JPS63181775A - Liquid agent applicator - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a liquid application container that seals and stores a small amount of liquid, and in particular, the container can be easily opened as required.

This invention relates to a liquid application container that stores a small amount of liquid and is convenient to carry. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a portable liquid container that can be easily opened and can be applied or dripped onto a desired location accurately and effectively, if necessary.

, [Conventional technology] Traditionally, in order to apply the drug to the required location.

Usually, a small cotton swab, brush, gauze, or absorbent cotton is impregnated with a small amount of the drug, which is stored in a glass or plastic container with an openable stopper, and then applied to the desired parts of the human body. . In this case, handling is quite cumbersome because the stopper must be opened and carefully applied before use. In order to solve this problem, directly coatable containers having a liquid-permeable coating surface at the opening are provided and commercially available. However, since the applicator comes into contact with the patient, it may become contaminated with foreign matter, dust, etc., and direct application may be painful and cannot be used depending on the condition of the affected area.

In addition, there is a method in which the application member does not come into contact with the affected area. There are liquid containers equipped with a mechanism to spray the liquid, but if it is necessary to wipe the affected area, use gauze or absorbent cotton impregnated with the liquid. must be done. For this purpose, there is a product in which cotton, nonwoven paper, etc. is impregnated with a liquid agent and then sealed and packaged with a flexible plastic film, but there is a risk of touching the product and staining the hands when using it.

There is also a need for a liquid container that is convenient to carry and easy to use, and which holds a single-use amount of liquid.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention provides a method for storing an amount of a liquid agent for one-time use in a hermetically sealed container, which can be easily opened when necessary, and after opening.

To provide a liquid agent application container capable of selectively applying one drop of the liquid agent and wiping it depending on the condition of the part to be applied without causing the liquid agent to adhere to the fingers. Another feature of the present invention is that it is small and lightweight.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a liquid agent application container suitable for portability. A further object of the present invention is to provide a liquid agent application container in which the amount of liquid agent supplied to the application member can be easily adjusted as appropriate. Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid application container that is convenient to carry, holds a small amount of liquid, and allows the liquid to be dripped through a liquid application member when direct application of the liquid is painful. do.

[Structure of the Invention] [Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a liquid application container containing a liquid, which comprises a cylindrical hard plastic container body and a seal that seals one end of the container. and a soft plastic member sealing the other end of the container.

The container body and the sealing member are integrated in a shape that can be separated during use, and when the two are separated, a part of the liquid agent application member is exposed outside one end of the container body, preventing application. A liquid agent application member is held in the container body in a suitable shape, and the liquid agent is stored between the application member and the soft plastic member in the container body, while the soft plastic member has flexibility. This is a liquid application container configured so that the liquid contained in the container can be oozed out through the application member by pressing and deforming the soft plastic member. Further, it is preferable that the application member is made of a material that is permeable to the liquid agent. Further, the container main body and the sealing member are integrally molded, and a breakable thin portion is formed between the container main body and the sealing member, and can be broken during use. and.

The container body and the sealing member may be configured to be integrated by screwing. The sealing member has an end opposite to the container body,
After the sealing member is separated from the container body, it can be shaped to fit into the container body again.

The liquid agent application container can be provided with an ointment storage portion.

[Function] The plastic liquid application container for storing a small amount of liquid according to the present invention has a hard plastic member and a soft plastic member, and the hard plastic member has a function of being sealed and easily opening the application member and the liquid. by appropriately pressing the soft plastic member.

This is so that the sealed liquid can be appropriately supplied through the application member. Second, the application member provided in the liquid application container of the present invention can take a convenient shape for application by opening the container.

The plastic resin used in the liquid application container of the present invention is 9. For example, polyolefin type such as polyethylene type or polypropylene type.9. Polystyrene type, polyvinyl chloride type, etc. can be used.

These synthetic resins are processed by injection molding, extrusion molding, blow molding, and injection blow molding.

It can be formed by vacuum forming or the like.

