WO2006038316A1

WO2006038316A1 - Eye washing container

Info

Publication number: WO2006038316A1
Application number: PCT/JP2005/003641
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yuka Nakajima; Madoka Yamashita
Original assignee: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2004-09-30
Filing date: 2005-03-03
Publication date: 2006-04-13
Also published as: JP2006095241A; JP4707357B2

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide an eye washing container capable of preventing foreign matter such as dirt removed from an eyeball from re-adhering to the eyeball and also having a large washing effect. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] This eye washing container comprises a container body (10) and a guide part (30) having a contact end part (31) connected to the upper part of the container body (10) and fitted to the peripheral edge of an eye. The container body (10) further comprises a jetting part (11) jetting a washing liquid stored in the container body (10) and foreign matter recovering parts (12) and (12) storing the jetted washing liquid. The eye washing container is characterized in that the jetting part (11) is so formed that either of a bottom wall and a side wall has a flexibility.

Description

Specification

Eye wash container

Technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to an eyewash container.

Background art

[0002] For example, an eyewash container disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known as an eyewash container used for eye washing when a contact lens is removed or when foreign matter such as pollen or dust enters the eye. It is. As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 8, the eye wash container disclosed in Patent Document 1 is formed of a glazed grease, and is a container having an abutting end portion 101 in close contact with the periphery of the eye. In addition, an elastically deformable gripping portion 102 having an internal space is provided at the lower part of the side wall of the eyewash container 100.

[0003] In order to perform eyewashing using the eyewash container 100 configured as described above, first, a washing solution is injected into the eyewash container 100, and then the face 110 is faced down as shown in FIG. The contact end 101 of the eyewash container 100 is pressed against the periphery of the eye until the grip 102 is repeatedly pressed. When the gripping part 102 is pressed, the cleaning liquid contained in the gripping part 102 spouts out to cause convection as indicated by an arrow S in the cleaning liquid in the eyewash container 100, and dirt or pollen adhered to the eyeball 105. The eyeball 105 can be washed by washing away foreign matters such as dust. Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-190635

Disclosure of the invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

[0004] However, when eyewashing is performed using the eyewashing container disclosed in Patent Document 1, the foreign matter washed away by the convection of the cleaning liquid is convection generated by repeated pressing of the gripping portion. There was a problem that the cleaning effect was small because there was a risk that it would flow again toward the eyeball and reattach to the eyeball. Furthermore, there is a possibility that the eyeball may be damaged by the foreign matter flowing toward the eyeball side.

[0005] The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and can prevent foreign matters such as dirt removed from the eyeball from reattaching to the eyeball, and has a great washing effect. The purpose is to provide containers.

Means for solving the problem

[0006] The object of the present invention includes a container main body and a guide portion having a contact end joined to an upper portion of the container main body and closely attached to a peripheral edge of the eye, and the container main body is attached to the container main body. An eye wash container comprising: a jetting part for jetting the stored cleaning liquid; and a foreign matter collecting part for containing the jetted cleaning liquid, wherein the jetting part has at least one of a bottom wall and a side wall having flexibility. Is achieved.

[0007] In the eyewash container, the ejection part is preferably configured to store the cleaning liquid. Moreover, it is preferable that the said ejection part is arrange | positioned in the approximate center of the said container main body.

[0008] Further, it is preferable that the foreign matter collecting section is disposed on both sides of the ejection section, respectively. In this configuration, it is preferable that the foreign matter collecting part has a flexible gripping part on the side wall along the adjacent direction of the ejection part and the foreign matter collecting part. In this case, it is more preferable that the side wall of the foreign material recovery part is formed so that the thickness of the grip part is thinner than the thickness of the part that is separated from the ejection part.

[0009] Alternatively, in the above configuration, the foreign matter collection unit is disposed on both sides of the ejection unit, and is perpendicular to a direction adjacent to the ejection unit and the foreign matter collection unit on the side wall of the ejection unit. It is also preferable that both side portions along the various directions are flexible gripping portions.

The invention's effect

[0010] According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent foreign matters such as dirt removed from the eyeball from reattaching to the eyeball, and to provide a great cleaning effect and an eyewash container.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is an (a) plan view, (b) AA sectional view, and (c) BB sectional view showing an eyewash container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the use of the eyewash container according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the use of the eyewash container according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing another embodiment of the eyewash container according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the eyewash container according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the eyewash container according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the eyewash container according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional eye wash container.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the use of a conventional eyewash container.

