JPH09255016A - Variable weighing cap and variable weighing container - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a variable-amount dispensing cap and a variable-amount dispensing container capable of easily varying a squirting amount. SOLUTION: A guide plate 19 is provided on a bottom portion of a cap body 11 of a variable weighing feed cap 10, and the cap body 11
An upper plate 16 is provided on the upper part of the. Cap body 11
The partition plate 13 is slidably provided between the upper plate 16 and the upper plate 16. The partition plate 13 is connected to an elastic drive unit 14, and a lever 15 protruding outward is attached to the drive unit 14. By operating the lever 15, the partition plate 13 moves in the front-rear direction, and the capacity of the first chamber 23 formed by the partition plate 13 and the upper plate 16 becomes variable. When the variable weighing and shaking container 20 is repeatedly drawn, a fixed amount of powder is introduced into the first chamber 23, and the powder contained in the second chamber 24 is discharged from the opening 18 to the outside.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a powder detergent, sugar,
A variable measuring shake cap and a variable measuring shake container capable of measuring and shaking powder such as powdered foods such as salt, pepper, coffee, cream and the like, and varying the shake amount .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a shaking cap capable of measuring and shaking powder and a shaking container having the shaking cap.

A conventional swing cap has a cap body having an opening at the front, a guide plate is provided on the bottom side of the cap body, and a partition plate is provided on the upper side of the cap body. A first chamber and a second chamber are formed in the cap body by the partition plate and the guide plate, respectively. Such a shake-out cap is attached to the opening of the container body to form a shake-out container.

In using the shaking container, first, the shaking container is repeatedly pulled 180 °. In this case, the powder in the container body enters the first chamber formed in the cap body of the blowout cap, and at the same time, the powder already stored in the second chamber becomes
It is shaken out from the opening of the cap body.

Next, when the shaking container is returned to its original position, the first
The powder contained in the chamber enters the second chamber in a state of being weighed in a certain amount, and the powder in a certain amount is accumulated in the second chamber. In this way, by repeatedly pulling the shaking container 180 ° or returning it to the original position, a certain amount of powder can be shaken outward.

[0006]

As described above, by repeatedly pulling the shaking container 180 ° or returning it, the predetermined amount of powder can be shaken outward.

By the way, when using the shake-out container, it is sometimes desired to change the shake-out amount of the powder to be shaken out according to the use situation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a variable weighing-out cap and a variable weighing-out container in which the amount of shaking can be changed as desired.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A cap body having an open upper end, a partition plate extending downward from the upper portion of the cap body and forming a first chamber between the cap body and the cap body, and an opening provided at the upper end of the cap body and formed in the front. A top plate, an opening / closing lid that is swingably attached to the top plate to open and close the opening, and extends from the front bottom portion of the cap body rearward and upward and forms a second chamber between the partition plate. A guide plate whose upper end is located rearward of the lower end of the partition plate, the partition plate being slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the cap body, and projecting outwardly to the partition plate. It is a variable weighing-out cap which is characterized in that a drive unit having a lever is connected.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a main body of a container in which a powder is stored, the container main body having a variable weighing-out cap according to any one of the first to sixth aspects and an opening portion to which the variable weighing-out cap is mounted. And a variable weighing-out container.

According to the present invention, by repeatedly pulling the variable weighing-out container so that the variable weighing-out cap is located at the lower side, the powder in the container body is guided along the guide plate and the upper plate and the partition plate in the cap body. It is quantitatively guided to the first chamber partitioned by and. At the same time, the powder accumulated in advance in the second chamber defined by the guide plate and the partition plate in the cap body is discharged outward from the opening. Next, by returning the variable weighing and feeding container to the original position, the first plate divided by the upper plate and the partition plate is separated.
The powder in the chamber is introduced into the second chamber divided by the guide plate and the partition plate. When changing the swing-out amount, the partition plate is moved in the front-rear direction via the drive unit by operating the lever.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 are views showing an embodiment of a variable weighing-out cap and a variable weighing-out container according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the variable weighing-out container 20 has a container main body 30 in which powder is contained and which has an opening 31 at the upper end, and an opening 31 of the container main body 30.
And a variable weighing-out cap 10 that is attached to the container body 30 and projects upward from the container body 30. In this case, a male screw 31a is formed in the opening 31 of the container body 10, and the variable weighing feed cap 10 has a skirt 21 in which a female screw 21a is formed. The male screw 31a of the opening 31 has a female screw 31a. 21a by engaging the container body 30 and the variable weighing-out cap 10
And are combined to form the variable weighing and dispensing container 20. Further, the variable weighing-out cap 10 is arranged concentrically with the container body 30. In addition, as the container body 30,
Blow bottles, paper containers, metallic containers and the like can be mentioned.

