JP7619904B2 - Pump with saucer and pump container with saucer - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a pump container with a tray.

Conventionally, there have been known pump containers with saucers, such as that disclosed in Patent Document 1. Pump containers with saucers are generally configured such that a saucer portion (liquid saucer) having a saucer body (dish body) is attached to the stem or the like of the pump mechanism, and the pump mechanism is driven by pressing the saucer body in the axial direction, causing the contents sucked up by the pump mechanism to be poured onto the saucer. Such pump containers with saucers are called hand wrap containers, etc., and have been used as containers for storing particularly highly volatile liquids, such as medicines such as alcohol and cosmetics such as lotions.

In a pump container with a tray, the contents can be applied directly to the applicator by pressing the tray through the applicator, without lifting or tilting the container. This feature has attracted attention and has made them popular in recent years as containers for storing dishwashing detergent. While washing dishes, dishwashing detergent may be applied to a sponge multiple times, but with a pump container with a tray, there is no need to touch the container with dirty hands each time, and dishwashing detergent can be applied directly to the sponge with one hand, making it easy to use.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 11-165757

When volatile contents are stored in a pump container with a tray, the contents poured onto the tray evaporate immediately. As a result, the contents do not remain on the tray. However, residual dishwashing detergent that does not adhere to the sponge may remain in the tray. Also, when the sponge is pressed against the tray, moisture and dirt that has migrated from the sponge may adhere to the tray. In the above-mentioned conventional pump container with a tray, there was a risk that moisture and dirt that has migrated from the sponge side would flow into the stem side of the pump mechanism along with the dishwashing detergent and moisture.

The present invention aims to solve these problems and provide a pump with a tray and a pump container with a tray that can prevent contents remaining in the tray from flowing into the pump mechanism.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a pump with a saucer according to the present invention comprises an attachment part that is attached to the mouth of a container body that contains contents, and a pump mechanism that has a pressing part that is held on the attachment part and is urged towards one axial end of the mouth, and is capable of sucking in the contents when the pressing part is pressed towards the other axial end, a pouring tube that is connected to a pouring passage in the pressing part and has a pouring outlet formed in a side wall part for pouring the contents to the outside, a lid face body that closes the top surface of the pouring tube, and a saucer part that is provided so as to be movable in the axial direction relative to the attachment part, and the saucer part has an insertion hole through which the pouring tube is inserted, and the saucer body from which the contents are poured out from the pouring outlet, and a biasing means that urges the saucer body towards the one axial end until the insertion hole is blocked by the lid face body, and when the saucer body is pressed towards the other axial end, after the lid face body is separated from the insertion hole, the pressing means moves in the axial direction relative to the attachment part. the mounting portion comprises an attachment tube attached to the mouth portion of the container body, a top wall surface covering the top surface of the attachment tube, an opening provided in the top wall surface, an inner tube provided inside the attachment tube and continuing from the opening in the top wall surface, and a guide groove provided on the inner peripheral surface of the inner tube, with the top wall surface as an opening end and extending from the opening end along the axial direction to one end side; the receiving tray portion holds the bottom surface of the receiving tray body and has a retaining tube that is extrapolated to one end side of the pressing portion and can be inserted into the inner tube, and a rib portion protruding radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the retaining tube, and by rotating the receiving tray body, the rib portion moves to a first position where it abuts the top wall surface as the retaining tube rotates and to a second position where the rib portion can be inserted into the guide groove; and the biasing means is a resin spring member provided on the other end side of the retaining tube and molded integrally with the retaining tube .

In the pan-equipped pump according to the present invention, it is preferable that the biasing means biases the pan body toward one end in the axial direction with a force weaker than the force with which the pressing portion is biased toward one end in the axial direction.

In the pump with a receiving tray according to the present invention, it is preferable that the receiving tray portion has an abutment portion that abuts against the pressing portion when the cover body and the insertion hole are separated by a predetermined distance.

