JP6497067B2 - Hinge cap and container with hinge cap attached - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a hinge cap attached to a container for containing a liquid and a container to which the hinge cap is attached.

  Traditionally, in restaurants, containers that contain various dressings and seasoning liquids to be applied to ingredients such as salads are arranged on counters and tables where customers sit, and customers can freely select their favorite dressing and seasoning liquids. There are many stores that adopt forms. And in such a store, regarding the container for putting the dressing, seasoning liquid, etc., a container that is easy to handle is adopted so that a favorite dressing can be easily poured out.

  For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, a cap body integrally provided with a nozzle that protrudes upward and protrudes is attached to the mouth and neck portion of the container body, and is formed in a strip shape extending from the base portion of the cap body. A container has been proposed in which a small top cap is provided at the end of a flexible connecting body that can be bent, and the top cap can be put on the tip end of the nozzle.

  Furthermore, there are many hinge caps that are provided with a spout on the top surface of the cap body and that covers the entire top surface of the cap body so as to be pivotably connected to the cap body via a hinge. (See Patent Document 2). And when pouring out the stored liquid from the container to which this hinge cap is attached, the cap body is made to jump up in the direction of opening the lid while hanging the thumb of the hand on the portion of the lid opposite to the hinge. In order to close the spout, the lid can be folded down, and the cap can be opened and closed easily.

Utility Model Registration No. 3116898 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 05-024552

  However, since it is easy to open the lid in a container with a hinge cap attached, it is often handled by flipping up the lid of the hinge cap with the thumb of a hand holding the shoulder of the container. When opening the lid, there is a problem that the finger slides from the lid and touches the spout portion of the cap body, which makes the spout portion unsanitary.

  Specifically, as shown in Patent Document 2 above, in the lid of the hinge cap, from the lower part of the side wall on the side opposite to the hinge, as a finger-hanging part toward the outside in the radial direction of the lid The tongue piece is protruding. When opening the lid, put the belly of a fingertip such as the thumb around the periphery including the tongue, that is, from the lower part of the side wall of the lid to the upper part of the cylindrical part of the cap body. The lid is opened by applying a force to the upper side of the hinge obliquely upward.

  The lid itself rotates in the opening direction. However, since the force continues to be applied obliquely upward to the fingertip, the tongue of the lid is moved during the movement of the fingertip rotating and moving together with the lid. It will come off the piece and hit the spout portion, which will make the spout portion unsanitary.

  In addition, the dressing and seasoning liquid are not limited to those provided at the above restaurants, but are generally highly viscous. The hinge cap has a structure that has a discharge guide wall that is inclined upward and outwards so that the drainage is good even when a highly viscous liquid is poured out. However, the present situation is that liquid remains easily at the spout portion on the side opposite to the hinge. In such a hinge cap, when the fingertip hits the spout part by jumping up the lid with only the above-mentioned finger, the remaining dressing or seasoning liquid attaches to the fingertip and soils the fingertip There was also a problem.

  Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, in the hinge cap in which the lid body is connected to the cap body via the hinge, when the lid body is operated to open upward, the finger that operates the lid body in the opening direction is provided on the cap body. An object of the present invention is to provide a hinge cap which is intended to prevent contact with the spout portion, and is capable of rotating the lid opening with a finger supported with a simple structure. Objective.

