JPH10296146A - Trigger type sprayer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a sprayer to spray a content liquid in a desired direction within the range from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction without inclining a container by pivotally attaching a nozzle main body connected to a sprayer base via a spiral pipe to a nozzle holding cylinder freely rotatably. SOLUTION: A sprayer base A is attached to a mouth cylinder part of a container with a cap 3 and pumping work is started by pressing a trigger 4 to pump up a content liquid from the container and to discharge it from a nozzle member C. In this case, the nozzle member C is constituted of a nozzle main body 40, a spiral pipe 41 and, joints 42, 43 for connecting the spiral pipe 41 to an opening/closing switch member B and the nozzle main body 40 and the nozzle main body 40 is attached to a nozzle holding cylinder 21 rotatably so as to be held at a rotary position. Thus, the nozzle main body 40 can be positioned in the angle range from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction and since the spiral pipe 41 extends, contracts and bends corresponding to rotation of the nozzle main body 40, the content liquid can be sprayed to a desired direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a trigger type sprayer,
In particular, the present invention relates to a trigger type sprayer which can freely change a spray direction of a container from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction without tilting a posture of a container held in a vertical direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a trigger type sprayer, as shown in FIG. 7, a sprayer base a is attached to a container 71 via a cap 70 and a trigger 72 attached to the container frame is operated to operate the contents in the container. 2. Description of the Related Art A trigger type sprayer adapted to spray an object is conventionally known.

[0003] The sprayer base a is attached to the mouthpiece of the container 71, is disposed above the container 71 in the vertical direction (Y direction), and has a valve chamber with a suction pipe attached to the lower end thereof. A discharge pipe portion disposed in the direction (X direction), and a pump chamber portion disposed in a horizontal direction parallel to the discharge pipe portion.
A nozzle attachment member 74 is attached to the tip of the discharge pipe 73 of the atomizer base a.
And a nozzle member 75 capable of switching the opening and closing of the flow path is attached to the nozzle attaching member 74 so that the content liquid is sprayed on the container in the horizontal direction (X direction).

[0004]

In the above-mentioned sprayer, the tip of the suction pipe is immersed in the content liquid to suck and spray the content liquid into the pump chamber. In order to completely discharge the content liquid in the container, The tip of the suction pipe is located at a certain position on the bottom of the container. Therefore, even if the container is tilted and sprayed upward, for example, if the pipe tip is at position b, the tip of the suction pipe will not be immersed in the liquid unless the contents are filled in the container. There was a problem that things were not sprayed.

[0005] In particular, when using a detergent or the like, the spray cannot be sprayed from below when a symmetrical object such as a ceiling, a range hood or the like is located above. There is a problem that it is necessary to lift the container so that the detergent is located at a position where the detergent is not effectively sprayed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a trigger type sprayer in which the spraying direction can be sprayed upward with respect to the container without tilting the container, with the technical problem of solving the above-mentioned problems. With the goal.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above technical object, the present invention provides, as a trigger type sprayer, a sprayer base attached to a container and a nozzle holding cylinder attached to the sprayer base. What is claimed is: 1. A trigger type sprayer comprising: a discharge passage opening / closing switching member provided; and a nozzle member attached to the opening / closing switching member, wherein the nozzle member connects a nozzle body, and the nozzle body and the opening / closing switching member. The nozzle body is rotatably pivoted to the nozzle holding cylinder, and sprays in a desired direction in a range from horizontal to vertical without tilting the posture of the container. Is adopted.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, A is a sprayer base, similar to a conventionally well-known sprayer.
And a valve chamber part having a suction pipe attached to the lower end, a discharge pipe part arranged in a horizontal direction, and a pump chamber part arranged in a horizontal direction parallel to the discharge pipe part. (Not shown), and the cap portion 3 of the container 1
The pump is operated by pressing the trigger 4 to suck up and discharge the content liquid from the container. B is a switching member for opening and closing the discharge path attached to the sprayer base, and C is a nozzle member mounted on the switching member.

As shown in FIG. 2, a nozzle attachment member 6 is attached to the tip of the discharge pipe 5 of the discharge section of the sprayer base A, and the nozzle attachment member 6 is attached to the discharge pipe of the sprayer base A. A fitting cylinder 9 having a bottom wall 8 provided with a through hole 7 communicating with 5;
It comprises a mounting cylinder 10 provided with a bulge on the outer periphery, and a mounting shaft 12 having a flow path 11 formed therein.

