JP7072372B2 - Scent sample container and scent sample using it - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a scent sample for allowing shoppers to smell the scent of aromatic products such as fabric softeners and shampoos at stores.

In recent years, testers (scent samples) for allowing shoppers to try out the scent of products have been widely installed in the sales floors of products that emit scents such as fabric softeners, shampoos, and fragrances. As such a scent sample, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a hollow plastic container contains a granular fragrance that retains the scent of a product, and a shopper brings his / her nose close to a hole formed in the container. As described in Patent Document 2, the fragrance is stored in a container that can be opened and closed by a cap so that the shopper can open the cap and smell the scent. be.

JP-A-2017-012563 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-021572 (Fig. 6)

In all of the above-mentioned conventional scent samples, the user (shopper) can smell the scent naturally released from the fragrance, so that the user may not be able to fully feel the scent. In such a case, it is conceivable to increase the concentration of the fragrance component contained in the fragrance so that the user can strongly feel the scent. The scents emitted from a plurality of scent samples placed in the sales floor may be mixed with each other, making it difficult to distinguish them. Even if the scent sample described in Patent Document 2 is provided with a cap, the same problem will occur if the user does not properly close the lid after use.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is a scent sample container capable of allowing a user to fully perceive a scent and suppressing the release of an undesired scent. And to provide a scent sample using this.

The scent sample container according to the present invention made to solve the above problems is
a) The fragrance accommodating part for accommodating the fragrance,
b) One end has a tubular air supply tube inserted inside the fragrance accommodating portion, and an elastically deformable hollow deformable portion connected to the other end of the air supply tube, and the inside of the deformable portion. A pump whose space communicates with the air supply tube,
c) The exhaust port provided in the fragrance accommodating part and
It is characterized by having.

The scent sample container according to the present invention is
The fragrance accommodating portion has a main body portion made of a bottomed cylindrical body having an open upper surface and a lid portion attached to the upper portion of the main body portion.
One end of the air supply tube is inserted into the main body through an opening provided in the lid, and the air supply tube is inserted into the main body.
The exhaust port may be provided on the lid portion.

Further, the scent sample container according to the present invention is
The fragrance accommodating portion is configured to be vertically divided into two.
The air supply tube may be sandwiched between one portion and the other portion of the fragrance accommodating portion divided into two parts.

The scent sample according to the present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems is
With any of the above scent sample containers,
An fragrance housed in the fragrance accommodating portion and having a size that does not pass through the exhaust port,
It is characterized by having.

According to the scent sample container according to the present invention and the scent sample using the same, air is blown from the air supply tube to the fragrance in the fragrance storage portion by the user pressing the deformed portion of the pump, whereby the fragrance is blown. The air containing the fragrant component emitted from the exhaust port is ejected to the outside from the exhaust port. This makes it possible to inject a gas containing a high concentration of aroma components only when necessary.

The side view which shows the scent sample which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the scent sample container which constitutes the scent sample, (a) shows the state which assembled the scent sample container, and (b) shows the state which disassembled a scent sample container. The schematic diagram which shows the assembly procedure of the scent sample. The perspective view which shows the scent sample container in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. Exploded view of the scent sample container. The schematic diagram which shows the assembly procedure of the scent sample. A side view showing another example of the pump in the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a scent sample according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a container according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating an assembling procedure of the scent sample. ..

The scent sample according to the present embodiment includes a scent sample container 10 and a granular fragrance 20 contained therein, and the scent sample container 10 further includes an fragrance storage unit 30 and an upper portion thereof. It is equipped with an attached pump 40.

The pump 40 is made of a soft resin and includes a hollow deformed portion 41 and a cylindrical air supply tube 42. The deformed portion 41 includes a mortar-shaped bottom surface 41a protruding downward, a circular upper surface 41b, and a bellows-shaped peripheral surface 41c connecting the bottom surface 41a and the upper surface 41b. The air supply tube 42 extends downward from the center of the bottom surface of the deformed portion 41, and its tip is located near the inner bottom surface of the fragrance accommodating portion 30. The internal space of the air supply tube 42 and the internal space of the deformed portion 41 are always in communication with each other.

The fragrance accommodating portion 30 includes a main body 31 and a lid 32. The main body 31 is a bottomed cylindrical member made of a transparent hard resin, and the lid 32 is a hard resin member that closes an opening provided in the upper part of the main body. A first screw thread 33 is formed on the upper portion of the outer peripheral surface of the main body 31, and a second screw thread 34 corresponding to the first screw thread 33 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the lid 32. There is. A nozzle 38 having a through hole 37 (corresponding to the “exhaust port” in the present invention) that communicates the inside and outside of the lid is provided on the peripheral surface of the lid 32. Further, a mortar-shaped recess 35 corresponding to the shape of the bottom surface of the deformed portion 41 of the pump 40 is formed on the upper surface of the lid 32, and a circular shape for inserting the air supply pipe 42 of the pump 40 is formed in the center of the recess 35. An air supply tube insertion port 36, which is an opening, is provided.

