JPH08217118A - Liquid metering cap - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent the contamination of a metering cap and a container main body with liquid dripping. CONSTITUTION: A liquid dripping preventing weir 31 and the liquid receiving part 32 surrounded by the weir 31 are provided to the pouring port 17A provided to the outer surface of the cap main body 13 of a liquid metering cap 12. The liquid return port 33 communicating with a metering chamber 15 is provided to the liquid receiving part 32.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid measuring cap for containing a liquid content such as a liquid detergent and for measuring and pouring the liquid content.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a liquid measuring cap has been used as an actual flat plate.
There is one as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-14054. This conventional liquid measuring cap has a cap body and a cover cap. The cap body is attached to the opening of the container body, forms a measuring chamber, has a nozzle communicating with the inside of the container and rising from the bottom of the measuring chamber, and has a spout on the ceiling of the measuring chamber. Composed. The cover cap is connected to the cap body via a hinge and is configured to open and close the spout of the cap body and the discharge port of the nozzle. A dip tube that connects the interior of the container to the nozzle is provided at the bottom of the measuring chamber of the cap body.

However, the above-mentioned measuring cap is mounted in the opening of the container body after the container body is filled with the contents. When pouring out the contents from the container body, the cover cap is rotated around the hinge. Then, the user presses the flexible container body (squeeze container) to push the contents out of the dip tube and the nozzle into the measuring chamber. After weighing a certain amount of content in the weighing chamber, tilt the container body and pour out the content in the weighing chamber from the spout.

[0004]

However, the prior art has the following problems. When pouring out the contents in the measuring chamber from the pouring outlet, a dripping of the contents occurs around the pouring outlet, and this dripping flows randomly around the pouring outlet to a wide range on the outer surface of the cap body.
Stain the measuring cap and container body.

The ceiling of the measuring chamber of the cap body has a flat shape. For this reason, the liquid pushed out from the nozzle to the side of the weighing chamber strongly collides with a wide area of the entire ceiling of the weighing chamber. There is an inconvenience that the liquid collided by the collision force is foamed.

The discharge port of the nozzle is in the same direction as the liquid pouring direction from the pouring port of the cap body. Therefore, the residual liquid remaining in the nozzle or the dip tube after the measurement leaks into the measuring chamber from the discharge port of the nozzle when the liquid is poured out by inclining the container body in the liquid pouring direction. This impairs the weighing accuracy.

The cap body is divided into a cap body lower part which forms the lower part of the measuring chamber and a cap body upper part which forms the upper part of the measuring chamber. The cap body upper part is a flange outer edge of the cap body lower part. The part is attached to the container body in a state of being sandwiched between the part and the opening of the container body. At this time, the upper portion of the cap body is made of a transparent material for weighing the contents, and the appearance around the opening of the container body can be seen through. The appearance of the container body adhered part is lacking in clarity, and the distinguishability of the measuring scale part is low.

It is an object of the present invention to prevent the measuring cap and the container body from being soiled due to dripping in the liquid measuring cap.

Another object of the present invention is to prevent the liquid extruded from the nozzle to the side of the measuring chamber from splashing or foaming in the liquid measuring cap.

Further, according to the present invention, in the liquid measuring cap, it is possible to prevent the residual liquid remaining in the nozzle or the dip tube after measuring from leaking out when the liquid is poured out by inclining the container body and improving the measuring accuracy. With the goal.

Another object of the present invention is to improve the appearance of the cap body and the distinguishability of the measuring scale portion in the liquid measuring cap.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a container is attached to an opening of a container body, forms a measuring chamber, communicates with the inside of the container, and rises from the bottom of the measuring chamber. It has a cap body with a nozzle and a spout provided on the ceiling of the measuring chamber, and a cover cap that is connected to the cap body via a hinge and that opens and closes the spout of the cap body and the discharge port of the nozzle. In the liquid measuring cap formed as described above, a liquid dripping prevention weir and a liquid receiving portion surrounded by the weir are provided around the spout on the outer surface of the cap body, and a liquid return port that connects this liquid receiving portion to the measuring chamber is provided. It is a thing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, the liquid return port is a portion near the hinge around the pouring port, and a liquid pouring direction from the pouring port is It is arranged in the opposite position.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the portion around the spout of the measuring chamber ceiling of the cap body is the bottom of the liquid receiving section, and the measuring is performed. The portion around the liquid receiving portion of the chamber ceiling is raised to the bottom of the liquid receiving portion via a step.

The present invention according to claim 4 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 3.
In any one of the present inventions, the discharge port of the nozzle is arranged at a position opposite to the liquid pouring direction from the pouring port.

