JP5456437B2 - Swing cap - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a swinging cap that is attached to the mouth of a container body that contains, for example, powdered or granular contents.

  Conventionally, as this kind of swing-out cap, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1 below, a cap body in which a swing-out opening is formed on the top wall, and the swing-out opening attached to the cap body in a freely rotatable manner. 2. Description of the Related Art A cap having a structure including a lid that opens and closes is known. If it demonstrates in detail, the above-mentioned cover body is a plate-shaped member extended from the side surface of the radial direction one end side of a cap main body to the side surface of the other end side, and is arrange | positioned on the ceiling wall part of the cap main body. By pushing down the operation part on one end side, this lid body is in an open state in which the other end side jumps upward and exposes the outlet, and by pushing down the other end part of the lid that has jumped up, The lid is closed.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-28940

  By the way, for example, in a swing container in which seasonings are contained in the container body as contents, there are many cases where the contents are directly sprinkled into a frying pan or pan during cooking. In such a case, the contents are shaken out in a high-humidity atmosphere such as steam rising from a frying pan or pan, so that the contents easily adhere to the outlet and are solidified as they are. When the content adheres to the outlet and solidifies in this way, there arises a problem that the outlet is clogged or the lid cannot be completely closed by the attached matter. Therefore, a countermeasure for avoiding such inconvenience is desired.

  However, in the above-described conventional swing cap, since the swing opening is formed and exposed on the top wall portion of the cap body, moisture such as steam is likely to directly hit the swing opening during use. Therefore, the contents easily adhere to and solidify at the outlet due to the influence of moisture, and problems such as clogging of the outlet and poor closure of the lid are likely to occur.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described conventional problems, and can prevent clogging of the outlet and poor closing of the lid by suppressing the adhesion and solidification of the contents to the outlet due to moisture. The purpose is to provide a swing cap.

A swing cap according to the present invention is attached to a mouth portion of a container body, and has a cylindrical cap body provided with a swing opening for swinging out contents in the container body, and a vertical surface perpendicular to the cap axis. A swing cap that is rotatably mounted around a rotation axis extending along the lid and that opens and closes the swing outlet, wherein the cap body covers the open end of the mouth portion of the container body. A cylindrical shape that is formed in a tubular shape with a wall portion and a peripheral wall portion that is suspended from the outer peripheral edge of the top wall portion , and surrounds the outlet port over the entire circumference on the top wall portion of the cap body. The lid body is provided with a ceiling wall portion disposed above the enclosure wall portion and a peripheral wall portion depending from an outer edge of the ceiling wall portion, and the lid The lower end of the peripheral wall of the body and the peripheral wall of the cap body Between the end portion, the lid body and the cap body are connected, and a hinge that can be bent around the rotation axis is provided. The fitting part which is a cylinder part which covers the lower end part of the surrounding wall part of a cover body is standingly arranged, The said surrounding wall part is extended above the said fitting part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Due to these characteristics, even if the lid is opened and exposed to a high humidity atmosphere, the outlet is surrounded by the surrounding wall, so that the flow of moisture into the outlet is hindered by the surrounding wall. , Moisture is difficult to hit directly on the outlet Therefore, it is difficult for moisture to reach the outlet, the contents hardly adhere to the outlet, and it is difficult to solidify even if the contents adhere to the outlet.

In addition, the lid body has a seal cylinder portion disposed inside the peripheral wall portion of the lid body and suspended from the lower surface of the top wall portion of the lid body and fitted inside the surrounding wall portion. The part by the side of the hinge among the surrounding wall parts may be formed lower than other parts.
Further, the swing cap according to the reference example of the present invention is attached to the mouth portion of the container main body, and has a cylindrical cap main body provided with a swing outlet for swinging out the contents in the container main body, and a cap shaft. A swinging cap that is rotatably mounted around a rotation axis extending along a perpendicular vertical plane and that opens and closes the swinging port, the cap body having the swinging port all around the cap body A cylindrical wall portion that surrounds the cap body includes a top wall portion that covers the opening end of the mouth portion of the container body, and a peripheral wall portion that is suspended from the outer peripheral edge of the top wall portion. is formed on becomes closed top cylinder shape, and the surrounding wall portion, said top wall portion being suspended from an opening formed edge, the square one port formed in the bottom portion provided at a lower end of the surrounding wall portion It may be a configuration.

