JPH0826309A - Inverted tube container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make drain holes inconspicuous and discharge water smoothly and rapidly. CONSTITUTION:In an inverted tube container in which a discharge cap 2 is fitted to a mouth-neck part 11 of a tube container body 1, and a cover body 3 is openably/closeably fitted to the discharge cap 2 through a hinge 4, a corner part 22 of an outer peripheral edge of a peripheral wall 21 of the discharge cap 2 is chamfered. A plurality of discharge cap drain holes 23 are formed in appropriate positions in a chamfered part 221. An outer peripheral edge of a top wall 31 of the cover body 3 is projected in a small-height cylindrical form. A plurality of cover body drain holes 33 are formed in the projected edge so as to be opened to the inner peripheral surface of the projected edge. The discharge cap drain holes 23 and the cover body drain holes 33 are made to positionally correspond to each other.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inverted tube container capable of removing water that enters the back side of a discharge cap.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an inverted tube container in which a discharge cap is attached to the mouth and neck of a tube container body, and a lid is attached to the discharge cap via a three-point hinge so as to be openable and closable. In this case, the discharge cap has a discharge port that communicates with the inside of the mouth and neck portion on the top wall, and also has a three-point hinge, so that the outer peripheral shape is usually formed large in conformity with the body portion of the tube container body. However, an outer peripheral wall is provided around the periphery.
However, since it is usually turned upside down with the closed lid, when using it in a water place such as a washroom or a bathroom, from the slight gap created between the tube container body and the edge of the outer peripheral wall of the container. Water enters the back side of the discharge cap, which causes the next time the contents of the tube container are discharged.
Unexpectedly, it gives off discomfort, and moreover, the water rots or accompanies the growth of fungi and germs, which causes hygiene problems. Therefore, in order to drain the water, a drain hole is formed in the rear part of the top wall of the discharge cap, and the water that has entered the back side of the discharge cap is allowed to flow out into the lid body through the drain hole, and further An attempt has been made to let the water flow out to the outside through a notch provided in the lid to form the hinge (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-72747).

[0003]

However, the water draining hole formed in the top wall of the discharge cap is easily noticeable and looks bad. In addition, the notch provided on the lid body may lack smoothness of drainage. In view of such a point, the present invention intends to solve the above-mentioned problems by making the drain holes inconspicuous and enabling smooth and quick drainage.

[0003]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 mounts a discharge cap 2 on the mouth / neck portion 11 of a tube container body 1, and a lid body is attached to the discharge cap via a hinge 4. In an inverted tube container in which the discharge cap 3 is openably and closably mounted, a discharge cap water drain hole 23 is formed in a corner portion 22 of an outer peripheral edge of the peripheral wall 21 of the discharge cap 2 so as to cover the outside of the top wall 31 of the lid body 3. It is characterized in that the peripheral edge is formed as a short cylindrical projecting edge 32, and a water draining hole 33 for a lid is formed by making an opening in the projecting edge inner peripheral surface at the projecting edge.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the discharge cap 2 is attached to the mouth / neck portion 11 of the tube container body 1, and the lid 3 is openably and closably mounted on the discharge cap via the hinge 4. In the container, the peripheral wall 21 of the discharge cap 2
The corner portion 22 of the outer peripheral edge is chamfered, and a plurality of drainage cap drainage holes 23 are bored at appropriate positions of the chamfered portion 221, and the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 31 of the lid 3 is formed into a short cylindrical projecting edge 32. It is characterized in that it is formed and a plurality of water drain holes 33 for the lid are formed by opening the inner peripheral surface of the protruding edge at the protruding edge.