To solve the above problem, the pump container with a receiving tray according to the present invention is characterized by comprising the pump with a receiving tray according to the present invention and a container body.

According to the pump with a saucer and the pump container with a saucer of the present invention, the saucer portion having the saucer body is pressed toward the other end in the axial direction, thereby pressing the pressing portion of the pump mechanism toward the other end in the axial direction. When the pressing portion is pressed, the pump mechanism is activated and the contents contained in the container body are sucked. The saucer body is provided with an insertion hole into which a pouring tube connected to a pouring passage in the pressing portion of the pump mechanism is inserted. A pouring outlet is formed in the side wall of the pouring tube, and its top surface is blocked by a lid body. Since the saucer body is pressed toward one end in the axial direction by the biasing means, the insertion hole is blocked by the lid body in the normal state. On the other hand, when the saucer portion is pressed toward the other end in the axial direction, the pressing portion is pressed after the lid body moves away from the insertion hole. Therefore, by pressing the saucer portion toward the other end in the axial direction, the contents can be poured into the saucer body from the pouring outlet, and when the pressing force on the saucer portion is released, the saucer body moves toward one end in the axial direction by the biasing means, the lid body closes the insertion hole, and the contents remaining on the saucer body are prevented from flowing into the pouring path inside the pressing portion. Therefore, when the pump container with saucer is used as a container for storing dishwashing detergent, for example, it prevents not only dishwashing detergent remaining on the saucer body, but also moisture and dirt transferred from a sponge or the like to the saucer body from flowing into the pump mechanism, making it easy to keep the pump with saucer and the pump container with saucer hygienic.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part of a pump with a receiving tray according to the present invention. 2A and 2B are diagrams for explaining the configuration of a receiver portion of the receiver pump of FIG. 1, in which FIG. 2A is a partial cross-sectional view, and FIG. 2B is a top view. 2A and 2B are diagrams for explaining the rotational operation of the tray portion of the pump container with tray in FIG. 1, where (a) shows the same first position as FIG. 1, and (b) shows the second position when the container body is rotated a predetermined angle from the state shown in FIG. 1. 2A and 2B are diagrams for explaining the operation of the pump with a receiver and the pump container with a receiver shown in FIG. 1 .

The following describes an embodiment of a pan-equipped pump and pan-equipped pump container according to the present invention with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a pan-equipped pump 100a and pan-equipped pump container 100 of this embodiment. The pan-equipped pump container 100 is equipped with a pan-equipped pump 100a attached to the mouth 11 of the container body (not shown) via an attachment part 20.

The pump with saucer 100a of this embodiment includes the attachment portion 20, the pump mechanism 30 held by the attachment portion 20, and the saucer portion 40 that allows the pressing portion 31 of the pump mechanism 30 to be pressed. In the following description, dishwashing detergent is stored in the container body as the content Liq (see FIG. 4(b)). However, the content Liq stored in the container body in this invention is not limited to dishwashing detergent, and various liquids (medicinal substances such as alcohol, lotions, cosmetics such as nail polish removers, etc.) can be stored, and the content Liq is not particularly limited as long as it can be sucked by the pump mechanism 30. In addition, the specific form of the shape of the container body is not particularly limited as long as it is configured so that the pump with saucer 100a can be attached to the mouth portion 11 via the attachment portion 20.

The specific configuration of each part is explained below. In this specification, "upper" and "lower" indicate relative positional relationships, and when the receiver pump 100a is attached to the mouth 11 of the container body via the attachment part 20, the side where the receiver part 40 is located is referred to as "upper" and the side where the container body is located is referred to as "lower". In addition, "axial direction" refers to the direction of the central axis O of the mouth 11 of the container body. Furthermore, one end side in this invention corresponds to the upper side in this embodiment, and the other end side in this invention corresponds to the lower side in this embodiment.

