JP6210844B2 - Pump type liquid dispenser - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pump type liquid discharger that discharges contents in a container body by repeatedly moving a pressing head up and down and operating a pump through a hollow stem connected to the pressing head.

  The pump is operated by moving the pressing head up and down to discharge the contents in the container. The dispenser can take out the appropriate amount of the contents in the container body as needed, and it can be used for shampoos, rinses and hair styling. It is often used for stationary large containers for contents such as cosmetics.

  This type of dispenser is designed to prevent the contents from flowing out due to inadvertent pressing of the pressing head during the distribution process of the product, in order to hold the pressing head in the lowered state (pressed state) in advance. A ring cap (auxiliary cap, etc.) is provided separately from the base cap for fixing the pump to the ring cap, and the pressing head is screwed and fixed to the ring cap, while the pressing head is rotated (for example, counterclockwise) There are some which are held in a raised posture (usable state) by releasing the engagement with the ring cap by rotating the surroundings). For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a prior art relating to this point. Such liquid dispensing pumps are known.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-12050

  By the way, in the conventional discharge device having the above structure, when the press head is rotated to release the engagement with the ring cap, the pump cylinder rotates with the press head. There is a problem that it is difficult to unscrew (release the engagement with the screw) from the ring cap to make the pressing head usable.

Such delivery is particularly remarkable when reducing the weight of the discharger itself by reducing the raw materials used for the members constituting the discharger, and there is still room for improvement. In addition, the cause of the rotation of the pump cylinder is that the member itself is likely to be deformed due to thinning by reducing the raw materials used for the members constituting the discharger, and the strength for fixing the pump cylinder is not sufficient. It is possible.

The object of the present invention is to reduce the use raw materials of the members constituting the discharger and reduce the weight of the container itself in order to effectively use the resources, without causing the cylinder to rotate. Is to propose a pump-type liquid discharger that can be reliably maintained in a usable state.

The present invention includes a base cap that can be engaged with the outer periphery of the mouth and neck of a container body, a pump that is suspended from the inside of the container body through the mouth and neck and is fixedly held to the mouth and neck by the base cap, A pump-type liquid discharger comprising a pressing head connected to a hollow stem and operating the pump by repeatedly moving the hollow stem up and down to discharge the contents in the container body,
The pump prevents the rotation of the cylinder in at least one of clockwise and counterclockwise directions by causing the tip of the pump to abut the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder against the inner peripheral wall of the mouth and neck of the container body. Like or have a plurality of anti-rotation piece, the rotation stopper piece has a large overhang length than the gap formed between the outer peripheral wall up to the inner peripheral wall of the port neck of the cylinder The pump-type liquid ejector is characterized in that a tipping portion is in contact with the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-neck portion while maintaining a falling posture along the periphery of the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder .

In the pump-type liquid dispenser having the above configuration,
1) The pump has a ring cap formed on the outer peripheral wall and non-rotatably connected to the upper end of the cylinder, and the pressing head engages with the thread of the ring cap and Having a threaded portion to maintain the downward posture of the pressing head,
2) The rotation-preventing piece is made of an elastic body that elastically contacts the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-and-neck portion and increases the frictional resistance between them.
3 ) A groove into which the tip of the rotation prevention piece fits or a protrusion with which the tip of the rotation prevention piece abuts is formed on the inner peripheral wall of the mouth and neck.
Is preferable as a specific means for solving the problems of the present invention.

  According to the pump-type liquid discharger of the present invention having the above-described configuration, one or a plurality of rotation preventions in which the tip end abuts on the inner peripheral wall of the neck of the container body on the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder constituting the pump. Since the piece is provided, when the press head is rotated to release the engagement with the ring cap, the rotating cylinder is not easily rotated, and the press head can be reliably held in the raised position. .

  Further, according to the pump type liquid ejector of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the pump is provided with a ring cap having a threaded portion formed on the outer peripheral wall and non-rotatably connected to the upper end portion of the cylinder. In addition, since the threaded portion that engages with the threaded portion of the ring cap and maintains the lowered posture of the pressing head as it is is provided, the pressing head is pushed in and the contents flow out at the product distribution stage. Absent.

  Further, according to the pump type liquid ejector of the present invention, the rotation preventing piece is constituted by an elastic body that elastically contacts the inner peripheral wall of the mouth and neck and increases the frictional resistance between them, for example, Even if there is some variation in the diameter of the mouth-and-neck portion during the manufacturing process of the container (blow molding), the rotation preventing piece can be reliably brought into contact with the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-and-neck portion.

