JP6345040B2 - Cap with slit valve - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cap with a slit valve of a container that accommodates viscous contents such as cosmetics and sauces in a dischargeable manner.

A slit valve is provided at the opening of the container body that contains the viscous contents, and when the container body is squeezed with fingers with the opening down, the slit valve is pushed open, and a small amount of contents are discharged. A container having a structure in which the slit valve is pushed back by the atmospheric pressure to close the opening when the force is relaxed is conventionally known.
In conventional containers with slit valves, if they are stored without being used for a long time after the start of use, the elastic synthetic resins that make up the slit valve, especially those made of silicon rubber, will adhere to each other and will be slit for the next use There was an inconvenience that the valve could not be opened and closed smoothly.

  In order to eliminate this inconvenience, a convex structure is formed inside the lid that covers the valve (slit valve), and when the lid is closed, the convex structure is in contact with the valve and the valve is slightly opened. It has been conventionally known that the valve can be prevented from adhering when stored for a long time (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-9489

However, the container with a slit valve described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that when the lid is closed, the valve is in a slightly open state, so that the valve alone is not sufficient to block the flow of the container opening. .
In addition, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, if the convex structure formed on the inside of the lid is strongly pressed against the periphery of the valve to improve the liquid tightness, the valve will be slightly opened when the lid is opened. There was a problem that it became easy to stick.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and the liquid-tightness is maintained even when the slit valve is slightly pushed open when the lid is closed, and the slit valve is attached to the contents. An object of the present invention is to provide a cap with a slit valve that does not adhere to each other and allows the slit to be pushed open evenly during use.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a cap with a slit valve, which is attached to the cap base and the opening of the cap base and is opened outward when the internal pressure is higher than the atmospheric pressure, and when the internal pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure. The slit valve includes a slit valve that is closed by an elastic force and a lid that opens and closes the opening of the cap base. The slit valve is connected to the cylindrical valve side wall and the inner peripheral edge of the valve side wall, and faces inward of the opening. The valve opening / closing film forming a partial spherical surface is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having elasticity, the valve opening / closing film is formed with a cross slit centered on the apex of the partial spherical surface, and the lid body has an inverted convex shape on the inner surface is of the push portion is formed, push portion, and having a shape in which the radius of curvature of the central portion of small two or more spherical than the radius of curvature of the peripheral portion, when closing the lid Contacts only the center side from the slit end of the valve opening and closing film of the slit valve to adopt a configuration, wherein the a shape that pushes open the slit valve inwardly.

As a specific embodiment of the slit valve , the slit valve employs a structure characterized in that a reservoir is formed at a connection portion between the valve side wall and the valve opening / closing film. A structure characterized in that the holding part is formed thick is adopted.
As a specific embodiment of the cap with a slit valve, a configuration is adopted in which the cap base and the lid are hinge caps connected in series via a hinge.

The cap with a slit valve of the present invention has an inverted convex indented portion formed on the inner surface of the lid, and the indented portion is composed of two or more spherical surfaces in which the radius of curvature of the central portion is smaller than the radius of curvature of the peripheral portion. and has a, by a shape which pushes open the slit valve inwardly abuts only on the center side from the slit end of the valve opening and closing film of the slit valve when closed the cover, when not in use the container long term However, it is possible to suppress adhesion by the contents of the slit valve's slits, and the central part is pushed in more than the peripheral part of the slit valve, so that the slit valve has wrinkles that are pushed open. Can be prevented . Thereby, a container can be squeezed at the time of use, and the contents can be discharged smoothly.

  Furthermore, in the slit valve according to the present invention, the thickness of the central portion of the valve opening / closing film is stabilized at the time of molding because the reservoir is formed at the connection portion between the valve side wall and the valve opening / closing film. The thickness of the holding part of the valve side wall improves the assembly accuracy when attaching the slit valve to the opening, and the slit valve can be opened and closed evenly. Can be discharged.

