Refillable container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10376910-B2
Application number	US-201616060244-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2016
Priority date	Dec 9, 2015
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A refillable container including: an outer container having an opening formed on top thereof; a cover configured to close the opening of the outer container; an inner container configured to store liquid and accommodated in the outer container; and a dispense pump provided on the cover and configured to pump the liquid content in the inner container and dispense the liquid content outside of the refillable container under a state in which the suction tube is stuck into a suction port of the inner container. The suction tube of the pump is inserted into the inner container when the opening of the outer container is closed by a cover. The cover includes a tubular wall portion fitted to an outer periphery of the outer container, and a distal end of the suction tube is positioned within an open end of the tubular wall portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refillable container, comprising:
an outer container, which has an opening formed on top thereof, and is made of plastic;
a cover, which is configured to close the opening of the outer container, and is made of plastic;
an inner container, which is made of paper, configured to store a liquid content therein, and is accommodated in the outer container so as to be replaceable when the liquid content is used up, the inner container having a hole formed in an upper surface thereof, and having a suction port formed by sealing the hole with a tearable film; and
a dispense pump, which is provided on the cover, and is configured to pump up and dispense the liquid content with a suction tube to an outside of the refillable container under a state in which the suction tube is stuck into the suction port of the inner container accommodated in the outer container, the suction tube of the dispense pump being inserted into the suction port of the inner container when the opening of the outer container is closed by the cover,
wherein the suction tube of the dispense pump has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the hole that forms the suction port of the inner container,
wherein the suction tube includes a collar portion having a wedge shape and a diameter equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of the hole,
wherein, when the opening of the outer container is closed by the cover, along with downward movement of the suction tube of the dispense pump, the collar portion is brought into abutment against the hole, and is elastically deformed so as to enter the inner container, and
wherein, when the cover is disengaged from the outer container, along with upward movement of the suction tube of the dispense pump, the collar portion is caught by the hole, thereby being pulled up together with the inner container.

2. A refillable container according to claim 1 , wherein the suction tube of the dispense pump has such a length that the distal end of the suction tube is positioned at a vicinity of a bottom of the inner container when the opening of the outer container is closed by the cover.

3. A refillable container according to claim 1 , wherein one of the cover and the outer container has one of a convex stripe and a concave stripe, which are formed along a circumferential direction on one of an inner peripheral surface of the tubular wall portion of the cover and an outer peripheral surface of the outer container, and are engaged in a disengageable manner with each other when the opening of the outer container is closed by the cover.

4. A refillable container according to claim 1 ,
wherein the suction port of the upper surface of the inner container is formed at a center of the upper surface of the inner container, and
wherein the dispense pump provided on the cover is provided at a center of a top plate portion of the cover.

5. A refillable container according to claim 1 , wherein the cover includes a tubular wall portion to be fitted to an outer periphery of the outer container, and wherein the suction tube of the dispense pump has such a length that a distal end of the suction tube is positioned within an open end of the tubular wall portion.

Assignees

• Jujo Paper Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okude Hideki
• Noda Takaharu

Classifications

• B65D83/00

  Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents (dispensing means incorporated in closures B65D47/00) · CPC title

• B05B11/0038

  Inner container disposed in an outer shell or outer casing · CPC title

• B05B11/0008

  Sealing or attachment arrangements between sprayer and container (between pump and container B05B11/1043) · CPC title

• B05B11/0054 Primary

  Cartridges, i.e. containers specially designed for easy attachment to or easy removal from the rest of the sprayer (attachment arrangements between pump and container B05B11/1043) · CPC title

• B05B11/1045 Primary

  the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container (B05B11/1047, B05B11/1049 take precedence) · CPC title