JPS6015495Y2 - Shaking container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a container for dispensing powder and granular materials, such as various seasonings.

In conventional shake-out containers, an inner cap having a shake-out hole is attached to the mouth of the container body, and a removable outer cap is attached to the mouth so as to cover the inner cap.

Therefore, the opening of the inner cap is merely sealed by the outer cap, and normally the inner bottom surface of the outer cap and the inner cap do not come into close contact with each other, leaving a gap therebetween.

In order to ensure sufficient sealing of the dispense hole, it is possible to install a seal between the opening of the container body and the outer cap. With screws, it was impossible to achieve a sufficient seal to prevent moisture.

Furthermore, even if the outer cap is attached to the mouth of the container body with sufficient sealing performance, the outer cap is removed each time it is used and is often handled with wet hands. When the outer cap becomes damp and the damp outer cap is attached to the mouth of the container body, the moisture is transmitted to the dispense hole and the contents, and the moisture causes the contents to adhere to the dispense hole and block the hole. In addition, there was a risk that the contents themselves would change in quality, resulting in deterioration of quality.

The present invention was devised in view of the above circumstances, and it improves the sealing performance of the dispense hole when the outer cap is attached, and when the outer cap becomes damp after the outer cap is removed, the damp outer cap is removed. To provide a shaker container that does not add moisture to the shaker hole and contents even when attached to the opening of the container body, is extremely easy to operate to seal the shaker hole, and has a simple structure of the sealing means. The purpose is to

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 7 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a screw 3 is formed on the outer periphery of a mouth 2 of a container body 1, an inner cap 4 is fitted into the mouth 2, and an inner cap 4 is fitted inside the mouth 2. The protrusion 51 of the opening/closing plate 5 is inserted into the center hole 42 of the top plate 41 of the cap 4, and the outer cap 6 is attached to the opening 2 so as to cover the inner cap 4 and the opening/closing plate 5 (Fig. 1). and Figure 4).

The central angle θ (second
A plurality of swing holes 43 are formed in the area (see figure), and ring-shaped legs 44 are protruded from the outer periphery of the lower surface of the top plate 41.

The legs 44 are fitted into the mouth 2 and the inner cap 4 is attached to the mouth 2.

The opening/closing plate 5 has a circular shape having approximately the same area as the top plate portion 41 of the inner cap 4, and has a closing portion 52 sufficient to cover the entire area where the dispensing hole 43 is present.

This closing portion 52 defines a region of the opening/closing plate 5 having a central angle α, and is wider than a region having a central angle θ where the swinging hole 43 of the inner cap 4 exists.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in this embodiment, θ and α=180 degrees.

Furthermore, an opening 53 is formed in a portion of the opening/closing plate 5 other than the closing portion 52, which can cover the entire area where the swinging hole 43 is present.

Furthermore, an operated member 54 such as a protrusion is formed on the upper surface of the opening/closing plate 5, and is configured to engage with and disengage from an operating member 63 of the outer cap 6, which will be described later.

The outer cap 6 has a female thread 61 formed on its inner peripheral surface, a contact ring 62 formed on its inner bottom surface, and
This is in the form of a pair of operating members 63 that engage with the operated member 54.

The female thread 61 is screwed into the male thread 3 to attach the outer cap 6 to the mouth portion 2.

The contact ring 62 comes into contact with the opening/closing plate 5 when the outer cap 6 is screwed into the mouth portion 2, and at this time, the operating member 63 engages with the operated member 54, and when the outer cap 6 is further rotated. The opening/closing plate 5 is also designed to rotate.

To explain the operation of the first embodiment described above, when the outer cap 6 is rotated in the direction of removing the outer cap 6 from the state where it is attached to the mouth portion 2 of the container body 1, one of the operating members 63 of the outer cap 6 When the opening/closing plate 5 engages with (contacts) the operated member 54 and further rotates the outer cap 6, the operating member 63 rotates the operated member 54, and as a result, the opening/closing plate 5
rotates to align the opening 53 and the swinging hole 43.

