JP3853433B2 - Cartridge type liquid dispensing container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the present invention, when a viscous or pasty liquid such as shampoo, body shampoo, rinse, liquid detergent, cosmetic cream is used in a container with a spout, the container with a spout is discarded after use. Instead, the refilling of the contents is performed by exchanging the cartridge for replenishment, and the refilling container is improved to a cartridge system in order to facilitate the refilling of the contents.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when a viscous or pasty liquid such as shampoo, body shampoo, rinse, liquid detergent, cosmetic cream, etc. is used in a container with a spout, the contents are almost always left as it is. It is currently being discarded.
[0003]
In order to eliminate the waste pollution and economic disadvantages caused by the disposable containers, a partly sold product in which the contents are put in a refill bag is supplied.
Most of the separately sold products are standing pouches (bottom gusset free-standing bags) or pillow-wrapped products. When refilling, part of the packaging bags can be cut with sachets, or V-notches provided on the packaging bags can be used. It was then opened and transferred to an empty container.
However, since the container has a small caliber, the transfer from the packaging bag to the container is cumbersome, and the contents are spilled out of the container at the time of refilling. There was a problem that the contents could not be sufficiently discharged and the contents remained in the packaging bag.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Waste pollution caused by disposable containers is a major social problem. For those involved in packaging containers, how to reduce the amount of garbage after use is important, as packaging / containers should be made as small as possible by eliminating extra parts as much as possible. It has become a challenge.
Therefore, attempts have been made to solve the above problems by recycling and reusing packaging and containers.
Also, in the case of a conventional refill packaging bag, the contents are spilled out of the container at the time of refilling, and the contents are viscous, so the hands are dirty to squeeze out the contents, or the contents are in the bag There were problems such as remaining.
[0005]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention repeatedly uses the liquid dispensing container without discarding the container and the dispenser even after the contents have been consumed. This is done by exchanging cartridges containing objects.
In addition, the refill cartridge uses a paper cup or paper container to facilitate disposal.
In addition, the cup-shaped container formed from the plastic sheet used for the refill cartridge can reduce the wall thickness of the container, thereby reducing dust.
Further, according to the present invention, since the contents are refilled by exchanging the cartridge, the contents can be easily refilled in a short time without spilling the contents or getting hands dirty like refilling from a bag. .
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As a result of various studies to solve the above-described problems, the present invention has the following configuration of the cartridge type liquid dispensing container.
The dispenser comprises a cup-shaped container and a cartridge containing the contents that can be stored in the container. The dispenser and the container are a liquid dispensing container having a separable structure, and the container has an opening. The cartridge has a wide opening, the opening is detachable from the dispenser, and can be sealed with the dispenser, and the cartridge is a paper cup shaped to be housed in the container, and the opening is heat sealed. The lid can be used to seal the contents, and the lid is provided with a hole for inserting the suction pipe of the dispenser at the center, and the hole is sealed with an easily openable tab tape. A cartridge-type liquid dispensing container , wherein the cartridge is in a peeled state, and further has an overcap on the outside of the lid, and the contents are refilled by replacing the cartridge; did.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view when the liquid dispensing container of the present invention is assembled using a dispenser, a container and a paper cup cartridge.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a liquid dispensing container composed of a paper cup-shaped container and a refill cartridge used therein.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram when a liquid dispensing container is assembled using a dispenser, a container, and a plastic cup-shaped cartridge.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the liquid dispensing container in FIG. 3 and the refill cartridge used therein.
[0008]
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram when a liquid dispensing container is assembled using a rectangular paper container cartridge and a container and a dispenser corresponding to the cartridge.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the liquid dispensing container in FIG. 5 and the refill cartridge used therein.
7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a refill cartridge using a paper cup, FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a refill cartridge using a plastic container, and FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a refill cartridge using a square paper container. It is sectional drawing.
10A and 10B are explanatory views when a hole provided in the lid member is closed with a tab tape. FIG. 10A is a plan view of the lid member, and FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. .
[0009]
As shown in FIG. 2, the present invention includes a liquid dispensing container 1 and a refill cartridge 4, and the liquid dispensing container 1 includes a dispenser 3, a container 2, and a refilling container 3 as illustrated in FIG. 1. The cartridge 4 is configured.
As shown in FIG. 1, the dispenser 3 having the same structure as the known one comprising the push-down head 8, the screw lid 5 and the suction pipe 6 was used.
In order to seal the dispenser 3 and the container 2 with screws, a screw is formed inside the lid portion of the dispenser 3 to form a screw lid 5.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 1, the container 2 of the cartridge type liquid dispensing container 1 of the present invention has a wide opening so that the refill cartridge 4 can be easily taken in and out of the container 2 and the cartridge can be easily replaced. I was able to do it.
Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the screw | thread 7 is formed in the outer side of the opening part of the container 2, The container 2 and the extractor 3 are integrated by screwing, and can seal the contents now. .
[0011]
The said dispenser and a container are normally produced by injection molding using a plastic. Since the dispenser and the container are used repeatedly, durability, impact resistance, water resistance, and the like are necessary. Polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, acrylic, ABS, and the like are used as the material.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 7, the cartridge 4 is one in which a paper cup 11 is filled with the contents 10, the lid member 12 is heat-sealed and sealed, and an overcap 15 is put on the outside.
As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the lid 12 is provided with a hole 13 in the center, and the hole 13 seals the tab tape 14 with the lid around the hole 13. Thus, the sealing portion 16 is closed.
However, as shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), the tab tape 14 is provided with a non-sealed portion 16a that is not sealed to the lid material, and the tab tape of the non-sealed portion is used as the knob 17 and this tab is used. By peeling from the piece 17, the hole 13 can be easily opened.
[0013]
In the cartridge type liquid dispensing container of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, a liquid dispensing container 1 in which a dispenser 3 and a container 2 are set and a cartridge 4 containing contents are supplied to a user. Alternatively, the cartridge 4 is put in the container 2 and supplied with the dispenser 3 set.
When using the cartridge-type liquid dispensing container, as shown in FIG. 1, first, the overcap is removed from the cartridge 4, and the tab tape 14 sealed on the lid member 12 is peeled off so that the hole 13 appears. .
[0014]
Next, the screws of the dispenser 3 and the container 2 are loosened to separate the dispenser 3 and the container 2, and the cartridge 4 is put into the container 2.
The container 2 and the dispenser 3 are set by inserting the suction pipe 6 of the dispenser 3 into the hole 13 formed in the lid member 12 of the cartridge 4, and the screw lid 5 and the container 2 are further screwed. Seal things.
The liquid dispensing container 1 containing the contents is discharged by a certain amount when the push-down head 8 is pushed.
[0015]
When the contents are consumed, the screw cap 5 and the container 2 are loosened, the dispenser 3 is removed, the empty cartridge 4 is taken out of the container 2, and then the same as described above. Then, another cartridge 4 is put in and the dispenser 3 is set and used.
As described above, since the refilling of the contents can be easily performed by exchanging the cartridge, the refilling operation can be performed very easily without dirtying hands and spilling the contents. .
Furthermore, since the paper cup of the cartridge is made of a laminated material mainly made of paper, when it is discarded, if it is crushed, the volume becomes extremely small, and there is no problem of waste pollution compared to plastic. Also, disposal of the container becomes easy.
[0016]
As the shape of the cartridge, the following are used in addition to the paper cup.
As an example, a round container molded from a plastic sheet will be described.
As plastic sheets, polystyrene (PP), ABS, polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polycarbonate (PC), polyacrylonitrile (AN), amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (A-PET) ) Or a gas barrier composite sheet such as PP / EVOH / PP, PP / PVDC / PP, PS / PVDC / PS, and PS / EVOH / PS.
EVOH is an abbreviation for saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
The thickness of the plastic sheet is determined by the molding method, the shape and size of the molding container, etc. For vacuum forming, pressure forming, or vacuum / pressure forming, the thickness is usually about 0.3 to 2 mm. used.
[0017]
The sheet is formed into a predetermined shape and size so as to be accommodated in the container 2 of the liquid dispensing container, as shown in FIG. 3, by vacuum forming, pressure forming or vacuum / pressure forming.
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the molded container was provided with a flange at the opening, and after filling the contents, the lid was sealed using the flange so that the contents could be sealed.
As in the case of a paper cup, the lid has a hole in the center, and the hole is sealed with a tab tape.
[0018]
As another shape of the cartridge, a rectangular paper container is used as shown in FIGS.
In the case of a square paper container, unlike the paper cup, the dispenser 3 and the square container 2a cannot be sealed by screw tightening, so as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the dispenser 3 and the square container 2a Sealed using one-touch fasteners.
That is, the rib 25 is provided on the outer side near the opening of the rectangular container 2a, and two fixing fasteners 23 for stopping the lid of the dispenser are provided at opposing positions.
In addition, the lid 5a of the dispenser 3 is provided with two movable fasteners 24 that can be fixed to the container fixing fastener 23 with one touch at two positions.
In addition, the fastener fixed by one touch used the well-known thing, and the extraction device and the square container were produced by injection molding.
[0019]
The cartridge of the square paper container is manufactured as follows.