Explanation of symbols

[0012] 1 Eyewash container

10 Container body

11 Spout

12 Foreign matter recovery unit

13 Grip part

14 Bottom

15 Side wall

16 Side wall

17 Projection

20 Covering part

30 Guide section

31 Contact end

32 Apex side vertex

33 Vertex

34 Perimeter wall

40 eyeball

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, the eyewash container of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an eye wash container according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view of the eye wash container according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. A sectional view, FIG. 1 (c) is a sectional view taken along the line BB. As shown in Fig. 1, the eyewash container 1 is integrally formed of a flexible and highly flexible resin. The container body 10, the covering portion 20, and the guide portion 30 are provided.

[0014] The container body 10 includes a jetting part 11 for storing the cleaning liquid and a foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12 for storing the jetted cleaning liquid. The ejection portion 11 is provided at a substantially central portion of the container body 10 and has an inner peripheral surface formed in an oval shape in plan view.

[0015] The foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12 are provided on both sides of the ejection part 11, and the inner peripheral surface is formed in a half-moon shape in plan view. Further, on the side walls 15 and 15 of the foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12, the outer portions along the adjacent direction of the ejection part 11 and the foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12 are gripping parts 13 and 13 for gripping and pressing the eyewash container 1. Is configured.

The covering portion 20 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the lower end is formed on the same plane so that the eyewash container 1 can be stably placed on a desk or the like.

[0017] The guide portion 30 is formed by being joined to the upper peripheral edge of the container body 10, and includes an abutting end portion 31 having a substantially elliptical shape in plan view on the upper peripheral edge. As shown in the sectional view of FIG.l (c), the contact end 31 is formed in a smooth curved shape in which the central portion curves downward to match the peripheral shape of the user's eyes. In addition, the upper corner 32 is formed to be higher than the upper vertex 33. Further, the peripheral wall portion 34 of the guide portion 30 is formed in a flare shape that is directed upward and expands outward.

[0018] The flexible resin forming the eyewash container 1 is not particularly limited as long as it is a soft and elastic material. For example, silicon rubber, butyl rubber, low-density polyethylene, ethylene-acetic acid copolymer Alternatively, a mixture of low density polyethylene and ethylene-butyl acetate copolymer can be used.

Next, a method for performing eyewash using the eyewash container 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. To wash the eyes, first pour a predetermined amount of washing solution into the eyewash container 1, and then the eye end side apex 32 of the abutting end 31 of the guide part 30 is set to the eye end side and the eye side apex 33 is set to the eye side. Then, while supporting the container body 10 with fingers, the contact end 31 is pressed against the edge of the eye with the face facing downward. Since the guide portion 30 is formed of flexible grease, the guide portion 30 is in close contact with the peripheral shape of the user's eye by appropriately adjusting the pressing force that presses the contact end portion 31 against the periphery of the eye. It can be adjusted to the optimum state.

Next, the gripping portions 13 and 13 are pressed through the covering portion 20 while keeping the eyes open. By this pressing, the ejecting part 11 is deformed, and the cleaning liquid in the ejecting part 11 is pushed out to the eyeball side.By releasing the pressing of the gripping parts 13, 13, the ejecting part 11 is restored to its original shape by the elastic restoring force. Return. As a result, as indicated by an arrow T in FIG. 2, convection of the cleaning liquid is generated in the eyewash container 1 and passes from the ejection part 11 to the eyeball 40 side and then to the peripheral wall part 34 side and returns to the upper part of the ejection part 11. Dirt that adheres to the eyeball 40, pollen, dust and other foreign matters are washed away.

[0021] The washed-out foreign matter rides on the flow of the cleaning liquid in the container, passes through the peripheral wall 34 side of the container, and settles on the bottom 14 of the foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12 by the action of gravity. In addition, the cleaning liquid is stored in the foreign material collection units 12 and 12 and is also stored in the ejection unit 11 again. The eyes are washed by repeatedly pressing and releasing the grips 13 and 13 as described above.

[0022] Since the bottom portions 14 and 14 of the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 are separated from the convection region generated by the pressure of the ejection portion 11, they are hardly affected by the flow of the convection. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the foreign matter deposited and accommodated in the bottom portions 14 and 14 of the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 from flowing out of the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 on the convection flow.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, by pressing the gripping portions 13 and 13 through the covering portion 20, the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 are deformed to close the upper opening, so that the foreign matter collecting portion 12 , 12 can prevent foreign matter such as dust deposited on the bottom portions 14 and 14 from flowing out to the eyeball side.

