CN1022030C - A container for expelling beverages through a straw - Google Patents

Abstract

A container for discharging a beverage through a straw, the container including an opening portion with one or more tangent lines extending radially from the opening portion. The area of the opening, which is smaller than the straw, provides an outlet for the container.

Description

Beverage container with novel dispensing means

The present invention relates to a kind of beverage of discharging, container as fruit juice etc., have the inlet that can allow suction pipe insert on this container, say more specifically that this drinking container has can allow suction pipe insert integrated complete inlet device in the container, this inlet device provides suitable discharge orifice for container.

People find dixie cup already, can be made by the compound of which floor paper, fabric, plastics or other materials and above-mentioned material to the greatest extent as the container of fruit juice etc.The container cost of making like this is relatively low, but is subjected to the client and welcomes.This container is usually in the ingate of surface thereof to the circle of looking younger, and the aperture is covered by the aluminium foil that links to each other with container or other flaky materials.Beverage is discharged in container via suction pipe, and suction pipe removably is positioned on the container usually.During use suction pipe is taken off from container, the end of suction pipe is that an inclined-plane forms a tip, can be used to the cladded material on the punctured hole and it is extruded.Suction pipe just can insert in the container and use in due form.The problem that this tank capacity produces is that the limit wall of container is softer comparatively speaking because the character of the material of making containers is decided.So when a people was holding pocket and breaks the aperture cover with suction pipe, limit wall that just can squeeze receptacle made and produces a kind of malleation in the container unintentionally.In addition, also can produce pressure in the container during container filling or when excessively being heated.When the result inserted suction pipe, liquid just can spray from ingate and/or container.Another problem that said vesse produces is that the diameter of circular suction pipe is identical with the diameter of ingate usually, so suction pipe one inserts, forms a kind of sealing state between suction pipe and wall of container.This sealing state has stoped in the air admission container when causing with suction pipe the beverage sucking-off.Produce a kind of negative pressure as a result in the container, finally force container before its liquid of adorning is discharged fully, to subside or send loud, high-pitched sound when stopping to suck liquid.

In view of the above-mentioned disadvantage that prior art exists, the present invention aims to provide a kind of drinking container, has the inlet device that makes its opening on this container, with the suction pipe logotype beverage is discharged, and beverage can not spray when suction pipe inserts at first.

Another object of the present invention aims to provide a kind of drinking container with inlet device, thereby container subsides when this inlet device allows entering of air to prevent that beverage from discharging in the beverage discharge process.

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of container that is easy to make, and its packing is attractive again.Other purposes of the present invention and advantage will become more obvious by the following description of this invention.In brief, a kind of drinking container of design-calculated comprises an osed top container body according to the present invention, and this container has an end face, has inlet device and inlet closure to guarantee with the air-tightness that keeps container that the beverage of adorning in the container is unlikely on this end face and degenerates too early.

Inlet device preferably is made of two parts: an opening portion, its overall specifications substantially should be littler than corresponding suction pipe, extends some lines of cut around opening portion, works with opening portion one, form the sheet of opening when suction pipe inserts container, beverage just can be discharged from suction pipe.

Accompanying drawing 1 is the transparent view of the drinking container of prior art;

Accompanying drawing 2 is the cutaway drawing of container when inserting suction pipe among Fig. 1;

Accompanying drawing 3 is the block diagram of container constructed in accordance;

Accompanying drawing 4 is the part plan view of drinking container shown in Figure 3;

Accompanying drawing 5 is the part plan view of drinking container shown in Figure 3;

Shown similar of accompanying drawing 6 with accompanying drawing 5, suction pipe has been in the position that can discharge beverage;

Accompanying drawing 7 is the plan view of another embodiment;

Accompanying drawing 8 is again the plan view of an embodiment.

Referring to accompanying drawing 1 and accompanying drawing 2, this is that a kind of drinking container of typical prior art is made up of container body 10 and upper surface 12, and container body 10 can be square, triangle, cylindrical, oval or other geometry shape.One round entrance hole 14 is arranged on the upper surface 12.Container body can be with making such as paper or cardboard 16.Ingate 14 usefulness plastic material or metal paillon foil 18 cover to prevent that content from degenerating, and can not degenerate before packing material is opened at least.Also available cover 20 parcel entire container or the ingate 14 of protecting the top at least make it can waterproof with the protection container.Cover can be used transparent material, make as plastics, but cover 20 can have the position that can Gong draw back:

Beverage in the container 10 can be by using such as suction pipe 22 these class thing sucking-offs.Usually an end of suction pipe 22 is cut into oblique shape, resembles among the figure 24 and forms a tip 26 shown.As shown in Figure 2, the cover of being put on the 26 aligned inlet holes 14, tip with suction pipe 22 20 1 is disclosed, and just can disclose cover 20 and thin slice 18 and hold a hole, and suction pipe is inserted in the container, and the shortcoming of container 10 is mentioned in the above.

