JPH06127567A - Liquid dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a liquid dispenser which can close two positions in the flow path between the opening of a bag sealed with liquid and the pouring outlet and pours appropriate volume of liquid only by pushing the edge of a cup to an opening lever. CONSTITUTION:A valve housing 6 is connected to the opening of a closed bag 5 storing a liquid in the inside in such a way as to communicate with the inlet port 8, and a valve cylinder 7 movable in both radial and axial directions is assembled in the valve housing and further, an outer cylinder elbow 23 is fitted at the external end of the valve cylinder. A flexible tube 28 is fitted to the other end of valve cylinder and a closing lever 30 in which pushing piece 32 presses a part of the flexible tube to close the path in the outer cylinder elbow is equipped. In this way, the flexible tube 28 is closed by this closing lever.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid dispenser, and in particular, a liquid containing a flexible sealing bag housed in a cosmetic box made of cardboard or other cardboard, and a spout / inlet valve connected to the mouth of the sealing bag. Regarding dispensers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a container for pouring out an appropriate amount of liquid such as alcoholic drink, liquid seasoning and soft drink is provided with a pouring valve as a dispenser. Is designed to prevent the liquid in the container from being oxidized when the liquid contained therein is poured out. The present inventor has previously proposed a liquid container with a pouring valve in which a closed bag is housed in a cosmetic case, and a pouring valve having a pair of valve closing parts is attached to the mouth of the closed bag (Japanese Patent Publication No. 57/57). -57337, Japanese Patent Publication No. 57-591
50, see JP-B-62-29306).

[0003]

However, the former two of the above-mentioned conventional liquid containers with a pouring valve have a structure in which the pouring valve always protrudes outside the cosmetic box, and therefore, There was a problem that bacteria could easily attach around the spout. In the latter, the structure is such that the spout valve is stored in the cosmetic case when not in use, so it is easy to keep the spout valve clean. Since it extends over the entire depth of the box, there is a problem that the cosmetic box tends to be large. Further, when the liquid is poured out from the pouring valve, the pouring ring or the like has to be rotated, and the liquid cannot be received in the container such as the cup by one-touch operation.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional spout valve, and to close two places of the flow path between the mouth of the bag in which the liquid is sealed and the spout. ,
An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid dispenser capable of pouring an appropriate amount of liquid simply by pressing the edge of the cup against the opening / closing lever.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a valve housing connected to an opening of a sealed bag having a liquid stored therein so that an inlet port communicates with the valve housing.
A valve cylinder that is movably installed in the valve housing in the circumferential direction and the axial direction and has one end that closes the inlet port, an outer cylinder elbow attached to the outer end of the valve cylinder, and the other end of the valve cylinder. A flexible tube connected to the outer tube elbow, and an opening / closing lever pivotally attached to the outer tube elbow, the pressing element pressing a part of the flexible tube to cut off the passage, and the opening / closing lever. And a spring member for urging the flexible tube in a closing direction.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when it is necessary to pour out an appropriate amount of the liquid stored inside the closed bag, the valve body is pulled out forward from the inside of the valve housing and the edge of the cup is pressed against the opening / closing arm. By opening the flow path of the flexible tube, an appropriate amount of the liquid in the sealed bag can be poured out to the outside.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a liquid dispenser according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a part of a rectangular box, and the box 1 is made of corrugated cardboard, plastic material, metal material or other suitable material. An outer peripheral end of a flanged attachment ring 3 for attaching the liquid dispenser 2 according to the present invention is attached to a part of the cosmetic case 1 with an adhesive. A mounting ring 4 is fitted on the outside of the mounting ring 3 without any clearance, and a sealing bag 5 made of a synthetic resin laminate film is heat-welded to the back side of the flange. Alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, etc. are stored in advance in the sealed bag.

The liquid dispenser 2 is composed of an outer valve housing 6 and a valve cylinder 7 incorporated in the valve housing 6 so as to be rotatable and axially movable. The valve housing 6 is integrally connected to the outer end of a right cylinder valve cylinder accommodating portion 9 having an inlet port 8 at its tip, a guide cylinder 10 having a large diameter coaxially with the valve cylinder accommodating portion 9. It is composed of a head portion 11. Head part 1
A male screw 12 is formed on the outer periphery of the male screw 1.
Is threadedly engaged with the internal thread 13 inside the mounting ring 3. A flange 14 is attached to the outer end of the head portion 11. Further, a straight guide hole 15 is formed inside the guide cylinder 10, and a pair of helical grooves 16 and 16 are formed at positions on the inner peripheral surface of the guide cylinder 15 that face each other in the diametrical direction. These helical grooves 16 are rectangular in cross section and are formed by giving a predetermined lead angle to the axis.

