JP2010260591A - Two-part agent mixing container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a two-part agent mixing container capable of uniformly mixing a base agent and a sub-agent by simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: The two-part agent mixing container is constituted of a main syringe 1 having a filling space M filled with the base agent and capable of discharging contents in the filling space M through an ejection nozzle 3 by being pushed in a piston 4, and a sub-syringe 9 having a neck (tube) 11 capable of being coupled with and released from the ejection nozzle 3 of the main syringe 1 and mixing the sub-agent filling a body connected with the neck 11 with the base agent by coupling the neck 11 with the ejection nozzle 3 of the main syringe 1 and guiding an operation of pushing in and pulling back the piston 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a two-component mixing container capable of mixing and dispensing a main agent and an auxiliary agent in a uniform state under a simple operation immediately before use.

  Two-component mixing containers that mix and pour out different types of contents immediately before use tend to be applied not only to medicines and hair dyes used in the medical field but also to beverages such as tea, The demand is expected to increase further in the future, and the prior art in this regard is that the upper container body is placed on the lower container body via the intermediate cylinder member, and both containers are opposite to each other. A two-component mixing container which is opened by twisting the broken part of the inner plug disposed between them and twisting, and the liquid contained in the upper container body is dropped into the lower container body to be mixed. It is known (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-49638

  By the way, it is difficult to achieve sufficient mixing of the main agent and the auxiliary agent in a conventional mixing container of this type, in particular, a type in which a storage cylinder containing the auxiliary agent is dropped into the container body. However, there was a problem such as inevitable fluctuations in the concentration of the poured product from immediately after the start of dispensing to just before the end, and there was still room for improvement.

  An object of the present invention is to propose a novel two-component mixing container capable of uniformly mixing and discharging the main agent and the auxiliary agent under a simple operation.

  The present invention has a main syringe that has a filling space for filling the main agent, and that discharges the contents in the filling space through the dispensing nozzle by pushing the piston, and a neck portion that can be connected to and removed from the dispensing nozzle of the main syringe. Sub-mixing the auxiliary agent and the main agent filled in the main body part connected to the mouth-and-neck portion by connecting the mouth-and-neck portion to the dispensing nozzle of the main syringe and inducing pushing and pulling-back operations of the piston A two-component mixing container comprising a syringe.

  In the above two-component mixing container, the main syringe can be provided with an elastic support member that urges the piston toward the rear end portion of the main syringe. In addition, it is desirable to dispose a mixer in the mouth and neck of the sub-syringe that promotes mixing of the main agent and the auxiliary agent during the push-in and pull-back operations of the piston.

  In addition, the main syringe can be provided with an elongated window hole that is formed along the axial direction of the main syringe and guides the pushing and pulling operations of the piston. It is particularly preferable that the window hole is composed of at least two long holes arranged in parallel and at least one short hole that is provided along the circumferential direction of the main syringe and connects the long holes to each other. Can be provided with convex portions that divide the long holes from each other.

  The main agent in the main syringe is once sent into the sub-syringe to mix with the auxiliary agent, and the contents related to the mixing are sucked into the main syringe so that the two agents can be mixed uniformly. .

  By providing an elastic support member that urges the piston arranged in the main syringe toward the rear end of the main syringe, the contents in the sub-syringe can be reduced without applying any load. Can be sucked into the main syringe.

It is the figure which showed typically embodiment of the 2 agent mixing container according to this invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the main syringe of the two component mixing container shown in FIG. (A)-(c) is the figure which showed the structural member of the mixer arrange | positioned at the two-component mixing container according to this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the mixing point of the two-component mixing container according to this invention. It is the figure which showed the discharge | emission condition of the contents of the 2 agent mixing container according to this invention. It is the figure which showed the discharge | emission condition of the contents of the two-component mixing container according to this invention. It is the figure which showed the other example of the 2 agent mixing container according to this invention. It is the figure which showed the further another example of the two agent mixing container according to this invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of a two-component mixing container according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing the appearance of a main syringe.

  Reference numeral 1 in the figure denotes a cylindrical main syringe. This main syringe 1 forms a main agent filling space M and surrounds the main body cylinder portion 1a in which the piston is slidable, and surrounds the main body cylinder portion 1a at the rear end portion of the main syringe 1 between them. It is comprised from the outer cylinder 1c which forms the annular groove part 1b made. An elastic member S such as a spring is disposed in the annular groove 1b.

  Further, 2 is an opening (piston inlet) provided at the rear end of the main body cylinder portion 1 a of the main syringe 1, and 3 is a dispensing nozzle provided at the front end portion of the main syringe 1. The pouring nozzle 3 has a passage r connected to the main body cylindrical portion 1a, and is integrally connected to a cylindrical portion 3a having a threaded portion n provided on the outer peripheral wall thereof, and a tip of the cylindrical portion 3a. It consists of a small-diameter cylindrical portion 3b that discharges the content that has passed through the passage r of 3a toward the outside through the opening h.

