JP6987669B2 - Discharge container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a discharge container.

A container body having a tubular mouth and a body that partitions a storage space for viscous contents for skin application (for example, cosmetics such as hand cream or external skin preparations), and attached to the mouth. Discharge containers with caps are known. Such a discharge container cap usually includes a nozzle portion for discharging the contents from a single discharge port, as described in, for example, Patent Document 1.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-158448

However, when a conventional discharge container as described in Patent Document 1 is used, the contents discharged from the nozzle portion are concentrated and adhered to one place on the skin, so that it may be difficult to spread thinly.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a discharge container capable of adhering the contents to the skin so that the contents can be easily spread.

The discharge container according to one aspect of the present invention is
A container body having a tubular mouth portion, a body portion connected to the mouth portion and a body portion for partitioning a storage space for viscous contents for skin application, and a container body.
With a cap attached to the mouth
The cap has an annular tip surface that is disposed so as to face the skin and has a nozzle portion that partitions a flow path communicating with the accommodation space.
The nozzle portion is composed of a two-stage cylindrical peripheral wall in which the lower portion of the inner peripheral surface is reduced in diameter when the direction from the body portion to the mouth portion is upward along the central axis of the mouth portion. , The tip surface of the nozzle portion is configured by the tip surface of the peripheral wall.
When the tip surface of the nozzle portion is pressed against the skin, three or more ejection ports for ejecting the contents in the radial direction along the skin are formed between the nozzle portion and the skin.
The entire tip surface of the nozzle portion has a wavy shape in which the height in the direction toward the skin changes smoothly over the outer circumference of the nozzle portion.

In the discharge container according to the present invention, when the cap has the nozzle portion as the first nozzle portion, the flow path communicating with the accommodation space is partitioned and the contents are discharged from a single discharge port. It may have two nozzles.

The discharge container according to the present invention is
The cap
A base attached to the mouth portion and having the second nozzle portion,
An inner lid that is rotatably connected to the base via a first hinge, opens and closes the second nozzle portion, and has the first nozzle portion.
An outer lid that is rotatably connected to the inner lid via a second hinge and that opens and closes the first nozzle portion may be provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a discharge container capable of adhering the contents to the skin so that the contents can be easily spread.

It is a partial cross-sectional side view which shows the discharge container which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a partial cross-sectional side view which shows the use state of the discharge container shown in FIG. (A) is a top view of the nozzle portion shown in FIG. 1. (B) is a plan view showing the shape of the contents attached to the skin by the ejection from the nozzle portion shown in FIG. 1. It is a partial cross-sectional side view which shows the discharge container which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the discharge container shown in FIG. It is a partial cross-sectional side view which shows the use state by the 1st nozzle part of the discharge container shown in FIG. It is a partial cross-sectional side view which shows the use state by the 2nd nozzle part of the discharge container shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the discharge container according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the discharge container 1A according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be 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 mouth portion 2a of the container body 2. Further, the upper direction means the direction from the body portion 2b of the container body 2 toward the mouth portion 2a (for example, the upper direction in FIG. 1), and the lower direction means the opposite direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, the discharge container 1A according to the present embodiment includes a container main body 2 having a mouth portion 2a and a body portion 2b connected to the mouth portion 2a, and a cap 3 attached to the mouth portion 2a. There is. In the present embodiment, the container body 2 has a tubular shape in which the end portion (lower end) of the body portion 2b has a flat shape and is closed. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the discharge container 1A is configured as a tube container. However, the container body 2 is not limited to such a tube-shaped one, and may be, for example, a bottle-shaped one in which the end portion (lower end) of the body portion 2b is not flat.

In the present embodiment, the mouth portion 2a has a cylindrical shape centered on the central axis O. However, the mouth portion 2a may have a tubular shape other than the cylindrical shape. A male screw portion 4 for attaching the cap 3 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 2a. Further, at the lower end of the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 2a, a positioning engaging portion 5 that defines the mounting position of the cap 3 by engaging with the positioning piece 12 provided on the cap 3 is provided. Further, the male threaded portion 4 is provided with an engaging convex portion (not shown) that engages with the engaging rib 9 provided in the female threaded portion 7 of the cap 3. However, the cap 3 may be configured to be attached to the mouth portion 2a via fitting due to the uneven shape instead of such screwing.