Further, the invention of claim 3 is an inverted type in which the discharge cap 2 is attached to the mouth / neck portion 11 of the tube container body 1 and the lid 3 is openably / closably mounted to the discharge cap via the hinge 4. In the tube container, the corner portion 22 of the outer peripheral edge of the peripheral wall 21 of the discharge cap 2 is chamfered, and the chamfered portion
A plurality of water discharge holes 23 for discharge caps are formed at appropriate positions of 221 to form the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 31 of the lid 3 into a short cylindrical projecting edge 32, and at the projecting edge, the inside of the projecting edge is formed. It is characterized in that a plurality of water drainage holes 33 for the lid are formed by making holes on the peripheral surface, and the drainage water holes 23 for the discharge cap and the water drainage holes 33 for the lid are made to correspond in position. .

[0006]

With the above-described configuration, in any of the inventions, in the inverted posture, water that has entered the back side of the discharge cap 2 flows into the lid 3 through the discharge cap drain hole 23, and the lid 3 It smoothly and quickly flows out to the outside through the drainage hole 33. In addition, those drain holes 23, 33 are inconspicuous in position.

[0007]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of an inverted tube container according to the inventions of claims 1 to 3. In the figure, 1 is a tube container main body, 2 is a discharge cap fitted and engaged with a neck portion 11 of the tube container, and 3 is a discharge cap that is openably and closably mounted via a three-point hinge 4. The lids are made of synthetic resin, and the discharge cap 2, lid 3 and three-point hinge 4 are
It is formed integrally with the lid open. The tube container body 1 is
At the tip of the cylindrical body 13 with the rear end closed in a letter, the shoulder 12
Has a mouth-neck portion 11 having a diameter approximately half that of the body portion, and a locking projection 14 is provided around the outer peripheral surface of the mouth-neck portion. The body 13 is thin and can be crushed. Discharge cap 2
A discharge port 24 communicating with the mouth / neck portion 11 is provided at the center of the top wall 21, and a fitting small tube 25 and an engagement tube 26 for fitting and engaging the inside and outside of the mouth / neck portion 11 on the inner surface of the top wall 21. And an engaging groove 27 that engages with the locking projection 14 of the mouth / neck portion 11 on the inner peripheral surface of the engaging cylinder.
And an outer peripheral wall 28 having an outer diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the body 13 of the tube container body 1 is provided around the periphery of the top wall 21, and the corner portion of the peripheral wall 21 of the discharge cap 2 is formed.
The chamfered portion 22 is provided with a plurality of water holes 23 for the discharge cap at appropriate positions of the chamfered portion 221 (both sides of the three-point hinge 4 in FIG. 1). Then, in order to facilitate the flow of water, the inner surface of the top wall 21 between the engagement cylinder 26 and the outer peripheral wall 28 is in an inverted position in the vicinity of the drainage hole 23 (in FIG. The point hinge 4 side) is low, and the inclined surface gradually increases as the distance increases. The lid 3 is provided with a peripheral wall 34 corresponding to the outer peripheral wall 28 on the peripheral edge of the top wall 31, and
A plug portion 35 is formed in the center of the inner surface of the top wall 31 so that it can be inserted into and removed from the discharge port 24. Further, the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 31 is formed into a short cylindrical projecting edge 32, and the projection is formed. A plurality of water drainage holes 33 for the lid are formed by opening the inner peripheral surface of the projecting edge at the edge,
These water drain holes 33 for the lid are positionally associated with the water drain holes 23 for the discharge cap (in FIG. 1, three-point hinge 4).
Both sides of). Also in this case, in order to facilitate the flow of water, the inner surface of the top wall 31 is low in the vicinity of the drainage hole 33 (the side of the three-point hinge 4 in FIG. 1) in the inverted posture,
It is formed on an inclined surface that gradually becomes higher as the distance increases.

With the above-mentioned structure, when the contents such as a creamy substance are contained in the tube container body 1 and are normally placed upside down, and the contents are discharged, the tube container body 1 is kept as usual. Grip and pick up, open the lid 3, squeeze the tube container body 1, and discharge the discharge port 2 of the discharge cap 24.
It is only necessary to discharge the contents from the inside of the tube container body 1, but in the inverted state, the water that has entered the back side of the discharge cap 2 along the body portion 13 of the tube container main body 1 passes through the discharge cap draining hole 23 and the lid body. 3 and flows out to the outside through the lid water drainage hole 33.

