JP6548978B2 - Roll-on container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a roll-on container provided with a roll-on type applicator at the mouth of the container body, and in particular, two methods of application by roll-on (that is, application by application balls) and application by dripping from discharge holes. It is something that is going to be possible.

  Conventionally, as a roll-on container of this type, for example, the one described in Patent Document 1 is known. In Patent Document 1, the applicator includes an application ball, a holding wall which extends along the application ball and holds the application ball in a rollable manner, and an opening of the container body formed on the holding wall. And a communicating hole communicating with the part. And, with such an applicator, application on roll-on is enabled.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2012-232776

However, in a conventional roll-on container as described in Patent Document 1, the contents are dropped onto a separately prepared applicator and applied onto a surface to be coated, or directly onto a surface to be coated and applied. I could not.
The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned present situation, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a roll-on container which can be used in two ways, coating by roll-on and coating by dropping from a discharge hole.

That is, the gist configuration of the present invention is as follows.
1. In a roll-on container comprising a roll-on applicator at the mouth of the container body,
The applicator includes an application ball, a holding wall extending along the application ball to rollably hold the application ball, and a mouth of the container body formed at the bottom of the holding wall. A bottom communication hole communicating with the lower surface of the holding wall, and an uneven portion provided on the upper portion of the holding wall to form a gap between the holding wall and the application ball;
The roll-on container includes an overcap having a mounting cylinder which can be directly or indirectly detachably attached to the mouth of the container body, a top wall connected to an upper portion of the mounting cylinder, and a discharge hole penetrating the top wall. ,
A roll-on container characterized in that the contents of the container body can be discharged from the discharge hole through the bottom portion communication hole and the gap by squeezing the body portion in the mounted state of the overcap.

2. The bottom surface of the top wall of the overcap has a surrounding wall closely contacting the upper end edge of the holding wall in the mounted state of the overcap and extending along the coating ball.
The roll-on container according to the above 1, wherein a top communication hole communicating with the discharge hole is formed at the top of the surrounding wall.

3. The roll-on container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the overcap includes a discharge cylinder which stands up from the ceiling wall and forms the discharge hole inside, and a lid which can open and close the discharge cylinder.

4. 3. The roll-on container according to 3, wherein the lid is rotatably connected integrally with the upper portion of the mounting cylinder via a hinge.

5. The roll-on container according to any one of 1 to 4, further comprising a check valve capable of opening and closing an opening of the container body.

  According to the present invention, the application on the roll-on by the application ball is possible by removing the overcap. On the other hand, when the overcap is attached, the contents of the container body are squeezed by squeezing the body of the container body. From the discharge hole of the overcap through the bottom communicating hole of the holding wall that holds the application ball in a rollable manner and the gap between the holding wall formed by the uneven portion on the upper part of the holding wall and the application ball It can be discharged.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a roll-on container which can be used in two ways, coating on a roll-on and coating by dropping from a discharge hole.

It is a partial cross section side view which shows the roll-on container which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention in the mounting state of an overcap. It is a side view which shows the roll-on container of FIG. 1 in the mounting | wearing state of an overcap, Comprising: (a) shows the state which closed the cover, (b) shows the state which opened the cover. The roll-on container of FIG. 1 is shown in the removal state of an over cap, (a) is a side view, (b) is a partial cross section side view. It is a partial cross section side view which shows the modification of the roll-on container of FIG. 1 in the mounting state of an over cap.

Hereinafter, the roll-on container 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be exemplified and described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
In the present specification, the vertical direction means the direction along the central axis O of the opening 22 of the container main body 20, and the upper side is the side on which the coating ball 43 is located with respect to the opening 22 (FIG. Upper) and lower means the opposite side.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the roll-on container 1 according to the present embodiment includes a container main body 20, a check valve member 30, an applicator 40, and an overcap 50. Further, in the present embodiment, the applicator 40 is configured by the support member 41, the holding member 42, and the application ball 43. Furthermore, the overcap 50 is composed of a cap body 51 and a surrounding member 52.

  The container main body 20 includes a body 21 for containing contents and a mouth 22 connected to the body 21. As the contents, liquid or creamy perfume, cosmetics, medicines and the like are suitable. The body 21 is configured to be squeezable. In addition, although the container main body 20 is carrying out tube shape by this embodiment, other shapes, such as a bottle shape, can also be taken.