  A piston 4 is slidably disposed in the main body cylinder portion 1a of the main syringe 1. A rod 5 is connected to the rear end of the piston 4 to push and retract the piston 4. The rod 5 is connected to the rear end portion of the rod body 5a directly connected to the rear end portion of the piston 4 and the upright piece 1c 'provided on the outer cylinder 1c. An operation portion 5b for pushing and pulling back, and a large-diameter cylindrical portion 5c which is integrally connected to the rod body 5a and is slidably disposed in the annular groove portion 1b. The rod 5 is a body diameter cylindrical portion. 5c is supported by the elastic member S (the urging force that pushes the piston 4 toward the rear end of the main syringe 1 acts on the rod 5).

6 is a protrusion provided on the outer peripheral wall of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 5c, and 7 is an elongated window hole provided on the outer cylinder 1c of the main syringe 1 to guide the large-diameter cylindrical portion 5c by positioning the protrusion 6 This window hole 7 extends along two circumferential holes 7a and 7b extending in parallel along the axial direction of the main syringe 1, and along the circumferential direction of the main syringe 1, and the rear end of the long hole 7a and The short hole 7c is connected to the tip of the long hole 7b, and the piston 4 can be slid within the range of the long holes 7a and 7b. Another window hole 7 is also provided at the opposite position, and the long hole 7b located on the distal end side (closer to the dispensing nozzle 3) of the main syringe 1 is mixed when the main agent is delivered to the sub-syringe. Functions as a guide for guiding the protrusion 6 when the discharged contents are discharged from the main syringe 1, and the long hole 7 a located on the rear end side of the main syringe 1 is present in the filling space of the sub-syringe to be described later It functions as a guide for guiding the protrusion 6 when an object (a mixture of the main agent and the auxiliary agent) is transferred to the filling space M of the main syringe 1. The short hole 7c is used as a switching guide when the projection 6 is moved to the long holes 7a and 7b. The short hole 7c is made of the elastic member S by contacting the projection 6 with the end surface of the short hole 7c on the long hole 7b side. The movement of the projection 6 is restricted (functions as a stopper of the piston 4). In the short hole 7c, the long holes 7a and 7b are separated from each other, and in order to avoid the movement of the piston 4 due to inadvertent displacement of the protrusion 6, a convex portion 7c ₁ that can be overcome by the user's force is provided. It is good to keep.

8 is a cap having a threaded portion n ₁ that engages with the threaded portion n provided in spout tube 3a of the nozzle 3. The cap 8 has a cylindrical body 8a that fits the opening of the small-diameter cylindrical portion 3b on the inside thereof, and holds the main syringe 1 in a sealed state before use (before mixing).

  9 is a sub-syringe which forms a cylindrical shape and forms a filling space for the auxiliary agent inside thereof. The sub-syringe 9 is provided with an inner lid 9a that can slide along the inner peripheral wall.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a holding member that is disposed at the rear end of the sub-syringe 9 and prevents the inner lid 9a from falling off from the sub-syringe 9. The restraining member 10 has an opening 10a for conducting outside air.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a cylindrical body that is integrally connected to the tip portion of the sub-syringe 9 to form the mouth-and-neck portion of the sub-cylinder 9. On the inner peripheral wall of the cylindrical body 11, there is provided a screw portion n ₂ that engages with a screw portion n provided on the cylindrical portion 3 a of the dispensing nozzle 3.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a mixer disposed inside the cylindrical body 11. And the mixer 12 is cylindrical portion 12a that forms a passage leading to the filling space M ₁ sub syringe 9, the cylindrical portion is arranged inside the 12a, by causing turbulence in the contents when passing through the tubular portion 12a It is comprised from the stirring element 12b to stir. As shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C, the stirrer 12 b includes a shaft body 12 b ₁ that extends along the axis of the sub-syringe 9, and a rib that is integrally fixed to the shaft body 12 b _1. Yes. As the ribs, for example, two vertical ribs 12b ₂ provided at positions opposed to the front end of the shaft body 12b ₁ , an inclined rib 12b ₃ connected to the rear end and having an inclination opposite to each other, and the inclined rib 12b It is possible to apply a combination of the inclined ribs 12b ₄ and 12b ₅ which are located at the rear end of the plate _{3 and} are arranged with the inclination direction shifted by 90 °, thereby mixing the main agent and the auxiliary agent. It is further promoted. In this example, three inclined ribs are shown along the axial center of the shaft body 12b ₁ , but a spiral rib extending continuously from the front end to the rear end of the shaft body 12b ₁ is provided. There is no limitation on this point.

Further, 13 is a cap having a threaded portion n ₃ that engages with the threaded portion n ₂ provided on the inner peripheral wall of the cylindrical body 11. The cap 13 has a convex partition wall portion 13a that fits the opening end of the cylindrical portion 12a of the mixer 12 at its tip, and holds the sub-syringe 9 in a sealed state before use (before mixing).

