JP2002179146A - Drink container with drinking straw - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drink container with a drinking straw, in which the drinking straw is stored in advance and which is inexpensive and convenient for use. SOLUTION: A drinking straw constitution member is disposed in a mouthed container main body formed of a flexible film material into a hollow shape. The drinking straw constitution member is composed of an outer straw and an inner straw. The outer straw is formed of a material having a relatively high rigidity as compared with the container main body, and one of the ends thereof is fixed to a mouth of the container main body, while the other end thereof is positioned apart from a bottom of the container main body in the vicinity of the bottom thereof. The inner straw is inserted into the outer straw in such a manner as to be slidable in the lengthwise direction of the outer straw, and one of the ends of the inner straw is located substantially in the same position as the one end of the outer straw, while the other end of the inner straw is projected from the other end of the outer straw toward the bottom of the container main body. A cap for closing the mouth of the container main body can be formed integrally therewith. A predetermined separating portion, such as a perforation line or a score line, for separating the cap from the mouth can be formed between the cap and the mouth.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a beverage container. More particularly, the invention relates to a beverage container in which a straw is contained inside the container body. The present invention
The present invention is suitable for applying to a beverage container which has been pre-filled with a beverage and sold, but it is also possible to apply to a type of container in which a user puts a beverage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Drinking straws are distributed separately from beverages sold in a container-filled form. Each time, there is the inconvenience that the straw must be taken out of the storage place and used. Also, in a beverage container in which a user puts a beverage and uses it, it is inconvenient for the user that the container and the straw are separate.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage container with a straw, which is inexpensive and easy to use, with a straw contained in the beverage container in advance.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, a straw construct is disposed in a container body having a mouth and formed in a hollow shape by a flexible film material. The straw structure is composed of an outer straw and an inner straw. In a preferred embodiment, the outer straw is formed of a material that is relatively rigid compared to the container body, one end of which is fixed to the mouth of the container body and the other end is located near the bottom of the container body and away from the bottom. I do. The inner straw is slidably inserted in the outer straw in the length direction,
One end is located at substantially the same position as the one end of the outer straw, and the other end protrudes from the other end of the outer straw toward the bottom of the container body. In one aspect of the present invention, the outer straw is fixed to the mouth of the container body via a plug member fixed near one end.

[0005] A cap for closing the mouth can be formed integrally with the container body. In this case, a perforation or a score line for separating the cap is provided between the cap and the mouth. Etc. can be formed. In the case of this embodiment, the container main body is provided with a beverage filling port other than the mouth, and seals the beverage filling port after filling the beverage. The beverage filling port can be formed by the bottom of the container body, and the bottom can be sealed after filling the beverage.

The one end of the inner straw can be provided with a removable cap. Also, the inner straw
A bellows-like bent portion can be provided at a position away from the one end. In the present invention, the container body is preferably formed of a transparent resin material, but may be formed of another material.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, these figures show a beverage container body 1 according to the present invention before it is filled with beverage. Referring to FIG. 3 showing a cross section, the container body 1 includes front and rear wall sheets 2 and 3 and a pair of side wall sheets 4 and 5. Each sheet 2, 3,
Reference numerals 4 and 5 are formed of a flexible transparent material such as polyethylene or polypropylene, and the edges are overlapped and joined by heat sealing to form the hollow bag-like container body 1.
In the figure, reference numeral 6 denotes a heat seal joint.

As shown in FIG. 1, the container body 1 has a bottle neck-shaped mouth portion 7. The mouth 7 is heat-sealed with the sheet 4 sandwiched between the sheets 2 and 3 at one edge.
The edge on the other side is formed into a shape having a passage 8 at the center by heat-sealing the sheet 4 between the sheets 2 and 3. The end of the mouth 7 is sealed by a cap 9 formed by heat sealing. In order to separate the cap portion 9 from the mouth portion 7 so that the mouth portion 7 can be opened, a portion 10 to be separated such as a perforation or a score line is formed between the cap portion 9 and the mouth portion 7. The shape around the mouth of the container body 1 is shown in FIG.

In the interior of the container body 1, a straw construct 1
1 is arranged. The straw structure 11 includes an outer straw 12 and an inner straw 13 fitted in the outer straw 12 so as to be slidable in the length direction. One end of the inner straw 13 is closed by a cap 14. One end of the inner straw 13 and one end of the outer straw 12 are connected to the container body 1.
The one end of the outer straw 12 is fixed to the mouth 7 of the container body 1 by a suitable bonding means such as heat sealing.

The outer straw 12 is formed to have higher rigidity than the sheets 2, 3, 4, 5 of the container body 1. The inner straw 13 has a longer dimension than the outer straw 12. It is desirable that the length of the inner straw 13 is about 10 to 15 mm longer than that of the outer straw 12 and protrudes from the end of the outer straw 12 by this dimension. Further, it is desirable that the inner straw 13 has a bellows-like elastic portion 15 at a position away from one end.

In the state shown in FIG.
6 is open. The beverage is filled with the container body 1 in an inverted state, and then the lower part of the container body 1 is sealed with a sheet seal 1.
Seal with 7. In this state, the beverage-filled container with a straw is distributed and sold. The container in the beverage filled state is shown in FIGS.

[0012] The customer who has purchased the beverage-filled container with a straw first cuts off the cap portion 10 along the predetermined line 10 so that the end of the straw structure 11 is exposed. In this state, when the container is set up on a flat table 18 such as a table as shown in FIG. 8, the container body 1 is bent downward by the weight of the beverage inside, and as a result, the inner straw 13 is pushed up by the table 18. Being, inner straw 1
The upper end of the outer straw 3 projects from the upper end of the outer straw 12. Here, the cap 14 is removed, and as shown in FIG. 9, the inner straw 13 can be pulled out to drink the beverage inside the container. Even if the container is not placed on the flat table 18, the upper end of the inner straw 13 protrudes from the upper end of the outer straw 12 by simply grasping the bottom of the container main body 1 by hand or pressing the lower end of the inner straw 13 from the bottom of the container main body 1. Can be done.