  The mouth 22 of the container body 20 has a cylindrical shape centered on the axis O in this embodiment. A partition 24 having a through hole 23 at the center is formed in the lower part of the mouth 22. On the upper surface of the partition wall 24 is provided a valve seat 25 which surrounds the through hole 23 and which is a seating surface on which the valve body 31 of the check valve member 30 can be seated.

  A cylindrical cylindrical body 32 of the check valve member 30 is fitted on the inner peripheral side of the port 22. An inward facing flange 33 is connected to a lower portion of the cylindrical body 32, and a disc-like valve body 31 is integrally connected to an inner peripheral edge of the inward facing flange 33 via a single connection piece. . Thus, in the present embodiment, the check valve capable of opening and closing the opening 22 is configured by the valve body 31 of the check valve member 30 and the valve seat 25 provided in the partition 24 of the opening 22. .

  Further, a support member 41 of the applicator 40 is attached to the mouth 22. More specifically, an annular locking projection 26 is formed at the lower part of the outer peripheral surface of the opening 22, and the lower part of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical outer cylinder wall 41 a of the support member 41 is locked. An annular locking projection 41 b is formed to be locked to the lower surface of the projection 26. Further, a plurality of vertical ribs 27 are formed on the upper portion of the locking projection 26 on the outer peripheral surface of the opening 22, and a plurality of vertical ribs 41 c formed on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder wall 41 a of the support member 41. The engagement of the plurality of longitudinal ribs 27 prevents rotation of the support member 41.

  An annular connecting wall 41d extending toward the inner circumferential side is integrally connected to the vertical middle portion of the outer cylindrical wall 41a. The lower surface of the annular connection wall 41 d is in contact with the upper end surface of the opening 22. A fitting cylinder 41 e fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 32 of the check valve member 30 is vertically provided on the inner peripheral edge of the annular connection wall 41 d. In addition, an annular inner cylindrical wall 41f is provided upright on the annular connection wall 41d to form an annular groove between the annular connecting wall 41d and the upper portion of the outer cylindrical wall 41a.

  In an annular groove formed between the upper portion of the outer cylinder wall 41a and the inner cylinder wall 41f, an annular insertion cylinder 42a of the holding member 42 is fitted. At the upper end of the insertion tube 42a, a holding wall 42b extending along the spherical application ball 43 and holding the application ball 43 in a freely rolling manner is integrally connected. The bottom of the holding wall 42b is in contact with the upper end surface of the upper portion of the outer cylinder wall 41a and the upper end surface of the inner cylinder wall 41f.

  A bottom communication hole 42c communicating with the opening 22 of the container body 20 is formed at the bottom of the holding wall 42b. An annular projection 42d having an annular shape is formed on the upper surface of the bottom of the holding wall 42b. On the upper portion of the holding wall 42b, an uneven portion 42e that forms a gap between the holding wall 42b and the application ball 43 is provided. In the present embodiment, the concavo-convex portion 42e is configured as a plurality of grooves (not shown) arranged at equal intervals around the axis O, and each groove extends in the vertical direction. In addition, it may replace with such a groove part, and you may comprise the uneven part 42e as several protrusion, for example. The application ball 43 is movable between an upper end position in contact with the upper portion of the holding wall 42b and a lower end position in contact with the annular protrusion 42d.

  The overcap 50 can be attached to and removed from the mouth 22 of the container body 20 indirectly via the support member 40. More specifically, the cap body 51 of the overcap 50 is provided with a cylindrical mounting cylinder 51 a, and the female screw 51 b provided on the inner peripheral surface of the mounting cylinder 51 a is used for the outer cylinder wall 41 a of the support member 41. The over cap 50 is attached to the opening 22 by screwing on an external thread 41 g provided on the outer peripheral surface. The overcap 50 is not limited to screwing, but may be detachably attached to the mouth 22 by, for example, fitting with an undercut.