Referring to accompanying drawing 3-6, container 40 provided by the present invention, as above mentioned container 10, also can be any required must what shape.Container 40 comprises that one has the upper surface 42 of inlet port device 44.As accompanying drawing 5 and accompanying drawing 6 more clearly illustrated, which floor all material as mentioned here container can be made with.More specifically, container 40 can be made with cardboard 46, and it can be plastics or paper tinsel to have inner interlayer 48.Cover 50 parcels of outside available protective action of container, cover 50 is preferably made with polyethylene or other plastic material.Layer 46,48 and 50 overlaps together mutually, perhaps layer 48 and/or layer 50 is pressed in the position of layer 46 near inlet device 44.Importantly inlet device 44 is made up of two parts: perforate part 44A and some tangent line 44B.Opening portion 44A passes layer 46, and can be rendered as different shape, but its shape preferably can partly be mated with the shape of the suction pipe that will use.Such as the section of the suction pipe 52 that will use is rounded, and opening portion 44A also should have part for circular, and its radius is equivalent to or less than the radius of suction pipe.Tangent line 44B comes from opening portion 44A horizontal expansion, and the length that each tangent line has surpasses the radius of opening portion 44A or suction pipe 52.These tangent lines 44B has constituted a wedge-like portion 58, and as shown in the figure, wedge-like portion 58 forms between the tangent line of upper surface 42.

The drinking container of making according to the present invention can use by following mode.As shown in Figure 5 that a suction pipe 52(is similar to the suction pipe shown in attached Fig. 1 and 2) aligned inlet device 44 pushing is in case insert in the container, promptly breaks through layer 48 and layer 50.Yet because the diameter of suction pipe 52 is greater than the size of tangent line 44A, thereby suction pipe 52 separates wedge-like portion 58 along tangent line 44B, and it is pushed away downwards, forms the lappet shown in accompanying drawing 5 and accompanying drawing 6.Importantly, when wedge-like portion 58 was separated, near the air the air of container top and the inlet device 44 just can release by direction shown in the arrow 54.The result is in this initial period, and the pressure that forms in the container is released, and beverage can not gushed out from suction pipe.When as shown in Figure 6 suction pipe being pushed container to enough degree of depth, just can be in due form with suction pipe with the beverage sucking-off.In the case, the wedge-like portion 58 that is bent forms closed state around suction pipe, but owing to still can allow air to enter the beverage that container is sucked out with filling by direction shown in the arrow 56 due to its shape, thereby avoided container to produce sucking sound and collapse phenomenon.

Can certainly use the suction pipe of other shapes, but the shape of tangent line 44A appropriate change in addition.When being triangle such as suction pipe, the semicircle shape certain applications gable of opening portion 44A replaces, and its size should be littler than the suction pipe, guaranteeing when suction pipe inserts, and ingate and can produce and the effect of above-described similar fashion by the part that tangent line forms.

In another shown embodiment of accompanying drawing 7, the upper surface 62 of the container similar to the container 40 of accompanying drawing 3 has an inlet device 64.This inlet device 64 have a semi-round D shape opening 66 and more than one or two from the extended tangent line 68 of opening.When suction pipe inserts container, just insert and wear the overplate that covers ingate 66.

In the embodiment of accompanying drawing 8, inlet device 74 comprises D shape ingate 76 and some tangent lines 78, but the tangent line spacing will be made a farfetched comparison wanting closely shown in Fig. 7 embodiment.When suction pipe (its diameter is equivalent to or is a bit larger tham the diameter of ingate 76) inserts container, stressed being pushed of several lappets that forms by tangent line 78 down 78 of tangent lines.

Obviously also can carry out many other and improve, and not break away from attached claim institute restricted portion the present invention.

Claims (6)

1. A beverage empty container for discharging beverages through a straw, the container includes a container body capable of holding beverages, the container body has an upper surface, and an inlet device and a covering device are arranged on the upper surface, it is characterized in that the inlet device includes a penetrating In the opening part of the above-mentioned surface, the cross section of the opening part is smaller than the cross section of the straw, at least one tangent line penetrates the upper surface, and the tangent line extends outward from the opening part, and the tangent line and the opening part jointly form an upper surface area, when When the straw is inserted into the container, the upper surface area bends inwardly to form an open hole. 2. A beverage container according to claim 1, wherein said opening means is shaped in part to the shape of the straw used. 3. A beverage container according to claim 2, wherein said opening means is semicircular. 4. The container according to claim 1, wherein the opening portion is a tangent line. 5. The container of claim 1, wherein said covering means is disposed within the container. 6. The container of claim 1, wherein said covering means is a metal foil.

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