JP5806051B2 - Pouring cap - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a dispensing cap used when, for example, the contents filled in one container are refilled into the other container.

  As a means for performing refilling, for example, an insertion port portion to be inserted into the mouth portion of another container is provided, and a slit plug is provided at the upper portion of the insertion port portion through a severable thin portion, and the insertion port In some cases, a blade portion that is elastically pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the mouth portion is provided so that the inverted state is maintained when the portion is inverted and inserted into another container mouth portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-126220

  However, the above-described conventional apparatus cannot perform air replacement in the passage when the contents are taken out through the passage formed inside the cylindrical body portion. For this reason, when the contents are taken out, the contents are greatly pulsated, so that the blow-off is likely to occur.

  Further, it is preferable that the unopened state is maintained until the contents are taken out, but the opening operation is also easy.

  The object of the present invention is to facilitate air replacement in the passage when the contents are taken out through the passage formed on the inner side of the cylindrical body portion, and the outlet and air replacement hole. The object is to provide a new dispensing cap that can be easily opened.

The present invention includes a fixed cylinder fixed to the mouth portion of the container, a ceiling wall portion disposed at the upper end of the mouth portion of the container and provided integrally with the fixed cylinder, and standing up from the ceiling wall portion. A pouring cap comprising a cylindrical body part forming a passage leading to the container inside,
While providing a partition wall for partitioning the opening formed on the distal end side of the cylindrical body part into a spout for contents and an air replacement hole,
It has a removable sealing plug that seals the spout and a removable sealing plug that seals the air replacement hole, and each of the sealing plugs is integrally connected via a rib having an operation piece. Open member is provided ,
It is characterized by comprising a curved surface that guides the rib portion while pushing the tip end portion of the rib in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder portion .

  It is preferable that the partition wall has an air replacement hole on the rear end side with respect to the spout. For example, the partition wall preferably forms a step in the cylindrical portion, and the air replacement hole is preferably disposed in the step. In this case, it is preferable that the opening member is provided with the rib so as to be spanned across the partition wall.

Also, the top wall portion can be provided with projections or recesses extending radially from the cylindrical body portion.

  Further, the spout may form an inclined surface in which an end surface of the cylindrical body portion is inclined from the air replacement hole toward the tip of the cylindrical body portion.

  In the present invention, by providing a partition wall that divides the opening formed on the distal end side of the cylindrical part into a spout for contents and an air replacement hole, through the passage formed inside the cylindrical part. When the contents are taken out, air replacement in the passage can be easily performed. For this reason, according to the present invention, not only when the contents are taken out by tilting the container, but also when the contents are taken out with the container turned upside down, the contents are not greatly pulsated, so that it is difficult for blowout to occur.

  In addition, since the opening member is formed by integrally connecting a sealing plug that seals the spout and a sealing plug that seals the air replacement hole via a rib including an operation piece, The air replacement hole can be easily opened together with the spout by a simple operation such as pulling the operation piece.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, when the contents are taken out through the passage formed inside the cylindrical body portion, air replacement in the passage can be easily performed, and the spout and the air replacement hole are opened. It is possible to provide a new dispensing cap that is easy to handle.

It is a top view which shows the refill container which employ | adopted one form of the extraction | pouring cap which is this invention. It is a side view which shows the refill container which employ | adopted the extraction | pouring cap which concerns on the same form in a partial cross section from the XX direction of FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view of FIG. 2, Comprising: (a) is the unopened state of the extraction cap which concerns on the same form, (b) is the state which started raising of the sealing member which concerns on the same form, (c) shows a state immediately after opening the spout together with the air replacement hole. It is a side view which shows the state when the content container is refilled in the main body container using the refill container which concerns on the same form in a partial cross section. It is a side view which shows the state when a content container is refilled in a main body container using the refill container equipped with the extraction | pouring cap which concerns on the 2nd form of this invention in a partial cross section. It is a side view which shows a pump container which is an example of a main body container.

  Hereinafter, with reference to drawings, the extraction cap which is one form of the present invention is explained in detail.

  In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an embodiment of the present invention, which is a synthetic resin pouring cap applied to the refill container 20 filled with the content liquid C. As shown in FIG. 2, the dispensing cap 1 is disposed at the upper end of the refill container side mouth portion 21 and the fixed cylinder 2 fixed to the mouth portion (hereinafter “refill container side mouth portion”) 21 of the refill container 20. And a ceiling wall portion 3 provided integrally with the fixed cylinder 2 and a cylindrical body portion 4 standing upright from the ceiling wall portion 3.