The present invention according to claim 5 provides claims 1 to 4.
In any one of the present inventions, the cap body is further divided into a cap body lower part that forms a lower part of the measuring chamber and a cap body upper part that forms an upper part of the measuring chamber. The lower part is adhered around the opening of the container body, and the upper part of the cap body is adhered around the lower part of the cap body in an overlapped manner.

[0017]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the following effects are obtained. When pouring out the contents in the measuring chamber from the pouring outlet, the dripping of the contents around the pouring outlet is stopped by the liquid receiving part surrounded by the dripping prevention weir, and then returned to the measuring chamber from the liquid returning port. To be done. Therefore, dripping does not randomly flow from around the spout to a large area on the outer surface of the cap body, and the measuring cap and the container body are not contaminated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there are the following effects. Since the liquid return port of the liquid receiving section is located in the opposite direction to the liquid pouring direction from the pouring port, the liquid in the measuring chamber will come out of the liquid returning port when pouring the liquid by tilting the container body in the liquid pouring direction. It prevents the liquid from leaking to the side of the liquid receiving part and ensures that the liquid in the measuring chamber can be poured from the pouring outlet.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there are the following effects. The portion of the cap body around the outlet of the measuring chamber ceiling is the bottom of the liquid receiving portion, and the portion of the ceiling of the measuring chamber around the liquid receiving portion is raised above the bottom of the liquid receiving portion via a step. Therefore, the ceiling height of the ceiling portion of the measuring chamber becomes high around the liquid receiving portion, and it is possible to mitigate the strong collision of the liquid pushed out from the nozzle toward the measuring chamber to the ceiling portion of the measuring chamber. For this reason,
It is possible to prevent the liquid extruded from the nozzle to the side of the measuring chamber from splashing or foaming.

According to the present invention described in claim 4, the following effects are obtained. The discharge port of the nozzle is arranged at a position opposite to the liquid pouring direction from the pouring port. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the residual liquid remaining in the nozzle or the dip tube after the measurement from leaking from the discharge port of the nozzle into the measuring chamber when the liquid is poured out by inclining the container body in the liquid pouring direction, Weighing accuracy can be improved.

According to the present invention described in claim 5, the following effects are obtained. The cap body was divided into a cap body lower part and a cap body upper part, and the cap body upper part was adhered around the cap body lower part in an overlap shape. Therefore, even when it is essential that the upper part of the cap body is made of a transparent material for measuring the contents, the container body adhered part on the upper part of the cap body is reflected by the color of the lower part of the cap body on the back side. Be improved. In addition, the appearance of the transparent scale part on the upper part of the cap body and the adhered part of the container body on which the color of the lower part of the cap body is reflected is distinct, and the distinguishability of the scale part can be improved.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a closed state of a liquid measuring cap, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an opened state of a liquid measuring cap, FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the container 10 has a squeeze container body 11 filled with a liquid content such as detergent,
A measuring cap 12 is attached to the opening 11A of the container body 11.

The measuring cap 12 has a cap body 13 and a cover cap 14 as shown in FIGS.

The cap body 13 is attached to the opening 11A of the container body 11 and forms a measuring chamber 15,
The bottom portion 1 of the weighing chamber 15 communicating with the inside of the container body 11
A nozzle 16 rising from 5A is provided, and a spout member 17 is provided on a ceiling portion 15B of the measuring chamber 15. In the cap body 13, a dip tube 18 that communicates the inside of the container body 11 with the nozzle 16 is provided at the bottom 15A of the measuring chamber, and the dip tube 18 extends to the bottom of the container body 11.

The cover cap 14 is a cap body 11
Are integrally connected to each other via a main hinge 19A and a sub-hinge 19B to open and close the spout 17A of the spout member 17 and the discharge port 16A of the nozzle 16.

