JP2008114860A - Beverage container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beverage container capable of mixing an additive in a drinking liquid by a simple operation by separately storing the liquid in a container body and the additive in an additive container. <P>SOLUTION: A lid plate 50 of an additive container D fitted in a cap-shaped member C is cut and opened by a cutter 13 by screwingly lowering the cap-shaped member, and the stored additive is dropped into a container body and mixed with a liquid so as to be drunk. Since a circumferential edge of the lid plate can be circumferentially cut by the cutter, the additive can be smoothly, rapidly and reliably dropped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage container.

  In a plastic bottle type beverage container, there is a beverage mixing container configured to provide a delicious tea by mixing powdered tea and drinking water separately and mixing powdered tea and drinking water for the first time at the time of drinking. It has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The container is a beverage container in which the liquid and the powder are separated from each other, the liquid is stored in the container body, and the powder is located at the bottle mouth of the container body so as to close the bottle mouth. It is housed in a sealed container, and a cap with a protrusion located outside is normally screwed to the bottle mouth so as to be removable so as to surround the outside of the sealed container. .

Then, the cap is removed from the bottle opening of the container body, and the removed cap is then attached in the opposite direction to that during normal mounting. That is, the screw part on the protrusion side is screwed to the screw part of the bottle mouth. At the time of this screwing, a slight gap is formed between the tip and the upper surface of the tip of the projection corresponding to the concave portion of the upper surface of the sealed container. When the attached cap is screwed to the threaded state, a sufficiently long projection presses the upper surface portion of the sealed container to break through it, and further breaks the lower surface to remove the powdered tea in the sealed container. Drop into the drinking water in the container body. In this state, hold the container body and shake to mix powdered tea and drinking water.
JP 2003-81357 A

  The container starts with the protrusion of the cap and the sealed container is broken, and the tea powder in the container falls into the drinking water in the container body and is mixed, so that the ingredients of the tea are not released, and the flavor and aroma are not impaired. You can drink fresh tea. In addition, when the cap is screwed, the protrusion breaks and destroys the sealed container, and the powdered tea in the container can be dropped into the container body, so that an excellent effect is exhibited that the mixing operation is easy. Is. However, there are still insufficient parts for smoothness and quickness in dropping and mixing the powdered tea in the broken sealed container into the container body. That is, in the above container, the protrusions break through the top and bottom surfaces of the sealed container so that the powdered tea in the sealed container is dropped into the drinking water in the container body, but the protrusion cleans the sealed container when opened. There are many cases where a sufficient gap for penetrating and dropping the powdered tea is not formed, and the protrusions themselves may interfere with the dropping of the powdered tea.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can reliably make a large opening with respect to the cover plate of the additive material container, and can smoothly and reliably mix the additive and the liquid. Propose a beverage container. In addition, the present invention proposes a beverage container that can be sucked as it is after opening and is easy to handle.

  The beverage container of the present invention includes a container body, a connecting cylinder member, a cap-shaped member, a spacer, and an additive material container.

  The container body is preferably made of a synthetic resin or the like, and has a bottle shape in which the mouth and neck are raised from the trunk.

  The connecting cylinder member is formed of a synthetic resin or the like, and is used for screwing the cap-like member into a position where the cap-like member can be screwed down. The connecting cylinder member includes a cutter for cutting the lid plate of the additive material container. In addition, a mounting cylinder is fitted to the outer periphery of the mouth and neck and is mounted on the container main body, and the screw cylinder is erected above the container main body. The locking form of the mounting cylinder fitted to the container body is not particularly limited, and may be a screwing form or an engaging form between the convex part and the concave part. Moreover, it is necessary to aim at liquid-tightness between a connection cylinder member and a mouth neck part. The liquid-tightness can be imparted by various means employed by conventional containers of this type. For example, a packing may be interposed between the upper surface of the mouth and neck and the connecting cylinder member, or the upper surface of the mouth and neck. Or you may comprise so that an inner surface and a connection cylinder member may be press-contact sealed.

  The cutter is formed integrally with the connecting cylinder member, and is for cutting the peripheral edge of the cover plate facing downward in a circular shape, so that the blade part at the tip faces upward to the peripheral edge of the cover plate. It is good to install as you do.

  The cap-shaped member is formed of a synthetic resin or the like and is screwed to a position where the screw can be lowered with respect to the screw cylinder. Before the lowering of the screw is a state before the additive material container is unsealed, and when the screw is lowered, the lid plate of the additive material container is cut open and finally opened. Therefore, a spacer is used so that the screw lowering does not easily occur before opening. It is also necessary to provide liquid tightness between the cap-shaped member and the screw cylinder. In this case, considering that the cap-shaped member is screwed down, a seal cylinder is slidably fitted on the inner surface of the screw cylinder. It is good to give liquid-tightness by combining.