  The cylindrical body portion 4 has an opening formed on the front end side of the spout A1 disposed on the front end side of the tubular body portion 4 and air replacement disposed on the rear end side of the spout A1. A partition wall 4a for partitioning with the hole A2 is provided. In this embodiment, the partition wall 4a forms a step 4b in the cylindrical portion 4, and the air replacement hole A2 is disposed in the step 4b. In addition, a cylindrical seal portion 3 a that seals and holds the inner peripheral surface 21 f of the mouth portion 21 is integrally suspended on the back surface of the top wall portion 3, and the filling space S 20 of the container 20 is communicated with the passage R.

  Reference numeral 5 includes a sealing plug 5a for sealing the spout A1 and a sealing plug 5b for sealing the air replacement hole A2, and the ribs 5d including the operation pieces 5c are provided on the sealing plugs 5a and 5b, respectively. It is the opening member connected integrally via the. As illustrated, the rib 5d is provided so as to be spanned across the partition wall 4a.

  The sealing plug 5a is integrally connected to the cylindrical portion 4 through a thin connecting piece 5e provided over the entire circumference. Thereby, the sealing plug 5a is integrally connected to the cylinder part 4 so as to seal the spout A1. Moreover, since the connection piece 5e is formed thinly, the sealing plug 5a can be removed from the cylinder part 4 by cut | disconnecting this connection piece 5e.

  The sealing plug 5b is a rod-like member higher than the partition wall 4a, and the sealing plug 5b is also integrally connected to the cylindrical body portion 4 through a thin connecting piece 5e provided over the entire circumference. Has been. Thereby, the sealing plug 5b is integrally connected to the cylindrical portion 4 so as to seal the air replacement hole A2. Moreover, since the connection piece 5e is formed thinly, the sealing plug 5b can be removed from the cylinder part 4 by cut | disconnecting this connection piece 5e.

  Further, as shown in the drawing, the tip 5d1 of the rib 5d is formed of a curved surface whose longitudinal sectional shape protrudes outward, and an operation piece 5c is integrally provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the operation piece 5 c is a ring-shaped member that forms an opening for hooking a finger.

  Here, an operation process for refilling the main body container 30 with the content liquid C using the refill container 20 with the dispensing cap 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  In this embodiment, the user first puts a finger through the opening of the operation piece 5c of the opening member 5 from the state shown in FIG. 3 (a), and then pulls upward as shown in FIG. 3 (b). As shown in FIG. 5 (c), the rotary stopper 4b that seals the air replacement hole A2 can be removed by pulling it up by rotating the tip 4a1 of the partition wall 4a as a base point. The sealing plug 5a that seals the spout A1 can be removed by pushing it down.

  At this time, in this embodiment, the tip 5d1 of the rib 5d is in contact with the inner peripheral surface 4f of the cylindrical part 4 as shown in FIG. Thus, the connecting piece 5e can be easily cut without damaging the inner peripheral surface 4f of the cylindrical portion 4.

  After opening the air replacement hole A2 together with the spout A1, as shown in FIG. 4, if the cylindrical part 4 is applied to the mouth part 31 of the main body container 30 and tilted together with the container 20, the step 4b of the cylindrical part 4 is obtained. The content liquid C can be refilled through the passage R while air replacement in the passage R is performed through the air replacement hole A2 formed in FIG.

  Further, according to the present invention, the content liquid C can be refilled into the container main body 30 by inserting the cylindrical body portion 4 into the mouth portion 31 of the main body container 30 while the refill container 20 is inverted. In this case, like the other form shown in FIG. 5, it is preferable to provide the top wall part 3 with four convex parts 3b extending radially from the cylindrical part 4. Between the circumferential direction of the said convex part 3b, when it contact | connects the upper end of the opening | mouth part 31, it functions as an air replacement path which connects the filling space S30 to the external environment. Therefore, if the convex part 3b is provided in the top wall part 3 like this form, it is effective when inserting the cylinder part 4 in the inverted state and refilling the content liquid C. In addition, the convex part 3 should just be provided in at least one place, and even if it replaces the convex part 3 with a recessed part, there exists the same effect.

  FIG. 6 is an application example of the main body container 30, and the liquid ejector 40 is attached to the main body container 30. The liquid ejector 40 is an existing pump having a base 41 fixed to the mouth portion 31 and provided with a head 43 via a stem 42, and the content liquid refilled through a nozzle 44 provided on the head 43. C can be taken out. Reference numeral 50 denotes a stopper that is detachably attached to the stem 42, and a main body 51 that is detachably fitted to the stem 42 and a grip 52 for attaching and detaching the main body 51 are integrated. Prepare.

  As described above, in the present invention, by providing the partition wall 4a that partitions the opening formed on the distal end side of the cylindrical body portion 4 into the spout A1 of the content liquid C and the air replacement hole A2, When the content liquid C is taken out through the passage R formed inside the body part 4, air replacement in the passage R can be easily performed. Therefore, according to the present invention, not only when the container 20 is tilted and the contents liquid C is taken out, but also when the contents liquid C is taken out with the container 20 turned upside down, the contents liquid C does not greatly pulsate, so Is less likely to occur.