It is a figure which shows the closed state of the cap with a slit valve which is an Example of this invention, (a) is a sectional side view, (b) is a principal part enlarged view. It is a figure which shows the open state of the cap with a slit valve which is an Example of this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a sectional side view. It is a figure which shows the cover open state of the cap with a slit valve which is an Example of this invention, (a) is a front half sectional view of a cap base | substrate, (b) is a front half sectional view of a cover body. It is a figure which shows the slit valve | bulb in the Example of this invention, (a) is a sectional side view, (b) is a bottom view. It is a figure which shows the state of the slit valve in the Example of this invention, (a) is a bottom view which shows the state of the slit valve when a cover body is opened, (b) is a cover member closed, and a pushing member is It is a schematic diagram which shows the state contact | abutted to the valve | bulb opening / closing film | membrane, (c) is a bottom view which shows the state of a slit valve when a cover body is closed.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, A is a synthetic resin container main body, and B is a synthetic resin cap mounted on the container main body A.
The container body A is an elastically deformable container that squeezes with a finger having the mouth portion 1 to push out a viscous liquid, and a male screw 2 is screwed on the outer periphery of the mouth portion 1.

  2 and 3, a cap B is a cap with a slit valve, and a cap base C that is screwed to the mouth 1 of the container main body A by a mounting portion, and a cap that is integrally formed with the cap base C via a hinge E It is comprised from the body D and the slit valve | bulb F attached to the opening part of the cap base | substrate C. As shown in FIG.

The cap base C has an upper wall 3 that closes the mouth 1 of the container body A, and a mounting cylinder 4 that is suspended from the periphery of the upper wall 3 as a mounting portion.
On the inner periphery of the mounting cylinder 4, a female screw 5 to be screwed with the male screw 2 screwed on the outer periphery of the mouth portion 1 is screwed. On the upper outer periphery of the mounting cylinder 4, a hinge E is attached. In addition, a notch recess 6 is formed on the side opposite to the hinge E.

On the upper surface of the upper wall 3, a step 3 a is formed at the periphery, and a valve mounting recess 7 for connecting a slit valve F, which will be described later, as an opening is provided on the inner periphery. The formed opening cylinder 8 is erected.
Further, a valve presser mounting recess 9 is formed adjacent to the valve mounting recess 7 of the opening cylinder 8.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the central axis of the opening cylinder 8 is coaxial with the central axis of the cap base C. However, the central axis of the opening cylinder 8 is the same as that of the cap body C. You may stand upright in the position which shifted | deviated from the central axis.
Furthermore, an engagement protrusion 8a is formed on the outer periphery of the opening tube 8 in order to maintain a closed state with a lid D described later.

As shown in FIG. 4, the slit valve F includes a cylindrical valve side wall 11 and a thin-walled valve that is connected from the inner peripheral edge of the valve side wall 11 and forms a partial spherical surface having a radius of curvature R1 toward the inside of the container body A. The opening / closing film 12 is integrally formed of a soft synthetic resin material having elasticity, preferably silicon rubber.
The valve side wall 11 has a lower holding portion 13 formed thick, and is attached to the valve mounting recess 7 on the inner periphery of the opening cylinder 8 of the cap base C.

The valve opening / closing membrane 12 has annular reinforcing ribs 14 formed around the lower surface, and is cut in a cross shape from four slit end portions 15a in the vicinity of the inside of the reinforcing ribs 14 toward the slit center 15b which is the apex of the partial spherical surface. Crossed slits 15 are formed.
An annular meat reservoir 16 is formed at the connection between the valve side wall 11 and the valve opening / closing film 12.
In the valve opening / closing film 12, when the internal pressure on the container body A side is equal to the atmospheric pressure, the cross slit 15 is in a closed state as shown in FIG.
Furthermore, the slit valve F is inserted into the valve mounting recess 7 on the inner periphery of the opening cylinder 8 described above, and then the valve presser 28 is fitted into the valve presser mounting recess 9 from below so that the slit valve F is interposed between the opening cylinder 8. It is designed to be fixed in a sandwiched state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lid body D includes a top plate 20 and a side peripheral wall 21 that is suspended from the periphery of the top plate 20 and has the same end surface shape as the step portion 3 a of the upper wall 3 of the cap base C. The lower outer periphery of the side peripheral wall 21 is connected to the mounting cylinder 4 of the cap base C by a hinge E.
In the center of the inner surface of the top plate 20, an inverted convex pushing portion 22 is formed so as to contact the valve opening / closing film 12 of the slit valve F attached to the cap base C.
As shown in FIG. 1B, the pushing portion 22 is composed of two spherical surfaces, a spherical portion 23 having a radius of curvature R2 in the central portion and a spherical surface 24 having a radius of curvature R3 in the peripheral portion. The curvature radius R2 is 2 mm, the curvature radius R3 is 3.5 mm, and R2 is set smaller than R3.

