JPH0610933Y2 - Liquid container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a handy type liquid container constructed so that the liquid inside can be poured by tilting the container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A container is detachably attached to an upper part of a container body and has a liquid injection passage having an injection port on the opposite side of a handle for tilting a liquid container. A liquid container provided with a plug portion tightly fitted to the liquid supply port and a valve body for opening and closing the liquid injection passage is well known from the past (for example, see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-10740). ).

In the case of the above-mentioned known example, since the relation between the operating portion for opening and closing the valve body and the handle for tilting the liquid container is not taken into consideration, the opening operation of the valve body and the liquid are performed. Since the operation of tilting the container has to be performed by a two-step operation, there is a problem that the convenience of the liquid injection operation is not sufficiently satisfied.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is possible to perform the opening operation of the valve body simultaneously with the lifting operation of the liquid container. The purpose is to ensure the simplicity of liquid operation.

[0005]

In the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, as shown in the drawing, a pouring port 8 which can be attached to and detached from the upper part of the container main body 1 and which can be opened and closed is provided. On the bottom surface of the lid body 2 in which the liquid passage 11 is formed, a plug portion 12 that is tightly fitted to the liquid supply port 7 into the container body 1 is provided, and a valve body 13 that opens and closes the liquid injection passage 11 is provided. An opening / closing operation mechanism 14 configured to open / close the valve body 13 in the provided liquid container;
An operation member 6 for operating the opening / closing operation mechanism 14 in the opening direction by an upward operation is additionally provided, and the operation portion 6b of the operation member 6 is projected to the opposite side of the liquid injection port 8 for tilting the liquid container. It has a handle shape.

[0006]

In the present invention, the following actions can be obtained by the above means.

That is, when the content liquid is to be poured out from the liquid container, when the operation portion 6b of the operation member 6 is lifted,
The opening / closing operation mechanism 14 for operating the valve body is operated in the opening direction in conjunction with the lifting operation of the operation portion 6b, and the valve body 13 is opened. Therefore, the operation unit 6b
By the single operation of lifting up, the opening operation of the valve body 13 and the tilting of the liquid container can be performed at the same time, and the liquid injection operation becomes extremely simple.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the valve body 13 for opening and closing the liquid injection passage 11 formed in the lid body 2 which can be attached to and detached from the upper portion of the container body 1 and opened and closed is configured to be opened and closed. Since the operation portion 6b of the operation member 6 for operating the opening / closing operation mechanism 14 in the opening direction is projected to the side opposite to the liquid injection port 8 in the liquid injection passage 11 to have a handle shape for tilting the liquid container, When the operating portion 6b is lifted in order to pour out the content liquid from the inside, the valve element 13 is opened by the opening / closing operation mechanism 14 which is operated in the opening direction in conjunction with the lifting operation of the operating portion 6b. , A simple operation of lifting the operation portion 6b causes the valve body 1
There is a practical effect that the opening operation of 3 and the tilting of the liquid container can be performed at the same time, and the liquid injection operation can be significantly simplified.

[0009]

【Example】

Hereinafter, some preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the examples described below, as a specific example of the liquid container, a type that performs liquid injection by tilting the container, that is, a handy type thermos bottle is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. Of course, it can be applied to other various types of liquid containers.

First Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a liquid container according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The liquid container of the present embodiment comprises a container body 1 having an inner container 3 for storing a liquid therein, and a lid body 2 which is pivotably supported on the upper portion of the container body 1 so as to be openable and closable.

The container body 1 is provided with an outer case 4 constituting the outer peripheral surface thereof and a shoulder member 5 connected to the upper end of the outer case 4.

On one side of the shoulder member 5, a trough-shaped beak portion 9 having a liquid injection port 8 for pouring out the liquid in the inner container 3 is integrally formed, and the beak portion 9 is formed. Insect-proof and dust-proof flaps 10 for opening and closing the liquid injection port 8 are pivotally supported in the table so as to freely rotate in an arc. The inner container 3 is composed of a vacuum double bottle, and is disposed and fixed in the container body 1 such that an upper opening of the inner container 3 is exposed to a liquid supply port 7 formed in the shoulder member 5.

The lid 2 is screwed to and detachable from the shoulder member 5 of the container body 1. Inside the lid 2, there is an inlet 11a facing the liquid supply port 7 of the shoulder member 5. A liquid injection passage 11 having an outlet 11b facing the beak portion 9 is formed. Furthermore, on the bottom surface of the lid body 2, a plug portion 12 that is tightly fitted to the liquid supply port 7 of the shoulder member 5 is integrally formed.

The lid body 2 is provided with a valve body 13 for opening and closing the inlet 11a of the liquid injection passage 11 and an opening / closing mechanism 14 which operates to open and close the valve body 13. . The valve shaft 13a of the valve body 13 has the lid 2
Direction of valve closing by a spring 16 which penetrates through the upper wall 11c of the liquid injection passage 11 inside and is provided between a spring receiver 15 provided at the upper end of the valve shaft 13a and the upper wall 11c of the liquid injection passage 11. It is attached so as to be urged by.

