Capped container

Abstract

A capped container is provided, which maintains, by a simple fastening structure, like a conventional one, sufficient sealability inside and prevents contents from leaking outside an opening of a container body when opening while fastening a cap and a container, and also prevents the leakage, even when an expected large force is applied to the cap in an opening direction. Included are the container body with outer screws on an outer peripheral surface of a head section, and the cap with inner screws threadedly engaged therewith on an inner peripheral surface, placed on and removed from the head section of the container body by screw-fitting. Provided are a first fastening means by clickstop including a cap-side annular projection interengaged with the cap on the container body, and a second fastening means by clickstop including pluralities of container body- and cap-side projections on the container body and in the cap, respectively.

Claims

1. A capped container comprising: a container body that has outer screws formed on an outer peripheral surface in a head section; and a cap that has inner screws to be threadedly engaged with the outer screws, formed on an inner peripheral surface, and is placed on the head section of the container body by screw-fitting and removed therefrom, wherein an opening end in the head section of the container body closely contacts a top inner surface of the cap when the cap is placed on the head section of the container body, the inner screws formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap are inward multiple thread screws arranged at a predetermined distance and angle, the outer screws to be threadedly engaged with the inner screws, formed on the outer peripheral surface of the head section of the container body, are formed by upper and lower two-stage outward multiple thread screws arranged at a predetermined distance and angle in accordance with the inward multiple thread screws, the inward multiple thread screws being formed adjacent to each other on an inner surface of the cap when the cap is placed on the head section of the container body, threadedly engaged, at a clamping position, with the upper and lower outward multiple thread screws formed on an outer surface of the head section of the container body, and guided to a first fitting position, the inward multiple thread screws, which have been formed on the inner surface of the cap and closely clamp the upper and lower outward multiple thread screws formed on the outer surface of the head section of the container body when additionally screwing and fastening the cap, climb over the lower outward multiple thread screws and are guided to a second fitting position closely clamped between the upper and lower outward multiple thread screws that have been clamped, and the capped container further includes: a first fastening means including a container body-side annular projection that is projected toward a top section rather than in a terminal end section of the outer screws formed on the outer peripheral surface of the head section of the container body, and a cap-side annular projection, which is projected toward a top section rather than in a terminal end of a top section side of the inner screws formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap, can be climbed over by the container body-side annular projection, and is interengaged therewith at the first fitting position of the container body, when threadedly engaged with and placed on the head section of the container body at the first fitting position; and a second fastening means including a plurality of container body-side projections that are projected radially each other through a predetermined gap section toward a bottom section rather than in the terminal end section of the lower outward screws on the outer peripheral surface of the head section of the container body, and at a length within the range of the cap when the cap is placed, and a plurality of cap-side projections, top surfaces of which are arranged, through a gap section of the container body-side projections, toward bottoms rather than on bottom surfaces of the container body-side projections projected on the outer peripheral surface of the head section, when the cap is placed at the first fitting position on an inner peripheral surface of an opening end of the cap, and are pressed and held overlapping each other on the bottom surfaces of the container body-side projections, when the cap is threadedly engaged with and placed on the head section of the container body at the second fitting position through the gap section.

2. The capped container according to claim 1, wherein an inner ring, which abuts on an inside surface along an opening end of a head section of a container body when a cap is placed on the head section of the container body, and clamps and supports a vicinity of the opening end section thereof between itself and the inside surface of the cap, is formed on a top inner surface of the cap.

3. The capped container according to claim 1, wherein a circular flange, which has an outer shape along an edge of an opening end of the cap placed, is projected toward a bottom surface of container body-side projections on an outer periphery of the container body.

4. A capped container comprising: a container body that has outer screws formed on an outer peripheral surface in a head section; and a cap that has inner screws to be threadedly engaged with the outer screws, formed on an inner peripheral surface, and is placed on the head section of the container body by screw-fitting and removed therefrom, wherein an opening end in the head section of the container body closely contacts a top inner surface of the cap when the cap is placed on the head section of the container body, the inner screws formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap are inward multiple thread screws arranged at a predetermined distance and angle, the outer screws to be threadedly engaged with the inner screws, formed on the outer peripheral surface of the head section of the container body, are formed by upper and lower two-stage outward multiple thread screws arranged at a predetermined distance and angle in accordance with the inward multiple thread screws, the inward multiple thread screws being formed adjacent to each other on an inner surface of the cap when the cap is placed on the head section of the container body, threadedly engaged, at a clamping position, with the upper and lower outward multiple thread screws formed on an outer surface of the head section of the container body, and guided to a first fitting position, the inward multiple thread screws, which have been formed on the inner surface of the cap and closely clamp the upper and lower outward multiple thread screws formed on the outer surface of the head section of the container body when additionally screwing and fastening the cap, climb over the lower outward multiple thread screws and are guided to a second fitting position closely clamped between the upper and lower outward multiple thread screws that have been clamped.

