CN109809031B - Novel cover capable of storing powder and liquid - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a novel cover capable of storing powder and liquid, which comprises a lower cover, wherein an upper cover is clamped in the lower cover, a plurality of exhaust grooves are uniformly formed in the inner wall of the lower cover, two auxiliary rings are fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the upper cover, a sealing ring is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the upper cover, a sealing groove and two clamping grooves are annularly formed in the inner wall of the lower cover, the sealing groove is clamped with the sealing ring, the two clamping grooves are respectively clamped with the two auxiliary rings, the central area of the upper cover is provided with an arched thin-wall elastic pressure head, the central part of the thin-wall elastic pressure head is provided with a pressing point with a thicker local wall thickness, and the bottom of the thin-wall elastic pressure head is provided with a guide cylinder which extends downwards. The bottle cap has ingenious structure, can completely flow powder or liquid in the bottle cap body into solution, is convenient to use, can be drunk at any time, meets the rapid life rhythm of modern people, has low cost and has very wide application prospect.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of bottle caps, in particular to a novel cap capable of storing powder and liquid.
Background
The beverage is a liquid for people or livestock to drink, is a product which is quantitatively packaged for direct drinking or is brewed or infused with water according to a certain proportion, has the ethanol content (mass component) of not more than 0.5 percent, can be classified into a beverage thick paste or a solid form, and has the functions of quenching thirst, providing nutrition or refreshing.
The existing bottle cap beverage can change a bottle of common beverage into functional beverage, because of unique and novel drinking method, the impression of people on traditional beverage is overturned, so that the beverage attracts the eyes of many young people, the bottle cap beverage is actually equivalent to instant beverage, common mineral water is changed into functional beverage by releasing the built-in instant powder into water, but the bottle cap in the existing bottle cap beverage is complex, meanwhile, powder in the bottle cap cannot completely flow into the solution, and the taste is bad, so that we propose a novel powder cap for solving the problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the defects in the prior art and provides a novel cover capable of storing powder and liquid.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:
The utility model provides a novel can store lid of powder and liquid, includes the lower cover, the upper cover is equipped with to the card in the lower cover, evenly offered a plurality of exhaust grooves on the inner wall of lower cover, the fixed cover in the outside of upper cover is equipped with two auxiliary rings, the fixed cover in the outside of upper cover is equipped with the sealing ring, annular on the inner wall of lower cover has offered seal groove and two draw-in grooves, seal groove and sealing ring looks cartridge, two draw-in grooves respectively with two auxiliary rings looks cartridge, the central zone of upper cover is established to arched thin wall elastic pressure head, and the central part of thin wall elastic pressure head is equipped with the thicker pressing point of local wall thickness, the bottom of thin wall elastic pressure head is equipped with the guide cylinder that stretches out downwards, the fixed a plurality of triangle-shaped strengthening ribs that are provided with on the inner wall of lower cover, the fixed barrier film that is provided with on the inner wall of lower cover, the barrier film is located the bottom of triangle-shaped strengthening rib, be equipped with the mouth district on the barrier film, the fixed guide post that has placed on the central point of mouth district, guide cylinder and guide post that cooperate, guide post and guide post are realized to tear.
Preferably, the lower cover or the upper cover is a polypropylene cover made of elastic polypropylene material.
Preferably, the wall thickness of the elastic area of the thin-wall elastic pressure head is between 0.5mm and 0.7mm, and the wall thickness of the tearing area is between 0.3mm and 0.4 mm.
Preferably, the outer side of the lower cover is annularly provided with a plurality of strip patterns.
Preferably, the middle position of the bottom of the tearing area on the lower cover is in an arched state, and the thickness of the isolating film is 0.5mm-0.7mm.
Preferably, the cavity between the upper cover and the lower cover is in a sealed state, so that a certain volume of powder and liquid can be stored.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
when the bottle cap body is assembled, powder or liquid is filled into the tearing area on the lower cover, then the lower cover and the upper cover are clamped, the sealing ring has the function of sealing the powder or the liquid, the powder or the liquid is prevented from being wetted, and meanwhile, the auxiliary ring can prevent the upper cover from shaking;
When powder or liquid in the cover and solution in the container are required to be mixed, the thin-wall elastic pressure head is pressed at the moment, the guide column is pressed by the guide cylinder to drive the isolation film to move downwards, and under the traction of the triangular reinforcing ribs, the pressure is concentrated on the tearing area of the isolation film, so that the isolation film is broken along the shape of the tearing area; after the isolating film is broken, the powder or liquid stored in the upper cover and the lower cover can fall down to mix with the liquid in the container.