The aromatic substance 20 in the present embodiment is a porous granular body having a diameter of several millimeters (for example, 2 to 4 mm) made of cellulose, ceramic, or the like, in which an aromatic substance is retained. The diameter of the fragrance 20 is larger than the diameter of the through hole 37 of the nozzle 38 so that the fragrance 20 does not spill out from the nozzle 38 of the fragrance accommodating portion 30.

When assembling the scent sample according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a pump 40 is attached to the lid 32 in advance, and the lid 32 is screwed onto the upper part of the main body 31 containing the fragrance 20. .. When attaching the pump 40 to the lid 32, the air supply pipe 42 of the pump 40 is inserted into the air supply pipe insertion port 36 provided on the upper surface of the lid 32 from above, and the bottom surface of the deformed portion 41 is placed on the upper surface of the lid 32. It is fitted into the provided mortar-shaped recess 35 and fixed. At this time, the pump 40 may be fixed to the lid 32 with an adhesive or an adhesive material, or may be fixed to the lid 32 by fitting.

The length of the air supply tube 42 of the pump 40 is set so that the tip (lower end) of the scent sample is located near the inner bottom surface of the main body 31 in the assembled state. Therefore, when the scent sample container is assembled as described above, the tip of the air supply tube 42 is buried in the fragrance 20 (see FIG. 1).

The scent sample assembled as described above is placed in the sales floor of aromatic products such as softeners, fragrances, shampoos, and body soaps. When the shopper (user) picks up this scent sample and operates the pump 40 (that is, when the deformed portion 41 is crushed), the air in the deformed portion 41 is ejected from the tip of the air supply tube 42 and is housed in the main body 31. It is sprayed on the fragrance 20. As a result, the aromatic component contained in the aromatic body 20 is released, and the air containing this aromatic component is ejected from the nozzle 38 to the outside. As described above, since the tip of the air supply tube 42 is located near the bottom of the container, when air is ejected from the tip of the air supply tube 42 as described above, the air heading upward from the bottom into the fragrance accommodating portion 30. A flow of air is formed, whereby the aromatic component can be evenly dissipated from the entire aromatic 20 contained in the aromatic accommodating portion 30. When the user releases the deformed portion 41, the outside air is sucked from the nozzle 38 as the deformed portion 41 that has been crushed is restored, and the inside of the deformed portion 41 is filled with air again.

As described above, according to the scent sample according to the present embodiment, the fragrance component can be effectively released from the fragrance 20 by blowing the air sent from the pump 40 onto the fragrance 20. Therefore, it is not necessary to include a large amount of aroma components in the beads or to increase the opening for releasing the fragrance so that the user can strongly feel the scent. As a result, it is possible to prevent the scent emitted by the scent sample from filling the sales floor and causing discomfort to the shopper, or preventing the scents emitted from the plurality of scent samples from being mixed with each other and becoming indistinguishable.

In the above embodiment, the tip of the air supply tube 42 is located near the inner bottom surface of the fragrance accommodating portion 30, but the tip position of the air supply tube 42 is not limited to this. However, in order to efficiently release the fragrance component from the entire fragrance 20, it is desirable that at least the tip of the air supply tube 42 is located below the center in the height direction of the fragrance accommodating portion 30.

Subsequently, the scent sample according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the scent sample container in the present embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the scent sample container. Further, FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an assembling procedure of the scent sample in the present embodiment.

The scent sample container 50 in the present embodiment is provided with an fragrance accommodating portion 60 and a pump 80 for sending air to the fragrance accommodating portion 60, as in the case of the first embodiment. However, the fragrance accommodating portion 60 is not divided into a main body and a lid, but instead can be divided into two in the vertical direction. The shape of the pump 80 is almost the same as that of the first embodiment.

The fragrance accommodating portion 60 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and has a pump mounting opening (not shown) for fitting the deformed portion 81 of the pump 80 on the upper surface. Further, a nozzle 62 having a through hole 61 (corresponding to the “exhaust port” in the present invention) for communicating the inside and outside of the fragrance accommodating portion 60 is provided on the upper portion of the side surface of the fragrance accommodating portion 60. Further, inside the fragrance accommodating portion 60, three air supply pipe support portions 63 for supporting the air supply pipe 82 of the pump 80 are provided at equal intervals in the height direction. The air supply tube support portion 63 is a plate-shaped member extending in the horizontal direction from the inner peripheral surface of the aromatic storage portion 60, and a circular hole (not shown) for fitting the air supply tube 82 is formed in the center thereof. There is. The area of the air supply tube support portion 63 is smaller than the horizontal cross-sectional area of the fragrance accommodating portion 60 so as not to obstruct the air flow inside the fragrance accommodating portion 60.

