JPH0577043U - Pour container with toggle cap - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The toggle cap can be opened and closed and the contents can be poured out continuously using the same side of the hand. Provide a dispensing container. [Structure] The cap body 20 is attached to the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10.
And a container with a toggle cap in which a toggle cap 30 having a pouring passage 32 that communicates the inside and outside of the container body with the inner surface of the upper wall of the cap body is attached.
An operation lever 40 for rotatably operating the toggle cap 30 within a certain range is rotatably connected to a rear end portion of the toggle cap 30, and the tip end portion of the operation lever 40 squeezes the body 12 of the container body 10. The pressing portion 42 is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a pouring container for pouring a liquid content or a fluid content.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Conventionally, as this type of spout container, one that is configured to open the spout on the outer surface of the cap with one touch, or one that is configured to open the spout on the outer surface of the cap using a snap action, etc. A large number of dispensing containers are offered to pursue the convenience of dispensing products.

As an example of the above-mentioned pouring container, a pouring container having a structure shown in FIG. 6 is known (Japanese Patent Publication No. 48-36657). As shown in FIG. 6, in this pouring container, a cap body 3 is fitted in an opening 2 of the container body 1, and a through hole 4 for communicating the inside and outside of the container body 1 is provided on the upper surface of the cap body 3. A toggle cap 6 is supported on an inner surface of an upper wall that is erected on the upper surface of the cap body 3 through a shaft portion 5. The toggle cap 6 is provided with a pouring passage 7 that can communicate with the through hole 4. The tip of the pouring passage 7 is open to the outer surface of the tip of the toggle cap 6. When the toggle cap 6 is in a horizontal state, the tip end opening of the toggle cap 6 which is the tip of the pouring passage 7 is closed by the inner surface of the upper wall of the cap body 3 and the rear end opening of the pouring passage 7 is a through hole. While closing with the closing plug 8 provided in 4, the rear end portion of the toggle cap 6 is pushed down with the thumb or the like using the shaft portion 5 as a fulcrum and the tip portion is lifted to open the tip end portion of the toggle cap 6. The rear end opening of the open pouring passage 7 is communicated with the through hole 4, and the content is poured from the inside of the container body 1 through the pouring passage 7 to the outside through the tip opening of the toggle cap 6.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-mentioned pour-out container, as described above, after pushing down the rear end of the toggle cap 6 with the thumb or the like of one hand to open the tip end opening of the toggle cap 6, the hand on the same side is opened. It was necessary to switch to the body of No. 1 and tilt the container body 1 to actually pour out the contents, or to perform these two-step operations using both hands, which is a point of operability. The structure was inconvenient. In this case, if the opening / closing operation of the toggle cap 6 and the pouring operation of the contents can be continuously performed with the same hand, both operations can be performed extremely smoothly, which is convenient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to open and close the toggle cap and pour out the contents continuously with the same hand, which is convenient at the time of pouring. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pouring container that further pursues

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, according to the present invention, a cap body having a top plate portion having a through hole for communicating the inside and outside of the container body is attached to the mouth portion of the container body for pouring out the contents by squeezing the body, and the cap body A toggle cap having a spout passage communicating with the through hole is pivotally supported on the inner surface of the upper wall, and the tip of the spout passage is opened on the outer surface of the tip end portion of the toggle cap. A container with a toggle cap configured to be closed by the inner surface of the upper wall of the cap body when the cap is tilted, wherein an operation lever for rotating the toggle cap within a certain range at the rear end of the toggle cap. The means for solving the above-mentioned problems is to rotatably connect and to provide a pressing portion for squeezing the body portion of the container body at the tip of this operation lever.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the dispensing container according to the present invention, when the operating lever is pulled down with the fingers while the container body is in the upright state, the rear end of the toggle cap is pulled down with the shaft as the fulcrum and the tip of the toggle cap is pulled up. Is made to project from the upper end of the cap body, the pouring passage is opened, and the contents can be discharged. In this state, press the operating lever toward the body of the container body without releasing your fingers from the operating lever, and squeeze the body to increase the internal pressure of the container body and allow the contents to flow through the pouring passage. It is poured out through the opening at the tip of the toggle cap.

[0008]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a container main body in which contents are stored, reference numeral 20 is a cap main body that is detachably attached to the mouth portion 11 of the container main body 10, and reference numeral 30 is an inner surface of an upper wall of the cap main body 20. It shows a toggle cap that is pivotally supported, and these reference numerals 10, 20, and 30 basically constitute the pouring container of the present embodiment.