If the outer cap 6 is removed from the mouth 2 of the container body 1 in this state, the states shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b will appear.

Then, when the container body 1 is turned upside down and shaken, the contents are shaken out through the shakeout hole 43 and the opening 53.

After shaking out the contents, attach the outer cap 6 to the mouth 2 of the container body 1 again and rotate the outer cap 6 in the closing direction. When the outer cap 6 is held in place (in contact with) the operating member 54 and the outer cap 6 is further rotated, the opening/closing plate 5 rotates so that the closing portion 52 and the swing-out hole 43 match, and the swing-out hole 43 is completely sealed.

By the way, the opening/closing plate 5 is the middle cap 4 in the first embodiment.
Although the opening 53 is formed in the circular plate having approximately the same area as the top plate 41 of the top plate 41, it is also possible to use a circular plate having a substantially semicircular shape as shown in FIG. The cutout portion forms an opening 53.

9 and 10 show a second embodiment of the present invention,
The opening/closing plate 5 is rotatably mounted in close contact with the lower surface of the inner cap 4, and a passage 46 is provided in the inner cap 4 in order for the operated member 54 to engage with and disengage from the operating member 63 of the outer cap 6.
It is a formality.

The operated member 54 is inserted through the passage 46, and the operating member 63 of the outer cap 6 is engaged with and disengaged from the operated member 54 that has protruded above the inner cap 4 from the passage 46.

Also in this second embodiment, the central angles θ and α shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 of the first embodiment are θ×α=180 degrees.

However, in both embodiments, it is only necessary that θ≦α and θ<360 degrees, and the opening 53 is not necessarily the same as the swinging hole 43.
It does not have to match the entire range of .

That is, since the contents can be dispensed as long as the opening 53 matches a part of the dispensing hole 43, the opening 53 does not need to match the entire area of the dispensing hole 43.

However, the closing portion 52 of the opening/closing plate 5 needs to be large enough to cover the swinging hole 43 existing within the area of the central angle θ.

In this second embodiment, a protrusion 3 is formed in place of the male thread 3, a concave line 61' is formed in place of the female thread 61, and the outer cap 6 is firmly fitted into the opening 2, thereby forming the concave line 61' and the concave line 61'. When the outer cap 6 is to be removed, the outer cap 6 is rotated and then strongly pulled up.

When it comes to attaching and removing the outer cap 6 to and from the mouth 2, it is only necessary to simply fit it in and pull it up, but the condition is that it rotates when it is attached to the mouth 2.

The operation of this second embodiment is almost the same as that of the first embodiment,
The difference from the first embodiment is that the rotation range of the opening/closing plate 5 is
6, and when the dispensing hole 43 is sealed with the closing part 52 of the opening/closing plate 5, the passage 46 and the opening 53 may partially coincide with each other, and the contents may be exposed to outside air in this part. This is a common point.

This latter point can be solved by reducing the area of the opening 53.

In this case, the total opening area of the swing-out hole 43 during swing-out becomes smaller, and the amount of swing-out also becomes smaller.

11 to 13 show a third embodiment of the present invention, in which an opening 53 and a closing part 52 are formed in the inner cap 4, a swinging hole 43 is formed in the opening/closing plate 5, and a top plate part A part of 41 forms a closing part 52.

The operated member 54 of the opening/closing plate 5 is inserted into the opening 53. For example, when the operated member 54 comes into contact with one side 53a of the opening 53, the opening 53 and the swing-out hole 43 match, and the operated member 54 is inserted into the opening 53. When the operating member 54 comes into contact with the other side 53b of the opening 53, the swinging hole 43 does not peek out from the opening 53.
In other words, the drawing hole 43 is covered by the closing portion 52.

Also in this third embodiment, the relationship between the area of central angle θ forming the swinging hole 43 and the area of central angle α forming the closing part 52 is θ≦α, and θ<360 degrees. be.

