JPH10264953A - Spouting cap - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the occurrence of incorrect opening and closing securely by setting the constitution in which a cover is not opened unless the given operation for a cap body is carried out. SOLUTION: An outer collar 9, a hanging-down cylindrical piece 10, an outer flange 11 and a skirt cylinder 12 are formed continuously on a notch plate 4 of an assembly section 2 assembled firmly on a cap section of a bottle container of squeeze properties and forming a content liquid jet opening 7, and an elastic piece 14 with an engaging piece 15 formed by a notch 13 is formed on a continuously connecting section to constitute a cap main body 1 and an engaging hole 23 into which the engaging piece 15 is inserted from inside is formed on a peripheral wall 20 of a cover 19 hinge connected with the rear end of the cap main body 1, and the closed state is kept strongly by the engagement of the engaging piece 15 with the engaging hole 23, and the opening of the cover 19 can be achieved by the combination of the engagement release operation of the engaging piece 15 with the engaging hole 23 and the pushing-up operation of the cover 19 in the constitution of a pouring cap.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spout cap which is attached to the mouth of a bottle having squeezing properties and has a spout for spouting a liquid content such as a chemical contained in the bottle. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A squeeze-type synthetic resin bottle container is tightly assembled at the mouth of the bottle and uses a squeeze deformation of the bottle container to eject a liquid such as a chemical solution in a mist or liquid state. 2. Description of the Related Art A pour cap made of a synthetic resin having a cover for use is known.

[0003] The above-mentioned conventional dispensing cap is tightly assembled to the mouth of a bottle container, and has a cap body provided at the top with a spout for spouting the liquid content in a mist or liquid state, and a rear part of the cap body. A lid which is hinged to the end so as to be openable and closable, and which is closed, and which closes the spout and lightly engages with the cap body. By pressing the body of the container, the content liquid can be directly applied to the affected part from the spout.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the opening operation of the pouring cap is extremely easy, the lid is frequently opened improperly.
There are problems such as the generation of dirt around the spout, the illegal outflow of the content liquid, and the deterioration of the quality of the content liquid.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to make it impossible to open the lid without a certain opening operation to the cap body. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a suitable use situation by preventing unauthorized opening of the lid.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems Among the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, the means according to the first aspect of the present invention is tightly assembled at the mouth of a squeezable bottle container and forms a spout at the top plate. A semi-cylindrical spout head protruding from the outer end of the outer flange extending from the peripheral edge of the top plate of the assembling portion. A tube piece is suspended, and a skirt tube is suspended from a lower end of the hanging cylinder piece via an outer flange-shaped outer flange, and at least one of a combination of the outer flange, the hanging cylinder piece, the outer flange, and the skirt cylinder is provided. A notch is provided on a side portion to form a resilient piece standing upright, and a cap body having a locking piece protrudingly provided at an upper end of an outer surface of the resilient piece is provided with a hinge at a rear end of the cap body. A stopper is provided on the lower surface of the top wall to close the spout of the cap body, At least one side of the peripheral wall fitted around the hanging tube piece flop body, having a lid locking piece is provided with a locking hole that fits from the inside of the bullet pieces of the cap body,
The integral structure of the cap body and the lid is made of synthetic resin.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, a spout head of the cap body is provided at a front end of the top plate, and a front side of an outer flange close to the spout head is This is an addition of a configuration in which a through hole that penetrates vertically is opened.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, the upper end surface of the locking piece of the resilient piece of the cap body is provided.
This is a configuration in which a guide slope inclined downward and outward is added.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the outer flange of the cap main body, the hanging cylinder piece, the outer flange and the skirt cylinder are formed with elastic pieces on both sides of the combined body,
This is a configuration in which locking holes are provided on both sides of the peripheral wall of the lid.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the cap body is assembled in a state where the spout port is communicated with the bottle container by tightly assembling the cap body with the mouth portion of the bottle container. The liquid in the bottle container can be ejected from the ejection port in the form of a mist or a liquid by squeezing deformation due to the pressing of the body of the bottle container.

The elastic piece provided on the cap body can be elastically deformed inward by the width of the notch in the outer flange at the upper end provided with the locking piece and can be displaced backward. .

When the lid is in the closed position, the peripheral wall of the lid is externally fitted to the hanging cylinder piece of the cap body, the plug piece seals the spout of the cap body, and the cap is inserted into the locking hole of the peripheral wall. The locking pieces of the bullets of the main body are fitted in from the inside and are locked firmly.