Next, the variable weighing-out cap 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the variable weighing-out cap 10 includes an elliptic cylindrical cap body 11 having an open upper end, and a horizontal portion horizontally extending from a bottom portion on the front side (left side in FIG. 2) of the cap body 11. 19
a and a guide plate 19 having an inclined portion 19b extending upward from the horizontal portion 19a rearward (rightward in FIG. 2), and a lower end 2 extending downward from the upper portion of the cap body 11.
7 is provided with the partition plate 13 located on the front side (left side in FIG. 2) from the upper end 28 of the inclined portion 19b of the guide plate 19.
The skirt 21 having the female screw 21 a is connected to the lower end of the cap body 11.

An upper plate 16 having a ring 16a is provided on the upper end of the cap body 11. This top plate 1
6 is fixed to the cap body 11 by fitting the ring 16a on the upper edge of the cap body 11.
Further, the upper plate 16 seals the rear side of the cap body 11 and the opening 18 located on the front side of the cap body 11.
have. Further, an opening / closing lid 17 for opening / closing the opening 18 is swingably attached to the upper plate 16 via a hinge portion 25, and the upper plate 16 having a ring 16a and the opening / closing lid 18 are provided.
And are integrally molded.

Next, the guide plate 19 and the partition plate 13 will be described in detail. The guide plate 19 is formed separately from the cap body 11, and is fitted and attached to the bottom of the cap body 11. The horizontal portion 19a of the guide plate 19 substantially seals the front half (left side in FIG. 2) of the bottom portion of the cap body 11. Further, the inclined portion 19b of the guide plate 19 guides the powder in the container body 30 to the cap body 11 side, and the inclined portion 19b, the partition plate 13, and the inner wall surface of the cap body 11 form a first portion inside the cap body 30. One chamber 23 is formed.

Further, the partition plate 13 is slightly inclined rearward (to the right in FIG. 2) downward, and the inclination angle L is 70.
It is up to 90 degrees. The partition plate 13 has side plates 13a, 13a on both sides that come into contact with the inner surface of the cap body 11, and the side plates 13a, 13a allow the cap body 1 to move.
The inside of 1 can be reliably partitioned without leakage.

The horizontal portion 19 of the partition plate 13 and the guide plate 19
The second chamber 24 is formed in the cap body 11 by a and the inner wall surface of the cap body 11. Further, since the partition plate 13 has the inclination angle L as described above, the second chamber 24 is formed in a tapered shape toward the opening 18 side, and the powder in the second chamber 24 is reliably directed toward the opening 18 side. In addition, when the variable weighing and shaking container 20 is repeatedly pulled, the powder from the container body 30 passes through the first chamber 23 and the second chamber 2
4 can be suppressed so that it does not enter. In addition,
When the inclination angle L is smaller than 70 °, the volume in the first chamber 23 becomes too small.

Further, the upper part of the partition plate 13 is the cap body 1.
1 is inserted between the upper plate 16 and the cap body 1
Sliding with respect to 1. Also the partition plate 13
The drive unit 14 made of an elastic body is connected to the upper part of the. The drive portion 14 extends horizontally between the cap body 11 and the upper plate 16, bends at a portion reaching the end portion of the cap body 11, and descends along the outer surface of the cap body 11. A lever 15 projecting outward is fixed to a portion 14a of the drive unit 14 that descends along the outer surface of the cap body 11.

The lever 15 slides the partition plate 13 via the drive unit 14. By sliding the partition plate 13, the volume in the first chamber 23 can be varied.