In the present invention, both hard plastic and soft plastic must be molded and both must be joined.

Both must be firmly sealed and fixed.

As described above, the plastic liquid agent application container of the present invention has
It is composed of a hard part and a flexible soft part, both of which are firmly fixed.

This soft part must have flexibility, and for this purpose, either the flexibility of the material itself, the flexibility effect produced by thinly molded resin, or a combination of both is used. Ensure flexibility in what you do.

Furthermore, these hard and soft parts must be firmly joined. This joining is performed by fitting or fusing to seal and secure the parts and to integrate them.

On the other hand, the application member is incorrectly loaded into the hard plastic member, and a thin portion is provided in a predetermined hard plastic member outside the application member loading location. With such a configuration, 9, for example, 1 can be attached to the hard plastic member.
By applying a breaking force with fingers or the like, that is, by applying stress in the lateral direction, the hard plastic member is easily broken at the thin portion. This exposes a portion of the application member to the outside, giving it a shape suitable for application. That is, since the tip of the applicator is exposed to the outside and the applicator part inside the hard plastic member is fixed, the tip of the applicator plays the same role as the tip of the brush tip and is suitable for application. takes shape. Since the liquid is sealed and stored on the fixed side of the application member, the application member is wet with the liquid in this state, so you can apply the liquid to the required area as it is, or wipe the required area with the liquid. can.

On the other hand, soft plastic members have flexibility.

When this part is pressed, the liquid stored in the container oozes out through the application member. For this purpose, the application element can be moistened accordingly.

In addition, if the application member causes pain when it directly touches the affected area, the liquid in the liquid application container can be passed through the application member by pressing the soft plastic member without touching the application member to the affected area. It flows out and can be dripped as appropriate from the application member. In addition, if the area to be coated is large and the liquid applied to the application member is quickly lost after opening the package, the liquid can be pushed out and applied by pressing the soft plastic member in the same way. The member can be used by sufficiently containing the drug.

The liquid agent application container according to the present invention is not limited to a tubular shape, but a tubular shape is preferable from the viewpoint of molding techniques and the like.

The coating member used in the liquid coating container according to the present invention is made of cotton,
It is manufactured from non-woven paper, a fibrous filter, long-fiber Tobu material, porous plastic, etc. It is made of materials with good permeability to the liquid and is fixed at a predetermined position within the liquid application container.

The liquids that can be stored in the liquid application container according to the present invention are medicines to be applied to the skin of the human body, liquids for disinfection, treatment, etc., and can be stored and applied in liquid form.

The liquid application container of the present invention can further include an ointment attachment portion with ointment attached thereto. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide a product that allows the ointment to be further applied after cleaning a wound or the like with the liquid.

In the liquid application container of the present invention, the hard plastic member broken and separated from the container main body has a shape such that the end opposite to the broken end thereof can be attached to the broken end of the liquid application container main body. i.e. by forming threads or attachment features on their ends.

After being broken and separated, the end portion of the application member is wrapped again and attached to the container body, thereby providing a liquid application container that can use the liquid even a small number of times.

Furthermore, in the liquid application container of the present invention, the soft plastic member has rounded ends in a spherical shape, so that it can have the same function as a dropper and can efficiently extrude the liquid.

In addition, in order to further strengthen the hard plastic member of the liquid application container according to the present invention, except for the broken part of the thin wall part,
The container may have ribs or beads.

Next, the liquid agent application container of the present invention will be explained using specific examples, but the present invention is not limited to the following description.

An example of the liquid application container of the present invention is shown in the partial cross-sectional view of FIG. 1, which shows the right half in cross section.

1 is a soft plastic member, and 2 is a hard plastic member. The soft plastic member 1 and the hard plastic member 2 are completely fixed at the fixed portion 7. A thin wall portion 3 is provided in the middle of the hard plastic member 2. The liquid agent 4 is sealed and stored in the hollow part of the liquid agent application container as shown in the figure. Further, the application member 6 is fixed to a hollow portion in the middle of the hard plastic member as shown. The application member 6
An applicator member fixing tool 5 for fixing is provided. A hole 9 through which the liquid agent 4 passes is provided approximately at the center of the applicator fixture 5 to ensure smooth supply of the liquid agent 4.