5. The capped container according to claim 4, wherein an inner ring, which abuts on an inside surface along an opening end of a head section of a container body when a cap is placed on the head section of the container body, and clamps and supports a vicinity of the opening end section thereof between itself and the inside surface of the cap, is formed on a top inner surface of the cap.

6. The capped container according to claim 4, wherein a circular flange, which has an outer shape along an edge of an opening end of the cap placed, is projected toward a bottom surface of container body-side projections on an outer periphery of the container body.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b) are front and sectional views of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

(2) FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are illustrative views of the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b).

(3) FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cap in the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b).

(4) FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a usage state of a container body and the cap in the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b).

(5) FIGS. 5(a) to 5(c) are illustrative views of a different embodiment of the present invention.

(6) FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b) are front and sectional views of a conventional example.

(7) FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a usage state of a container body and a cap in the conventional example illustrated in FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b).

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

(8) A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail.

(9) FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b) illustrate the preferred embodiment of the present invention. A basic configuration includes, as with a capped container in the related art, a container body 1 which has a bottom, a top surface opened, and outer screws 12 formed on an outer peripheral surface 111 of a head section 11, and a cap 2 which has inner screws 22 to be threadedly engaged with the outer screws 12, screwed and fastened on an inner peripheral surface 21, and is placed and removed by screw-fitting, wherein an opening end 112 of the head section 11 of the container body 1 closely contacts a top inner surface 24 of the cap 2, when the cap 2 is placed on the head section 11 of the container body 1.

(10) The inner screws 22 formed on the inner peripheral surface 21 of the cap 2 are inward multiple thread screws 221 . . . 221 arranged at predetermined distance and angle with six arranged at equal distances, for example. The outer screws 12 to be threadedly engaged with the inner screws 22, formed on the outer peripheral surface 111 in the head section 11 of the container body 1, are arranged in accordance with the inward multiple thread screws 221 radiated at an angle of 60 around a central axis by upper and lower two-stage outward multiple thread screws 121 and 122 in pairs, which are installed at a distance in accordance with the width of the inward multiple thread screws 221 and at the same angle as the inward multiple thread screws 221 in the container body 1, and within the arrangement distance of the inward multiple thread screws 221 . . . 221 in the container body 1. A pair of inward multiple thread screws 221, formed adjacent to each other on the inner peripheral surface 21 of the cap 2 when the cap is placed on the head section 11 of the container body 1, is threadedly engaged, at a clamping position, with the pair of upper and lower outward multiple thread screws 121 and 122 formed on the outer peripheral surface 111 of the head section 11 of the container body 1, and guided to a first fitting position (state illustrated in FIG. 2(a)).

(11) In the present embodiment, each of the inward multiple thread screws 221 . . . 221, which have been formed on the inner peripheral surface 21 of the cap 2 and closely clamp the upper and lower outward multiple thread screws 121 and 122 formed on the outer peripheral surface 111 of the head section 11 of the container body 1 when additionally screwing and fastening the cap 2, climbs over each of the clamped lower outward multiple thread screws 122 . . . 122 and is guided to a second fitting position closely clamped between the clamped outward multiple thread screws 121 and 122 that are vertically arranged (state illustrated in FIG. 2(b)).

(12) Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a first fastening means 3 achieving a clickstop is formed, where a container body-side annular projection 13 is projected toward a top section rather than in a terminal end section of the outward multiple thread screws 121, which are outer screws 12 that have been formed on the outer peripheral surface 111 of the head section 11 of the container body 1, and a cap-side annular projection 23, which can be climbed over by the container body-side annular projection 13 and is interengaged therewith, when the cap 2 is threadedly engaged with and placed on the head section 11 of the container body 1 at the first fitting position, is projected toward a top section rather than in a terminal end of the top section side of the inner screws 22 formed on the inner peripheral surface 21 of the cap 2 (see FIG. 3).