Among the above-described constituent elements of the variable weighing-out cap 10, the cap body 11 and the skirt portion 21, the upper plate 16 and the opening / closing lid 17, and the partition plate 13 and the driving portion 14 are included.
Are integrally molded to form a molded body. Further, the molded body including the cap body 11 and the skirt portion 21, the molded body including the upper plate 16 and the opening / closing lid 17, and the molded body including the partition plate 13 and the drive unit 14 are independent of each other.

At least the cap main body 11 of the variable weighing-out cap 10 is made of a transparent material so that the inside of the cap main body 11 can be easily viewed from the outside. Further, on the outer surface of the cap body 11 on the side of the second chamber 24, a display 35 for displaying the amount of powder discharged from the second chamber 24 is provided.

The above-mentioned constituent elements of the variable weighing-out cap 10 are thermoplastic resins such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), acrylonitrile-butadiene-. Using a resin appropriately selected from styrene (ABS) and the like,
Each form can be formed by a molding method such as injection molding, blow molding, or sheet molding.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having such a configuration will be described. First, operate the lever 15 to move the partition plate 1
Bring 3 to the solid line position in Figure 2. The partition plate 13 is shown in FIG.
When it comes to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.
The capacity in the chamber 23 is set to 10 g, for example. Next, the opening / closing lid 17 is swung about the hinge portion 25 to open the opening 1
8 is opened, and then the variable weighing-out container 20 is gripped and the variable weighing-out container 20 is repeatedly pulled so that the variable weighing-out cap 10 is located below.

In this case, the powder in the container body 30 is guided into the first chamber 23 along the inclined portion 19b of the guide plate 19.

Next, the variable weighing-out container 20 is returned so that the variable weighing-out cap 10 is located above. in this case,
10 g of the powder weighed in the first chamber 23, the guide plate 19
The excess powder in the first chamber 23 is returned to the inside of the container body 30 by being guided into the second chamber 24 along the inclined portion 19b.

Next, when the variable weighing-out container 20 is repeatedly pulled so that the variable weighing-out cap 10 is located below, 10 g of the powder stored in the second chamber 24 is divided into partition plates 13 having an inclination angle L. Is guided to the side of the opening 18 and then discharged from the opening 18 to the outside. At the same time, similarly to the above, the powder in the container body 30 is guided into the first chamber 23 along the inclined portion 19b of the guide plate 19. Then, the opening / closing lid 17 is swung to close the opening 18.

When a new powder is to be shaken out and discharged, the opening / closing lid 17 is swung to open the opening 18 and the above operation is repeated, so that a certain amount of powder, for example 10 g, is always shaken out and discharged. can do.

Next, when it is desired to increase the amount of powder used, for example, the lever 15 is operated to bring the partition plate 13 to the position of the chain double-dashed line in FIG. When the partition plate 13 reaches the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 2, the inside of the first chamber 23 becomes wider, and the capacity inside the first chamber 23 is set to, for example, 15 g.

Next, the opening / closing lid 17 is swung about the hinge portion 25 to open the opening 18, and then the variable weighing-out container 20 is gripped and the variable weighing-out cap 10 is moved downward. The container 20 is repeatedly pulled, and 10 g of the powder for the previous measurement stored in the second chamber 24 is once discharged to another container. At the same time, the powder in the container body 30 is guided into the first chamber 23 along the inclined portion 19b of the guide plate 19.

Next, the variable weighing-out container 20 is returned to its original position so that the variable weighing-out cap 10 is located above. in this case,
15 g of powder weighed in the first chamber 23 is used as the guide plate 19
The excess powder in the first chamber 23 is returned to the inside of the container body 30 by being guided into the second chamber 24 along the inclined portion 19b.

Next, when the variable weighing-out container 20 is repeatedly pulled so that the variable weighing-out cap 10 is located downward, 15 g of the powder contained in the second chamber 24 is divided into partition plates 13 having an inclination angle L. Is guided to the side of the opening 18 and then discharged from the opening 18 to the outside. At the same time, similar to the above, the powder in the container body 30 is guided into the first chamber 23 along the inclined portion 19b of the guide plate 19. Then, the opening / closing lid 17 is swung to close the opening 18.