The mounting part 20 comprises a mounting tube 21 that is mounted to the mouth part 11 of the container body, an inner tube 22 that is provided inside the mounting tube 21, and an outer tube 23 that is provided outside the mounting tube 21. The mounting tube 21, the inner tube 22, and the outer tube 23 each have a substantially cylindrical shape, and each of their central axes is coaxial with the central axis O of the mouth part 11.

A threaded portion 21a is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the mounting tube 21. The threaded portion 11a on the mouth portion 11 side and the threaded portion 21a on the mounting tube 21 side are screwed together, so that the mounting portion 20 is detachably attached to the mouth portion 11. The top surface (upper surface) of the mounting tube 21 is covered by a top wall surface 21b. An opening 21c is provided approximately in the center of the top wall surface 21b.

The inner tube 22 is provided so as to hang down from the edge of the opening 21c. A bottom wall surface 22a is provided at the bottom of the inner tube 22. An opening 22b with a diameter slightly smaller than that of the opening 21c is provided in the approximate center of the bottom wall surface 22a. The inner peripheral surface of the inner tube 22 is provided with a guide groove 24 (see FIG. 3(b)) that has the top wall surface 21b of the mounting tube 21 as its opening end and extends downward along the axial direction from the opening end. In this embodiment, four guide grooves 24 are provided at equal intervals. However, FIG. 1 shows a cross section at a position that avoids the guide grooves 24.

The upper end of the outer tube 23 is located above the upper ends of the mounting tube 21 and the inner tube 22. The upper end of the outer tube 23 is provided with a top wall portion 25 that is connected to the top wall surface 21b. The top wall portion 25 includes an inclined wall portion 25a that inclines from the height of the upper end of the outer tube 23 toward the top wall surface 21b. The outer diameter of the outer tube 23 is, for example, the same as the outer diameter of the body of the container body. By making the outer diameter of the outer tube 23 the same as the body of the container body, the mounting portion 20 and the container body can be made to have an integrated design. If necessary, an overcap that covers the receiving tray portion 40 may be provided on the outer tube 23 via a hinge or the like.

The pump mechanism 30 includes a pressing part 31 biased axially upward, a stem 32, a cylinder 33, and a mounting flange 34. The central axes of these are coaxial with the central axis O of the mouth part 11 of the container body. The mounting flange 34 is clamped to the upper end of the mouth part 11 and the lower surface of the top wall surface 21b via packings 35a and 35b, respectively.

The lower end side of the pressing part 31 is inserted into the cylinder 33 and is arranged so as to be able to be pressed against the cylinder 33 in the axial direction. The stem 32 is arranged in the pressing part 31. The stem 32 has a bulging part (not shown) and is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the pressing part 31. A piston, a spring, etc. (not shown) are arranged in the cylinder 33. A piston is arranged at the lower end of the stem 32. The spring biases the pressing part 31 axially upward via the piston, stem, etc. A suction tube is connected to the lower end of the cylinder 33 via a check valve. The suction tube is housed in the container body so as to extend from the lower end of the cylinder 33 toward the bottom of the container body. When the pressing part 31 is pressed axially downward, the stem 32 moves axially downward together with the pressing part 31, and the piston moves downward, pressurizing the inside of the cylinder 33. When the inside of the cylinder 33 is pressurized, the contents Liq contained in the cylinder 33 are sent out through an outlet path provided in the pressing part 31. In this embodiment, the outlet path is provided in the pressing part 31 so that the contents Liq are sent out in the axial upward direction. The specific configuration of the pump mechanism 30 is not particularly limited, and any configuration may be used as long as it has a pressing part 31 biased in the axial upward direction, is activated by pressing the pressing part 31 in the axial downward direction, and is configured to suck up the contents Liq contained in the container body.

