JP2015009816A - Hinge cap with check valve - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent generation of solidified deposits of a content liquid in a valve chamber in a hinge cap with a check valve by holding the check valve in a valve closed state when the hinge cap is in a lid closed state.SOLUTION: In a hinge cap 1 which includes a cap body 2 where a discharge port 5 is opened in a top wall 4 thereof and a lid body 21 which is hinge-coupled to the cap body 2 and opens and closes the discharge port 5, a vertically long valve chamber 11 whose upper end communicates with the discharge port 5 and whose lower end opens a valve port 12 is installed under a lower surface of the top wall 4, a check valve 9 is configured by assembling a valve body 17 inside the valve chamber 11 so that the valve body 17 is movable up and down and displaceable, and a lid body 21 is provided with a holding pin 24 which holds the valve body 17 in a valve closed attitude when the hinge cap 1 is in a closed attitude. The check valve 9 is brought into a lid closed state by closing the hinge cap 1, whereby unnecessary invasion of a content liquid N into the valve chamber 11 is blocked to prevent generation of solidified deposits.

Description

  The present invention relates to a hinge cap with a check valve.

  As a check valve of a hinge cap with a check valve assembled to a container, there has been proposed a vertically long valve chamber that can exhibit a dripping prevention action (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-133307

  Similar to the prior art described in Patent Document 1, as the hinge cap with a check valve having a function of exhibiting an action of preventing dripping, the one shown in FIG. 6 can be exemplified. In the hinge cap 100 of the prior art shown in FIG. 6, by making the valve chamber 111 of the check valve 109 formed in the cap body 102 vertically long, the suck back function is exhibited and the dripping prevention action is achieved. I try to increase it.

  In the prior art shown in FIG. 6, in the container before opening containing the content liquid N and assembled with a hinge cap with a check valve, air exists in the head space in the container. A check valve 109 is located in the air. When the container is vibrated or handled during storage, if the container is vibrated or the container falls, the valve body 117 separates from the valve seat surface 114, and the content liquid N scatters to cause the valve opening 112. Enters the valve chamber 111. Part of the content liquid N that has entered the valve chamber 111 adheres to the valve seat surface 114, and is dried and solidified as it is to become a solidified deposit N1. This solidified deposit N1 acts as an adhesive substance to adhere and fix the valve body 117 to the valve seat surface 114 (see the dotted line in FIG. 6) or to make the seat of the valve body 117 on the valve seat surface 114 poor ( There has been a problem that there is a possibility of inconveniences such as that shown in FIG.

  Accordingly, the present invention was devised to solve the problems in the prior art described above, and it is a technical problem to maintain the check valve in the closed state when the hinge cap is closed. The object is to prevent solidified deposits of the content liquid from occurring in the room.

The main structure of the means of the present invention for solving the above problems is as follows.
A cap body having a discharge port on the top wall of the top cylinder and a hinge cap having a lid that is hinged to the cap body and opens and closes the discharge port of the cap body;
A check valve is provided in a suspended manner on the lower surface of the top wall of the cap body,
The check valve has a structure in which a valve body that closes the valve port and is closed is provided in a valve chamber having an upper end communicating with the discharge port of the cap body and a valve port opened at the lower end. ,
When the hinge cap is closed, a pressure pin is provided on the lid to hold the check valve and close the valve.
Setting the height dimension of at least one of the valve body and the holding pin so that the check valve is closed when the hinge cap is closed;
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  The holding pin provided on the lid presses the valve disc in the closed position with the hinge cap closed, that is, presses the valve disc against the valve seat surface and forcibly holds the check valve in the closed state. To do. In this way, the closed state of the check valve provided inside can be ensured by the closing operation of the hinge cap that can be freely opened and closed regardless of before and after opening the container. Sometimes it is possible to reliably prevent the check valve from being unnecessarily opened.

  Therefore, unnecessary handling of the content liquid into the valve chamber is prevented during the transportation or storage of the container, thereby suppressing the formation of solidified deposits of the content liquid.

  The height dimension of at least one of the valve body and the holding pin is set so that the check valve is closed when the hinge cap is closed. Can be accommodated by setting the other height dimension, thereby making it possible to cope with check valves of various structures and dimensions.

