JP6504563B2 - Pouring nozzle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pouring nozzle used by being attached to the tip of a head nozzle such as a pump type container, for example.

  In general, a pump-type container as a dispensing container is a pump provided in the container main body by injecting the content liquid inside the container main body and pressing the head portion provided at the upper end of the container main body. It is configured to pour out the content liquid sucked up by the unit from the head nozzle.

  When developing these products, for example, a design of a character of a TV animation, a love toy, an animal, etc. is printed on the side of the container body, or such a character as shown in Patent Document 1 for example. A method has been used in which a head cover imitating the head is worn to refine the design taste and to attract the purchaser's interest.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2004-268997

  However, even if the design and head cover described above are motivations at the time of purchase, they do not continuously stimulate the user's intellectual curiosity at the time of use, and they will soon get bored. There was a problem that.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by making it possible to visually recognize the flow of the content liquid from the outside, it stimulates the user's intellectual curiosity at the time of use and doubles the fun The task is to create a pouring nozzle that makes it possible.

Among means for solving the above problems, the main means of the present invention is
A base portion having a bottom wall portion and a peripheral wall portion provided around the bottom wall portion, a transparent or semitransparent lid body assembled to the peripheral wall portion and fitting the base portion, and a lid body A dispensing nozzle having a predetermined character to be visually recognized;
The base part includes a connecting part that is directly or indirectly connected to the tip of the head nozzle on the container body side, a nozzle part that ejects the content liquid to the outside, and a predetermined distance from the peripheral wall part. An inner wall portion extending along the peripheral wall portion while having a flow path disposed between the inner wall portion and the peripheral wall portion and in communication with the connecting portion, and between the flow path and the nozzle portion A liquid reservoir portion is provided which is disposed at a position facing the character and which temporarily stores the content fluid flowing in from the flow path, and the base portion is colored in a color other than the color of the content fluid. , And the character and the outer peripheral part of the character are characterized by being colored in the same color as the base part.

  In the main means of the present invention, filling the liquid reservoir with foamy content can achieve that the character appears to be floating.

  Further, according to another means of the present invention, according to the main means of the present invention, a flat bottom wall portion is formed at a half height position in the height direction of the peripheral wall portion and opposed to each other across the bottom wall portion. An inner wall portion and a flow path are formed on both the front and back sides, and a structure in which the front and back sides of the bottom wall portion are fitted with a lid is added.

  According to the above-mentioned means, it is possible to visually recognize the rise of the character on both the front and back sides of the pouring nozzle.

  Further, according to another means of the present invention, the edge of the bottom wall is made to face the diversion part on the injection path side, and the other edge of the bottom wall is made to face the confluence part on the pouring path side. And the configuration of

  With the above means, it is possible to achieve equal distribution of the content liquid on both the front and back sides of the pouring nozzle, and by combining the divided content liquids, it is possible to cause the content liquid to be poured out from one pouring nozzle. Can be achieved.

  According to another means of the present invention, in any of the means described above, the character is formed of a cartridge having a plurality of convex pieces and a connecting wall connecting them, and is removable in the base portion. Is added.

  With the above means, it is possible to achieve an increase in variation of the character and exchange for a favorite character.

  Further, another means of the present invention is that any of the above means is provided with a configuration in which a defect wall portion for connecting the flow path and the liquid reservoir portion is provided in the inner wall portion.

  With the above means, it is possible to achieve the return of a part of the content liquid accumulated in the liquid reservoir into the flow path.

  According to the dispensing nozzle of the present invention, it is possible to visually recognize the appearance of the content fluid flowing in the dispensing nozzle together with the character that appears to be floating, thereby stimulating the user's intellectual curiosity at the time of use. , Can double the fun.

It is a side view which shows the state which attached the pouring nozzle to the container main body as 1st Example of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of a pouring nozzle. It is a fragmentary sectional view of a pouring nozzle in the state where a lid was removed, and a head nozzle by the side of a container main part. It is a perspective view which shows 2nd Example of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a pouring nozzle is mounted on a container body as a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the pouring nozzle, and FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view of and the head nozzle by the side of a container body.
In the following description, the direction in which the head portion 2 on the container body 1 side is pressed is downward, the direction opposite to this is upward, and the direction in which the nozzle portion 14 is provided to the base portion 10 is forward The direction opposite to this is referred to as the rear, and the direction in which the bottom wall portion 11 has a thickness is described as the height direction.

