JPH0577042U - Pouring container - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A pouring container that can be used for raising and lowering the elevating nozzle and pouring out the contents continuously with the same hand, pursuing the convenience of pouring even further. provide. A lid body 20 having a through hole 24 communicating with the inside and outside of the container body is attached to the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10, and an elevating nozzle 30 having a pouring passage 32 communicating with the through hole 24 is attached to the lid body 20. It is mounted so as to be able to move up and down, the tip of the pouring passage 32 is opened to the outer surface of the elevating nozzle 30, and the through hole 24 is provided with a blocking plug 26 that closes the pouring passage 32 at the lowered position of the elevating nozzle 30 via a mounting piece 27. The raising / lowering nozzle 30 is integrally provided with an operating lever 40 whose lower end extends to the body portion 12 of the container body 10.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a pouring container for pouring a liquid content or a fluid content.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Conventionally, as this type of spout container, one that is configured to open the spout on the outer surface of the cap with one touch, or one that is configured to open the spout on the outer surface of the cap using a snap action, etc. A large number of dispensing containers are offered to pursue the convenience of dispensing products.

Of the above-mentioned pour-out containers, FIG. 6 shows the structure of the pour-out container previously proposed by the applicant (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-66861). As shown in the figure, in this pour-out container, a lid 3 is fitted in an opening 2 of the container body 1, and a through hole 4 for communicating the inside and outside of the container body 1 is provided on the upper surface of the lid 3. An elevating nozzle 5 is mounted on the lid 3 so as to be able to move up and down, and a pouring passage 6 communicating with the through hole 4 is provided inside the elevating nozzle 5, and the tip of the pouring passage 6 is connected to the elevating nozzle 5. It is a spout 7 that opens to the outer surface, and a closure plug 8 that closes the lower end opening of the spout nozzle 5 at the lower position of the elevating nozzle 5 is attached to the through hole 4 through a mounting piece 9. ing.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in the above-mentioned fixed quantity dispensing container, by operating the lifting nozzle 5 up and down, there is an advantage that the dispensing passage 6 can be opened and closed with one touch, while the lifting operation of the lifting nozzle 5 and the dispensing operation of the contents are performed. It is a completely different operation. Therefore, in order to pour out the contents, the raising / lowering nozzle 5 is lifted up by the finger of one hand to open the pour-out passage 6, and the same hand is held by the body of the container body 1 to It is necessary to tilt the main body 1 to perform the pouring operation of the contents, or to perform the two-step operation using both hands, which is inconvenient. In this case, it would be convenient if the raising / lowering operation of the raising / lowering nozzle and the pouring operation of the contents can be continuously performed with the same hand.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the ascending / descending operation of the elevating nozzle and the pouring operation of the contents can be continuously performed with the same hand, which is convenient at the time of pouring. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pouring container in which pursuit of higher quality is achieved.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, the present invention is a pouring container for squeezing the body of the container body to pour out the contents, and a lid having a through hole for communicating the inside and outside of the container body is attached to the mouth of the container body. Then, an elevating nozzle having a pouring passage communicating with the through hole is attached to the lid so as to be able to move up and down, the tip of the pouring passage is opened to the outer surface of the elevating nozzle, and the ascending and descending nozzle descends into the through hole. In the above-described configuration, a blocking plug that closes the pouring passage at a position is provided through a mounting piece, and the elevating nozzle is integrally provided with an operation lever whose lower end extends to the body of the container body. And the solution.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the dispensing container according to the present invention, when the container body is upright and the operating lever is pushed up by the fingers to raise the elevating nozzle, the dispensing passage is opened and the contents can be discharged. In this state, without releasing your fingers from the operating lever, press the operating lever as it is toward the body of the container body and squeeze the body to increase the internal pressure of the container body so that the contents flow into the pouring passage. It is poured out from the tip through the tip.

[0008]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a container body in which contents are stored, reference numeral 20 is a lid body detachably attached to the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10, and reference numeral 30 is a vertically attachable body attached to the lid body 20. The lifting nozzle is shown. The reference numerals 10, 20, and 30 basically constitute the dispensing container of the present embodiment.

