JP2002362603A - Eye lotion container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eye lotion container in which a lid is connected to a cap body through a hinge segment, the lid is held under a lid opened state with a predetermined angle and a superior operating characteristic can be attained. SOLUTION: This eye lotion container comprises a container body 12 formed with an outlet port 16 at its one end and a hinge cap 20 fixed to the outlet port 16. The hinge cap 20 is provided with a cap body 22 having a nozzle segment 28 communicating with the outlet port 16, and a lid 24 covering the nozzle segment 28 in such a way that the nozzle segment can be opened or closed. The cap body 22 and the lid 24 are connected by a hinge segment 26 to the base end of the nozzle segment 28. Inside part near a head top portion of the lid 24 has a plug 46 inserted into the nozzle segment 28. There are provided engagement means 38, 42 for engaging with the lid 24 when the lid 24 is opened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for an eye drop which holds a liquid eye drop and inverts the eye drop during use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an eye drop container for storing a liquid eye drop is provided with a container body for housing the eye drop, and the container body is made of a synthetic resin having an appropriate elasticity. It can deform and increase the pressure inside the container body. An outlet having a cylindrical shape or the like is formed at one end of the container body, an inner plug having an elongated nozzle portion is attached to the outlet, and a separate cap that covers the inner plug is attached. . On the inside of the cap, a female screw to be screwed into the outlet and other locking projections are provided.

Next, a method of using this conventional eye drop container will be described. First, at the time of use, the cap is removed from the outlet to expose the nozzle portion of the cap body. Then, the eye drops container is turned upside down and held so that the nozzle portion is positioned on the eyes. Then, the container body is pressed to increase the pressure inside the container body, and the eye drops are dropped from the nozzle portion. After use, the container body is returned to its original orientation, and a cap is attached to the outlet and closed.

[0004]

In the prior art, the container body and the cap are engaged and disengaged by holding them with both hands, and the cap may be dropped or lost. Also, the operation was troublesome because both hands were used. When the eye drops are dropped from the eye drop container, the eyelids are opened with one hand, so that the cap has to be placed elsewhere. In particular, since the cap is small, it may be lost if it is removed from the container body and placed in another position. There was also a risk that germs could enter.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems. A lid is connected to a cap body via a hinge, and is held at a predetermined angle in an open state to provide a container for eye drops with good operability. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is an eye drop container comprising a container body having an outlet formed at one end and a hinge cap attached to the outlet. The hinge cap is a cap body having a nozzle portion communicating with the outlet, a lid that opens and closes the nozzle portion, and a lid that connects the cap body and the lid and is located at a base end side of the nozzle portion. A hinge part, a stopper formed inside the vicinity of the top of the lid and having flexibility and inserted into the nozzle part, and an engaging means for locking the lid when the lid is in an open state. Prepare. The tip surface of the nozzle portion is provided at a position higher in the protruding direction than the hinge portion, and the tip surface has an inclined surface recessed toward the through hole inside the nozzle portion. Have been. Further, the hinge portion may have an opening angle between the cap body and the lid in a state where the lid is opened, of about 180 degrees to 270 degrees.
It protrudes outward from the outer periphery of the cap main body so as to have a certain degree.

The engaging means is formed on a side surface portion of the lid and protrudes toward the cap body when the lid is in the open state. The lid engaging means is formed on the cap body. It is composed of a main body locking portion that is locked to the locking portion. Also,
A flange, which serves as a clue when pushing up the lid, is formed on the middle of the side of the lid opposite to the hinge portion. Then, when the lid is closed to the cap body, the lid locking portion, the main body locking portion, and the flange extend downward. Thereby, when inserting the bag or cylinder of the heat-shrinkable film for packaging into this eyedropper container, it is smoothly inserted without catching.

In the eye drop container of the present invention, the lid can be removed from the cap body without touching the nozzle by pushing up the flange of the lid with a finger. Then, since the main body locking portion and the lid locking portion engage with the lid rotated by the hinge portion in the open state, the lid is held by the cap main body at a predetermined angle.
After use, when the lid is pushed up in the closing direction, the engagement between the cap main body locking portion and the lid locking portion is released, and the lid can be closed toward the cap main body. At this time, the tip of the lid of the lid is guided by the inclined surface of the nozzle portion, and is reliably and smoothly inserted into the nozzle portion.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention.
0 is provided with a container body 12 having appropriate flexibility. The container body 12 has a bottomed, square tubular side surface,
It is formed in a thin shape in which the distance between the pair of side surfaces is short. At the upper end of the container body 12, a shoulder 14 closing the container body 12 is provided.
Is formed, and a cylindrical outlet 16 is integrally formed at the center of the shoulder portion 14. A protrusion 18 to which a hinge cap 20 described later is attached is formed around the outer periphery of the outlet 16.