  Another configuration of the present invention is such that, in the main configuration described above, the check valve is set to the closed position by setting the height dimension of the valve body.

  In the case where the check valve is in the closed position by setting the height of the valve body, even if the amount of the presser pin entering the valve chamber is limited, the presser pin and valve The valve closed state can be satisfactorily obtained without causing inconvenient mechanical interference with the chamber.

  Another configuration of the present invention is such that, in the main configuration described above, the check valve is set to the valve closing posture by setting the height dimension of the pressing pin.

  If the check valve is in the closed position by setting the height of the holding pin, the check valve can be closed by simply setting the height of the holding pin with a simple structure. A posture can be secured.

  Another configuration of the present invention is such that, in the main configuration described above, the check valve is set to the closed position by setting the height of the valve body and the holding pin.

  In the case where the check valve is in the closed position by setting the height dimension of the valve body and the holding pin, in order to keep the check valve in the closed state, the check valve structure and Depending on the dimensions, an optimal combination of the dimensions of the valve body and the pressing pin can be selected.

  Moreover, another structure of this invention adds that the valve chamber was comprised longitudinally in the above-mentioned main structure.

  When the check valve is configured to be vertically long, when the check valve switches from the open position to the closed position, the amount of movement of the valve body in the valve chamber is increased so that The so-called suck-back effect of drawing the residual content liquid positioned into the valve chamber is obtained. This means that the suck back effect can be appropriately changed by changing the shapes of the valve chamber and the valve body.

  Moreover, another structure of this invention adds the fact that the valve body was comprised vertically long to the above-mentioned main structure.

  In the case where the valve body is configured to be vertically long, the height dimension of the valve body and the pressing pin can be set without increasing the diameter dimension of the valve chamber.

  Further, another configuration of the present invention is the above-described main configuration and a configuration in which the valve body is vertically long, and the height dimension of the valve body is set to a value at which the upper end position in the valve-closed state is substantially located at the discharge port This is an addition to that.

  When the height of the valve body is set so that the upper end position when the valve is closed is set to a value that is approximately located at the discharge port, there is almost no need for the holding pin to press the valve body into the valve chamber. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the occurrence of mechanical interference between the check pin and the check valve when the press pin enters the valve chamber.

  Further, according to another configuration of the present invention, in the main configuration described above, a valve cylinder having an internal space as a valve chamber is provided in an inner plug located on the lower surface side of the top wall of the cap body, and the valve cylinder is provided on the cap body. This is in addition to the fact that the check valve is constructed by being closely assembled to the lower surface of the top wall.

  In the case where the check valve is configured by providing the valve barrel on the inner plug, it is possible to easily achieve the check valve provided on the lower surface of the top wall of the cap body.

Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the following effects can be obtained.
In the main configuration of the hinge cap with a check valve according to the present invention, the closed state of the check valve provided inside can be ensured by closing the hinge cap, so that the check valve is unnecessary when not in use. It is possible to reliably prevent the valve from being opened, thereby obtaining a safe use state of the container.

  Since the generation of solidified deposits of the content liquid in the valve chamber can be suppressed, the check valve can always function stably, and thus a preferable use situation can be maintained.

  The height dimension of at least one of the valve body and the holding pin is set so that the check valve is closed when the hinge cap is closed, so that the check valve has various structures and dimensions. Accordingly, a wide range of application can be obtained.

  In the case where the check valve is in the closed position by setting the height of the valve body, even if the amount of penetration of the pressure pin into the valve chamber is restricted, the pressure pin and valve Since a closed valve state can be obtained satisfactorily without causing inconvenient mechanical interference with the chamber, mechanical stability as a hinge cap can be obtained.

  In the case where the check valve is set to the closed position by setting the height of the presser pin, it is easy to implement because it is only necessary to set the height of the presser pin with a simple structure. is there.

  In the case where the check valve is in the closed position by setting the height dimension of the valve body and the holding pin, in order to keep the check valve in the closed state, the check valve structure and Since the optimal combination of the dimensions of the valve body and the pressing pin can be selected according to the dimensions, it is possible to appropriately cope with various check valves.

