JPH0811914A - Liquid pouring container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a liquid pouring container having a cap with a nozzle, in which a cap top wall can be elastically reversed up and down by pressing the nozzle forward and backward, and a lower end of a nozzle hole can be opened and dosed when it is reversed up and down. CONSTITUTION:An inner closure 6 with a main closure 12 is fitted in a mouth part of a container body with a body part 2 that can be elastically compressed. A cap with a nozzle is fitted over an outer surface of a mouth-neck part of the container body. Through thin-wall hinges 21 as boundary lines, a cap top wall 16 is sectioned into a ring planar part 16a made of the peripheral part of the top wall, a C-shaped planar part 16b formed in the intermediate part of the top wall surrounded by the planar part and inclined downward and inward so as to be elastically deformed, and a surrounded planar part 16c surrounded by the planar part and the front part of the ring planar part. A nozzle 22 to be closed by the main closure 12 at the lower end thereof is erected from the center of the rear part of the surrounded planar part 16c.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a liquid dispensing container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many conventional liquid pouring containers are known. For example, the liquid pouring cap described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-14051 discloses an upper end of a mounting cylinder fitted to the outer surface of the neck of the container body. The cap-like portion through an inward flange that engages with the top surface of the container body from the bottom, projects the nozzle forward from the peripheral edge of the opening formed in the upper part of the front surface of the cap-like portion, and lowers the front portion of the nozzle. By pushing down, the front wall part of the cap-like portion around the nozzle base end is elastically inverted toward the inside of the cap-shaped part, and at this time, the rear end face of the nozzle extension part extending from the nozzle base end into the cap-shaped part is rearward above the cap-shaped part. The nozzle hole is closed in contact with the inner surface of the wall in a watertight manner, and by pulling the nozzle horizontally, the front wall portion of the cap-like portion around the base end of the nozzle elastically reverses forward. Is provided so as to open in the cap portion.

[0003]

In the above liquid pouring cap, the base end face of the nozzle hole is closed by pushing down the front part of the nozzle, and the nozzle hole can be opened by pulling up the front part of the nozzle, so that the operation is extremely easy. However, since the entire cap is integrally molded, the structure of the cap molding die is likely to be complicated and therefore expensive.

The container of the present invention is formed by a container body, an inner plug fitted to the neck portion of the container body, and a cap with a nozzle for covering the inner plug and fitting a peripheral wall to the outer surface of the neck portion of the container body. When the nozzle is pushed forward, the cap top wall standing upright from the center of the nozzle elastically reverses upward, and at this time, the lower end of the nozzle separates from the main plug of the inner plug and opens, and When pushed back to the position, the cap top wall is elastically inverted downward so that the main plug again closes the lower end of the nozzle. According to the invention of claim 1, the container body can be elastically squeezed. A liquid outflow hole is formed in the top plate portion of the inner plug on the side of the main plug, and the liquid in the container passes through the liquid outflow hole and the nozzle hole by squeezing the container body with the nozzle lower end opened. It can be poured out, and the invention of claim 2 is provided by drilling on the top wall of the nozzle cap. An elastic pipe is hung down from the periphery of the outside air suction hole, and the elastic pipe is inserted into the top plate penetrating cylinder provided on the inner plug top plate. It is provided so as to flow into the container body so that liquid can be poured out by elastic inversion of the top wall of the nozzle cap without squeezing the body as in the case of the first aspect of the invention. According to a third aspect of the present invention, when two containers according to the second aspect of the present invention are faced to each other and the respective container body parts are integrally connected, and when the nozzles are inclined due to the upward elastic inversion of the nozzle cap, the ends of both nozzles are inclined. Since the mouths of the two containers are close to each other and the two container bodies are tilted in this state so that the liquids in both the container bodies are mixed immediately after flowing out from the nozzle mouth part, it is used recently as a mold liquid storage container for molds, for example. With two kinds of liquid mixing container It is those provided to Rukoto can.