The coating container body of the present invention is made of plastic that is inert to the liquid agent 4 and has low permeability.

The plastic of the container body consists of a hard part and a soft part, but in order to integrate it, it is desirable that the hard part and the soft part be made of the same type of resin.

Therefore, as a preferred example, the hard plastic member 2 is formed using a polypropylene homopolymer, and the soft plastic member 1 is formed using a polypropylene-based olefin-based diistomer.

The container must be tightly sealed with the liquid agent 4 inside. In this case, the hard plastic and the soft plastic are firmly bonded together, and if the plastic resins used are of the same series, sealing can be achieved reliably and easily. The hard plastic member 2 has a thin walled portion approximately midway along its length, preferably approximately 0.3 to 0.5 m.
A thin wall portion 3 having a thickness of m is provided. The shape of this thin portion 3 is, for example, a V-shaped groove as shown in FIG. Normally, it is important to set the structure so that it is easy to break only when force is applied from the side. In order to apply stress with fingers, a length t of 20 mm or more is provided on both sides of the thin wall portion 3, so that it has a portion that can be pinched with fingers. On both sides of the middle thin part 3 of the hard plastic member 2, there is a certain amount of
The hard plastic member 2 is a structural body having a width of 0 mm or more.

Stress is applied to the hard plastic member 2 on both sides of the thin wall portion 3 so that the hard plastic member 2 breaks, and when the thin wall portion 3 breaks, a part of the hard plastic member 2 is applied with a liquid to the hard separated portion as shown in Fig. 2. Separate into container body. Then, the application member 6
is exposed as shown in Figure 2. That is, this thin part 3 is located on the hard plastic member 2 side of the application member 6 and the liquid storage part, and when cut at the thin part 3, preferably about 3 to 5 mm of the application member 6 is exposed. . The application member 6 is
It is preferable that the agent has good permeability to the liquid agent, is inert to the liquid agent, has good shape retention, feels pleasant when applied to the skin, and does not easily cause pieces of the application member to come out. For example, a material in which a large number of acetylcellulose-based long fibers are fixed into a bundle to form a columnar shape as a whole, or a porous material can be used. This application member 6 is preferably fixed to the liquid application container main body so that it does not move. To fix it, it is necessary that a part a longer than the length b of the part of the application member 6 that is exposed when cut at the thin part 3 is housed in the liquid storage part (side), and that the exposed part A stopper is provided to prevent the application member 6 from moving to the liquid storage (m) when a force is applied to the liquid.The ratio of a/b is 2 or more.
A range of H is suitable.

In this liquid application container main body, when a pressure A is applied to the soft plastic member 1 as shown in FIG. 2, the soft plastic is crushed and pressure is applied to the liquid 4, which penetrates into the application member 6. At the tip of 6, the liquid agent 4 is applied to the required location.

That is, in such a liquid application container according to the present invention,
Since the soft plastic member 1 can be pressed with a finger or the like, the length of the soft plastic member 1 is preferably 10 mm or more.

The method for assembling the liquid application container of the present invention is to first insert the application member 6 into the hard plastic main body part 2 from the fixed part 7 side, then insert and fix the application member fixing tool 5, and store the liquid agent 4. , the soft plastic 1 is sealed with the sheath-like part of the fixing part 7.

A device as shown in FIG. 3 is one that allows the tip of the cut and separated hard plastic member 2 to be reattached to the main body of the liquid agent application container. That is, FIG. 3 shows another shape of the liquid agent application container of the present invention. FIG. 3A shows a liquid application container of the present invention having another shape.