First, as shown in FIG. 5, a rectangular paper container is formed by a known molding method using a laminated material mainly composed of paper such as PE / paper / PE and PE / paper / PE / aluminum / PE. 22 is produced.
Next, after filling the rectangular paper container 22, as shown in FIG. 9, like the paper cup, the lid member 12 is sealed and sealed, and a rectangular overcap 15 is placed thereon to cover the rectangular paper container. Cartridge.
[0020]
【Example】
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples with reference to the drawings.
Example 1
As shown in FIG. 1, the cartridge type liquid dispensing container 1 of the present invention is composed of a dispenser 3, a container 2, and a cartridge 4. The dispenser 3 and the container 2 constituting the liquid dispensing container were produced by injection molding of polypropylene (hereinafter referred to as PP).
The container 2 was sized to have a diameter of 85 mm, a bottom inner diameter of 74 mm, and a height of 150 mm so that a cartridge having a capacity of 500 ml could be accommodated.
And the screw 7 was formed in the outer side of the container upper part, and it was made to be able to seal with the screw lid 5 of the extractor 3, and screwing.
Moreover, the extractor 3 produced each component using a well-known technique, and comprised the extractor 3 combining these components. A screw lid 5 is formed so that a screw is formed inside the lid 5 and can be screwed to the container 2.
[0021]
The cartridge 4 was produced as follows.
Polyethylene (PE) is laminated on both sides of a cup base paper with a basis weight of 280 g / m ² to produce a laminate of PE 30 μm / paper 280 g / m ² / PE 30 μm, and using this laminate, cup molding A paper cup having a diameter of 80 mm, a bottom inner diameter of 70 mm, and a height of 130 mm was produced according to a conventional method using a machine.
[0022]
Next, a laminated material of PET 12 μm / Al 25 μm / PE 30 μm is prepared as a lid material, and as shown in FIG. 10A, this laminated material is punched into a circle having a diameter of 85 mm, and further a circular lid material A hole 13 having a diameter of 15 mm was formed by punching in the center.
Also, using the same laminated material as the lid material, a hot melt agent was applied to the PE surface so that an easy peel can be made with the PET surface of the lid material to obtain a tab tape.
Then, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the hole of the lid member was sealed by sealing the tab tape 14 around the hole.
When sealing the tab tape, the portion corresponding to the tab 17 is not sealed, and is used as a tab when the tab tape is peeled later.
[0023]
The paper cup was filled with 500 ml of liquid shampoo as the contents, and the contents were sealed by heat-sealing the lid.
Further, a separately prepared overcap was placed thereon to form a shampoo cartridge.
The overcap was produced by vacuum forming a 0.6 mm thick PP sheet. The size of the overcap was 84 mm in inner diameter and 10 mm in depth.
[0024]
(Example 2)
As in Example 1, a dispenser and a container were produced by PP injection molding.
However, the size of the container was 115 mm in diameter at the opening, 88 mm in inner diameter at the bottom, and 100 mm in height.
As the cartridge container, a molded sheet having a diameter of 100 mm, an inner diameter of 82 mm at the bottom, a height of 80 mm, and a width of 5 mm at the flange of the opening was prepared by using a PS sheet having a thickness of 2 mm.
[0025]
As the lid material, a laminated material of PET 12 μm / Al 25 μm / hot melt 30 μm was produced, and this laminated material was punched into a size of 120 mm in diameter. A lid material sealed with was prepared.
Next, 500 ml of liquid shampoo was filled in the molding container, and the lid was heat sealed on the flange of the molding container to seal the contents.
Further, in the same manner as in Example 1, a separately prepared overcap was put on to form a shampoo cartridge.
The overcap was produced by vacuum forming a PP sheet having a thickness of 0.6 mm, and the size was 115 mm in inner diameter and 10 mm in depth.
[0026]
Example 3
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the dispenser 3 and the rectangular container 2a are manufactured by injection molding of PP, and the dispenser 3 and the rectangular container 2a are sealed by a one-touch method using a fastener. did.
As shown in FIG. 5, while providing the rib 25 on the outer side near the opening part of the square container 2a, the two fixing fasteners 23 for stopping the lid | cover of an extractor were provided in the position which opposes.
In addition, the lid 5a of the dispenser 3 is provided with two movable fasteners 24 that can be fixed to the container fixing fastener 23 with one touch at two positions.
In addition, a well-known thing was used for the fastener fixed by one touch.
As shown in FIG. 5, the container was a rectangular container having a thickness of 2 mm with R, and the size of the opening was 80 mm long × 100 mm wide, the bottom was 66 mm long × 82 mm wide, and the height was 115 mm.
[0027]
A rectangular paper container for cartridges was prepared by a cup molding machine using the same laminate material as in Example 1, PE 30 μm / paper 280 g / m ² / PE 30 μm.