First, the configuration of the pouring nozzle will be described.
The dispensing nozzle A shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is used by being assembled at the tip of a head nozzle 3 extending from a head portion 2 provided on the upper side of the container main body 1 side filled with the content liquid L, for example. It is. The head unit 2 may be a push-in type in which the content liquid is poured out from the head nozzle 3 by pushing itself downward as shown below, or the content liquid may be the head nozzle 3 by gripping the lever. It may be a lever type poured out from the

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the pouring nozzle A has a base portion 10 made of a synthetic resin in which a peripheral wall 12 is provided around a substantially elliptical flat bottom wall 11, and an end of the peripheral wall 12 And a lid 20 on which the base 10 is fitted.
At a position below the peripheral wall portion 12 constituting the base portion 10, a connecting portion 13 connected to the tip of the head nozzle 3 on the container main body 1 side is provided. An injection passage 13 a is formed inside the connection portion 13, and the end of the injection passage 13 a is a flow dividing portion 13 b which is formed in the peripheral wall 12. The injection path 13a is in communication with a flow path 16 provided on both the front and back sides of the bottom wall portion 11 described later via the flow dividing portion 13b.

  Further, at a front position of the peripheral wall portion 12, a nozzle portion 14 which protrudes the content liquid L to the outside is formed. A pouring passage 14 a is formed in the inside of the nozzle portion 14, and the starting end of the pouring passage 14 a is an outflow passage 14 a formed in the peripheral wall 12. These communicate with liquid reservoirs 17 provided on both the front and back sides of the bottom wall 11 described later via the merging portion 14b.

Here, the bottom wall portion 11 is provided at a half height position of the peripheral wall portion 12, and the front side and the back side of the bottom wall portion 11 opposed to each other with the bottom wall portion 11 interposed therebetween have the same configuration.
That is, on the bottom wall portions 11 on both the front and back sides of the bottom wall portion 11, inner wall portions 15 having a substantially J shape are respectively provided. One end of the inner wall portion 15 is provided at a position near the upper portion of the flow dividing portion 13b, and the other end of the inner wall portion 15 extends obliquely upward along the peripheral wall 12 while having a predetermined distance from the peripheral wall 12 It is done. And between the inner wall part 15 and the surrounding wall part 12, the flow path 16 of substantially J-shaped fine groove shape is provided, respectively. Further, liquid reservoirs 17 for temporarily storing the content liquid L are provided at positions ahead of the end 16a of the flow path 16, and these liquid reservoirs 17 are directly connected to the junction 14b. There is.

  The bottom wall portion 11 is arranged such that its edge divides each width in the height direction of the branch portion 13b which is the end of the injection path 13a and the junction portion 14b which is the start end of the pouring path 14a. As a result, the flow dividing portion 13 b can equally divide the content liquid L flowing from the injection path 13 a to the flow path 16 provided on both the front and back sides of the bottom wall portion 11. In addition, the merging portion 14b can pour out the liquid L flowing from the liquid storage portion 17 provided on both the front and back sides of the bottom wall portion 11 to the pouring passage 14a from one nozzle portion 14 ing.

The lid 20 is formed of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin, various materials such as glass, and has a decorative top plate 21 and a fitting rib 22 formed in a substantially C-shaped wall on the inside thereof It is configured. The decorative top plate 21 is decorated with a predetermined character (in the present embodiment, a pattern of a panda) 23 drawn by printing or the like, and it is possible to stimulate the purchaser's willingness to purchase.
It is possible to fit the front and back sides of the base portion 10 by assembling and fitting the fitting ribs 22 of the lid 20 to the peripheral wall portions 12 of the base portion 10 provided on both the front and back sides. It has become. Then, by visually observing the pouring nozzle A as shown in FIG. 1, it is possible to visually recognize the pattern of the character 23 and the inside of the pouring nozzle A together.