The body portion 2b has a larger diameter than the mouth portion 2a and extends in a long shape along the central axis O of the mouth portion 2a, and its lower end forms a flat shape and is closed. Further, the body portion 2b defines a storage space S for the viscous content C (see FIG. 2) for skin application. The content C may be, for example, a cosmetic such as a hand cream or an external skin preparation. The body portion 2b can be contracted and deformed so as to reduce the volume of the accommodation space S by receiving a pressing operation from the outside. The shape of the body portion 2b can be changed as appropriate. The container body 2 may be made of, for example, a synthetic resin, and may be composed of a single member or a plurality of members.

In the present embodiment, the cap 3 is attached to the mouth portion 2a and is rotatably connected to the cap body 3a having the nozzle portion 6 via a hinge 3b and a lid for opening and closing the nozzle portion 6. It is equipped with 3c. The cap body 3a has a mounting cylinder 8 having a female threaded portion 7 screwed with the male threaded portion 4 of the mouth portion 2a. The female thread portion 7 is provided with an engaging rib 9. The upper end of the mounting cylinder 8 is connected to the ring plate-shaped top wall 10 which is in close contact with the upper end of the mouth portion 2a. A cylindrical outer peripheral wall 11 hangs down from the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 10. A positioning piece 12 is provided between the outer peripheral wall 11 and the mounting cylinder 8. A nozzle portion 6 is connected to the inner peripheral edge of the top wall 10.

The lid 3c is from the upper wall 13 facing away from the top wall 10 in the closed state, the tubular outer wall 14 hanging from the outer peripheral edge of the upper wall 13 in the closed state, and from the upper wall 13 in the closed state. It has a sealing cylinder 15 that hangs down and comes into close contact with the outer periphery of the nozzle portion 6. A knob 16 for opening and closing the lid 3c is provided at a portion of the outer wall 14 located at the upper end of the opposite portion of the hinge 3b in the closed state. Although the lid 3c is connected to the cap main body 3a by the hinge 3b in the present embodiment, the lid 3c may be detachably provided on the cap main body 3a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the nozzle portion 6 has an annular tip surface 6a arranged so as to face the skin X (for example, the back of the hand or the palm of the hand) in the opened state of the lid 3c, and also has a storage space S. It is configured to partition the flow path R communicating with. Further, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 is configured to form a plurality of discharge ports 17 for discharging the contents C in the direction along the skin X between the skin X and the skin X by being pressed against the skin X. There is. In the present embodiment, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 is configured to form six discharge ports 17, but the number of discharge ports 17 may be two or more and can be increased or decreased as appropriate. However, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 is configured to form three or more discharge ports 17 for discharging the contents C in the radial direction between the skin X and the skin X by being pressed against the skin X. Is preferable.

The size of the plurality of discharge ports 17 changes according to the pressing force against the skin X. That is, in FIG. 2, although the tip surface 6a is in contact with the skin X but does not sink into the skin X, the tip surface 6a sinks into the skin X according to the magnitude of the pressing force due to the further application of the pressing force. It will be crowded. The size of the plurality of discharge ports 17 becomes smaller so that the tip surface 6a sinks into the skin X.

The tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 has an uneven shape in which the height in the direction toward the skin X changes over the outer periphery of the nozzle portion 6. More specifically, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 has a wave shape in which the height in the direction toward the skin X smoothly changes over the outer periphery of the nozzle portion 6. Since the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 has a wavy shape, the sizes of the plurality of discharge ports 17 can be easily changed according to the pressing force against the skin X. Further, since the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 has a wavy shape, there is no acute-angled portion pressed against the skin X, so that no pain is felt. However, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 may have an uneven shape other than the wavy shape.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 is formed on a plurality of first portions 18 intermittently arranged over the outer periphery of the nozzle portion 6 and on the outer periphery of the nozzle portion 6. It has a first portion 18 and a plurality of second portions 19 arranged alternately. Each of the plurality of first portions 18 includes a portion having the highest first height in the direction toward the skin X. Each of the plurality of second portions 19 includes a portion having the lowest second height in the direction toward the skin X. The tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 further has a plurality of transition portions 20 that connect the first portion 18 and the second portion 19 that are adjacent to each other over the outer periphery of the nozzle portion 6. However, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 is not limited to a shape composed of a plurality of first portions 18, a plurality of second portions 19, and a plurality of transition portions 20. For example, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 may have a concave-convex shape other than the concave-convex shape composed of the plurality of first portions 18, the plurality of second portions 19, and the plurality of transition portions 20. Further, the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 may have a wave shape other than the wave shape composed of the plurality of first portions 18, the plurality of second portions 19, and the plurality of transition portions 20. In FIGS. 1 to 3A, only a part of the plurality of first portions 18, the plurality of second portions 19, and the plurality of transition portions 20 are designated with reference numerals.