In this embodiment, the pressing portion 31 includes a lower pressing portion 31a in which the stem 32 is housed, and an upper pressing portion 31c connected to the upper part of the lower pressing portion 31a via a step portion 31b. The upper pressing portion 31c is reduced in diameter relative to the lower pressing portion 31a. The above-mentioned pouring passage is provided inside the lower pressing portion 31a and the upper pressing portion 31c. In addition, a pouring tube 50 connected to the pouring end of the above-mentioned pouring passage is provided on the upper end surface of the upper pressing portion 31c. A pouring outlet 51a is formed in the side wall portion 51 of the pouring tube 50. The top surface of the pouring tube 50 is closed by a lid surface body 52. The lid surface body 52 has a substantially circular flat plate shape. The contents Liq sent out from the pouring passage in the pressing portion 31 heads axially upward, but the lid surface body 52 blocks the flow path in the axial upward direction. Therefore, the contents Liq are poured out of the pouring outlet 51a formed in the side wall portion 51 of the pouring tube 50 in a direction intersecting the axial direction.

Next, the configuration of the receiving tray 40 will be described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 2(a) is a partial cross-sectional view showing the receiving tray 40, and Fig. 2(b) is a top view of the receiving tray 40. The receiving tray 40 is provided so as to be movable in the axial direction relative to the mounting part 20. In this embodiment, the receiving tray 40 has a receiving tray body 41 having an insertion hole 41a into which the pouring tube 50 is inserted, a holding tube 42 that holds the bottom surface of the receiving tray body 41, a resin spring member 43 (biasing means) provided at the lower end of the holding tube 42, a rib portion 44 that protrudes radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the holding tube 42, and a guide tube 45 provided inside the holding tube 42. The pouring tube 50, the receiving tray body 41, the insertion hole 41a, the resin spring member 43, and the guide tube 45 are provided so as to be coaxial with the central axis O of the mouth part 11.

When viewed in cross section, the receiving plate 41 has a dish shape with a curved bottom. The inner diameter of the upper part of the insertion hole 41a is formed to be approximately the same size as the outer diameter of the lid body 52. The lower part of the insertion hole 41a is provided with a protruding part 41b that protrudes inward in the radial direction in an annular shape. The inner diameter of the protruding part 41b is configured to be smaller than the outer diameter of the lid body 52. Therefore, when the lid body 52 is inserted into the insertion hole 41a, the lower surface of the lid body 52 abuts against the upper surface of the protruding part 41b, thereby blocking the insertion hole 41a with the lid body 52.

The inner diameter of the protruding portion 41b is larger than the outer diameter of the upper pressing portion 31c. Therefore, when the receiving tray portion 40 is pressed axially downward, the upper surface of the upper pressing portion 31c abuts against the lower surface of the protruding portion 41b (see Figures 1 and 3). When the lower surface of the cover body 52 abuts against the upper surface of this protruding portion 41b, the pressing force applied to the receiving tray portion 40 is transmitted to the pressing portion 31 of the pump mechanism 30.

The retaining tube 42 has a generally cylindrical shape. The retaining tube 42 has an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the upper pressing portion 31c of the pump mechanism 30 and an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the inner tube 22 of the attachment portion 20. The retaining tube 42 is fitted onto the upper pressing portion 31c via the guide tube 45 and can be inserted into the inner tube 22. The retaining tube 42 is movable in the axial direction within the inner tube 22 and is rotatable around the axial direction.

The resin spring member 43 is configured as a compression spring that can be compressed in the axial direction. For example, as shown in FIG. 2(a), the resin spring member 43 has a plurality of curved linear portions 43a extending from the lower end to the upper end, and can be formed into a shape that can be compressed when pressed in the axial direction and restored by elastic force. The resin spring member 43 has a biasing force that biases the receiving dish body 41 axially upward to a position where the insertion hole 41a is closed by the cover surface body 52. Note that the biasing force that the resin spring member 43 applies to the receiving dish portion 40 in the axial upward direction is preferably weaker than the biasing force in the axial upward direction that is applied to the pressing portion 31 by a spring or the like housed in a cylinder in the pump mechanism 30.