  Moreover, the top part of the cap-shaped member is provided with the outflow port. Various forms of the outlet can be adopted, and it may be a simple opening form for flowing out the mixed liquid or a tip opening form of the pouring tube, but it can suck the mixed liquid as it is The thing of the front-end | tip opening form in a drinking nozzle is preferably employ | adopted. Further, it is preferable to include a means for closing the outlet so that it can be opened and closed. In this case, various forms such as a nozzle cap and a stopper can be adopted. In addition, a structure that is closed at the lowered position can be preferably employed from the viewpoint of ease of use.

  The spacer is formed of a synthetic resin or the like and is provided so as to prevent the cap-shaped member from being screwed down. The spacer can be formed integrally with the cap-shaped member or separately. As the shape, an open ring shape or an annular shape can be used. In the latter case, it is necessary to provide a breaking line for opening the ring.

  The additive material container is composed of an additive material container body and a sheet-like lid plate. The additive material container body preferably has a bottomed cylindrical shape with an open upper end, a so-called cup shape, and a flange projecting outward from the upper end opening edge. Moreover, when fitting with a cap-shaped member, it is good to form a peripheral wall upper end part in an enlarged diameter part in order to aim at the ease of the mounting | wearing. What is stored in the additive container is not limited as long as it is mixed with the liquid in the container body and can be drunk, whether it is solid, such as powder, granule, lump, or liquid good.

  The sheet-like cover plate is a material in which the peripheral edge is fixed to the peripheral edge of the additive material container main body by an appropriate fixing means such as adhesion or fusion, and the upper end opening of the additive material container main body is closed. Synthetic resin, paper, synthetic paper , Metal thin film layers, or laminates thereof can be used, and it is preferable to employ a thickness that can be easily cut with a synthetic resin cutting blade. The thickness that can be easily cut with a synthetic resin cutting blade may be selected depending on the material or the like.

  The first means is configured as follows. That is, the mounting cylinder 10 is fitted and mounted on the container body A and the container body mouth / neck portion 3, and the connecting cylinder member B that erects the screw cylinder 12 above the container body and is screwed with respect to the screw cylinder 12. The cap-shaped member C having an outlet 61 at the top, a spacer 30 interposed on the lower surface of the cap-shaped member C, and the opening of the cup-shaped additive material container body 40 are formed in a sheet shape. And an additive material container D fitted into the cap-like member C with the lid plate 50 faced down, and the cap-like member C after the spacer 30 is removed is screwed down. A cutter 13 for cutting the cover plate 50 of the additive material container D was provided on the connecting cylinder member B when the additive material container D was rotated and lowered.

  The second means is configured as follows. That is, in the first means, a plurality of annularly arranged locking plates 27 are suspended from the top wall 21 of the cap-shaped member C, and project outward from the opening edge of the additive material container body 40. The additive material container D was fitted into the cap-shaped member C by abutting the flange 43 thus made against the lower surface of each locking plate 27 and fitting the outer periphery of the additive material container body 40 to the inner surface of each locking plate 27.

  The third means was configured as follows. That is, in any one of the first means and the second means, the screw descending width of the cap-like member C is set by the cutter 13 so that at least a part of the connecting portion remains. The peripheral portion was configured to be cut in an arc shape.

  The fourth means is configured as follows. That is, in any one of the first to third means, the outflow port 61 is formed on the top of the movable nozzle E fitted to the top of the cap-like member C so as to be movable up and down. At the same time, the movable nozzle E is opened when it is raised and closed when it is lowered.

  The fifth means is configured as follows. That is, in any one of the first to fourth means, the additive material container D is fitted to the cap-like member C in a non-rotatable manner through a rotation stop mechanism.

  The beverage container of the present invention can open the additive material container fitted and housed in the cap-shaped member C by a simple operation of screwing and lowering the cap-shaped member C, and the cover plate of the additive material container 50 can be opened large, and the stored item or stored liquid can smoothly and surely fall into the container main body A and can be mixed with the liquid quickly and reliably.