  When the valve chamber is configured to be vertically long, the amount of movement of the valve element can be increased when the check valve switches from the open position to the closed position, which can cause dripping. Can be sufficiently suppressed, and a preferable use situation of the container can be obtained. Moreover, since the suck back effect can be appropriately changed by changing the shape of the valve chamber or the valve body, the occurrence of the above-described dripping phenomenon can be sufficiently obtained.

  In the case where the valve body is configured in a vertically long shape, the degree of freedom in manufacturing the check valve can be increased, so that the structure range of the check valve that can be implemented is widened.

  When the vertical dimension of the valve body is set so that the upper end position in the closed state is set to a value that is substantially located at the discharge port, the mechanical interference of the pressing pin with the check valve can be eliminated. Therefore, the degree of freedom in setting the structure of the check valve can be increased.

  In the case of a check valve configured by providing a valve barrel on the inner plug, a check valve can be easily provided on the bottom surface of the top wall of the cap body, which makes it possible to manufacture a hinge cap with a check valve. It can be simple and efficient.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the 1st Example of this invention. It is a principal part expanded longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the valve cylinder part of the embodiment of FIG. 1, (a) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view, (b) is a plane cross-sectional view. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the 2nd Example of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view at the time of the content liquid discharge of the example of an embodiment shown in FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the 3rd Example of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view with which it uses for description of a prior art.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
In the present embodiment, the side where the hinge cap 1 is located with respect to the container body 27 is the upper side, and the opposite side (the lower side in FIG. 1) is the lower side. The side on which the hinge 26 is located is the rear side, and the opposite is the front side.

  In the figure, 1 is a hinge cap, 2 is its cap body, 21 is its lid, and 8 is an inside plug. The hinge cap 1 is assembled with the cap body 2 of the bottle-shaped container body 27 containing the content liquid N by the cap body 2, and the discharge port 5 opened in the cap body 2 is hinged to the cap body 2. The lid 21 is opened and closed by the joint 26. The container body 27 may be a double container such as an easily peelable laminated container (also referred to as a delamination container) or a tube container having a flexible body, and is suitable for handling the anaerobic content liquid N. ing.

  The cap body 2 has a top tube shape in which a top wall 4 is connected to the upper end of a cylindrical tube 3, and the tube 3 is externally screwed onto the mouth tube portion 28 of the container body 27. Mounted on the container body 27. A discharge port 5 is formed in the central portion of the top wall 4, and a discharge cylinder piece 6 extending in a trumpet shape is provided upright surrounding the discharge port 5, and the bottom surface of the top wall 4. A holding cylinder 7 is suspended from the discharge port 5, and a reinforcing rib is provided on the holding cylinder 7.

  The lid 21 of the hinge cap 1 is formed into a cylindrical shape with a short cylindrical peripheral cylinder 23 suspended from the peripheral edge of the top plate 22, and the lower end on the rear side of the peripheral cylinder 23 is connected to the cap body. A hinge 26 such as a snap hinge is hinged to the upper end of the rear side of the two assembled cylinders 3. The lid body 21 is closed by covering and opening the cap body 2 from above by an opening / closing rotation operation with the hinge 26 as a rotation axis. At this time, the front end of the peripheral cylinder 23 is the top wall of the cap body 2. 4 to get over the front edge and lock the lid 21 in the closed position. At the center of the lower surface of the top plate 22 of the lid 21, a seal cylinder piece 25 is provided so as to be tightly fitted into the discharge cylinder piece 6 of the cap body 2, and the top plate surrounded by the seal cylinder piece 25. A pressing pin 24 is suspended from the lower surface portion of 22.

  The inner stopper 8 assembled on the lower surface side of the top wall 4 of the cap body 2 is a portion that forms the check valve 9 by assembling the valve body 17, the mouth tube portion 28 of the container body 27, and the cap body 2. It has the assembly flange 18 fitted to the inner peripheral surface upper end part of the assembly | attachment cylinder 3 of the cap main body 2 in the state located between these. A short cylindrical fitting tube 19 that is tightly fitted into the mouth tube portion 28 is provided at the lower end of the assembled flange 18, and a valve that forms the valve chamber 11 via the connecting wall 20 in the fitting tube 19. The cylinder 10 is continuously provided. The valve cylinder 10 is provided with a valve seat cylinder piece 13 that forms a valve opening 12 and a valve seat surface 14 at the lower end, and a valve body 17 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the valve cylinder 17 in a state where displacement in the lateral direction is restricted. A plurality of vertical ribs 15 (eight in the illustrated embodiment, see FIG. 2B) are provided to be freely moved, and a vertical groove-shaped passage is formed between the vertical ribs 15. Yes. A stopper piece 16 (see FIG. 2A) is provided at the upper end of each vertical rib 15 so as to prevent the valve body 17 in the valve chamber 11 from coming out upward.