Here, the cap body 13 is provided in the measuring chamber 15
Lower part 21 of the cap body forming the lower part of the
5 and the upper part 22 of the cap body forming the upper part of 5. An outer ring 21A of the cap body lower portion 21 is screwed around the opening 11A of the container body 11. The cap body lower part 21 has a short cylindrical seal ring 23 sandwiched between the inner ring 21B and the inner diameter part of the opening 11A of the container body 11, thereby liquid-tightly coupling with the container body 11. ing. Incidentally, the seal ring 2
3 is fixed to the inner diameter of the container body 11 by being engaged. The lower half outer ring 22A of the cap main body 22 is fitted around the outer ring 21A of the lower cap main body 21 in an overlapped manner, and the lower end locking portion 24 is attached to the lower end surface of the outer ring 21A. It is locked to prevent it from coming off. Further, the outer ring 22A of the cap body upper part 22 is fitted to the outer ring 21A of the cap body lower part 21 via the rotation stopping portion 25.
That is, in the cap body 13, the cap body lower portion 21 and the cap body upper portion 22 are provided with the locking portion 24 and the rotation stopping portion 2
5 is used to integrally connect both axially and circumferentially so that the whole can be integrally attached to and detached from the opening 11A of the container body 11. In addition, the cap body upper part 22 has an inner ring 22B which is the outer ring 21A of the cap body lower part 21.
Liquid-tightly fits into a fitting groove 21C provided on the upper end surface of the. Further, the cap main body upper part 22 is formed of a transparent resin material such as polypropylene as described later, and the upper half of the measuring scale part 22C is provided with measuring scale lines 26A to 26C such as 30L, 40L and 45L. The amount of liquid in the measuring chamber 15 can be measured by seeing through from the outside.

In the cap body 13, the discharge port 16A of the nozzle 16 is arranged at a position near the hinge 19A around the spout 17A and in a position opposite to the liquid pouring direction A from the spout 17A.

The cap body 13 is provided with a spout 17 at the ceiling 15B of the measuring chamber in the upper part 22 of the cap body.
A locking ring 27 in which the opening edge portion of A is raised in a ring shape is provided, and the base end groove 17B of the spout member 17 is provided in the locking ring 2.
7 is fitted in a liquid-tight manner.

The cap body 13 is the spout 1 on the outer surface of the measuring chamber ceiling 15B in the upper part 22 of the cap body.
A liquid drop prevention weir 31 and a liquid receiving portion 32 surrounded by the weir 31 are provided in the portion around 7A, and the liquid receiving portion 32 is provided in the measuring chamber 1.
5 is provided with a liquid return port 33 communicating with 5. In the upper portion 22 of the cap body, the annular bottom surface of the liquid receiving portion 32 surrounding the locking ring 27 for the spout member 17 is the container 10
32A descending toward the liquid return port 33 in an upright position
Has been granted. Further, the liquid return port 33 is the spout 17
The portion around A is near the hinge 19A, and is arranged at a position opposite to the liquid pouring direction A from the pouring outlet 17A.

In the cap body 13, the portion around the spout 17A of the measuring chamber ceiling portion 15B in the upper portion 22 of the cap body serves as the bottom of the liquid receiving portion 32, while the surrounding portion of the liquid receiving portion 32 of the measuring chamber ceiling portion 15B. The liquid receiving portion 32
A high ceiling surface 34 is raised to the bottom of the above through a step. The high ceiling surface 34 is provided with an upslope 34A along the liquid discharge direction B from the discharge port 16A of the nozzle 16 with the container 10 standing upright.

Further, the cap body 13 projects the measuring chamber bottom portion 15A in the cap body lower portion 21 outward (downward) from the lower end surface of the outer ring 21A (the portion adhered to the container body 11) in the cap body lower portion 21. ing. H
Is the protruding height.

Further, the cap body 13 prevents the liquid from dripping from the dip tube 18 when the cap 12 is removed and inverted and placed around the dip tube 18 on the outer surface (lower surface) of the bottom 15A of the measuring chamber in the lower part 21 of the cap body. A weir 35 for preventing dripping is provided.

The cover cap 14 has an inner seal 36 and an outer seal 37. When the cover cap 14 is closed, (a) the inner seal 36 is attached to the nozzle 1.
6 is liquid-tightly fitted around the discharge port 16A to partition the measuring chamber 15 from the inside of the container main body 11 in a liquid-tight manner, and (b) the outer seal 37 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the dripping prevention weir 31 around the spout member 17. The measurement chamber 15 can be liquid-tightly fitted to partition the measuring chamber 15 from the external space in a liquid-tight manner (FIG. 1).

In the container 10, for example, the container body 11, the cap body lower portion 21 of the cap body 13,
The cap body upper part 22 and the cover cap 14 are made of polypropylene, and the dip tube 18 and the seal ring 23 are made of low density polyethylene (LDPE).

Then, the spout member 17 is made of a flexible material (for example, low density polyethylene (LDPE)) having a higher water repellency than the material (for example, polypropylene) for forming the upper portion 22 of the cap body, and the spout 17A is formed. The curled edge 17C is resin-molded at the edge portion in the liquid pouring direction (A).

Next, the usage of the container 10 will be described. (1) After filling the container body 11 with contents, the container body 11
The cap 12 is screwed into the opening 11A.