In this embodiment, a resin spring member 43 is used as a biasing means for biasing the receiving tray body 41 axially upward to a position where the insertion hole 41a is blocked by the lid surface body 52, so the retaining tube 42 and the biasing means can be molded as one piece. In addition, by using a resin spring member 43, it is also possible to mold the entire receiving tray portion 40 as a single piece. This reduces the number of parts and the assembly labor. In addition, by constructing these parts from the same type of resin, the weight of the pump container with receiving tray can be reduced. Furthermore, separation at the time of disposal is made easier, making recycling easier.

In this embodiment, four rib portions 44 are provided to correspond to the guide groove 24. Each rib portion 44 extends from the lower surface of the receiving plate body 41 toward the lower end of the holding tube 42 on the outer circumferential surface of the holding tube 42. FIG. 1 shows a state in which each rib portion 44 is disposed on the top wall surface 21b of the mounting tube 21 at a first position, which is a position different from the opening end of the guide groove 24. In this first position, the lower end of each rib portion 44 abuts against the top wall surface 21b of the mounting tube 21. Therefore, even if the receiving plate portion 40 is pressed in the first position, the axial downward movement of the receiving plate portion 40 is restricted. As shown in FIG. 2(b), by rotating the receiving plate body 41, the holding tube 42 rotates accordingly. By rotating the receiving plate body 41 from the state shown in FIG. 1, each rib portion 44 can be moved to a second position, which is on the opening end of each guide groove 24 (see FIG. 3(b)). When each rib portion 44 is moved to the second position, the rib portion 44 is inserted into each guide groove 24 when the receiving tray portion 40 is pressed. Therefore, in the second position, the receiving tray portion 40 is allowed to move axially downward.

1 and 2(a), the guide tube 45 is provided so as to hang down from the insertion hole 41a on the underside of the receiving plate 41. The inner diameter of the guide tube 45 is larger than the inner diameter of the protrusion 41b provided in the insertion hole 41a, and is configured to be slightly larger than the outer diameter of the upper pressing portion 31c. The guide tube 45 is inserted into the upper pressing portion 31c and is provided so as to be movable up and down in the axial direction relative to the upper pressing portion 31c. In addition, a sliding contact portion 45a is provided at the lower end of the guide tube 45, which protrudes radially inward and slides against the outer circumferential surface of the upper pressing portion 31c. By providing the above-mentioned rib portion 44 and sliding contact portion 45a on the guide tube 45, rattling of the guide tube 45 is suppressed, and the receiving plate 41 can be moved up and down in the axial direction while being stably maintained by the retaining tube 42.

The axial length (tube length) of the guide tube 45 is approximately the same as the axial length of the upper pressing portion 31c. As shown by the double-headed arrow with the symbol L in FIG. 1, when the insertion hole 41a is closed by the cover body 52, there is a predetermined distance between the lower end of the guide tube 45 and the upper surface of the step 31b provided in the pressing portion 31, and between the lower surface of the protruding portion 41b provided at the lower part of the insertion hole 41a and the upper end of the upper pressing portion 31c, and the distance L is approximately equal. Therefore, when the receiving plate body 41 is pressed axially downward against the biasing force of the resin spring member 43, when the protruding portion 41b of the insertion hole 41a abuts against the upper end of the upper pressing portion 31c, the lower end of the guide tube 45 abuts against the upper surface of the step 31b of the pressing portion 31.

Next, the operation of the pan-equipped pump 100a and pan-equipped pump container 100 will be described with reference to Figures 3 and 4. Note that some reference numerals have been omitted in Figures 3 and 4. First, the rotational operation of the pan portion 40 will be described. Figure 3(a) shows the state in which each rib portion 44 provided on the retaining tube 42 is arranged in the first position. As described above, when each rib portion 44 is arranged in the first position, the lower end of each rib portion 44 abuts against the top wall surface 21b of the mounting tube 21, so that even if the pan portion 40 is pressed axially downward, the downward axial movement of the pan portion 40 is restricted.