  The top wall 51 c is continuous with the upper portion of the mounting cylinder 51 a of the cap main body 51. In the top wall 51c, a discharge hole 51d penetrating the top wall 51c is formed. The discharge hole 51d is formed by the inner peripheral surface of the discharge cylinder 51e which stands up from the top wall 51c. The surrounding member 52 is attached to the bottom of the top wall 51c. The surrounding member 52 includes a surrounding wall 52 a closely contacting the upper end edge of the holding wall 42 b in the mounted state of the overcap 50 and extending along the application ball 43. The outer peripheral edge of the surrounding wall 52 a is engaged with an annular mounting protrusion 51 f protruding on the upper surface of the inner peripheral surface of the mounting cylinder 51 a of the cap main body 51. Is held by Further, an annular sealing protrusion 52b closely contacting the upper end edge of the holding wall 42b is provided on the bottom of the surrounding wall 52a.

  A top communicating hole 52c communicating with the discharge hole 51d is formed at the top of the surrounding wall 52a. The top communication hole 52c is formed by the inner peripheral surface of the communication cylinder 52d which stands up from the top of the surrounding wall 52a. The communication cylinder 52 d is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the discharge cylinder 51 e of the cap main body 51. Further, on the upper surface of the surrounding wall 52a, a plurality of vertical ribs 52e for positioning that abut on the bottom surface of the top wall 51c of the cap main body 51 around the communication cylinder 52d are provided upright.

  The cap body 51 includes a lid 51g capable of opening and closing the discharge cylinder 51e. The lid 51g is rotatably connected integrally with the upper portion of the mounting cylinder 51a via a hinge 51h. The lid 51g may be configured to be detachable from the cap main body 51 by a screw or the like. An open / close cylinder 51i fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the discharge cylinder 51e is provided vertically on the top wall of the lid 51g.

  According to this configuration, the content is discharged from the discharge hole 51d by opening the lid 51g as shown in FIG. 2 (b) in a state where the over cap 50 is mounted as shown in FIG. 2 (a) It becomes possible. That is, when the roll-on container 1 is in the inclining posture and the body portion 21 is squeezed, the check valve by the valve body 31 (see FIG. 1) and the valve seat 25 is opened, and the coating ball 43 is separated from the annular projection 42d and the holding wall The content of the container main body 20 passes through the bottom communication hole 42c of the holding wall 42b and also passes through the gap between the holding wall 42b formed by the uneven portion 42e and the application ball 43. , Dripped from the discharge hole 51 d of the overcap 50. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, when the overcap 50 is removed, the roll-on container 1 can be placed in a tilted posture, and application by roll-on with the application ball 43 can be performed. That is, the contents are applied to the surface to be applied by appropriately squeezing the body portion 21 of the container main body 20 and sending the contents to the application ball 43 while pressing the application ball 43 against the surface to be applied and rolling it. be able to.

  As described above, in the roll-on container 1 including the roll-on type applicator 40 at the mouth 22 of the container main body 20, the applicator 40 includes the application ball 43 and the application ball 43. A holding wall 42b extending along 43 and rollingly holding the coating ball 43, and a bottom communication hole 42c formed at the bottom of the holding wall 42b and communicating with the opening 22 of the container body 20. And the uneven portion 42e provided on the upper portion of the holding wall 42b and forming a gap between the holding wall 42b and the application ball 43, and the roll-on container 1 is indirectly attached to the opening 22 of the container main body 20. An overcap 50 having a removable mounting tube 51a, a top wall 51c connected to an upper portion of the mounting tube 51a, and a discharge hole 51d penetrating the top wall 51c; By squeezing the 21, it has a configuration that it is possible discharged from the discharge hole 51d through bottom communication hole 42c and the gap of the contents of the container body 20.

  Therefore, according to the roll-on container 1 according to the present embodiment, as described above, two ways of application, that is, application by roll-on and application by dropping from the discharge hole 51 d, become possible.

  Further, the roll-on container 1 according to the present embodiment is in close contact with the upper end edge of the holding wall 42b in the mounted state of the overcap 50 and extends along the application ball 43 on the bottom of the top wall 51c of the overcap 50. A surrounding wall 52a is provided, and a top communicating hole 52c communicating with the discharge hole 51d is formed on the top of the surrounding wall 52a. Therefore, according to the roll-on container 1 which concerns on this embodiment, the content can be smoothly discharged from the discharge hole 51d by easy structure.