(2) When pouring out the contents from the container body 11, the cover cap 14 is rotated around the hinges 19A and 19B. Then, the user pressurizes the container body 11 to transfer the contents to the dip tube 1
8. Push out from the nozzle 16 into the measuring chamber 15. Weighing room 15
After measuring a certain amount of the contents, the container body 11 is tilted, and the contents in the measuring chamber 15 are poured out from the spout 17A.

(3) When refilling the container body 11 with contents, the cap 12 is removed from the opening 11A of the container body 11 and new contents are loaded from the opening 11A of the container body 11 from which the cap 12 has been removed. Fill. At this time, the cap 12 removed from the container body 11 is inverted, that is, placed on a table or the like with the top surface 14A of the cover cap 14 as a placement surface (FIG. 4).

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. (1) When pouring out the contents in the measuring chamber 15 from the pouring outlet 17A, the dripping of the contents around the pouring outlet 17A
It is restrained by the liquid receiving portion 32 surrounded by the dripping prevention weir 31, and then returned to the measuring chamber 15 from the liquid return port 33. For this reason, the dripping does not randomly flow from around the spout 17A to a wide range on the outer surface of the cap body 13, and the measuring cap 12 and the container body 11 are not contaminated.

(2) The liquid return port 33 of the liquid receiving part 32 is the spout 1
Since it is arranged at the position opposite to the liquid pouring direction A from 7A, when the liquid is poured out by inclining the container body 11 in the liquid pouring direction A,
The liquid in the measuring chamber 15 is prevented from leaking from the liquid return port 33 to the liquid receiving portion 32 side, and the liquid in the measuring chamber 15 can be reliably poured out from the pouring port 17A.

(3) Ceiling 15 of the measuring chamber of the cap body 13
The portion around the spout 17A of B is the bottom of the liquid receiving portion 32,
The portion around the liquid receiving portion 32 of the ceiling portion 15B of the measuring chamber is connected to the liquid receiving portion 3
It is assumed to be raised to the bottom of No. 2 through a step. Therefore, the ceiling height of the measuring chamber ceiling portion 15B is set to the liquid receiving portion 3
It is possible to mitigate a strong collision of the liquid, which becomes higher in the area around the two and is pushed out from the nozzle 16 toward the measuring chamber 15 side, to the measuring chamber ceiling portion 15B. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the liquid extruded from the nozzle 16 to the measuring chamber 15 side from scattering and forming a foam.

(4) The discharge port 16A of the nozzle 16 is arranged at a position opposite to the liquid pouring direction A from the pouring port 17A. For this reason, the residual liquid remaining in the nozzle 16 or the dip tube 18 after the measurement causes the discharge port 1 of the nozzle 16 when the liquid is poured out by inclining the container body 11 in the liquid pouring direction A.
6A can be prevented from leaking into the measuring chamber 15, and the measuring accuracy can be improved.

(5) The cap body 13 was divided into a cap body lower portion 21 and a cap body upper portion 22 and the cap body upper portion 22 was attached around the cap body lower portion 21 in an overlapping manner. Therefore, even when it is indispensable that the upper part 22 of the cap body is made of a transparent material for measuring the content, the container body adhered part (outer ring 22A) of the upper part 22 of the cap body is on the back side of the cap body. The appearance is improved by reflecting the color of the lower portion 21. Further, the external appearance of the transparent weighing scale portion 22C of the cap body upper portion 22 and the container body adhered portion (outer ring 22A) reflecting the color of the cap body lower portion 21 becomes clear, and the weighing scale portion 22C The distinctiveness can also be improved.

(6) When the material for forming the cap body 13 is polypropylene, for example, the material for forming the spout member 17 is different from the material for forming the cap body 13 and has high water repellency, for example, low density polyethylene. As a result, the spout 17A has good drainage due to the high water repellency of the material. Therefore, by tilting the container body 11,
The liquid that has reached the spout 17A is quickly separated from the edge of the spout 17A and is poured out. Therefore, there is no possibility that drips flow around the cap body 13 and stain the cap body 13 and the container body 11.

(7) The material for forming the spout member 17 (for example, low-density polyethylene) is more flexible than the material for forming the cap body 13 (for example, polypropylene), and the spout 17A
A curled edge 17C is formed by resin molding at the edge of the liquid pouring direction. Therefore, even if the curled edge 17C is forcibly removed from the mold, the curling edge 17C is not damaged due to its flexibility, and the spout 17A having the curled edge 17C with good liquid drainage can be configured. .

