JP6523008B2 - Container spout - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container spout attached to a container.

  Conventionally, as a container plug mounted on a container containing liquid seasoning or the like, it is connected to a wall having a cutting area separated by a rupturable line, a post extending from the upper surface of the cutting area, and a support A container plug provided with a pull ring supported via a part is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In such a container cap, the user puts a finger on the pull ring and pulls it at the time of opening, and the breakable line is broken to remove the cut-off area, thereby forming the spout on the wall.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2007-230608

  In a container plug as described in Patent Document 1, when a finger is put on the pull ring and pulled up, the finger is inserted in the pull ring so that the back surface of the finger faces the inner circumferential surface of the connecting portion of the pull ring. After that, it is generally performed that the inserted finger is raised with the back of the finger in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the connecting portion as a fulcrum, and the pull ring is pulled up with the finger pad.

  However, when the diameter of the pull ring is small, etc., when the finger is inserted into the pull ring, or when raising the finger with the back side of the finger in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the connecting portion as a fulcrum, In particular, there is a problem that the back side of the user's finger abuts locally and bites into the upper end edge of the connecting portion or the upper end edge of the support, which may cause the user's finger to feel pain.

  Therefore, the present invention solves these problems, and even if the diameter of the pull ring is designed to be small, it is possible to smoothly open the user without making the user feel pain. It is intended to provide a possible container closure.

The present invention comprises a wall portion having a cutout area partitioned by a breakable line, a column extending from the upper surface of the cutout area, and a pull ring supported by the column via a connecting part, the pull ring In the case of a container plug in which the breakable line is broken by pulling a finger on it and the outlet is formed in the wall, the pull ring has a protection piece projecting from its upper end edge, the protection The piece is formed on both sides of the connecting portion and the connecting portion in the circumferential direction of the pull ring, and the protective piece is radially outward from the upper end edge of the pull ring at least at the upper position of the connecting portion. It has a curved inner peripheral surface which is curved in a convex shape toward, at least the upper end side of the protective strip, by being formed to be thinner toward the upper end, to solve the above problems Than is.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the protective piece protruding from the upper end edge of the pull ring is formed on both sides of the connecting portion and the connecting portion of the pull ring in the circumferential direction of the pull ring. Even when the diameter is designed to be small, when the finger is inserted into the pull ring, or when raising the finger with the back side of the finger in contact with the pull ring as a fulcrum, the back side of the user's finger is protected The user can prevent the back of the user's finger from coming into contact with the upper edge of the pull ring, in particular, the upper edge of the connecting portion of the pull ring or the upper edge of the support, It is possible to smoothly open the container plug without feeling pain in the finger.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the protective piece has a curved inner circumferential surface which is convexly curved radially outward from the upper end edge of the pull ring at least at the upper position of the connecting portion. Not only can the back side of the user's finger be securely received by the protection piece, but also when inserting the finger into the pull ring and raising the finger with the back side of the finger in contact with the pull ring as a fulcrum, Since the curved inner circumferential surface can guide the user's finger to a posture in which the ventral side of the finger properly touches the pull ring, the pull ring can be reliably and smoothly caused.
According to the invention of claim 1 , by forming at least the upper end side of the protective piece to be thinner toward the upper end, it is possible to improve the flexibility of at least the upper end side of the protective piece. Therefore, the safety of the user's finger can be further improved.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the protective piece is formed over an angular range of 30 ° or more in the circumferential direction, whereby the finger inserted into the pull ring, or the finger brought into contact with the pull ring When raising the finger with the back side of the finger as the fulcrum, the back side of the user's finger can be reliably received in a plane by the protective piece.

Sectional drawing which shows the stopper for containers which is one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the container port plug as viewed from above. Explanatory drawing shown centering on a pull ring. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the usage condition of the port stopper for containers.

  Hereinafter, a container stopper 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

  The container plug 10 is configured as a synthetic resin hinged cap attached to a container port cylindrical portion of a container (not shown), and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the plug body 30 and the plug An upper lid 40 connected to the main body 30 so as to be able to open and close, a hinge joint 20 for connecting the plug main body 30 and the upper lid 40, and a pull ring 50 connected to the plug main body 30 are integrally formed.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the plug body 30 has a substantially disk-shaped wall portion 31 disposed so as to close the opening of the container port cylindrical portion. Further, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the wall portion 31 has a cutout region 32 divided by the breakable line 32 a and an annular flat plate-like outer peripheral portion 33 formed around the cutout region 32. ing.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the plug body 30 further includes a cylindrical skirt wall 34 depending from the peripheral edge of the outer peripheral portion 33, and a pouring cylindrical portion 36 extending upward from the outer peripheral portion 33. And an annular portion 37 projecting from the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion 33. In addition, the discharge pipe portion 36 on the side of the hinge joint portion 20 is formed to be short in height, and is configured so as not to disturb the turning of the upper lid 40 when the upper lid 40 is closed.

