Wall-mounted content removal device

Abstract

To provide a content take-out device which is unlikely to fall off a wall surface and makes it easy to take out the contents. [Solution] The content removal device (100) is a wall-mounted content removal device (100) comprising a pump (10) with a nozzle, a straw (20) connected to the pump (10) with a nozzle, and a container (30) for the content, wherein the pump (10) with a nozzle is attached to the side of the container (30), and the pump (10) with a nozzle has a content removal section connected to the straw (20), a syringe section (13) that is in communication with the content removal section and can store the content, a piston section that can move back and forth within the syringe section (13) and can be operated from the outside, a nozzle (11) that dispenses the content when the piston section moves back and forth within the syringe section (13), and a flange (12) for hooking a finger to operate the piston section, and at least a part of the syringe section (13) is located outside the container (30).

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a wall-mounted content dispensing device for use in mounting a container for shampoo or the like on a wall. [Background technology]

[0002] Containers for shampoo, conditioner, body soap, etc., are sometimes used as content dispensing devices together with nozzles, pumps, etc., by being attached to a wall surface with adhesive tape or other attachment means.

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses such a wall-mounted content dispensing device, which is configured to reduce the vertically downward load that is applied to the suction cups that attach the container to the wall when the nozzle-equipped head is pushed in, making it difficult for the suction cups to come off the wall surface. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 08-143043 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In the content dispensing device of Patent Document 1, the suction cup still sometimes comes off vertically downward from the wall surface.

[0006] Therefore, the present invention provides a contents removal device that is less likely to fall off a wall surface and that makes it easy to remove contents. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The present inventors have found that the above problems can be solved by the present invention having the following aspects. <<Aspect 1>> A wall-mounted content dispensing device (100) comprising a nozzle-equipped pump (10), a straw (20) connected to the nozzle-equipped pump (10), and a content container (30), The nozzle-equipped pump (10) is attached to the side of the container (30), The nozzle-equipped pump (10) A content outlet (16) connected to the straw (20), a syringe portion (13) that communicates with the content removal portion (16) and is capable of storing the content; a piston portion (14) that can reciprocate within the syringe portion (13) and can be operated from the outside; a nozzle (11) that discharges the contents when the piston portion (14) reciprocates within the syringe portion (13); and A flange (12) for hooking a finger to operate the piston portion (14) and wherein at least a portion of the syringe portion (13) is located outside the container (30). <<Aspect 2>> The content removal device (100) according to aspect 1, wherein the finger hook width (12a) of the flange (12) is in the range of 5 mm to 50 mm. Aspect 3 a first valve (15) that allows the piston portion (14) to reciprocate within the syringe portion (13) to allow the contents to flow to the nozzle (11); and A second valve (17) located between the content removal section (12) and the syringe section (13). The content removal device (100) according to embodiment 1, comprising: Aspect 4 The content removal device (100) according to embodiment 1, having an attachment means (300) for attachment to a wall surface (200). Aspect 5 A content removal device (100) according to aspect 1, wherein the bottom (33) of the container (30) is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the container (30). Aspect 6 A content removal device (100) according to aspect 5, wherein the bottom (33) of the container (30) is inclined so as to have a lowest point (33a) on the side closer to the wall surface (200). Aspect 7 A content removal device (100) according to aspect 6, configured so that the tip of the straw (20) is positioned at the lowest part (33a) of the container (30). [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a contents removal device that is unlikely to fall off a wall surface and that allows contents to be easily removed. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1A] FIG. 1A is a perspective view of one embodiment of a content removal device attached to a wall surface (200) by an attachment means (300) that is an adhesive tape. [Figure 1B] FIG. 1B is a side view of the content removal device of FIG. 1A. [Figure 1C] FIG. 1C illustrates one method of removing contents from the content removal device of FIG. 1A. [Figure 1D] FIG. 1D illustrates another method of removing contents from the content removal device of FIG. 1A. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 shows details of one embodiment of a pump with a nozzle used in the content removal device. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 shows details of one embodiment of the piston portion and first valve of the nozzle-equipped pump used in the content removal device. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the content removal device of FIG. 1A, cut horizontally. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 shows a bottom view of the content removal device of FIG. 1A. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] The present invention will be described in detail using the following embodiments as examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, each configuration described in detail in each drawing is one embodiment of the present invention, and various configurations can be adopted within the scope of the claims. Each embodiment can be combined based on the common knowledge of a person skilled in the art, and a configuration not specifically described in each embodiment can have the same configuration as another embodiment or a configuration appropriate for that embodiment.