(8) Measuring chamber bottom portion 15A of the cap body 13
Are projected outward from the container body adhered portion (outer ring 21A) of the cap body 13. Therefore, when expanding the volume of the measuring chamber 15, the measuring chamber bottom portion 15A of the cap body 13 is projected outward (downward) by the amount of the expanding volume of the measuring chamber 15, and the protruding portion is stored in the container body 11. Can be stored.

(9) In the above (1), the cap body 1
The height of the portion (the head-equivalent portion) located outside the container body 11 of 3 is not changed at all, and only the height of the portion of the cap body 13 accommodated in the container body 11 is increased. Therefore, even if the volume of the measuring chamber is expanded, the container body 1 of the cap body 13 is
It is possible to improve the appearance of the entire container 10 without increasing the ratio of the height of the portion located outside 1 to the height of the container body 11.

(10) In the above (1), the height of the portion of the cap body 13 located outside the container body 11 does not increase even if the volume of the measuring chamber is expanded. Therefore, the container 1 can be stored without increasing the size of the storage box or the display shelf of the container 10.
0 is easy to handle.

(11) Bottom 15A of the measuring chamber of the cap body 13
A weir 35 for preventing dripping when the cap is removed and inverted is provided around the dip tube 18 on the outer surface of the. Therefore, the cap body 13 removed from the container body 11 at the time of refilling the contents is in the inverted state, that is, the cover cap 14
When the top surface 14A of the cap is placed on a table or the like as a mounting surface, even if the residual contents attached around the dip tube 18 are transmitted to the outer surface of the bottom 15A of the measuring chamber of the cap body 13, the liquid is prevented from dripping. The weir 35 prevents the spread of dripping. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the drips from polluting the outer peripheral portion of the main body of the cap 12 and the periphery of the table surface or the like on which the cap 12 is placed.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings. However, the specific structure of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and changes in design within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention can be made. Even if it exists, it is included in the present invention.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the liquid measuring cap, it is possible to prevent the measuring cap and the container body from being damaged due to dripping.

Further, according to the present invention, in the liquid measuring cap, it is possible to prevent the liquid extruded from the nozzle to the side of the measuring chamber from splashing or foaming.

Further, according to the present invention, in the liquid measuring cap, the residual liquid remaining in the nozzle or the dip tube after measuring is prevented from leaking out when the liquid is poured out by inclining the container body, and the measuring accuracy is improved. can do.

Further, according to the present invention, in the liquid measuring cap, the appearance of the cap body and the distinguishability of the measuring scale portion can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a closed state of a liquid measuring cap.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an opened state of the liquid measuring cap.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the cap is removed and inverted and placed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Container Main Body 11A Opening 12 Measuring Cap 13 Cap Main 14 Cover Cap 15 Measuring Chamber 15A Measuring Chamber Bottom 15B Measuring Chamber Ceiling 16 Nozzle 16A Discharge Port 17 Spout Member 17A Spout 19A, 19B Hinge 21 Cap Body Lower 22 Cap Body Upper part 31 Drip prevention weir 32 Liquid receiving part 33 Liquid return port 34 High ceiling surface

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A nozzle, which is attached to an opening of a container body, forms a measuring chamber, communicates with the inside of the container and rises from the bottom of the measuring chamber, and has a spout on the ceiling of the measuring chamber. A liquid metering cap having a cap body that is connected to the cap body via a hinge, and a cover cap that opens and closes the outlet of the cap body and the outlet of the nozzle. A liquid measuring cap, characterized in that a liquid dripping prevention weir and a liquid receiving portion surrounded by the weir are provided in a peripheral portion, and a liquid return port that connects the liquid receiving portion to a measuring chamber is provided. 2. The liquid measuring cap according to claim 1, wherein the liquid return port is arranged at a portion near the hinge around the pouring port, and at a position opposite to a liquid pouring direction from the pouring port. 3. A portion of the cap body around the outlet of the measuring chamber ceiling is the bottom of the liquid receiving portion, and a portion around the liquid receiving portion of the ceiling of the measuring chamber has a step with respect to the bottom of the liquid receiving portion. The liquid measuring cap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid measuring cap is lifted up. 4. A discharge port of the nozzle is arranged at a position opposite to a liquid pouring direction from the pouring port.
The liquid measuring cap according to any one of 1. 5. The cap body is divided into a cap body lower portion that forms a lower portion of the measuring chamber and a cap body upper portion that forms an upper portion of the measuring chamber, and the cap body lower portion is divided into two parts. The liquid measuring cap according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the liquid measuring cap is attached around the opening, and an upper portion of the cap main body is attached around the lower portion of the cap main body in an overlapped manner.