JP5399332B2 - Spout - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pouring stopper suitable for taking out a proper amount of a seasoning from a container, such as a soy sauce bottle, and intends to provide a virgin function that can easily grasp whether or not unauthorized opening has been performed.

  As a spout used to remove a suitable amount of seasoning such as a soy sauce bottle from the container, an open / close mechanism that uses the force of a spring is applied, so that the contents do not spill out even if the container falls, and one hand Many proposals have been made so far, such as those in which contents are easily poured out by the operation of (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional container, no consideration has been given to whether or not unauthorized opening is performed at the time of distribution or display of goods, and it is possible to reliably grasp unauthorized opening. The development of a pouring spout that can be made has been desired.

Utility Model Registration No. 3078012

  An object of the present invention is to propose a pouring tap provided with a virgin function that can be grasped at a glance whether unauthorized opening has been made. Specifically, the pouring head is assembled to the top surface portion of the base cap, It is intended for a type of pouring tap that allows the contents to be poured by opening and closing the internal passage by rotating the pouring head appropriately (counterclockwise) clockwise and counterclockwise.

The present invention has a shaft portion that stands up at the center of the top surface portion, a base cap that is fixedly held on the mouth-neck portion of the container, and a shaft portion of the base cap that is rotatably fitted and held. A pouring tap comprising a pouring head having at least one nozzle communicating with an internal passage formed inside the base cap by turning as a starting point and pouring the contents in the container; ,
Provided in the top wall portion of the shaft portion along the top wall portion is a narrow groove that divides the top wall portion into at least two parts,
A pouring tap provided with a rod-like member that enters the narrow groove and prevents the pouring head from rotating, but is torn off by forced rotation of the pouring head. It is.

  It is preferable that the narrow groove is provided with an inclined surface on the groove wall portion for sliding the rod-shaped member by the rotation of the pouring head to escape to the outside of the narrow groove.

  Also, as the narrow groove, one having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape in which the open end of the groove is wide and the bottom of the groove is narrow is applied, and the rod-shaped member has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape that matches the groove It is preferable to apply.

  By inserting a rod-like member integrally connected to the dispensing head so as to be torn into a narrow groove formed in the top wall portion of the shaft portion, the rod-like member is torn off when the dispensing head is rotated. Therefore, it can be grasped at a glance whether or not the illegal opening has been performed.

  By forming an inclined surface on at least one of the side walls of the narrow groove, when the rod-shaped member is torn off from the dispensing head, it slides along the inclined surface of the side wall, so that the rod-shaped member can be easily removed. Can do.

  Lifting by sliding of the rod-shaped member forms a trapezoidal cross-sectional groove shape in which the open end of the groove portion is wide and the bottom of the groove portion is narrow, and the rod-shaped member has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape that fits the groove portion It is executed reliably by applying.

It is the figure which showed embodiment of the pouring tap according to this invention, (a) is a top view (top view), (b) is the figure which showed the side surface by the cross section. It is the figure which showed the form of the pouring stopper which formed only the through opening, (a) is a top view, (b) is the figure which showed the side surface by the cross section. It is the figure which showed other embodiment of the pouring tap according to this invention. It is the figure which showed other embodiment of the pouring tap according to this invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings.
1 (a) and 1 (b) are views showing an embodiment of a spout according to the present invention attached to the mouth and neck of a container, (a) is a plan view (top view), (B) is the figure which showed the side surface in the cross section.

Reference numeral 1 in the figure denotes a container containing a liquid content such as a seasoning (soy sauce or the like), and 2 denotes an undercut fitting (an engaging means such as a screw may be applied) to the neck 1a of the container 1. It is the base cap fixedly held by. The base cap 2 includes an annular body 2a that surrounds the mouth / neck portion 1a of the container 1 over the entire circumference and is fitted to the outer wall of the mouth / neck portion 1a, and a top surface portion (top surface wall portion) that is integrally connected to the upper end of the annular body 2a. ) 2b, a shaft portion 2c that stands up at the center of the top surface portion 2b, and a hanging cylinder 2d that hangs down from the bottom surface of the top surface portion 2b inside the annular body 2a and fits to the inner wall surface of the mouth neck portion 1a. , the shaft portion 2c, in this example, a tubular member 2c ₁ forming the shank body, the top panel wall to form a cavity which is open downwards on the inside are integrally connected by an upper end of the cylindrical body 2c ₁ It is shown as being composed of parts 2c _2. A solid body can be applied to the shaft portion 2c, but a material having a hollow portion is formed for the purpose of reducing the amount of material used.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a longitudinal groove (see FIG. 2B) provided on the outer wall of the cylindrical body 2c ₁ of the shaft portion 2c, and reference numeral 4 denotes an opening provided from the cylindrical body 2c ₁ to the top wall 2b. The opening 4 is formed, for example, immediately below the vertical groove 3 and is connected to the inside of the container 1 to form a content pouring path.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes an upper open cylinder provided on the top surface 2 b of the base cap 2. The cylindrical body 5 is arranged in a cylindrical shape so as to surround the shaft portion 2c with a space therebetween, and the height of the wall portion is different from that of other portions only in the range in which the nozzle of the dispensing head described later rotates. (The rotation range of the dispensing head is regulated), but the cylindrical body may have a certain height so that the dispensing head can rotate 360 °.