From the state shown in FIG. 3(a), the receiving tray body 41 is rotated by a predetermined angle (e.g., 45 degrees) to move each rib portion 44 to a second position. At this time, each rib portion 44 is positioned on the open end of each guide groove 24. In this second position, when a downward axial pressure force is applied to the receiving tray portion 40 as shown by the white arrow in FIG. 3(b), the receiving tray portion 40 can be moved axially downward.

For example, during the distribution stage or when the pan-equipped pump container 100 is unused or not in use, the ribs 44 are arranged in the first position to prevent the pan 40 from being pressed and the contents Liq from being inadvertently poured out. On the other hand, when the pan 40 is used, the ribs 44 are arranged in the second position to allow the contents Liq to be poured out onto the pan body 41 by pressing the pan 40. It is preferable that the pan body 41 is configured to be rotatable only within the above-mentioned predetermined angle range. In addition, when no pressing force is applied to the pan 40, the resin spring member 43 biases the insertion hole 41a of the pan body 41 axially upward to a position where it is blocked by the cover surface body 52. At this time, even in the second position, the ribs 44 are located near the opening ends of the guide grooves 24.

Next, the pressing operation of the receiving tray 40 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. Note that each rib portion 44 is assumed to be located in the second position. First, a dishwashing sponge S (see FIG. 4(a)) or the like is placed on the receiving tray 41, and the receiving tray 40 is pressed axially downward via the dishwashing sponge S. Each rib portion 44 provided on the outer circumferential surface of the retaining tube 42 is inserted into the guide groove 24 in the inner tube 22, and the sliding portion 45a at the lower end of the guide tube 45 slides against the outer circumferential surface of the upper pressing portion 31c of the pump mechanism 30, and is guided by these to move the entire receiving tray 40 axially downward.

When the entire receiving tray 40 moves axially downward from the initial position by a distance equivalent to the above-mentioned predetermined separation distance L (see FIG. 1), the lower surface of the protrusion 41b provided on the insertion hole 41a abuts against the upper end of the upper pressing portion 31c, and the lower end of the guide tube 45 abuts against the upper surface of the step portion 31b of the pressing portion 31. During this time, the pressing portion 31 does not move axially, so the pouring tube 50 moves axially upward relative to the receiving tray 41. This state is shown in FIG. 4(a). As shown in FIG. 4(a), at this time, the cover surface body 52 is separated from the insertion hole 41a, and the pouring outlet 51a is located above the insertion hole 41a. At this time, the cover surface body 52 and the insertion hole 41a are separated by a distance equivalent to the predetermined separation distance L shown in FIG. 1.

When pressure on the receiving tray 40 continues from the state shown in FIG. 4(a), the pressure applied to the receiving tray 40 is transmitted to the pressing portion 31 in the axial downward direction by the protruding portion 41b provided in the insertion hole 41a and the lower end of the guide tube 45, which become the abutment portion according to the present invention, and the pressing force is transmitted to the pressing portion 31 in the axial downward direction, pressing the pressing portion 31 in the axial downward direction.

When the pressing part 31 is pressed, the pump mechanism 30 is operated, and the piston moves axially downward via the stem 32 as described above, pressurizing the inside of the cylinder 33 and sending the contents Liq sucked into the cylinder 33 to the pouring passage in the pressing part 31. The contents Liq sent to the pouring passage in the pressing part 31 are pumped axially upward. Then, in the pouring tube 50 connected to the pouring passage, the lid face 52 blocks the axially upward movement, and the flow path is changed to a direction intersecting the axial direction as shown by the arrow in FIG. 4(a), and the contents Liq are poured from the pouring outlet 51a onto the receiving plate 41. At that time, if the dishwashing sponge S is pressed against the receiving plate 41, the contents Liq adhere to the dishwashing sponge S.