The outlet 16 is provided with a hinge cap 20 for covering the upper portion from the shoulder 14 of the container body 12. The hinge cap 20 is formed of a synthetic resin having an appropriate flexibility, and has a cap body 22 attached to the container body 12 and a hinge 2 attached to the cap body 22.
A lid 24 integrally formed at 6 is provided. The lid 24 is opened and closed about a hinge 26 as a center of rotation, and the hinge 26 is located on the base end side of a nozzle 28 described later.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cap body 22 is provided with a substantially conical nozzle portion 28 that covers the outlet 16 from the shoulder portion 14 of the container body 12. A side surface portion 30 adjacent to the side surface of the container body 12 is provided. A cylindrical attachment portion 33 inserted inside the outlet 16 is provided at a lower end portion inside the nozzle portion 28.
Is provided. Then, at the tip of the nozzle portion 28,
A thin through-hole 31 is provided, and the mounting portion 33 side of the through-hole 31 is
It becomes a cylindrical hollow portion and communicates with the inside of the outlet 16. On the other hand, the outer end surface 28a of the nozzle portion 28 is provided at a position higher in the protruding direction than the hinge portion 26, and the outer end surface 28a has a slope recessed inward of the nozzle portion 28 toward the through hole 31. A surface 32 is formed.

Further, outside the mounting portion 33, an outlet 1 is provided.
6 is provided concentrically with a cylindrical locking portion 34.
On the inner peripheral surface of the locking portion 34, a concave portion 36 in which the protrusion 18 formed in the outlet 16 of the container body 12 is fitted is provided around the circumference.

On the side surface 30 of the cap body 22, a body locking portion 38 is formed below the hinge portion 26.
The main body locking portion 38 is a small and thin projection protruding laterally and directed downward. Immediately below the main body locking portion 38, a concave portion 40 into which a lid locking portion 42 described later is fitted is formed. Have been. A part of the cap body 22 is provided with an engaging part (not shown) for locking a lid 24 described later.

The lid 24 is adjacent to the side surface 30 of the cap body 22 and is formed in a mountain shape that is longer than the length of the nozzle portion 28. On the side surface of the lid 24 on the hinge part 26 side, a lid locking part 42 locked with the main body locking part 38 of the cap main body 22 is integrally formed. The lid locking portion 42
It is a small, thin projection that projects laterally and goes downward. On the side of the lid 24 opposite to the hinge 26, the lid 2
A flange 44 is formed as a clue when pushing up 4 and projects obliquely downward. Inside the top of the head of the lid 24, a thin cylindrical plug 46 is integrally provided which is inserted into the through hole 31 of the nozzle portion 28 when the lid 24 is closed by the cap body 22. The periphery of the tip of the stopper 46 is chamfered so that it can be easily inserted. And the lid 24
An engaged portion (not shown) is provided on a part of the inside of the lower edge of the lower end opening to be engaged with an engaging portion (not shown) formed at a position facing the cap body 22.

Next, a method of using the eye drop container 10 of this embodiment will be described. A liquid eye drop is placed in the container body 12, and the hinge cap 20 is attached to the outlet 14 of the container body 12. At this time, the insertion portion 16 of the container body 12 is inserted and pressed between the attachment portion 33 formed on the cap body 22 of the hinge cap 20 and the engagement portion 34 so that the engagement portion 38 of the cap body 22 is moved outward. Elastically deforms to get over the protrusion 18 of the outlet 16. When the projection 18 of the mounting portion 16 is located in the recess 36 of the locking portion 34, the projection 18 is fitted into the recess 36 of the locking portion 34, and the elastic deformation of the locking portion 34 returns to its original state. Cap body 2
2 is closely locked to the container body 12. And lid 2
4 is closed by the cap main body 22 and is locked by an engaging portion (not shown) and an engaged portion.

Then, when taking out the liquid medicine from the container body 12, the flange 44 of the lid 24 is pushed up to release the engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion (not shown), and the lid 24 is removed from the cap body 22. . Then, the lid 24 is further hinged 26
Is rotated 180 degrees or more from the original position using the rotation axis as a rotation axis.
Then, the lid locking portion 42 of the lid 24 is inserted into the concave portion 40 of the cap main body 22 and locked by the main body locking portion 38. As a result, the lid 24 is positioned below the nozzle body 28 in the cap body 2.
2 and held at a predetermined angle.

