Patent Grant
9675986
The present invention relates to a contents dispensing pump which is mounted on a container so as to dispense, to the outside, contents contained in the container by a fixed quantity through a pumping operation, and particularly, to a contents dispensing pump which can allow a deformed pressing member to serve as a cylinder and an opening and closing valve to simplify a structure of the contents dispensing pump so that the productivity is improved and the product price is lowered, and at the same time, be easily mounted on a product having a small space in which the dispensing pump is to be mounted, by performing a pumping operation by changing the volume of a temporary contents reservoir due to a deformation of the deformed pressing member such that a working stroke distance of the dispensing pump can be short.
In general, as one means for dispensing a suitable amount of contents, such as cosmetics, shampoo, or detergent, contained in a container, a dispensing pump is mounted, on a container for use.
The dispensing pumps according to the related art, which are mounted on a container and used, to dispense a small amount of contents as described above, have been variously proposed. As shown in
An air-tight piston 124 is further installed to the operating piston 123 and the push button 140 is installed in an operating tube 130 coupled to the operating piston 123 of the cylinder 120.
According to the above-described contents dispensing pump of the related art, when the push button 140 is pushed, an air gap is generated between the air-tight piston 124 and the operating piston 123. In this case, a pressure is generated in the contents storing chamber 126 while the air-tight piston 124 and the operating piston 123 together move down, so that the contents are dispensed through a contents transferring passage 123a of the operating piston 123 due to the pressure.
In this case, the opening and closing ball 122 is tightly closed to a contents introducing passage 125 by the compressed spring 121 so that the contents introducing passage 125 is closed.
After the push button 140 is pushed to dispense contents as described above, when the pushed button 140 is released from the external force applied thereto, as shown in
At the initial lifting stage of the operating piston 123 and the air-tight piston 124 ascending as described above, while the air-tight piston 124 is stooped ascending due to the friction with an inside of the cylinder 120, the operating piston 123 first moves up to close the air gap between the operating piston 123 and the air-tight piston 124, so that the contents transferring passage 123a is closed and the elastic force accumulated in the spring 121 is weakened.
In the state that the contents transferring passage 123a is shut off, when the operating piston 123 and the air-tight piston 124 are continuously lifted up, a vacuum pressure is generated in the contents storing chamber 125 and the opening and closing ball 122 is spaced apart from the contents introducing hole 125 due to the vacuum pressure generated in the contents storing chamber 126, so that the contents in the container are introduced into the contents storing chamber 126.
The contents dispensing pump according to the related art dispenses the contents while repeatedly performing the above-described operation.
However, the contents dispensing pump has a major drawback that, since a metallic ball and metallic spring are used as the opening and closing means for dispensing contents, the metallic ball and metallic spring are corroded due to spherical reaction with the contents so that the contents are polluted. In addition, since synthetic resin and metal are used as materials of the contents dispensing pump, when the used contents dispensing pump is discarded, it is difficult to separate the synthetic resin and metallic materials from each other, so that it is difficult to perform resource recycling.
Specifically, the structure of the contents dispensing pump according to the related art is complex, so that the productivity is deteriorated and the product price is increased. In addition, since the dispensing pump structurally has a long working stroke distance, when the dispensing pump is applied to a product such as a compact having a height less than a width thereof, it is difficult to mounting the dispensing pump on the product due to a small mounting space. When the dispensing pump according to the related art is manufactured to have a small size in order to solve the problem, the dispensing amount of contents is too small, there is required to repeat pumping several times to obtain a desired amount of contents.
To solve the problems described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a contents dispensing pump, in which opening and closing means for dispensing contents is formed of an elastic material such as rubber or synthetic resin durable to a chemical material to be prevented from being corroded due to the contents, and any valve means formed of a metallic material are not used in the contents dispensing pump so that the used contents dispensing pump can be recycled.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a contents dispensing pump which has a simple structure to be easily manufactured so that the productivity is improved and the product price is reduced.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a contents dispensing pump of which a working stroke distance is shortened so that the contents dispensing pump can be easily applied to a product such as a compact having a height less than a width thereof.