As described above, the pressing portion 31 is biased axially upward by a spring or the like (not shown). The receiving portion 40 is also biased axially upward by a resin spring member 43. Therefore, when the pressure on the receiving portion 40 is released, the pressing portion 31 and the receiving portion 40 each move axially upward. In this embodiment, the biasing force applied axially upward by the resin spring member 43 to the receiving portion 40 is weaker than the biasing force applied axially upward to the pressing portion 31 by a spring or the like housed in the cylinder 33 in the pump mechanism 30. Therefore, when the pressing portion 31 moves axially upward, the upper end of the upper pressing portion 31c pushes up the protrusion 41b provided in the insertion hole 41a, and the step portion 31b of the pressing portion 31 pushes up the lower end of the guide tube 45. When the pressing portion 31 is pushed up to the position shown in FIG. 3(b), the receiving portion 40 then moves axially upward only due to the biasing force of the resin spring member 43, and the insertion hole 41a is closed by the cover body 52.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the pump with saucer 100a and the pump container with saucer 100, when the saucer portion 40 is pressed axially downward, the cover body 52 moves a predetermined distance (separation distance L) away from the insertion hole 41a, and then the pressing portion 31 is pressed. Therefore, by pressing the saucer portion 40 toward the other end in the axial direction, the contents Liq can be poured out from the pouring outlet 51a toward the saucer body 41 as described above, and can be attached to the dishwashing sponge S or the like.

On the other hand, when the pressing force against the receiving portion 40 is released, the receiving portion 40 is quickly moved axially upward together with the pressing portion 31, and the insertion hole 41a can be blocked by the cover surface body 52 with the resin spring member 43. Therefore, even if the contents Liq, etc. remain on the receiving portion 41 as shown in FIG. 4(b), the contents Liq, etc. can be prevented from flowing into the pouring passage side in the pressing portion 31. Therefore, when the pump container 100 with a receiving portion is used as a container for dishwashing detergent as in the above embodiment, not only the dishwashing detergent remaining on the receiving portion 41, but also moisture and dirt adhering to the dishwashing sponge S during dishwashing are prevented from flowing into the pump mechanism 30, making it easier to keep the pump 100a with a receiving portion and the pump container 100 with a receiving portion 100 hygienic.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the pump with a receiver and the pump container with a receiver according to the present invention are not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the detailed configurations of the container body, the mounting part 20, the pump mechanism 30, the receiver part 40, etc. are not limited to the configurations described in the above embodiment, and can be modified as appropriate. In the above embodiment, the retaining tube 42 and the resin spring member 43 are integrally molded from the same type of resin, but they may be configured separately. In addition, the resin spring member 43 is not limited to the resin spring member, and any biasing member capable of biasing the receiver part 40 axially upward may be formed from a different material, such as a metal spring member.

In the above embodiment, four guide grooves 24 and four rib portions 44 are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the inner tube 22 of the mounting portion 20 and the outer peripheral surface of the holding tube 42, and the position of the rib portion 44 is moved between the first position and the second position by rotating the receiving plate body 42 at a predetermined angle (rotational range), for example, 45 degrees, but this is not limited to this embodiment. The number of guide grooves 24 and rib portions 44 and the above-mentioned predetermined angle can be changed as appropriate. For example, when the guide grooves 24 and the rib portions 44 are provided as in the above embodiment, two guide grooves 24 and two rib portions 44 may be provided, and the above-mentioned predetermined angle may be 90 degrees or the like. In addition, the guide grooves 24 and the rib portions 44 may be only one each, instead of multiple ones, and the rotational range of the receiving plate body 42 may be 45 degrees. The above-mentioned predetermined angle can be set as appropriate depending on the number of guide grooves 24 and rib portions 44 and the positions at which they are arranged. These configurations allow the function of a stopper to prevent the saucer portion 40 from being inadvertently pressed, and the function of a guide to guide the axial movement of the saucer portion 40 to be realized, without increasing the number of parts and with a simple configuration. However, in the pump with saucer and the pump container with saucer according to the present invention, these functions are optional, and may be realized by different configurations when providing these functions.