The bottle cap has ingenious structure, can completely flow powder or liquid in the bottle cap body into solution, is convenient to use, can be drunk at any time, meets the rapid life rhythm of modern people, has low cost and has very wide application prospect.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of a novel powder and liquid storable lid of the present invention with its upper and lower covers separated;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the combination of the upper and lower covers of a novel powder and liquid storable cover in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of part A of a novel powder and liquid storable cap in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the lower cover of the novel powder and liquid storable cover in accordance with the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic three-dimensional view of the lower cover of the novel powder and liquid storable cover according to the present invention.
In the figure: 1 lower cover, 2 upper cover, 3 exhaust groove, 4 auxiliary ring, 5 sealing ring, 6 thin wall elastic pressure head, 7 pressing point, 8 bar pattern, 9 barrier film, 10 triangle reinforcing rib, 11 tear area, 12 guide column, 13 guide cylinder, 14 draw-in groove, 15 seal groove.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments.
Referring to figures 1-5, a novel cover capable of storing powder and liquid comprises a lower cover 1, wherein an upper cover 2 is clamped in the lower cover 1, a plurality of exhaust grooves 3 are uniformly formed in the inner wall of the lower cover 1, two auxiliary rings 4 are fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the upper cover 2, a sealing ring 5 is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the upper cover 2, a sealing groove 15 and two clamping grooves 14 are annularly formed in the inner wall of the lower cover 1, the sealing groove 15 is clamped with the sealing ring 5, the two clamping grooves 14 are respectively clamped with the two auxiliary rings 4, the central area of the upper cover 2 is provided with an arched thin-wall elastic pressure head 6, the central part of the thin-wall elastic pressure head 6 is provided with a pressing point 7 with thicker local wall thickness, the bottom of the thin-wall elastic pressure head 6 is provided with a guide cylinder 13 which stretches downwards, a plurality of triangular reinforcing ribs 10 are annularly fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the lower cover 1, a separation membrane 9 is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the lower cover 1, the isolating film 9 is positioned at the bottom of the triangular reinforcing rib 10, the isolating film 9 is provided with a tearing area 11, a guide cylinder 13 fixedly provided with a guide post 12 is arranged at the center of the tearing area 11 and matched with the guide post 12, when the bottle cap body is assembled, powder or liquid is firstly filled into the tearing area 11 on the lower cover, then the lower cover 1 is clamped with the upper cover 2, the sealing ring 5 plays a role in sealing the powder or liquid, the powder or liquid is prevented from being damped, meanwhile, the auxiliary ring 4 can prevent the upper cover from shaking, when the powder or liquid in the cover is required to be mixed with a solution in a container, the thin-wall elastic pressure head 6 is pressed at the moment, the guide cylinder is pressed to drive the isolating film 9 to move downwards, under the traction of the triangular reinforcing rib 10, the pressure can be concentrated on the tearing area 11 of the isolating film 9, thereby causing the release film 9 to break along the shape of the tear region 11; after the isolating film 9 is broken, the powder or liquid stored in the upper cover and the lower cover can fall down to be mixed with the liquid in the container, the invention has smart structure, can completely flow the powder or liquid in the bottle cap body into the solution, is convenient to use, can be drunk at any time, meets the rapid life rhythm of modern people, has low cost and has very wide application prospect.