Here, the bottom wall portion 11 and the peripheral wall portion 12 constituting the base portion 10 can be formed of various materials such as moldable resin, and the color possessed by the content liquid L from the viewpoint of the visibility of the decorative pattern It is preferable to use a color other than white and more preferably a color other than the color possessed by the content liquid L. More specifically, when bottom wall 11 and peripheral wall 12 are colored in black or navy blue, for example, when liquid reservoir 17 is filled with foamy content L, It is possible to make the pattern easy to see.
In particular, the peripheral portion of the pattern except the character 23 on the decorative top 21 is colored in the same color as the base portion 10, and the character on the decorative top 21 is colored in the same color as the base 10 (Panda in this embodiment (Ears, eyes, nose, hands and feet) of the pattern, when the liquid reservoir 17 is filled with the foamy content L, the character 23 appears to float from the foamy background color and is visible It is preferable at the point which can make sex more remarkable.

For example, the character 23 is printed in the same color as the base portion 10 on the inner surface of the decorative top 21 on the lid 20 side, and the outer edge 24 of the character 23 on the inner surface of the decorative top 21 is not printed. It is possible to leave the transparent top 21 itself as a transparent or semi-transparent state and further print the entire peripheral portion 25 outside the transparent or semi-transparent edge portion 24 in the same color as the base portion 10 it can.
The color arrangement for the decorative top plate 21 may be a method other than direct printing on the inner surface of the decorative top plate 21. For example, at the time of forming the lid 20, the character 23 and the peripheral portion 25 may be Color arrangement may be achieved by inserting the printed film on the inner surface of the decorative top plate 21.

Next, how to use the pouring nozzle will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the pouring nozzle A in which the lids 20 are assembled on both sides of the base portion 10 is attached to the tip of the head nozzle 3 of the head portion 2 on the container main body 1 side via a joint 30. .
The joint 30 is a tubular member having a connecting portion at both ends, and one connecting end 31 is inserted into the tip of the head nozzle 3 and the other connecting end 32 is inserted into the injection path 13a on the pouring nozzle A side. Thus, it is possible to connect the injection path 13a of the pouring nozzle A and the tip of the head nozzle 3 of the head portion 2 on the container body 1 side.

  When the head part 2 in a state where the pouring nozzle A is attached to the tip of the head nozzle 3 is operated by pressing or pulling the lever, the content liquid L is contained in the container body 1 via a pipe not shown. The solution is sucked from the chamber and foamed by a foam member, and then poured out as a foam-like content liquid L into the pouring nozzle A through the head nozzle 3 and the joint 30, and furthermore, bubbles are also blown from the nozzle portion 14 of the pouring nozzle A Content liquid L will be dispensed.

At this time, the foam-like content liquid L reaches the inside of the pouring nozzle A through the injection path 13a of the connecting portion 13, and is divided into two parts in the flow dividing portion 13b and poured out into the flow paths 16 provided on both the front and back sides. Be Further, the foam-like content liquid L is guided along the substantially J-shaped narrow groove-like channel 16 and ascends, and the liquid reservoir 17 below the end 16a (upper end of the inner wall 15) of the channel 16 The water is poured out toward the lower part of the reservoir 17 and temporarily stored in the reservoir 17. Thereby, the foam-like content liquid L can be sufficiently spread to every corner in the liquid reservoir 17, and in particular, the back of the character 23 disposed on the decorative top plate 21 can be filled with the foam. . Then, when the inside of the liquid reservoir 17 is filled with the foam-like content liquid L, the foam-like content liquid L is pushed out toward the front nozzle section 14 and is foamy stored in the liquid reservoirs 17 on both front and back The liquid contents L merge at the merging portion 14b and are poured out from the tip of the nozzle portion 14 through the pouring path 14a.
As described above, by forming the inner wall 15 along the peripheral wall 12 on the bottom wall 11 and arranging the flow path 16, the inside of the pouring nozzle A can be sufficiently filled with the foam-like content liquid L. It becomes possible.

