WO2009119718A1 - タンポン用アプリケータ - Google Patents

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WO2009119718A1
WO2009119718A1 PCT/JP2009/056076 JP2009056076W WO2009119718A1 WO 2009119718 A1 WO2009119718 A1 WO 2009119718A1 JP 2009056076 W JP2009056076 W JP 2009056076W WO 2009119718 A1 WO2009119718 A1 WO 2009119718A1
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cylinder
absorber
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tampon
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仁志 渡邊
秀樹 近藤
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/20—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor
    • A61F13/26—Means for inserting tampons, i.e. applicators

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  • This invention relates to the applicator for tampon which accommodates an absorber and extrudes an absorber at the time of use.
  • the tampon applicator includes an outer cylinder that accommodates the absorber and an inner cylinder that pushes out the absorber in the outer cylinder. These outer cylinder and inner cylinder are molded by resin injection molding.
  • the inner cylinder is operated to move into the outer cylinder. This operation acts to push the absorber out of the outer cylinder.
  • a grip cylinder part (grip part) is formed on the outer cylinder.
  • Patent Documents 1 to 4 disclose conventional techniques related to improvement of the gripping cylinder portion.
  • Patent Document 1 a flat surface is formed on the gripping cylinder.
  • This flat surface has a high friction structure in which slit grooves and the like are formed.
  • the gripping cylinder portion has a recessed shape within 10 mm. It is set as the structure which formed the convex part of the height below 10 mm in this hollow part.
  • Patent Document 3 a substantially elliptical columnar flat portion is formed in the gripping cylinder portion.
  • a rib-like protrusion is provided on the outer periphery of the flat portion.
  • patent document 4 it is set as the structure which provided the rib-shaped protrusion in the outer periphery while making a grip cylinder part into substantially polygonal shape.
  • the gripping cylinder portion is provided with a non-slip projection, which makes it possible to move the inner cylinder and the absorber smoothly.
  • the petal body in order for the absorbent body to be smoothly pushed out from the extrusion opening, it is necessary for the petal body to open smoothly when pushed by the absorbent body. If the petals do not open smoothly, it is necessary to increase the pushing force by increasing the moving force of the inner cylinder. However, if the pushing force is strong, it becomes difficult to insert the absorber into the body, and the user There is a problem that causes anxiety.
  • the present invention provides a tampon application that can smoothly open the petal body when the absorbent body is pushed out, can smoothly insert the absorbent body into the body, and does not give the user anxiety.
  • the purpose is to provide data.
  • an extrusion opening through which the absorber is pushed out is provided on one side of the absorber housing cylinder part in which the absorber is housed, and an edge of the extrusion opening extends from the housing cylinder part.
  • an outer cylinder provided with a plurality of petals that are bent arcuately toward the radial center of the accommodating cylinder, and the absorber is inserted into the outer cylinder by moving into the outer cylinder.
  • An applicator for a tampon comprising an inner cylinder capable of pushing the petal body from the extrusion opening outward in the radial direction of the housing cylinder part and pushing it outward, the petal body and the extrusion opening of the housing cylinder part
  • a spreading force reducing means for reducing a spreading force of the petal body when pushing out the absorber from the inside of the housing cylinder portion is provided in a continuous portion with the edge portion.
  • the invention of claim 2 is the tampon applicator according to claim 1, wherein the pushing force reducing means sets the cross-sectional area of the continuous part to be smaller than the cross-sectional area of the accommodating cylinder part. .
  • the invention of claim 3 is the tampon applicator according to claim 2, characterized in that the pushing force reducing means is a thin part in which the thickness of the continuous part is smaller than the thickness of the accommodating cylinder part. To do.
  • invention of Claim 4 is the applicator for tampons of Claim 2, Comprising:
  • the said spreading force reduction means is provided between the said continuous parts of the said adjacent petal body, and the notch hole opened between adjacent petal bodies It is a part.
  • the invention of claim 5 is the tampon applicator according to claim 1, wherein the pushing force reducing means is a thin region in which the thickness is gradually reduced from the continuous portion to the tip side of the petal body.
  • the invention of claim 6 is the tampon applicator according to claim 1, wherein the spreading force reducing means is provided in the continuous portion of the intermediate portion in the circumferential direction of the petal body along the axial direction of the accommodating cylinder portion.
  • the slit is provided.
  • the spreading force reducing means is provided at the continuous portion between the petal body and the extrusion opening edge of the outer cylinder to reduce the spreading force of the petal body, the petal body is smoothly spread. It is done. For this reason, the insertion of the absorber into the body can be performed smoothly, and the user does not feel uneasy.
  • FIG. 1 It is a front view of the whole tampon applicator of one embodiment of the present invention. It is the A section expanded sectional view in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the 5th Embodiment of this invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire tampon applicator according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an extruded opening portion of an outer cylinder.
  • the tampon applicator 1 of this embodiment has an outer cylinder 2 and an inner cylinder 3.
  • Each of the outer cylinder 2 and the inner cylinder 3 is entirely formed of polyolefin such as polyethylene or polypropylene.
  • the absorber 4 is accommodated in the outer cylinder 2.
  • An extraction string 5 is connected to the absorber 4 at the base end.