  According to the swing cap according to the present invention, moisture does not easily reach the swing outlet, so that the adhesion and solidification of the content to the swing outlet due to moisture can be suppressed. It is possible to prevent the closing failure.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the swing-out cap for demonstrating the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the swing-out cap for demonstrating the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the swing-out cap for demonstrating embodiment of the reference example of this invention. It is a top view of the swing-out cap for demonstrating embodiment of the reference example of this invention.

  Hereinafter, first and second embodiments of a swing cap according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment of a swing cap according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
A chain line O shown in FIG. 1 indicates a central axis of the swing cap 1 and is hereinafter referred to as an “axis O”. In the present invention, the direction along the axis O is referred to as “axial direction”, the direction orthogonal to the axis O is referred to as “radial direction”, and the direction around the axis O is referred to as “circumferential direction”. In the present embodiment, the container body 10 side in the axial direction (lower side in FIG. 1) is “lower”, and the opposite side, that is, the lid 3 side in the axial direction (upper side in FIG. 1) is “upper”. And

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the swing-out cap 1 is a cap that is attached to a container body 10 that stores powdered or granular contents, and is made of, for example, a synthetic resin. The schematic configuration of the swing cap 1 includes a cap body 2 attached to the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10 and a lid body 3 that opens and closes a swing port 21 formed in the top wall portion 20 of the cap body 2. I have. The mouth portion 11 of the container body 10 described above is a cylindrical tube portion extending along the axial direction with the axis O as the center axis, and a male screw 12 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 11. Has been.

  In the cap body 2 described above, the top wall portion 20 in which the outlet 21 for swinging out the contents is formed, the peripheral wall portion 22 suspended from the outer peripheral edge of the top wall portion 20, and the top wall portion 20 A fitting portion 23 erected on the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion and a cylindrical surrounding wall portion 24 erected on the upper surface of the top wall portion 20 and surrounding the outlet port 21 are provided.

  The top wall portion 20 is a flat plate-like plate portion having a circular shape in plan view disposed substantially perpendicular to the axis O, and is disposed above the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10 so as to be open at the opening end of the mouth portion 11. It is the wall part which covers. On the lower surface of the top wall portion 20, an annular seal portion 25 is provided so as to be in close contact with the upper end surface of the mouth portion 11 over the entire circumference. Further, the outlet 21 formed in the top wall portion 20 includes a plurality of through holes 21 a communicating with the inside of the container body 10, and the plurality of through holes 21 a are formed on the entire inside of the surrounding wall portion 24 in a plan view. Evenly arranged.

  The peripheral wall portion 22 is a cylindrical tube portion that is screwed into the mouth portion 11 of the container main body 10. The peripheral wall portion 22 extends along the axial direction with the axis O as the central axis, and the mouth portion 11 of the container main body 10. Around the outside. On the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 22, a female screw 26 that is screwed into the male screw 12 of the mouth portion 11 is formed.

The fitting portion 23 is a cylindrical tube portion for undercut fitting the lid 3, and extends along the axial direction with the axis O as the central axis. On the outer peripheral surface of the upper end portion of the fitting portion 23, an engaging convex portion 27 protruding outward in the radial direction is formed over the entire circumference. The outer diameter of the fitting portion 23 has a smaller diameter than the outer diameter of the peripheral wall portion 22 described above, a step is formed between the upper end of the lower end and the peripheral wall portion 22 of the fitting portion 23.