  Further, according to the pump type liquid discharger of the present invention, the rotation preventing piece has a protruding length larger than a gap formed between the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder and the inner peripheral wall of the mouth neck. Since the tip of the cylinder is kept in contact with the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-and-neck part while maintaining the falling posture along the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder, the cylinder is rotated in one direction (the ring of the pressing head). It is possible to reliably prevent rotation in the direction of releasing the engagement with the cap (counterclockwise rotation). In this case, even if the press head is rotated clockwise to engage with the ring cap, the pump cylinder can be easily rotated, and the press head cannot be easily engaged with the ring cap. It becomes easier to determine whether an unauthorized opening has been made during the distribution process.

  Furthermore, according to the pump-type liquid ejector of the present invention, the groove on which the tip of the rotation preventing piece is fitted or the protrusion with which the tip of the rotation preventing piece abuts is formed on the inner peripheral wall of the mouth and neck. When the engagement with the ring cap is released by rotating the cylinder, the rotation of the cylinder can be reliably prevented.

It is the figure which showed typically the embodiment of the pump-type liquid discharger according to this invention (when a press head is in a downward state). It is the figure which showed the AA cross section of FIG. It is the figure (state which can be used) which showed the state which hold | maintained the press head in the raising attitude | position about the pump-type liquid discharger shown in FIG. (A) (b) is the figure which expanded and showed the front-end | tip part of a rotation prevention piece, (a) is the figure which provided the groove | channel in which the front-end | tip part of a rotation prevention piece fits, (b), It is the figure which provided the protrusion which the front-end | tip part of a rotation prevention piece abuts.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of a pump-type liquid ejector according to the present invention with respect to its side surface (the right half is shown in cross section with the center line as a boundary), and FIG. FIG. 3 is a view showing a cross section A (the cross section of the base cap is omitted), and FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the pressing head is held in a raised position (a state where the use can be started).

  The pump-type liquid ejector according to the present invention can use synthetic resin as a raw material. For example, the press head, overcap, pump components, and the like can be manufactured by applying an injection molding method. In addition, the container body can be manufactured by applying a blow molding method (extrusion blow molding method, biaxial stretch blow molding method, etc.), but the material and molding method are not particularly limited.

  1-3 is a container main body (illustration is abbreviate | omitted about the lower part of a container main body) with which the content is filled. The container main body 1 is shown here as an example of a bottle shape, and a cylindrical mouth-and-neck portion 1a having a threaded portion formed on the outer peripheral surface is provided at the top.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a base cap that can be engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the mouth-and-neck portion 1 a of the container body 1. The base cap 2 includes a top plate 2b having a through-opening 2a connected to the internal space of the container body 1 at the center, and a peripheral wall 2c that is integrally connected to the outer edge of the top plate 2b and hangs down. The base cap 2 can be fixed to the neck portion 1a of the container body 1 by engaging the screw portion provided inside the neck portion with the thread portion on the outer peripheral surface of the neck portion 1a.

  Reference numeral 3 denotes a pump which is suspended inside the container body 1 through the mouth / neck portion 1a and fixedly held on the mouth / neck portion 1a by the base cap 2. The pump 3 includes a cylinder 3a that forms a suction and pressurization space for contents, an annular piston 3b that is disposed inside the cylinder 3a and that can slide up and down along the inner wall surface of the pump 3 and the piston 3b. A hollow stem 3c that can move up and down and protrudes above the cylinder 3a and the base cap 2 and elastically supports the hollow stem 3c with an upward repulsive force in the cylinder 3a, and a pressing head, which will be described later, is raised. A spring 3d to be held, a valve member (suction valve) 3e which is disposed in the cylinder 3a and opens the suction port h only when the contents are sucked, and a piston 3b which is provided at the lower end of the hollow stem 3c is removed from the hollow stem 3c. It is composed of a piston guide 3f that stops and holds.

Said valve member 3e includes a valve body (3 points valve, etc.) 3e ₁ disposed in the suction port h, becomes the valve body 3e ₁ from the main body portion 3e ₂ elastically supported at its lower end, the body portion 3e ₂ The lower end of the hollow stem 3c is restricted from moving downward, and the seat of the spring 3d is formed on the upper surface of the lower outer edge. An opening is provided in the peripheral wall to allow the contents sucked into the cylinder 3a to flow.

  The hollow stem 3c has a feed path through which the pressurized and compressed contents are circulated in the cylinder 3a, and the piston 3b is slid in the cylinder 3a by moving the hollow stem 3c up and down ( It can be moved up and down).