[0005]

[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] A container body 1 having an elastically squeezable body portion 2 and standing upright in a mouth / neck portion 3, and a leg cylinder 8 hanging from a top plate 7 are fitted to the inner surface of the mouth / neck portion. And a cap 15 with a nozzle in which a peripheral wall 18 hanging down from the outer periphery of a top wall 16 covering the top plate is fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck. A liquid outflow hole (13) is provided in a side top plate portion of the main plug (12), and a cap (15) with a nozzle has an annular plate portion (16) in which a top wall (16) is formed at an outer peripheral portion of the top wall.
a, a C-shaped plate portion 16b that is elastically deformable and has a front opening formed in the middle of the top wall portion surrounded by the annular plate portion, and the C-shaped plate portion and the front portion of the annular plate portion are enclosed. With the surrounding plate portion 16c, the boundary line of each plate portion is formed as a thin hinge 21, and as the nozzle 22 protruding upward from the rear center of the surrounding plate portion 16c, into the lower end portion of the nozzle. The C-shaped plate portion 16b and the enclosed plate portion 16c can be elastically inverted up and down by fitting the main plug 12 and pushing the nozzle in the front-back direction. 16b is formed to incline downward, and its rear part is wide and gradually narrows toward both front end parts to project, and the lower end of the nozzle 22 can be freely inserted into and removed from the main plug 12 by the above-mentioned elastic reversal. Formed.

[0006] A container body 1 for erecting the mouth / neck portion 3, and an inner plug 6 for fitting a leg cylinder 8 hanging from a top plate 7 to the inner surface of the mouth / neck portion.
And a cap 15 with a nozzle in which a peripheral wall 18 hanging from the outer periphery of a top wall 16 covering the top plate is fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck, and the inner plug 6 is a main plug in which a central portion of the top plate 7 is formed in a protruding manner. 12
The top plate penetrating cylinder 25 and the liquid outflow hole 13 are provided on the front and side top plate parts of the above, and the outside air suction pipe 26 is hung from the lower part of the top plate penetrating cylinder. An annular plate portion 16a formed on the outer peripheral portion of the wall, a C-shaped plate portion 16b having an elastically deformable front opening formed in the middle of a top wall portion surrounded by the annular plate portion, the C-shaped plate portion and the annular plate portion. The surrounding plate portion 16c, which is surrounded by the front part of the above, forms the boundary line of each plate part as a thin hinge 21, and the nozzle which projects upward from the rear center of the above surrounded plate part 16c. As 22, the main plug 12 is fitted into the lower end of the nozzle, and an elastic pipe 30 is hung from the peripheral edge of an outside air suction hole 29 formed in the front part of the surrounding plate part, and the pipe is connected to the top plate. Auxiliary stopper that stands up inside the through tube 25 and the lower part of the pipe from the inner surface of the middle part of the top plate through tube through an inward flange with a through hole 27. 28. The C-shaped plate portion 16b and the enclosed plate portion 16c can be elastically inverted up and down by fitting the nozzle 22 to the outer surface and pushing the nozzle 22 in the front-back direction. Is formed so as to be inclined inwardly downward, and its rear portion is wide and is gradually narrowed and projected toward both front end portions.
The lower end is for the main plug 12, and the lower part of the elastic pipe 30 is an auxiliary plug.
Each of the 28 was formed so that it could be inserted and removed freely.

In the above-mentioned second means, the body portions 2 and 2 of the container bodies 1 and 1 are connected so that the front portions of two liquid pouring containers having the same shape and the same size face each other. Then
Each C-shaped plate portion 16b, 16b and enclosed plate portion 16c, 16c
When the nozzles 22 are inclined by the upward elastic reversal, the tip openings 22b 1 and 22b 2 of the nozzles are formed so that they can approach each other.

[0008]

In the state shown in FIG. 1, the main plug 12 of the inner plug 6 seals the lower end of the nozzle 22. When the upper part of the nozzle 22 is pushed from this state to the front of the container (to the left in the drawing), the C-shaped plate portion 16b and the enclosed plate portion 16 as a part of the top wall 16 of the cap 15 with a nozzle.
The lower end of the nozzle also rises by the elastic inversion of C upward as shown by the chain double-dashed line, so that the liquid outflow hole 13 bored in the top plate of the inner plug and communicating with the nozzle hole 22a separates from the main plug 12. The liquid in the container can be poured out by squeezing the body of the container in this state, the outside air enters the container body through the nozzle hole etc. by elastic restoration of the body by squeezing and release, and if the nozzle 22 is returned to the original position, The C-shaped plate portion 16b and the enclosed plate portion 16c are elastically inverted downward as shown by the solid line in the figure, and the main plug 12 closes the lower end of the nozzle.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower end of the nozzle 22 is opened by the forward movement of the nozzle 22 and communicates with the liquid outflow hole 13 as described above, and the lower portion of the elastic pipe 30 is connected to the auxiliary plug 28.
The outside air suction pipe 26 and the outside air suction hole 29 communicate with each other.
Therefore, in the case of this embodiment, the liquid can be poured out only by inclining the container body without squeezing the body part of the container body. Nozzle 22
By pushing backwards and elastically reversing the C-shaped plate portion 16b and the like downward, the main plug 12 closes the lower end of the nozzle 22 and the lower part of the elastic pipe 30 fits into the auxiliary plug 28, so that liquid outflow and outside air Disable inflow.