[0011] In this specification, the upward direction refers to the direction opposite to gravity, the downward direction refers to the direction in the same direction as gravity, the horizontal direction refers to the direction perpendicular to gravity, the rear side refers to the side closer to the wall, and the front side refers to the direction away from the wall.

[0012] Figure 1A is a perspective view of one embodiment of a content removal device 100 installed on a wall. Figure 1B is a side view of the content removal device 100 of Figure 1A. Figures 1C and 1D show a method of removing content from the content removal device 100.

[0013] 1A, the content removal device 100 is attached to the wall surface 200 by the attachment means 300, which is adhesive tape. However, the content removal device 100 can be attached to the wall surface 200 by other well-known attachment means 300 other than adhesive tape. For example, the content removal device 100 can be attached to the wall surface 200 by providing a fastener such as a suction cup, nail, or tack on the wall surface 200 and providing an engaging portion for the fastener on the container 30 of the content removal device 100. Furthermore, if the wall surface 200 is capable of being attached to a magnet, the attachment means 300 may be a magnetic sheet attached to the content removal device 100 by adhesive tape or the like.

[0014] As shown in FIG. 1A, the content removal device 100 comprises a nozzle-equipped pump 10, a straw 20 connected to the nozzle-equipped pump 10, and a content container 30. The nozzle-equipped pump 10 is usually attached to the top side of the container 30, but in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1A, it is attached to the side of the container 30. This prevents a vertical downward force from being applied to the container 30 when the content is removed using the nozzle-equipped pump 10. Therefore, there is an extremely low risk that the content removal device 100 will fall from a wall surface 200 when the content is being removed.

[0015] As shown in Fig. 1B, the nozzle-equipped pump 10 of the content removal device 100 has a nozzle 11 facing downward, allowing the content to be discharged downward. The nozzle-equipped pump 10 has a flange 12, which allows a finger to be hooked and the piston portion 14 of the nozzle-equipped pump 10 to be easily pressed, as shown in Fig. 1C.

[0016] In this nozzle-equipped pump 10, the syringe portion 13 capable of storing the contents is located outside the container 30. This creates a certain distance between the flange 12 and the side of the container 30, creating a gap between the flange 12 and the container 30 for a finger to hook. Also, as shown in FIG. 1C , a certain distance is created between the container 30 and the tip of the nozzle 11, making it easy to receive the contents dispensed downward with the palm of the hand. Furthermore, since the syringe portion 13 is located outside the container 30, the content discharge portion 16 of the nozzle-equipped pump 10, which connects to the straw 20, can be positioned away from the wall surface 200, i.e., on the front side of the container 30. This allows the straw 20 to be connected horizontally to the content discharge portion 16 and bent toward the bottom 33 of the container 30, as shown in FIG. 1B , with a relatively small curvature, making it easier to insert the straw 20 into the bottom 33 of the container 30.

[0017] From the above viewpoint, the distance from the front side of the container 30 to the front side of the nozzle 11 may be 3 cm or more, 4 cm or more, or 5 cm or more, or may be 10 cm or less, 8 cm or less, or 6 cm or less.

[0018] With this configuration, as shown in Fig. 1C, it is possible to press the nozzle-equipped pump 10 with the palm of one hand while placing one finger on the flange 12 and receive the contents with the palm of the other hand, or it is possible to operate it with one hand, pressing the nozzle-equipped pump 10 while receiving the contents with the palm of the hand that is pressing it, as shown in Fig. 1D. It is also possible to simply press the nozzle-equipped pump 10 with the palm of one hand and receive the contents with the palm of the other hand without using the flange 12.

[0019] Figure 2 shows details of one embodiment of the nozzle pump 10. Figure 2(a) shows a state in which the piston portion 14 is in an initial position, and Figure 2(b) shows a state in which the piston portion 14 is pushed in.