The container body 10 is a flexible bottomed container in which the body 12 is squeezed. The container body 10 is obtained, for example, by blow molding a parison.

In the cap body 20, an inner cylinder 22 hung on the back surface of the top plate portion 21 is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the upper end of the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10, and an inner portion of the screw cylinder 23 is inserted. The peripheral surface is screwed onto the outer surface of the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10 so as to be detachably mounted. In addition, a through hole 24 that communicates the inside and outside of the container body 10 is formed in the center of the top plate portion 21 in the plate thickness direction. An upper end of a flexible pipe body 25 is fixed to the lower end of the through hole 24 via a mounting cylinder portion 24a. The pipe body 25 is a member that guides the contents inside the container body 10 to the through hole 24, and the lower end of the pipe body 25 which is the intake of the contents reaches the inner bottom portion of the container body 10. The purpose of pouring out the contents can be achieved without the pipe 25.

Further, on the upper surface of the top plate portion 21, a cylindrical portion 27 having a spout passage 26 therein which allows the through hole 24 and a spout passage 32 inside the toggle cap 30 to be described later to communicate with each other is erected. It is set up. Further, the upper end of the outer wall portion 28 of the cap body 20 extends upward from the peripheral portion of the top plate portion 21 to form an upper wall portion 29, and the toggle cap 30 is attached to the inner surface of the upper wall portion 29. It is supported by the shaft portion 31 so as to be vertically rotatable by an angle within a predetermined range. The shaft portion 31 is located closer to the rear end portion of the toggle cap 30 than the standing position of the tubular portion 27.

The toggle cap 30 has such a size and shape that it can be housed in a housing recess 29 a formed inside the upper wall 29 so as to be completely submerged in a horizontal state. Inside the toggle cap 30, a pouring passage 32 for the contents, which can communicate with the through hole 24 through the pouring passage 26, is provided closer to the tip end portion of the toggle cap 30 than the shaft portion 31. .. The tip of the pouring passage 32 is open to the outer surface of the tip of the toggle cap 30. The tip end opening of the toggle cap 30 serves as a spout 33, which is a substantial outlet for the contents. The spout 33 is liquid-tightly closed by the inner surface of the upper wall 29 of the cap body 20.

A blocking plug 34 is provided on the ceiling surface of the pouring passage 32 between the pouring passage 26 and the ceiling. The closing plug 34 is adapted to fit into the tubular portion 27 and close the upper end opening of the pouring passage 26 when the toggle cap 30 is completely sunk in the storage recess 29a in the horizontal state. At the same time, the upper end of the tubular portion 27 is ring-attached to the circumferential recess 34a formed in the ceiling surface of the surrounding of the obstruction plug 34 to close the rear end portion of the pouring passage 32, thereby pouring out. The passage 32 and the pouring passage 26 are completely cut off from each other.

The rear end portion of the toggle cap 30 projects outward from the cutout portion of the recess 29 a, and the rear end portion of the toggle cap 30 has a base end portion of the operation lever 40 via the rotation shaft 41. Is supported so as to be vertically rotatable. The operation lever 40 serves both to open and close the toggle cap 30 and to squeeze the container body 10. The operation lever 40 extends downward along the container body 10 and the tip thereof reaches the middle height position of the body portion 12 of the container body 10. At the tip of the operation lever 40, a pressing portion 42 that doubles as an operation portion that pulls down the operation lever 40 is provided. The pressing portion 42 presses the pressing portion 42 with a thumb or the like toward the body portion 12 of the container body 10 to squeeze the body portion 12 to increase the internal pressure inside the container body 10 and thereby the contents. Plays the role of pouring out.

Next, the operation of the pouring container having the above structure will be described.

In the closed state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the toggle cap 30 is completely sunk in the storage recess 29 a of the upper wall portion 29 while keeping the horizontal state. In the horizontal state of the toggle cap 30, the spout 33 at the tip of the toggle cap 30 is closed by the inner surface of the upper wall 29, and the rear end of the spout passage 32 inside the toggle cap 30 is the upper end side surface of the cylinder 27. Is closed, and the upper end of the outlet passage 26 of the tubular portion 27 is closed by a closing plug 34, which is in a completely closed state.