In the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, two containers shown in FIG.
When the body parts are connected with the front parts facing each other and the C-shaped plate parts 16b, 16b etc. are elastically inverted upward by the nozzle pushing, the mouth parts 22b, 22b at the tip of the nozzle are shown by the two-dot chain line. So close. Therefore, when both containers that are integrally connected are tilted from this state, the liquid inside each container is exposed to the mouth portions 22b, 22 at the tip of the nozzle.
Immediately after flowing out from b, the air is mixed and replaced with the liquid flowing out, and the outside air flows into the container. After erecting each container, nozzle 2
When 2 and 22 are returned, the C-shaped plate portion and the like are elastically inverted downward, and the liquid outflow and the outside air inflow become impossible as in the case of the second embodiment.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. Reference numeral 1 is a container body in which a mouth and neck 3 is erected from the upper end of an elastically squeezable body 2 through a shoulder. Engagement ridges 4 are provided on the outer surface of the intermediate portion of the portion, and grooves 5 and 5 for alignment with a cap with a nozzle described later are vertically provided on both sides of the front portion of the ridges.

Reference numeral 6 denotes an inner plug fitted to the mouth of the container body,
The lower half of the leg tube 8 hanging from the top plate 7 is fitted to the inner surface of the mouth / neck portion 3, and the flange-shaped wall 9 extending outward from the middle portion of the leg tube is engaged with the upper end surface of the mouth / neck portion 3, A positioning cylinder 10 is fitted upright from the outer circumference of the flange-shaped wall 9 to the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the nozzle cap, which will be described later, and an engaging projection 11 is vertically provided on a part of the front surface of the cylinder. The central portion of the top plate 7 is raised in a cylindrical shape with an upper surface closed to form a main plug 12, and a liquid outflow hole 13 is formed in the top plate portion behind the main plug.

Reference numeral 15 is a cap with a nozzle, and a peripheral wall 18 hanging from the outer periphery of a top wall 16 covering the top plate 7 is fitted to the outer surface of the mouth / neck portion 3. On its peripheral wall, a groove 19 into which the engaging projection 4 of the mouth / neck portion is fitted is provided on the inner surface, and is fitted into positioning grooves 5 and 5 provided vertically on both sides of the front portion of the projection. Ridges 20, 20,
It is provided on both sides of the front part of the groove, and in this way, the cap with nozzle is prevented from rotating and being pulled out upward with respect to the neck of the container body. Further, on the inner surface of the front portion of the peripheral wall above the protrusions 20 and 20, there are vertical grooves into which the engaging protrusions 11 of the inner plug are fitted,
By doing so, the cap with nozzle with respect to the inner plug 6 cannot be rotated.

The top wall 16 of the nozzle cap 15 can be elastically inverted upward except for the outer peripheral portion thereof. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the top wall 16 is formed between the annular plate portion 16a formed by the outer peripheral portion of the top wall and the top wall portion surrounded by the annular plate portion. A C-shaped plate portion 16b inclined toward one side and a tongue-shaped enclosed plate portion 16c surrounded by the C-shaped plate portion and the front portion of the annular plate portion are used to define the boundary line between these plate portions. The thin hinge 21 is formed, and the rear portion of the enclosed plate portion is the nozzle 22 protruding upward. Further, the C-shaped plate portion 16b is formed so that the rear portion is wide and the both end portions are successively narrowed and projected. In the illustrated example, the outer peripheral portion of the enclosed plate portion 16c except the front portion is also inclined downward and outward in order to connect it to the inner edge of the C-shaped plate portion 16b inclined downward inward through the thin hinge 21. However, the inclination of the outer peripheral portion is not always necessary, and the entire enclosed plate portion 16c is inclined downward to the rear,
The left and right and rear outer edge portions may be connected to the inner edge of the C-shaped plate portion 16b via a thin hinge 21. The enclosed plate portion 16c has a large thickness to increase rigidity. The main plug 6 is watertightly fitted into the lower end of the nozzle 22, and the nozzle 22 is pushed forward as indicated by the double-dashed line to move the C-shaped plate portion 16b and the enclosed plate portion 16c. When elastically reversed upward, the main plug 12 is disengaged from the lower end of the nozzle to open the lower end of the nozzle hole 22a, and the nozzle is pushed rearward to elastically reverse downward, so that the lower end of the nozzle becomes the main plug 12 again. Provide to fit.