A locking ring 25 is provided around the pushing portion 22 formed on the inner surface of the top plate 20 so as to be locked with the engaging protrusion 8a on the outer periphery of the opening tube 8 described above. A locking protrusion 25a is formed on the surface.
An arc-shaped knob 26 is provided at the lower end of the side peripheral wall 21 opposite to the hinge E.

Next, usage modes and operational effects of this embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the cap B of the present embodiment is manufactured by integral molding with the lid D opened from the cap base C.
In this embodiment, in order to assemble a cap with a slit valve, after inserting the slit valve F into the valve mounting recess 7 formed on the inner periphery of the opening cylinder 8 of the cap base C, the valve presser 28 is similarly inserted into the valve presser 28. By fitting into the presser mounting recess 9, the assembly of the cap with the slit valve is completed.

Next, in order to attach the cap with the slit valve to the container body A, as shown in FIG. 1, the lid body D is rotated counterclockwise around the hinge E to close the cap body C. The state where the locking protrusion 25a on the inner periphery of the locking ring 25 on the inner surface of the lid D is locked to the engaging protrusion 8a on the outer periphery of the cylinder 8 is maintained.
After the container body A is filled with the contents, a seal 30 made of an aluminum vapor deposition film is attached to the mouth 1 of the container body A and sealed, and then the mounting cylinder 4 as the mounting portion of the cap base C is attached to the container body. Screwed into the mouth 1 of A.
In this embodiment, the cap B is embodied as a hinge cap formed by connecting a cap base C and a lid D with a hinge E as shown in FIGS. It is also possible to use a lid that is fitted with an undercut or the like without the hinge.

In order to use the squeezeable container equipped with the cap with the slit valve of the present embodiment, the cap B is removed from the mouth 1 of the container body A by turning the cap B from the state shown in FIG. After removing the seal 30 that seals, the cap B is screwed into the mouth 1 again and attached.
Next, when a finger is applied to the notch recess 6 formed on the outer periphery of the mounting cylinder 4 of the cap base C and the knob 26 of the lid D is lifted, the lid D rotates around the hinge E in the clockwise direction.
When the lid D is lifted slightly from the cap base C, the locking ridge 25a on the inner periphery of the locking ring 25 on the inner surface of the lid D that has been locked to the engaging ridge 8a on the outer periphery of the opening cylinder 8 of the cap base C is formed. At the same time, the pushing portion 22 that has been in contact with the valve opening / closing membrane 12 of the slit valve F is also separated, so that the valve opening / closing membrane 12 of the slit valve F is released from the pushing-opening by the pushing portion 22, and FIG. As shown, the cross slit 15 returns to the closed state.

Thereafter, the container body A is tilted so that the mouth portion 1 faces downward, and the container body A is squeezed by finger force, so that the pressure in the container body A is increased, and the stored contents are changed to the valve opening / closing membrane 12. The cross slit 15 can be pushed open and discharged, and when the finger force is relaxed, the valve opening / closing film 12 is pushed back by the atmospheric pressure to close the cross slit 15.
If the finger is released from the container body A with the opening cylinder 8 facing upward while the valve opening / closing film 12 is pushed back, the atmospheric pressure causes the valve opening / closing film 12 to be pushed inward and air flows into the container body A. Then, the shape of the container body deformed by being squeezed by fingers is restored.
At that time, the contents adhere to the valve opening / closing film 12 and remain.

Next, when the lid D is closed after the container is used, the pushing portion 22 formed on the inner surface of the lid D is formed on the valve opening / closing film 12 of the slit valve F as shown in FIG. By contacting only the center side from the slit end 15a, the cross slit 15 is pushed open toward the slit center 15b.
At this time, the maximum pushing depth H by the pushing portion 22 is set to 0.4 to 0.6 mm in the case of the present embodiment in which the slit length L is 4.8 mm and the wall thickness is 0.3 mm.
As described above, when the cross slit 15 is pushed open, even if the contents remain in the valve opening / closing film 12, the contents adhered between the cross slits 15 are adhered to each other and used again. It is possible to prevent the cross slit 15 from becoming difficult to push open.