When the hollow stem 3c is moved upward, the piston 3b slides upward together with the hollow stem 3c, and the contents in the container body 1 are sucked into the cylinder 3a through the pipe S connected to the suction port h of the cylinder 3a. When the hollow stem 3c is moved downward, the piston 3b slides downward together with the hollow stem 3c, and the contents in the cylinder 3a are pressurized and compressed. The piston 3b is formed in a double cylinder shape including an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, and a connecting wall that connects both of them, and an upper end portion of the inner cylinder slides on an inner surface of an annular body 3c ₁ described later of the hollow stem 3c. Move.

Here, as the piston guide 3f provided on the hollow stem 3c, it is possible to apply one that fits into the lower end opening of the hollow stem 3c (not limited to the illustrated one, and the hollow stem 3c). an application may be) those are integrally connected, and a contact capable seat 3f ₁ to the lower end of the piston 3b on the upper surface thereof. Also, hollow stem 3c is lower ends to the connecting wall of the piston 3b in the lower outer peripheral wall has an abutment capable annular body 3c _1, the lower end from the seat portion 3f ₁ of the annular body 3c ₁ of the piston guide 3f The piston 3b is held so that it can move up and down until it reaches the part.

Then, an opening hollow stem 3c is connecting the feeding path of the cylinder 3a and the hollow stem 3c in a state where the lower end of the annular body 3c ₁ hollow stem 3c is brought into contact with the connecting wall of the piston 3b when moving downward ( the contents of the cylinder 3a apertures) 3c ₂ which is formed in the peripheral wall of the hollow stem 3c is communicated with to flow out toward the feeding path of the hollow stem 3c. On the other hand, the opening in order to cut off the communication with the feeding path of the cylinder 3a and the hollow stem 3 by the seat 3f ₁ of the hollow stem 3c is moved upward piston guide 3f abuts against the lower end of the piston 3b 3c ₂ is occluded.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes a flange provided on the upper outer peripheral wall of the cylinder 3a. This flange 4 projects outward in the radial direction, is positioned at the protruding end of the neck portion 1a of the container body 1, and is sandwiched together with a sealing member such as packing by the top plate 2b of the base cap 2 so that the pump 3 is held. The container body 1 is fixed and held on the mouth and neck 1a.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes a pressing head that moves the hollow stem 3c up and down. The pressing head 5 has, on the lower surface thereof, a cylindrical body 5a that fits at the upper end of the hollow stem 3c, that is, the cylinder 3a and a portion protruding from the upper portion of the base cap 2, and the feeding path of the hollow stem 3c. The contents flowing out through the nozzle 5c can be discharged from the tip nozzle 5c through the internal passage 5b of the cylinder 5a. The pressing head 5 is also provided with a cylindrical body 5d that has a threaded portion on the inner peripheral surface and is suspended from the cylindrical body 5a.

  Reference numeral 6 denotes a ring cap that stands up on the upper surface of the base cap 2 by fitting a groove portion opened downward to the upper end portion of the cylinder 3a so that the groove portion cannot rotate and cannot be pulled out. The ring cap 6 has a through-hole through which the hollow stem 3c of the pump 3 is inserted, and a threaded portion engageable with a threaded portion provided on the cylindrical body 5d of the pressing head is provided on the upper outer peripheral surface thereof. Is formed.

  By engaging the threaded portion formed on the cylindrical body 5d of the pressing head 5 with the threaded portion of the ring cap 6, the pressing head 5 is maintained in the lowered position (pressed state) as shown in FIG. In this case, the problem of concern, that is, the inadvertent pressing of the pressing head 5 is prevented to prevent the outflow of contents.

  Reference numeral 7 denotes an annular seal member that surrounds the hollow stem 3c and is slidable along the inner wall surface of the upper portion of the cylinder 3a. When the pressing head 5 is pushed in, the sealing member 7 is pushed down by the upper end abutting against a protruding end 5e provided on the lower surface thereof, and is pushed up by abutting the upper end of the outer cylinder of the piston 3b when the pressing head 5 is raised. It is.

In a state where the sealing member 7 is depressed, the outside air introduction hole 3a ₁ of the cylinder 3a by the sealing member 7 is closed (see FIG. 1), the flow of product while preventing the entry of dust and water from the site Even if the container body 1 lies sideways in the process, the outflow of contents from the outside air introduction hole 3a ₁ is prevented. On the other hand, when the pressing head 5 is raised and the seal member 7 is pushed up, the outside air introduction hole 3a ₁ is opened and outside air is introduced into the container body 1, and the container body when the contents are poured out. The negative pressure in 1 is prevented. In addition, the seal member 7 prevents moisture and the like from entering from the upper end of the ring cap 6 in both the pushed-down state and the pushed-up state.