When a new powder is to be shaken and discharged, the opening / closing lid 17 is swung to open the opening 18 and the above-mentioned operation is repeated, so that a certain amount of powder, for example, 15 g of powder is always shaken and discharged. can do.

It should be noted that once discharged, the previously measured amount of 10
The powder of g is the variable weighing-out cap 1 from the container body 30.
You may remove 0 and return in the container main body 30.

Next, a modification of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The modified examples described in FIGS. 5 to 7 are different only in the arrangement position of the lever 15 provided in the drive unit 14 that drives the partition plate 13, and other aspects are substantially the same as the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4. Is.

5 to 7, the same parts as those in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, a partition plate 13 is provided on the upper part of the cap body 11 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction, and the partition plate 13 has a drive portion 14 made of an elastic body.
Are connected. The drive unit 1 is provided on the side of the drive unit 14.
A lever 15 for sliding the partition plate 13 via 4 is attached.

5 to 7, the position of the partition plate 13 can be moved from the solid line position in FIG. 5 to the two-dot chain line position by operating the lever 15 provided on the side of the drive unit 14. .

In each of the above embodiments, the variable weighing-out cap 10 is arranged concentrically with the container body 30 and is projected upward from the upper end of the container body 30. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, the variable weighing-out cap 10 may be provided so as to be inclined with respect to the container body 30. Further, the variable weighing-out cap 10 may be provided by being buried in the container body 30.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, by operating the lever to move the partition plate in the front-rear direction via the drive portion, the amount of powder shaken out from the opening can be easily and easily obtained. Can be changed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a variable weighing-out cap and a variable weighing-out container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a variable weighing-out cap and a variable weighing-out container.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a variable weighing-out cap.

FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of a variable weighing-out cap.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the variable weighing-out cap and the variable weighing-out container according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a variable weighing-out cap.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the variable weighing-out cap.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Variable Measuring Shaking Cap 11 Cap Body 13 Partition Plate 14 Drive Unit 15 Lever 16 Upper Plate 16a Ring 17 Open / Close Lid 19 Guide Plate 23 First Chamber 24 Second Chamber 25 Hinge Unit 30 Container Body

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A cap body having an open upper end, a partition plate extending downward from an upper portion of the cap body and forming a first chamber between the cap body, and a partition plate provided at an upper end of the cap body to a front side. A top plate having an opening, an opening / closing lid that is swingably attached to the top plate to open and close the opening, and a partition plate that extends upward from the front bottom of the cap body toward the rear side, and a second partition plate. A chamber is formed, and the upper end of the chamber is provided with a guide plate located rearward of the lower end of the partition plate. The partition plate is slidable in the front-back direction with respect to the cap body. A variable weighing-out cap, characterized in that a drive unit having a lever protruding inward is connected. 2. The upper plate and the opening / closing lid are integrally formed, and the upper plate and the opening / closing lid, a cap body, a guide plate,
2. The variable weighing-out cap according to claim 1, wherein the partition plates are formed separately from each other, and the upper plate has a ring attached to the upper end of the cap body. 3. The lever of the drive unit is disposed on the rear side of the cap body, and the partition plate is slid forward and backward through the drive unit by moving the lever in the vertical direction. Item 1. The variable weighing-out cap according to Item 1. 4. The lever of the drive unit is disposed on the side of the cap body, and by moving the lever in the front-back direction, the partition plate is slid in the front-back direction via the drive unit. The variable weighing-out cap according to claim 1. 5. The variable weighing-out cap according to claim 1, wherein the partition plate is inclined toward the lower rear side and the inclination angle is 70 to 90 °. 6. The variable weighing-out cap according to claim 1, wherein at least the cap body is a transparent body so that the inside can be visually observed. 7. The variable weighing-out cap according to claim 1, and an opening to which the variable weighing-out cap is attached.
A variable weighing and dispensing container, comprising: a container body containing powder. 8. The variable weighing-out container according to claim 7, wherein the variable weighing-out cap projects upward from the upper end of the container body.