[0009]

According to the inventions of claims 1 to 3,
A drainage hole 23 for the discharge cap is formed in a corner portion 22 on the outer peripheral edge of the peripheral wall 21 of the discharge cap 2 to form the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 31 of the lid 3 into a short cylindrical projecting edge 32. Since the lid body draining holes 33 are formed by opening the inner peripheral surface of the projecting edge at the edge, these draining holes 23, 33 can be made inconspicuous in position. , The water that has entered the back side of the discharge cap 2 in the inverted position
With 3,33, it can be discharged smoothly and promptly to the outside, and it can be provided at a low cost with a simple structure.

Further, according to the inventions of claims 2 and 3, the discharge cap drainage hole 23 has a corner portion 22.
Chamfering a plurality of the chamfered portions 221 at appropriate places,
Since the plurality of water drain holes 33 for the lid are also provided, the water can be drained more smoothly and quickly.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the plurality of discharge cap water drain holes 23 and the plurality of lid water drain holes 33 correspond to each other in position, the water can be drained more smoothly and quickly. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cutaway side view showing an embodiment of an inverted tube container according to the invention of claims 1 to 3 in a closed position.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main portion of the same example in a closed position.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part of the same example in the open position.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Tube container body 2 ... Discharge cap 3 ... Lid body 4 ... Three-point hinge 11 ... Mouth / neck part 12 ... Shoulder part 13 ... Body part 14 ... Locking ridge 21 ... Top wall 22 ... Corner part 23 ... Discharge cap water Drain hole 24 ... Discharge port 25 ... Fitting small cylinder 26 ... Engaging cylinder 27 ... Engaging groove 28 ... Exterior peripheral wall 31 ... Top wall 32 ... Projection edge 33 ... Lid drainage hole 34 ... Peripheral wall 35 ... Plug portion 221 … Chamfer

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An inverted tube container in which a discharge cap 2 is attached to a mouth / neck portion 11 of a tube container body 1 and a lid 3 is openably and closably mounted on the discharge cap via a hinge 4. A drainage hole 23 for a discharge cap is formed in a corner portion 22 of the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 21 of the cap 2 to form an outer peripheral edge of the top wall 31 of the lid 3 into a short cylindrical projecting edge 32. An inverted tube container characterized in that a water draining hole (33) for a lid is formed by opening an inner peripheral surface of the projecting edge at the edge. 2. An inverted tube container in which a discharge cap 2 is attached to a mouth / neck portion 11 of a tube container body 1, and a lid 3 is openably and closably mounted on the discharge cap via a hinge 4. The corner portion 22 of the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 21 of the cap 2 is chamfered, and a plurality of drainage water holes 23 for discharge caps are formed at appropriate positions of the chamfered portion 221, and the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 31 of the lid 3 is a short cylinder. An inverted tube container, characterized in that it is formed on a projecting edge 32, and a plurality of water draining holes 33 for the lid are formed by opening the inner circumferential surface of the projecting edge at the projecting edge. 3. An inverted tube container in which a discharge cap 2 is attached to a mouth / neck portion 11 of a tube container body 1 and a lid 3 is openably and closably mounted on the discharge cap via a hinge 4. Corner part 22 of the peripheral wall 21 of the cap 2
Chamfering is performed, a plurality of drainage cap drainage holes 23 are formed at appropriate positions in the chamfered portion 221, the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 31 of the lid 3 is formed into a short cylindrical projection edge 32, and A plurality of water draining holes 33 for the lid are formed by opening the inner peripheral surface of the projecting edge at the edge, and the water draining holes 23 for the discharge cap and the water draining hole 33 for the lid are correspondingly positioned. An inverted tube container characterized by being made.