To achieve the objects, the present invention provides a contents dispensing pump which is coupled to a container for containing the contents therein to dispense the contents, wherein a deformed pressing member (60) descends by being pressed and deformed when a push button (50) descends such that the volume of a temporary reservoir (TR) is reduced and pressure is generated in the temporary reservoir (TR). Thus, a valve plate (40) closes a contents outlet (242), and a valve protrusion wheel (62) coming into close contact with, a contents opening and closing piece (513) is widened by the pressure such that the contents contained in the temporary reservoir (TR) are dispensed through, an outlet (51) while passing through a gap between the contents opening and closing piece (513) and the valve protrusion wheel (62). Then, when the pressure that presses the push button (50) is removed, while the push button (50) lifts up by a restoring force of an elastic member (70), the deformed pressing member (60) pressed by the push button (50) is restored to the original state. Thus, the pressure generated within the temporary reservoir (TR) disappears and vacuum pressure is generated, so that the gap between the contents opening and closing piece (513) and the valve protrusion wheel (62) of the deformed pressing member (60) is closed and the central part of the valve plate (40) is lifted by the vacuum pressure to widen boundary lines of opening and closing lines (41). Thus, the contents contained in the container (10) move to the temporary reservoir (TR) through a gap between the valve plate (40) and the contents outlet (242), and in this case, the contents that have passed through the contents outlet (242) move to the temporary reservoir (TR) through gaps of the widened opening and closing lines (41) of the valve plate (40). When the contents are transferred so that the vacuum pressure of the temporary reservoir (TR) disappears, while the opening and closing line (41) opened due to the autonomous elastic force is restored into the original state to be closed so that the valve plate (40) closes the contents outlet (242).
Furthermore, according to a first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided the contents dispensing pump which is coupled to a container for containing the contents therein to dispense the contents, which includes a valve body (20), the valve plate (40), the push button (50), the deformed pressing member (60), and the elastic member (70),
wherein the valve body (20) includes a valve upper body (22) and a valve lower body (24), wherein the valve upper body (22) has a receiving sill (222) on the upper surface thereof and a valve plate support sill (224) protruding from the middle part of the inner side thereof, and the valve lower body (24) has the contents outlet (242) in the center thereof and a ring-shaped protrusion (244) protruding from the vicinity of the outer side of the contents outlet (242), wherein the valve lower body (24) is coupled to the valve upper body (22).
The valve place (40) is coupled between the valve upper body (22) and the valve lower body (24) of the valve body (20), and the plurality of opening and closing lines (41) are formed.
The push button (50) is coupled to the outer periphery portion of the valve upper body (22), has an outlet (51), from which the contents are dispensed, formed in the center thereof. A plurality of ribs (511) is formed inside the outlet (51) and a contents opening and closing piece (513) is integrally formed on lower ends of the ribs (511).
The deformed pressing member (60) is coupled to the inside of the push button (50), has a coupling sill 64 protruding from the outer periphery thereof so as to be mounted on the receiving sill (222) of the valve upper body (22), and has the valve protrusion wheel (62) in the center thereof.
The elastic member (70) is positioned over the coupling sill (64) of the deformed pressing member (60) so as to press and fix the coupling sill (64) of the deformed pressing member (60) to the receiving sill (222) of the valve upper body (22), thereby increasing airtightness and at the same time, elastically supporting the push button (50).
According to the present invention, the opening and closing means for dispensing contents by pushing the push button is formed of an elastic material such as rubber or synthetic resin durable to a chemical material so that the opening and closing means can be prevented from being corroded due to the contents. In addition, any valve means formed of a metallic material are not used in the contents dispensing pump so that the used contents dispensing pump can be recycled.
Specifically, the contents dispensing pump has a simple structure to be easily manufactured so that the productivity can be improved and the product price can be reduced.
In addition, the contents dispensing pump has a short working stroke distance so that the contents dispensing pump can be easily applied to a product such as a compact having a height less than a width thereof.
[Mode for Invention]
It should be understood that the terms used in the specification and the appended claims should not be construed as listed to general and dictionary meanings, but interpreted based on the meanings and concepts corresponding to technical aspects of the present invention on the basis of the principle that the inventor is allowed to define terms appropriately for the best explanation.
Hereinafter, various embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.
A contents dispensing pump according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described as follows.
As shown in
The valve body 20 includes a valve upper body 22 and a valve lower body 24. The valve upper body 22 has a receiving sill 222 on an upper surface thereof, a valve plate support sill 224 protruding from the middle part of an inside thereof, a coupling part 226 extending downwardly, and a latching sill 228 formed on an outer circumference thereof. An extension protrusion wheel 229 may extend upwardly of the valve body 20 to be integrally formed with the valve body 20. The extension protrusion wheel 229 may serve as a guide to enable the deformed pressing member 60 and the elastic member 70 to be in place on the valve upper body 22.