Therefore, in the closed state of the lid, the lid cannot be opened unless the elastic piece is elastically deformed inward and the locking piece is released from the locking hole. Thus, the lid can be stably maintained and maintained in a closed state, and at the same time, the lid can be prevented from being loosely opened.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the through hole of the cap body is provided on the front side of the outer flange close to the ejection head piece, the lower opening thereof is open to the atmosphere. Therefore, even if an infant puts a mouth near the spout of the cap body that is in an open state and sucks, the child's mouth passes through this through hole. Only the outside air is sucked in, and the content liquid is not sucked out from the spout.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the guide slope is inclined downward and outward, when the lid is rotated in the closing direction and is forcibly pushed down, the lower edge of the peripheral wall of the lid becomes the guide slope. To apply an inward pressing force to the upper end portion of the bullet, whereby the bullet is elastically displaced inward, and the peripheral wall of the lid rides over the locking piece of the bullet. Since the locking hole will be locked to the locking piece,
The closing operation of the lid only needs to be performed by turning and pressing the lid alone.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the resilient pieces and the locking holes are provided on both sides of the cap body and the lid, the closed posture of the lid with respect to the cap body is maintained at both sides. It is maintained and becomes strong and stable, and since both bullets are located on both sides of the cap body, the cap body is pressed by picking it from both sides with your fingertips. Since the closed posture of the body is released, the lid is not unnecessarily opened.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Assembling portion 2 of cap body 1 (FIG. 7)
And FIG. 8) has a cylindrical fitting tube 3 which is fitted externally to the mouth of a bottle container having squeezing properties and which is firmly undercut and joined, and is provided at the upper end of the fitting tube 3 so as to be continuous. A top plate 4 that forms a cylindrical body, and is suspended from a lower surface of the top plate 4;
A sealing cylinder 5 closely fitted into the mouth of the bottle container;
And a spout head piece 10 having a substantially semispherical protruding portion at the front end of the upper surface portion of the top plate 4 inside the spout, and having a spout 7 obliquely opened forwardly communicating with a spout channel 8 formed therein. In order to achieve a tighter assembling with the mouth of the bottle container, a sealing strip is provided between the fitting tube 3 and the seal tube 5 so that the protruding end is in close contact with the upper end surface of the mouth of the bottle container. It is preferable to project around the lower surface of the top plate 4.

The outer flange 9 (see FIG. 4) is extended from the top plate 4 with its rear edge straight except for the rear side of the top plate 4. The vertically extending short cylindrical hanging cylindrical piece 10 (see FIG. 7) has its rear end integrated with the fitting cylinder 3, and has a long axis positioned in the left-right direction as a whole. It has an elliptical shape.

A pair of through holes 18 (see FIG. 4) provided in the outer collar 9 are provided on the left and right sides in close proximity to the ejection head piece 6, and the infant sucks the ejection head piece 6 with a mouth. At this time, at least one of the through holes 18 is always made to be able to communicate with the mouth of the infant, but the through holes 18 are not limited to a pair of left and right, that is, two, May be provided.

An outer flange 11 is provided continuously from the lower end of the hanging cylindrical piece 10 in an outer flange shape (see FIGS. 1, 4, 7, and 8).
Forms an abutment portion with which the lower end edge of the peripheral wall 20 of the lid 19 in the closed state abuts.
The value is substantially equal to the wall thickness of 0.

A skirt tube 12 (FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8) which is suspended from the outer peripheral end of the outer flange 11 is provided.
Is lower than the lower edge of the fitting tube 3 and has a height sufficient to form the elastic piece 14, and is a main part of the appearance of the cap body 1. ing.

A pair of bullets 14 (see FIGS. 1 and 4)
Is connected at the upper end by an outer collar 9 and the hanging tubular piece 1
0, the outer flange 11, and a pair of notches 13 extending in parallel to the vicinity of the lower portion of the skirt tube 12, and can be elastically deformed with its lower end as a fulcrum. The upper end provided with the locking piece 15 can be displaced to the left and right, and the range of displacement of the locking piece 15 to the left and right is set by the width of the notch 13 formed in the outer flange 9. The width of the notch 13 formed in the outer flange 9 is larger than at least the protrusion width of the locking piece 15.

The outer surface of the bullet 14 has a bullet 1
4 is provided with a non-slip 17 for facilitating pressing operation with a fingertip, and a pair of reinforcing ribs in the form of a vertical ridge extending to the lower end of the skirt tube 12 are provided at both ends of the inner surface of the bullet 14. (See FIG. 5) is effective in maintaining the mechanical strength of the bullet 14.

The lid 19 has a short top cylindrical shape in which a top wall 21 is connected to the upper end of a short cylindrical peripheral wall 20 having the same planar shape as the skirt tube 12. At the same time, a short tubular plug piece 22 (see FIG. 1) that closely fits onto the ejection head piece 6 to achieve an indirect sealing of the ejection port 7 is hung down, and both side portions (left and right sides) of the peripheral wall 20 are provided. A locking hole 23 (see FIGS. 1 and 6) into which the locking piece 15 of the bullet 14 is fitted is formed in a hole shape.

The peripheral wall 20 of the lid 19 has a wall thickness substantially equal to the width of the outer flange 11 of the cap body 1, and a lower portion thereof is fitted to the hanging cylindrical piece 10. By providing a ridge on the inner peripheral surface of the portion, the underhang is lightly undercut-coupled to the hanging cylinder piece 10 in the closed posture.

