JP7108456B2 - Dispensing head and aerosol dispensing container - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a discharge head mounted on a discharge container for discharging contents, and more particularly, to a discharge head for forming a modeled object of a predetermined shape from the discharged contents, and an aerosol type discharge head using this discharge head. It relates to an aerosol dispensing container attached to a container.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as for a discharge head that is attached to a discharge container and discharges a content, there are some that form a shaped object of a predetermined shape by the discharged content. For example, in the ejection head disclosed in Patent Document 1, a molding wall located at the top is provided with a plurality of molding holes through which the contents pass, and the molding elements of the contents ejected from these molding holes are molded. By combining on the surface of the wall, a predetermined shaped object is formed. According to such an ejection head, it is possible to form various shaped objects according to the size, shape, position, etc. of the forming hole. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses, as an example, an ejection head in which the content is shaped as a double flower such as a rose.

JP 2016-26962 A

As described above, even a conventional ejection head can form a complicated shaped object, but if an even better-looking shaped object can be formed, the added value will be higher than that of the conventional ejection head.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides an ejection head and an aerosol-type ejection container that are capable of shaping an object formed by ejecting contents with a better appearance than before. intended to provide

The present invention has a feeding cylinder for feeding contents discharged from a stem of a discharge container into an internal space, and a shaped wall provided with a plurality of forming holes communicating with the internal space. is combined on the surface of the shaping wall to form a shaped object of the contents,
A base member comprising a plurality of the feed tubes and having a top wall with a plurality of openings through which the contents discharged from the feed tubes pass respectively, the top wall facing the modeling wall. When,
a discharge member that is attached to the base member and has the modeling wall that has a flat surface on which the modeled object is formed ;
The internal space is composed of a plurality of internal passages for individually passing the contents fed from the respective feeding cylinders to the predetermined molding holes,
Either one of the molding wall and the ceiling wall protrudes toward the other, and has a partition wall surrounding one of the openings and at least one of the molding holes to partition and form the internal passage. be.

It is preferable that the ejection member has a finger hook portion at the end of the modeling wall for pushing down the ejection member when the content is ejected from the stem.

Having a holding member attached to the discharge container,
It is preferable that the base member is held so as to be vertically movable with respect to the holding member.

It is preferable that the discharge container is configured by combining a plurality of discharge container bodies, each of the discharge container bodies having a mounting cup having one of the stems.

It is preferable that the discharge container is composed of one discharge container body having a mounting cup having a plurality of the stems.

Preferably, the shaped object is formed in two colors by combining the shaping elements of one color and the shaping elements of another color on the surface of the shaping wall.

It is preferable that the shaped article is foamy.

Further, the present invention is also an aerosol-type discharge container in which the discharge head is provided in the aerosol-type discharge container.

The ejection head of the present invention has a plurality of feeding cylinders for feeding the contents discharged from the stem. It is configured with a plurality of internal passages that individually pass through to the holes. Therefore, by using a container having stems for individually filling a plurality of contents and discharging each of the contents, it is possible to form a shaped article with a plurality of contents. For example, for a dispensing container having two stems for separately filling and dispensing two colors of contents, a dispensing head according to the invention has two delivery tubes and two internal passages. Thus, some shaping elements in the shaped object can be formed in one color, and the rest of the shaping elements can be formed in another color. As described above, according to the ejection head of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a higher decorativeness compared to the conventional ejection head which forms a modeled object with one type of content, so that the appearance is further improved.

Further, when the ejection head of the present invention includes the above-described base member and ejection member, and further includes the above-described partition wall, the above-described effects can be achieved with a relatively simple configuration.

In addition, if the modeling wall is pressed to dispense the content, there is a risk that the shape of the model will be lost due to the finger touching the ejected content. Therefore, the model can be formed in the intended shape.

Further, when the base member is held by the above-described holding member so as to be vertically movable, the base member can be stably moved by the holding member, which improves operability.

The discharge container to which the discharge head of the present invention is attached is constructed by combining a plurality of discharge container bodies, and each discharge container body may have a mounting cup having one stem, or one discharge container body may have a mounting cup having one stem. It may consist of a container body, and the discharge container body may have a mounting cup with a plurality of stems.