The second embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 differs from the first embodiment in the following points. That is, a top plate penetrating cylinder 25 is provided at the front part of the top plate 7 of the inner plug 6, and an outside air suction pipe 26 is hung vertically from the lower part of the cylinder into the container body. The auxiliary plug 28 is erected via an inwardly facing flange. The auxiliary plug 28 is lower than the upper end of the top plate penetrating cylinder 25.

An outside air suction hole 29 is formed in the front portion of the surrounding plate portion 16c of the cap 15 with a nozzle, and an elastic pipe 30 hanging from the periphery of the suction hole is fitted into the top plate penetrating cylinder 25, And the lower part of the pipe is fitted to the outer surface of the auxiliary plug 28. The elastic pipe 30 has a C-shaped plate portion as indicated by a chain double-dashed line.
When 16b etc. is elastically inverted upward, the lower part is an auxiliary plug
When it is extracted from 28, the outside air suction hole 29 communicates with the above-mentioned through hole 27, and when it is elastically inverted downward as shown by the solid line in the figure,
When the auxiliary plug 28 is fitted into the lower portion of the elastic pipe 30 again, the communication between the outside air suction hole 29 and the through hole 27 is cut off. The body of the container body 1 is not elastically squeezable.

In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the two container bodies 2 and 2 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are arranged with their front parts facing each other.
Are integrally formed or integrally connected, each container has the same shape and the same size, and as shown by the chain double-dashed line, each nozzle is moved forward by elastically reversing the C-shaped plate 16b. When tilted to, the mouths 22b, 22b at the tip of the nozzle
Are provided so that they are close to each other. The container of the third embodiment can be used as a two-liquid mixing container which is used, for example, for removing mold.

[0018]

The present invention is configured as described above, and is shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
15 top wall 1b, an annular plate portion 16a formed in the outer peripheral portion of the top wall,
An elastically deformable front-opening C-shaped plate portion 16b formed in the middle of the top wall portion surrounded by the annular plate portion, and an enclosure formed by the C-shaped plate portion and the front portion of the annular plate portion. With the plate portion 16c, the boundary line of each plate portion is formed as a thin hinge 21, and the C-shaped plate portion 16b is inclined downward inward, and the rear portion is wide and the front end portions are sequentially formed. Since it is formed so as to be narrowed and protrude, the C-shaped plate portion 16b can be formed by merely pushing the nozzle 22 standing upright from the rear center of the enclosed plate portion forward and backward.
And the surrounding plate portion 16c can be elastically inverted up and down, and the main plug 12 fits into the lower end of the nozzle by protruding the central portion of the top plate 7 of the inner plug 6 fitted to the mouth of the container body. Therefore, the C-shaped plate portion 16b and the surrounding plate portion 16c are elastically reversed in the vertical direction by the above-mentioned nozzle pushing, and the main stopper 12 is inserted from the lower end of the nozzle.
Can be detached and fitted, and the main body is detached by elastic pressing of the container body with the liquid outflow hole 13 formed on the side of the top plate of the inner plug communicating with the lower end opening of the nozzle. , The liquid in the container can be easily poured out, and the nozzle hole can be closed by fitting the main plug 12 to the lower end of the nozzle, thus the nozzle hole can be opened and closed by simply pushing the nozzle back and forth, Its operation is extremely easy.

In the case of the invention of claim 2, in addition to the structure of the invention of claim 1, a top plate penetrating cylinder 25 is provided in the front part of the inner plug top plate 7, and an outside air suction pipe 26 is hung from the lower part of the penetrating cylinder. At the same time, the auxiliary plug 28 is erected from the middle portion of the through cylinder through the inward flange with the through hole 27, and the cap with nozzle is also provided.
An outside air suction hole 29 is formed in the front portion of the enclosed plate portion 16c of 15 and an elastic pipe 30 hanging down from the periphery of the suction hole is attached to the top plate penetrating cylinder 25.
When the enclosed plate part 16c and the like are elastically inverted up and down as described above by fitting the inside of the pipe and the lower part of the pipe to the outer surface of the auxiliary plug 28, the lower part of the elastic pipe 30 becomes the auxiliary plug 28. Since the nozzle 22 is tilted forward by the elastic reversal and the lower end of the nozzle is opened and liquid can be poured out, the outside air suction hole 29 and the outside air suction pipe 26 are separated from each other because the nozzle 22 is inclined forward due to the elastic reversal. The outside air intake passage is formed in communication with each other, so that the first
Even if the container body is not elastically squeezed as in the case of the embodiment, the liquid can be poured out by the outside air replacement, and a container body that does not elastically deform can be used.