In the present embodiment, the opening / closing operation mechanism 14 is composed of an operation member 17 which is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft 18 at a position from the side opposite to the liquid injection port of the lid body 2 so as to be vertically swingable. The tip end side 17a is in contact with the upper end of the valve shaft 13a of the valve body 13, while the rear end side 17b is projected outward from the window hole 20 formed on the side opposite to the liquid injection port of the lid 2. . In other words, the valve body 15 has the distal end side 17 a of the actuating member 17.
The downward swinging causes the spring 16 to move downward (in other words, open the valve) against the biasing force of the spring 16. The valve body 13 is closed and the actuating member 17 is swung upward by the urging force of the spring 16. Further, an engaging member 19 acting as an interlocking mechanism for interlocking the opening / closing operation of the valve body 13 and the opening / closing operation of the flap 10 is integrally extended at the front end of the operation member 17, and the engagement member 19 is integrally extended. The front end of the coupling member 19 is engaged with the upper surface of the rear end of the flap 10 (rearward from the pivot point) when the actuating member 17 is swung downward when the lid is screwed.

That is, in the case of this embodiment, the flap 1 is
0 is associated with the valve body 13 via the engaging member 19 so as to be interlocked with each other, and the opening / closing operation of the valve body 13 and the opening / closing operation of the flap 10 can be performed at the same time.

On the other hand, an operation member 6 for operating the operation member 17 (in other words, the opening / closing operation mechanism 14) in the opening direction is provided on the side opposite to the liquid injection port of the shoulder member 5 so as to be vertically movable. ing.

The operating member 6 includes an operating portion 6a which is engaged with the lower surface of the rear end side 17b of the operating member 17 (in other words, the opening / closing operating mechanism 14), and the shoulder portion which is continuous with the operating portion 6a. It is composed of an inverted L-shaped operating portion 6b protruding from the member 5 to the side opposite to the liquid injection port, and the operating portion 6b constitutes a handle for tilting the liquid container.

Further, an upward guide portion 22 is integrally provided in the vicinity of the operating portion 6a of the operating member 6, and the upper portion of the operating member 6 is located on the outer peripheral surface of the shoulder member 5 opposite to the liquid injection port side. The guide portion 22 is mounted by being vertically movably fitted in the vertical guide groove 21 formed in the upper portion of the shoulder member 5 on the side opposite to the liquid injection port while being placed on the formed step portion 5a. ing.

That is, simultaneously with the lifting operation of the operating portion 6b of the operating member 6, the operating member 17 (in other words, the opening / closing operating mechanism 14) and the engaging member 19 (in other words, the interlocking mechanism) are operated in the opening direction. It will be done.

Further, in the case of this embodiment, the lock lever 23 for fixing the operation member 6 when carrying the liquid container is carried out.
Is provided on the upper end surface of the operation member 6. That is, the L-shaped lock lever 23 is inserted into the guide groove 25 formed in the upper end surface of the operation member 6 so as to be movable back and forth, and the lock lever 23
Is slid in the direction of arrow P to engage the upright piece 23a with the engaging hole 25 formed in the outer peripheral surface of the shoulder member 5, so that the operating member 6 can be locked with respect to the shoulder member 5. It has been done. Next, the operation of the liquid container according to the illustrated first embodiment will be described.

As shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, when the liquid injection passage 11 in the lid 2 of the liquid container is in the closed state (in other words, in the non-liquid injection state), the inlet 1 of the liquid injection passage 11 is shown.
1a is closed by a valve body 13 and the liquid injection port 8 is closed by a flap 10.

When the liquid content is to be poured out from the liquid container in this state, first, the lock lever 23 is slid in the unlocking direction (that is, the direction opposite to the arrow P), and then,
When the operating portion 6b of the operating member 6 is lifted, the rear end side 17b of the operating member 17 is pushed up by the upward movement of the operating portion 6a. Then, the pressing force of the distal end side 17a of the operating member 17 causes the valve body 13 to move downward, and at the same time, the pressing force of the engaging member 19 causes the flap 10 to open. Therefore, the opening operation of the valve body 13 and the opening operation of the flap 10 are performed in conjunction with the lifting operation of the operation member 6.

After injecting the liquid, the pushing force to the rear end side 17b of the operating member 17 by the operating portion 6b is released only by releasing the lifting force to the operating member 6, and the operating member 17 is released from the valve body. The flap 16 is swung upward by the urging force of the spring 16 that closes the flap 13.
Is returned by its own weight.