  The surrounding wall portion 24 is a substantially cylindrical tube portion, is disposed inside the fitting portion 23, and extends coaxially with the fitting portion 23 with the axis O as a common axis. The surrounding wall portion 24 extends above the fitting portion 23, and the upper end portion of the surrounding wall portion 24 is gradually enlarged in diameter toward the upper side in the axial direction. Further, in the surrounding wall portion 24, a later-described hinge 24 side portion 24a is formed lower than the other portions. Thereby, interference with the seal cylinder part 32 mentioned later at the time of opening and closing of the cover body 3 and the surrounding wall part 24 is avoided.

  The above-described lid body 3 is a top-like cylindrical lid body that covers the entire top wall portion 20 of the cap body 2, and is attached to be rotatable around a rotation axis P described later. More specifically, the lid 3 is provided with a ceiling wall portion 30, a peripheral wall portion 31 that is suspended from the outer edge of the ceiling wall portion 30, and a ceiling wall portion 30 that is disposed inside the peripheral wall portion 31. And a seal cylinder portion 32 that is suspended from the lower surface.

  The top wall 30 is a flat plate having a circular shape in plan view, and is disposed substantially perpendicular to the axis O and disposed above the surrounding wall 24 in the closed state as shown in FIG. It is installed.

  The peripheral wall portion 31 is a cylindrical tube portion, and extends in the axial direction with the axis O as the central axis in the closed state as shown in FIG. A circumferential groove-like engaging recess 33 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion 31 over the entire periphery, and the peripheral wall portion of the lid body 3 in the closed state as shown in FIG. The lower end portion of 31 is put on the outer periphery of the fitting portion 23, and the engagement convex portion 27 of the fitting portion 23 is undercut fitted inside the engagement concave portion 33 of the lid 3.

A hinge 4 is provided between the lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion 31 of the lid body 3 and the upper end portion of the peripheral wall portion 22 of the cap body 2 to connect the lid body 3 and the cap body 2. Yes. The hinge 4 is a connecting portion that can be bent around a rotation axis P extending along a vertical plane orthogonal to the axis O, and the hinge 3 allows the lid 3 to rotate relative to the cap body 2. It can rotate (open / close) around P. Further, the hinge 4 described above is formed integrally with the lid 3 and the cap body 2, and the lid 3 and the cap body 2 are integrally formed via the hinge 4. Further, a knob portion 34 protruding outward in the radial direction is formed at a portion of the lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion 31 of the lid 3 on the side opposite to the hinge 4.

  The seal tube portion 32 is a cylindrical tube portion for sealing the surrounding wall portion 24 that surrounds the outlet 21, and is disposed inside the surrounding wall portion 24 in the closed state as shown in FIG. 1. In addition, it is arranged coaxially with the surrounding wall portion 24 with the axis O as a common axis. Further, the outer diameter of the seal cylinder part 32 is formed to be substantially the same as the inner diameter of the surrounding wall part 24, and the outer peripheral surface of the sealing cylinder part 32 is in the closed state as shown in FIG. The inner periphery is in close contact with the entire periphery.

  Next, the operation of the swing cap 1 having the above configuration will be described.

  First, the above-described lid 3 is closed when storing the dispensing container with the above-described dispensing cap 1 attached thereto. In such a closed state, the upper end of the surrounding wall portion 24 is closed by the top wall portion 30 of the lid body 3, and the seal cylinder portion 32 is fitted inside the surrounding wall portion 24, and the outer periphery of the seal cylinder portion 32. The surface is brought into close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the surrounding wall portion 24 over the entire periphery. Thereby, the inside of the surrounding wall part 24 provided with the outlet 21 is airtight, and external moisture is prevented from flowing into the inside of the surrounding wall 24 provided with the outlet 21. At this time, since the engagement convex portion 27 of the fitting portion 23 is undercut fitted inside the engagement concave portion 33 of the lid body 3 and the closed state is maintained, the enclosure provided with the outlet port 21 is provided. The airtight state inside the wall portion 24 is maintained.