  A main body side locking portion 34a is formed on the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion 33, and an upper lid side locking portion 44 described later is snap-fitted to the main body side locking portion 34a so that the upper lid 40 is closed. maintain. Further, a container engaging portion 34b is formed on the lower inner periphery of the skirt wall 34, and the container side engaging portion on the outer periphery of the container port cylindrical portion is engaged with the container engaging portion 34b. Attach the container spout 10 to the container. Further, the annular portion 37 is inserted into the container port cylinder so that the outer periphery thereof is in close contact with the inner periphery of the container port cylinder.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the upper cover 40 has a disk-shaped top wall 41 and a cylindrical side wall 42 depending from the periphery of the top wall 41. An annular sealing wall 43 is formed on the lower surface of the top wall 41 so as to protrude downward, and in a state in which the upper lid 40 is closed with respect to the plug body 30, the outer periphery of the sealing wall 43 is By bringing it into close contact with the inner peripheral side of the pouring cylindrical portion 36 of the plug body 30, the sealing performance in the closed state can be maintained even after the cutout region 32 is removed from the wall portion 31. An upper lid side locking portion 44 is formed at the lower end of the inner periphery of the side wall 42.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a part of the pull ring 50 in the circumferential direction is connected to the connection portion 51 by a support 60 extending upward from the upper surface of the cutout region. At the time of opening the container plug 10, as shown in FIG. 4, by pulling the pull ring 50 with a finger, the breakable line 32a is broken and the cut area 32 is removed from the wall 31; The spout is formed on the
In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, when the plug main body 30 is viewed in plan from above, the above-described support column 60 is perpendicular to the pivot axis X of the hinge connection portion 20 through the central portion of the hinge connection portion 20. It is formed in the position which intersects with the virtual line L which extends.

At the upper end edge of the pull ring 50, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a protection piece 52 is formed which protrudes upward. The protective piece 52 is formed on both sides of the connecting portion 51 and the connecting portion 51 in the circumferential direction of the pull ring 50 as shown in FIG. 3 (b). Specifically, the protective piece 52 is In the circumferential direction, it is formed over an angle range θ of 30 ° or more, and in consideration of finger protection, an angle range θ of 30 to 180 ° is sufficient.
In addition, the protection piece 52 is formed in line symmetry with the virtual line L described above as a reference, in other words, the same angle range on both sides of the virtual line L (upper and lower sides of the virtual line L in FIG. 3B) It is formed of

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3A, the protective piece 52 has a shape that is curved toward the outer peripheral side toward the upper end side. The protective piece 52 has a curved inner circumferential surface 52 a that is convexly curved radially outward from the upper end edge of the pull ring 50. In the present embodiment, the curved inner circumferential surface 52a is formed over the entire circumferential direction of the protection piece 52, but the curved inner circumferential surface 52a is formed at least at the upper position of the connecting portion 51. Good. Further, at least the upper end side of the protection piece 52 is formed to be thinner toward the upper end.

  As mentioned above, although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various design changes may be made without departing from the present invention described in the claims. It is possible.

For example, in the embodiment described above, the contents of the container are described as being liquid, but a specific aspect of the contents may be powder or the like.
In the embodiment described above, the container plug has been described as a so-called cap attached to the mouth of the bottle, but a specific aspect of the container plug may be attached to the container For example, it may be a so-called spout attached to a container such as a pouch.
In the embodiment described above, the cap portion is configured as a so-called hinged cap in which the cap body and the upper lid are hingedly connected, but a specific aspect of the cap portion can be attached to the container opening cylindrical portion Any type may be used, for example, an aspect in which the cap body and the upper lid are separately screw engaged with each other, an aspect called a so-called pull cap.
In the embodiment described above, the protective piece is described as being formed on both sides of the connecting portion and the connecting portion in the circumferential direction of the pull ring, but the range for forming the protective piece is limited to this. Alternatively, for example, a protective piece may be formed all around the pull ring.
Moreover, although one protection piece was demonstrated as what was formed in the upper end edge of the pull ring in embodiment mentioned above, you may form several protection pieces in the upper end edge of a pull ring.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 10 container spout 20 hinge connection portion 30 spout main body 31 wall portion 32 cutaway region 32a breakable line 33 outer circumferential portion 34 -Skirt wall 34a-Main body side locking part 34b--Container engaging part 36------------------------ta--------------------------------------------------------Main body side locking part 34b · · · · Container engaging part 36 · · · · · · · · The pouring tube part 37 · · · annular part 40 · · · upper lid 41 · · · top wall Side wall 43 · · · Sealing wall portion 44 · · · Upper lid side locking portion 50 · · · Pull ring 51 · · · Connecting portion 52 · · · Protection piece 52a · · · · Curved inner circumferential surface 60 · · · Post

Claims (2)

A wall portion having a cutout area defined by a rupturable line, a column extending from the upper surface of the cutout area, and a pull ring supported on the column via a connecting part, and a finger is hooked on the pull ring In a container plug in which the rupturable line is broken by pulling and the spout is formed in the wall,
The pull ring has a protective piece projecting from its upper end edge,
The protective piece is formed on both sides of the connecting portion and the connecting portion in the circumferential direction of the pull ring .
The protective piece has a curved inner circumferential surface that is convexly curved radially outward from the upper end edge of the pull ring at least at an upper position of the connection portion.
At least the upper end side of the protective piece is formed to be thinner toward the upper end . The container plug according to claim 1 , wherein the protective piece is formed over an angular range of 30 ° or more in the circumferential direction.

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