(Invention of Claim 1)
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and is connected to a cap body (4) having a spout (10) on the top surface (5) , and the cap body (4) via a hinge (6). And a hinge cap (3) comprising a lid (7) that covers the top surface (5) of the cap body (4) so as to be openable and closable, and the hinge (6) in the radial direction of the lid (7) In the hinge cap (3) provided with finger hooking means (15) for hooking a finger when rotating the lid (7) in the opening direction at the opposite hinge side position on the opposite side,
The finger hooking means (15) is formed from a plate-like body (14) projecting outward on the side of the anti-hinge side position of the top plate (12) of the lid (7),
Wherein the finger hook means (15), the boundary height of the lid from the outer edge (7) lid from closer portion to the side member (7) and the cap body (4) of the plate-like body (14) the lower to the height position have drooping, anti hinge side position (13) and the anti-hinge side position (13) and the lid relative the side wall of the cap body (4) in the side wall of the cover body (7) A finger rest wall (17) for receiving a finger at the time of opening operation is integrally provided,
The finger rest wall (17), with intervening space (19), counter-hinge-side position of the side wall of the cap body (4) between the counter-hinge-side position (13) in the side wall of the cap body (4) (13) is provided in a non-contact state, and the finger rest wall (17) is separated from the anti-hinge side position (13) on the side wall of the lid (7). The lid deformation absorbing portion (20) that makes the anti-hinge side position (13) on the side wall of the lid (7) that spreads and deforms during opening operation non-contact with the finger rest wall (17) includes the finger rest wall (17) and Formed from a space (19) between the side (13) opposite to the hinge (13) on the side wall of the lid (7),
The space (19) between the finger rest wall (17) and the anti-hinge side position (13) on the side wall of the cap body (4) is continuous below the lid deformation absorbing portion (20). A hinge cap characterized by the above is provided to solve the above problems.

(Invention of Claim 2 )
In the present invention, it is preferable that the plane cross section of the finger rest wall (17) is provided in a curved shape that is convex outward.

(Invention of Claim 3 )
Moreover, another invention is a container (1) with which the said hinge cap (3) is attached to the mouth neck part , and it follows the cover body radial direction of the said plate-shaped body (14) in a hinge cap (3). The length of the overhang in the above direction is such that the plate-like body (14) does not exceed the position (a) corresponding to the position of the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the container body (2) when viewed from above. The outer end edge (16) of the plate-like body (14) has a length that is close to a position corresponding to the position of the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the container body (2). It is a container and this container is provided and the said subject is eliminated.

(Effect of the invention of claim 1)
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the finger resting wall has a certain length in the height direction of the cap even when the finger is placed on the lid side and opened. The receiving surface is widened, and by receiving the fingertip on the wide surface of the finger rest wall, the force when the fingertip itself is stably operated to open the lid is easily applied to the lid, and thus the lid is opened. There is an advantage that it becomes easy.

  In addition, since the finger rest wall has a certain length in the height direction of the cap, the lid body must be moved in the opening direction with the finger tip attached to the finger rest wall. Therefore, the finger rest wall is between the finger and the spout and the fingertip is prevented from coming into contact with the spout of the cap body, and the spout can be kept hygienic. Moreover, even if the liquid residue has arisen in the part of a spout, it can prevent that the accommodated liquid remaining in the liquid adheres to a finger | toe.

  In general, in a container with a hinge cap attached, when the stored liquid is poured out, a part of the stored liquid travels outside the spout and reaches the anti-hinge side position on the top surface of the cap body. In many cases, it remains, and when the lid is closed with momentum, the stored liquid splashes and scatters, resulting in the problem of soiling clothes and the counter surface on which the containers are arranged.

  On the other hand, in the invention of claim 1, the finger hooking means includes a finger resting wall opposite to the position opposite to the hinge of the lid and the position opposite to the hinge of the cap body, so that when the lid is closed Even if the stored liquid splatters, it is blocked by the finger rest wall, and can be prevented from adhering to clothes or the counter surface on which the container is placed.

Further, the deformation absorbing portion is configured such that the finger resting wall is spaced apart from the position on the side opposite to the hinge of the lid, and the position on the side opposite to the hinge of the lid that deforms and expands when the lid is opened is not in contact with the finger resting wall. Is provided as a space between the finger resting wall and the position opposite to the hinge on the lid, and the fingertip pushes the position on the side opposite to the hinge on the lid when operating in the opening direction with the finger placed on the lid. Therefore, deformation in the diameter expanding direction when the lid is opened is not hindered, and the lid can be easily opened without increasing the resistance.