The liquid is supplied to the inner container 3 in the container body 1 from the liquid supply port 7 of the container body 1 by unscrewing the lid 2.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 2 shows a liquid container according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

In the case of the present embodiment, the opening / closing operation mechanism 14 includes an operation member 17 on the upper surface of the upper wall 11c of the liquid injection passage 11 for moving back and forth between the beak portion side and the beak portion side, and an operation member. 1
The cam surface 26 is formed on the lower surface of the valve body 7 and applies a pressing force to the upper end portion of the valve shaft 13a of the valve body 13 during the forward movement to the beak portion 9 side. That is, the valve body 15
Is adapted to be moved downward (in other words, open valve) against the urging force of the spring 16 by being joined to the cam surface 26 associated with the forward movement of the operating member 17 toward the beak portion 9 side. Of. The valve body 13 is closed and the actuating member 17 is retracted by the urging force of the spring 16. Further, an engaging member 19 acting as an interlocking mechanism for interlocking the opening / closing operation of the valve body 13 and the opening / closing operation of the flap 10 is integrally extended at the front end of the operation member 17, and the engagement member 19 is integrally extended. The front end portion of the coupling member 19 has a forward flap 1 when the operating member 17 is moved forward when the lid is screwed.
The rear end portion of 0 (rearward from the pivot point) is engaged so that it can be engaged.

On the other hand, the operating member 6 is swingably supported on the side opposite to the liquid injection port of the shoulder member 5, and the operating member 6 is
An operating portion 6a for opening the opening / closing operating mechanism 14 (that is, moving the operating member 17 forward to the beak portion 9 side);
It comprises an operating portion 6b extending downward from the outer end of the operating portion 6a. The operation portion 6b constitutes a handle for tilting the liquid container. That is, the operation member 6 is
A pin 28 is pivotally supported by a pin 28 so as to be rotatable in an arc with respect to a support member 27 fixed to the upper portion of the shoulder member 5, and an operating portion 6a of the operating member 6 faces a rear end portion of the operating member 17. It has been confused.

Further, the operating member 6 is operated when not in use by locking the locking piece 29 protruding from the operating member 6 to the engaging portion 30 formed on the shoulder member 5 side. The member 6 is positioned.

Further, in the case of the present embodiment, the lock lever 23 for fixing the operation member 6 when carrying the liquid container.
Is pivotally supported on the upper portion of the operation member 6 by a shaft 31 so as to be rotatable in an arc. Then, the lock lever 23 has
A stopper 33 is provided on the support 27 so as to face the locking portion 32 that is provided on the support 27 so as to face the rear. In the normal state, the locking portion 32 and the stopper 33
Are positioned so as to abut each other, and the rocking of the operating member 6 is restricted by the abutment of the two. To release the restriction by the lock lever 23, the operating portion 34 of the lock lever 23 is pressed with fingers to stop the stopper 33.
By rotating the arc to the position indicated by reference numeral 33 ',
This is done by making contact between the stopper 33 and the engaging portion 32 impossible. Reference numeral 35
Is a return spring for returning the lock lever 24 to the lockable position, and the lock lever 23 is
The actuating portion 6b is positioned at the return position by abutting on the rear end edge thereof.

With the above structure, the lock lever 23 is pushed in the direction of arrow Q to release the lock,
When the operating portion 6b of the operating member 6 is lifted, the operating member 6
Is pivoted in the direction of arrow R with the pin 28 as a fulcrum, and the operating portion 6b of the operating member 6 is also pivoted to apply a pressing force to the rear end of the operating member 17. Then, the valve body 13 is caused to move downward due to the joining of the cam surface 26 and the upper end of the valve shaft 13a of the valve body 13 due to the forward movement of the operating member 17, and the inlet 11a of the liquid injection passage 11 is opened.

At the same time, the flap 10 is arc-rotated in the direction of arrow N by the engaging member 19 that is moved forward together with the actuating member 17, and the liquid injection port 8 is opened. Therefore, if you tilt the liquid container forward as it is,
The content liquid can be easily discharged from the liquid injection port 8.

After injecting the liquid, if the lifting force on the operating member 6 is released, the pressing force on the operating member 17 by the operating portion 6a is released, and the operating member 17 causes the spring 16 to close the valve body 13. The valve body 13 is closed by the urging force of the flap 10, and the flap 10 is returned by its own weight.

Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment.
Since it is the same as that of No. 1, its explanation is omitted.

The invention of the present application is not limited to the configuration of each of the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that the design can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part of a liquid container according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part of a liquid container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a container body, 2 is a lid, 6 is an operating member, 6a is an operating part, 6b is an operating part, 7 is a liquid supply port, 8 is a liquid injection port, 11 is a liquid injection passage, 12 is a plug part, 13 is The valve element 14 is an opening / closing mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bottom surface of a lid body (2) having a liquid injection passageway (11) having a liquid injection port (8) which is detachably attached to or openable from an upper portion of a container body (1), A liquid container comprising a plug portion (12) tightly fitted to a liquid supply port (7) into the container body (1) and a valve body (13) for opening and closing the liquid injection passageway (11). An opening and closing mechanism (14) configured to open and close the valve body (13), and an operating member (6) for actuating the opening and closing mechanism (14) in the opening direction by upward movement are attached. A liquid container characterized in that an operating portion (6b) of the operating member (6) is projected to the opposite side of the liquid injection port (8) to have a handle shape for tilting the liquid container.