  8 is a rotation prevention piece (vertical rib etc.) provided in the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder 3a. As shown in FIG. 2, the anti-rotation piece 8 has a tip abutting against the inner peripheral wall of the mouth / neck portion 1a of the container body 1, and rotates the pressing head 5 (the pressing head 5 is counteracted in plan view). The cylinder 3a is prevented from rotating when the pressure head 5 is held in the raised position by releasing the engagement with the ring cap 6 by rotating it clockwise.

  The rotation prevention piece 8 has an overhang length larger than a gap formed between the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder 3a and the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-and-neck portion 1a, and has a collapsed posture along the peripheral wall of the cylinder 3a. It is preferable that the tip end portion is in contact with the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-and-neck portion 1a (see FIG. 2). In addition, the tip of the anti-rotation piece 8 is surely brought into contact with the inner peripheral wall of the mouth / neck portion 1a even if there is some variation in the diameter of the mouth / neck portion 1a during the manufacturing process (blow molding) of the container. Is possible.

  In maintaining the anti-rotation piece 8 in a tilted position along the peripheral wall of the cylinder 3a, the anti-rotation piece 8 has its tip counterclockwise (when the engagement with the ring cap 6 is released) It is preferable that the end of the rotation prevention piece 8 abuts against the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-and-neck portion 1a to act like a ratchet claw, and the rotation of the cylinder 3a. (Turning) can be reliably prevented. In addition, when applying the rotation prevention piece 8 maintained in such a fallen posture, the press head 5 is used to release the engagement with the ring cap 6 and to engage with the ring cap 6 again. Since the rotation of the cylinder 3a is allowed even if it is rotated, there is an advantage that it is possible to grasp whether there is an unauthorized opening in the distribution process of the product.

  In order to further prevent the rotation of the cylinder 3a, as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the groove 9 or the groove 9 into which the tip of the rotation preventing piece 8 is fitted is formed on the inner peripheral wall of the mouth / neck portion 1a. You may provide the protrusion 10 with which the front-end | tip of the rotation prevention piece 8 contact | abuts.

  The rotation prevention piece 8 can be applied in a preliminarily tilted posture. However, when the pump 3 is assembled to the neck portion 1a of the container body 1, the vertical ribs (plate-like pieces) extending radially are used. The plate piece is preferably bent and held in a tilted posture. In this case, the repulsive force of the rotation preventing piece 8 is increased, and there is an advantage that the frictional force with the inner peripheral wall of the mouth neck 1a can be increased. is there. In addition, you may form the rotation prevention piece 8 with the plate-shaped body extended in a radial direction, or an uneven | corrugated | grooved part.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the pump type liquid discharger which can prevent the rotation of the cylinder which comprises a pump and can hold | maintain a press head reliably to a raise attitude | position can be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 1a Mouth neck part 2 Base cap 2a Through-opening 2b Top plate 2c Perimeter wall 3 Pump 3a Cylinder 3b Piston 3c Hollow stem 3d Spring 3e Valve member 3f Piston guide 4 Flange 5 Press head 5a Cylindrical body 5b End passage 5c Tip nozzle 5d Cylinder Body 5e Protruding end 6 Ring cap 7 Sealing member 8 Anti-rotation piece 9 Groove 10 Protrusion

Claims (4)

A base cap that can be engaged with the outer periphery of the mouth and neck of the container body, a pump that is suspended inside the container body through the mouth and neck and fixedly held on the mouth and neck by the base cap, and a hollow stem of the pump A pump-type liquid discharger comprising a pressing head for operating the pump by repeatedly moving the hollow stem up and down to discharge the contents in the container body,
The pump is configured to prevent the rotation of the cylinder in at least one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions by causing the tip portion to contact the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder and the inner peripheral wall of the mouth and neck of the container body. It has a plurality of anti-rotation pieces,
The rotation-preventing piece has an overhang length larger than a gap formed between the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder and the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-and-neck portion, and is tilted down along the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder The pump-type liquid discharger is characterized in that the tip portion of the pump is maintained in contact with the inner peripheral wall of the mouth-neck portion .   The pump has a ring cap formed with a threaded portion on an outer peripheral wall and connected to the upper end of the cylinder so as not to rotate and to be pulled out, and the pressing head engages with the threaded portion of the ring cap. The pump-type liquid ejector according to claim 1, further comprising a screw portion that maintains the downward posture of the pressing head as it is.   3. The pump-type liquid ejector according to claim 1, wherein the rotation preventing piece is made of an elastic body that elastically contacts the inner peripheral wall of the mouth / neck portion to increase a frictional resistance therebetween. . The groove | channel into which the front-end | tip of the said rotation prevention piece fits in the inner peripheral wall of the said neck and neck part, or the protrusion which the front-end | tip of this rotation prevention piece contacts is formed, The any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Pump type liquid discharger.

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