  A valve cylinder 10 that includes a valve body 17 and constitutes a check valve 9 is closely fitted into the holding cylinder 7 of the cap body 2 and has an upper end discharged to the lower surface side of the top wall 4 of the cap body 2. A valve chamber 11 communicating with the outlet 5 is formed. When the valve cylinder 10 is tightly fitted to the holding cylinder 7, a short cylindrical piece of sealing piece suspended from the opening edge of the discharge port 5 is closely fitted into the upper end opening of the valve cylinder 10. It is desirable to strengthen the close assembly with respect to the top wall 4 of the valve cylinder 10. Needless to say, the valve element 17 is inserted into the valve cylinder 10 of the inner plug 8 before the inner plug 8 is assembled to the cap body 2.

  The holding pin 24 provided on the lid body 21 enters the valve chamber 11 of the check valve 9 from the discharge port 5 in the closed state of the hinge cap 1 and makes its lower end contact the valve body 17. The valve body 17 is pressed against the valve seat surface 14, thereby holding the check valve 9 in a closed state. From this state, the lid body 21 is opened, the pressing of the pressing pin 24 against the valve body 17 is released, the container body 27 is tilted and the check valve 9 is opened to discharge the liquid N ( (See FIG. 4). In this case, the discharge of the content liquid N is performed by a natural flow caused by the weight of the content liquid N or by an internal pressure change accompanying a volume reduction deformation due to a squeeze deformation of the body portion of the container body 27.

  Thus, in the closed state of the hinge cap 1, the holding pin 24 provided on the lid body 21 enters the valve chamber 11 of the check valve 9 provided on the cap body 2, and the valve body 17 is moved to the valve body 17. The check valve 9 is pressed against the seat surface 14 to close the valve. However, in order to allow the presser pin 24 to enter the valve chamber 11 and press the valve element 17, It corresponds to the opening size of the outlet 5, the inner diameter of the valve chamber 11, the distance between the hinge 26 and the discharge port 5, the height position of the discharge port 5 with respect to the hinge 26, the amount of penetration of the pressing pin 24 into the valve chamber 11, etc. Thus, the height dimension of at least one of the valve body 17 and the pressing pin 24 is set.

  Next, the first, second and third embodiments will be described. In each illustrated embodiment, the structure and dimensions of portions other than the valve body 17 and the pressing pin 24 are the same. Further, the discharge port 5 is located at a height level substantially equal to the hinge 26.

  The first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 shows an example in which a general sphere is used as the valve body 17, the valve chamber 11 is formed in a vertically long shape, and the height dimension of the pressing pin 24 is set. Thus, the length (the lower end) of the pressing pin 24 is made to enter the vicinity of the lower end portion of the valve chamber 11. In the first embodiment, since a spherical body is used as the valve body 17, the check valve 9 has the simplest structure, but the pressure pin 24 enters the valve chamber 11. The amount of intrusion increases.

  In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the height dimension of the valve body 17 is adjusted to increase and the height dimension of the holding pin 24 is adjusted to decrease. Is formed into a semi-spherical shape, and is configured to be slightly vertically long. The amount of penetration of the holding pin 24 into the valve chamber 11 is reduced by the length of the valve body 17. In this second embodiment, the amount of penetration of the pressing pin 24 into the valve chamber 11 is small, so that the tip of the pressing pin 24 that has entered the valve chamber 11 moves in the valve chamber 11. The amount of displacement in the horizontal direction becomes smaller. For this reason, a dimensional margin can be obtained so that the tip of the pressing pin 24 that has entered the valve chamber 11 does not cause mechanical interference with the check valve 9 side. It is easy to manufacture a hinge cap with a check valve that does not cause mechanical interference with the check valve 9 at the tip of the valve.

