Fixed quantity discharge device for liquid container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11338968-B2
Application number	US-201917044634-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2019
Priority date	Apr 11, 2018
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

A fixed quantity discharge device for a liquid container is provided. The device includes a container main body in which contents are accommodated, a pipette part including a pipette tube to suction and discharge the contents accommodated in the container main body, and a support disposed in an upper portion of the container main body and including a coupling part formed in an upper end portion thereof to be coupled to the pipette part, a tube accommodation part extending from the coupling part to an interior of the container main body such that the pipette tube is inserted into or withdrawn from the tube accommodation part, and a contents inflow hole formed in a lower end portion thereof to communicate with the interior of the container main body, wherein, when the pipette part is separated from the support, the contents accommodated in the container main body may be suctioned into the pipette tube.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fixed quantity discharge device for a liquid container, comprising:
a container main body in which contents are accommodated;
a pipette part comprising:
a pipette tube to suction and discharge the contents accommodated in the container main body;
a stem inserted into the pipette tube and moved upward or downward;
a plunger tip coupled to a lower end portion of the stem and vertically moved in the pipette tube according to upward or downward movement of the stem; and
a screw cap screw-coupled to a coupling part and including a guide part formed inside an upper end portion thereof to guide upward movement of the stem to suction the contents accommodated in the container main body when the pipette part is separated therefrom; and

a support disposed in an upper portion of the container main body and comprising:
the coupling part formed in an upper end portion thereof to be coupled to the pipette part;
a tube accommodation part extending from the coupling part to an interior of the container main body such that the pipette tube is inserted into or withdrawn from the tube accommodation part; and
a contents inflow hole formed in a lower end portion thereof to communicate with the interior of the container main body,

wherein, when the pipette part is separated from the support, the contents accommodated in the container main body are suctioned into the pipette tube.

2. The fixed quantity discharge device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an outer cap coupled to surround the screw cap, rotated according to manipulation of a user for separating or coupling the pipette part from or to the outer cap, and including a vertical guide groove formed in an inner surface thereof to guide vertical movement of a button part; and
the button part coupled to an upper end portion of the stem and including at least one coupling protrusion formed on an outer surface thereof to be coupled to the vertical guide groove, wherein the button part and the stem are rotated with the outer cap in a same direction according to the rotation of the outer cap.

3. The fixed quantity discharge device of claim 2 , wherein:
the guide part includes an ascending guide surface formed to have an upper inclined surface in a first direction;
at least one lifting protrusion is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the stem; and
when the stem is rotated in the first direction due to the rotation of the outer cap, the lifting protrusion is moved along the ascending guide surface, and the stem is moved upward so that the contents accommodated in the container main body are suctioned into the pipette tube.

4. The fixed quantity discharge device of claim 3 , further comprising an auxiliary cap coupled to the screw cap to surround the guide part,
wherein a locking jaw which restricts movement of the lifting protrusion in the first direction is formed on an upper inner side of the auxiliary cap.

5. The fixed quantity discharge device of claim 4 , wherein, when the lifting protrusion is moved to come into contact with the locking jaw according to the rotation of the stem in the first direction, the screw cap is rotated with the outer cap in the first direction so that the screw cap is separated from the coupling part of the support.

6. The fixed quantity discharge device of claim 4 , wherein:
the locking jaw is formed to be spaced apart from the guide part; and
when the lifting protrusion is positioned in a separation space between the guide part and the locking jaw and the user presses the button part, the stem and the plunger tip are moved downward so that the contents suctioned into the pipette tube are discharged to an outside.

7. The fixed quantity discharge device of claim 3 , wherein:
the guide part further includes a vertical surface formed to face the ascending guide surface; and
when the outer cap is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction through manipulation of the user and the lifting protrusion comes into contact with the vertical surface, the screw cap is rotated with the outer cap in the second direction so that the screw cap is coupled to the coupling part.

8. The fixed quantity discharge device of claim 2 , wherein:
at least one open part is formed by cutting at least a part of a circumference of an upper portion of the screw cap downward; and
when the coupling protrusion is aligned with the open part, the button part is moved downward due to a user's pressure.

9. The fixed quantity discharge device of claim 2 , wherein:
a protrusion part protrudes downward from an upper inner side of the button with a predetermined length;
a coupling groove, which has a shape corresponding to the protrusion part such that the protrusion part is inserted into the coupling groove, is formed in the upper end portion of the stem; and
an insertion depth of the protrusion part inserted into the coupling groove is changed in response to upward or downward movement of the stem.

Assignees

• Yonwoo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Seo Hui

Classifications

• B05B11/1069

  the valve being made of a resiliently deformable material or being urged in a closed position by a spring · CPC title

• B05B11/1074

  located outside pump chambers · CPC title

• B05B11/1052

  Actuation means (locking means therefor B05B11/1059; the dispensing stroke being affected by the stored energy of a spring B05B11/109) · CPC title

• B05B11/1047

  the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container · CPC title

• B05B11/028

  Pistons separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container · CPC title