JP4817221B2 - Container with lid - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container with a lid, in particular, a cup-shaped container suitable for storing various beverages.

  As a container for juices such as juice, a container with a lid in which a peripheral wall suspended from the top wall of the lid body is fitted to the upper outer surface of the peripheral wall of the wide-mouthed container with an upper opening is widely used. It is troublesome to remove the lid from the container and place it on the table each time when drinking a drink several times while eating.

  Therefore, of the lid of the container with the seed lid, a folding line extending in the left-right direction at the center of the top of the lid, and a separation extending from both ends of the folding line to the lower end of the rear wall of the lid peripheral wall via the top wall rear edge. Forming a lid portion at a portion surrounded by a line, breaking the separation line, and locking the tip end portion of the lid portion folded forward about the folding line to the front edge portion of the top wall There has been proposed one that is formed so as to be formed so that the empty space after the lid portion is folded is used as a drinking mouth (Patent Document 1).

In addition, in order to be able to select the way of drinking with the mouth as described above and the way of drinking using a straw, the folding line is crossed between the left and right ends of the top wall of the lid body of the container with the lid body. And a through-hole for inserting a straw formed in the front wall of the top wall, pierced from the both ends of the folding line to the lower end of the peripheral wall of the lid body, and positioned symmetrically in the longitudinal direction with respect to the folding line, There is also known one provided with a locking projection standing from the rear portion of the top wall (Patent Document 2).
Japanese Utility Model Sho 56-100300 Actual Kosho 60-18363

  In recent years, it has been practiced that a container with a lid containing a sports drink is carried in a bag, and the drink is taken during exercise or at a break.

  However, since the container of both the above-mentioned patent documents has a structure in which a part of the lid body top wall is folded open by breaking the tear line formed in the top wall or the peripheral wall of the lid body, the tear line is broken. If the container is tilted after that, the content liquid may leak from the broken portion, so it is not suitable for carrying in a bag or the like.

  Moreover, in both of these documents, it is configured to drink a beverage with a mouth on the container body or using a straw, but if you try to drink a beverage with a mouth directly on the container body during exercise, There is a possibility that this beverage may jump out of the drinking mouth, and it is troublesome to attach the straw to the container body when the body is fatigued due to exercise.

  The present invention can be carried without spilling the contents, and in order to be able to take out liquid from the container with a simple operation even when exercising, etc. A cover having a capped cylinder and a nozzle insertion hole to be fitted to the outer surface of the nozzle is fitted on the upper surface of the lid, and the nozzle is liquid-tightly fitted into the covered cylinder. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device that is detachably fitted to the outer surface of the lid body 10 so that a state in which the nozzle is inserted into the nozzle insertion hole can be selected.

The first means is to fit the lid body 10 erected from the top surface of the top wall 20 to the upper part of the container body 2,
A cover 30 including a top plate 32 covering the upper surface of the lid 10 and an outer peripheral portion 34 detachably fitted to the outer surface of the lid 10 is provided,
A top cover cylinder 38 and a nozzle insertion hole 42 are formed on the top plate 32 of the cover so as to be liquid-tightly fitted to the outer surface of the nozzle 22, and the cover cylinder rises from the top plate. In addition, the nozzle insertion hole is a part of the top plate,
When the cover 30 is fitted to the outer surface of the lid body, the cover 22 is liquid-tightly fitted into the covering cylinder 38, and the nozzle 22 is inserted into the nozzle insertion hole 42. The state can be selected.

  The “cover” is for covering the upper surface of the lid, and has a shape capable of covering at least the upper surface of the lid from the outer surface of the nozzle of the lid, as in the second means described later. This cover has a covering cylinder that liquid-tightly closes the nozzle end surface and a nozzle insertion hole, and has a nozzle fitting state in the covering cylinder and a nozzle fitting state in the nozzle insertion cylinder. It is possible to select. As an operation for switching between the two states, it is desirable to remove the cover from the lid body, rotate the cover from a position corresponding to one of the two states to a position corresponding to the other, and refit. However, as the above switching operation, the cover can be reversed so that it can be re-fitted to the upper surface of the lid.

The second means is to fit the lid 10 erected from the top surface of the top wall 20 to the upper part of the container body 2,
A cover 30 including a top plate 32 covering the upper surface of the lid 10 and an outer peripheral portion 34 detachably fitted to the outer surface of the lid 10 is provided,
A top cover cylinder 38 and a nozzle insertion hole 42 are formed on the top plate 32 of the cover so as to be liquid-tightly fitted to the outer surface of the nozzle 22, and the cover cylinder rises from the top plate. In addition, the nozzle insertion hole is a part of the top plate,
Further, each planar view shape of the fitting portion of the cover 30 and the fitted portion of the lid body 10 is rotationally symmetric with respect to the central axis A, and the covering cylinder 38 with respect to the central axis A The nozzle insertion hole 42 is disposed at a rotationally symmetric position.