[0020] Width 12a of flange 12 for hooking a finger is not particularly limited as long as it allows a finger to be hooked, but may be, for example, 5 mm or more, 10 mm or more, 20 mm or more, or 30 mm or more, or 100 mm or less, 70 mm or less, 50 mm or less, or 40 mm or less. As shown in the figure, width 12a of flange 12 for hooking a finger is determined by the difference between the outermost diameter of flange 12 and the outermost diameter of syringe portion 13, and if flange 12 and the syringe portion are not cylindrical, this can be calculated from the diameter of a circle of the same size as their outer peripheries.

[0021] Syringe portion 13 is capable of storing the contents that have been circulated from content removal portion 16 connected to straw 20, and when piston portion 14 is reciprocated, substantially the entire amount of the contents in syringe portion 13 can be discharged from nozzle 11 through first valve 15. Therefore, the volume inside syringe portion 13 can be made the same as the volume of the contents to be discharged by one reciprocating motion of piston portion 14.

[0022] 2(a), piston portion 14 of nozzle-equipped pump 10 has gasket 14a, and gasket 14a enables the contents stored in syringe portion 13 to be pushed toward nozzle 11 when piston portion 14 is pushed in, without leaking toward contents removal portion 16 of syringe portion 13. In other words, gasket 14a can push out toward nozzle 11 all the contents except those passing through first valve 15 and flowing downward.

[0023] 2(a), piston portion 14 of nozzle-equipped pump 10 has plunger 14b, and by moving plunger 14b in the horizontal direction, piston portion 14 as a whole can move back and forth within syringe portion 13. Plunger 14b can be moved horizontally by pressing flat surface 14c at the front of nozzle-equipped pump 10, which can be pressed with the thumb or palm of the hand.

[0024] The piston 14 is at the frontmost position in the initial position shown in Fig. 2(a), and moves to the rear side in the pressed-in state shown in Fig. 2(b), but can quickly return to the initial position by a spring (not shown) or the like. Such a spring is a configuration that is commonly used in pumps for commercially available shampoos, etc., and can be used as is in the nozzle-equipped pump 10.

[0025] Content removal section 16 may have second valve 17, which can prevent the contents pushed out from inside syringe section 13 by piston section 14 from flowing back toward straw 20. However, because most of the contents inside syringe section 13 flow from first valve 15 to nozzle 11, even if second valve 17 were not present, not much of the contents would flow back toward straw 20, so second valve 17 does not necessarily have to be present.

[0026] The second valve 17 can be a ball-shaped valve element and a corresponding valve seat, as shown in Fig. 2(b). Such ball-shaped valve elements and corresponding valve seats are sometimes used in commercially available pumps for shampoos, etc., and can be used as they are in the nozzle-equipped pump 10.

[0027] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing one embodiment of the piston portion 14 and first valve 15 of the nozzle pump 10, where Figure 3(a) shows the piston portion 14 in its initial position and the first valve 15 in its closed state, and Figure 3(b) shows the piston portion 14 in its pressed-in position and the first valve 15 in its open state.

[0028] In this embodiment, an internal flow path 18 exists within the piston portion 14, through which the contents flow to the nozzle 11. The internal flow path 18 communicates with the upper portion of the gasket 14a and is closed by the first valve 15 when the piston portion 14 is in its initial position. When the piston portion 14 is pressed, the gasket 14a moves upward, but the first valve 15 is configured to move upward by an amount greater than the amount of upward movement of the gasket 14a, thereby creating a gap between the upper portion of the gasket 14a and the first valve 15, allowing the contents in the syringe to flow to the internal flow path 18. Therefore, in this case, more precisely, the upper portion of the gasket 14a forms the valve seat, and the first valve 15 forms the valve body. Such valve bodies and valve seats are sometimes used in commercially available pumps for shampoos, etc., and can be used as they are in the nozzle-equipped pump 10.

[0029] The internal flow path 18 may be configured so that the contents can be discharged in the form of foam or mist when being discharged from the nozzle. For example, the internal flow path 18 may have a mesh that allows the contents to be discharged in the form of foam, or may have a well-known configuration that takes in air so that the contents can be discharged in the form of mist.

[0030] A typical flexible tube used in this field can be used as the straw 20. One end of the straw 20 can be inserted into the content discharge portion 16 of the nozzle-equipped pump 10 to connect it to the nozzle-equipped pump 10, and the other end can be placed at the lowest part 33a of the bottom 33 of the container 30. This allows the contents concentrated at the lowest part 33a of the container 30 to be used up to the last drop.