In order to mix and discharge the main agent in the main syringe 1 and the auxiliary agent in the sub-syringe 9, first, the caps 8 and 13 attached to the main syringe 1 are removed, and the cylindrical portion 3a of the dispensing nozzle 3 of the main syringe 1 is removed. Are screwed into the cylinder 11 forming the mouth and neck of the sub-syringe 9 and connected to each other. Then, the operating portion 5b of the rod 5 is grasped and the piston 4 is pushed toward the dispensing nozzle 3 as shown in FIG. The main agent filled in the main syringe 1 by pushing the transition to the main agent and the secondary agent is mixed into the through cylindrical portion 12a sub syringe 9 of the filling space M _1.

After the main agent moves to the filling space M ₁ of the sub-syringe 9, when the force applied to the piston 4 is removed, the elastic member S moves the piston 4 together with the rod 5 toward the rear end of the main syringe 1, Due to the negative pressure in the filling space M of the main syringe 1 accompanying this movement, the contents in the sub-syringe 9 are sucked into the filling space M of the main syringe 1, as shown in FIG. Since the substance passes through the stirring bar 12b (vertical rib 12b2, inclined ribs 12b ₃ , 12b ₄ , 12b ₅ ) of the mixer 12, the main agent and the auxiliary agent are further stirred here to be in a uniform mixed state.

After all the contents in the filling space M ₁ of the sub-syringe 9 have moved to the filling space M of the main syringe 1, the sub-syringe 9 is removed from the main syringe 1, and as shown in FIG. Appropriate pressing force may be applied to move the piston 4, whereby the uniformly mixed contents are discharged from the dispensing nozzle 3.

  In the two-component mixing container shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the rod 5 is elastically supported using the elastic member S. However, the configuration in which the elastic member 5 is arranged may not be adopted. This has the advantage that the diameter of the main syringe 1 can be reduced. In this case, the piston 4 is moved manually.

  In this type of container, it is normal to use up the mixed contents at one time, but depending on how it is used, it may be dispensed in small portions and discharged. A scale can be provided along the window hole 7.

  Further, in the small discharge, a stepped window hole 14 as shown in FIG. 7 is provided so that the piston 4 moves in multiple stages so that an appropriate amount can be discharged, or unevenness is not shown. It should be provided so that it can be discharged in multiple stages. In particular, when a stepped window hole 14 (long holes 14a to 14d, short holes 14e to 14g, and convex portions 14h to 14j) as shown in FIG. When the pressing force applied when moving 4 is removed, the elastic member S immediately returns the piston 4 to the initial position, so that back suction can be expected and there is an advantage that dripping of the contents can be avoided.

FIG. 8 is a view showing still another example of the two-component mixing container according to the present invention. In this example, a long hole 7 a ′ is provided in the long hole 7 a and extended to the same position as the long hole 7 b, and when the main agent in the filling section M of the main syringe 1 is transferred to the sub-syringe 9, it is long. using the hole 7b, when shifting the contents of the filling space M ₁ sub syringe 9 into the main syringe 1, main body tube portion 1a as projection 6 is positioned in the long hole 7a (or rod 5) In order to discharge the mixed contents from the main syringe 1, the rod 5 may be pressed as it is. At this time, the protrusion 6 moves along the long hole 7a and the long hole 7a ′. Will do.

  A two-component mixing container capable of uniformly mixing the main agent and the auxiliary agent with a simple operation can be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main syringe 1a Main body cylinder part 1b Annular groove part 1c Outer cylinder 2 Opening 2a Base 3 Outflow nozzle 3a Tube part 3b Small diameter cylinder part 4 Piston 5 Rod 5a Rod main body 5b Operation part 5c Large diameter cylinder part 6 Projection 7 Window Hole 7a Long hole 7a 'Long hole 7b Long hole 7c Short hole 8 Cap 9 Subsyringe 9a Inner lid 10 Holding member 10a Opening 11 Tubular body 12 Mixer 12a Tubing part 12b Stirrer 13 Cap 13a Partition part 14 Window hole M Filling space M ₁ Loading space S Elastic member

Claims (5)

  A main syringe that has a filling space for filling the main agent and that allows the contents in the filling space to be discharged through the dispensing nozzle by pushing the piston, and a mouth neck that can be connected to and removed from the dispensing nozzle of the main syringe. A sub-syringe that mixes the auxiliary agent and the main agent filled in the main body part connected to the mouth-and-neck portion by connecting the mouth-and-neck portion to the dispensing nozzle of the main syringe and inducing pushing and pulling back operations of the piston A two-component mixing container characterized by comprising:   The main syringe is provided with an elastic support member that urges the piston toward the rear end of the main syringe, and in the mouth and neck of the sub syringe, the mixing of the main agent and the auxiliary agent is promoted when the piston is pushed and pulled back. The two-component mixing container according to claim 1, wherein a mixer is disposed.   The two-component mixing container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the main syringe is provided with an elongated window hole that is formed along an axial direction of the main syringe and guides pushing and pulling operations of the piston.   The two-component mixing according to claim 3, wherein the window hole is composed of at least two long holes arranged in parallel and at least one short hole provided along the circumferential direction of the main syringe and connecting the long holes to each other. container.   The two-component mixing container according to claim 4, wherein the short holes have convex portions that divide the long holes from each other.

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