JP2014148320A - Cap with brush - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap with a brush which is mounted on an opening of a seasoning container to apply a seasoning liquid to a food, and can be mounted on the opening of the seasoning container almost with a single operation without a screw mechanism.SOLUTION: A cap body 11 and a brush part 12 of a cap 10 with a brush are integrally molded using a soft synthetic resin, the opening of the seasoning container is inserted into an insertion hole 13 through a mounting port 14 of the cap body 11, and thereby, the opening can be elastically fitted. The mounting operation is easily performed even for a container such as a disposable seasoning container having a small and elastically deformable opening just by elastically fitting into the opening of the seasoning container, and falling is prevented because the deforming amount of the seasoning container is decreased by elastic deformation of the cap body 11.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cap with a brush that is attached to the mouth of a seasoning container to apply a seasoning liquid to food.

  With a brush that is attached to the mouth of a seasoning container such as a glass bottle containing a seasoning liquid such as soy sauce and is used to apply the seasoning liquid to food such as nigiri sushi with the attached brush. The cap is known.

A conventional cap with a brush of this type has a cylindrical cap main body and a brush portion implanted in the cap main body, as in Patent Document 1. One end face of the cap main body is closed except for the pouring hole, and the brush portion is planted on the closing end face of the cap main body so as to surround the pouring hole.
When using, fix the cap body over the mouth of the seasoning container. For example, when the seasoning container is inverted, the seasoning liquid is transferred from the mouth of the seasoning container to the brush part through the pouring hole of the cap body. Supplied with. When the brush portion is moved so as to trace the outer surface of the food, the seasoning liquid contained in the brush is applied to the food.

  Here, the cap main body in the conventional cap with a brush is formed from a comparatively hard synthetic resin or metal, and can hardly be elastically deformed. Then, the cap body is fixed to the mouth part of the seasoning container by screwing the thread part formed on the inner periphery of the cap body with the thread part formed on the outer periphery of the mouth part of the seasoning container.

JP 2010-228809 A

However, every time the cap with brush is attached to the mouth portion of the seasoning container or removed from the mouth portion, it is troublesome to perform the operation of screwing or loosening the screw portions.
In particular, when the seasoning container is a disposable type seasoning container, it is difficult to screw the mouth part into the mouth part because it is small and the size of the mouth part is small.
In addition, a disposable type seasoning container has a mechanism in which the container is formed from a relatively soft synthetic resin and the like, and the whole is elastically deformed in a direction to be crushed by a finger or the like, whereby the seasoning liquid is poured out from the mouth. ing. Therefore, even if a cap with a brush is screwed onto the mouth portion, the seasoning container is elastically deformed during use, so that the screw portion may be loosened arbitrarily and the brush cap may be detached from the mouth portion.

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to enable the brushed cap to be attached to the mouth of the seasoning container with almost one touch without using a screw mechanism.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the cap body and the brush portion of the cap with brush of the present invention are integrally molded from a soft synthetic resin, and the cap body is configured to be elastically fitted into the mouth of the seasoning container. is there.

  More specifically, as a cap with a brush according to the present invention, a spout opening through the front side can be inserted from the attachment port that penetrates from the back side to the front side and opens to the back side. A cap body having an insertion hole through which the seasoning liquid in the seasoning container can be poured, and a brush portion planted so as to surround the spout on the front side of the cap body, the cap body and The brush part is integrally molded from a soft synthetic resin, and the cap body can be elastically fitted to the mouth part of the seasoning container with the mouth part of the seasoning container inserted into the insertion hole. The configuration is adopted.

  Here, the soft synthetic resin constituting the brushed cap is preferably silicone rubber because it is relatively inexpensive, harmless to the human body, and hardly denatured. Moreover, since the cap with a brush is easy to come off from the mouth part of a seasoning container when it is too soft, and it is difficult to attach to the mouth part of a seasoning container when it is too hard, the type A durometer hardness based on JIS K 6253 is 40 to 90, preferably It is preferable that it is 50-80.

  The spout of the cap body has a check valve composed of a pair of adjacently facing flaps, and the flow of seasoning liquid from the insertion hole mounting opening to the spout is allowed by separating the pair of flaps. Then, it is preferable to prevent the seasoning liquid from flowing from the spout of the insertion hole to the attachment port by the pair of flaps being in contact with each other, because the backflow of the seasoning liquid can be prevented and its freshness can be maintained.