  When the contents in the container main body 10 are shaken out, the contents in the container main body 10 are shaken out from the outlet 21 after the lid 3 is opened. More specifically, first, the lid 3 is pulled up by placing a fingertip or the like on the knob 34 of the lid 3. As a result, the engagement concave portion 33 of the lid 3 is disengaged from the engagement convex portion 27 of the fitting portion 23, the folded hinge 4 is opened, and the lid 3 rotates about the rotation axis P. And the seal cylinder part 32 is pulled out from the inside of the surrounding wall part 24, the inside of the surrounding wall part 24 is open | released, and the outlet 21 in the surrounding wall part 24 is exposed. Thereafter, by tilting the container body 10 and performing a swing operation, the contents in the container body 10 flow out of the outlet 21 and are released to the outside.

  At this time, even if the swing cap 1 is exposed to a high humidity atmosphere with steam or the like, since the swing outlet 21 is surrounded by the surrounding wall 24, the flow of moisture into the swing outlet 21 is caused by the surrounding wall 24. The moisture is difficult to directly hit the outlet 21 and the moisture hardly reaches the outlet 21. For this reason, it is difficult for the contents to adhere to the outlet 21, and it is difficult to solidify even if the contents adhere to the outlet.

  According to the above-described swinging cap 1, even when the swinging cap 1 is exposed to a high humidity atmosphere in the open state, moisture does not easily reach the swinging port 21, so that the contents adhere to the swinging port 21 and solidify due to moisture. And the clogging of the outlet 21 due to the contents and the poor closing of the lid 3 can be prevented.

[ Reference embodiment]
Next, an embodiment of a reference example of the swing cap according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In addition, about the structure similar to above-mentioned 1st Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted. Further, in the present embodiment, the pressing surface 133 side (right side in FIG. 3) of the lid 103 to be described later is referred to as “rear side”, and the opposite side (left side in FIG. 3) is referred to as “front side”.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the schematic configuration of the swing-out cap 101 includes a cap body 102 attached to the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10 and a lid body that opens and closes the swing-out port 121 provided in the cap body 102. 103. The cap body 102 and the lid body 103 are separate members, and the lid body 103 is assembled to the top wall portion 120 of the cap body 102.

  The cap body 102 has a top wall portion 120 disposed above the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10 and a peripheral wall that is suspended from the outer peripheral edge of the top wall portion 120 and screwed to the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10. Part 122. The top wall 120 has a recess 123 extending from the front side surface to the rear side surface. The recessed portion 123 is a recessed portion into which the lid 103 can be fitted. A deep recess 125 that is recessed deeper than the thickness of the lid 103 is formed at the rear end of the recess 123. In addition, an opening 123b having a circular shape in plan view is formed in the bottom wall portion 123a of the recess 123, and a substantially cylindrical surrounding wall portion 124 is suspended from an edge portion of the opening 123b. The surrounding wall portion 124 is a tapered cylindrical portion that is gradually reduced in diameter as it goes downward. The opening 123b and the surrounding wall 124 described above are disposed at a position closer to the front side of the recess 123. In addition, a bottom portion 126 that closes the lower end of the surrounding wall portion 124 is formed at the lower end portion of the surrounding wall portion 124, and an outlet 121 including a plurality of through holes 121 a is formed in the bottom portion 126.

  The lid body 103 is a lid for covering the upper end of the surrounding wall portion 124 and closing the outlet 121, and is made of a plate material extending in the front-rear direction along the recessed portion 123. The lid 103 is a rotary lid that rotates around the rotation axis P and opens and closes the outlet 121. More specifically, the lid 103 is disposed perpendicular to the axis O in the closed state and is fitted inside the recess 123 described above, and the upper surface of the lid 103 is the top wall of the cap body 102. It is formed flush with the upper surface of the portion 120. In addition, shaft support portions 130 extending along the side wall portions 125 a of the deep recess portions 125 are respectively provided on the side edge portions on both sides of the lid 103. The support part 131 which consists of a concave bearing and a convex axis | shaft is provided in the part 125a. A pressing surface 133 for rotating the lid 103 is formed on the upper surface on the rear side of the lid 103. In addition, on the lower surface of the lid 103, in a closed state, a seal cylinder portion 132 that is detachably fitted inside the surrounding wall portion 124 and is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the surrounding wall portion 124 is suspended. Yes. Further, an elastic piece 134 that urges the lid 103 in the closing direction is suspended from the lower surface on the rear side of the lid 103.