  • the take-out string 5 is inserted through the inner cylinder 3 from the base end of the absorber 4, and the insertion end is extracted from the inner cylinder 3.
  • the absorbent body 4 can be pulled out from the body by pulling the take-out string 5 during use.
  • the distal end portion of the outer cylinder 2 is an absorber housing cylinder portion (hereinafter referred to as an accommodation cylinder portion) 6 having a large diameter, and the proximal end portion is a gripping cylinder portion 7 having a small diameter.
  • the leading end portion of the inner cylinder 3 is inserted into the gripping cylinder portion 7, and the leading end surface of the inserted inner cylinder 3 faces the absorber 4.
  • the distal end portion of the housing cylinder portion 6 is an extrusion opening, and a petal body 8 is connected to the extrusion opening.
  • the petal body 8 is normally closed at the edge of the extrusion opening, but when the absorbent body 4 is pushed out by the inner cylinder 3, it is spread and opened by the absorbent body 4. Thereby, since the absorber 4 is extruded from the accommodation cylinder part 6, the absorber 4 can be inserted in a body.
  • the gripping cylinder portion 7 is a grip portion that is gripped by a finger when the inner cylinder 3 is moved.
  • a plurality of protrusions 7a are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the gripping cylinder portion 7, and the protrusions 7a receive the user's finger. Then, the inner cylinder 3 can be pushed into the outer cylinder 2 by pressing the inner cylinder 3 with a finger hooked on the protrusion 7a.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross section of the housing cylinder 6 in the outer cylinder 2, and an extrusion opening 10 is provided on one side (left side).
  • a plurality of petals 8 are connected to the edge of the extrusion opening 10.
  • Each petal body 8 is formed in a petal shape in which the base side is wide and the width gradually decreases in a curved manner toward the tip side, and the extrusion opening 10 is normally closed. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the petal body 12 is bent in an arc shape toward the radial center portion of the housing cylinder portion 6, and the extrusion opening 10 is closed by this bending. As described above, the petal body 8 is pushed and spread by being pushed by the absorbent body 4 in the housing cylinder portion 6 to be in the open state shown in FIG.
  • a spreading force reducing means for smoothly spreading the petal body 8 is provided, and the spreading force reducing means will be described below.
  • reference numeral 13 denotes a continuous portion where the edge of the extrusion opening 10 and the petal body 8 are continuous.
  • the continuous portion 13 is a region that connects the base 8a of the petal body 8 in the circumferential direction, and a spreading force reducing means is provided in this region.
  • the accommodating cylinder portion 6 gradually decreases in thickness from the gripping cylinder portion 7 toward the extrusion opening 10, and the continuous portion 13 has the smallest thickness.
  • the cross-sectional area of the continuous portion 13 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the accommodating cylinder portion 6, and the petal body 8 connected to the continuous portion 13 has a reduced resistance when being pushed open. For this reason, the petal body 8 can be smoothly spread.
  • the outer peripheral diameter D1 of the continuous portion 13 and the outer peripheral diameter E1 of the accommodating cylinder portion 6 on the gripping cylinder portion 7 side are set as D1 ⁇ E1.
  • the diameter of the absorber 4 can be increased accordingly. For this reason, an absorptance can be improved.
  • the diameter of the absorber 4 is constant, a space is created between the absorber 4 and the housing cylinder 6, so that the housing cylinder 6 is inserted into the outer diameter of the absorber 4 when inserted into the body. It can be a collapsed ellipse shape reaching up to. In addition to this, it is possible to make the accommodating cylinder portion 6 other than a cylinder.
  • 3 to 6 show other embodiments of the spreading force reducing means, respectively.
  • the thickness of the portion corresponding to the continuous portion 13 connecting the base portion 8 a of the petal body 8 in the accommodating cylinder portion 6 is made thinner than the other portions of the accommodating cylinder portion 6.
  • a portion corresponding to 13 is a thin portion 15.
  • a notch hole 17 is formed in the base 8 a of the petal body 8.
  • the cutout hole 17 is provided in the base 8 a of the petal body 8, so that it is located in the region of the continuous part 13 and is stretched over the base 8 a of the adjacent petal body 8.
  • one or a plurality of slits 18 are formed in a portion corresponding to the vicinity of the base 8 a of the petal body 8.
  • the slit 18 is provided in the continuous part 13, and in this embodiment, is formed in the radial direction of the accommodating cylinder part 6 so as to cross the bottom part of each petal body 8.
  • the slit 18 may have a groove shape (a shape that does not penetrate in the thickness direction of the housing cylinder portion) or may penetrate through the thickness direction of the housing cylinder portion.
  • one or a plurality of slits 19 are formed along the axial direction of the accommodating cylinder portion 6.
  • the slit 19 is a position corresponding to the base 8 a of the petal body 8 and is provided at the bottom of the petal body 8, whereby the slit 19 is formed in the continuous part 13.
  • the slit 19 in FIG. 6 is formed along the axial direction of the accommodating cylinder portion 6.
  • the petal body 8 since the spreading force of the petal body 8 is reduced, the petal body 8 can be smoothly spread and insertion of the absorber 4 into the body can be performed smoothly. For this reason, the user does not feel uneasy.
  • the absorbent body can be smoothly inserted into the body, which is useful in a tampon applicator.

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JPH07276415A (ja) * 1994-03-03 1995-10-24 Kimberly Clark Corp 円弧形状中空品の射出成形方法
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JPH05212074A (ja) * 1991-11-26 1993-08-24 Kimberly Clark Corp 湾曲したタンポンの製造方法
JPH08503151A (ja) * 1992-11-06 1996-04-09 タンブランズ，インク． タンポンアプリケータ
JPH07276415A (ja) * 1994-03-03 1995-10-24 Kimberly Clark Corp 円弧形状中空品の射出成形方法

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