  Since the cap with brush according to the invention is integrally molded from the soft synthetic resin as described above, and the cap body is configured to be elastically fitted into the mouth of the seasoning container, it is possible to perform almost without screwing work etc. It can be attached to the mouth with one touch.

  Since it is only elastically fitted into the mouth part of the seasoning container, even a small-sized mouth part such as a disposable seasoning container can be easily operated. Moreover, even if it is elastically deformed like a disposable type seasoning container, the cap with the brush also follows the elastic deformation to absorb the amount of deformation of the seasoning container, so it will inadvertently fall out of the seasoning container This is also prevented.

The perspective view of the cap with a brush of embodiment (B) is a longitudinal sectional view of the cap with a brush according to the embodiment. Front view of the cap with brush of the embodiment The perspective view which shows the mounting state to the seasoning container of the cap with a brush of embodiment The principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view in the mounting state to the seasoning container of the cap with a brush of embodiment

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The brushed cap 10 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is suitably attached to the mouth portion 22 of the disposable seasoning container 20 as shown in FIGS. It is integrally molded from resin and can be elastically deformed. Therefore, it can be elastically fitted to the mouth portion 22 of the seasoning container 20, and can be attached and detached with almost one touch.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cap with brush 10 according to the embodiment includes a cap body 11 and a brush portion 12.

The shape of the cap body 11 is not particularly limited. In this embodiment, the cap body 11 is a flat block body as shown in the figure, and an insertion hole 13 is formed inside.
The insertion hole 13 is formed so as to penetrate from the back surface (upper surface in FIGS. 1 and 2) to the front surface (bottom surface in FIGS. 1 and 2) of the cap body 11. The opening on the back side is the mounting port 14, and the opening on the front side is the spout 15. The mouth portion 22 of the seasoning container 20 can be inserted into the insertion hole 13 through the mounting opening 14.

The shape of the insertion hole 13 is not particularly limited as long as the mouth portion 22 of the seasoning container 20 can be inserted, but in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It has a cylindrical shape.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the mounting opening 14 opens in a conical shape from the insertion hole 13, and is opened in a substantially triangular shape on both side surfaces of the cap body 11 to form a notch 14 a. Yes.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the spout 15 is opened in a slit shape, that is, an elongated rectangle, and a pair of flaps 15a facing the opening edge is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the spout 15 has an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction communicating with the insertion hole 13. As shown in FIG. 2B, the distance between the flaps 15a is narrowed from the opening toward the back side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the brush portion 12 composed of a number of raised brushes is implanted in a ring shape so as to surround the spout 15. The cross-sectional shape, diameter, length, number, etc. of the brushed portions of the brush portion 12 are not particularly limited. It is getting smaller.

The cap main body 11 and the brush part 12 in the cap with brush 10 of the embodiment are integrally formed of a soft synthetic resin by using a mold or the like, and can be elastically deformed moderately.
The kind of such soft synthetic resin is not particularly limited, but silicon rubber is preferable because it is relatively inexpensive, harmless to the human body, and hardly denatured.
Further, the hardness of the brushed cap 10 of the embodiment is not particularly limited, but when the type A durometer hardness based on JIS K 6253 is 40 to 90, preferably 50 to 80, it is easy to attach to the seasoning container 20; This is preferable because it is difficult to come off the seasoning container 20.

  The configuration of the brushed cap 10 of the embodiment is as described above. Next, a method of using the cap 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The cap 10 with a brush of embodiment is used suitably for mounting | wearing to the mouth part 22 of the disposable type seasoning container 20 like FIG.
The seasoning container 20 is formed in a flat shape in which the container main body 21 imitates a fish, and a cylindrical mouth portion 22 projects from a portion corresponding to the mouth of the fish. A screw portion 22a is formed on the outer periphery of the mouth portion 22, and is sealed by screwing a sealing cap (not shown) during transportation or storage. The container body 21 contains a seasoning liquid such as soy sauce.