The fragrance accommodating portion 60 is configured to be split into two members on a plane including the central axis of the pump mounting opening and the central axis of the through hole 61 of the nozzle 62, and these two members have the plane. It has an almost symmetrical shape when sandwiched. However, two small protrusions 66a and 66b extending in the horizontal direction are provided on the upper part of one member (hereinafter referred to as the first member 64), and the other member (hereinafter referred to as the second member 65) is provided with two small protrusions 66a and 66b. Is provided with two recesses 67a and 67b for fitting the small protrusions 66a and 66b. Further, a semi-circular plate-shaped protrusion 69 protrudes horizontally from the side surface of the bottom plate of the first member 64 (a semi-circular member forming the bottom surface of the fragrance accommodating portion 60; the same applies hereinafter) 68. The bottom plate 70 of the two members 65 is formed with a semicircular recess 71 for fitting the plate-shaped protrusion 69. The air supply tube support portion 63 provided in the fragrance accommodating portion 60 is also divided into a portion 63a on the first member side and a portion 63b on the second member side, respectively, by the plane.

When assembling the scent sample according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the fragrance 90 is housed in the first member 64 laid horizontally, and the portion 63a on the first member side of the air supply tube support portion 63. The air supply pipe 82 of the pump 80 is placed on the air supply pipe 82, and the second member 65 is placed on the air supply pipe 82. At this time, the small protrusions 66a and 66b and the plate-shaped protrusions 69 of the first member 64 are fitted into the recesses 67a and 67b and the semicircular recess 71 of the second member, respectively, so that the first member 64 and the second member 65 are fitted. Fix each other. The pump 80 is fixed to the fragrance accommodating portion 60 by sandwiching the air supply pipe 82 between the portion 63a on the first member side and the portion 63b on the second member side of the air supply pipe support portion 63.

Although the embodiments for carrying out the present invention have been described above with reference to specific examples, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and changes are permitted as appropriate within the scope of the present invention. For example, the pump in the scent sample container according to the present invention is not limited to the one provided with the bellows-shaped deformed portion as described above, but is made of an elastic body, and the user presses the deformed portion to exhaust the exhaust gas. Anything may be used as long as it is performed and intake is performed when the shape is restored after the pressing is released. For example, a pump 100 provided with a smooth bag-shaped deformed portion 101 as shown in FIG. 7 can be used. Further, in the above embodiment, the fragrance accommodating portion has a cylindrical shape, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a square tubular shape may be used.

Further, the fragrance in the scent sample according to the present invention is not only granular as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, but also fibrous or gel-like, as long as it has a size that does not pass through the exhaust port of the fragrance accommodating portion. Any form may be used. Further, as the fibrous fragrance, for example, gauze, cotton, cloth, paper or the like impregnated with an aromatic liquid can be used. Further, as the gel-like aromatic body, for example, one obtained by solidifying an aromatic liquid with a coagulant, one obtained by absorbing an aromatic liquid with a super absorbent polymer, or the like can be used. In addition, the gel-like fragrance may be stored in the fragrance storage unit in the form of one lump, or may be stored in the fragrance storage unit in the form of a plurality of granules.

10, 50 ... Fragrance sample container 40, 80 ... Pump 41, 81 ... Deformation part 42, 82 ... Air supply tube 20, 90 ... Aroma 30, 60 ... Aroma storage part 31 ... Main body 32 ... Lid 37, 61 ... Through hole 38, 62 ... Nozzle 63 ... Air supply tube support 64 ... First member 65 ... Second member

Claims (2)

a) The fragrance accommodating part for accommodating the fragrance,
b) One end has a tubular air supply tube inserted inside the fragrance accommodating portion, and an elastically deformable hollow deformable portion connected to the other end of the air supply tube, and the inside of the deformable portion. A pump whose space communicates with the air supply tube,
c) The exhaust port provided in the fragrance accommodating part and
Have,
The fragrance accommodating portion is not divided into a main body and a lid, and is configured to be vertically divided into two parts.
A scent sample container characterized in that the air supply tube is sandwiched between one portion and the other portion of the fragrance accommodating portion divided into two. The scent sample container according to claim 1 and
An fragrance housed in the fragrance accommodating portion and having a size that does not pass through the exhaust port,
A scent sample characterized by having.

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