On the other hand, the valve cylinder 7 has a skirt-shaped large-diameter guide portion 18 and a small-diameter guide portion 19, and a packing 20 for closing the inlet port 8 is provided at the tip of the small-diameter guide portion 19. It is installed and a part of the outer periphery of this packing 20
A communication passage 21 communicating with the passage 17 inside the valve cylinder 7 is open.

A pair of engagement pins 22 and 22 are provided at the tip of the large-diameter guide portion 18, and these engagement pins 22 and 22 are fitted into the helical grooves 16 and 16 to slide. You can do it. A hollow outer cylinder elbow 23 is attached to the outer end of the valve cylinder 7. Furthermore, a female screw 24 is formed near the outer open end of the valve cylinder 7, and an adapter 26 having an outlet 25 opened therein is screwed into the female screw 24. A flexible tube 28 is connected to the tip of the adapter 26.

On the outside of the outer cylinder elbow 23, as shown in FIG.
Is pivoted by a pair of pivot shafts 31, and the opening / closing lever 3
On the inner surface of 0, a pusher 32 is projected. The pusher 32 is provided with the groove 3 formed inside the outer cylinder elbow 23.
The flexible tube 28 is locally pressed into the inside of the chamber 3 to block the flow path. A ring-shaped coil spring 3 is provided around the opening / closing lever 30 and the outer cylinder elbow 23.
4 is attached, and a spring force is applied so that the pressing element 32 of the opening / closing lever 30 constantly presses the flexible tube 28. A spiral spring may be set around the pivot 31 instead of the coil spring. Further, a finger arm 35 is connected to the lower end of the opening / closing lever 30. Further, in order to fix the valve cylinder 7 in the state where the valve cylinder 7 is pulled out to the frontmost, the engagement pin 22 is temporarily locked by the stop claw 37 as shown in FIG. There is.

Next, a mode of use of the liquid dispenser configured as described above will be described. When the liquid dispenser of the present invention is shipped from a factory or the like, as shown in FIG. 5, the valve cylinder 7 is pushed into the valve housing 6, the packing 20 closes the inlet port 8 and the opening / closing lever 30. The presser 32 is in a state in which the flexible tube 28 is closed, and an appropriate sticker paper is attached to the front surface so that the dispenser is not exposed to the outside. From this state, when installing the liquid dispenser in the store, the sticker paper of the outer box 1 is peeled off, the outer cylinder elbow 23 is rotated counterclockwise by a predetermined angle, and the engaging pins 22, 22 are rotated.
Is slid forward along the helical grooves 16, 16,
As shown in FIG. 1, the valve cylinder 7 moves in the valve housing 6 and projects forward to be in use.

From this state, in order to pour out an appropriate amount of liquid such as alcoholic beverage in the closed bag 5, as shown in FIG. 3, the cup 36 is pressed against the finger arm 35 and pushed in. Then, the opening / closing arm 30 rotates about the pivot 31, the pusher 32 retracts against the spring force of the coil spring 34, the flexible tube 28 is opened, and the liquid introduced into the valve cylinder 7 is removed. It can be poured into the cup 36. When the cup 36 is removed after pouring an appropriate amount of liquid, the opening / closing arm 30 is restored by the spring force of the coil spring 34, and the pressing element 32 again crushes the flexible tube 28 to cut off the flow path.

[0014]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a flexible tube is attached to the tip of a valve cylinder movably incorporated in the valve housing, and the flexible tube is passed through the flexible tube by the movement of the opening / closing lever. Since the liquid is made to flow out, an appropriate amount of the liquid stored in the closed container can be poured out by one-touch operation. When not in use,
Since the valve cylinder can be housed inside the valve housing and the spout valve can be housed inside the valve housing, it can be maintained clean without dust or germs adhering to the exposed portion of the spout.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing an embodiment of a dispenser according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a dispenser according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state when the dispenser is poured.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a stop member of a valve cylinder.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a stored state of the dispenser.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Liquid dispenser 5 Sealing bag 6 Valve housing 7 Valve cylinder 8 Inlet port 28 Flexible tube 30 Open / close lever 32 Pusher 34 Coil spring

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A valve housing in which an inlet port is connected to the mouth of a sealed bag which stores liquid therein, and a valve housing incorporated in the valve housing so as to be movable in the circumferential direction and the axial direction. A valve cylinder that closes the inlet port, an outer cylinder elbow attached to the outer end of the valve cylinder, a flexible tube connected to the other end of the valve cylinder and arranged in the outer cylinder elbow, and the outer cylinder. A liquid, which is pivotally attached to the elbow and includes an opening / closing lever for pressing a part of the flexible tube by the pressing element to cut off the passage, and a spring member for biasing the opening / closing lever in the direction of closing the flexible tube. Dispenser.