(Effect of the invention of claim 2 )
According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the flat cross section of the finger rest wall is provided in a curved shape that protrudes outward, it is scattered from the position opposite to the hinge when the lid is closed. Even if the splashes collide with the finger rest wall, the possibility that the splash is splashed outward from the finger rest wall is reduced, and the surrounding dirt due to the splash of the splash can be more reliably prevented.

(Effect of the invention of claim 3 )
According to the invention of claim 3 , even if the operation of opening the lid with the finger of the hand holding the container is performed, the finger does not touch the portion of the spout, and the portion where the finger is hung is wide and sure. The container can be operated to open the lid.

The Example of the container which attached the hinge cap which concerns on this invention is shown, (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the state seen from upper direction, (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the state seen from the front side. The Example of the hinge cap which concerns on this invention is shown, (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the cover body was closed, (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the cover body was opened. It is explanatory drawing which shows the closed state of the hinge cap in an Example in a cross section. It is explanatory drawing which shows the cross-section at the time of the opening of the hinge cap in an Example similarly. It is explanatory drawing shown in the state which looked at the time of opening of the hinge cap in an Example similarly from the upper direction.

  Next, the present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiment shown in FIGS. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a bottle-type container for storing a viscous liquid such as dressing or seasoning liquid. The container 1 has a mouth and neck connected to the mouth through a shoulder as shown in FIG. The container body 2 is continuous with the body having a larger diameter than the neck, and the hinge cap 3 is placed on the mouth and neck of the container body 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hinge cap 3 is connected to a cap body 4 that covers the mouth and neck portion and a part on the top surface 5 side of the cap body 4 via a hinge 6. The cap body 4 and the lid body 7 are integrally formed in the form via the hinge 6 with a synthetic resin material, for example.

(Cap body)
The cap body 4 is provided with a cylindrical body portion 8 integrally with an outer peripheral portion of the top surface 5. On the top surface 5 of the cap body 4, a locking annular portion 9 that is stepped is disposed at a position along the outer periphery. (See Figs. 3-5)

  In addition, a spout 10 is opened in the center of the top surface 5 and is tapered upward in order to arrange the direction in which the stored liquid is poured out from the periphery of the spout 10 to improve the liquid drainage. An inclined discharge guide plate 11 is opened. The portion on the hinge side in the discharge guide plate 11 surrounding the spout 10 is shaped like a paragraph and has a lower height than the other portions of the discharge guide plate 11.

(Lid)
In the lid 7, as shown in FIG. 3, the outer side in the radial direction of the lid from the side of the anti-hinge side position 13 on the top plate 12 of the lid 7 opposite to the hinge 6. The plate-like body 14 is projected toward the direction, and the plate-like body 14 forms a finger hooking means 15 for hooking a finger when the lid body 7 is rotated in the opening direction. The finger hooking means 15 is integrally provided with a finger rest wall 17 extending downward from the lower surface of the portion of the plate-like body 14 that is closer to the lid than the outer edge 16.

  As shown in the drawing, the length of the plate-like body 14 in the direction along the lid radial direction is the outer peripheral surface of the trunk of the container body 2 when the container 1 is viewed from above. The length is set so that the outer edge 16 does not exceed the position a corresponding to the position of the outer peripheral surface of the body part and is close to the position corresponding to the position of the outer peripheral surface of the body part.

  As described above, the finger rest wall 17 is continuous with the portion where the upper portion is closer to the lid body 7 than the outer edge 16 of the finger hooking means 15 (plate-like body 14). Up to a height position below the boundary height position 18 with the main body 4, and in this embodiment, the height position does not fall below the lower height position of the cap main body 4 and reaches the lower height position of the cap main body 4. It is designed to be in a suspended state.

  Since the lid body 7 does not normally have a tall shape, the operation of applying a fingertip to open the lid body 7 of the container 1 is performed on the outer edge 16 side of the finger hooking means 15. The fingertip is aligned with the height position corresponding to the side portion of the lid body 7 and the belly of the fingertip is also at the boundary height position 18 between the lid body 7 and the cap body 4. It is common to become compatible.