    In this specification, “rotation symmetry” means “a property that does not change even if a single figure is moved around a certain axis by a certain angle”, and “rotation symmetry” means that the center axis is A shape that matches the original shape when rotated around at least half a turn. Naturally, a circular shape that does not change even if rotated by an arbitrary angle is a regular N-gon shape (where N is an integer of 3 or more) that does not change even if rotated by (360 / N) °, or does not change even if rotated by 180 degrees. It can be an ellipse, oval, rectangle or the like. In this case, the longitudinal direction such as an ellipse may be the front-rear direction.

  “The shape of the cover fitting portion in plan view” refers to the contour when the inner surface of the cover is fitted to the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the lid when the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion is seen through from above. To do. The central axis means the figure center of each shape.

  The “nozzle insertion hole” is preferably formed to a size that allows the nozzle to be fitted so as not to rattle.

  The third means includes the second means, and the top plate of the cover cylinder 38 when the cover is attached to the cover 10 on the inner surface of the outer periphery 34 of the cover 30 and the outer surface of the cover peripheral wall 12. 40. First and second engaging means 16 and 36 are formed to be fitted to each other when the upper end surface of the nozzle 22 abuts against the back surface.

The fourth means includes the second means or the third means, and the cover 30 has the covering cylinder 38 and the nozzle insertion hole 42 disposed at 180 ° symmetrical positions with respect to the central axis A. is doing.

The invention according to the first means has the following effects.
In the container of the present invention, when drinking a beverage, the cover 30 is removed from the upper surface of the lid 10 and the nozzle 22 is detached from the cover cylinder 38 of the cover 30, and the nozzle 22 is fitted into the nozzle insertion hole 42. The operation is simple.
○ The cover 30 is provided separately from the lid body 10 as a closing means for the nozzle 22, and the liquid content leaks from the fractured portion of the lid body as in the above-mentioned patent document, where a part of the lid body is broken and the spout is opened. It is suitable for carrying because there is nothing.

  According to the invention relating to the second means, the design requirements of the cover 30 and the lid body 10 include that each fitting portion and the fitting portion each have a plan view shape of a circle, an ellipse, a regular polygon, etc. For example, the design variation is widened such that the top wall of the lid is raised in a dome shape.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, when the cover 30 is fitted to the upper surface of the lid body 10, when the upper end surface of the nozzle 22 comes into liquid-tight contact with the back surface of the top plate 40 of the covering cylinder 38. Since the first and second engaging means 16 and 36 are provided so as to be fitted to each other, the sealing performance of the nozzle upper end can be reliably ensured by fitting the cover 30 until there is a response to the fitting. it can.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, since the cover 30 has the covering cylinder 38 and the nozzle insertion hole 42 arranged at a 180 ° symmetrical position with respect to the central axis A, the nozzle is placed in the nozzle insertion hole 42. The covering cylinder 38 of the cover 30 can be most separated from the nozzle 22 when the nozzle 22 is inserted, and the covering cylinder does not get in the way when the mouth is attached to the nozzle 22 to suck the contents.

  1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention.

  The container according to the present invention is formed by the container body 2, the lid body 10 and the cover 30.

  The container body 2 is a bottomed cylindrical shape and has a wide-walled peripheral wall 4.

  The lid 10 has a peripheral wall 12 depending from the outer edge of the top wall 20, and the lid peripheral wall 12 is screwed into the upper outer surface of the container peripheral wall 4 in a liquid-tight manner. In the illustrated example, a large-diameter peripheral wall lower half 12b is suspended from the lower end of the upper half 12a of the peripheral wall 12 via a flange 14, and this lower half is fitted to the upper end of the container peripheral wall 4 is doing. Further, a ridge that is the first engaging means 16 is provided around the outer surface of the upper half 12a of the peripheral wall. Note that the lid body 10 of the present embodiment is formed in a circular shape when viewed from above.

  The top wall 20 of this embodiment is raised as a whole in a dome shape, more precisely, a dome shape that is a rotating body with respect to the central axis A, and a nozzle 22 having an upper surface opening is erected from the front portion of the top wall. ing. However, unlike the illustrated example, the top wall may be formed flat. In addition, the illustrated nozzle 22 is formed in a cylindrical shape, but may have any shape as long as it can be attached to and detached from the nozzle outer surface of a cover tube described later.

  The cover 30 hangs from the periphery of the dome-shaped top plate 32 corresponding to the lid top wall 20 from a short cylindrical wall that is the cover outer peripheral portion 34, and this cylindrical wall is attached to the outer peripheral surface upper half portion 12a of the lid 10 It is fitted in a liquid-tight manner. Further, a rib which is the second engaging means 36 is provided around the inner surface of the cylindrical wall, and the first engaging means 16 is engageable with the lower surface of the rib.

  Further, a crested cover tube 38 is erected from the front portion of the top plate 32. The inner surface of the covering cylinder is shaped so as to be in close contact with the outer surface of the nozzle 22, and the second engaging means 36 is fitted to the lower surface of the first engaging means 16 to cover the inner surface. The nozzle 38 has such a length that the tip surface of the nozzle 22 abuts against the back surface of the top plate 40 of the cylinder 38 in a liquid-tight manner.

  Further, a nozzle insertion hole 42 having a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the nozzle 22 is formed in the rear portion of the top plate 32.