(13) In addition, a second fastening means 4 achieving a clickstop is included, which includes a plurality of container body-side projections 15 and a plurality of cap-side projections 25. The container body-side projections, which have a length within the range of the cap 2 when the cap 2 is placed, are projected radially each other in a circumferential direction through a predetermined gap section 14 toward a bottom section rather than in a terminal end section of each of the lower outward screws 122 which form the outer screws 12 on the outer peripheral surface 111 of the head section 11 of the container body 1, and at a predetermined distance from each other. Top surfaces 251 of the cap-side projections are arranged, through the gap section 14 of the container body-side projections 15, toward bottoms rather than on bottom surfaces 151 of the container body-side projections 15 projected on the outer peripheral surface 111 of the head section 11 of the container body 1 when the cap 2 is placed at the first fitting position on the inner peripheral surface 21 of an opening end of the cap 2, and are pressed and held overlapping each other on the bottom surfaces 151 of the container body-side projections 15, when the cap 2 is fastened, and threadedly engaged and placed at the second fitting position.

(14) In the present embodiment, as for outer screws 12 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the head section 11 of the container body 1, six outer screws are formed, radiating at an angle of 30 from the central axis. However, two sets of those outer screws 12, opposed to each other, are formed by the pair of upper and lower outward multiple thread screws 121 and 122, and another pair of outer screws 12 and 12 opposed to each other is formed by one outward multiple thread screw 123 and 123 arranged at the same height as the upper outward multiple thread screws 121. As a result, stiffness in rotation when fastening and opening the cap 2 is adjusted, and the cap 2 can be opened and closed with a modest rotating torque.

(15) Particularly, in the present embodiment, as for outer screws 12 formed by one outward multiple thread screw 123 and 123, when a fastening position of the cap 2 is at the time of the first fastening, a bottom surface of an inner screw 22 formed on the inner peripheral surface 21 of the cap 2 closely contacts a top surface of the outward multiple thread screw 123, and at the second fastening position, a top surface of a next inner screw 22 moving to a side adjacent to the inner screw 22 closely contacts a bottom surface of the outward multiple thread screw 123, which fits, as with the set of upper and lower outward multiple thread screws 121 and 122, into the inner screw 22 and reliably fastens the cap 2 to the container body 1.

(16) Additionally, in the present embodiment, in a top section of the inner peripheral surface 21 of the cap 2, an inner ring 5 is formed, which abuts on an inside surface along the opening end 112 of the head section 11 of the container body 1 when the cap 2 is placed on the head section 11 of the container body 1, and clamps and supports a vicinity of the opening end 112 of the head section 11 of the container body between itself and the inside surface of the cap. Therefore, the sealing performance is also superior.

(17) As described above, the present embodiment makes it possible to open and close the cap with less rotation basically by using multiple thread screws with a large lead angle, instead of single thread screws, as a means for fastening the cap 2 to the head section 11 of the container body 1, and is extremely efficient and appropriate for housing an object such as a specimen that needs to be stored by promptly opening and closing the cap 2.

(18) Moreover, with the configuration where the cap 2 is fastened in two stages including the first fastening means 3 and the second fastening means 4, each of which demonstrates a click feeling with sound and touch, reliable fastening can be achieved and leakage by forgetting to close the cap 2 can be prevented.

(19) Furthermore, FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) illustrate a different embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5(c) illustrates the preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b) or FIG. 4. The different embodiment of the present invention, illustrated in FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b), is that a flange 6, which has an outer shape along an edge of an opening end of the placed cap 2, is projected toward bottom surfaces of container body-side proj ections on an outer peripheral surface 111 of a container body 1. Particularly in a case, for example, where other capped containers arranged vertically vibrate vertically during transportation, for example, even when portion of the cap 2 is pushed upward by an expected large force, or even when the whole capped container is pushed upward, a force in an opening direction does not act on the cap 2. Therefore, the cap 2 can be surely prevented from opening by an impact during transportation or storage.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

(20) 1 Container body 2 Cap 3 First fastening means 4 Second fastening means 5 Inner ring 6 Flange 11 Head section 12 Outer screw 13 Container body-side annular projection 14 Gap section 15 Container body-side projection 21 Inner peripheral surface 22 Inner screw 23 Cap-side annular projection 24 Top inner surface 25 Cap-side projection 111 Outer peripheral surface 112 Opening end 121 Outward multiple thread screw 122 Outward multiple thread screw 123 Outward multiple thread screw 221 Inward multiple thread screw