In the present embodiment, the nozzle portion 6 is composed of a two-stage cylindrical peripheral wall 6b whose lower portion has a reduced diameter, and the upper surface of the peripheral wall 6b constitutes the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6. However, the shape of the nozzle portion 6 is not limited to such a two-stage cylindrical shape.

According to the discharge container 1A according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the contents C are pressed from the plurality of discharge ports 17 by pressing the nozzle portion 6 vertically against the skin X and pressing the container body 2. Since it can be discharged in a plurality of directions along the skin X, the content C attached to the skin X can be easily spread. Further, according to the discharge container 1A according to the present embodiment, the content C can be discharged in the radial direction, so that the content C is formed into a petal-shaped pattern as shown in FIG. 3 (b). It can be attached to the skin X, and an appearance effect can be obtained. Further, by adjusting the pressing force of the tip surface 6a of the nozzle portion 6 against the skin X, the sizes of the plurality of ejection ports 17 are changed, and the amount of the content C to be adhered to the skin X is easily adjusted. You can also.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7, the discharge container 1B according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, in the discharge container 1B according to the present embodiment, the cap 21 has a second nozzle portion 6'in addition to the first nozzle portion 6'having the same configuration as the nozzle portion 6 in the first embodiment. It has a configuration different from that of the first embodiment in that it has a nozzle portion 22, and has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment in other respects.

In the present embodiment, the cap 21 is rotatably connected to the base 21a, the inner lid 21c rotatably connected to the base 21a via the first hinge 21b, and the inner lid 21c via the second hinge 21d. It is provided with a connected outer lid 21e. The base 21a is attached to the mouth portion 2a of the container main body 2 and has a second nozzle portion 22. The inner lid 21c has a first nozzle portion 6'. Further, the inner lid 21c is configured to open and close the second nozzle portion 22. The outer lid 21e is configured to open and close the first nozzle portion 6'.

The base 21a has the same configuration as the cap body 3a except that the nozzle portion 6 is replaced with the second nozzle portion 22 as compared with the cap body 3a of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the second nozzle portion 22 partitions the flow path R2 communicating with the accommodation space S and discharges the content C from a single discharge port 23 in the opened state of the inner lid 21c. It is configured in. As described above, the discharge container 1B can be discharged normally as before by opening the inner lid 21c.

The inner lid 21c faces the top wall 10 of the base 21a at a distance from the top wall 10 in the closed state of the inner lid 21c, and has the middle top wall 24 having the first nozzle portion 6'and the middle ceiling in the closed state of the inner lid 21c. It has a tubular inner / outer wall 25 that hangs down from the outer peripheral edge of the wall 24. The first nozzle portion 6'has a tip surface 6a and a peripheral wall 6b configured in the same manner as in the case of the first embodiment. The tip surface 6a and the peripheral wall 6b of the first nozzle portion 6'can be variously changed as in the case of the first embodiment. The first nozzle portion 6'has a stem 6c that hangs down from the peripheral wall 6b in the closed state of the inner lid 21c and is in close contact with the inner circumference of the second nozzle portion 22. Although the stem 6c has a cylindrical shape in the present embodiment, it may have a tubular shape other than the cylindrical shape. The first nozzle portion 6'is configured to partition the flow path R1 (see FIG. 6) communicating with the accommodation space S by the peripheral wall 6b and the stem 6c. A knob 26 for opening and closing the inner lid 21c is provided at a portion of the inner outer wall 25 located near the lower end of the opposite portion of the first hinge 21b in the closed state of the inner lid 21c. Although the inner lid 21c is connected to the base 21a by the first hinge 21b in the present embodiment, it may be detachably provided on the base 21a.

