CN1432512A

CN1432512A - Middle bolt of beverage container

Info

Publication number: CN1432512A
Application number: CN03100074A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 初本邦生; 后藤孝志
Original assignee: Thermos KK
Current assignee: Thermos KK
Priority date: 2002-01-18
Filing date: 2003-01-08
Publication date: 2003-07-30
Also published as: TWI298247B; JP2003212258A; CN1990354A; TW200302069A; JP3937428B2; CN100542905C; US20030136783A1

Abstract

The present invention provoded a inner stopper for drink container, which can make it possible to drink a drink in a drink container in a good condition regardless of drinking person, place or the temperature of the drink, and to make an inner stopper of the drink container free from getting rusty even if it is washed with water. A plug comprises a plug body serving as the plug of a container for holding beverage and a lid body. A hinge and a lock device are arranged opposing to each other. A lip portion protrudes from the top plate of the plug body. A liquid-passage hole is formed in the lip portion. The upper surface of the lip portion is made into a tapering shape that is highest at the lock device side and lowest at the hinge side. The resilient member that forces the lid body towards an opening direction protrudes from the top plate of the lid body. An air hole is set in the top plate of the plug body and the resilient member is set to vertically block the air hole when the lid body is closed.

Description

The middle bolt of beverage-container

Technical field

The invention relates to the sports drink container, carry middle bolt, and particularly promptly open and the direct middle bolt of the beverage-container of the intrinsic beverage of drinking container relevant for can one touching with various beverage-containers such as vacuum bottle or water bottles.

Background technology

The spy that the prior art of the middle bolt of beverage-container has disclosed as Japanese Patent Laid Open Publication opens flat 2001-149236 number.

This prior art possesses and has: be coated on tubular key on the upper opening of vessel, be with hinge and this key and can link and liquid thickly covers the lid that outpours mouthful of key top board with opening and closing, and keep the sliding type securing arrangement that this lid is a full-shut position.When the perisporium of the top of the key of opened lid that mouth is moved close to, the beverage in the beverage-container just capable of direct drinking.

Yet the upper perimeter wall of above-mentioned key is funnel-form down, and top board is positioned at its downside, when when having a drink tilt container, just spreads towards opening edge via the top perisporium by outpouring a mouthful beverage that flows out.And the inclination that the flow that comes only depends on vessel to be regulating by outpouring mouthful, thus when drinking person be the little child of mouth or when drinking in the place of taking vibrations such as the vehicle, beverage just has outside the outflow mouth and the possibility of the clothes of getting wet.

More, in securing arrangement, combination handlebar lid maintains the metal compression coil spring of full-shut position, be in vessel, to take off clean part after before use because of the middle bolt of beverage-container again, by the viewpoint of health, should do one's utmost the metalwork of avoiding the employing meeting to get rusty because of attachment of moisture.

For dealing with this problem, on key, be provided with spring tube or suction pipe with as sucking hole.But its any one neither be suitable for inhaling draw hot drink.

Again, open in flat 11-244158 number the spy of Japanese Patent Laid Open Publication and to expose, establish the barrel-contoured mouth of drinking in that the top board of key is prominent, and middle bolt be equiped with can lifting in drinking mouthful movable cap.Movable cap is risen drink mouth, and, just can drink the beverage in the vessel by being contained in the mouth drinking mouth and movable cap to open.Yet, this drinks mouthful its upper surface system and is vertical with the center shaft of drinking mouth, particularly when quantities of beverage in the vessel of desiring to drink few and during the occasion of container lean to level, drinking person need make face face upward and force the health palintrope being a kind of excessive attitude, and is not suitable for.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is that background is given birth to above-mentioned situation, its purpose is to provide a kind of middle bolt of beverage-container, when the intrinsic beverage of drinking person drinking container, no matter the temperature of beverage why, posture that all can its hobby is drunk, and washing can not got rusty yet, and is the middle bolt of the beverage-container of a health.

For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of middle bolt of beverage-container, comprising: a key, a lid, a securing arrangement.Key is coated on a upper opening of a vessel.Lid utilizes a hinge to be linked on the key in mode to be opened/closed, and lid is that one on the close top board that is covered in key of liquid outpours mouth.Securing arrangement is positioned on the opposite side of hinge, is full-shut position in order to keep lid.Outstandingly on the top board of key be provided with one and drink mouth, outpour the degree of lip-rounding and be formed in the inside of drinking mouthful, and a upper surface of drinking mouthful is cut in the securing arrangement side high and at low one skewed of hinge side.