As shown in FIG. 5, the container shape was a rectangular paper container with an R shape, and the size of the opening was 70 mm long × 90 mm wide, the bottom was 60 mm long × 76 mm wide, and the height was 100 mm.
Further, as the cover material, the same PET 12 μm / Al 25 μm / PE 30 μm laminated material as in Example 1 was used, and as in Example 1, as shown in FIG. In addition, the hole 13 was sealed with an easy-peeling tab tape.
The size of the rectangular lid was 80 mm long × 100 mm wide.
[0028]
Next, in the same manner as in Example 1, 500 ml of liquid shampoo was filled in a square paper container, and the lid was heat sealed to seal the contents.
Further, in the same manner as in Example 1, a separately prepared overcap was put on to form a shampoo cartridge.
The overcap was produced by vacuum forming a PP sheet having a thickness of 0.6 mm into a shape having a length of 80 mm × width of 100 mm and a depth of 10 mm.
[0029]
Using the refill cartridge containing the liquid shampoo, the refilling into the liquid dispensing container was performed by the following method.
First, as shown in FIG. 1, the liquid dispenser disappeared after the contents were consumed, the screw lid 5 and the screw of the container 2 were loosened, the dispenser 3 was removed, and the container 2 was emptied. The cartridge 4 was taken out and the empty cartridge was discarded.
Next, the overcap of the cartridge for refilling was removed, the tab tape 14 was peeled off using the tab 17 provided on the lid member 12 of the cartridge, the hole 13 appeared in the lid member 2, and the container 2 was put in .
[0030]
The suction pipe 6 of the extractor 3 was inserted into the hole 13 to set the container 2 and the extractor 3, and the screw lid 5 and the container 2 were further screwed to seal the contents.
In the liquid dispensing container 1 containing the refill cartridge, a certain amount of contents were discharged by pushing the push-down head 8.
As described above, since the refilling of the contents can be easily performed by exchanging the cartridge, the refilling operation can be performed very easily without getting the hands dirty or spilling the contents. .
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention uses a cartridge as a refilling container for a liquid dispensing container, so that even a viscous content such as a shampoo or a concentrated liquid detergent is not taken out during refilling. The contents can be refilled very easily without dirtying the hands.
In addition, paper cups and square paper containers made of paper-based laminates can be used as cartridge containers. When disposing of them, the volume can be reduced by crushing them, and waste compared to plastic. It is easy to dispose of containers without pollution problems.
Therefore, it can be used for solving the problem of waste pollution caused by disposable containers, which is a big social problem.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram when assembling a liquid dispensing container of the present invention using a dispenser, a container and a paper cup cartridge.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a liquid dispensing container composed of a paper cup-shaped container and a refill cartridge used therefor.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram when a liquid dispensing container is assembled using a dispenser, a container, and a plastic cup-shaped cartridge.
4 is a perspective view of the liquid dispensing container in FIG. 3 and a refill cartridge used therein.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram when a liquid dispensing container is assembled using a rectangular paper container cartridge and a dispenser and container corresponding to the cartridge.
6 is a perspective view of the liquid dispensing container in FIG. 5 and a refill cartridge used therein.
FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a refill cartridge using a paper cup.
FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a refill cartridge using a plastic container.
FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a refill cartridge using a square paper container.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram when the hole provided in the lid member is closed with a tab tape;
(A) It is a top view of a cover material.
(B) (a) It is sectional drawing in XX of a figure.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Liquid pouring container 2 Container 2a Rectangular container 3 Pouring device 4 Cartridge (for refilling)
5 Screw lid 5a Dispenser lid (for square container)
6 Suction tube 7 Screw 8 Depressing head 10 Contents 11 Paper cup 12 Cover material 13 Hole 14 Tab tape 15 Overcap 16 Sealing part 16a Non-sealing part 17 Picking piece 21 Plastic molding container 22 Square paper container 23 Fixed fastener 24 Movable clamp Tool 25 Rib

Claims (1)

The dispenser comprises a cup-shaped container and a cartridge containing the contents that can be stored in the container. The dispenser and the container are a liquid dispensing container having a separable structure, and the container has an opening. The cartridge has a wide opening, the opening is detachable from the dispenser, and can be sealed with the dispenser, and the cartridge is a paper cup shaped to be housed in the container, and the opening is heat sealed. The lid can be used to seal the contents, and the lid is provided with a hole in the center for inserting the suction pipe of the dispenser, and the hole is sealed with an easily openable tab tape. A cartridge-type liquid dispensing container , wherein the cartridge is in a peeled state and has an overcap on the outside of the lid, and the contents are refilled by replacing the cartridge.

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