The valve lower body 24 has a contents outlet 242 formed in the center thereof and a ring-shaped protrusion 244 protruding from the vicinity of the outside of the contents outlet 242. The valve lower body 24 is coupled to the valve upper body 22 by being inserted into a valve lower body coupling part 226 of the valve upper body 22 after the valve plate 40 is placed thereon.
The valve lower body 24 may be coupled to the valve upper body 22 through an undercut coupling, forcible fitting or thermal bonding scheme. When the valve lower body 24 is coupled to the valve upper body 22 by being inserted into a valve lower body coupling part 226 of the valve upper body 22 while the valve plate 40 is placed on the valve lower body 24, the valve plate 40 is allowed to be tightly closed to the ring-shaped protrusion 244 of the valve upper body 22 by allowing the valve plate support sill 224 of the valve upper body 22 to press the outer periphery portion of the valve upper body, so that the contents outlet 242 is closed.
The valve plate 40 has a plate shape. The valve plate 40 is coupled between the valve upper body 22 and the valve lower body 24 of the valve body 20, so that the plurality of opening and closing lines 41 are formed thereon.
The valve plate 40 may be formed of one of general rubber, elastomer, silicon rubber, NBR rubber and synthetic resin.
The opening and closing line 41 may be a wave-shaped cutting line as shown in
When the push button 50 is pressed to generate a pressure within a temporary reservoir TR, since the valve plate 40 is tightly closed to the ring-shaped protrusion 244 of the valve lower body 24, the boundary line of the opening and closing line 41 is closed. When the pressed push button 50 is released such that the push button 50 lifts up by the elastic member 70 to generate the vacuum pressure in the temporary reservoir TR, as shown in
The push button 50 is coupled to the outer periphery portion of the valve upper body 22, has the outlet 51, from which the contents are dispensed, formed in the center thereof and a latching sill 52 formed on a lower end of an inner periphery thereof. In addition, a plurality of ribs 511 is formed inside the outlet 51 and a contents opening and closing piece 513 is integrally formed on lower ends of the ribs 511. A contents passage 512 is formed between the ribs 511, such that the contents are dispensed from the temporary reservoir TR to the outlet 51 through the contents passage 512.
When the push button 50 covers the valve upper body 22, the valve tipper body 22 is forcibly fitted with the push button 50, such that the latching sill 52 is latched to a latching sill 288 while passing through an outer periphery of the extension protrusion wheel 229.
As shown in
The deformed pressing member 60 is coupled to the inside of the push button 50, and has a coupling sill 64 protruding from the outer periphery thereof to be mounted on the mounting sill 222 of the valve upper body 22, and a valve protrusion wheel 62 formed in the center thereof.
The deformed pressing member 60 is mounted on the valve upper body 22, so that an inner space is formed between the deformed pressing member 60 and the valve body 20. The inner space is the temporary reservoir TR in which the contents remain until the contents are dispensed through the outlet 51 of the push button 50 after moving from the container 10 thereto through the valve body 20.
A coupling groove 66 is formed on an upper surface of the deformed pressing member 60 and the coupling rib 53 of the push button 50 is inserted into the coupling groove 66 so that the deformed pressing member 60 is coupled to the push button 50. The coupling rib 53 and the coupling groove 66 may be coupled to each other through an undercut coupling, forcible fitting or thermal bonding scheme or by using adhesive.
After the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 is placed on the receiving sill 222 of the valve upper body 22, the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 is pressed by using the elastic member 70 such that the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 is tightly closed to the receiving sill 222 of the valve upper body 22. In this case, the extension protrusion, wheel 229 of the valve upper, body 22 serves as a guide to enable the receiving sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 to be suitably positioned.
A valve protrusion wheel 62 of the deformed pressing member 60 has a cylindrical shape. The contents opening and closing piece 513 of the push button 50 is tightly fitted into the valve protrusion wheel 62 to control the dispensing of the contents. It is preferable that a diameter of the valve protrusion wheel 62 is less than that of the contents opening and closing piece 513 to allow the valve protrusion wheel 62 to press the contents opening and closing piece 513. Preferably, the diameter of the valve protrusion wheel 62 is less than that of the contents opening and closing piece 513 by 0.1 mm to 5.0 mm.