[0024] Thus, according to the eyewash container 1 of the present embodiment, the foreign matter that has been washed away by the convection of the cleaning liquid can be reliably accommodated in the foreign matter collection units 12 and 12, and is prevented from flowing out to the eyeball side. can do. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the foreign matter from reattaching to the eyeball and to prevent the eyeball from being damaged by the foreign matter, so that the eye can be washed with certainty.

Here, the thickness of the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 constituting the gripping portions 13 and 13 is larger than the thickness of the portion separating the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 and the ejection portion 11. Is also preferably thin. With such a configuration, when the gripping portions 13 and 13 are pressed through the covering portion 20, the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 are more easily deformed than the ejection portion 11, so that the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 are pressed and deformed. Then, after the upper opening is reliably closed, the ejection portion 11 can be pressed and deformed to push out the cleaning liquid inside the ejection portion 11. Therefore, it sinks to the bottom parts 14 and 14 of the foreign matter collection parts 12 and 12. It is possible to reliably prevent foreign matter such as dust from flowing out to the eyeball side.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, specific aspects of the present invention are not limited to the above embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of projecting portions 17 may be provided on the inner peripheral surfaces of the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12. With such a configuration, even if the foreign matter that has settled on the bottom portions 14 and 14 of the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 rises due to the pressing of the gripping portion, the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 can be captured by the protrusions 17. It is possible to reliably prevent foreign matter from flowing out of 12.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the outer portions of the side walls 15 and 15 of the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 along the adjacent direction of the ejection portion 11 and the foreign matter collecting portions 12 and 12 are gripped portions. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, both side portions of the side wall of the squirting part 11 along the direction perpendicular to the adjacent direction of the squirting part 11 and the foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12 are defined as gripping parts 13 and 13, respectively. It's good. Accordingly, the cleaning liquid in the ejection part 11 that does not deform the foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12 can be pushed out to the eyeball side by the pressing of the gripping parts 13 and 13 through the covering part 20, and the foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12. The outflow of foreign matter from 12 can be reliably prevented.

[0028] In the present embodiment, the foreign matter collection units 12 and 12 are arranged on both sides of the ejection unit 11. However, the foreign matter collection units 12 and 12 can efficiently contain the foreign matter removed from the eyeball. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the ejection part 11 is formed so as to be a substantially cross-shaped shape, and the ejection part 11 is adjacent to the ejection part 11. The foreign matter collecting units 12, 12, 12, 12 may be arranged. With such a configuration, the cleaning liquid in the ejection part 11 that does not deform the foreign matter collecting parts 12 and 12 can be pushed out to the eyeball side by the pressing of the gripping parts 13 and 13 through the covering part 20, and the foreign matter It is possible to reliably prevent foreign substances from flowing out of the collection units 12, 12, 12, and 12.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the foreign matter collecting part 12 may be formed in a ring shape and arranged around the ejection part 11. With such a configuration, foreign substances such as dust can be reliably collected over a wide range. In addition, since the upper opening of the foreign material collecting unit 12 can be closed by pressing the gripping units 13 and 13 through the covering unit 20, the foreign material that has settled at the bottom of the foreign material collecting unit 12 is retained in the foreign material collecting unit 12. Can be prevented from flowing out.

[0030] In the present embodiment, the eyewash container 1 is formed by integral molding. The eye wash container 1 may be formed by forming the ejection part 11, the foreign matter collection parts 12, 12, the covering part 20, and the guide part 30 constituting the container 1 separately from each other and assembling them.

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] A container body, and a guide part having a contact end joined to the upper part of the container body and in close contact with the periphery of the eye,

The container body includes an ejection part that ejects the cleaning liquid stored in the container body, and a foreign matter collection part that accommodates the ejected cleaning liquid.

At least one of the bottom wall and the side wall of the ejection part is flexible.

[2] The ejection section is configured to store the cleaning liquid! Eyewash according to claim 1

[3] The eyewash container according to [1] or [2], wherein the ejection part is disposed at a substantially center of the container body.

[4] The eye wash container according to any one of [1] to [3], wherein the foreign matter collecting section is disposed on both sides of the ejection section.

[5] The eye wash container according to claim 4, wherein the foreign matter collecting part is configured such that an outer portion of the side wall along the adjacent direction of the ejection part and the foreign matter collecting part is a flexible gripping part.

6. The eye wash container according to claim 5, wherein the side wall of the foreign material recovery part is formed so that the thickness of the grip part is thinner than the thickness of the part separating the ejection part. .

[7] The washing device according to claim 4, wherein both side portions of the side wall of the jet part along the direction perpendicular to the adjacent direction of the jet part and the foreign substance collecting part are flexible gripping parts. Eye container.