The outer periphery of the front end of the peripheral wall 20 of the lid 19 is provided with a finger hook 2 functioning as an opening operation section of the lid 19.
4 (see FIGS. 2, 6, and 7) are protruded, and the lid 1
When releasing 9, the finger pieces 24 are pushed up with the fingertips in a state where the locking pieces 15 and the locking holes 23 are released by pressing the two pieces 14 from the left and right.

A hinge portion 25 for integrally hinge-connecting the cap body 1 and the lid 19 is provided with a central hinge main portion and a pair of wavy curved elastic portions (FIG. 1) located on the left and right sides of the hinge main portion. , FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. 7), and self-holds the open posture (see FIG. 1) by the elasticity of the elastic portion.

[0028]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the closed state of the lid is strongly held by the locking of the locking piece of the cap body and the locking hole of the lid, so that the lid is openly opened. This makes it possible to stably maintain the tightness of the bottle container, and to completely shut off the outside air around the spout, so that the contents may leak illegally and contaminate the surroundings. In addition, it is possible to reliably prevent inconveniences such as deterioration of the content liquid due to evaporation and adhesion of dust and the like around the ejection port.

The release of the locking between the locking piece of the cap body and the locking hole of the lid is completely different from the opening and rotating operation of the lid, and is achieved by a pressing operation on a bullet having a different operation form. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent unreasonable opening, and to thereby obtain a high degree of certainty in maintaining the closed posture.

Since the elastic piece provided with the locking piece is formed integrally by the notch, the molding of the entire dispensing cap can be completed by a single molding operation. Simple molding of the pouring cap can be achieved without complicating the molding operation due to the provision of the elastic pieces provided with the holes and the locking holes.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
Even if the infant mischiefs the container in the open state and puts his mouth near the spout head, he sucks the outside liquid into the infant's mouth only through the through-hole, and the liquid is sucked up from the spout. Never be.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the locking between the locking piece and the locking hole can be achieved by a simple pressing operation on the lid, and the locking piece is provided with the locking hole. The impact and impact sound accompanying the elastic return operation of the bullet at the moment when it is locked can be sensed as clear hearing and tactile sensation, so that the sealing operation can be simplified and the achievement of sealing clearly It can be sensed and will provide a high degree of certainty with accurate handling.

In the invention according to claim A4, since the closed posture of the lid is achieved and maintained on both sides thereof, the closed posture of the lid can be reliably and strongly achieved and maintained. Opening can be more reliably prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an open state, showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 as viewed obliquely from the front in a closed state.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an overall plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in an open state;

FIG. 5 is an overall bottom view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in an open state;

FIG. 6 is a side view of only the lid of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an overall vertical sectional side view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in an open state.

FIG. 8 is a semi-longitudinal front view of only the cap body of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; Cap main body 2; Assembling part 3; Fitting cylinder 4; Top plate 5; Seal cylinder 6; Spout head piece 7; Spout port 8; Spout path 9; Outer flange 10; Hanging pipe piece 11; Outer flange 12; Notch 14; Bullet 15; Locking piece 16; Guide slope 17; Non-slip 18; Through hole 19; Lid 20; Peripheral wall 21; Top wall 22; Plug piece 23; Locking hole 24; 25; hinge part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takahiko Nakagawa 369-18, Mukoyama, Oji, Ageo-shi, Saitama 3-23-8 Hino Chuo, Konan-ku

Claims (4)

[Claims] A squeezed bottle container which is closely assembled to the mouth of a bottle container and has a top plate (4) having a substantially hemispherical ejection head (6) having an ejection port (7) formed thereon. A short cylindrical hanging cylindrical piece (10) is provided from the extension end of an outer flange (9) extending from the peripheral edge of the top plate (4). , The hanging tube piece
A skirt tube (12) is suspended from the lower end of (10) via an outer flange-shaped outer flange (11), and the outer flange (9), the hanging tube piece (10), the outer flange (11), and the skirt tube are provided. A notch (13) is provided on at least one side of the combination with (12) to form a resilient piece (14) standing upright, and a locking piece ( A cap body (1) protrudingly provided with the cap body (1) is hinged to the rear end of the cap body (1) by a hinge part (25) so as to be openable and closable, and the spout ( 7) Closure piece to seal (22)
A lid body provided with a locking hole (23) into which the locking piece (15) is fitted from the inside on at least one side of the peripheral wall (20) externally fitted to the hanging cylinder piece (10). (19), a synthetic resin pouring cap composed of: 2. A spout head (6) is provided at the front end of the top plate (4), and a through hole vertically penetrated through a front side of an outer flange (9) close to the spout head (6). 18. The dispensing cap according to claim 1, wherein 18) is established. 3. The pouring cap according to claim 1, wherein an upper end surface of the locking piece (15) is a guide inclined surface (16) inclined downward and outward. 4. An outer collar (9) of a cap (1) and a hanging cylinder piece (10).
The outer flange (11) and the skirt tube (12) are provided with bullets (14) on both sides thereof and locking holes (23) on both sides of the peripheral wall (20) of the lid (19). The pouring cap according to claim 1, 2 or 3 provided.