  The third embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is the same as the second embodiment, in which the height dimension of the valve body 17 is increased and adjusted, and the height dimension of the holding pin 24 is decreased. The valve body 17 shows an example in which a cylindrical valve rising piece 17b having a small diameter is raised from the upper end of a valve body 17a that is formed in a semi-spherical shape by forming the upper and lower ends of a short cylinder into a hemispherical shape. The upper end of the valve body 17, that is, the upper end of the valve upright piece 17 b is in a valve-closed posture and is positioned substantially at the discharge port 5 (slightly below the discharge port 5 in the illustrated example). For this reason, the pressing pin 24 hardly penetrates into the valve chamber 11. As described above, in the third embodiment, since the pressing pin 24 is equal to not entering the valve chamber 11, the mechanical force relative to the check valve 9 at the tip of the pressing pin 24 is obtained. There is no interference, and the structure of the check valve 9 can be freely set without considering the pressing pin 24.

  As described above, the configuration and the operation effect of the present invention have been described according to the embodiment. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the valve seat surface 14 is not formed by the tapered upper surface of the valve seat cylinder piece 13, but an O-ring is fixed to the upper surface of the valve seat cylinder piece 13 forming the valve port 12. The valve seat surface 14 may be formed. In addition, the distance from the hinge 26 is increased by positioning the discharge port 5 not on the center of the top wall 4 of the cap body 2 but on the front side, thereby increasing the radius of curvature of the movement locus of the tip of the pressing pin 24. Then, the lateral displacement amount may be reduced.

  The hinge cap with a check valve according to the present invention stably and reliably maintains the closed state of the container by holding the attached check valve in the closed state with the hinge cap in the closed position. As a hinge cap with a check valve, it can be applied in a wide range of fields.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; Hinge cap 2; Cap main body 3; Assembled cylinder 4; Top wall 5; Discharge port 6; Discharge cylinder piece 7; Holding cylinder 8; Inner plug 9; Check valve 10; Port 13; Valve seat tube piece 14; Valve seat surface 15; Vertical rib 16; Stop piece 17; Valve body 17a; Valve body 17b; Valve upright piece 18; Assembly flange 19; Insertion tube 20; Connection wall 21; 22; Top plate 23; Circumference cylinder 24; Presser pin 25; Seal cylinder piece 26; Hinge 27; Container body 28; Mouth part N; Content liquid N1;

Claims (8)

A cap body (2) having a discharge port (5) opened on the top wall (4) of the top cylinder, and a lid body that is hinged to the cap body (2) and opens and closes the discharge port (5) ( In the hinge cap (1) having 21), a check valve (9) is provided in a suspended manner on the lower surface of the top wall (4), and the check valve (9) has an upper end at the discharge port (5). In the valve chamber (11) having the valve port (12) opened at the lower end, the valve body (17) that closes the valve port (12) and is in a closed state is provided movably. In the closed position of the hinge cap (1), the lid (21) is provided with a pressing pin (24) that presses the valve body (17) to make the valve closing position, and the valve body (17) and the pressing pin ( The height of at least one of 24) is set so that the check valve (9) is closed when the hinge cap (1) is closed. Set to, check valve hinged cap, characterized in that. The hinge cap with a check valve according to claim 1, wherein the check valve (9) is in a closed position by setting a height dimension of the valve body (17). The hinge cap with a check valve according to claim 1, wherein the check valve (9) is set in a closed position by setting a height dimension of the holding pin (24). The hinge cap with a check valve according to claim 1, wherein the check valve (9) is in a closed position by setting the height of the valve body (17) and the holding pin (24). The hinge cap with a check valve according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the valve chamber (11) is configured to be vertically long. The hinge cap with a check valve according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the valve body (17) is configured to be vertically long. The hinge cap with a check valve according to claim 6, wherein the height dimension of the valve body (17) is set such that the upper end position in the closed state is substantially located at the discharge port (5). A valve barrel (10) having an internal space as a valve chamber (11) is provided in an inner plug (8) located on the lower surface side of the top wall (4) of the cap body (2), and the valve barrel (10) is The hinge cap with a check valve according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the check valve (9) is configured by being closely assembled to a lower surface of the top wall (4).

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