The present invention more provides a kind of middle bolt of beverage-container, comprising: a key, a lid, a securing arrangement.Key is coated on a upper opening of a vessel.Lid utilizes a hinge to be linked on the key in mode to be opened/closed, and one on the close top board that is covered in key of lid liquid outpours mouth.Securing arrangement is full-shut position in order to keep lid.One barrel-contoured drinking mouthful is installed in above the top board of key in the rotating mode of Zhou Fangxiang, outpour the degree of lip-rounding and be formed in the inside of drinking mouthful, and a upper surface of drinking mouthful is cut into one skewed.

More, can also be equipped with the elastic component of a non-metal system, be connected to the opposing party, and when removing securing arrangement in order to elasticity when lid is full-shut position key and the lid side among both, to lid towards an evolution to the application of force.And, also can on the top board of key, be provided with an airport, and elastic component is located on the lid, and elastic component is located at the position in dead air hole when lid is full cut-off.What expect is that elastic component is with a direction dead air hole in vertical air hole.Again, can also make inside to elastic component and have a hollow blank part, freely come in and go out for air.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the I-I cross sectional drawing of Fig. 3 among the present invention the 1st embodiment;

Fig. 2 is the cross sectional drawing on the vacuum bottle top of the present invention the 1st embodiment;

Fig. 3 is the planar view of uncapping on the vacuum bottle top of the present invention the 1st embodiment; And

Fig. 4 wants the amplification profile diagram of portion for the vacuum bottle of the present invention the 2nd embodiment.

1: vacuum bottle (beverage-container of the present invention)

2: vessel

2a: inner core

2b: urceolus

3: middle bolt

4: adiabatic layer

5: key

5b: cylindrical portion

5c: top board

5d: drink mouth

5e: lead flank

5f: the upper surface of drinking mouthful 5d

5g: fixing rib

5h: installation ring

6: hinge

7: lid

7a: cylindrical portion

7b: top board

7c: fixing rib

7d: fixed plate

7e: two strands of wrists

7g: prominent circle portion

8: securing arrangement

10: cage knob

11: set collar

12: airport

13: cap

14: elastic component

16: outpour mouth

17: blank part

18: otch

20: drink mouth

20a: the upper surface of drinking mouth 20

L1: by leading the straight line that flank 5e and cage knob 10 are linked to be

L2: drink axle among mouthful 5d

L3: the perpendicular line of central axis L 2

L4: the axis of drinking mouth 20

L5: the perpendicular line of axis L4

θ 1, θ 2: angle

The specific embodiment

Following being applicable to detailed description according to drawing carried the embodiments of the invention of using vacuum bottle.

In Fig. 1～Fig. 3, vacuum bottle 1 comprises metal vessel 2 and is coated on the plastic middle bolt 3 of the upper opening of this vessel 2.Vessel 2 is an adiabatic dual structure, and the upper opening edge of its inner core 2a and urceolus 2b is bonded into one, and the space between inner core 2a and the urceolus 2b is the adiabatic layer 4 of vacuum.On the upper periphery of urceolus 2b, be formed with outside thread 2c to screw togather with middle bolt 3.

Middle bolt 3 comprises; Negative thread 5a screw togather to the outside thread 2c of urceolus 2b with the key 5 of the upper opening that is fixed on vessel 2, utilize hinge 6 to be linked to lid 7 on this key 5 in mode to be opened/closed, and be positioned at the securing arrangement 8 of hinge 6 opposite sides with the full-shut position of keeping lid 7.

Key 5 is one contrary bottom tube-like to be arranged, and it is around the top board 5c that is provided with covering container 2 upper openings above the cylindrical portion 5b of the upper periphery of urceolus 2b.On the sidepiece of tubular 5b, be provided with the cage knob 10 and the set collar 11 of seesaw type of the composition member of securing arrangement 8.And what be equipped with the composition member of drinking mouthful 5d and hinge 6 respectively on the sidepiece of top board 5c and other sidepiece leads flank 5e.More, also offer airport 12 between the flank 5e drinking mouthful 5d and lead, and drink mouthful 5d and airport 12 and be provided in by leading on the straight line L1 that flank 5e and cage knob 10 be linked to be.