The container body 10 is a flexible bottomed container in which the body 12 is squeezed. The container body 10 is obtained, for example, by blow molding a parison.

In the lid body 20, an inner cylinder 22 suspended from the back surface of the top plate portion 21 is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the upper end of the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10 and the inner peripheral surface of the outer wall portion 23. The surface is detachably attached to the outer surface of the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10 by screw fitting. Further, a through hole 24 that communicates the inside and outside of the container body 10 is formed in the center of the top plate portion 21 in the plate thickness direction. The upper end of a flexible tube body 25 is fixed to the lower end of the through hole 24 via a mounting cylinder portion 24a. The pipe body 25 is a member that guides the contents inside the container body 10 to the through hole 24, and the lower end of the pipe body 25 which is the intake of the contents reaches the inner bottom portion of the container body 10.

Further, a closing plug 26 that closes a lower end of a pouring passage 32 of a lift nozzle 30 described later is attached to an upper end of the through hole 24 via a mounting piece 27. Further, on the upper surface of the top plate portion 21, a cylindrical portion 28 for vertically mounting the lifting nozzle on the lid 20 is provided upright. Further, the upper end of the outer wall portion 23 extends upward from the peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion 21 to form an upper outer wall portion 29, and inside the upper outer wall portion 29, the elevating nozzle 30 is completely in its lowered position. It is configured to be stored in a submerged form.

The lifting nozzle 30 is sized to be hermetically housed inside the upper outer wall portion 29 of the lid 20, and the top plate portion 31 of the lifting nozzle 30 communicates with the through hole 24. A pouring passage 32 is formed. The rear end of the pouring passage 32 is airtightly closed by the closing plug 26 at the lowered position of the lifting / lowering nozzle 30. Further, the tip of the pouring passage 32 is open to the front wall of the elevating nozzle 30, and this opening serves as a pouring port 33 for the contents.

The top plate portion 31 is flush with the upper end of the upper outer wall portion 29 of the lid body 20 at the lowered position of the elevating nozzle 30, and on the back surface of the top plate portion 31, the cylinder of the lid body 20. A first tubular portion 34 fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the portion 28 and a second tubular portion 35 fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the tubular portion 28 are vertically provided. On the inner surface of the lower end of the second tubular portion 35, a circumferential ridge 35a is provided around the lateral rib 28a on the outer peripheral surface of the proximal end of the tubular portion 28 at the lowered position of the elevating nozzle 30 to engage with the lateral rib 28a. The circumferential ridge 35a engages with the stopper 28b on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the tubular portion 28 at the rising position of the lifting nozzle 30 to prevent further lifting, so that the lifting nozzle 30 is not pulled out from the upper end of the lid 20. Have been worked by.

The elevating nozzle 30 has an operating lever which extends rearward from a side of the top plate 31 facing the spout 33, bends downward, and extends downward along the body 12 of the container body 10. 40 is provided integrally with the top plate portion 31. A notch 29a is formed in a part of the upper outer wall portion 29 of the lid body 20 to avoid interference with the base end portion of the operation lever 40 at the lowered position of the elevating nozzle 30.

The operating lever 40 is used both for raising and lowering the raising and lowering nozzle 30 and for squeezing the body portion 12 of the container body 10. For this reason, a pressing portion 41 for vertically moving the lifting nozzle 30 is provided at the tip of the operation lever 40. The pressing portion 41 has a size such that a thumb can be pressed against the pressing portion 41, and is curved and recessed in order to surely move the ascending / descending nozzle 30 up and down. Further, the back surface of the pressing portion 41 facing the body portion 12 of the container body 10 is formed in a convex shape so that the pressing portion 41 can be pressed firmly against the body portion 12. Further, the height position of the pressing portion 41 is set to a position where the body portion 12 of the container body 10 can be pressed at the raised position of the elevating nozzle 30.

Next, the operation of the pouring container having the above structure will be described.