[0010] As shown in FIGS.
A base 20 and a nozzle holding cylinder 21 protruding from the base 20
It consists of The base 20 includes a substantially triangular substrate 22 and a triangular peripheral wall 2 surrounding the substrate 22.
3 and so on. On the atomizer base A side of the substrate 22, a fitting tube 24 having a bulging portion on the inner periphery that fits on the outer periphery of the mounting tube 10 inside the peripheral wall 23, and engages with the inner periphery of the mounting tube 10. An engagement ring 25 is formed, and a mounting cylinder 27 that forms a flow path 26 at a predetermined location and is attached to the mounting shaft 12 is provided upright. A fitting cylinder 28 is provided upright on the opposite side of the substrate 22 corresponding to the mounting cylinder 27, and a through hole 29 is formed in the center of the substrate 22 to communicate the mounting cylinder 27 with the fitting cylinder 28. doing.

When the opening / closing switching member B is attached to the nozzle attaching member 6, the bulging portions of the mounting tube 10 and the fitting tube 24 are engaged with each other so as to be rotatably fitted. Has become. When the opening / closing switching member B is rotated to rotate to a position where the flow path 11 formed in the mounting shaft 12 and the flow path 26 formed in the mounting cylinder 27 coincide with each other, the through hole 7, the inner chamber of the mounting cylinder 10, Channel 2
6, the discharge pipe 5 of the sprayer base A and the inner space of the fitting cylinder 28 of the open / close switching member B are communicated through the flow path 11 and the through hole 29 to form a discharge path. Is rotated to a position where does not match, the communication between the discharge pipe 5 and the inner space of the fitting tube 28 is prevented, and the discharge path is closed.

The nozzle holding cylinder 21 is erected on the substrate 22 and has a substantially quadrangular cylindrical shape. The nozzle holding cylinder 21 includes a top wall 30, side walls 31a and 31b, and a bottom wall 32 extending substantially to the center. Is formed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the tip of the nozzle holding cylinder 21 is an attachment part for the nozzle member C,
Nozzle mounting holes 33a, b are formed in the side walls 31a, b, and a guide groove 34 having a narrow end from the edge to the nozzle mounting holes 33a, b is formed in the inner surface of the side walls 31a, b. Is formed. The upper wall 30 is provided with a notch 37 including a linear portion 35 extending from a tip to a predetermined location and an arc portion 36.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the nozzle member C comprises a nozzle body 40, a spiral pipe 41, and joints 42 and 43 for connecting the spiral pipe 41 to the open / close switching member B and the nozzle body 40. I have.

The nozzle main body 40 includes a mounting cylinder 44 and a nozzle tip mounting body 46 having a nozzle tip 45 formed eccentrically on the mounting cylinder 44. At a predetermined position of the mounting cylinder 44, a mounting shaft 47 is provided in a protruding manner, and a flange 48 is provided inwardly away from the mounting shaft 47.

A nozzle nozzle fitting hole 49 having a cylindrical shape is formed in the nozzle chip mounting body 46, and a mounting shaft 50 is provided at the center. A through hole 52 communicating with the inner chamber 51 of the mounting cylinder 44 is formed in a part of the bottom surface of the nozzle tip fitting hole 49. Have been.

The nozzle tip 45 has a nozzle hole 54 at the center.
And a fitting tube 56 having a bulge ring formed on the outer periphery. The nozzle tip 45 is mounted on the nozzle tip mounting body 46 such that the fitting cylinder 56 is fitted into the nozzle tip fitting hole 49, and the nozzle hole 54 is attached to the mounting cylinder via the flow path 53 and the through hole 52. The inner chamber 51 is communicated with 44.

The attachment of the nozzle body 40 to the nozzle holding cylinder 21 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The mounting shaft 47 is pushed along the guide groove 34 and fitted into the nozzle mounting holes 33a, 33b. The outer diameter of the mounting shaft 47 is slightly larger than the inner diameters of the nozzle mounting holes 33a and 33b, so that the nozzle body 40 can rotate around the mounting shaft 47 and is held at the rotating position. It has become.

