Patent ID: 8007480
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A61F,A61J,B65D

Abstract:
1. An eye dropper comprising a squeeze bottle having a mouth piece at a mouth thereof, a tube having an open end installed at the mouth of the squeeze bottle and having a hole that provides a flow passage for liquid content contained in the squeeze bottle, an outlet portion of a substantially bottomed tubular shape or a substantially bowl like shape welded onto an outer surface of the tube and having an outlet orifice disposed at the bottom thereof, a valve element support portion of substantially cylindrical shape connected to a downstream end of the tube to be secured in said outlet portion and having a distal end exposed through the outlet orifice to an outside of the outlet portion, a valve element made of an elastic material that is secured in said outlet portion with a distal end thereof being exposed through the outlet orifice to the outside of the outlet portion, and a plug secured on an inner surface of the tube in the outlet portion side with respect to the open end thereof that makes contact with the mouth piece of said squeeze bottle so as to close a clearance between the outlet portion and the squeeze bottle when the tube is installed on the squeeze bottle, wherein the distal end of the valve element makes contact with the valve element support portion so as to close the outlet orifice when there is no liquid pressure applied thereto from a side of the squeeze bottle, and deforms so as to form a flow passage between the distal end and the valve element support portion when subjected to liquid pressure applied thereto from the side of the squeeze bottle, and a flow passage is formed between the plug and the mouth piece of the squeeze bottle by screwing or fitting the tube onto the squeeze bottle, or loosening a screw engagement or fitting of the tube and the squeeze bottle.