JP6716395B2 - Granule storage container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a granular material storage container that stores granular materials.

For example, in confectionery and medicines, generally called tablet confectionery (tablet confectionery) or tablets, solid granular materials prepared into a certain shape by compression molding and the like are in circulation. As a container for accommodating such a granular material, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, an inner plug having a discharge hole and a granular material is received from the discharge hole when always urged upward and positioned below. There is known a container including a measuring cylinder having an introduction hole and a cap that moves the measuring cylinder downward when the measuring cylinder is attached to the container body. According to such a container, the granular material can be moved to the measuring cylinder by displacing the container in the inverted posture with the cap attached, and the granular material in the measuring cylinder can be discharged by removing the cap. It is possible to take out only a predetermined number of granular materials contained in the measuring cylinder. For this reason, it is easy to use because there is no need to check the number of particulates at the time of discharge, and since the particulates are not taken out excessively, it is not necessary to return the once taken-out particulates to the container, which is excellent in hygiene. Has the advantage that

JP, 9-58721, A

By the way, in the container as disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is assumed that the position of the discharge hole of the inner plug and the position of the introduction hole of the measuring cylinder are not completely aligned and a deviation occurs due to variations in the shapes of the constituent members and the mounting condition of the cap. To be done. Even in such a case, if the granular material has a spherical shape, it can be relatively smoothly moved because it rolls over the step of the shifted hole, but the granular material is flat or elliptical. In the case of the shape, there is a risk of being caught on the way, and if the measuring cylinder moves in this state, it is expected that the particulate matter will be caught between the two holes.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to propose a new granular material storage container capable of stably discharging the granular material regardless of its shape.

The present invention relates to a granular material storage container including a container main body having a storage space for storing the granular material, and a discharge cap having a main body part mounted on the container main body and having a discharge passage communicating with the storage space. ,
The discharge cap is provided movably with respect to the main body and a spherical body that is disposed so as to protrude from the discharge passage and prevents discharge of the particulate matter from the discharge passage. while stopping holding exits the spherical body, possess a mobile unit to retract the spherical body from the exhaust Detchi by moving relative to the main body,
The main body is provided with a top wall that swingably supports the moving portion, an inner peripheral wall extending from the top wall toward the storage space, and a notch in the top wall and the inner peripheral wall. With a recess that accommodates the moving part,
The moving portion forms the discharge path by cooperation of a projecting wall provided so as to project with respect to the top wall and the inner peripheral wall connected to the projecting wall, and the squeezed spherical body A particulate matter storage container having a folded wall that holds and retains between the inner circumferential wall and the inner peripheral wall and that retracts the spherical body from the discharge path by swinging of the moving portion .

It is preferable that the main body portion has an elastic portion that comes into contact with the spherical body and pushes the spherical body toward the discharge path.

In the present invention, the spherical body provided on the discharge cap is arranged so as to squeeze out into the discharge path, and this prevents the discharge of the particulate matter. You can smoothly move to the front of the body. Then, since the spherical body can be retracted from the discharge path by moving the moving portion, it is possible to discharge the particulate matter, the movement of which is hindered by the spherical body, to the outside.

In addition, a top wall that swingably supports the moving portion, an inner peripheral wall that extends from the top wall toward the storage space, and a recess that is formed by cutting out the top wall and the inner peripheral wall to accommodate the moving portion are provided in the main body portion. And the movable wall is provided with a projecting wall projecting from the top wall, and a discharge path is formed by cooperation with the projecting wall and the inner circumferential wall, and the squeezed spherical body is used as the inner circumferential wall. If a folding wall is provided to prevent the spherical body from retreating from the discharge path by swinging the moving part while holding it between the container and the container, displace the container in the inverted position and discharge the top wall to the discharge destination (for example, the palm). When pressed against, the projecting wall swings and the folding wall retracts the spherical body from the discharge path, so that it is possible to discharge the particulate matter whose movement in the discharge path is blocked. Then, if the container is lifted from the palm, the protruding wall can be returned to the original state, so that the spherical body can be moved again to the position where it is pushed out from the discharge path. That is, since the particulate matter can be discharged only by the operation of pressing the top wall against the palm, it can be easily used. Further, since the discharged granular material is limited to the one accommodated in the space from the top wall to the spherical body in the discharge path in the state of being pressed against the discharge destination, the granular material can be taken out in a fixed amount.