This container can be manufactured at a lower cost than PET bottles and paper packs. By making the inner straw 13 of the bellows type, it is convenient to drink the internal beverage, and even if the sick person or the like is sleeping, the beverage can be drunk without spilling.

The beverage container with a straw according to the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment in which the beverage is filled in advance, but may be implemented in a form in which a user uses the beverage. In this case, if the mouth 7 of the container body 1 is formed in a bottle neck shape with a thread, for example, which is frequently used in the mouth portion of a bottle, and a cap with a screw is attached to the mouth portion of the bottle neck shape. Good. Then, in order to make it possible to inject the beverage, for example, as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 7, an inlet 19 with a screw cap may be provided.

FIG. 10 is a front view of an upper portion of a container showing another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a cylindrical plug member 20 made of a hard plastic material is fixed to the outer straw 12 of the straw structure. The plug member 20 is adhered to the mouth member 7 of the container body 1 when manufacturing the container. In other respects, it has the same configuration as the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a front view showing a beverage container with a straw according to an embodiment of the present invention before filling the beverage, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view showing details of a mouth.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the container shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the container shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing around a mouth of the container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the container shown in FIG. 1 in a state after filling the beverage.

6 is a plan view of the container shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the container shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing an opened state of the container shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a side view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a front view of an upper portion of a container showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container main body, 2 ... Rear wall sheet, 3 ... Front wall sheet, 4, 5 ... Side wall sheet, 6 ... Heat seal part, 7 ... Mouth part, 11 ... .Straw structure, 12
... Outer straw, 13 ... Inner straw, 14 ...
cap,

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A container body formed of a flexible film material in a hollow shape having a mouth, and a straw structure disposed in the container body, wherein the straw structure includes an outer straw and an inner straw. The outer straw is formed of a material having relatively rigidity compared to the container main body, one end of the outer straw is fixed to the mouth of the container main body, and the other end of the container main body is The inner straw is located away from the bottom near the bottom, the inner straw is slidably inserted in the outer straw in the length direction, and one end is located at substantially the same position as the one end of the outer straw, and the other end. Projecting from the other end of the outer straw toward the bottom of the container main body, and pressing the other end of the inner straw from the outside of the container main body to thereby press the one end of the inner straw. From the end of Kigai straw now it is protruded outward, with straw beverage container, characterized in that. 2. A container body formed of a flexible film material in a hollow shape having a mouth portion, and a straw component disposed in the container body, wherein the straw component includes an outer straw and an inner straw. The outer straw is formed of a material having relatively rigidity compared to the container main body, one end of the outer straw is fixed to the mouth of the container main body, and the other end of the container main body is The inner straw is located away from the bottom near the bottom, the inner straw is slidably inserted in the outer straw in the length direction, one end is located at substantially the same position as the one end of the outer straw, and the other end is provided. Projecting from the other end of the outer straw toward the bottom of the container body, the container body is integrally formed with a cap portion that closes the mouth, and the cap and the mouth are A separation scheduled portion for separating the cap portion is formed between the container body, the container body includes a beverage filling port other than the mouth portion, and the beverage filling port is sealed after filling the beverage, A beverage with a straw, wherein the other end of the inner straw can be pushed outward from the one end of the outer straw by pushing the other end of the inner straw from outside the container body. container. 3. A container body formed of a flexible film material in a hollow shape having a mouth portion, and a straw component disposed in the container body, wherein the straw component includes an outer straw and an inner straw. The outer straw is fixed to the mouth of the container body via a plug member fixed near one end, and the other end of the outer straw is separated from the bottom near the bottom of the container body. The inner straw is slidably inserted in the outer straw in the longitudinal direction, one end is located at substantially the same position as the one end of the outer straw, and the other end is the other end of the outer straw. The other end of the inner straw protrudes from the end in the direction of the bottom of the container main body, and the other end of the inner straw is pushed from the outside of the container main body to connect the one end of the inner straw to the one end of the outer straw. It began to be protruded outward, with straw beverage container, characterized in that. 4. A container body formed of a flexible film material in a hollow shape having a mouth and having a mouth, and a straw structure disposed in the container body, wherein the straw structure includes an outer straw and an inner straw. The outer straw is formed of a material having relatively rigidity as compared with the container main body, and the outer straw is connected to the mouth of the container main body via a plug member fixed near one end thereof. , The other end is located near the bottom of the container body and away from the bottom, the inner straw is slidably inserted in the outer straw in the length direction, and one end of the outer straw is It is located at substantially the same position as the one end, the other end protrudes from the other end of the outer straw toward the bottom of the container main body, and the container main body has a cap portion for closing the mouth. Is formed between the cap portion and the mouth portion, a portion to be cut off for separating the cap portion is formed, the container body includes a beverage filling port other than the mouth portion, The beverage filling port is sealed after filling, and the one end of the inner straw can be projected outward from the one end of the outer straw by pushing the other end of the inner straw from outside the container body. A beverage container with a straw characterized in that: 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
The beverage container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the one end of the inner straw is provided with a removable cap. 6. Any one of claims 1 to 5
The beverage container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the inner straw is provided with a bellows-like bent portion at a position away from the one end. 7. One of claims 1 to 6
The beverage container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the container body is formed of a transparent resin material.