In any of the embodiments described above, the basic function is to rotate the outer cap 6 when attaching it to the mouth portion 2, and to rotate the operating member 63 of the outer cap 6 and the operated member 54 of the opening/closing plate 5.
to transmit the rotation of the outer cap 6 to the opening/closing plate 5,
As a result, the closing portion 52 or the opening hole 43 of the opening/closing plate 5 is aligned with the opening hole 43 or the closing portion 52 of the inner cap 4, and the opening hole 43 is sealed with the closing portion 52.

Also, when removing the outer cap 6 from the mouth portion 2, the outer cap 6 is rotated, and the operating member 63 acts on the operated member 54 to rotate the opening/closing plate 5.

As a result, the entire area or a part of the dispensing hole 43 matches the opening 53, and the contents can be dispensed.

As explained above, the present invention includes an inner cap, an opening/closing plate, and an outer cap, and a swing hole is formed in the area of the central angle θ of the circular top plate of the inner cap or the opening/closing plate, and A closed part large enough to cover the dispenser hole is formed in the area of the center angle α of the top plate of the cap, and an opening that matches the entire area or a part of the dispenser hole is formed in addition to the closed part, and the center angle θ・α is θ≦α, and the central angle θ is θ
<It is set at 360 degrees, and an operating member such as a protrusion is formed on the opening/closing plate, and an operating member such as a hook is formed on the outer cap by engaging and detaching from the operating member and transmitting the rotation of the outer cap to the opening/closing plate. .

Therefore, by simply rotating the outer cap when attaching the outer cap to the mouth and removing it, the operating member engages with the operated member and rotates the opening/closing plate, thereby opening the opening hole and the closing portion.
Since the drawing hole and the opening can be matched with each other, there is no need to perform any operation for sealing or releasing the drawing hole other than the operation of attaching and removing the outer cap, and the handling is easy.

In addition, since the opening and closing of the dispenser hole is not done with wet hands but with the operating member of the outer cap, and since there is a closing part in close contact with the dispenser hole to seal the dispenser hole, moisture does not enter the dispenser hole. There is no risk of objects adhering to the container or the contents changing in quality.

Therefore, it is ideal as a shaker container for granular materials with strong moisture absorption and solubility.

Further, the dispense hole sealing means has a structure in which an inner cap and an opening/closing plate are attached to the opening, and the structure is simple and compact.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the inner cap, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the opening/closing plate, Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the opening, and Fig. 5 a. Figure 5 is a plan view of the inner cap and opening/closing plate, Figure 6 is a sectional view of the outer cap, Figure 7 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Figure 6,
8 is a plan view showing a modified example of the opening/closing plate, FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the second embodiment, FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the assembled state of the one in FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is a third embodiment. A perspective view showing the embodiment, FIG. 12 is a plan view of the opening/closing plate of the third embodiment, and FIG. 13 is a plan view of the third embodiment.
It is a top view of the inner cap of an Example. 1... Container body, 2... Mouth, 4...
...Inner cap, 5...Opening/closing plate, 6...
...Outer cap, 43...Drawing hole, 52
......Closing part, 53...Opening, 54...
...Operated member 63...Operated member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] An inner cap attached to the mouth of the container body, an opening/closing plate rotatably attached to either the upper or lower surface of the inner cap, and these inner caps and opening/closing plates. an outer cap that is rotatably attached to and removed from the opening of the canister body; a swing hole is formed in an area of the center angle θ of the circular top plate or opening/closing plate of the middle camp; Forming a closing portion large enough to cover the tipping hole in the area of the central angle α of the top plate of the cap, and forming an opening that matches the entire area or a part of the tipping hole in addition to the closing portion, The central angle θ・α is θ≦α
, the central angle 0 is set to θ<360 degrees, an operated member such as a protrusion is formed on the opening/closing plate, and a hook is provided on the outer cap to engage and detach from this operated member and transmit the rotation of the outer cap to the opening/closing plate. A shaker container characterized by having an operating member shaped like the above.