In addition, although the dispensing tube 50 is provided at the upper end of the pressing portion 31, the dispensing tube 50 does not need to be cylindrical, and there are no particular limitations on its specific shape, etc., as long as it is configured so that the contents Liq that are pumped through the dispensing path are dispensed (discharged) to the outside.

11 : Mouth 11a : Screw 20 : Mounting portion 21 : Mounting tube 21a : Screw 21b : Top wall surface 21c : Opening 22 : Inner tube 22a : Bottom wall surface 22b : Opening 23 : Outer tube 24 : Guide groove 25 : Top wall 25a : Inclined wall 30 : Pump mechanism 31 : Pressing portion 31a : Lower pressing portion 31b : Step portion 31c : Upper pressing portion 32 : Stem 33 : Cylinder 34 : Mounting flange 35a, 35b : Gasket 40 : Receiving portion 41 : Receiving body 41a : Insertion hole 41b : Protruding portion 42 : Retaining tube 43 : Resin spring member 43a : Linear portion 44 : Rib portion 45 : Guide tube 45a : Sliding portion 50 : Spouting tube 51 : Side wall portion 51a : Spout 52 : Lid surface body 100 : Pump container with saucer 100a : Pump with saucer L : Distance Liq : Content O : Central axis S : Dishwashing sponge

Claims (4)

An attachment part that is attached to the mouth of a container body that contains the contents;
a pump mechanism having a pressing part that is held by the attachment part and biased toward one axial end side of the mouth part, the pressing part being pressed toward the other axial end side to suck up the contents;
A pouring tube having a pouring outlet formed in a side wall portion thereof and connected to a pouring passage in the pressing portion for pouring the content to the outside;
A cover body that closes the top surface of the pouring tube;
A receiving tray portion that is movably provided in the axial direction relative to the mounting portion;
Equipped with
The tray portion has an insertion hole into which the pouring tube is inserted, and a tray body from which the content is poured out from the pouring outlet;
a biasing means for biasing the tray body toward one end in the axial direction until the insertion hole is closed by the cover body;
Equipped with
When the receiving plate body is pressed toward the other end in the axial direction, the pressing force is transmitted to the pressing portion after the cover face body is separated from the insertion hole ,
The mounting portion is
an attachment tube attached to the mouth of the container body;
A top wall surface covering the top surface of the mounting tube;
An opening provided on the top wall surface;
an inner cylinder provided inside the mounting cylinder and connected to an opening in the top wall surface;
a guide groove provided on an inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder, the guide groove having an opening end at the top wall surface and extending from the opening end toward one end along the axial direction;
Equipped with
The receiving portion is
A holding tube that holds a bottom surface of the tray body and is inserted into one end side of the pressing portion and can be inserted into the inner tube;
a rib portion protruding radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the retaining cylinder;
having
By rotating the tray body, the rib portion moves to a first position where the rib portion abuts against the top wall surface as the holding cylinder rotates, and to a second position where the rib portion can be inserted into the guide groove,
The biasing means is a resin spring member provided on the other end side of the retaining cylinder and molded integrally with the retaining cylinder . The pump with a tray according to claim 1, wherein the biasing means biases the tray body toward the one end in the axial direction with a force weaker than the force with which the pressing portion biases toward the one end in the axial direction. The pump with a receiving tray according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the receiving tray has an abutment portion that abuts against the pressing portion when the cover body and the insertion hole are separated by a predetermined distance. A pump container with a receiver comprising the pump with a receiver according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and a container body.

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