Thus, when the push button 50 is not pressed, the pressure is not generated in the temporary reservoir TR, so that the valve protrusion wheel 62 continues to press the contents opening and closing piece 513 due to the autonomous elasticity and maintains the closing state. However, as shown in
The deformed pressing member so may be formed of one of general rubber, elastomer, silicon rubber, NBR rubber and synthetic resin having excellent elasticity.
The elastic member 70 is placed, on the coupling sill 64 formed on an edge of the deformed pressing member 60. The elastic member 70 fixes the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member to the receiving sill 222 of the pump upper body 22 while pressing the coupling sill 64 to improve tightness and at the same time, to elastically support the push button 50. The elastic member 70 may include a coil spring.
The elastic member 70 may be formed of one of synthetic resin, elastomer, robber and a metallic material. If the elastic member 70 may be formed of the same material as those of any other elements, such as synthetic resin, elastomer or rubber, when the used contents dispensing pump of the present invention is discarded, the contexts dispensing pump may be separated to be recycled.
In addition, as shown in
The operation of the present invention, configured as described above is as follows.
The contents dispensing pump according to the present invention may be coupled to a container 10 for containing contents for use. The contents dispensing pump according to the present invention may be applied to a general cosmetic container, home item container, a food container, a medicine container and may be easily applied to a packing container having a height less than a width such as a compact.
As shown in
When the push button 50 descends, although the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 is fixed, other parts except for the coupling sill 64 move down by a predetermined distance.
Thus, since the pressure is generated in the temporary reservoir TR while the volume of the temporary reservoir TR is reduced, the valve plate 40 is tightly closed to the ring-shaped protrusion 244 near the contents outlet 242, in addition, while the valve protrusion wheel 62 tightly closed to the contents opening and closing piece 513 is opened by the pressure, the contents in the temporary reservoir TR pass between the contents opening and closing piece 513 and the valve protrusion wheel 62, so that the contents are dispensed through the contents passage 512 and the outlet 51.
Then, when the force pressing the push button 50 is removed, while the push button 50 moves up due to the restoring strength of the elastic member 70, the deformed pressing member 60 pushed by the push button 50 is restored into the original state.
Thus, as the pressure generated in the temporary reservoir TR disappears, the valve protrusion wheel 62 of the deformed pressing member 60 is tightly closed to the contents opening and closing piece 513 again, so that the valve protrusion wheel 62 is tightly closed to the content opening and closing piece 513.
Thereafter, when the push button 50 continuously moves up to generate the vacuum pressure in the temporary reservoir TR, as shown in
Thus, the contents are transferred into the container 10 through a gap between the valve plate 40 and the contents outlet 242. Then, the contents passing through the contents outlet 242 are transferred into the temporary reservoir TR through the gap of the opening and closing line 41 of the valve plate 40.
When the contents are transferred so that the vacuum pressure of the temporary reservoir TR disappears, while the opening and closing line 41 opened due to the autonomous elastic force is restored into the original state to be closed so that the valve plate 40 closes the contents outlet 242.
Next, the contents dispensing pump according to the second embodiment of the present invention, will be described.
As shown in
Since the valve plate 40, the push button 50, the deformed pressing member 60 and the elastic member 70 are identical to those of the first embodiment, the details will be omitted. In the following description, the same elements and structures of the second embodiment as those of the first embodiment will be assigned with the same reference numerals.
The receiving sill 22 includes a receiving sill 222 formed on an upper surface thereof, an extension protrusion wheel 229 extending upwardly from an outer periphery of the receiving sill 222 and integrated with the receiving sill 222, and a latching sill 230 formed outwardly of an upper end of the extension protrusion wheel. In addition, a supplementary extension protrusion wheel 231 may be integrally formed upwardly of the inner periphery of the receiving sill 222.
A coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 is mounted on the receiving sill 222 and the extension protrusion wheel 229 serves as a guide to enable the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 and the elastic member 70 to be in place. The supplementary extension protrusion wheel 231 serves as a guide to enable the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing meaner 60 to be in place and at the same time, improves the air tightness.
A contents outlet 242 is formed in the center of a lower end of the valve body 20-2 and a ring-shaped protrusion 244 protrudes from the vicinity of the outside of the contents outlet 242. A latching sill 232 may protrude from the middle portion of an inner periphery of the valve body 20-2.
The valve place fixing member 30 has a ring shape and is provided on an inner periphery of an upper surface thereof with a valve plate supporting sill 32.