  A plurality of locking plates 27 arranged in an annular shape are suspended from the top wall 21 of the cap-shaped member C, and flanges 43 projecting outward from the opening edge of the additive material container body 40 are provided on the lower surfaces of the locking plates 27. When the additive material container D is fitted in the cap-shaped member C by fitting the outer periphery of the additive material container main body 40 to the inner surface of each locking plate 27, the outer diameter of the additive container D Even if the inner diameter of each locking plate 27 is formed to be slightly small, each locking plate 27 can be slightly elastically deformed, so that the additive material container D can be easily fitted and fitted. The additive material container D is firmly fixed.

  When the screw descending width of the cap-shaped member C is configured such that the peripheral edge of the cover plate 50 is cut into an arc shape by the cutter 13 so that at least a part of the connecting portion remains, the cap-shaped member C The lid plate 50 is not separated into a disk shape by the screwing down, and there is no possibility that the separated lid plate 50 falls into the container body and obstructs the flow of the liquid when the mixed liquid is sucked. In addition, if the screw lowering distance is determined in advance, the cutting distance of the peripheral edge of the cover plate 50 of the cutter 13 can be set to a preferable distance, for example, it is not separated from the cover plate 50 leaving only a part of the connection portion. Since most of the peripheral portion is cut, the storage additive can be more reliably dropped into the container.

  When the outlet 61 is formed on the top of the movable nozzle E fitted to the top of the cap-like member C so as to be movable up and down, and is opened when the movable nozzle E is raised and closed when lowered. Since the outlet 61 can be closed when not in use and it is hygienic, and it can be sucked in by a simple operation of raising the movable nozzle E when in use, the usability is very good.

  When the additive material container D is fitted to the cap-shaped member C in a non-rotatable manner via a rotation stop mechanism, the additive material is removed when the cap-shaped member C is screwed down and the cover plate 50 is cut by the cutter 13. The container D can be reliably cut without causing any inconvenience such as unintentional cutting due to the empty rotation of the container D. .

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG.1 and FIG.2 shows an example of this invention beverage container, 1 shows a beverage container in the figure. The beverage container 1 includes a container main body A, a connecting cylinder member B, a cap-shaped member C, an additive material container D, and a movable nozzle E.

  The container main body A has a bottle shape in which a small-diameter mouth-and-neck portion 3 is erected on the upper end of the cylindrical body portion 2 and is formed of a synthetic resin. The container main body A contains a liquid for dissolving the powder.

  The connecting cylinder member B is made of synthetic resin, and the flange 11 is extended inward from the upper end edge of the mounting cylinder 10 screwed to the outer periphery of the mouth neck portion 3, and the screw cylinder 12 is erected from the inner peripheral edge of the flange 11. is doing. In addition, a cutter 13 is integrally protruded inward from a lower inner peripheral portion of the screw cylinder 12. The cutter 13 is formed by standing a triangular plate-like blade portion 13b at the tip of a horizontal plate-like substrate 13a.

  The cap-shaped member C has a top wall 21 extending from an upper end edge of the peripheral wall 20 screwed to the outer periphery of the screw cylinder 12 so as to be able to be screwed down. The cylinder 22 is slidably fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the screw cylinder 12 so that the liquid-tightness of this portion is maintained. The central portion of the top wall 21 is raised in a columnar shape to form a rod plug portion 23, and a cylindrical support cylinder 24 is erected with a predetermined width from the rod plug portion 23. A locking ridge 25 is provided around the portion. A plurality of circumferential through holes 26 are formed in the top wall 21 between the rod plug portion 23 and the support tube 24. Further, a plurality of locking plates 27 arranged in a circular shape are suspended from a predetermined position inside the seal cylinder 22. In addition, a specific pair of locking plates 27 are provided with locking ridges 28 that constitute a rotation stopping mechanism for the additive material container D.

  A spacer 30 is integrally connected to the lower surface of the peripheral wall 20. The spacer 30 is an open ring with a part separated longitudinally, and the upper surface and the lower surface of the peripheral wall 20 are integrally connected by a plurality of easily cut connecting pieces 31. Further, a knob 32 is projected from one edge of the ring opening portion.

  The additive material container D includes an additive material container body 40 and a sheet-like lid plate 50. The additive material container body 40 is made of a synthetic resin in which a peripheral wall 42 is erected from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 41, and a flange 43 is extended outward from the upper edge of the peripheral wall 42. The upper end of the peripheral wall 42 is a stepped portion. It is formed in the enlarged diameter portion 42a which is enlarged in diameter via A pair of engaging recesses 44 that are engaged with the engaging protrusions 28 provided on the locking plate 27 and constitute a detent mechanism are provided at the lower portion of the peripheral wall 42 at opposing positions. The lid plate 50 is made of synthetic resin, and the peripheral edge portion is fused to the upper surface of the flange 43 to close the upper end opening of the additive material container body 40. Then, the additive material container D containing the additive powder x which is the source of the sports drink is brought into contact with the bottom surface of each locking plate 27 and the outer diameter of the enlarged portion 42a of the peripheral wall 42 is increased. Is brought into contact with and locked to the inner surface of each locking plate 27 and mounted in the cap-like member C in an inverted state.