Further, when the valve opening / closing membrane 12 is in a state in which the slit end 15a is pushed open as in the prior art, the contents flow into the inner surface of the top plate 20 from the slit end 15a when the container body A falls down. In the case of the present embodiment, the spherical surface 24 with the radius of curvature R3 of the push-in portion 22 appropriately presses the slit end portion 15a, so that the contents can be prevented from being lost. Can do.
Further, in the prior art, if the slit end portion 15a is largely pushed open and left for a long time, the valve opening / closing film 12 is wrinkled while being pushed open, and the shape of the container body deformed after discharge is the original shape. Since the outside air flows into the container first from the part where the contents are not attached when returning to step S, the so-called suction back effect is weakened. However, in this embodiment, the slit end 15a is largely pushed open. Therefore, the valve opening / closing film 12 can be prevented from bending.

In the slit valve F of the present embodiment, a meat reservoir 16 is formed at the connection portion between the valve side wall 11 and the valve opening / closing film 12, and the fluidity is good due to the presence of the meat reservoir 16 when molding the slit valve F. Thus, the film thickness at the center of the valve opening / closing film 12 is stabilized, and the spread of the cross slit 15 can be made uniform.
Further, the valve side wall 11 has a lower holding portion 13 formed thick so that dimensional stability when the slit valve F is attached to the inner periphery of the opening cylinder 8 is improved, and the cross slit 15 is pushed into the pushing portion 22. When pushing and opening, the uniform opening of the cross slit 15 can be prevented when not in use, and the problem that the contents are discharged obliquely during use can be eliminated. Can do.

  The cap with slit valve of the present invention can be applied not only to a hinge cap but also to a cap fitted with an undercut or the like without a hinge, and widely used as a cap for a container containing viscous liquid or the like. In particular, it is suitable as a cap for containers filled with contents that need to be squeezed, such as cosmetics and sauces.

A Container body B Cap C Cap base D Lid E Hinge F Slit valve H Pushing depth L Slit length R1 Curvature radius of valve opening / closing membrane R2 Curvature radius of pushing part R3 Curvature radius of pushing part peripheral part 1 port Part 2 Male thread 3 Upper wall 3a Step part 4 Mounting cylinder 5 Female thread 6 Notch recess 7 Valve mounting recess 8 Opening cylinder 8a Engaging protrusion 9 Valve presser mounting recess 11 Valve side wall 12 Valve opening / closing film 13 Holding part 14 Reinforcement rib 15 Cross slit 15a Slit end 15b Slit center 16 Meat reservoir 20 Top plate 21 Side peripheral wall 22 Pushing portion 23 Spherical surface 24 with radius of curvature R2 Spherical surface 25 with radius of curvature R3 Locking ring 25a Locking ridge 26 Picking portion 28 Valve presser 30 Seal

Claims (4)

A cap base, a slit valve that is attached to the opening of the cap base and opens to the outside when the internal pressure is higher than atmospheric pressure and closes by an elastic force when the internal pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and a lid that opens and closes the opening of the cap base With the body,
The slit valve is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having elasticity, with a cylindrical valve side wall and a valve opening / closing film continuously provided from the inner peripheral edge of the valve side wall and forming a partial spherical surface toward the inside of the opening,
The valve opening / closing membrane is formed with a cross slit centered on the apex of the partial spherical surface,
The lid is formed with an indented convex part on its inner surface,
The pushing portion has a shape composed of two or more spherical surfaces having a radius of curvature of the central portion smaller than that of the peripheral portion, and is centered from the slit end of the valve opening / closing film of the slit valve when the lid is closed. A cap with a slit valve, characterized by having a shape that pushes the slit valve inward by abutting only on the cap. The slit valve cap according to claim 1, wherein the slit valve is formed with a reservoir in a connection portion between the valve side wall and the valve opening / closing film . The slit valve cap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slit valve has a holding portion on a side wall of the valve formed thick . The cap with a slit valve according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cap base body and the lid body are hinge caps connected in series via a hinge .

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