Lid 7 is one contrary bottom tube-like to be arranged, has continuously to the cylindrical portion 7a of the cylindrical portion 5b upside of key 5, and the top board 7b above inaccessible this cylindrical portion 7a.And lid 7 forms in a side that is positioned at locking device 8 to high, and is low skewed in the side in addition that is positioned at hinge 6.Cylindrical portion 7a is equipped with the fixing rib 7c and the fixed plate 7d of the composition member of securing arrangement 8, and is formed with two gangs of wrist 7e that constitute hinge 6 and the maintenance pawl 7f that keeps the state of uncapping in other side on the one side.On the inboard of top board 7b, cap 13 and elastic component 14 are provided on the straight line L1 that the cage knob 10 of leading flank 5e and securing arrangement 8 by hinge 6 is linked to be.

Mentioned hinge 6, that utilizes that two gangs of wrist 7e of lid 7 clamp key 5 leads flank 5e, and hinge axis 15 inserted leads in wherein to constitute.Lid 7 utilizes this hinge 6 can be assembled to the top of key 5 with opening and closing.Aforementioned securing arrangement 8 is made up of the fixing rib 7c and the fixed plate 7d of the cage knob 10 of key 5, set collar 11, lid 7.Cage knob 10 is fixed on the fixed plate 7d that turns to the lid 7 that closes the position, and more, set collar 11 hangs on the fixing rib 7c, whereby to keep the full-shut position of lid 7.And, when the lid 7 of full-shut position is opened, take off the set collar 11 that hangs on the fixing rib 7c, be to close by the downside of giving as security cage knob 10 with what remove this cage knob 10 and fixed plate 7d, whereby, the elastic component 14 of the tool elastic force of lid 7 utilizations own is by the past direction of opening of the application of force.

Key 5 drink a mouthful 5d, from the thickness that top board 5c sucks with person suitable for drinking, prominent being set as has the slightly cylindric of the height that covered by lid 7, what there was a beverage its inside outpours mouthfuls 16.The upper surface 5f that drinks mouthful 5d is compared with being inclined at hinge 6 sides low angle 1 slightly with the central axis L 2 vertical line L3 that drink mouthful 5d, and and the top board 7b of lid 7 be slightly with angle, high and to be formed on securing arrangement 8 sides at low skewed of hinge 6 sides.Airport 12 is the inside of connection container body 2 and the exterior aperture of key 5, supply with the increase and decrease that is accompanied by beverage or amount discharge container body 2 in air, thereby drink mouthful 5d and can circulate well for beverage.

Drink mouthful 5d upper surface 5f its be positioned on the aforementioned perpendicular directional line L3 at the vertex of securing arrangement 8 sides and the nadir of hinge 6 sides, more, it is consistent that perpendicular directional line L3 is set as the aforementioned straight line L1 that is linked to be with cage knob 10 by securing arrangement 8.With this structure, to drink a mouthful 5d and be when closing bolt when covering with lid 7, the cap 13 of lid 7 can seamless unoccupied place sealed upper end face 5f, and beverage just can not spill.

And the angle of inclination 1 of upper surface 5f serve as suitably with the scopes of 5～30 degree, spends when following when being reduced to 5, drinking person is when having a drink, can feel burden for its posture, and when increasing to 30 degree when above, upper surface 5f can be the shape of quite giving prominence to and cause bad order.

The cap 13 of lid 7 forms the dome shape in big footpath also than the upper surface 5f that drinks mouthful 5d, and when lid 7 full cut-offs, cap 13 elasticity of lid 7 are connected to the upper surface 5f that drinks mouthful 5d, so that it liquid is thickly sealed.Elastic component 14 can replace to fall towards opening the known metallic spring of lid 7 power to the application of force, for the non-metal prepared material by the soft synthetic resin of silicon etc. or rubber etc. is formed with the round-ended cylinder shape, be installed on the lid 7 to be fitted to the cylindraceous prominent round 7g of portion of on the inner face of top board 7b, being equipped with upper opening.

