Discharge container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9346600-B2
Application number	US-201214353957-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2012
Priority date	Oct 31, 2011
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

A discharge container includes a container main body having an inner container and an outer container, and a discharge cap, a suction hole configured to suction external air to a space between the inner container and the outer container is formed in the outer container, the discharge cap includes an air valve configured to switch between allowing and blocking communication between the outside of the discharge cap and the suction hole, and a discharge film elastically deformable to close the discharge port, and a slit is formed in the discharge film. As the discharge film is elastically deformed according to an increase in the pressure inside the inner container, the slit is widened and opened to open the discharge port.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A discharge container comprising:
a container main body having an inner container configured to accommodate contents and configured to deform according to reduction of the contents, and an outer container in which the inner container is installed to be elastically deformed; and
a discharge cap mounted on a port section of the container main body, the discharge cap having a discharge port configured to discharge the contents and a communication hole configured to bring the discharge port in communication with the inside of the inner container, and
a suction hole configured to suction external air to a space between the inner container and the outer container, the suction hole being formed in the outer container, and
wherein the discharge cap comprises:
an air valve configured to switch between allowing and blocking communication between the outside of the discharge cap and the suction hole; and
a discharge film elastically deformable to close the discharge port, the discharge film being formed at an outermost part of the discharge port,
a slit that is formed in the discharge film, the slit being widened and opened to open the discharge port as the discharge film is elastically deformed according to an increase in pressure inside the inner container,
a cap main body having an outer tube body configured to cover the discharge cap on the port section of the container main body,
an inner support plug hermetically assembled to an opening end of the port section and formed in a tubular shape having a top section, and
a valve body hermetically assembled and fixed to be sandwiched between the inner support plug and the cap main body,
wherein a top plate portion of the inner support plug disposed near the inside of the discharge film installed at the valve body is configured such that a baffle plate piece having a beam plate piece shape remains to open the communication hole, and
the baffle plate piece is configured to apply a suppressing force to a flow of the contents.

2. The discharge container according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge cap further comprises:
an external air introduction hole configured to bring the outside in communication with the suction hole; and
a valve member configured to switch between allowing and blocking communication between the discharge port and the communication hole,
wherein the air valve switches between allowing and blocking communication between the suction hole and the external air introduction hole, and
an inside of the communication hole is in communication with the inside of the inner container, and is formed at a top section of a topped tubular body protruding from the port section of the container main body toward the outside of the container main body in a container axial direction.

3. The discharge container according to claim 2 , wherein the discharge film is formed in a curved surface shape protruding toward the outside of the container main body in the container axial direction, and the slit is formed in a central section of the discharge film.

4. The discharge container according to claim 1 , wherein the slit formed in the discharge film is formed in a cross shape, and the baffle plate piece has a cross beam piece shape disposed opposite to the slit.

Assignees

• Furusawa Mitsuo
• Hoshino Shinya
• Iizuka Shigeo
• Yoshino Kogyosho Co Ltd

Inventors

• Furusawa Mitsuo
• Hoshino Shinya
• Iizuka Shigeo

Classifications

• B65D83/771 Primary

  for dispensing fluent contents by means of a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm · CPC title

• B65D47/2031

  the element being formed by a slit, narrow opening or constrictable spout, the size of the outlet passage being able to be varied by increasing or decreasing the pressure (B65D47/2025 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D47/32

  with means for venting · CPC title

• B65D51/1644

  the element being a valve (B65D51/1661 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D77/06 Primary

  Liquids or semi-liquids {or other materials or articles} enclosed in flexible containers disposed within rigid containers · CPC title