It is a partial sectional view showing the right half in cross section, and each reference numeral corresponds to that in FIG. 1. That is, it consists of a soft plastic member 1 and a hard plastic member 2, that is, a thin part 3 is provided in the middle of the hard plastic member 2. The liquid agent 4 is sealed and stored in the hollow part of the liquid agent application container as shown in the figure.

Further, the application member 6 is fixedly fixed in the hollow part in the middle of the hard plastic member 2 as shown in the figure. A coating member fixture 5 for fixing the coating member 6 is provided. Figure 3B shows a part of the liquid application container with the hard plastic member 2 attached to the liquid application container main body C with the hard separation part at the thin wall part 3 reversed and attached to the liquid application container body C, with a part of the liquid application container shown in dotted lines. FIG. 2 is a front view of the liquid agent application container of the present invention showing the inside thereof. This is a hard separation part having an inner diameter that allows it to be attached to the liquid application container main body C, and the application member 6 can be housed therein as shown.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the right half of another shape of the liquid application container of the present invention, and each reference numeral corresponds to that in FIG. 1. That is, soft plastic member 1. A thin wall portion 3 is provided in the hard plastic member 2, that is, in the middle of the hard plastic member 2. The liquid agent 4 is hermetically stored in the hollow portion of the liquid agent application container as shown in the figure. Further, the application member 6 is located in the middle of the hard plastic member 2.

As shown in the figure, the coating member fixing device 5 has completely fixed the coating member.

In this liquid application container, an ointment storage stopper 1° having an ointment 12 is further attached to the end of the hard separation part.

[Effects of the Invention] The liquid application container of the present invention has a soft plastic member and a hard plastic member, and has a broken part in the hard plastic member. First, it is completely sealed during storage. By making it easy to open the liquid when applying it, and making the amount of liquid enough to use once or a few times,
To be able to be made into a small and lightweight form suitable for carrying.

Second, when applying a liquid, the application member can be applied directly to the required area to apply or wipe it, and the application area is large, so that the application area is large enough that the application member is not wet with the liquid. in case of.

Liquid agent can be easily added by crushing the soft plastic member of the container.

Thirdly, it is also remarkable that we have been able to provide a liquid application container that allows the liquid to be easily dripped from above the affected area through the application member when applying the liquid is painful and the application member does not want to come into contact with the affected area. We were able to obtain significant technical results.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view showing the structure of a liquid agent application container according to the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the liquid agent application container of FIG. 1 broken at a thin portion of the hard plastic member. FIG. 3 shows another shape of the liquid agent application container of the present invention. FIG. 4 also shows another shape of the liquid application container of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols of main parts 116. Soft plastic member 204. Hard plastic member 300. Thin part 408. Liquid agent 560. Application member fixture 608. Application member 700. Fixed part A10. Pressure C10, liquid container body 00. hard separation part

Claims (6)

[Claims] (1) A liquid application container that seals and stores a liquid, which includes a cylindrical hard plastic container body, a sealing member that seals one end of the container, and a soft plastic member that seals the other end of the container. The container body and the sealing member are integrated in a shape that can be separated during use, and when the two are separated, a part of the liquid agent application member is exposed outside one end of the container body. A liquid application member is held in the container body in a shape suitable for application, and the liquid is stored between the application member and the soft plastic member in the container body, while the soft plastic member is 1. A liquid agent application container, characterized in that the liquid agent contained in the container can be exuded through the application member by pressing and deforming the soft plastic member. (2) The liquid agent application container according to claim 1, wherein the application member is made of a material that is permeable to the liquid agent. (3) The liquid agent application container according to claim 1, wherein the container body and the sealing member are integrally molded, and a breakable thin portion is formed between the container body and the sealing member. (4) The liquid agent application container according to claim 1, wherein the container body and the sealing member are integrated by screwing. (5) The sealing member has a shape at the end opposite to the container body that allows the sealing member to be fitted into the container body again after being separated from the container body. liquid application container. (6) The solution application container according to claim 1, wherein the solution application container includes an ointment storage portion.