1 is a plan view and a cross-sectional view (the discharge container is a side view) showing the first embodiment of the discharge head according to the present invention as an aerosol discharge container by attaching it to an aerosol discharge container; FIG. 2A and 2B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view of the base member shown in FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a state in which contents ejected from a stem are fed into the ejection head shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 10 is a plan view and a cross-sectional view (the ejection container is a side view) showing the second embodiment of the ejection head according to the present invention as an aerosol-type ejection container by attaching it to another aerosol-type ejection container. 5A and 5B are diagrams for explaining a state in which the contents ejected from the stem are fed into the ejection head shown in FIG. 4;

An embodiment of an ejection head according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this specification and the like, the terms "upper" and "lower" refer to the directions when the device is attached to the discharge container which is erected as shown in FIG.

1 to 3 are diagrams showing a first embodiment of an ejection head according to the present invention. The ejection head 1 of this embodiment is used by being attached to an aerosol-type ejection container 100 . The ejection head 1 is composed of a holding member 2 , a base member 3 and an ejection member 4 .

First, the discharge container 100 will be described. The discharge container 100 is configured by combining a plurality of discharge container bodies. In this embodiment, two aerosol-type discharge container bodies 101 and 102 are arranged side by side. The discharge container bodies 101 and 102 are composed of metal container bodies 101a and 102a which are cylindrical with bottoms, and metal mounting cups 101b and 102b which are wound and fixed at the upper ends of the container bodies 101a and 102a. I have. Stems 101c and 102c, which are cylindrical and biased upward, are provided at the central portions of the mounting cups 101b and 102b. The contents and high-pressure gas are filled in the discharge container bodies 101 and 102, and the contents can be discharged by pressing the stems 101c and 102c downward. Further, in this embodiment, the two discharge container bodies 101 and 102 contain contents that are different in color from each other and become foamy after discharge.

The holding member 2 comprises an annular wall 2a which completely surrounds the two mounting cups 101b, 102b of the two discharge container bodies 101,102. A claw portion 2b that engages with the mounting cups 101b and 102b is provided on the lower inner peripheral surface of the annular wall 2a to hold the holding member 2 to the mounting cups 101b and 102b. An inner wall 2c surrounding the mounting cups 101b and 102b together with the annular wall 2a is provided inside the annular wall 2a. In the upper part of the annular wall 2a and the inner wall 2c, there are two holes extending along the upper surfaces of the two mounting cups 101b, 102b and exposing the two stems 101c, 102c, respectively, and a hole provided in the center. A top wall 2d is provided having four holes. An inner side wall 2e extending upward is provided at the edge of the central hole in the top wall 2d. An upper annular wall 2f extending upward is provided on the outer edge of the top wall 2d.

