Patent ID: 7878360

Claim:
A container for storing and injecting a liquid sealant for sealing and closing a puncture hole of a pneumatic tire, comprising: a container body having an interior space for storing the sealant, and a lid securing portion in which opens an outlet for discharging the sealant to outside; an outer lid member having an interior through which extends a sealant path for allowing passage of the sealant therethrough, the outer lid member being connected to the lid securing portion and communicating the sealant path with the interior space of the container body through the outlet; an inner lid member press-fitted into the outlet and maintained in a closure position for tightly closing the outlet, the inner lid member being forced from the closure position into inside of the sealant path, by at least one of a pressure of the sealant stored in the container body and a pressure of a gas above the sealant; a connector member that connects the inner lid member to one of the lid securing portion and the outer lid member so as to be movable from the closure position to the interior of the sealant path, and limits a movement of the inner lid member toward downstream side, after it has been forced from the closure position into the inside of the sealant path; and a plunger member arranged in the interior space of the container body, for dividing the interior space of the container body into a liquid chamber portion filled with the sealant, and a gas chamber portion to be supplied with compressed gas from outside, the plunger member being movable in an injecting direction thereby increasing a volume of the gas chamber portion while decreasing a volume of the liquid chamber portion, wherein the connector member comprises: a rod-like cord portion with an outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the outlet, the cord portion having one end coupled to the inner lid member, and the other end inserted into the interior space of the container body, and a rod-like anchor portion with a total length that is larger than the inner diameter of the outlet, the anchor portion having a longitudinally intermediate region that is fixedly secured to said the other end of the cord portion so as to be retained in the interior space of the container body.