According to the contents dispensing pump of the second embodiment, after the valve plate 40 is mounted on the ring-shaped protrusion 244 by inserting the valve plate 40 into the valve body 20-2, the valve plate fixing member 30 is inserted into the valve body 20-2 so that the valve plate fixing member 30 is fixed into the valve body 20-2 while the periphery of the valve plate 40 is pressed by the valve platy supporting sill 32.
In this case, the valve plate fixing member 30 may be fixed into the valve body 20-2 by being forcibly fitted with the valve body 20-2 and may be fixed by being latched over the latching sill 232 of the valve body 20-2.
Then, the deformed pressing member 60 is mounted on the valve body 20-2, and the extension protrusion wheel 225 and the supplementary extension protrusion wheel 231 of the valve body 20-2 surrounds the outer and inner peripheries of the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 while the latching sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60.
After the elastic member 70 is placed on the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60, the push button 50 is mounted on the deformed pressing member 60. That is, the coupling rib 53 of the push button 50 is fitted into the coupling groove 66 of the deformed pressing member 60, and the latching sill 52 of the push button 50 is latched to the extension protrusion sill 223 of the valve body 20-2 over the latching sill 230.
Since the operation of the contents dispensing pump according to the second embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description will be omitted.
Next, the contents dispensing pump according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in
As shown in
The valve body 20-2 and the valve plate fixing member 30 are the same as those of the contents dispensing pump according to the second embodiment and the valve plate 40, the push button 50, the deformed pressing member 60 and the elastic member 70 are the same as those of the contents dispensing pump according to the first embodiment. Thus, the descriptions will be omitted.
The deformed pressing member 60 includes an extension protrusion wheel 67 which extends upwardly of the outer periphery of the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 to be integrally formed with the coupling sill 64. The extension protrusion wheel 67 may serve as a guide to enable the elastic member 70 to easily be in place when the elastic member 70 is mounted on the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60.
In addition, a latching sill 58 may be further formed upwardly of the inner periphery of the latching sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60. After the elastic member 70 is mounted on the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60, the elastic member 70 is latched to the latching sill 68, so that the latching sill 68 prevents the elastic member 70 from being out of the place.
Since the structure of the contents dispensing pump according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the contents dispensing pump of the second embodiment except for the deformed pressing member 60, the details will be omitted. In addition, since the operation of the contents dispensing pump according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the contents dispensing pump according to the first embodiment, the details will be omitted.
Next, the contents dispensing pump according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in
The contents dispensing pump according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is coupled to a container 10 for containing contents therein and includes a valve body 20-2, a valve plate fixing member 30, a valve plate 40, a push button 50, a deformed pressing member 60 and an elastic member 70.
The valve body 20-2 and the valve plate fixing member 30 are the same as those of the contents dispensing pump according to the second embodiment and the valve plate 40, the push button 50, the deformed pressing member 60 and the elastic member 70 are the same as those of the contents dispensing pump according to the first embodiment. Thus, the descriptions will be omitted.
The deformed pressing member 60 is provided with a long extension protrusion wheel 69 which is integrally formed on an outer periphery of the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60 and has a height equal to that of the uppermost side surface of the deformed pressing member 60 to surround the entire elastic member 70.
The long extension protrusion wheel 69 prevents the elastic member 70 from being out of place and supplements the elastic operation of the elastic member 70 after the elastic member 70 is mounted on the coupling sill 64 of the deformed pressing member 60. That is, when the push button 50 is pushed, the elastic member 70 is compressed to generate elastic force. In this case, the long extension protrusion wheel 63 is also is compressed to generate elastic force.
Then, when the force pressing the push button 50 is removed, the elastic member 70 lifts the push button 50 due to the elastic force. In this case, the long extension protrusion wheel 63 lifts the push button 50 together with the elastic member 70 due to the elastic force.
Since the structure of the contents dispensing pump according to the fourth embodiment is the same as that of the contents dispensing pump of the second embodiment except for the deformed pressing member 60, the details will be omitted. In addition, since the operation, of the contents dispensing pump according to the fourth embodiment is the same as that, of the contents dispensing pump according to the first embodiment, the details will be omitted.
Next, the contents dispensing pump according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in
The contents dispensing pump is only for an illustrative purpose, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Thus, it should be understood that numerous other modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present invention and they will fall within the scope of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 10-2013-0069816 | Jun 2013 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/KR2013/005602 | 6/25/2013 | WO | 00 |
| Publishing Document | Publishing Date | Country | Kind |
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| WO2014/204034 | 12/24/2014 | WO | A |
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| 20160136670 A1 | May 2016 | US |
