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Cream-state fluid container

Assignee: Lion Corp
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Filing: 1984-01-04
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Granted: 1986-01-21
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Expires: 2004-01-04
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Abstract

Abstract A cream-state fluid container having a body capable of being reduced in interior volume by evacuating the interior thereof in negative pressure, a head mounted at the top of the body and having a pushbutton and a filling port, a pump unit internally mounted in the head and operated by the pushbutton of the head for discharging the content of the body to the filling port of the head, the pump unit having a valve mechanism including a suction valve and a discharge valve in such a manner that a valve body is seated on a cylindrical valve seat formed in the head, a pressure chamber formed in a space from the valve mechanism at the position above the valve mechanism, and an elastic cap capable of being elastically deformed by depressing the cap by the pushbutton. Thus, the wasteful loss of cream-state liquid can be eliminated in discharging the liquid from the container.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kenichi Nakanishi
  • 👤 Hideo Ogita
  • 👤 Tadao Saito
  • 👤 Riichi Ogawa

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 18:55
CPC Classifications
B; B67; B67D; B67D7/00; B67D7/02; B67D7/0205; B05; B05B; B05B11/00; B05B11/01; B05B11/02; B05B11/028; B05B11/10; B05B11/1028; B05B11/1032

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim 387 words
A cream-state fluid container comprising: a body capable of being reduced in interior volume by evacuating the interior thereof in negative pressure, a head mounted at the top of said body and having a pushbutton and a filling port, a pump unit internally mounted in said head and operated by the pushbutton of said head for discharging the content of said body to the filling port of said head, said pump unit having a valve mechanism including a suction valve and a discharge valve in such a manner that a valve body is seated on a cylindrical valve seat formed in said head, a pressure chamber formed in a space from said valve mechanism at the position above said valve mechanism, and an elastic cap capable of being elastically deformed by depressing said cap by said pushbutton, said valve mechanism further comprising a dish-shaped lower base plate engaged fixedly with the peripheral wall of said head from the mimimum-diameter portion of said body, a cylindrical valve seat erected to communicated with said body at the rear part of the base plate, an upper base plate arranged in engagement with a frame and a plate member on the base plate in such a manner that the frame is engaged with the peripheral wall in said head and the plate member is perforated with a through hole formed corresponding to the valve seat of the base plate at the rear part thereof, and another cylindrical valve seat having a size of substantially 1/2 of the valve seat in the length in communication with the upper part thereof at the front part thereof and depending downwardly at the front part thereof for supporting the base of a valve body formed of a soft synthetic resin (or rubber) with the both base plates wherein the former base has two small cylinders aligned in parallel with each other and engaged with the outer peripheries of the both valve seats as well as both valves are respectively disposed on the both seats in the shape of cantilever at the end faces of the both seats and wherein a suction valve is formed at one side and a discharge valve is formed at the other, and a space formed between the base plates is formed to communicate as a discharge passage with the port.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 387 words
A cream-state fluid container comprising: a body capable of being reduced in interior volume by evacuating the interior thereof in negative pressure, a head mounted at the top of said body and having a pushbutton and a filling port, a pump unit internally mounted in said head and operated by the pushbutton of said head for discharging the content of said body to the filling port of said head, said pump unit having a valve mechanism including a suction valve and a discharge valve in such a manner that a valve body is seated on a cylindrical valve seat formed in said head, a pressure chamber formed in a space from said valve mechanism at the position above said valve mechanism, and an elastic cap capable of being elastically deformed by depressing said cap by said pushbutton, said valve mechanism further comprising a dish-shaped lower base plate engaged fixedly with the peripheral wall of said head from the mimimum-diameter portion of said body, a cylindrical valve seat erected to communicated with said body at the rear part of the base plate, an upper base plate arranged in engagement with a frame and a plate member on the base plate in such a manner that the frame is engaged with the peripheral wall in said head and the plate member is perforated with a through hole formed corresponding to the valve seat of the base plate at the rear part thereof, and another cylindrical valve seat having a size of substantially 1/2 of the valve seat in the length in communication with the upper part thereof at the front part thereof and depending downwardly at the front part thereof for supporting the base of a valve body formed of a soft synthetic resin (or rubber) with the both base plates wherein the former base has two small cylinders aligned in parallel with each other and engaged with the outer peripheries of the both valve seats as well as both valves are respectively disposed on the both seats in the shape of cantilever at the end faces of the both seats and wherein a suction valve is formed at one side and a discharge valve is formed at the other, and a space formed between the base plates is formed to communicate as a discharge passage with the port.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 41 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein said body is reduced in three steps in diameter at the top thereof and formed with a valve mechanism seat of plate shape crossing the inside of the upper minimum-diameter portion thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 70 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein an elevationally movable bottom member is arranged at the lower end of said body, said bottom member is swelled down in three steps upwardly at the center thereof in the shape corresponding to the top of said body, formed circumferentially with upward and downward skirts at the lower periphery thereof and fluidtightly and slidably engaged via said skirts within said body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein said head is engaged with the outer periphery of the upper end minimum-diameter portion of said body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein said filling port is formed with an opening at the front surface of the peripheral wall of said head.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 58 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein said pushbutton is substantailly retarded at the upper end of the peripheral wall thereof, opened with window hole at the rear thereof, and notched from the front part thereof to the top wall to communicated at the front end thereof with the lower part of the peripheral wall thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 35 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein said pushbutton is formed in hinge shape in a thin shape at the front end thereof, and capable of being downwardly slidably moved by said hinge.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 26 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein said pushbutton is depended with a pressing piece for depressing said cap on the inner surface thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 70 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein said elastic cap is formed in a semispherical shape of soft synthetic resin (or rubber), interposed at the peripheral edge between the base plate of the valve mechanism and the inner surface of the peripheral wall of said head, and contacted at the top with the lower surface of the pressing piece of said pushbutton, thereby forming therein a pressure chamber.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 24 words
The cream-state sluid container according to claim 1, wherein said body is detachably engaged at the upper middle-diameter portion thereof with a head cover.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 28 words
The cream-state fluid container according to claim 1, wherein said filling port is engaged removably with a plug, and projected with a plug piece at the part thereof.

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