Patent ID: 7165701

Claim:
A droplet nozzle for use in eye drop container, comprising: a top portion which is shaped like a dome, which projects in the same direction as an opening of said container, and which is provided with a plurality of liquid-medicine passages formed at an outer periphery thereof in a direction of an axis thereof; an intermediate portion which is molded integral with said top portion and formed at a foot thereof on the same axis thereof in a shape of a hollow cylinder; and a draining portion which is formed at a top of said intermediate portion and which is in a form of a step or an edge; wherein: the diameter of said draining portion is larger than the maximum outside diameter of said top portion, the maximum outside diameter of said top portion being the diameter at a lower end thereof; a plurality of orifices, which open at places closest to the axis of said top portion, are provided at lower ends of said plurality of liquid-medicine passages respectively, the cross-sectional area of each orifice being smaller than that of each liquid-medicine passage; and the lower end of each of said plurality of liquid-medicine passages is communicated with said opening of said container via each of said plurality of orifices and the interior of said intermediate portion.