As shown in FIG. 4, the mouth portion 22 of the seasoning container 20 from which the sealing cap has been removed is inserted into the insertion hole 13 through the mounting opening 14 that opens on the back side of the cap body 11 of the cap with brush 10 of the embodiment.
Thus, as shown in FIG. 5, the cap body 11 that can be elastically deformed with the mouth portion 22 of the seasoning container 20 accommodated in the insertion hole 13 and the tip end portion of the container body 21 accommodated in the mounting opening 14 Since it is elastically fitted to the outer surface of the container 20, the mounting is completed with almost one touch.
Here, if the diameter of the insertion hole 13 and the dimension of the mounting opening 14 are formed to be slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the mouth part 22 of the seasoning container 20 and the dimension of the tip part of the container main body 21, The fitting force can be further increased by the restoring elasticity. Further, by pulling the cap body 11 strongly, the brushed cap 10 of the embodiment can be detached from the seasoning container 20 with almost one touch.
In FIG. 4, the seasoning container 20 and the cap 10 with the brush of the embodiment are mounted so that the flattened directions of the container body 21 and the cap body 11 coincide (become parallel). However, the container body and the cap body can be mounted in such a manner that the flattened direction of the cap body intersects (perpendicularly). In that case, since the notch part 14a exists in the cap main body 11, the front-end | tip part of the container main body 21 is inserted through this notch part 14a, and it is prevented that it interferes with the cap main body 11. FIG.

In a state in which the brushed cap 10 of the embodiment is attached to the seasoning container 20, the container body 21 of the seasoning container 20 is deformed in a direction to be crushed by a finger. Then, the seasoning liquid is discharged from the mouth part 22, and this seasoning liquid flows through the insertion hole 13 of the cap body 11 and is poured out from the spout 15.
At this time, the flap 15a formed at the opening edge of the spout 15 is elastically deformed in the direction of separation by the outward fluid pressure of the seasoning liquid discharged from the mouth 22 of the seasoning container 20. Therefore, the spout is not opened and the circulation of the seasoning liquid is not hindered. When the seasoning container 20 is deformed by pressing with a finger or the like, the cap with brush 10 according to the embodiment is also elastically deformed to absorb the amount of deformation and follow the outer surface shape of the seasoning container 20. Is prevented from coming off.
On the other hand, when the seasoning liquid is likely to flow backward from the spout 15 toward the seasoning container 20, the pair of flaps 15a are elastically deformed and faced in the approaching direction due to the inward flow pressure of the seasoning liquid, Since the spout is closed, backflow is prevented.
That is, the pair of flaps 15a functions as a check valve.

  The seasoning liquid poured out from the spout 15 of the cap body 11 is included in the brush portion 12 that is implanted so as to surround the spout 15. When the cap with brush 10 according to the embodiment is moved together with the seasoning container 20 so that the outer surface of the food such as nigiri sushi is traced by the brush portion 12, the seasoning liquid is applied to the food.

  It should be considered that the embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative and non-restrictive in every respect. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, and is intended to include any modifications and variations within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

The shape of the mounting opening 14 of the cap body 10 is not limited to the conical shape of the embodiment as long as the tip of the seasoning container 20 can be accommodated, and may be a cylindrical shape.
Further, the shape of the spout 15 of the cap body 10 is not limited to the slit shape of the embodiment as long as the seasoning liquid can be poured, and may be a circle or the like. The pair of flaps 15a as check valves can be omitted.
The shape, material, and the like of the seasoning container 20 are not limited to the embodiment, and may be cylindrical, formed of a hard synthetic resin, or of a stationary type.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cap with brush 11 Cap body 12 Brush part 13 Insertion hole 14 Mounting port 14a Notch part 15 Outlet 15a Flap 20 Seasoning container 21 Container main body 22 Portion part 22a Screw part

Claims (4)

A cap with a brush that can be attached to the mouth of a seasoning container containing a seasoning liquid,
A plug that penetrates from the back side to the front side, can be inserted into the mouth of the seasoning container from the mounting opening that opens to the back side, and can be poured out from the spout opening that opens to the front side A cap body having a hole, and
A brush portion planted so as to surround the spout on the front side of the cap body,
The cap body and the brush part are integrally molded from a soft synthetic resin, and the cap body is elastically fitted to the mouth part of the seasoning container with the mouth part of the seasoning container being inserted into the insertion hole. Cap with brush that can be combined.   The brushed cap according to claim 1, wherein the soft synthetic resin is silicon rubber.   The type A durometer hardness based on JIS K 6253 is 40 to 90, and the cap with a brush according to claim 1 or 2.   The spout has a check valve composed of a pair of adjacently facing flaps, allowing the seasoning liquid to flow from the attachment port of the insertion hole toward the spout by separating the pair of flaps, The cap with a brush according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the pair of flaps abut against each other to prevent the seasoning liquid from flowing from the spout of the insertion hole toward the mounting opening.

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