The base member 3 has a ceiling wall 3a extending horizontally above the holding member 2 . A peripheral wall 3b is provided on the outer edge of the top wall 3a so as to surround the upper annular wall 2f and extends downward and has an outward flange at the lower end. Here, the peripheral wall 3b is slidable with respect to the upper annular wall 2f. The top wall 3a is provided with two openings 3c and 3d penetrating through the top wall 3a above the two stems 101c and 102c. On the lower surface of the ceiling wall 3a, there is provided a cylinder 2 which surrounds the stems 101c and 102c together with the openings 3c and 3d, respectively, and feeds the contents discharged from the stems 101c and 102c toward the openings 3c and 3d, respectively. Two feed cylinders 3e and 3f are provided. Furthermore, a central wall 3g is provided at the central portion of the lower surface of the ceiling wall 3a and is inserted between the adjacent inner side walls 2e.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, on the upper surface of the ceiling wall 3a of the base member 3, a partition wall (outer partition wall) 3h that surrounds the opening 3c and forms a large-diameter circular wall in the central portion of the ceiling wall 3a, and an opening 3d. A partition wall (inner partition wall) 3j that surrounds and forms a circular wall of small diameter inside the outer partition wall 3h is provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the discharge member 4 has an outer peripheral wall 4a that surrounds the peripheral wall 3b and is fitted and held in the peripheral wall 3b. The discharge member 4 also has a modeling wall 4b facing the ceiling wall 3a, and the upper end of the outer peripheral wall 4a is integrally connected to the modeling wall 4b. The lower surface of the modeling wall 4b is in liquid-tight contact with the upper surfaces of the outer partition wall 3h and the inner partition wall 3j. The molding wall 4b is also provided with a plurality of molding holes 4c and 4d passing therethrough. Here, the molding hole 4c is formed in an elliptical shape in this embodiment. Further, these forming holes 4c are arranged to form an annular shape as a whole at a portion located outside the inner partition wall 3j and inside the outer partition wall 3h. And 4 d of shaping|molding holes are formed in a substantially rectangular shape by this embodiment. Further, these molding holes 4d are arranged so as to form a circle as a whole at a portion located inside the inner partition wall 3j. With such a configuration, an internal space N formed between the top wall 3a and the modeling wall 4b is surrounded by the top wall 3a, the modeling wall 4b, and the outer partition wall 3h, and the opening 3c and the molding hole 4c are formed. It is partitioned into a communicating inner passage (outer inner passage) T1 and an inner passage (inner inner passage) T2 surrounded by the ceiling wall 3a, the molding wall 4b and the inner partition wall 3j and communicating between the opening 3d and the molding hole 4d. ing. At the lower end of the outer peripheral wall 4a, there is provided a finger hooking portion 4e that extends outward from the modeling wall 4b and serves as a portion to be pressed with a finger when the contents are discharged.

In order to eject the content from the ejection head 1 having such a configuration, the finger hooking portion 4e is pressed with a finger to move the ejection member 4 and the base member 3 downward as shown in FIG. Here, the peripheral wall 3b of the base member 3 surrounds the upper annular wall 2f and is provided slidably with respect to the upper annular wall 2f, and the central wall 3g is inserted between the adjacent inner side walls 2e. ing. Therefore, when the finger hooking portion 4e is pressed, the ejection member 4 and the base member 3 smoothly move downward while maintaining a horizontal state without being tilted with respect to the holding member 2. As shown in FIG. As the discharge member 4 and the base member 3 move downward, the stems 101c and 102c are pushed down, so that the contents of the discharge container bodies 101 and 102 are discharged from the stems 101c and 102c, respectively. The contents discharged from the stem 101c are introduced into the outer internal passage T1 through the opening 3c via the feeding tube 3e. Also, the content discharged from the stem 102c is introduced into the inner internal passage T2 through the opening 3d via the feeding tube 3f. Here, since the outer internal passage T1 and the inner internal passage T2 are divided into separate passages by the outer partition wall 3h and the inner partition wall 3j, they do not mix in the internal space N. The contents introduced into the outer inner passage T1 are discharged as a shaping element having a shape like the outer portion of a sunflower from the shaping holes 4c which are arranged in an annular shape as a whole as shown in FIG. Further, the contents introduced into the inner internal passage T2 are discharged as a shaping element having a shape like the inner part of a sunflower from the forming holes 4d arranged in a circular shape as a whole. Therefore, these shaping elements are combined to form a shaped object like a sunflower as a whole. Here, since the contents of the discharge container bodies 101 and 102 are of different colors, the shaping elements discharged from the molding holes 4c and the shaping elements discharged from the molding holes 4d have different colors. Therefore, not only the shape of the modeled object but also the color of the modeled object can attract attention, and high decorativeness can be obtained.

Next, a second embodiment of the ejection head according to the invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. The ejection head 11 of this embodiment is used by being attached to an aerosol-type ejection container 200 . The ejection head 11 is composed of a holding member 12 , a base member 13 and an ejection member 14 .

The discharge container 200 of this embodiment is composed of one aerosol-type discharge container body 201 . The discharge container body 201 has a bottomed cylindrical metal container body 201a and a metal mounting cup 201b wound around the upper end of the container body 201a. The mounting cup 201b is also provided with two stems 201c and 201d which are cylindrical and biased upward. Two kinds of contents are stored separately inside the discharge container body 201 together with high-pressure gas. can be discharged separately. Also in this embodiment, the contents discharged from the stems 201c and 201d are of different colors, and are foamy after being discharged.