  That is, since the finger rest wall 17 is extended to a height position below the boundary height position 18, the belly of the fingertip applied to the finger hooking means 15 as described above is surely provided on the finger rest wall 17. The outer surface receives and supports it. Further, since the finger rest wall 17 is extended to the height position below the cap body 4, the fingertip when performing the lid opening operation can be more reliably applied to the finger rest wall 17.

As shown in FIG. 4, the finger rest wall 17 is in a state (when the lid is closed) facing the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the lid body 7 and the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the cap body 4. In addition, a space 19 is interposed between the side wall 13 of the lid body 7 and the anti-hinge side position 13, and the space 19 is also interposed between the side wall 13 of the cap body 4 and the anti-hinge side position 13. The finger rest wall 17 is provided so as to be in a non-contact state with respect to the lid 7 and the anti-hinge side position 13 of the cap body 4.

As described above, in the hinge cap 3 of the present embodiment, the finger-like means 15 is provided by projecting the plate-like body 14 outward from the top plate 12 of the lid body 7, and the finger-hanging means 15 is provided downward from the finger-hanging means 15. The contact wall 17 is extended. Therefore, when rotated in a direction to open the lid 7 while applying a fingertip are in the outer edge 16 side and the finger rest wall 17 of a plate-shaped member 14 in the finger hook section 15, the finger rest wall 17 also of course hinge It will rotate (opening direction) about the position of 6.

Then, a fingertip and between spout 10 of the cap body 4, in particular because the finger rest wall 17 is present between the discharge guide plate 11, the finger rest wall without touching the guide plate 11 fingertips out exhaust In this state, the vehicle is guided so as to draw a path of the arc in a state where it is on board. Therefore, the spout 10 and the discharge guide plate 11 around it are kept clean.

Further, since the finger resting wall 17 is opposed to the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the lid body 7 and the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the cap body 4, temporarily the hinge on the top surface 5 of the cap body 4 is Even if a part of the stored liquid adheres to the opposite side as a residue and the stored liquid splatters when the lid 7 is closed, the finger rest wall 17 prevents splattering outward. become.

As described above, the finger rest wall 17 is spaced apart from the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the cap body 4 with the space 19 interposed therebetween, and the finger hinge wall 17 is separated from the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the lid body 7. In the present hinge cap 1, the space 19 between the finger rest wall 17 and the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the lid body 7 is separated from the lid deformation absorbing portion 20. As prepared.

(Cover deformation absorption part)
In the present hinge cap 3, in order to stably maintain the closed state of the lid body 7, that is, to prevent the closed lid body 7 from being lifted in the opening direction inadvertently. 4 is provided on the inner peripheral edge of the lower end of the lid body 7 so as to be detachably latched with the above-mentioned latching annular section 9, and when the lid body 7 is closed, the locking annular portion on the cap body 4 side is provided. The portion 9 and the receiving annular portion 21 on the lid 7 side are engaged with each other.

When the lid body 7 is rotated in the opening direction, the receiving annular portion 21 at the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the lid body 7 spreads in the diameter increasing direction when it is disengaged from the locking annular portion 9 on the cap body 4 side. This deformation extends to the entire periphery of the lower end of the lid 7 as well as the portion at the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the lid 7. Then, lid deformation absorbers 20 are provided between the anti-hinge side position 13 in the side walls of the finger rest wall 17 and the lid 7, the anti-hinge side position of the side wall of the cover 7 when the lid opening operations 13 Even if it is spread and deformed in the radial direction so that the diameter of the cover expands, the deformation is absorbed by the lid deformation absorbing portion 20, and the spread deformation of the diameter method when the lid 7 is closed is also this lid deformation absorbing portion 20. Absorbs. In FIG. 3, the deformation is indicated by a virtual line b.