Reference numeral 6 denotes an extraction head that is rotatably fitted and held on the shaft portion 2 c of the base cap 2. Head 6 out This note, a peripheral wall 6a having a through opening h for exposing the top panel wall portion 2c ₂ of the shaft portion 2c with fitted to the outer side wall of the cylindrical body 2c ₁ of the shaft portion 2c of the base cap 2, the The nozzle 6b is integrally connected to the peripheral wall 6a in a lateral direction and has a content pouring path formed inside thereof. The peripheral wall 6a is formed with an annular groove 6a ₁ that opens at the lower end, and the cylindrical body 5 is undercut fitted and held in the annular groove 6a ₁ so as to be rotatable.

  Furthermore, 7 is a vertical groove provided on the inner wall surface of the peripheral wall 6a. This vertical groove 7 is located directly under the entrance side of the extraction path of the nozzle 6b.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a narrow groove provided in the top wall 2c ₂ of the shaft 2c (see FIG. 2B). The narrow groove 8 is formed along the top wall 2c _{2 so as} to divide the top wall 2c ₂ into _two at the center.

  Reference numeral 9 denotes a bar-like member provided at the open end of the through opening h of the dispensing head 6. The rod-like member 9 is integrally connected to the peripheral wall 6a of the dispensing head 6 so that its end portions 9a and 9b can be torn off, and is fitted into the narrow groove 8 in a flush state.

FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) show the state of the product at the shipping stage. The rod-shaped member 9 is connected to the peripheral wall 6a of the dispensing head 6, and the cylindrical body 2c of the shaft portion 2c. _Since the outer wall of ₁ is in contact with the inlet side end of the extraction path of the nozzle 6b and the internal passage is blocked, the contents do not spill out even if the container falls.

When the pouring head 6 is turned 90 ° to pour out the contents, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the rod-like member 9 is torn off, and the pouring path of the nozzle 6b, the vertical groove 3, The groove 7 and the opening 4 are connected to each other to open the internal passage, and the contents can be poured out by tilting the container. Further, in this embodiment, the internal passage is opened when the arrow formed on the top wall 2c ₂ of the shaft portion 2c and the arrow formed on the upper surface of the dispensing head 6 match. It is configured to make it clear. 2A and 2B show the case where the base cap 2 is rotated with respect to the dispensing head 6 in order to make the orientation of the dispensing head 6 coincide with that in FIGS. It is shown.

  In the pouring tap according to the present invention, the rod-shaped member 9 is torn off only by rotating the pouring head 6, and this has a virgin function, so is the rod-shaped member 9 connected to the pouring head 6? It is possible to know at a glance whether an unauthorized opening has been made simply by confirming whether or not.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as narrow grooves 8, but shows the case of applying the one single bisecting the top panel wall portion 2c ₂ along the top wall 2c _2, Said sub groove 8, a cross-shaped It is also possible to apply a shape that intersects with each other, a shape in which a greater number of them are arranged in parallel, or a shape that intersects with each other, and the rod-like member 9 has a shape that matches the narrow groove 8. That's fine.

  The angle at which the internal passage is opened by the rotation of the dispensing head 6 can be changed as appropriate according to the size of the dispensing plug, etc., and is limited only when opening and closing at 90 °. Never happen.

  FIG. 3 is a view showing a main part of another embodiment of the spout according to the present invention. An inclined surface is provided on one of the groove walls of the narrow groove 8 (on the side on which the dispensing head 6 is rotated), and the same inclined surface is provided at a corresponding portion of the rod-shaped member 9, thereby rotating the dispensing head 6. At the time of tearing, the rod-shaped member 9 escapes from the narrow groove 8 while sliding on the inclined surface, and the torn rod-shaped member 9 can be easily discarded.

  FIG. 4 shows that a groove portion having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape in which the open end of the groove portion is wide and the bottom portion of the groove portion is narrow is formed into a narrow groove 8, and the rod-shaped member 9 has the same cross-sectional shape as the narrow groove 8. It is a thing. Even when the narrow groove 8 and the rod-shaped member 9 are applied, the rod-shaped member 9 that is torn off when the dispensing head 6 is rotated can be easily removed from the narrow groove 8.

  Another nozzle 6b of the dispensing head 6 can be provided at the opposite position, and air can be replaced through the other nozzle 6b when dispensing the contents, so that the contents can be efficiently and accurately poured. It becomes possible to go out. Further, for example, a communication path is provided so that the internal path can be alternately opened and closed every 90 °, and the internal path is opened and closed without limiting the direction in which the dispensing head 6 rotates (switching). It may be.

  It is possible to provide a rotary-type pouring tap that can be grasped at a glance whether unauthorized opening has been made.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 1a Mouth neck part 2 Base cap 2a Annular body 2b Top surface part 2c Shaft part 2d Drooping cylinder 3 Vertical groove 4 Opening 5 Cylindrical body 6 Extraction head 6a Peripheral wall 6b Nozzle 7 Vertical groove 8 Narrow groove 9

Claims (3)

A base cap that stands upright at the center of the top surface, and is fixedly held to the mouth-neck portion of the container, and is rotatably fitted and held on the shaft portion of the base cap. A pouring tap comprising a pouring head having at least one nozzle communicating with an internal passage formed inside the base cap by movement to pour out the contents in the container,
Provided in the top wall portion of the shaft portion along the top wall portion is a narrow groove that divides the top wall portion into at least two parts,
A pouring tap provided with a rod-like member that enters the narrow groove and prevents the pouring head from rotating, but is torn off by forced rotation of the pouring head. .   The pouring tap according to claim 1, wherein the narrow groove has an inclined surface on the groove wall portion for sliding the rod-like member out of the fine groove by the rotation of the pouring head. The narrow groove has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape in which the open end of the groove is wide and the bottom of the groove is narrow, and the rod-shaped member has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape that fits the narrow groove. The pouring tap according to 1.

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