The length setting of elastic component 14 becomes, in the rotation time point before omiting than lid 7 full close positions, its lower end touches the top board 5c of key 5, and when lid 7 full cut-offs, and elastic component 14 dwindles vertically so that its lower end edge vertical direction liquid dead air hole 12 thickly.Again, when utilizing securing arrangement 8 to remove the full-shut position of lids 7, elastic component 14 upholds vertically so that lid 7 past evolutions to flicking, and the lower end that makes elastic component 14 away from airport 12 with open air hole 12.The otch 18 and the external communications of the side of the blank part 17 in the elastic component 14 by being formed on the prominent 7g of circle portion are so that elastic component 14 can be accompanied by the switching of lid 7 and stretch well.

Leading on the flank 5e of key 5, be formed with a plurality of fixing rib 5g in the outside of locking the fixing apparatus side, utilize the releasing operation of securing arrangement 8, the calvus 7f of the top board 7b of the lid 7 that is flicked by elastic component 14, be fixed between the fixing rib 5g, lid 7 is maintained the above open position of 180 degree.

Present embodiment such as above-mentioned structure, adopt securing arrangement 8 the state of lid 7 full cut-offs under, cap 13 liquid thickly seal the upper surface 5f that drinks mouthful 5d, and with elastic component 14 liquid thickly sealing air hole 12 (Fig. 2).And, when removing securing arrangement 8, elastic component 14 lid 7 is flicked and towards the evolution of rotating hinge chain rivet 15 to the application of force, be to close to keep the top (Fig. 3) that is opened in key 5 towards the lid 7 of the side rotation of key 5 by calvus 7f and fixing rib 5g.

Therefore, when the beverage in the drinking container body 2, drinking mouthful 5d towards the drinking person side, and opening the opposition side of the lid 7 of state towards drinking person, make vessel 2 oblique toward the drinking person inclination by mouth closer being drunk a mouthful 5d simultaneously, the beverage in the vessel 2 just can be drunk mouthful 5d certainly and flow out (Fig. 1).

As present embodiment, drink mouthful 5d for from the outstanding tubular of the top board 5c of key 5 because make, even drinking person is the little child of mouth, or in the occasion of vibrations such as the vehicle of taking, when having a drink, do not have beverage flow yet and export outer and the trouble of the clothes of getting wet.Again, because drink the pattern that mouthful 5d is not suction pipe or tubulose, cold or warm beverage is all suitable.

More, when the 5f position, upper surface of drinking mouthful 5d was being drunk on the vertical line L 3 of central axis L 2 of mouthful 5d, when the beverage of desiring to drink as Fig. 1 in horizontal direction bevelled vessel 2, drinking person did not need to be facing upward on the face reluctantly the attitude of health palintrope.Because present embodiment drink a mouthful 5d, its upper surface 5f is inclined at hinge side low angle 1 slightly compared with vertical line L 3, drinking person does not need with excessive posture as long as lifting angle 1 on bottom part of vessel 2 beverage is flowed out like a cork.Therefore, the occasion that reduces for the beverage in the vessel 2 is effective especially.

And, replace known metallic spring, and with the elastic component 14 of the non-metal system of soft synthetic resin or rubber etc. towards the direction application of force of opening lid 7, so even in cleaning, got wet by water during bolt 3 grades and also can not get rusty, unusual health.More by elastic component 14 being located at lid 7 sides, on key 5, there is not protrusion not, so when drinking, do not have the uncomfortable situation of running into nose etc.And,, can reduce the part number to reduce manufacturing cost because utilize this elastic component 14 dead air holes 12.Again, because of elastic component 14 is to be located at airport 12 is vertical direction, so dead air hole 12 that can be certain.

More, there is what elastic component 14 was made inner tool blank part 17 the end cylindric, air in the blank part 17 is is freely come in and gone out toward outside by the otch 18 of the prominent 7g of circle portion, so, elastic component 14 can be accompanied by the switching of lid 7 and stretch well, can keep lid 7 towards evolution to the application of force, and can keep dead air hole 12 for a long time.

For the upper surface 5f that drinks mouthful 5d, because it is in the vertex of securing arrangement 8 sides and the nadir of hinge 6 sides, be positioned on the straight line L1 that the cage knob 10 of itself and securing arrangement 8 is linked to be, when closing lid 7, can produce towards power perpendicular to upper surface 5f from cap 13, thereby can the close upper surface 5f of seamless unoccupied place liquid, hereat there is not the possibility that beverage spills.

Fig. 4 is the 2nd embodiment of the present invention, itself and the 1st embodiment with shape drink mouthfuls 20 and key 5 separately form, this is drunk mouthfuls 20 and installation ring 5h at the top board 5c that is based in key 5 with the rotating mode embedding of Zhou Fangxiang.