  In addition, the unsealing member 5 is formed by integrally connecting a sealing plug 5a for sealing the spout A1 and a sealing plug 5b for sealing the air replacement hole A2 via a rib 5d including an operation piece 5c. Therefore, the air replacement hole A2 can be easily opened together with the spout A1 by a simple operation such as a user pulling the operation piece 5c.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, when the content liquid C is taken out through the passage R formed inside the cylindrical body portion 4, air replacement in the passage R can be easily performed, and the spout A1 and It is possible to provide a novel dispensing cap in which the air replacement hole A2 can be easily opened.

  Further, as in this embodiment, the partition wall 4a is formed with a step 4b in the cylindrical body portion 4, and if the air replacement hole A2 is arranged in the step 4b, the spout A1 and the air replacement are provided. By making the hole A2 stepped, when the content liquid C is taken out through the passage R formed inside the cylindrical body portion 4, air replacement in the passage R can be performed more easily. In addition, by arranging the air replacement hole A2 in the step 4b, it is possible to reliably replace the air while ensuring a wide discharge path for the content liquid C and increasing the flow rate.

  Furthermore, if the rib 5d is provided so that the opening member 5 is spanned across the partition wall 4a as in the present embodiment, the opening member 5 can be lifted up with the tip of the partition wall 4a as a base point. The sealing plug 5b that seals the air replacement hole A2 can be removed by pulling it up, and the sealing plug 5a that seals the spout A1 can be removed by pushing it down.

  Moreover, if the spout A1 is formed on the inclined surface in which the end surface 4e of the cylindrical portion 4 is inclined from the air replacement hole A2 toward the distal end 4t of the cylindrical portion 4 as in this embodiment, the tip 4t side is formed. It becomes a guide when taking out the content liquid C by making it face down.

  The above description only shows one embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. For example, the fixing portion 2 has an engagement rib 2 a on the inner side thereof, and the engagement rib 2 a is fixedly held by fitting with the engagement rib 21 a provided in the mouth portion 21. It can also be screwed to the container opening 21. However, in this case, it is preferable to provide an anti-rotation means for preventing rotation around the axis O after being screwed into the container mouth portion 21. As the anti-rotation means, for example, a protrusion is provided on the mouth portion 21 and two protrusions are provided on the inner side of the fixing portion 2 so as to get over the protrusion and sandwich each other. As a result, the screw cap 1 can be prevented from rotating around the axis O after being screwed into the mouth portion 21.

  In addition, the refill container 20 has not only a hard-type container that has shape retention and is difficult to deform, but also a soft-type container that can be deformed and restored, or two layers of an inner layer and an outer layer. It can be applied to various containers such as a peeling container in which the inner layer can be peeled from the outer layer. Furthermore, according to this invention, the component of each form can be diverted between each form.

  The present invention includes a fixed cylinder fixed to the mouth portion of the container, a ceiling wall portion disposed at the upper end of the mouth portion of the container and provided integrally with the fixed cylinder, and standing up from the ceiling wall portion. If it is a pouring cap provided with the cylinder part which forms the channel | path which leads to a container inside, it can apply to various things. Further, the content is not limited to a liquid, and can be applied to a fluid such as powder.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pouring cap 2 Fixing part 3 Top wall part 3b Convex part 4 Cylindrical part 4a Partition wall 4b Level difference 4e End surface 5 Opening member 5a Outlet sealing plug 5b Air replacement hole sealing plug 5c Operation piece 5d Rib 20 Refill container 21 Container mouth Part 30 Body container 31 Container port A1 Outlet A2 Air replacement hole R Passage

Claims (5)

A fixed cylinder fixed to the mouth of the container, a top wall part disposed at the upper end of the mouth of the container and provided integrally with the fixed cylinder; A pouring cap comprising a cylindrical body part that forms a passage leading to the passage,
While providing a partition wall for partitioning the opening formed on the distal end side of the cylindrical body part into a spout for contents and an air replacement hole,
It has a removable sealing plug that seals the spout and a removable sealing plug that seals the air replacement hole, and each of the sealing plugs is integrally connected via a rib having an operation piece. Open member is provided ,
A pouring cap comprising a curved surface that guides the rib while the tip of the rib is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body, and the cylindrical body is expanded .   The dispensing cap according to claim 1, wherein the partition wall forms a step in the cylindrical body portion, and the air replacement hole is arranged in the step.   The dispensing cap according to claim 2, wherein the opening member is provided with the rib so as to be spanned across the partition wall. The pouring cap according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the top wall portion includes a convex portion or a concave portion extending radially from the cylindrical body portion. The said spout forms the inclined surface in which the end surface of the said cylinder part inclines toward the front-end | tip of the said cylinder part from the said air replacement hole in any one of Claim 1 thru | or 4. Pouring cap.

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