  Further, in the roll-on container 1 according to the present embodiment, the overcap 50 stands up from the top wall 51c and forms the discharge hole 51d inside, and a lid 51g capable of opening and closing the discharge tube 51e. It is configured to be equipped. Therefore, according to the roll-on container 1 which concerns on this embodiment, the hygienic state of the applicator 40 can be maintained favorable by obstruct | occluding the discharge pipe | tube 51e with the lid 51g.

  Further, in the roll-on container 1 according to the present embodiment, the lid 51g is rotatably connected integrally with the upper portion of the mounting cylinder 51a via the hinge 51h. Therefore, according to the roll-on container 1 according to the present embodiment, the discharge cylinder 51e can be opened and closed by a simple operation of rotating the lid 51g via the hinge 51h, and the increase in the number of parts can be suppressed. Can.

  Furthermore, the roll-on container 1 which concerns on this embodiment is comprised so that the non-return valve (the valve body 31 and the valve seat 25) which can open and close the opening 22 of the container main body 20 can be provided. Therefore, according to the roll-on container 1 which concerns on this embodiment, the quality of the contents can be kept favorable.

  The foregoing merely shows one embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. For example, although the check valve member 30 has been described as including the valve body 31 configured as a single point valve connected to the lower portion of the cylindrical body 32 via a single connection piece, the valve body 31 may Instead of the point valve, for example, it may be configured as a three-point valve using three connection pieces. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4, the valve body 31 may be omitted from the check valve member 30. Furthermore, the check valve member 30 itself may be omitted. Also, the support member 41 may be omitted. Further, the holding member 42 of the applicator 40 may be directly fitted to the opening 22 of the container main body 20. Further, the overcap 50 may be directly attached to the opening 22 of the container body 20. That is, the mounting tube 51 a of the overcap 50 may be directly fitted (for example, screwed) to the opening 22.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roll-on container 20 container body 21 body part 22 opening 23 through hole 24 partition wall 25 valve seat 26 locking projection 27 vertical rib 30 check valve member 31 valve body 32 cylindrical body 33 inward flange 40 applicator 41 support member 41a outside Cylinder wall 41b Locking projection 41c Vertical rib 41d Ring connection wall 41e Fitting cylinder 41f Inner cylinder wall 41g Male thread 42 Holding member 42a Insertion cylinder 42b Holding wall 42c Bottom communicating hole 42d Annular projection 42e Irregular portion 43 Coating ball 50 Overcap 51 cap body 51a mounting cylinder 51b female screw 51c top wall 51d discharge hole 51e discharge cylinder 51f mounting projection 51g lid 51h hinge 51i opening and closing cylinder 52 enclosure member 52a enclosure wall 52b sealing projection 52c top communicating hole 52d communication cylinder 52e vertical rib O axis

Claims (4)

In a roll-on container comprising a roll-on applicator at the mouth of the container body,
The applicator includes an application ball, a holding wall extending along the application ball to rollably hold the application ball, and a mouth of the container body formed at the bottom of the holding wall. A bottom communication hole communicating with the lower surface of the holding wall, and an uneven portion provided on the upper portion of the holding wall to form a gap between the holding wall and the application ball;
The roll-on container includes an overcap having a mounting cylinder which can be directly or indirectly detachably attached to the mouth of the container body, a top wall connected to an upper portion of the mounting cylinder, and a discharge hole penetrating the top wall. ,
The bottom surface of the top wall of the overcap has a surrounding wall closely contacting the upper end edge of the holding wall in the mounted state of the overcap and extending along the coating ball.
A top communication hole communicating with the discharge hole is formed at the top of the surrounding wall,
A roll-on container characterized in that the contents of the container body having passed through the bottom communication hole and the gap can be discharged from the discharge hole by squeezing the body in a state where the overcap is attached. The overcap, the comprises a discharge tube which forms the discharge hole on the inside with rising from the ceiling wall, and said discharge exit tube to be opened and closed lid body roll container according to claim 1. The roll-on container according to claim 2 , wherein the lid is rotatably connected integrally with the upper portion of the mounting cylinder via a hinge. The roll-on container according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising a check valve capable of opening and closing an opening of the container body.

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