the outer cylinder C1. It is composed of an inner cylinder C2 having a sawtooth grinding tooth body that operates.
The outer cylinder C1 is provided with a dome-shaped side peripheral wall 20 and an annular upper wall 21, and the inner periphery of the side peripheral wall 20 is engaged with the concave groove 16 of the side peripheral wall 11 of the inner cap B. A plurality of protrusions 22 extending in the vertical direction are provided, and are guided up and down by the concave groove 16.
A lower end of the side peripheral wall 20 is a holding protrusion 23 that bulges outward.

On the inner peripheral edge of the upper wall 21, a swing tube 25 having an engaging protrusion 24 provided on the outer periphery is erected. Near the inner peripheral edge of the upper wall 21, a lock-like locking protrusion 26 is provided at the lower end. A locking cylinder 27 is suspended.
Ribs 28 are provided at equal intervals on the lower surface of the upper wall 21, and a spring 29 is elastically mounted between the lower surface of the rib 28 and the upper surface of the upper wall 10 of the inner cap B.

The inner cylinder C2 includes an upper wall 30 and a side peripheral wall 32 on which the pulverized tooth body 31 is mounted. At the upper end of the side peripheral wall 32, connecting pieces 33 connected to the dispensing cylinder 25 are arranged at equal intervals. In addition, between the connecting pieces 33 is an outlet for discharging the granular material.
The outer periphery of the lower part of the side peripheral wall 32 is a reduced diameter part 34, and an engaging protrusion 35 is provided on the upper part.

  The pulverized tooth body 31 includes a side peripheral wall 36 and a bottom wall 37, and sawtooth-shaped pulverized teeth 38 project from a plurality of steps on the outer peripheral surface of the side peripheral wall 36. An engaging ridge 39 is provided so as to engage with 35 and fit the crushed teeth 38 to the side peripheral wall 32.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the overcap D includes a top wall 40 and a side wall 41, and a sealing ring 42 that is engaged with the swinging cylinder 25 of the outer cylinder C <b> 1 is suspended from the lower surface of the top wall 40. On the inner periphery of the side wall 41, an engagement protrusion 43 that engages with the engagement protrusion 24 of the dispensing cylinder 25 is provided, and a knob 44 protrudes at a predetermined position on the lower end of the outer periphery.
The overcap D is a cover lid in the embodiment, but may be a hinged cap.

Next, the usage mode of the shakeout container of this invention and an effect are demonstrated.
In the container A, spices such as pepper and sesame, and other granular materials are stored, and the inner cap B is fitted.
Next, the inner cylinder C2 is inserted inside the inner cap B, and the locking cylinder 27 of the outer cylinder C1 is inserted into the guide cylinder 14 of the inner cap B.

At that time, a spring 29 is elastically mounted between the outer cylinder C1 and the inner cap B, whereby the outer cylinder C1 is locked at the raised position, and the pulverized tooth body 31 of the inner cylinder C1 It is located corresponding to the grinding tooth body 17 of the cap B.
Next, the overcap D is fitted, and a dispensing container is formed.

  In use, the operation cylinder C and the inner cap B are removed from the container A, the seal is removed, and then the inner cap B and the operation cylinder C are attached.

In dispensing powder and crushed particles, the overcap D is opened, the dispensing container is inverted, the dispensing cylinder 25 is directed in the required dispensing direction, and the outer cylinder C1 is moved up and down relative to the container A.
At that time, as shown in FIG. 5, the pulverized tooth body 31 of the inner cylinder C <b> 2 moves up and down with respect to the pulverized tooth pair 17 of the inner cap B, and the granularity between the inclined surface 12 and the pulverized tooth body 31. The body is moved downward, the granular material is crushed between the pulverized tooth bodies 17 and 31, and is discharged from the outlet of the outlet cylinder 25 as a granular body.

  In operation, when the container A is grasped and the holding ridge 23 is pulled up from the position shown in FIG. 1 with the fingers, the pulverized tooth body 31 is pulled inward, and as shown in FIG. When the handle cylinder C falls in contact with the inclined surface 12 and is released from the holding protrusion 23, the operating cylinder C is lowered by the elasticity of the spring 29, and as shown in FIG. While pulverizing the granular material between the teeth of the pulverized tooth body 17 of the cap B, the pulverized granular material can be discharged from the outlet of the outlet cylinder 25.

During the swing-out operation, the holding ridge 23 can be moved up and down with the thumb or forefinger and the container A can be grasped with another finger and operated with one hand, so handling is very simple.
Further, when the force of the spring 29 is weak, the operation cylinder C may be lowered by hand.

  As described above, since the dispensing container of the present invention can eject powder particles by moving the outer cylinder of the operation cylinder up and down, the dispensing operation is easy.

In the present invention, since the granular material is pulverized by moving the outer cylinder up and down with respect to the accommodated container, it is easy to use as a dispensing container.
Therefore, it can be widely used as a shaker container for pepper, sesame and other tables.

It is a partial cross section elevation of this invention shaker container. It is a partial cross section elevation view of an inner cap. It is a partial cross section elevation of an operation cylinder. It is a partial cross section elevation view of an overcap. It is explanatory drawing at the time of operation, (a) is a partially sectional elevational view when pulling down the operating cylinder, (b) is a partial cross-sectional elevation.

Explanation of symbols

A Container B Inner cap C Operation cylinder C1 Outer cylinder C2 Inner cylinder D Overcap 1 Mouth part 2 Body part 3 Bottom part 4, 15 Screw 5, 37 Bottom wall 6 Inner cylinder wall 7 Outer cylinder wall 10, 21, 30 Upper wall 11 20, 32, 36 Side peripheral wall 12 Inclined surface 13 Engagement wall 14 Guide tube 16 Groove 17, 31 Grinding tooth body 18, 26 Locking ridge 22 Projection 23 Holding projection 24, 35, 39, 43 Engagement Projection 25 Shaking cylinder 27 Locking cylinder 28 Rib 29 Spring 33 Connecting piece 34 Reduced diameter portion 38 Shredded teeth 40 Top wall 41 Side wall 42 Sealing ring 44 Picking piece

Claims (3)

A dispensing container including a container containing a granular material, an inner cap having a pulverized tooth body, and an operation cylinder,
The operation cylinder is composed of an outer cylinder that is mounted on the outer side of the inner cap so as to be movable up and down, and an inner cylinder that is connected to the outer cylinder and includes a grinding tooth body that cooperates with the grinding tooth body of the inner cap.
A dispensing container characterized in that a granular material is pulverized and discharged by both pulverized tooth bodies by moving an operation cylinder up and down. A locking cylinder is suspended from the upper wall of the outer cylinder and is locked to the guide cylinder of the inner cap.
2. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein a spring is mounted between the lower surface of the upper wall and the upper surface of the upper wall of the inner cap.   2. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein the pulverized tooth body is formed of a plurality of serrated tooth bodies extending in the circumferential direction.

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