Thus, even if the lower end portion of the lid body 7 that expands and deforms in the radial direction and the finger rest wall 17 are opposed to each other, the lid body deformation absorbing portion 20 is disposed between them so as to be in non-contact. Therefore, the expansion and deformation of the lid 7 can be freely performed when the lid 7 is opened and closed. Of course, when the fingertip is applied to the finger resting wall 17 and the lid body 7 is operated to open, the anti-hinge side position 13 on the side wall of the lid body 7 to be deformed is not pushed with the fingertip. Operation can be performed in the opening direction without hindering deformation in the diameter-expanding direction of the lid 7 when opening.

The finger rest wall 17 is provided in a curved shape with a flat cross section projecting outward. Thus, the anti-hinge side position 13 parts and spattered splashes finger rest walls by colliding with portions of the anti-hinge side position 13 in the side wall of the cap body 4 17 in the side wall of the lid 7 when closed the cover 7 Even if they collide with each other, the possibility that splashes are bounced outward from the finger rest wall 17 can be reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container 2 ... Container main body 3 ... Hinge cap 4 ... Cap main body 5 ... Top surface 6 ... Hinge 7 ... Cover body 8 ... Main body trunk | drum 9 ... Locking annular part 10 ... Outlet 11 ... Discharge guide plate 12 ... Top plate 13 ... Position opposite to the hinge 14 ... Plate-like body 15 ... Finger hooking means 16 ... Outer edge 17 ... Finger rest wall 18 ... Boundary height position 19 ... Space 20 ... Lid deformation absorbing portion 21 ... Receiving annular portion

Claims (3)

A cap body (4) having a spout (10) on the top surface (5) , and the cap body (4) connected to the cap body (4) via a hinge (6 ) to open and close the top surface (5) of the cap body (4). a lid can cover (7) hinged cap consisting a (3), the counter-hinge-side position is opposite to the hinge (6) in the radial direction of the lid (7), the lid ( 7) In the hinge cap (3) provided with finger hooking means (15) for hooking a finger when rotating the opening direction in the opening direction,
The finger hooking means (15) is formed from a plate-like body (14) projecting outward on the side of the anti-hinge side position of the top plate (12) of the lid (7),
Wherein the finger hook means (15), the boundary height of the lid from the outer edge (7) lid from closer portion to the side member (7) and the cap body (4) of the plate-like body (14) the lower to the height position have drooping, anti hinge side position (13) and the anti-hinge side position (13) and the lid relative the side wall of the cap body (4) in the side wall of the cover body (7) A finger rest wall (17) for receiving a finger at the time of opening operation is integrally provided,
The finger rest wall (17), with intervening space (19), counter-hinge-side position of the side wall of the cap body (4) between the counter-hinge-side position (13) in the side wall of the cap body (4) (13) is provided in a non-contact state, and the finger rest wall (17) is separated from the anti-hinge side position (13) on the side wall of the lid (7). The lid deformation absorbing portion (20) that makes the anti-hinge side position (13) on the side wall of the lid (7) that spreads and deforms during opening operation non-contact with the finger rest wall (17) includes the finger rest wall (17) and Formed from a space (19) between the side (13) opposite to the hinge (13) on the side wall of the lid (7),
The space (19) between the finger rest wall (17) and the anti-hinge side position (13) on the side wall of the cap body (4) is continuous below the lid deformation absorbing portion (20). A hinge cap characterized by. The hinge cap according to claim 1 , wherein a flat cross section of the finger rest wall (17) is provided in a curved shape that is convex outward. The hinge cap according to any one of claims 1 or 2 (3) of a container (1) which is attached to the neck, the lid of the plate-like member in the hinge cap (3) (14) The length of the overhang in the direction along the radial direction is such that the plate-like body (14) exceeds the position (a) corresponding to the position of the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the container body (2) when viewed from above. The length is such that the outer edge (16) of the plate-like body (14) is close to the position corresponding to the position of the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the container body (2). A container characterized by.

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