In the invention, the lower cover 1 or the upper cover 2 is a polypropylene cover made of elastic polypropylene, the wall thickness of an elastic area of the thin-wall elastic pressure head 6 is between 0.5mm and 0.7mm, the wall thickness of a tearing area 11 is between 0.3mm and 0.4mm, a plurality of strip-shaped patterns 8 are annularly arranged on the outer side of the lower cover 1, the middle position of the bottom of the tearing area 11 on the lower cover 1 is in a cambered state, the thickness of a separation film 9 is between 0.5mm and 0.7mm, a cavity between the upper cover 2 and the lower cover 1 is in a sealing state, a consumer can trigger the tearing area 11 of the lower cover 1 to be broken by pressing the thin-wall elastic pressure head 6, so that powder or liquid in the cavity in the upper cover and the lower cover falls into a corresponding container cavity, when the bottle cap body is assembled, powder or liquid is filled into the tearing opening area 11 on the lower cover, then the lower cover 1 is clamped with the upper cover 2, the sealing ring 5 has the function of sealing the powder or liquid, the powder or liquid is prevented from being damped, meanwhile, the auxiliary ring 4 can prevent the upper cover from shaking, when the powder or liquid in the cover is required to be mixed with a solution in a container, the thin-wall elastic pressure head 6 is pressed, the guide cylinder is pressed to drive the isolation film 9 to move downwards, and under the traction of the triangular reinforcing ribs 10, the pressure is concentrated on the tearing opening area 11 of the isolation film 9, so that the isolation film 9 is broken along the shape of the tearing opening area 11; after the isolating film 9 is broken, the powder or liquid stored in the upper cover and the lower cover can fall down to be mixed with the liquid in the container, the invention has smart structure, can completely flow the powder or liquid in the bottle cap body into the solution, is convenient to use, can be drunk at any time, meets the rapid life rhythm of modern people, has low cost and has very wide application prospect.
Working principle: when the bottle cap body is assembled, firstly powder or liquid is filled into the tearing area 11 on the lower cover 1, then the lower cover 1 is clamped with the upper cover 2, and the exhaust groove 3 is convenient for exhausting gas when the upper cover 2 is assembled, the lower cover 1 is clamped with the upper cover 2 to ensure that the sealing ring 5 and the sealing groove 15 are clamped, the sealing ring 5 plays a role in sealing the powder to prevent the powder or the liquid from being wetted, meanwhile, the auxiliary ring 4 is clamped with the clamping groove 21 to further prevent the upper cover 2 from shaking, when the powder or the liquid in the cover is required to be mixed with a solution in the container, the thin-wall elastic pressure head 6 is pressed at the moment to push the guide cylinder 13 to move downwards, and the guide cylinder 13 is matched with the guide cylinder 12, so that the guide cylinder 13 is not deviated when being pressed, the tearing area 11 can be broken under the action of stress, the powder or the liquid is leaked into the container from the broken position of the tearing area 11 to be mixed with the solution in the container, and the use is convenient.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art, who is within the scope of the present invention, should make equivalent substitutions or modifications according to the technical scheme of the present invention and the inventive concept thereof, and should be covered by the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a novel cover capable of storing powder and liquid, includes lower cover (1), a serial communication port, upper cover (2) are equipped with to the card in lower cover (1), evenly offered a plurality of exhaust grooves (3) on the inner wall of lower cover (1), the fixed cover in the outside of upper cover (2) is equipped with two auxiliary rings (4), the fixed cover in the outside of upper cover (2) is equipped with sealing ring (5), sealing groove (15) and two draw-in grooves (14) have been seted up to the annular on the inner wall of lower cover (1), sealing groove (15) and sealing ring (5) looks cartridge, two draw-in grooves (14) respectively with two auxiliary rings (4) looks cartridge, the central zone of upper cover (2) is established to arched thin wall elastic pressure head (6), and the central part of thin wall elastic pressure head (6) is equipped with pressing point (7), the bottom of thin wall elastic pressure head (6) is equipped with guide cylinder (13) that stretches out downwards, the annular is fixed on the inner wall of lower cover (1) is provided with a plurality of triangle-shaped strengthening rib (10), the fixed in the inner wall of lower cover (1) has sealing groove (15) and two auxiliary rings (4) to clamp mutually, two draw-in grooves (14) are equipped with, the sealing rib (9) are located on the fixed position of the inner wall (9) of sealing rib (9) in the same place, the fixed position of sealing rib (9) on the inner wall (9) is equipped with the sealing rib (9), the guide cylinder (13) is matched with the guide column (12);
the lower cover (1) or the upper cover (2) is a polypropylene cover;
the wall thickness of the elastic area of the thin-wall elastic pressure head (6) is between 0.5mm and 0.7mm, and the wall thickness of the tearing area (11) is between 0.3mm and 0.4 mm;
the outer side of the lower cover (1) is annularly provided with a plurality of strip patterns (8);
the middle position of the bottom of the tearing area (11) on the lower cover (1) is in an arch state, and the thickness of the isolating film (9) is 0.5mm-0.7mm;
the upper cover (2) is fixedly connected with the lower cover (1), and a closed cavity is formed in the middle.
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