    The covering cylinder 38 and the nozzle insertion hole 42 are provided at positions 180 degrees rotationally symmetric with respect to the central axis A of the lid 10. However, when the shape of the lid 10 in a plan view is a circle, the positional relationship between the covering cylinder 38 and the nozzle insertion hole 42 is not limited to 180 degrees, and may be arbitrarily set (for example, 90 degrees symmetrical position or 120 degrees symmetrical position). ) Can be set.

  According to the above configuration, in the state shown in FIG. 1, the lid 10 seals the upper opening of the container body 2 and the back surface of the covering cylinder 38 liquid-tightly seals the upper end opening of the nozzle 22. Will not leak. From the state shown in FIG. 1, when the cover 30 is pulled up as shown by an arrow in FIG. 3, rotated 180 degrees as shown in FIG. 4, and re-fitted, the nozzle 22 is inserted into the nozzle insertion hole 42 as shown in FIG. When inserted, the contents can be sucked from the nozzle 22. When drinking is finished, the procedure shown in FIG. 5 to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the cover 30 is turned upside down and attached to the upper surface of the lid body 10 so that the nozzle 22 is liquid-tightly fitted into the covering cylinder 38 and the nozzle 22 is inserted into the nozzle insertion hole 42. It is configured such that the inserted state can be selected. In this case, the nozzle insertion hole 42 and the covering cylinder 38 are arranged in a line-symmetrical positional relationship in the front-rear direction with respect to the symmetry axis passing through the center O of the lid top wall in the left-right direction. The lid top wall and the cover top plate 32 are each formed flat. In addition, the top wall portion below the nozzle insertion hole 42 is depressed to form a covering cylinder housing recess 24. This configuration has an advantage that when the beverage is drunk through the nozzle 22, the cover tube 38 is incorporated into the cover tube storage recess 24, so that it does not get in the way.

    Reference numeral 44 denotes an engagement rib that stands up from the outer edge of the top surface of the top plate 32 of the cover 30 and is formed so that it can be fitted to the cover peripheral wall 12 when the cover is turned over.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the container with a lid concerning the present invention. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the container in an exploded state. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a process of opening the container. It is explanatory drawing which shows the next process of FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of completion of the opening operation of the container. FIG. 5 is a plan view of a container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... container body 4 ... peripheral wall
10 ... Lid 12 ... Peripheral wall 12a ... Same as the upper half 12b ... Same as the lower half 14 ... Buttocks
16 ... first engaging means 20 ... top wall 22 ... nozzle 24 ... covering cylinder housing recess
30 ... Cover 32 ... Top plate 34 ... Outer peripheral part 36 ... Second engagement means 38 ... Covering cylinder
40 ... Top plate 42 ... Nozzle insertion hole 44 ... Engaging rib A ... Center axis O ... Center point

Claims (4)

The lid (10) that erects the nozzle (22) from the upper surface of the top wall (20) is fitted to the upper part of the container (2), and
A cover (30) including a top plate (32) covering the upper surface of the lid (10) and an outer peripheral portion (34) detachably fitted to the outer surface of the lid (10) is provided.
On the top plate (32) of this cover, a top cover tube (38) and a nozzle insertion hole (42) for liquid-tight fitting to the outer surface of the nozzle (22) are formed apart from each other, and the above The covering cylinder stands from the top plate and the nozzle insertion hole is formed by drilling a part of the top plate .
The cover (30) is in a state in which the nozzle (22) is liquid-tightly fitted into the cover tube (38) when the outer periphery of the cover is fitted to the outer surface of the lid, and the nozzle insertion hole (42 A container with a lid, which is configured to be able to select a state in which the nozzle (22) is inserted into the nozzle. The lid (10) that erects the nozzle (22) from the upper surface of the top wall (20) is fitted to the upper part of the container (2), and
A cover (30) including a top plate (32) covering the upper surface of the lid (10) and an outer peripheral portion (34) detachably fitted to the outer surface of the lid (10) is provided.
The top plate of the cover (32) to form a nozzle (22) Kutsugaego tube Yu top for fitting in a liquid tight manner to the outer surface (38) and the nozzle insertion hole (42), said Kutsugaego barrel top While standing up from the plate, the nozzle insertion hole is made by drilling a part of the top plate,
And each planar view shape of the fitting part of the cover (30) and the fitted part of the lid (10) is rotationally symmetric with respect to the central axis (A), and the central axis (A) On the other hand, a container with a lid, wherein the covering cylinder (38) and the nozzle insertion hole (42) are arranged at rotationally symmetric positions.   When the cover is attached to the lid (10) on the outer peripheral portion (34) inner surface and the outer peripheral wall (12) outer surface of the cover (30), the nozzle is applied to the back surface of the top plate (40) of the covering cylinder (38). (22) The container with a lid according to claim 2, characterized in that first and second engaging means (16, 36) are formed to be fitted to each other when the upper end surface hits.   The said cover (30) has arrange | positioned the covering cylinder (38) and the nozzle insertion hole (42) in the 180 degree | times symmetrical position with respect to the said central axis (A), The Claims 2 thru | or Claims characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. A container with a lid according to 3.