When the body is provided with an elastic part that contacts the spherical body and pushes the spherical body toward the discharge path, the spherical body can be automatically returned to its original position by the elastic force, so that the amount of particulate matter can be determined. It will be possible to take out the product more stably.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of a granular material storage container according to the present invention. Regarding the cap body shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a plan view and (b) is a cross-sectional view in a side view. Regarding the inner plug shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a plan view and (b) is a cross-sectional view in a side view. The two-dot chain line in the figure indicates a spherical body. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating a situation in which particulate matter is discharged from the particulate matter storage container shown in FIG. 1, in which FIG. 7A shows a state in which the particulate matter storage container is displaced in an inverted posture, and FIG. The state where the granular material storage container is pressed against the palm of the discharge destination from the state is shown. It is a figure which shows the state which separated the granular material storage container from the palm after FIG.4(b).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings. In this specification and the like, the terms “up” and “down” refer to a state in which the container body (reference numeral 10) is located below and the cover (reference numeral 30) is located above, as shown in FIG. Say the direction.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a granular material storage container according to the present invention. The granular material storage container 1 of the present embodiment includes a container body 10, a discharge cap 20 attached to the container body 10, and a cover 30 attached to the discharge cap 20.

The container body 10 has a disc-shaped bottom portion 10a, a cylindrical body portion 10b extending upward from an outer edge of the bottom portion 10a, and a diameter smaller than that of the body portion 10b. It has a mouth portion 10c to be connected and a male screw portion 10d formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 10c, and is formed into a bottle shape as a whole. Further, inside the bottom portion 10a, the body portion 10b, and the mouth portion 10c, a storage space S for storing the granular material R shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is provided. In addition, the granular material R of the present embodiment is formed in an elliptical shape as shown in FIG.

The discharge cap 20 includes a main body portion 20a attached to the container main body 10, a discharge passage T communicating with the storage space S, and a moving portion 20b movably provided with respect to the main body portion 20a. Further, as will be described in detail later, the discharge cap 20 also includes a spherical body 23 that is arranged so as to be close to the discharge path T.

The main body portion 20a in the present embodiment includes a cap main body 21 and an inner plug 22.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cap body 21 has a cylindrical outer peripheral wall 21a surrounding the mouth portion 10c and a female screw provided on the inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall 21a in a shape matching the male screw portion 10d. A portion 21b, a flange wall 21c extending radially inward from the upper end of the outer peripheral wall 21a, an annular seal wall 21d provided on the lower surface of the flange wall 21c and abutting on the inner peripheral surface of the opening 10c, and a flange. The outer annular wall 21e extending upward from the inner edge of the wall 21c, the top wall 21f extending upward from the upper end of the outer annular wall 21e, and the central portion of the top wall 21f are penetrated. And an opening 21g for

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the inner plug 22 is connected to a cylindrical inner peripheral wall 22a extending from the opening 21g of the top wall 21f toward the storage space S and a lower end of the inner peripheral wall 22a, and has a diameter. The inclined wall 22b is inclined downward toward the outside in the direction, and the inner annular wall 22c extending upward from the outer edge of the inclined wall 22b and fitted and held on the inner peripheral surface of the outer annular wall 21e. ..

By the way, the main body portion 20a is provided with a recess C formed by cutting out the top wall 21f of the cap main body 21 and the inner peripheral wall 22a of the inner plug 22 (FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B, FIG. b)), the above-mentioned moving portion 20b is arranged in this recess C as shown in FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2B, the moving portion 20b of the present embodiment can swing the protruding wall 21h provided so as to protrude from the top wall 21f and the protruding wall 21h with respect to the top wall 21f. And a folded wall 21k extending downward from the radially inner end of the protruding wall 21h. The area surrounded by the inner peripheral wall 22a and the folded wall 21k is used as the discharge passage T.

The aforementioned spherical body 23 is arranged between the inner peripheral wall 22a and the folded wall 21k, which are cut out as shown in FIG. Here, the gap between the notched inner peripheral wall 22a and the folded wall 21k is narrower than the diameter of the spherical body 23, and the spherical body 23 is retained and retained in the state of being pushed out to the discharge path T. .. Since the gap between the protruding spherical body 23 and the inner peripheral wall 22a is smaller than the thickness of the granular material R in the lateral direction as shown in FIG. 4(a), the granular material is stored as shown in the figure. Even if the container 1 is displaced to the tilted posture, the granular material R is not discharged. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the spherical body 23 is in contact with a plate-shaped wall (elastic portion) 22d extending upward from the inclined wall 22b of the inner plug 22 on the side opposite to the discharge path T.