Then, the appearance of the foam-like content liquid L moving in the liquid reservoir 17 of the pouring nozzle A by peeping the inside of the pouring nozzle A through the decorative top plate 21 formed transparent or translucent at the time of use Can be observed visually.
In this configuration, when the inside of the liquid reservoir 17 is not filled with the foam-like content liquid L, the liquid reservoir 17, the character 23 of the inner surface of the decorative top plate 21, the rim 24 made of transparent or translucent and the peripheral portion Since all 25 appear black or navy blue, the character 23 itself does not stand out. However, when the inside of the liquid reservoir 17 is filled with the foam-like content liquid L, the white foam-like content liquid L can be seen from the transparent or semi-transparent rim 24. The character 23 located inside of is floated and visually recognized.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a defective wall portion 18 may be formed in a part of the inner wall portion 15 so as to connect the flow path 16 and the liquid reservoir portion 17. In this configuration, a part of the foam-like content liquid L accumulated in the liquid reservoir 17 can be returned to the flow path 16 via the defective wall 18, so that the content liquid L can be poured out efficiently. be able to.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
In the first embodiment, the case where the characters 23 are printed on the front and back lids 20 is described. However, as shown in the second embodiment below, the characters 23 are embedded in the bottom wall portion 11 of the base portion 10. The cartridge 23A imitating the above may be detachably fitted. The other configurations and effects are the same as those of the first embodiment.

Specifically, a character (in the present embodiment, a pattern of a panda) 23 has a plurality of convex pieces 23a forming parts such as ears, eyes, nose, hands and feet, and outlines of faces and torso and the like of the characters 23. And an outer frame 23c to be set in the base portion 10 in a state where the convex pieces 23a and the contour wall 23b are connected. The surfaces of a plurality of convex pieces 23a forming parts such as ears, eyes, nose, hands and feet, and the surfaces of a plurality of contoured walls 23b forming outlines of faces, trunks and so on are colored in the same color as base part 10. It is done.
Further, the inner region 25b of the lid 20 located inside the inner edge 25a on the inner surface side of the decorative top plate 21 facing the character 23 is left as a transparent or semi-transparent state of the decorative top plate 21 itself, rather than the inner edge 25a. The outer peripheral portion 25 is colored in the same color as the base portion 10.

In the configuration shown in the second embodiment, when the outer frame 23c of the cartridge 23A is fitted into the liquid reservoir 17, the surfaces of the plurality of convex pieces 23a and the contour wall 23b constituting the character 23 are on the inner surface of the decorative top plate 21. It is arranged in a state of being in contact with it, and the foam-like content liquid L can pass between the back surface of the convex piece 23a and the contour wall 23b and the bottom wall portion 11 opposed thereto. That is, the foam-like content liquid L can be freely moved in the liquid reservoir 17 having the cartridge 23A imitating the character 23 by moving under the plurality of convex pieces 23a and the contour wall 23b. ing.
In addition, when the pouring nozzle A in a state in which the surfaces of the plurality of convex pieces 23a and the contour wall 23b constituting the character 23 are in contact with the inner area 25b of the inner surface of the decorative top 21 from the outside of the lid 20, Between the outer side of the convex piece 23a and the contour wall 23b and the inner side of the inner edge 25a, an edge (not shown) made of transparent or semi-transparent as described above is formed.

  Also in this configuration, when the inside of the liquid reservoir 17 is not filled with the foam-like content liquid L, the liquid reservoir 17, the character 23 constituting the cartridge 23A, and the decorative top plate 21 are made of transparent or translucent. Since the inner area 25b and the peripheral portion 25 all appear black or navy blue, the character 23 itself does not stand out. However, when the inside of the liquid reservoir 17 is filled with the foam-like content liquid L, the transparent or semi-transparent edge formed between the convex piece 23a and the contour wall 23b and the inner edge 25a is white as described above Since the foam-like content liquid L can be seen, the character 23 disposed in the inner area 25 b is floated up and visually recognized.

  Further, in the configuration shown in the second embodiment, various kinds of characters 23 can be easily set in the base portion 10 by converting them into cartridges 23A, and variations can be easily increased by changing the design of the characters 23. It becomes possible. Therefore, by replacing with the cartridge 23A having the favorite character 23, it is possible to further stimulate the user's intellectual curiosity at the time of use and to further double the fun.

