JP6374299B2 - Container pouring cap - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container pouring cap (such as a hinge cap or an overcap) suitable for being attached to the mouth and neck of a container and discharging the contents in the container through a pouring tube provided at the tip of the container. It is.

  For containers filled with various contents such as shampoos and rinses, daily necessities, detergents, cosmetics, disinfectants, etc., a hinge-type lid is provided so that the contents in the container can be easily discharged by removing the cap with one hand. A cap provided with a body or an overcap provided with a lid fixed and held by undercut fitting to the cap body is often used.

  Such caps, when closing the lid to match the cap body, fits the cylinder provided on the back side of the lid to the dispensing cylinder provided on the cap body, and the contents are not released. Can not be discharged.

  By the way, this type of cap is used when a large external force is applied to the lid or the container body, such as when the container is carried in the back or when the container is stepped on. There was a problem that the mating state was released and the contents leaked out. Moreover, even if it is a child, the fitting state of a cover body and a cap main body can be cancelled | released comparatively easily, and it cannot be said that the leak of the content by mischief etc. can be prevented reliably.

  For this reason, recently, there have been many cases in which unexpected leakage prevention and child proof function have been added to avoid leakage (discharge) of contents. As a prior art, for example, a hinge cap disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known.

JP 2003-63553 A

  The hinge cap disclosed in the above document is provided with a knob that has an inner convex portion on the lid and is slidable along the outer wall of the lid, and the cap body is engaged with the inner convex portion by sliding the knob. In this structure, a recess is provided to prevent the lid from rotating in the opening direction. According to this, the lid can be locked and released easily and reliably with one hand. In addition, it can be used in the same way as a normal hinge cap by maintaining the unlocked state, and it is possible to provide a leakage prevention measure and child proof function by adding a lock mechanism. As a cap, it was considered to be a very useful cap.

  However, in such a hinge cap, a knob for maintaining the lid in a locked state is provided on the outer surface of the lid, and it cannot be said that the knob does not slide unexpectedly. There is also concern about forgetting to slide the knob in the locking direction after closing the door, and there is still room for improvement.

  The subject of this invention exists in the place which proposes the pouring cap for containers which can suppress the misdischarge of the content accompanying opening | release contrary to the meaning of a mischief or a cover body.

The present invention includes a cap body for discharging contents in a container through an inlet side opening, a discharging path and an outlet side opening, and a cap body fixedly held at the mouth and neck of the container, and the cap body. A container pouring cap having a lid body that is detachably held, and opens a flow path from the inside of the container to the pouring path of the pouring cylinder by sliding downward in the cap body. Distributing the contents while allowing the contents to flow while blocking the flow path from the inside of the container to the dispensing path of the dispensing cylinder by sliding upwards. it was set, intermediate plug state, and are not to block the flow path leading to the dispensing path of the pouring cylinder simultaneously from the container when closing the lid body, the inside plug is content in the container A partition wall that covers the inlet side opening of the dispensing cylinder, leaving a communication hole that allows the cap to pass through, It is held slidably through the plate and slides downward to open the communication hole of the partition to allow the contents to flow to the dispensing cylinder. A shut-off pin that closes the communication hole of the cap and blocks the flow of the contents to the dispensing cylinder, and is pivotably linked to the rear end of the shut-off pin on the top plate of the cap body. , An operating piece for guiding the rotation to slide the shut-off pin up and down is provided, the operating piece can be rotated about the pivot, and the lid is closed when the lid is closed. It is a pouring cap for containers characterized by comprising a bent piece that is pressed by a provided middle leg and slides a shut-off pin upward .

As the lid, an annular middle leg is provided inside the lid body, and this middle leg is fixed to the cap body by undercut fitting, and a hinge cap that is rotatably held via a hinge. Applies.

  According to the pouring cap of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the contents can be discharged through the pouring tube as long as the inner plug provided in the cap body is not operated even when the lid is open. Therefore, misfiring of contents that are mischievous or unwilling can be suppressed.

  Further, according to the pouring cap of the present invention, the contents can be discharged by a simple operation of rotating the operation piece and sliding the shut-off pin downward.

  Furthermore, according to the dispensing cap of the present invention, the communication hole of the inner plug can be closed at the same time as the lid is closed even if the contents are left in a dischargeable state. Even if the lid opens unexpectedly, the contents cannot be dispensed unless the shutoff pin of the inner plug is slid downward, and erroneous discharge of the contents is restricted. Become.

It is the figure which showed typically the embodiment of the extraction cap for containers according to this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is the figure which showed the side surface in cross section, (c) is a bottom view. It is the figure shown in the state which opened the cover body in the extraction | pouring cap shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the state which can discharge the contents in the extraction | pouring cap shown in FIG. (A) is the principal part enlarged view of FIG. 2, (b) is the principal part enlarged view of FIG. FIG. 2 is a view showing a state immediately before the lid is closed in the pouring cap shown in FIG. 1.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings.
1 (a) to 1 (c) are diagrams schematically showing a container pouring cap (molded with a synthetic resin or the like) according to the present invention mounted on the mouth / neck portion of the container. Is a plan view (the lid is not shown), (b) is a cross-sectional view of the side, and (c) is a bottom view.