  In the movable nozzle E, the outlet 61 formed in the top plate 60 is fitted to the upper end of the outer periphery of the rod plug portion 23 so as to be liquid-tightly closed. Fitted around the periphery of the top plate 60 so as to be fluid-tightly slidable, and the peripheral wall 63 suspended from the periphery of the top plate 60 is fitted to the outer periphery of the support cylinder 24 so as to be movable up and down, and is engaged with the lower end of the inner periphery of the peripheral wall 63 A ridge 64 is provided around. And, it is mounted so as to be able to move up and down with a predetermined width from the lowest position where the outflow port 61 is closed until the engaging ridge 64 is brought into contact with and locked to the locking ridge 25.

  The beverage container 1 configured as described above breaks the connecting pieces 31 from the state shown in FIG. Along with this, the cutter 13 leaves a part of the connecting portion and forms a substantially circular arc-shaped kerf at the peripheral edge of the cover plate 50 to open the additive material container D, and the powder x becomes the container body A. A sports drink is produced by dropping into the container and mixing with the liquid in the container body A. Then, by pulling up the movable nozzle E upward, the sports drink can be sucked from the outlet 61 through the through holes 26 from the inside of the container main body A through the locking plates 27.

It is a disassembled perspective view of this invention beverage container. Example 1 It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of this invention beverage container. Example 1

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Beverage container A ... Container body 2 ... Body part, 3 ... Mouth neck part B ... Connection cylinder member
10 ... Installation cylinder, 11 ... Flange, 12 ... Screw cylinder, 13 ... Cutter, 13a ... Substrate, 13b ... Blade part C ... Cap-shaped member
20 ... Circumferential wall, 21 ... Top wall, 22 ... Seal tube, 23 ... Bar stopper, 24 ... Support tube, 25 ... Locking ridge,
26 ... Through hole, 27 ... Locking plate, 28 ... Engagement ridge, 30 ... Spacer, 31 ... Connection piece, 32 ... Knob D ... Additive material container
40 ... Additive material container body, 41 ... Bottom wall, 42 ... Peripheral wall, 42a ... Expanded portion, 43 ... Flange,
44 ... engaging groove, 50 ... lid plate x ... powder E ... movable nozzle
60 ... top plate, 61 ... outlet, 62 ... seal tube, 63 ... peripheral wall, 64 ... engaging ridge

Claims (5)

  The mounting cylinder 10 is fitted and mounted on the container body A and the container body mouth / neck portion 3, and the connecting cylinder member B that erects the screw cylinder 12 above the container body, and the screw cylinder 12 is screwed down. A cap-shaped member C having an outlet 61 at the top, a spacer 30 interposed on the lower surface of the cap-shaped member C, and an opening of the cup-shaped additive material container body 40 are formed in a sheet-shaped lid. And an additive container D fitted into the cap-shaped member C with the cover plate 50 faced downward, and added in accordance with screwing down of the cap-shaped member C after the spacer 30 is removed. A beverage container characterized in that a cutter 13 for cutting the cover plate 50 of the additive material container D is provided on the connecting tube member B when the material container D is rotated and lowered.   A plurality of locking plates 27 arranged in an annular shape are suspended from the top wall 21 of the cap-shaped member C, and flanges 43 projecting outward from the opening edge of the additive material container body 40 are provided on the lower surfaces of the locking plates 27. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the additive material container D is fitted into the cap-shaped member C by fitting the outer periphery of the additive material container body 40 to the inner surface of each locking plate 27.   The screw-lowering width of the cap-shaped member C is configured such that the peripheral edge of the cover plate 50 is cut into an arc shape by the cutter 13 so that at least a part of the connecting portion remains. A beverage container according to any one of the above.   The outlet 61 is formed at the top of the movable nozzle E fitted to the top of the cap-like member C so as to be movable up and down, and is configured to open when the movable nozzle E is raised and closed when the movable nozzle E is lowered. The beverage container according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The beverage container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the additive material container D is fitted to the cap-shaped member C so as not to rotate through a rotation stop mechanism.

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