Drink mouthfuls 20 upper surface 20a, from by installation ring 5h and drink mouthfuls 20 the vertical line L5 of axis L4 and cut angle 2.Drinking person can be with this upper surface 20a towards the Zhou Fangxiang of its hobby and drink comfortablely.

And, in the present invention, can also be located at the key side towards evolution to the elastic component of the application of force to lid.In the foregoing embodiments, though for utilizing elastic component to clog the airport of key, yet beverage-container also can not had an airport.More, even beverage-container has airport, also unnecessary the qualification utilizes elastic component that airport is clogged.Though it is interior void person is made in the elastic component expectation, also harmless as if making solid person.In addition, also can freely be provided in the straight line place in addition that is linked to be by hinge and securing arrangement to elastic component.

The invention effect

As described above, for the middle bolt of beverage-container of the present invention, even drinking person is The child that mouth is little, or in the occasion of taking vehicles vibration, when having a drink, do not have drink Materials flow has mouth outward and the trouble of the clothes of getting wet. And, because drinking mouth is not suction pipe or tube type Formula person, the beverage of cold-peace temperature is all suitable. More, by the upper surface of drinking mouth being made the locking dress Put the side height and the low squint shape of hinge side, can drink easily the beverage in the vessel.

And, because replace to fall known metal-made spring, and with soft synthetic resin or rubber Deng the elastic component of nonmetal system to lid towards evolution to the application of force, in cleaning in the bolt etc. Can not get rusty because being stained with water, considerably health yet. When elastic component is located at the lid side, On key, just do not have protrusion not, hereat when drinking, just do not have and run into nose etc. no Suitable situation.

More, utilize elastic component dead air hole, can reduce the parts peculiar number, thereby can lower Manufacturing cost. Again, elastic component vertically arranges with respect to airport, positively dead air The hole. And hollow is made so that inner air is is freely come in and gone out in the inside of elastic component, thereby bullet The property member can be accompanied by the switching of lid and well flexible, so can keep well flicking lid And the function in dead air hole. Again, drinking mouth and key separately form, and this drinking mouth just can The mode that Zhou Fangxiang rotates is mounted on the top board of key, thereby drinking person can be skewed being cut into The upper surface drink towards the direction of its hobby comfortablely.

Claims

1. the middle bolt of a beverage-container is characterized in that it comprises:

One key is coated on a upper opening of a vessel;

One lid utilizes a hinge to be linked on this key in mode to be opened/closed, and one on the close top board that is covered in this key of this lid liquid outpours mouth; And

One securing arrangement is positioned on the opposite side of this hinge, and it is kept this lid and is full-shut position,

Wherein be provided with one and drink mouth in that this of this key is outstanding above top board, this outpours the degree of lip-rounding and is formed in the inside that this is drunk mouthful, and this upper surface of drinking mouthful is cut in this securing arrangement side high and at low one skewed of this hinge side.

2. the middle bolt of a beverage-container is characterized in that it comprises:

One key is coated on a vessel one upper opening;

One securing arrangement, it is kept this lid and is full-shut position,

Wherein, one barrel-contoured drink mouthful be installed in this key in the rotating mode of Zhou Fangxiang this above top board, this outpours the degree of lip-rounding and is formed in the inside that this is drunk mouthful, and this upper surface of drinking mouthful is cut into one skewed.

3. the middle bolt of beverage-container as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, be equipped with the elastic component of a non-metal system this key and this lid side among both, elasticity was connected to the opposing party when it was full-shut position when this lid, and when removing this securing arrangement, to this lid towards an evolution to the application of force.

4. the middle bolt of beverage-container as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, is provided with an airport on this top board of this key, and this elastic component is located on this lid, and this elastic component is located at the position of inaccessible this airport when this lid is full cut-off.

5. the middle bolt of beverage-container as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, this elastic component is with inaccessible this airport of a direction of vertical this airport.

6. the middle bolt of beverage-container as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, the inside of this elastic component has a hollow blank part, for air this blank part of freely coming in and going out.

7. the middle bolt of beverage-container as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the inside of this elastic component has a hollow blank part, for air this blank part of freely coming in and going out.

8. the middle bolt of beverage-container as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, the inside of this elastic component has a hollow blank part, for air this blank part of freely coming in and going out.