From the closed state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when the operation lever 40 is pushed up as it is while the pressing portion 41 of the operation lever 40 is pressed against the body portion 12 side with the thumb or the like, the elevating and lowering nozzle 30 rises. Projecting upward from the inside of the upper outer wall portion 29 of the lid body 20, and further, the circumferential projection 35a of the second tubular portion 35 contacts the upper end stopper 28b of the tubular portion 28 of the lid body 20 and stops. At this time, while the spout 33 is opened to the outside, the closing plug 26 is separated from the lower end of the spout passage 32, and the lower end of the spout passage 26 communicates with the through hole 24. It becomes a state.

Subsequent to such an operation, when the operating lever 40 is pushed up, the pressing portion 41 is further strongly pressed toward the body portion 12 without releasing the thumb or the like, and the body portion 12 is squeezed. The internal pressure inside the container body 10 rises, and the content inside the container body 10 passes through the inside of the pipe body 25, the through hole 24, and the pouring passage 32 from the lower end opening of the pipe body 25 to the outside from the pouring port 33 to a certain amount. Be poured out.

After the pouring operation, by pulling down the operation lever 40 without releasing the thumb or the like from the pressing portion 41, or by pushing down the top plate portion 31 of the elevating nozzle 30, the elevating nozzle 30 is lowered and the plugged state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 is obtained.

According to the pouring container of this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) By the operation of the operation lever 40, the opening operation and the content pouring operation can be continuously performed by operating the fingers on the same side. Therefore, there is no need to change hands for each operation, which is excellent in operability and convenient. Also, the capping operation can be continuously performed by operating the fingers on the same side. Moreover, since the pressing operation of the body portion 12 is performed via the pressing portion 41 of the operation lever 40, the operation is easy. Further, regarding the operation feeling, since the opening / closing operation and the content pouring operation are performed via the operation lever 40, it is possible to enjoy a remote control operation feeling.

(2) Since the elevating nozzle 30 is submerged in the inner space of the upper outer wall portion 29 of the lid body 20 after the stopper is closed, the spout 33 of the elevating nozzle 30 has the inner peripheral surface of the upper outer wall portion 29. It has an effect that the pouring port 33 is well drained.

(3) The aesthetic appearance of the pouring container can be improved. That is, after the stopper is closed, since the lift nozzle 30 is completely immersed in the inner space of the upper outer wall portion 29 of the lid 20, the discharge port 33 and the like are not exposed to the outside, and the operation lever 40 has a design effect. Since it plays, the aesthetic effect of the appearance of the pouring container can be improved.

FIG. 5 shows a modified example of the above embodiment, which is an example in which the tubular body 25 of FIG. 1 is not used. The dispensing container of this embodiment can also achieve the same effects as the above embodiment.

[0026]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the pouring container of the present invention, the raising / lowering operation of the raising / lowering nozzle and the pouring operation of the contents can be performed by the fingers on the same side via the operation lever. Since the raising and lowering operations of the elevating nozzle and the pouring operation of the contents can be continuously performed with fingers, the convenience of pouring can be further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a pouring container in a closed state showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the pouring container in an opened state.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the dispensing container in a closed state.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the pouring container in an opened state.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the dispensing container of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional pouring container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Container Main Body 11 Mouth 12 Body 20 Cover 24 Through Hole 26 Blocking Plug 27 Mounting Piece 30 Lifting Nozzle 32 Pouring Passage 40 Operation Lever.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pouring container for squeezing a body (12) of a container body (10) to pour out contents, wherein the mouth (11) of the container body (10) is provided with inside and outside of the container body. A lid body (20) having a through hole (24) communicating therewith is mounted, and an ascending / descending nozzle (30) having a pouring passageway (32) communicating with the through hole (24) is moved up and down in the lid body (20). The tip of the pouring passage (32) is open to the outer surface of the elevating nozzle (30), and the pouring passage (3) is inserted into the through hole (24) at the descending position of the elevating nozzle (30).
A closing plug (26) for closing 2) is provided via a mounting piece (27), and the elevating nozzle (30) has an operating lever whose lower end extends to the body portion (12) of the container body (10). (40) is integrally provided, a pouring container.