The downward rotation of the nozzle body 40 is prevented from further rotation by the flange 48 being joined to the upper wall 30 of the nozzle holding cylinder 21, and the upward rotation is caused by the mounting cylinder 44. By joining to the circular bottom surface of the notch 37 of the upper wall 30, further rotation is prevented. Thereby, the rotation range is set to an angle range of 90 ° from the horizontal to the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the spiral pipe 41
The two end portions 60 and 61 have a linear shape, and the intermediate portion 62 is spirally wound. The spiral intermediate portion 62 extends in the longitudinal direction and can be freely curved.

The joints 42 and 43 are provided with a slot 6
3 and a cylindrical body 64 having a swelling ring formed on the outer periphery thereof, and a flange 65.
The fitting can be fitted into the fitting tube 28 of the opening / closing switching member B and the mounting tube 44 of the nozzle body 40. The joints 42 and 43 are connected to both ends 6 of the spiral pipe 41.
When it is attached to the spiral pipe 41, the slot 63 is provided, so that both ends 60, 61 of the spiral pipe 41 are provided.
And a swelling ring is formed on the outer periphery, so that the ends of the spiral pipe 41 are respectively connected to the fitting tube 28 of the open / close switching member B and the mounting tube 44 of the nozzle body 40. It is designed to be airtight and bonded.

When the nozzle body 40 is located in the same direction as the nozzle holding cylinder 21, the spiral pipe 41 is housed in the nozzle holding cylinder 21 as shown in FIG.
When the nozzle body 40 is positioned vertically with respect to the nozzle holding cylinder 21 as shown in FIG. 6, the nozzle body 40 is held tightly wound on the upper surface of the nozzle body 2. Spiral pipe 4 by being rotated
1 is extended and curved, and a part of the spiral pipe 41 is drawn out of the nozzle holding cylinder 21.

Next, the mode of use and operation and effect of the sprayer will be described. In use, when the container is maintained in the vertical direction (Y direction) and the nozzle body 40 is gripped and rotated, the container can be positioned in an angle range between the horizontal and vertical directions with respect to the nozzle holding cylinder 21. Since the spiral pipe 41 expands and contracts in accordance with the rotation of the main body 40, the spray can be sprayed in a desired upper direction by pointing the nozzle main body 40 in a desired direction and pressing the trigger 4. When the product is transported or stored after use, the nozzle body 40 is positioned in the same direction as the nozzle holding tube 21, and the spiral pipe 41 is wound tightly and stored in the nozzle holding tube 21. So it is safeguarded.

[0023]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. The nozzle body is rotatably attached to the nozzle holding cylinder, so that the trigger can be pressed without tilting the container to spray in the desired direction in the angle range from horizontal to vertical. Was. In particular, when the object to be sprayed is above, the contents can be effectively sprayed from below while keeping the container in a normal state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sprayer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially sectional front view of the sprayer.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional front view of a tip portion of a nozzle holding cylinder.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a nozzle body, (a) is a side view,
(B) It is a front view.

FIG. 6 is a sectional front view of a main part when the nozzle body is rotated in the vertical direction.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a conventional trigger type sprayer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, a sprayer base B opening / closing switching member C, 75 nozzle member 1, 71 container 2, mouthpiece 3, 70 cap 4, 72 trigger 5, 73 discharge pipe 6, 74 nozzle mounting member 20 base 21 nozzle holding cylinder 22 Substrate 23 Peripheral wall 24 Fitting cylinder 28 Fitting cylinder 29 Through hole 30 Top wall 31a, b Side wall 32 Bottom wall 33a, b Nozzle mounting hole 34 Guide groove 37 Notch 40 Nozzle body 41 Spiral pipe 42, 43 Joint 44 Mounting cylinder 45 Nozzle tip 46 Nozzle tip mount 47 Mounting shaft 48 Flange 54 Nozzle hole 60, 61 Both ends 62 Middle

Claims (1)

[Claims] A sprayer base attached to a container, an opening / closing switching member for a discharge path attached to the sprayer base and provided with a nozzle holding cylinder, and a nozzle member attached to the opening / closing switching member. A trigger type sprayer comprising: a nozzle member comprising a nozzle body, and a spiral pipe connecting the nozzle body and an open / close switching member, wherein the nozzle body is pivotally mounted on a nozzle holding cylinder so as to be rotatable; A trigger type sprayer characterized by spraying in a desired direction in a range from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction without inclining the posture of the container.