  As mentioned above, although the structure of this invention and its effect were demonstrated along said each Example, embodiment of this invention is not limited to the said Example.

  For example, in each of the above embodiments, the lid 20 is provided on each of the front and back surfaces of the base portion 10, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the lid 20 is provided on only one side. It is good also as composition.

  Moreover, although the example which drew the same character in the lid 20 of front and back was shown and demonstrated in said each Example, this invention is not limited to this, The character drawn on the lid 20 is the front and back of the lid 20 May be different. Since such a lid 20 is replaceable, it is possible to further increase the purchaser's willingness to purchase by increasing the variation as the pouring nozzle A by using the lids 20 of various characters. It becomes.

  In each of the above embodiments, the joint 30 is used to indirectly connect the injection path 13a of the pouring nozzle A and the tip of the head nozzle 3 of the head unit 2 on the container body 1 side. The joint 30 may be integrally formed in the injection passage 13a of the pouring nozzle A, and the injection passage 13a of the pouring nozzle A and the tip of the head nozzle 3 may be directly connected. Furthermore, the base portion 10 of the pouring nozzle A may be integrally formed at the end of the head nozzle 3.

  In each of the above embodiments, the case of the foam liquid is shown as the state of the contents liquid L, but the state of the contents liquid L is not limited to the foam.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The pouring nozzle according to the present invention can expand the application development in the field of the nozzle that doubles the interest at the time of pouring and enhances the added value in a wider area.

1: container body 2: head part 3: head nozzle 10: base part 11: bottom wall part 12: peripheral wall part 13: connection part 13 a: injection path 13 b: diversion part 14: nozzle part 14 a: injection part 14 b: joint part 15 : Inner wall 16: Flow path 16a: End of flow path 17: Liquid reservoir 18: Defective wall 20: Lid 21: Decorative top plate 22: Mating rib 23: Character 23A: Cartridge 23a: Convex piece 23b: Contour wall 23c: Outer frame 24: Edge 25: Peripheral 25a: Inner edge 25b: Inner region 30: Joint 31: One connecting end 32: Other connecting end A: Dispensing nozzle L: Content fluid

Claims (5)

A base portion (10) including a bottom wall portion (11) and a peripheral wall portion (12) provided around the bottom wall portion (11); and the base portion (12) assembled to the peripheral wall portion (12) 10) A pouring nozzle comprising a transparent or translucent lid (20) and a predetermined character (23) visually recognized through the lid (20). ,
With the base portion (10), the connection portion (13) directly or indirectly connected to the tip of the head nozzle (3) on the container body (1) side, and the content liquid (L) directed to the outside A nozzle portion (14) for pouring out, an inner wall portion (15) extending along the peripheral wall portion (12) with a predetermined distance from the peripheral wall portion (12), and the inner wall portion (15) And a flow path (16) disposed between the wall and the peripheral wall portion (12) and in communication with the connection portion (13), and between the flow path (16) and the nozzle portion (14) A liquid reservoir (17) disposed at a position facing the character (23) and temporarily storing the content liquid (L) flowing from the flow path (16); The base (10) is colored in a color except the color of the content liquid (L), and the character (23) Pouring nozzle, characterized in that the peripheral portion of the outer (25) and color by the base portion (10) and similar colors fine said character (23).   A flat bottom wall portion (11) is formed at a half height position of the peripheral wall portion (12) in the height direction, and on both sides of the bottom wall portion (11) opposite to sandwich the bottom wall portion (11) The pouring nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the inner wall (15) and the flow path (16) are formed, and the front and back sides of the bottom wall (11) are fitted with a lid (20).   The edge of the bottom wall (11) is opposed to the diversion portion (13b) on the injection passage (13a) side, and the other edge of the bottom wall (11) is a junction (14b) on the injection passage (14a) The pouring nozzle according to claim 2, which is made to face.   The character (23) is formed of a cartridge (23A) comprising a plurality of convex pieces (23a), a plurality of contoured walls (23b) and an outer frame (23c), and is removable in the base portion (10) The pouring nozzle according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The pouring nozzle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the inner wall (15) is provided with a defective wall (18) connecting between the flow path (16) and the liquid reservoir (17). .