  Reference numeral 1 in the figure denotes a container filled with contents. As the container 1, a squeeze container (synthetic resin) for crushing the body portion of the container 1 and pouring out the contents can be used, but other containers can also be applied. The container is not limited. In addition, the shape of the container can be appropriately changed according to the type of contents to be filled, the use, and the like, and the overall shape of the container 1 is omitted here.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a cap body which is a main component of the container pouring cap. The cap body 2 includes a peripheral wall 2a that surrounds the mouth / neck portion 1a of the container 1 and has a threaded portion that can be engaged with the threaded portion 1b of the outer peripheral surface thereof, and an upper end of the peripheral wall 2a. A top plate 2b that closes the opening portion of 1a, and a pour cylinder that stands on the top plate 2b and pours the contents in the container 1 through the inlet side opening 2c, the outlet path 2d, and the outlet side opening 2e 2f. The cap body 2 may be fixed and held on the mouth and neck 1a of the container 1 by an engaging means such as an undercut.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a lid. The lid 3 is integrally connected to the cap body 2 via hinges h ₁ , h ₂ , h ₃ on the back side of the cap body 2 and can be opened and closed by the hinges h ₁ , h ₂ , h ₃ . Is retained. The lid 3 is held in a closed position by fitting the lower end surface of the cap body 2 to the upper surface edge (the edge of the top plate 2b) of the cap body 2 and undercut engagement. The dispensing cylinder 2f provided in 2b is stored in the inner space.

The lid 3 includes a peripheral wall 3a that can be fitted to the cap body 2, a top surface wall 3b that is integrally connected to the upper end of the peripheral wall 3a to form a downwardly opened inner space, and a center of the back surface of the top surface wall 3b. And a cylindrical body 3c that is fitted to the extraction path 2d of the extraction cylinder 2f in the closed position of the lid 3 and closes the extraction path 2d. Incidentally, member connected to the lid 3 and the cap body 2 by a hinge h ₂ and the hinge h _3, if the actual opening angle in the boundary setting the opening angle of the lid 3 is smaller than the set angle of opening, An elastic piece that generates a force for pressing the lid 3 against the cap body 2 while generating a force that causes the lid 3 to warp back when the actual opening angle becomes larger than the set opening angle, This elastic piece is arbitrarily provided. As the lid 3, the hinge type lid has been described as an example here, but an annular middle leg is separately provided inside the peripheral wall 3 a, and the lower end of the middle leg is undercut fitted to the cap body 2. It is also possible to use an overcap for fixing the lid body 3 or other caps, and the present invention is not limited to the illustrated lid body 3 in the present invention.

Further, reference numeral 4 is a front side of the cover 3 (the position facing the hinge h _1), a knob piece integrally connected to the peripheral wall 3a. Hooking a finger or the like to the knob piece 4, the lid member 3 by causing the lid 3 by a hinge h ₁ as a starting point is opened.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes an inner plug provided inside the cap body 2. The inner plug 5 slides through the partition wall 5a that covers the inlet side opening 2c of the dispensing tube 2f, leaving the communication hole k through which the contents in the container 1 pass, and the top plate 2a of the cap body 2. The suspension hole is held so that the communication hole k of the partition wall 5a can be opened by sliding downward, and the contents can be poured into the dispensing cylinder 2f. The communication hole of the partition wall 5a can be discharged by sliding upward. It comprises a shut-off pin 5b that closes k and blocks the flow of contents to the dispensing cylinder 2f, and an operation piece 5c provided on the top plate 2b of the cap body 2.

The operation piece 5c is supported at a central portion in the longitudinal direction via a pivot s, and is a bent piece (first tongue piece 5c ₁₎ having a cross-sectional shape of a “<” shape that can be rotated about the pivot s. , Second tongue piece 5c ₂ ).

A notch portion 5d is formed at one end (tongue piece 5c ₂ ) of the operation piece 5c, and the rear end portion (upper end portion) of the shut-off pin 5b is slidably linked to the notch portion 5d. The shut-off pin 5b can be slid up and down by rotating the operation piece 5c with s as a fulcrum (causing and pushing down the pivot s as a fulcrum).

The shut-off pin 5b has a first annular seal portion 5b ₂ at the lower end of a main body portion (rod-like body) 5b _{1 and} a second annular seal portion 5b ₃ at the upper end. The first annular seal portion 5b ₂ has a truncated cone shape with an enlarged upper portion, and the second annular seal portion 5b ₃ has a truncated cone shape with an enlarged lower portion.

The second annular seal portion 5b ₃ of the shut-off pin 5b is slidably positioned in the cylindrical body 2g suspended from the top plate 2b of the cap body 2 so that a hole (shut-off) is provided in the top plate 2b. thereby preventing the liquid leakage from the hole) for inserting the pins 5b, the content in the container 1 by fitting the first annular seal portion 5b ₂ the seat 5e formed in the partition wall 5a, pouring cylinder Block distribution to 2f.