The holding member 12 has an annular wall 12a surrounding the mounting cup 201b, and a claw portion 12b is provided on the lower inner peripheral surface of the annular wall 12a. As a result, the holding member 12 is retained by the mounting cup 201b. The upper end of the annular wall 12a is connected to the base wall 12c. Here, the base wall 12c extends annularly upward from the container body 201a, then extends radially inward, and further extends upward so as to surround the upper portion of the mounting cup 201b, After that, the two stems 201c and 201d are exposed and extended along the upper surface of the mounting cup 201b. Further, in the base wall 12c, an upper annular wall 12d extending upward is provided on the upper surface of a portion connected to the annular wall 12a.

The base member 13 has a ceiling wall 13a extending horizontally above the holding member 12 . A peripheral wall 13b is provided on the outer edge of the ceiling wall 13a so as to surround the upper annular wall 12d and extend downward and has an outward flange at its lower end. The peripheral wall 13b is also slidable with respect to the upper annular wall 12d. The top wall 13a also has two openings 13c and 13d located above the two stems 201c and 201d, and cylindrical feeding tubes 13e and 13f surrounding the stems 201c and 201d together with the openings 13c and 13d, respectively. . A partition wall 13g that surrounds the opening 13c and forms a circle in the central portion of the ceiling wall 13a is provided on the upper surface of the ceiling wall 13a.

The discharge member 14 includes an outer peripheral wall 14a that surrounds the peripheral wall 13b and abuts on the peripheral wall 13b in a liquid-tight manner and is fitted and held by the peripheral wall 13b. The discharge member 14 also includes a modeling wall 14b that is integrally connected to the upper end of the outer peripheral wall 14a and faces the top wall 13a. Here, the lower surface of the modeling wall 14b is in liquid-tight contact with the upper surface of the partition wall 13g. Further, the molding wall 14b is provided with molding holes 14c and 14d having the same shape and arrangement as the molding holes 4c and 4d described above. With such a configuration, an internal space N formed between the top wall 13a and the modeling wall 14b is surrounded by the top wall 13a, the modeling wall 14b, the partition wall 13g, and the outer peripheral wall 14a, and the opening 13d and the molding hole 13d. 14c communicates with each other (outer inner passage) T1, and an inner passage (inner inner passage) T2 surrounded by the top wall 13a, the molding wall 14b, and the partition wall 13g and in which the opening 13c communicates with the molding hole 14d. there is A finger hook portion 14e extending outward from the modeling wall 14b is provided at the lower end portion of the outer peripheral wall 14a.

When the contents are to be ejected from the ejection head 11 of the present embodiment, as in the case of the ejection head 1 described above, the finger hooking portion 14e is pressed with a finger to separate the ejection member 14 and the base member 13 as shown in FIG. Move downwards. Here, the peripheral wall 13b of the base member 13 surrounds the upper annular wall 12d and is slidably provided with respect to the upper annular wall 12d. Move smoothly downward while maintaining a horizontal state without tilting. Since the stems 201c and 201d are pushed down by the base member 13 moving downward, the two types of contents stored in the discharge container body 201 are discharged from the stems 201c and 201d, respectively. The contents discharged from the stem 201d are introduced into the outer internal passage T1 through the opening 13d via the feeding cylinder 13f, and the contents discharged from the stem 201c are opened via the feeding cylinder 13e. It is introduced into the inner internal passage T2 from 13c. As shown in FIG. 4, the content introduced into the outer internal passage T1 is discharged as a shaping element from the forming holes 14c arranged in an annular shape as a whole, and the content introduced into the inner internal passage T2 is It is discharged as a separate shaping element from the forming holes 14d, which are arranged in a circular shape as a whole, and in a color different from that of the shaping elements of the forming holes 14c. As described above, also in the present embodiment, it is possible to form a modeled object in two colors, so that high decorativeness can be obtained.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, the ejection head according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be modified in various ways within the scope of the claims. included. For example, the discharge container described above has two discharge container bodies each having one stem arranged side by side, or one discharge container body having two stems. Although it is configured to have one feeding cylinder, it is also possible to use three or more discharge container bodies having one stem arranged side by side, or three or more stems provided in one discharge container body. In that case, the number of feeding cylinders of the ejection head should be three or more corresponding to the number of stems. Further, in the above-described embodiment, an aerosol-type discharge container is shown, but a container that discharges contents by other means (for example, a pump, etc.) may be used. Also, the shape, number, arrangement, etc. of the forming holes may be appropriately changed according to the desired modeled object. In the above-described embodiment, the partition wall that partitions and forms the internal passage protrudes upward from the top wall and abuts against the molding wall in a liquid-tight manner. It may be constructed so as to contact the ceiling wall in a liquid-tight manner. The contents contained in the discharge container may also be changed arbitrarily. For example, contents having the same color but having different textures after discharge may be used. The contents are not limited to those that are discharged in the form of foam, and may be those that can obtain a certain degree of shape retention (for example, those that are somewhat viscous or kneaded).