Then, the container body 12 is turned upside down, and the nozzle portion 28 of the hinge cap 20 is moved over the open eye. Then, the side surface of the container body 12 is lightly pressed, and the eye drops are dropped from the tip of the nozzle portion 28. After the required amount has been dropped, the container body 12 is returned to the original orientation, and a part of the lid 24 or the flange 44 is pushed with a finger, and the lid locking portion 4 of the lid 24 is pressed.
2 and the engagement of the main body locking portion 38 of the cap main body 22 is released. Then, the lid 24 is rotated around the hinge 26 as a rotation axis, and closed so as to cover the cap body 22. At this time, the tip of the stopper 46 is moved along the inclined surface 3 with the movement of the lid 24.
2 and slightly bends and moves, and is smoothly inserted into the nozzle portion 28. Then, an engaging portion (not shown) formed on the cap body 22 and an engaged portion (not shown) formed on the lid are locked to each other, and the lid 24 is locked to the cap body 22 in a closed state.

According to the eye drop container 10 of this embodiment, since the lid 24 is connected to the cap body 22 by the hinge portion 26, the lid 24 is not lost and is held in the hand during the eye drop operation. There is no need and it is convenient. Lid 24
Is held in the cap main body 22 in a state of being opened by 180 degrees or more from the cap main body 22, so that there is no problem when eye drops are dropped.

Further, since the nozzle portion 28 is formed to be long and thin, the tip surface 28a of the nozzle portion 28 is located at a position higher than the hinge portion 26 to which the lid 24 is attached.
a can be brought closer to the eyes.
Is not hindered and it is easy to instill. On the other hand, since the nozzle tip surface 28a is provided at a position higher than the hinge portion 26 in accordance with the elongated shape of the nozzle portion 28, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the trajectory of the stopper 46 at the time of closing the lid is
Obliquely with respect to the through hole 31, the plug 46 becomes difficult to insert into the through hole 31. However, in this embodiment, the stopper 46
Is flexible, the tip edge is chamfered, and the tip surface 28a of the nozzle portion 28 is formed with an inclined surface 34, so that the tip of the plug 46 is guided by the inclined surface 34 and the plug 46 Is bent, and the tip of the plug 46 moves to the fine hole 31 without difficulty, so that the lid 24 is easily closed.

Since the upper surface of the flange 44, the lid locking portion 42, and the main body locking portion 31 are all directed downward,
When the eye drop container 10 is inserted into a bag or a tube of a heat shrinkable film for packaging, the eye drop can be smoothly inserted from the hinge cap 20 side, and the heat shrinkable film is not damaged. Since the flange 44 is formed substantially at the middle of the lid 24, the finger pushing the flange 44 does not contact the nozzle portion 28 during the lid opening operation, which is sanitary.

The eye drop container of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but includes the shape and material of each member.
It can be changed freely. The lid locking portion and the main body locking portion only need to be securely engaged with each other, and the lid may be held by a container main body or the like other than the cap main body.

[0022]

According to the container for eye drops of the present invention, the lid is provided integrally with the cap body via the hinge part, and the lid is easy to handle and sanitary. The lid is held in a state of being opened at a predetermined angle, which is convenient and does not hinder eye drops. In addition, since the projecting direction of each locking portion of the engaging means is substantially downward, even when a cylindrical film or the like is covered on the outside, the film is not caught and the workability is good. Furthermore, the operability of the lid is good, and in particular, by positioning the flange above the lower edge of the lid, the finger does not contact the nozzle portion, which is sanitary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially enlarged longitudinal sectional view of an eye drop container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the eye drop container of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which a lid of the eye drop container of this embodiment is closed.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the lid of the eye drop container of this embodiment is opened and held.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Eye drop container 12 Container main body 14 Shoulder 16 Outlet 18 Projection 20 Hinge cap 22 Cap main body 24 Lid 26 Hinge part 28 Nozzle part 30 Side part 31 Through hole 32 Inclined surface 33 Attachment part 34 Lock part 36, 40 Recess 38 Main body locking part 42 Lid locking part 44 Flange 46 Plug

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container body having an outlet formed at one end, and a hinge cap attached to the outlet, wherein the hinge cap has a cap body having a nozzle communicating with the outlet, A lid for freely opening and closing the nozzle portion, a hinge portion connecting the cap body and the lid and located at a base end side of the nozzle portion, and formed inside the vicinity of a top portion of the lid to have flexibility. A stopper inserted into the nozzle portion, and an engaging means for locking the lid when the lid is in an open state, wherein a tip end surface of the nozzle portion is higher in a projecting direction than the hinge portion. And a slope inclined toward the through hole inside the nozzle portion at the tip end surface. 2. The engaging means includes a lid locking portion formed on a side surface portion of the lid, and a main body locking portion formed on the cap main body and locked by the lid locking portion. The eyedropper container according to claim 1, wherein the lid locking portion and the main body locking portion project substantially downward of the container main body when the lid is closed. 3. A flange provided on a side surface of the lid opposite to the hinge portion of the lid, which is located above a lower end edge of the lid and serves as a clue when pushing up and opening the lid. The eyedropper container according to claim 1, wherein