The outer lid 21e has an upper wall 13'that faces away from the inner top wall 24 in the closed state of the inner lid 21c and the outer lid 21e, and an upper wall 13'in the closed state of the inner lid 21c and the outer lid 21e. A tubular outer wall 14'that hangs down from the outer peripheral edge and a sealing cylinder 15' that hangs down from the upper wall 13'when the inner lid 21c and the outer lid 21e are closed and adheres to the outer periphery of the nozzle portion 6'. Have. In the closed state of the inner lid 21c and the outer lid 21e, a knob 16'for opening and closing the outer lid 21e is provided at a portion located at the upper end of the opposite portion of the second hinge 21d on the outer wall 14'. Although the outer lid 21e is connected to the inner lid 21c by the second hinge 21d in the present embodiment, it may be detachably provided on the inner lid 21c. Engagement on the upper surface of the upper wall 13'in the closed state of the inner lid 21c and the outer lid 21e to maintain the open state of the outer lid 21e by engaging with the knob 26 of the inner lid 21c (see FIG. 6). A groove 27 is provided.

According to the discharge container 1B according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the inner lid 21c is in the closed state and the outer lid 21e is in the open state, as in the case of the first embodiment. Since the content C can be discharged in a plurality of directions along the skin X by the plurality of discharge ports 17, the content C attached to the skin X can be easily spread. Further, other effects are the same as in the case of the first embodiment.

It goes without saying that the above-described embodiment is merely an example of the embodiment of the present invention and can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the invention.

1A, 1B Discharge container 2 Container body 2a Mouth part 2b Body part 3 Cap 3a Cap body 3b Hinge 3c Lid 4 Male thread part 5 Positioning engagement part 6, 6'Nozzle part 6a Tip surface 6b Peripheral wall 6c Stem 7 Female thread part 8 Mounting cylinder 9 Engagement rib 10 Top wall 11 Outer wall 12 Positioning piece 13, 13'Upper wall 14, 14'Outer wall 15, 15' Sealing cylinder 16, 16' Picking 17 Discharge port 18 1st part 19 2nd part 20 Transition part 21 Cap 21a Base 21b 1st hinge 21c Inner lid 21d 2nd hinge 21e Outer lid 22 2nd nozzle 23 Discharge port 24 Middle ceiling wall 25 Middle outer wall 26 Picking 27 Engagement groove O Center axis C Contents S Storage space X Skin R, R1, R2 flow path

Claims (3)

A container body having a tubular mouth portion, a body portion connected to the mouth portion and a body portion for partitioning a storage space for viscous contents for skin application, and a container body.
With a cap attached to the mouth
The cap has an annular tip surface that is disposed so as to face the skin and has a nozzle portion that partitions a flow path communicating with the accommodation space.
The nozzle portion is composed of a two-stage cylindrical peripheral wall in which the lower portion of the inner peripheral surface is reduced in diameter when the direction from the body portion to the mouth portion is upward along the central axis of the mouth portion. , The tip surface of the nozzle portion is configured by the tip surface of the peripheral wall.
When the tip surface of the nozzle portion is pressed against the skin, three or more ejection ports for ejecting the contents in the radial direction along the skin are formed between the nozzle portion and the skin.
A discharge container in which the entire tip surface of the nozzle portion has a wavy shape in which the height in the direction toward the skin changes smoothly over the outer circumference of the nozzle portion. The cap has a second nozzle portion that partitions a flow path communicating with the accommodation space and discharges the contents from a single discharge port when the nozzle portion is used as the first nozzle portion. The discharge container according to 1. The cap is
A base attached to the mouth portion and having the second nozzle portion,
An inner lid that is rotatably connected to the base via a first hinge, opens and closes the second nozzle portion, and has the first nozzle portion.
It is provided with an outer lid that is rotatably connected to the inner lid via a second hinge and that opens and closes the first nozzle portion.
The discharge container according to claim 2.

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