From the closed state, when the operation lever 40 is pulled down while the pressing portion 41 of the operation lever 40 is pressed against the body portion 12 side with the thumb or the like, the toggle cap 30 connected via the rotation shaft 41 is removed. The rear end is pulled down, and the tip of the toggle cap 30 is pulled upward from the upper surface of the upper wall 29 with the shaft 31 as a fulcrum. As a result, the spout 33 at the tip of the toggle cap 30 is opened to the outside, the upper end of the tubular portion 27 is separated from the circumferential recess 34a on the ceiling surface of the pouring passage 32, and the closing plug on the ceiling surface of the pouring passage 32 is formed. 34 separates from the upper end of the tubular portion 27, the pouring passage 32 and the pouring passage 26 communicate with each other, and the opened state shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5 is established. As a result, the contents inside the container body 10 can be poured out through the pipe 25, the through hole 24, the pouring passage 26, and the pouring passage 32 from the pouring outlet 33 at the tip of the toggle cap 30 to the outside.

Subsequent to such an operation, with the operation lever 40 pulled down, the pressing portion 42 is further strongly pressed toward the body portion 12 without releasing the thumb or the like, and the body portion 12 is squeezed. The internal pressure in the container body 10 rises, and the contents inside the container body 10 are discharged from the lower end opening of the pipe body 25, through the inside of the pipe body 25, the through hole 24, and the pouring passage 32 to the outside from the pouring port 33. Be done.

After the pouring operation is completed, the toggle cap 30 is moved by pushing up the operation lever 40 without releasing the thumb or the like from the pressing portion 41 or by pushing down the tip end portion of the toggle cap 30. It returns to the horizontal state and becomes the closed state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.

According to the pouring container of this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) Since the opening / closing operation of the toggle cap 30 and the squeezing operation of the body 12 of the container body 10 are performed by the operation lever 40, the operation of opening the toggle cap 30 to the operation of pouring out the contents is performed. The continuous operations up to this point can be performed by operating the fingers on the same side. Therefore, there is no need to change hands for each operation, which is excellent in operability and convenient. Following this, the capping operation can also be performed by operating the fingers on the same side. Furthermore, since the pressing operation of the body portion 12 is performed via the pressing portion 42 of the operation lever 40, the operation is easy. Moreover, regarding the operation feeling, since the opening / closing operation and the pouring operation of the contents are performed through the operation lever 40, it is possible to enjoy a remote-control operation feeling.

(2) Since the toggle cap 30 is submerged in the storage recess 29a of the upper wall portion 29 of the cap body 20 after the cap is closed, the spout 33 of the toggle cap 30 is located inside the upper wall portion 29. It has the effect of being cut off by rubbing by, and the drainage of the spout 33 is improved.

(3) The aesthetic appearance of the pouring container can be improved. That is, after the cap is closed, the toggle cap 30 is completely submerged in the storage recess 29a of the upper wall 29 of the cap body 20, so that the discharge port 32 and the like are not exposed to the outside and the operation lever 40 has a design effect. As a result, the aesthetic effect of the appearance of the pouring container can be improved.

[0025]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the dispensing container of the present invention, it is possible to open and close the toggle cap and squeeze the body of the container body with the fingers on the same side through the operating lever, and thus, the same side can be used. The operation from opening the toggle cap to the pouring operation of the contents can be continuously performed with the fingers of the user, and the pouring operation of the contents can be performed easily and easily, which is convenient for pouring. There is an effect that it can be further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a pouring container in a closed state showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the pouring container in an opened state.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the dispensing container in a closed state.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the pouring container in an opened state.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pouring container in an opened state.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional pouring container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Container Main Body 11 Mouth 12 Body 20 Cap Main Body 24 Through Hole 30 Toggle Cap 32 Pouring Path 40 Operation Lever.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A through hole (24) for communicating the inside and outside of the container body with a mouth portion (11) of the container body (10) into which the contents are poured out by pressing the body portion (12). 21)
The cap body (20) of the cap body (20) is attached to the through hole (2) with respect to the inner surface of the upper wall of the cap body (20).
A toggle cap (30) having a pouring passageway (31) communicating with 4) is pivotally supported, and the tip end of the pouring passageway (31) is opened on the outer surface of the tip end portion of the toggle cap (30).
The tip of this pouring passage (31) has a toggle cap (30).
In a pouring container with a toggle cap, which is configured to be closed by the inner surface of the upper wall of the cap body (20) in a tilted state, a certain range of the toggle cap is provided at the rear end of the toggle cap (30). A base end portion of an operation lever (40) for rotating operation is rotatably connected, and a pressing portion (42) for squeezing the body portion of the container body is provided at a tip end portion of the operation lever. A pouring container with a toggle cap that is characterized in that