According to a third aspect of the invention, the C-shaped plate portion is formed.
When the upper elastic inversion of 16b and the surrounding plate 16c is reversed, the nozzle
22 The containers of the invention of the same size and shape having the same size and the same shape are integrally connected to each other with the front parts facing each other so that the tip mouth parts are close to each other. ,
It is convenient that it can be used as a two-liquid mixing container for mixing different kinds of liquids at the time of liquid pouring, for example, for storing a mold-removing chemical liquid.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the container shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a container of the present invention shown in a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the container of the present invention shown in a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

6 ... Inner plug 12 ... Main plug 15 ... Nozzle cap 16 ... Top wall 16a ... Annular plate 16b ... C-shaped plate 16c ... Enclosed plate 25 ... Top plate penetrating cylinder 30 ... Elastic pipe

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mouth and neck portion 3 having a body portion 2 which can be elastically squeezed.
A container body 1 standing upright, an inner plug 6 into which the leg cylinder 8 hanging from the top plate 7 is fitted to the inner surface of the mouth / neck portion, and a peripheral wall 18 hanging from the outer circumference of a top wall 16 covering the top plate. The inner plug 6 is provided with a liquid outflow hole 13 formed in a side top plate portion of a main plug 12 in which a central portion of the top plate is formed in a protruding manner. 15 is the top wall
16 is an annular plate portion 16a formed on the outer peripheral portion of the top wall, an elastically deformable front opening C-shaped plate portion 16b formed in the middle of the top wall portion surrounded by the annular plate portion, and the C-shaped plate. And a surrounding plate portion 16c which surrounds the front portion of the annular plate portion, the boundary line of each plate portion is formed as a thin hinge 21, and the center of the rear portion of the surrounding plate portion 16c is formed. As the nozzle 22 protruding upward, the main plug 12 is fitted in the lower end portion of the nozzle, and the nozzle is pushed in the front-rear direction, whereby the C-shaped plate portion 16
The C-shaped plate portion 16b is inclined downward inward so that the b and the surrounding plate portion 16c can be elastically inverted up and down, and the rear portion is wide and gradually narrows toward both front end portions and protrudes. And the lower end of the nozzle 22 is formed so as to be removably fitted into the main plug 12 by the above-mentioned elastic inversion. 2. A container body 1 for erecting the mouth / neck portion 3, an inner plug 6 for fitting a leg cylinder 8 hanging from a top plate 7 to the inner surface of the mouth / neck portion, and an outer circumference of a top wall 16 covering the top plate. A cap 15 with a nozzle in which a hanging peripheral wall 18 is fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck, and the inner plug 6 is a main plug 12 in which a central portion of a top plate 7 is formed to project.
The top plate penetrating cylinder 25 and the liquid outflow hole 13 are provided on the front and side top plate parts of the above, and the outside air suction pipe 26 is hung from the lower part of the top plate penetrating cylinder. An annular plate portion 16a formed on the outer peripheral portion of the wall, a C-shaped plate portion 16b having an elastically deformable front opening formed in the middle of a top wall portion surrounded by the annular plate portion, the C-shaped plate portion and the annular plate portion. The surrounding plate portion 16c, which is surrounded by the front portion of the above, forms the boundary line of each plate portion as a thin hinge 21, and the nozzle which projects upward from the rear center of the surrounding plate portion 16c. As 22, the main plug 12 is fitted into the lower end of the nozzle, and an elastic pipe 30 is hung from the peripheral edge of an outside air suction hole 29 formed in the front part of the surrounding plate part, and the pipe is connected to the top plate. Auxiliary stopper 2 which stands up inside the through tube 25 and the lower part of the pipe from the inner surface of the middle part of the top plate through tube via an inward flange with a through hole 27. 8 By fitting the nozzles 22 to the outer surface and pushing the nozzle 22 in the front-back direction, the C-shaped plate portion 16b and the enclosed plate portion 16c can be elastically inverted up and down. Is formed so as to be inclined inwardly downward, and its rear portion is wide and is gradually narrowed and projected toward both front end portions.
The lower end is for the main plug 12, and the lower part of the elastic pipe 30 is an auxiliary plug.
A liquid pouring container characterized in that it is formed so as to be detachable from each of the 28. 3. A C-shaped structure in which the body portions 2 of the container bodies 1 and 1 are connected to each other by facing the front portions of two liquid pouring containers having the same shape and the same size. Shape plate parts 16b, 16
3. The liquid according to claim 2, wherein when the nozzles 22 are inclined due to the upward elastic reversal of the b and the surrounding plate portions 16c, 16c, the tip opening portions 22b, 22b of the nozzles are formed so that they can approach each other. A dispensing container.