The cover 30 includes a cover peripheral wall 30a that surrounds the outer annular wall 21e and is detachably held by the outer annular wall 21e, and a cover top wall 30b that is connected to the upper end of the cover peripheral wall 30a. Since the discharge path T is closed by the cover 30 when the cover 30 is attached, it is possible to effectively prevent dust and the like from entering the storage space S during storage. Further, as will be described later, the granular material R in the storage space S is discharged by moving the protruding wall 21h, but in the state where the cover 30 is attached, the protruding wall 21h is covered with the top wall 21f and the cover 30. Since there is no risk of accidentally touching the protruding wall 21h, the granular material R will not be unintentionally discharged.

In order to discharge the granular material R from the granular material storage container 1 configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 4A, the cover 30 is removed and the granular material storage container 1 is displaced to the tilted posture. In this embodiment, since the inner plug 22 is provided with the inclined wall 22b, the granular material R in the storage space S is guided by the inclined wall 22b and moves toward the discharge path T. In addition, since the spherical body 23 is pushed out to the discharge path T, the granular material R is not discharged from the opening 21g.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4B, by pressing the top wall 21f against the palm H, the protruding wall 21h swings toward the storage space S side. As a result, the folding wall 21k moves the spherical body 23 in a direction away from the discharge path T while bending the plate-shaped wall 22d, so that the granular material R, which has been prevented from moving by the approaching spherical body 23, moves into the palm H. The discharge path T is moved to.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, when the granular material storage container 1 is lifted from the palm H, the projecting wall 21h projects from the top wall 21f as before, and the bent plate-shaped wall 22d restores to a spherical body. 23 is pushed out to the discharge path T. As a result, in the state of FIG. 4B, the granular material R, which has moved to the palm H side of the spherical body 23, is discharged from the granular material storage container 1, while being on the storage space S side of the spherical body 23. The particulate matter R is prevented from being discharged by the spherical body 23. That is, since only the particulate matter R (one in the present embodiment) accommodated in the discharge path T extending from the top wall 21f to the spherical body 23 is discharged, the particulate matter R can be taken out in a fixed amount.

Although the granular material R of this embodiment is formed in an elliptical shape, it can be discharged in the same manner even if it is formed in a flat shape.

The granular material storage container according to the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope according to the claims. For example, the protruding wall 21h is integrally connected to the top wall 21f via the thin portion 21j, but is a member different from the top wall 21f, and is supported so as to be swingable with respect to the top wall 21f. You may comprise. Further, the moving portion 20b of the present embodiment swings with respect to the main body portion 20a, but it may be configured such that the spherical body squeezes into the discharge path or withdraws from the discharge path according to the displacement of the moving portion. For example, it may be provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the body portion 20a or may be provided so as to be movable in the radial direction. Further, the elastic portion is not limited to the illustrated plate-shaped wall 22d, and for example, a coil spring may be used.

1: Granule storage container 10: Container body 10a: Bottom portion 10b: Body portion 10c: Mouth portion 10d: Male screw portion 20: Ejection cap 20a: Body portion 20b: Moving portion 21: Cap body 21a: Outer peripheral wall 21b: Female screw portion 21c : Flange wall 21d: Seal wall 21e: Outer annular wall 21f: Top wall 21g: Opening 21h: Projecting wall 21j: Thin portion 21k: Folding wall 22: Inner plug 22a: Inner peripheral wall 22b: Inclined wall 22c: Inner annular wall 22d: Plate-shaped wall 23: Spherical body 30: Cover 30a: Cover peripheral wall 30b: Cover top wall C: Recess H: Destination of discharge (palm)
R: granular material S: storage space T: discharge path

Claims (2)

A particulate matter storage container comprising: a container main body having a storage space for storing the granular material; and a discharge cap having a main body part attached to the container main body and having a discharge path communicating with the storage space,
The discharge cap is provided movably with respect to the main body and a spherical body that is disposed so as to protrude from the discharge passage and prevents discharge of the particulate matter from the discharge passage. while stopping holding exits the spherical body, possess a mobile unit to retract the spherical body from the exhaust Detchi by moving relative to the main body,
The main body is provided with a top wall that swingably supports the moving portion, an inner peripheral wall extending from the top wall toward the storage space, and a notch in the top wall and the inner peripheral wall. With a recess that accommodates the moving part,
The moving portion forms the discharge path by cooperation of a projecting wall provided so as to project with respect to the top wall and the inner peripheral wall connected to the projecting wall, and the squeezed spherical body A granular material storage container having a return wall that holds the spherical body against the inner peripheral wall and retains the spherical body from the discharge path by swinging the moving portion . The granular material storage container according to claim 1 , wherein the main body portion has an elastic portion that comes into contact with the spherical body and pushes the spherical body toward the discharge path.

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