1: Ejection head 2: Holding member 2a: Annular wall 2b: Claw portion 2c: Inner wall 2d: Top wall 2e: Inner side wall 2f: Upper annular wall 3: Base member 3a: Top wall 3b: Peripheral wall 3c, 3d: Opening 3e , 3f: feeding tube 3g: central wall 3h: outer partition (partition)
3j: Inner partition (partition)
4: Discharge member 4a: Peripheral wall 4b: Forming walls 4c, 4d: Forming hole 4e: Finger hanging portion 11: Discharge head 12: Holding member 12a: Annular wall 12b: Claw portion 12c: Base wall 12d: Upper annular wall 13: Base Member 13a: Top wall 13b: Peripheral walls 13c, 13d: Openings 13e, 13f: Feed tube 13g: Separation wall 14: Discharge member 14a: Peripheral wall 14b: Molded walls 14c, 14d: Molded hole 14e: Finger hook 100: Discharge container 101 , 102: discharge container bodies 101a, 102a: container body 101b, 102b: mounting cups 101c, 102c: stem 200: discharge container 201: discharge container body 201a: container body 201b: mounting cups 201c, 201d: stem N: internal space T1 : Outside internal passage (internal passage)
T2: inner internal passage (internal passage)

Claims (8)

It has a feeding cylinder for feeding the contents discharged from the stem of the discharge container into the internal space, and a molding wall provided with a plurality of molding holes communicating with the internal space, and the contents are discharged from the molding holes. a dispensing head in which the shaped elements to be shaped combine on the face of the shaping wall to form a shaped article of content,
A base member comprising a plurality of the feed tubes and having a top wall with a plurality of openings through which the contents discharged from the feed tubes pass respectively, the top wall facing the modeling wall. When,
a discharge member that is attached to the base member and has the modeling wall that has a flat surface on which the modeled object is formed ;
The internal space is composed of a plurality of internal passages for individually passing the contents fed from the respective feeding cylinders to the predetermined molding holes,
Either one of the shaping wall and the ceiling wall has a partition wall that protrudes toward the other and surrounds one of the openings and at least one of the shaping holes to partition and form the internal passage. 2. The ejection head according to claim 1, wherein the ejection member has a finger hook portion for pushing down the ejection member when the content is ejected from the stem at the end of the modeling wall. Having a holding member attached to the discharge container,
3. The ejection head according to claim 1, wherein the base member is held vertically movably with respect to the holding member. The discharge head according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the discharge container is configured by combining a plurality of discharge container bodies, each of which has a mounting cup provided with one of the stems. The ejection head according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the ejection container comprises one ejection container body having a mounting cup having a plurality of the stems. 6. The model according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the modeled object is formed in two colors by combining the shaping elements of one color and the shaping elements of another color on the surface of the shaping wall. ejection head. The ejection head according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the shaped article is foamy. An aerosol type discharge container, wherein the discharge head according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is provided in the aerosol type discharge container.

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