In the closed cap state, the swing-out cap 101 having the above-described configuration closes the upper end of the surrounding wall portion 124 by the lid body 103 and inserts the seal tube portion 132 inside the surrounding wall portion 124. External moisture is prevented from flowing into the surrounding wall portion 124 provided with 121.
Further, the lid 103 rotates around the rotation axis P by pressing the pressing surface 133 of the lid 103 described above. Thereby, the seal cylinder part 132 is pulled out from the inside of the surrounding wall part 124, the inside of the surrounding wall part 124 is open | released, and the outlet 121 in the surrounding wall part 124 is exposed. At this time, even if the swing-out cap 101 is exposed to a high humidity atmosphere such as steam, the swing-out port 121 is surrounded by the surrounding wall portion 124, so that moisture does not directly hit the swing-out port 121. The contents are prevented from adhering to and solidifying, and clogging of the outlet 121 and poor closing of the lid 103 can be prevented.

Above, first square one cap according to the present invention, has been described in terms of preferred embodiments of the reference example, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments described above, can be suitably changed without departing from the scope thereof is there.
For example, in the above-described first and reference embodiments, the peripheral wall portions 22 and 122 of the cap body 2 and 102 are screwed into the mouth portion 11 of the container body 10, so that the swing-out cap 1 and 101 are the container body. However, according to the present invention, it is possible to attach the swing caps 1 and 101 to the mouth 11 of the container body 10 with other structures, for example, undercut fitting. It is also possible to attach it by means of a combination.

Further, in the above-described first and reference embodiments, the lid bodies 3 and 103 are provided with the seal cylinder portions 32 and 132 fitted inside the surrounding wall portions 24 and 124 in the closed state. In the present invention, the seal tube portion may be fitted to the outer periphery of the surrounding wall portions 24 and 124, and the seal tube portion may be omitted.

  In addition, in the range which does not deviate from the main point of this invention, it is possible to replace suitably the component in above-mentioned embodiment with a well-known component, and you may combine the above-mentioned modification suitably.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 Swing cap 2,102 Cap main body 3,103 Cover body 10 Container main body 11 Portion 20,120 Top wall 21,121 Swing port 24,124 Enclosure wall 126 Bottom O Axis (cap shaft)
P rotation axis

Claims (2)

A cylindrical cap body that is attached to the mouth of the container body and provided with an outlet for shaking out the contents in the container body;
A lid that is rotatably mounted around a rotation axis extending along a vertical plane orthogonal to the cap axis, and that opens and closes the outlet port;
A swinging cap comprising:
The cap body is formed in a top tube shape including a top wall portion covering the opening end of the mouth portion of the container body, and a peripheral wall portion depending from the outer peripheral edge of the top wall portion,
On the top wall portion of the cap body , a cylindrical surrounding wall portion that surrounds the swinging outlet over the entire circumference is erected,
The lid includes a top wall portion disposed above the surrounding wall portion, and a peripheral wall portion depending from the outer edge of the top wall portion,
Between the lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion of the lid body and the upper end portion of the peripheral wall portion of the cap body, the lid body and the cap body are connected, and a hinge that can be bent around the rotation axis is provided.
On the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion of the top wall portion of the cap body, a fitting portion that is a cylindrical portion that covers the lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion of the lid on the outer periphery is erected,
The swing- out cap , wherein the surrounding wall portion extends upward from the fitting portion . In the swing-out cap according to claim 1,
The lid body is provided with a seal cylinder portion which is disposed inside the peripheral wall portion of the lid body and hangs down from the lower surface of the top wall portion of the lid body and is fitted inside the surrounding wall portion. ,
The swing- out cap , wherein the hinge-side portion of the surrounding wall portion is formed lower than the other portions .

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