[0031] The container 30 may have a cap 31 that can be removed when pouring contents from the top, but the configuration for pouring contents is not limited to this type of cap 31. The top of the container 30 may be configured so that the entire horizontal cross section of its cylindrical shape is removed by the cap 31. That is, the cap 31 may have substantially the same horizontal cross section as the cylindrical container 30. The cap 31 may be connected to the cylindrical container 30 using a screw cap method, or it may be connected to a container 30 with a rectangular cross section by simply placing it over and fitting it in place. This configuration makes it possible to easily attach the straw 20 to the nozzle-equipped pump 10 after the nozzle-equipped pump 10 is attached to the container 30.

[0032] The container 30 can have a pump mounting portion 32 on the side surface on the front side for mounting the nozzle-equipped pump 10. The method for connecting the pump mounting portion 32 and the nozzle-equipped pump 10 is not particularly limited, and for example, the nozzle-equipped pump 10 and the pump mounting portion 32 may be connected by fitting them together using a screw system, or may be connected using an adhesive or the like.

[0033] Fig. 4 is a plan view of the content removal device of Fig. 1A cut horizontally, showing the inside of the container 30. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the content removal device of Fig. 1A, showing the bottom 33 of the container 30. Note that in Figs. 4 and 5, the container appears shorter due to the oblique angle, but in reality it is the same length as the container of Fig. 1A etc.

[0034] 4 and 5, the container 30 has a lowest part 33a on the rear side of its bottom 33. In this embodiment, the container 30 also has a difference in height on the rear side of the bottom 33, with one end of the side parallel to 200 being the lowest part 33a. The container 30 has a rectangular shape, and of the four vertices on the front and rear sides, one vertex on the rear side is the lowest part 33a, the diagonal vertex is the top of the bottom 33, and the other two vertices are located at intermediate heights of the bottom 33.

[0035] Furthermore, while the container 30 has a sloped bottom 33, it has a skirt portion 34 so that the sloped bottom is not immediately apparent, and the container is configured to have a horizontal bottom from the outside.

[0036] As described above, the risk of the content removal device 100 falling is extremely low, but the content removal device 100 may further have a fall prevention means. For example, an example of such a fall prevention means is a fall prevention wire, and for example, one end of the wire can be fastened to the syringe part 13 or the cap part 31, and the other end can be fastened to a fixed location such as a towel rack. [Explanation of symbols]

[0037] 10: Pump with nozzle 11: Nozzle 12: Flange 13: Syringe part 14: Piston section 14a: Gasket 14b: Plunger 14c: Flat part 15: First valve 16: Contents removal part 17: Second valve 18: Internal flow path 20: Straw 30: Container 31: Cap 32: Pump mounting part 33: Bottom 33a: Bottom 34: Skirt Club 100: Contents removal device 200: Wall 300: Mounting means

Claims

1. A wall-mounted content dispensing device comprising a pump with a nozzle, a straw connected to the pump with the nozzle, and a container for a content, the nozzle-equipped pump is attached to a side surface of the container; The nozzle-equipped pump is a content removal portion connected to the straw; a syringe portion communicating with the content removal portion and capable of storing the content; a piston portion that can reciprocate within the syringe portion and can be operated from the outside; a nozzle that ejects the contents when the piston portion reciprocates within the syringe portion; and A flange for hooking a finger to operate the piston portion wherein at least a portion of the syringe portion is located outside the container.

2. 2. The contents removal device according to claim 1, wherein the width of the flange for hooking a finger is in the range of 5 mm to 50 mm.

3. a first valve that allows the piston portion to reciprocate within the syringe portion to flow the contents to the nozzle; and a second valve located between the content removal portion and the syringe portion; The content removal device according to claim 1 , comprising:

4. 2. The content removal device according to claim 1, further comprising mounting means for mounting the device on a wall.

5. 10. The content removal device of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the container is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the container.

6. The contents removal device according to claim 5, wherein the bottom of the container is inclined so that the lowest point is on the side closest to the wall surface.

7. The content removal device according to claim 6, wherein the tip of the straw is positioned at the bottom of the container.

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