  2 is a view showing a state in which the lid 3 is opened with respect to the container pouring cap according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the contents can be discharged. (A) and (b) are the figures which expanded and showed the principal part of FIG. 2, FIG. 3, respectively, Furthermore, FIG. 5 is the figure which showed the state just before closing the cover body 3. FIG.

In the state shown in FIG. 2 with the lid 3 opened, the shut-off pin 5b slides upward, and the first annular seal portion 5b ₂ is fitted to the seat portion 5e of the inner plug 5, and the container 1 Since the distribution of the contents inside the pipe cylinder 2f is blocked, the contents are not discharged simply by opening the lid 3.

To discharge the contents of the container 1, as shown in FIG. 3, the operating piece 5c, it Oshitaose the tongue 5c ₂ is rotated in the hinge h ₁ side fulcrum pivot s. As the tongue piece 5c ₂ is pushed down, the shut-off pin 5b slides downward, and the first annular seal portion 5b ₂ is separated from the seat portion 5e, thereby opening the communication hole k of the partition wall 5a. The contents in 1 can be distributed to the dispensing cylinder 2f. When discharging the contents, the container 1 is held in a tilting posture or an inverted posture.

After the discharge of the contents, the lid body 3 may be closed as it is, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the operation piece 5c is provided by the middle foot 3d provided on the back surface of the top wall 3b of the lid body 3. Is pressed, and the operation piece 5c rotates to the front side of the cap body 2 accordingly. The tongue 5c ₁ is pushed down by the rotation of the operation piece 5c, the shut-off pin 5b is communicating hole k to slide upwards is closed.

By sliding upward of the shut-off pin 5b, the first annular seal portion 5b ₂ is fitted to the seat portion 5e and the flow of the contents in the container 1 to the dispensing cylinder 2f is blocked. Even if the lid 3 is opened, the contents cannot be poured out unless the shut-off pin 5b is slid downward, and therefore erroneous discharge of the contents is suppressed.

  Although the operation piece 5c has been described with respect to the case where a bent piece having a cross-section of "<" is used, any shape can be used as long as the shut-off pin 5b can be slid up and down using the principle of lever. However, it is applicable and is not limited to the illustrated one.

  Further, the position of the operation piece 5c may be set to any part of the top plate 2b of the cap body 2. In particular, when the operation piece 5c is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the hinge h, it is possible to avoid the operation piece 5c from interfering when the contents are poured out, and the contents can be discharged smoothly. It becomes.

The partition wall 5a, the cylindrical member 5a ₂ of a circular cover body 5a ₁ obscure entry side opening portion 2e of the pouring cylinder 2f, to form the seat 5e on the inner side are integrally connected to the cover body 5a ₁ However, the shape of the partition wall 5a can be arbitrarily changed according to the size and shape of the shut-off pin 5b, and is limited to the illustrated one. There is no.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the pouring cap for containers which can suppress the mis-discharge of the content by opening of the cover body contrary to mischief and will can be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 1a Mouth neck part 1b Screw part 2 Cap main body 2a Circumferential wall 2b Top plate 2c Inlet side opening part 2d Outlet path 2e Outlet side opening part 2f Outlet cylinder 2g Tubular body 3 Lid body 3a Perimeter wall 3b Top wall 3c Tubular body 3d foot 4 the tab 5 in the plug 5a bulkhead 5b shut-off pin 5c operating piece 5d notch 5e seat _{h 1,} h 2, _{h 3} hinge k hole s Axis

Claims (2)

A cap body that discharges the contents in the container through the inlet side opening, the outlet path, and the outlet side opening. The cap body is fixedly held on the mouth and neck of the container, and is detachably held on the cap body. A container pouring cap with a lid body,
On the cap body, the flow from the inside of the container to the pouring path of the pouring cylinder is opened by sliding downward, allowing the contents to flow, while the upward sliding from inside the container. An inner plug is disposed to block the flow path to the dispensing path of the dispensing cylinder and disable the flow of contents. The inner plug is poured from the container at the same time as the lid is closed. all SANYO to block the flow path leading to the dispensing path of the output cylinder,
The inner plug is slidably suspended through a partition wall that covers the inlet opening of the dispensing cylinder leaving a communication hole for allowing the contents in the container to pass through, and a top plate of the cap body. The communication hole of the partition wall is opened by the slide, so that the contents can be distributed to the dispensing cylinder. However, the communication hole of the partition wall is closed by sliding upward to the dispensing cylinder. With a shut-off pin that blocks the distribution of the contents of
The top plate of the cap body is provided with an operation piece that is swingably linked to the rear end portion of the shut-off pin and that slides the shut-off pin up and down by inducing its rotation.
The operation piece is pivotable about a pivot, and is bent by a middle foot provided on the lid when the lid is closed to slide the shut-off pin upward. A container pouring cap comprising a piece . 2. The container pouring cap according to claim 1 , wherein the lid is pivotally connected to the cap body via a hinge.

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